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Speaker 1: My name is Richard Adam, sitting on a rock playing

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Speaker 1: my record. I was sitting on a rock. Some of

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Speaker 1: but I am really happy just sitting on a rock.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to No Dunk's here on the Athletic Podcast Network.

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Speaker 2: Happy Monday to you. I'm Tasmellis with me. It's the

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Speaker 2: Man in the Middle, Tray Kirby, he Gay and the

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Speaker 2: man making the magic Habin as always, super producer JD. Hello,

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Speaker 2: what's up JD? And paying off his Hickham lost from January.

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Speaker 2: He's somewhere. He's checking in from another dimension through time

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Speaker 2: and space and our bookshelf courtesy of Interstellar. There he

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Speaker 2: is this entire week. Jerry Skeats will be there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we are in the fifth dimension. We're in garguan

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Speaker 3: what's up, guys? So ridiculous? Wow, just me and tars

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Speaker 3: here spitting hot takes about the.

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Speaker 2: NBA Alex phenomenal. It really does look phenomenal for US's cool.

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Speaker 4: It's kind of hard to maybe tell here in the studio,

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Speaker 4: but Skeets, you're kind of behind JD a little bit here.

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Speaker 2: You think you can reach out and touch them.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we can give it a girl. All my

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Speaker 3: NBA hot taches this week are going to be used

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Speaker 3: with dust and Morse code. So I hope you guys

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Speaker 3: studied up on horsecode this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Drop a book if you've got something else.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's will interrupt you, guys.

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Speaker 2: Our studio coming through, Jennie making it happen. I'm impressed.

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Speaker 2: Let's get into the weekend winners and losers, starting right

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Speaker 2: here with Trey, and then we'll get into the bookshelf.

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Speaker 2: But let's go Trey, your first winner of this weekend.

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Speaker 2: What are the.

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Speaker 4: Weekend for me? The Golden State Warriors, basically for two reasons.

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Speaker 4: Number one, Jimmy Butler's first game as a Golden State

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Speaker 4: Twenty five points, two rebounds, four assists, a steal, and

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Speaker 4: eleven for thirteen from the free throw line. That's the

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Speaker 4: third most free throws by anybody on the Warriors this season.

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Speaker 4: All seven of his field goals in this game were

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Speaker 4: which is like a backcut alley oop from Buddy Healed.

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Speaker 4: Jimmy honestly just looked like Jimmy out there. He is

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Speaker 4: scoring on cuts, he was driving clothes outs, he was

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Speaker 4: Jimmy Butler. Curry mentioned afterwards, He's like, I shot sixteen threes.

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Speaker 4: He shot a million layups and a free throws. I

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Speaker 4: so things just look pretty good. I think it's the

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Speaker 4: most points in a Warrior's debut since Kevin Durant. Everything

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Speaker 4: went well for Jimmy Butler except for the back of

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Speaker 3: Center didn't fix it though. They fixed it at half.

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Speaker 2: I fix it at half. It's fine. And the number

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they said he tried to wear it in Miami,

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Speaker 4: insaneo mode in the third quarter. Twenty four of his

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Speaker 4: Unbelievable stuff from Golden State. To take it to the

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Speaker 4: But Curry played the entire third quarter dominated and then

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Speaker 4: Afterwards, Steve Kerr was talking up the confidence that Jimmy

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Speaker 4: It felt like the Warriors had a lot of mojo

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Speaker 2: He's always done that before, where he's been in such

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Speaker 3: It's a different segment than NBA Weekend Winners and Losers,

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Speaker 3: but we could have done. It's just one game. But

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Speaker 3: in Jimmy Butler, a rejuvenated Steph Curry, Jimmy getting to

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Speaker 3: and yeah, it's the bulls. They had to come back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they definitely feel a lot better. And getting to

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Speaker 2: and it was the Draymond passed. I gotta say that

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Speaker 2: where everybody wants to see some more play. Anyway, let's

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Speaker 2: go to your skeets or whatever whatever we're calling you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm so Skeets. Yeah, that's my name, called Skeets Coop.

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Speaker 3: When I considered a few just quick winners of the weekend,

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Speaker 3: Austin Reeves scored a career high forty five points in

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Speaker 3: And then Ben Simmons. I guess we called this one.

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Speaker 3: to the Clips. But I want to give my winner

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Speaker 3: the weekend to the legend hub Brown, who called his

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Speaker 3: last NBA game on Sunday afternoon before the Super Bowl

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Speaker 3: at ninety one years old. That's nearly as old as

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Speaker 3: my daughter. But yeah, so I thought they did such

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Speaker 3: an incredible job the broadcast of paying tribute to Hubi

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Speaker 3: game and after, you know, just showing their respect. Be

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Speaker 3: who this guy. They have like a love affair of

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Speaker 3: At the end when he did his final sign off,

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Speaker 3: was like, you know, thanking everyone, and Mike Breen was

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Speaker 3: obviously almost in tears. And this week We've been with

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Speaker 2: Game, absolutely, and how he's just eloquent on the mic

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Speaker 2: every single time he talks at ninety one, still got it,

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Speaker 2: he still does have it. I liked the Chris Paul

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Speaker 2: You're one of the only people who actually say what

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Speaker 3: That's a hell of a compliment.

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Speaker 2: It is perfect. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: The things that I really liked were when they showed

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Speaker 4: all thanking him for his contributions to the game, and

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Speaker 4: So you know, awesome that it was his last game,

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Speaker 3: He teaches you still, Yeah, Breen said at the end,

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Speaker 3: like that's quite possible. He's been doing for so long,

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Speaker 3: he's like, you know, I hope we taught you about

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Speaker 3: the weak side action and like all the things going on,

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Speaker 3: give them. I don't know. I just thought they did

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Speaker 3: a really good job to actually pay honor to him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a very good call. They very much did,

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Speaker 2: so kudos to Hubie.

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Speaker 4: They said on the broadcast that hube had coached against

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Speaker 4: or broadcasted games of eighty percent of the players in

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Speaker 2: That's a crazy number.

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Speaker 4: You would have to travel through a black hole action,

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Speaker 4: Ye'll do that today's age.

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Speaker 3: That is nuts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I would have predicted higher just because it's Hubie,

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Speaker 2: but he's been around the game for so long. It's amazing.

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Speaker 2: It is amazing. Moving on, I'm giving the Detroit Pistons

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia seventy six ers on Friday, they just got their

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Speaker 2: with such passion. First ninety seconds, Asar Thompson is channeling

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Speaker 2: they can't even trade for a center, and you mentioned

432
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Speaker 2: Daniel Tis. Daniel Tay is going to be their starting center.

433
00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 2: Just a random guess, but maybe there's so desperate first center. Anyways,

434
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Speaker 2: moving on, skate's your next winner of the weekend.

435
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Speaker 3: Well, we know the field for some of these All

436
00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,679
Speaker 3: Star Saturday Night competitions, especially when it comes to the

437
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,480
Speaker 3: three point contest. We hadn't known a single guy in

438
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,920
Speaker 3: this thing, but the league told us over the weekend

439
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,879
Speaker 3: that's not bad. No Milie Beasley, which would may be

440
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,680
Speaker 3: a little shocking because that guy, like you just said,

441
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,159
Speaker 3: Hit nine has been on fire early year. But Damian

442
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,120
Speaker 3: Lillard will aim to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges

443
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Speaker 3: as the only players to win a trio of three

444
00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,960
Speaker 3: point contest trophies, but seven guys stand in his way.

445
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,480
Speaker 3: He got All Stars Jail and Brunson, Kate Huck Cunningham

446
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,800
Speaker 3: is the Pistons representative there, Darius Garland, Tyler Hero and

447
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,119
Speaker 3: then other three shooters. Buddy Healed, who's been in this

448
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,560
Speaker 3: a few times. I think this is his fourth time competing.

449
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,400
Speaker 3: He did win it in twenty twenty. And we've got

450
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Speaker 3: Cam Johnson and Storman Norman Powell gets in there, so

451
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,920
Speaker 3: pretty obviously, you know, they generally do a pretty good

452
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Speaker 3: job of getting All Stars in this because it's you know,

453
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Speaker 3: a lower ask for these guys' lower left for their

454
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Speaker 3: All Star weekend. And yeah, I mean it's always it

455
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,800
Speaker 3: always delivers. It's always good, yeah, usually, so pretty good.

456
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Speaker 3: Feel I like that we have the Dame. You know,

457
00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,399
Speaker 3: the Chiefs couldn't do it. Can Damian Lillard do it

458
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,479
Speaker 3: and join join Burden Hodges with the three peat? There,

459
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,280
Speaker 3: we'll see.

460
00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,680
Speaker 4: Damian Lillard is won the last two three point contests.

461
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's correct. Yeah, yep, I'll tell you what he beat.

462
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,639
Speaker 3: He beat last year he beat Trey Young and Cat

463
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Speaker 3: I think in the finals and there was some tiebreaker

464
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Speaker 3: situation that he was you know, he got past. And

465
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Speaker 3: then the year before that, he took down two pacers,

466
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Speaker 3: Terry's Halliburton and Buddy healed uh in the in the finals.

467
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Speaker 3: So yeah, he's going for three in a row.

468
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Speaker 2: Yeah. He took out Buddy in Utah because he was

469
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Speaker 2: there and got interviewed because he had played college close

470
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Speaker 2: there and that's true. Yeah, so that was all cool

471
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Speaker 2: for him, and Buddy almost won his second. It is

472
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Speaker 2: something you forget that Buddy won in one in Chicago. Yeah,

473
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 2: a long time ago, but Buddies, Buddy's a good one.

474
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Speaker 2: Buddy's good to you.

475
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Speaker 3: Guys have a favorite right now. I know we'll make

476
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Speaker 3: our predictions on Friday's Drop podcast, But who do you got?

477
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Speaker 4: I gotta I gotta analyze their shooting strokes because I

478
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,199
Speaker 4: want to cheer for Norm Powell, but he jumps a

479
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 4: lot on IT three, so I'm not totally sure if

480
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Speaker 4: I'm convinced on him.

481
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Speaker 2: I can't take the jumper I'll probably go Tyler.

482
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Speaker 3: Hero, Okay, yeah, TuS.

483
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Speaker 2: I don't like guys who I don't see Jalen brunts

484
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,800
Speaker 2: and taking the ball off a rack and being great

485
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Speaker 2: at it. I don't know why he's not.

486
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Speaker 3: A So he's done this too. I think this is

487
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Speaker 3: his second go.

488
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Speaker 2: Yeah, uh yeah, I'm gonna go buddy. He he just

489
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,400
Speaker 2: gets in the lane, gets in that zone, he gets taught.

490
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,520
Speaker 3: Only two players have hit over two hundred three pointers

491
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Speaker 3: this season and they're both.

492
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Speaker 1: Not in this.

493
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's weird.

494
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Speaker 4: Not Anthony Edwards.

495
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Anthony Edwards and Malie Peasley as we as we

496
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Speaker 3: just talked about as over two hundred. But I think

497
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Speaker 3: the best shooter when you look at just percentage unless

498
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Speaker 3: it change, No, I don't believe it changed in a

499
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Speaker 3: lot of games. On Sunday, Darius Garland at forty three percent,

500
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Speaker 3: So maybe he's a sneaky pick.

501
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,040
Speaker 4: He's got a toy stroke too, he does real stroke.

502
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 3: So anyway should be good. We also know the skills

503
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Speaker 3: challenge field. You guys hyped? No, yeah, yeah, all right.

504
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 3: We have four teams of two competing. Yeah, we have

505
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,719
Speaker 3: see if this makes sense, we have Team Calves. Okay, Donovan,

506
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,159
Speaker 3: Mitchell and Mobley, Team Rooks, Rechhochet of the Hawks and

507
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,680
Speaker 3: Alex Sar the Wizard, so one two, and then Team

508
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 3: Spurs Tassa is pumped, Chris Paul, Victor Webman Yama, and

509
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,879
Speaker 3: then Team Warriors. They somehow convinced Draymond Green to do this,

510
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 3: and Moses Moody gets the call. I guess there's the

511
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,640
Speaker 3: young in there for the Warriors. Okay, tass you're pumped. Awesome.

512
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Speaker 2: If you're gonna pick somebody from the NBA to be

513
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Speaker 2: in Skills Challenge, why wouldn't it be Victor? Okay, well

514
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,359
Speaker 2: that's that's basically that. Yeah, that's the only thing to

515
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,399
Speaker 2: get super excited for it. They try something new all

516
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 2: the time. You know, they've tried the Bros angle, the

517
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,320
Speaker 2: added to Coomboat Bros. Yeah, the three Bros.

518
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Speaker 3: Well, they wanted Brony and Braun the oh yeah yeah

519
00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:03,360
Speaker 3: yeah they said no. I assume lebron said, Noron.

520
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,640
Speaker 4: Ever done a skills Challenge. I think probably it would

521
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 4: have only possibly gone as a rookie. But man, Draymond

522
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 4: and Moses Moody, that's the weird one.

523
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Speaker 3: That's wide. Yeah, yeah, we'll see And I guess like

524
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,240
Speaker 3: it's gonna be a little different too, because now it's

525
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Speaker 3: Teams of two. Although I guess we've done that too.

526
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Speaker 3: I don't know. I can't keep track. I know he's

527
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Speaker 3: done Teams of three before, but anyway.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that must have been the the Draymond Moses Moody

529
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Speaker 2: must have been the bron Browny Lane. Yeah, they took

530
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Speaker 2: his spot, I guess, but they they're Golden State. They

531
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Speaker 2: did Somebody Here you go, you get in it very weird.

532
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Speaker 3: But this is fun. We also called this one Langelo

533
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:44,120
Speaker 3: Ball will perform as part of All Star Saturday Night,

534
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Speaker 3: his first televised performance. So I guess that one he

535
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,119
Speaker 3: did at the Lions game didn't make the broadcast, but

536
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 3: it was just for the arena because remember he he

537
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Speaker 3: did a song he did Tweaker there. Anyway, he's gonna

538
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Speaker 3: be on TV here and we called while I gotta

539
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,239
Speaker 3: ask him, I gotta get him out there. So here

540
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 3: he is, and I think it just got remixed little

541
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 3: Wayne on the verse. I don't know if he'll perform

542
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 3: with him or it'll just be the just be Leangelo,

543
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 3: maybe the Ball Brothers, but we called him in.

544
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Speaker 4: I'll watch it. Yeah, I'll watch it happen. I saw

545
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 4: the clip of him performing as well. Hopefully it brings

546
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Speaker 4: a little more energy.

547
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Weekend, Yeah, I'm with you. So do you think

548
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,119
Speaker 3: this is a like sort of a replacement for what

549
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,959
Speaker 3: was going to be the Curry versus potentially Caitlyn Clark

550
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 3: and all that sort of shootout, Like we haven't heard

551
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Speaker 3: anything about that. That's a good point, Like we know

552
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 3: Caitlyn Clark tonight, I didn't want to do it, but

553
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 3: we haven't heard like anybody else's filling in for that,

554
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 3: So it feels like that's done. So they're like, hey,

555
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 3: le Angelo, come swerve them, Come swerve for a bit.

556
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Speaker 4: Come Ben the corner please.

557
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Speaker 2: Man, you're right.

558
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:54,920
Speaker 4: I hadn't really actually thought about the fact that we

559
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Speaker 4: don't have Yeah, it appears a shootout coming back, because

560
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 4: I mean they could run it just back Steph versus Sabrina.

561
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 4: Sabrina has Oakland ties as well. But I don't think

562
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Speaker 4: there's nobody else you could ask that would be as

563
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 4: exciting as Caitlin Clark.

564
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 2: Del Curry.

565
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Speaker 3: Legend shootout would be fun.

566
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Speaker 4: Stephen Dell versus LeVar and LiAngelo. Oh okay, and a

567
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 4: skills challenge the winner.

568
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 2: The winner gets the gibbets off le Angelo Balls hat

569
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,239
Speaker 2: that he was wearing there. I don't know what he's

570
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 2: gonna wear it.

571
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, he must have had a great wrestling season. That

572
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 4: was the only guys I ever saw covered in pins

573
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 4: was high school wrestlers.

574
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Speaker 2: Interesting, where are they wearing them? You got them on

575
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Speaker 2: your legend backet.

576
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,199
Speaker 4: When you pinning after Okay, you know at the end

577
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 4: of the year, you look tough.

578
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:52,239
Speaker 2: I thought he was wearing on his single. Everybody all right?

579
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Speaker 2: Moving on? I am excited for Spawn Castle at the Dunkott's.

580
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 2: That's why he is my winner of the weekend. He

581
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,360
Speaker 2: had an awesome game on Friday, career high for him,

582
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 2: dropping thirty three ten to fifteen shooting. Now, there weren't

583
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 2: any supreme dunks, but I just want him to be

584
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 2: extremely confident going into this weekend and each game matters.

585
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 2: He had a floater, he had a three, He had

586
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 2: a eurostep. I think he's got the sickest euro step

587
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 2: in the game. It's so hirky and jerky. Do it

588
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 2: during the down contest. I mean, I don't know. I

589
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 2: don't know how you're going to do it. What you're

590
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: going to do it with but he had a nice

591
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 2: alley loop. He just looked so good doing everything out there,

592
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 2: and then first the magic on Sunday after beating Charlotte

593
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,120
Speaker 2: on Friday. He wasn't as good as on Friday where

594
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 2: he had that career high, but he was trying everything

595
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 2: and that's why I think his confidence is at a

596
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 2: high level. That's why I'm taking him, taking him over

597
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 2: mac Over, Andre Jackson or Mantis Boozellis. He tried to

598
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 2: like a push shot with his left hand for no reason,

599
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 2: but a rook doing that is super cool. He won't

600
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 2: be scared for the moment. I don't think he broke

601
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 2: Wendell Carter's ankles going through his legs. He just looks

602
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,440
Speaker 2: like he's ready for this Saturday when I'm just trying

603
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,120
Speaker 2: to get hype for a skills challenge at a three

604
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 2: point contest and a dunk contest with the Youngies, super young,

605
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 2: super young guys. Yeah.

606
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 4: Castle has actually been awesome, particularly dunking since he got

607
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 4: announced as a dunk guy. Had a couple of nice

608
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 4: ones against the Hawks when they played down here. Unfortunately

609
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 4: for the Spurs, they lost two games this weekend by

610
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 4: a single point.

611
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 2: Not great, not great for the playoff push.

612
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,680
Speaker 4: But Castle has gone to the bench since Dearreon Fox

613
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 4: came to the Spurs and seems to be taken to

614
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 4: it pretty well. Like you mentioned, thirty three against the

615
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 4: Hornet's then a nice game as well yesterday, So yeah,

616
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 4: he looks like a great player for the future. Obviously,

617
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 4: Chris Paul is going to hang onto the starting spot

618
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 4: alongside darreon Fox as they go forward this year, but

619
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Speaker 4: in the future you can see how it makeses well.

620
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 4: Fox being the offensive, fast guy, Castle being the defensive

621
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Speaker 4: strong guy who's probably going to be a pretty solid

622
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 4: slasher as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he was so good. It is a shame for

624
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 2: the Spurs to lose those two games by two points,

625
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 2: because they are here now in health and they're getting

626
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 2: further and further back because the eleventh place team has

627
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler on it and the Phoenix Suns are fine

628
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 2: intent the Sacramento they're infuriating. Yeah, they're going to win games.

629
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 2: They're too good not to win games sitting at five hundred,

630
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 2: but the Spurs are six games of five under five hundred,

631
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 2: so it's gonna be a little tough for them.

632
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 3: And I will say just while we're talking about all

633
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 3: the All Stars Saturday Night stuff there. We're going to

634
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 3: be live streaming from the factory. We're not going to

635
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 3: the bay, but we're going to be here, so obviously

636
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 3: keep your eye on our on our YouTube page. We'll go,

637
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 3: we'll do a live stream. We'll probably do it like

638
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 3: a recap podcast after as well. But hopefully it's entertaining.

639
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 3: We needed to be entertaining this year more than ever.

640
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 2: That'll be your first show out of the books. I

641
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 2: imagine we're not going to keep you there for that.

642
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't part of a week. It is

643
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 2: part of a week.

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00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 3: Okay, I am like, I apologize if I'm like it's

645
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Speaker 3: very crinkly.

646
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 2: No, no, we're not here.

647
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, I was surprised. I thought I was going

648
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 3: to be in space.

649
00:29:58,720 --> 00:29:59,959
Speaker 2: It looks like a Chipotle burrita.

650
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, for sure, but uh okay, I can't

651
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 3: wait for that.

652
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 2: Say, I turned my headphones way down. I don't want

653
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,959
Speaker 2: any crinkly. But it's not as bad. It's not as

654
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 2: bad as I expected.

655
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 3: My my back is getting a little sore. It's an

656
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 3: odd height here in this bookshelf like if I go

657
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 3: right on the ground, I have to do my tippy toes,

658
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 3: so I'm on a step. But because if I stand

659
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 3: straight up, you can't see my head, so I have

660
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 3: to like crouch.

661
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 4: You know.

662
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 3: Wow, Yeah, that's what's going on.

663
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 2: Tilt down to the feet, ye Jad bringing it. Watch

664
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 2: out for the giant wave.

665
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 3: I know, I know I'm aging quickly here, man.

666
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to our losers of the weekend.

667
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 2: Get a started tray.

668
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 4: We got ourselves a recent in trade, more billable hours

669
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 4: for the Southern lawyer. Didn't expect it at all, But

670
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 4: if you didn't hear the Lakers Hornets mark Williams trade

671
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 4: was rescinded over the weekend after Mark Williams failed the

672
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 4: physic call. So I knew this was going in losers.

673
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 4: I just didn't know which lower third to go with here,

674
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 4: So I kind of went through everybody in my mind.

675
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 4: The Hornets. Are they a loser? Maybe a little bit.

676
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 4: They're getting back damaged goods. And Mark Williams they probably

677
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 4: thought they were sitting pretty trading him for two first

678
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 4: round picks. Surely knowing that something like this could show

679
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 4: up on a physical it's going to be harder. I

680
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 4: imagine to trade Mark Williams in the future if they

681
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 4: wanted to now knowing this, But also he gets to

682
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 4: play next to LaMelo Ball whenever he's back on the

683
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 4: court and setting them up. And Williams have been playing

684
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 4: pretty well, so I think, okay for Charlotte.

685
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 2: Then you look at the Lakers. Not good.

686
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 4: They don't have a starting center. No, like you mentioned,

687
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 4: it might end up being Daniel Tice, it might be

688
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 4: Jackson Hayes, it might be Christian Coloco. But we talked

689
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 4: about the opportunity cost of trading for Mark Williams in

690
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 4: the first place, and now it seems like they maybe

691
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 4: should have done this. Anyways, a little bit of a

692
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 4: mulligan here.

693
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 2: You can find a value guy for the end of

694
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 2: the year. Who knows who'll end up being. Maybe Capella

695
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 2: gets bought out, don't know.

696
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 4: Then they can go into the summer with Dalton connect

697
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 4: with these tradable contracts and a really hot Chamura if

698
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 4: they wanted. Obviously cam Reddish is returning as well. They

699
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 4: get these picks, they have access to more picks in

700
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 4: the summer. It's the Lakers. They'll probably find a way

701
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 4: to turn it Intoianna Santa Chakoompo.

702
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 2: Instead of Mark Williams.

703
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 4: So exactly, they feel like a little bit of a

704
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 4: loser right now, but it's gonna work out long term.

705
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 4: So ultimately I go with Mark Williams as the loser

706
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 4: here because he went from getting out of Charlotte to

707
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 4: play in with Luca and Lebron, and then now he's

708
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 4: going back to Charlotte, everybody knowing that he's an injury

709
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 4: concern going forward. But guys, it's not the back.

710
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 2: He failed as physical but I like that detail from Shops.

711
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 4: Not because of his back, don't worry, it's the rest

712
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 4: of his body.

713
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was the scary part. They said multiple other things.

714
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, not great.

715
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 3: So knees and ankles, what else?

716
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, I saw people on Twitter saying he's got Andrew

717
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 4: Binham knees just judging by the way he lands.

718
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 2: So weird stuff that this happened.

719
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 4: You could say that the map or that the Lakers

720
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 4: have had like the three biggest surprises of the trade season.

721
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 4: Getting Luca obviously a huge surprise. Getting Mark Williams kind

722
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 4: of came out of nowhere, and then him having to

723
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 4: go back to Charlotte obviously was a big deal as well.

724
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 4: But I thro in Mark Williams doesn't get to play

725
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 4: with Austin Reeves either. He mentioned it Skeet's an incredible

726
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 4: game for this guy. On Saturday forty five, seven and seven,

727
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 4: after the NBA decided we need to see this Lakers game.

728
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 4: It's gonna be Luca's debut. Wait a second, he's not

729
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 4: debuting till Monday, and Lebron isn't playing. So Austin Reeves

730
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 4: steps up to the plate. He says, this is my

731
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 4: last time. Is the go to guy, give me the ball.

732
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 4: He had the ball on a string. The highlights are incredible,

733
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 4: completely carving up the Pacers. Lakers have won five straight games,

734
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 4: eleven of their last thirteen, and they don't even need

735
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 4: Mark Williams to do it.

736
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is awesome to see teams that make big

737
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 2: moves have great games immediately. You're seeing it. Even with

738
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 2: the MAVs. We'll talk about a little later and this

739
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 2: Lakers performance, but I would call them a winner of

740
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 2: the weekend. They don't get Mark Williams, who's played in

741
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 2: forty percent of possible games in his two and a

742
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: half year career, and they get a couple great things back.

743
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 2: That's a connect. Come on back, first round pick, Come

744
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 2: on back, a pick swap, Come on back in cam reddish.

745
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 3: Cameron won't be there long.

746
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 2: Door.

747
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe he'll be waved to open up a roster

748
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 3: spot for whatever center. They probably And like you said,

749
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 3: will it be twice? I mean who else? Could it? Bambamba?

750
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 2: A chance?

751
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 3: Bismack Biambo just signed a ten day with the Spurs.

752
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 3: I mean obviously, like after that's done, if if I

753
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 3: don't know, if he shows something or if they want that.

754
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 3: But it's probably, let's be honest, it's probably twice. But

755
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,839
Speaker 3: he's six eight, like he's not he's not huge center.

756
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 2: But I think there's a good chance it's Mobamba, former

757
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 2: Laker Bamba. But they can't sign anyone expensive. They can't

758
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 2: sign any bio players who are previously making more than

759
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,319
Speaker 2: the mid level, etcetera. So it's going to be a cheap. Yeah. Yeah,

760
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 2: if they bio Clint Copella. Is there another one out there?

761
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 2: I really I went, I got to Mobamba.

762
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: And Daniel Tice stop it?

763
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 2: They do it?

764
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 4: Man? Could they do it?

765
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 3: Coloco Howard, come on, Javal McGee playing important.

766
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 2: Come on down. Yeah, we're running twenty twenty back.

767
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't need to know.

768
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 2: Come on down, first career. I know Dwight would do

769
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 2: it in a heartbeat.

770
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yes, why la regardless, I'll be there.

771
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 2: First question for Dwight? Why are you selling your house

772
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 2: in Atlanta? He's selling his thirteen million dollar home now strange,

773
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 2: just wondering.

774
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, you'll get a better deal later, let us know.

775
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 2: I mean, we've got a fairly big studio here. Look

776
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,800
Speaker 2: at us, got an interstellar bookshelf, but we'd love to

777
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 2: have that thirteen million dollars home. All right, Skeetz, what

778
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 2: is your loser of the weekend?

779
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 3: I'm going to give a loser of the weekend to

780
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 3: the New York Knicks. Okay, they only played one game.

781
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 3: In fact, the Knicks has played one game over the

782
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 3: last six nights, but an insane, weird sort of break

783
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 3: in their schedule here. But it wasn't pretty who They

784
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 3: lost to Celtics crush them again. This time it was

785
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 3: one thirty one, one oh four in Madison Square Garden.

786
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 3: The Knicks hoped all these offseason moves sort of would

787
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 3: bridge the gap right between them and the Celtics, and

788
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,720
Speaker 3: the teams are chasing at the top of the conference.

789
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 3: But it has not gone gone according to plan yet

790
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 3: against against Boston, at least because in the two games

791
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,879
Speaker 3: they've played, the Knicks have had a one point lead

792
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 3: at one point in either of those two games. First

793
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 3: game they crushed one nine. That was back on Opening

794
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 3: night after the Beatown Boys raised the banner. Tatum was awesome.

795
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 3: It's a real struggle when you don't have og Ananobi

796
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 3: to put on one of those wings for Boston because

797
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 3: he wasn't playing those Celtics for short. A couple guys

798
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 3: as well, but Tatum was locked in from the jump

799
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 3: on this one and finished with forty points thirteen to

800
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 3: twenty six. Shooting took over the game in the third

801
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 3: quarter when the Knicks sort of made a run. And

802
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,439
Speaker 3: the Knicks just started ice cold on Saturday. They missed

803
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 3: their first ten shots, so they were like digging themselves

804
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 3: out of a hole right away. But despite being thirty

805
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,720
Speaker 3: four and eighteen and in third place in the Eastern Conference,

806
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 3: the Knicks are now oh win two versus the Celtics,

807
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 3: oh and two versus the Thunder, obviously another championship contender,

808
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: and they've yet to beat the Cavs. They've only played

809
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 3: them once, so like those are the three teams that

810
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 3: again they're trying to compare themselves to good record, good

811
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 3: spot in the standings, but like they obviously need to

812
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 3: sort of pick up some quality wins here at some

813
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 3: point over these better teams. And I was like trying

814
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 3: to wonder, like, is there a common denominator between these

815
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 3: losses against these good teams. I hate to say it

816
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 3: because the guy's an All star, probably flirting with an

817
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 3: All NBA season. It's been really good for majority Karl

818
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 3: Anthony Towns in those five games under fifteen points per game,

819
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 3: which is I mean, like a drastic falloff to his

820
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 3: averages on the season, so that you know, he's got

821
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,760
Speaker 3: to obviously do a little bit more in these big games.

822
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 3: And maybe that's you know, is that a concern and

823
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 3: you get to the postseason, but you know, Boston just

824
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 3: has their number and just crushed them. Like that was

825
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 3: the second time in a row they've just dominated them.

826
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 2: Fifteen to twelve against five hundred or better teams. Not

827
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 2: that good? Not good enough?

828
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 3: No, not really.

829
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 2: I love after these games, your your big guy gets

830
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 2: your your your your main star gets the interview, and

831
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 2: I love when they are asked about a guy off

832
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 2: the bench, because Jason Tatum said big Luke played his

833
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 2: ass off to day. I like that, and he did.

834
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 3: He did.

835
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,800
Speaker 2: He heard Brunson last week talk about Ariel hook Party,

836
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 2: who was awesome. That's one of my favorite things. Just

837
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 2: here the Star talk about everybody else on the team.

838
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 4: Yea even for seven for Luke Cornell and Jason Tatum

839
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 4: is like, he shot the exact amount of times he

840
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 4: should not anymore. We didn't need anymore. The Celtics are

841
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 4: rolling right now. But you're exactly right, Skeets. The Knicks

842
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 4: just haven't been able to beat the best teams in

843
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 4: the league. You can throw out the opening night one,

844
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 4: right it's opening night and we're like, oh, who knows

845
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 4: that this even counts once it gets down into it.

846
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 4: But the Celtics made or the Knicks made moves over

847
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 4: the offseason to basically become a version of the Celtics. Clearly,

848
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 4: the Celtics are just better at it, which is a

849
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 4: problem for New York because that's who they're trying to

850
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 4: get ahead of. Celtics are rolling right now. I think

851
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 4: they've won five of their last six after having a

852
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 4: I don't know if it's a concerning January, but it

853
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 4: looked like they weren't carrying all that much. They're turning

854
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 4: it on here, playing really well. Forty for Tatum, twenty

855
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 4: five for Peyton Pittro off the bench, and then Luke

856
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 4: Cornet just came miss.

857
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 2: Here's something concerning, because actually Boston's loss was against the

858
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 2: Dallas Mavericks. They looked great on Thursday night without Anthony Davis,

859
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 2: and then going into Saturday they're rolling. And unfortunately for

860
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 2: the Dallas Mavericks, my loser of the weekend has to

861
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 2: be them and losing Anthony Davis in that game because

862
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 2: he was Paulard. That team looked fantastic in that first half.

863
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 2: The guy was amazing twenty six seventeen boards, seven assists,

864
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 2: and three blocks. And then in the third quarter in

865
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 2: his debut, he goes down with an injury. Now, he

866
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 2: said it was between his groin and his squad, so

867
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 2: everybody's wondering, Okay, what do you mean, But he said

868
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 2: he was fine, and then he was ruled out Dallas's

869
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 2: next game Monday versus the Kings, and then apparently he's

870
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 2: expected to miss multiple weeks with a left adductor sometimes

871
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 2: I say adductor. Weird adductor injury in between the quad

872
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 2: and the growing as he said, And it looks like

873
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 2: he'll miss at least these next three games before it

874
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 2: All Star and maybe longer and probably all start the

875
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:22,839
Speaker 2: All Star Game itself. They're going to have to name

876
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 2: somebody to replace him. But this team, when I mentioned

877
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 2: teams that make a trade and then they look good,

878
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 2: Dallas look great against Boston. He looks so good. On

879
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 2: Thursday night nationally televised game, no Anthony Davis there before

880
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 2: his debut. They were doing some beautiful stuff, penetrating and

881
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 2: kicking out to guys, and there wasn't just a bombing threes.

882
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,240
Speaker 2: They were getting into the mid range. Clay was awesome.

883
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 2: He only had three threes, but at twenty five Nag

884
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 2: he had twenty dinwitd he had twenty two to three

885
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 2: guys twenty plus. And then the defense turned it up

886
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,720
Speaker 2: a notch with Anthony Davis on Saturday against the Rockets,

887
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 2: and then you can see how it falls off in

888
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 2: the second half without him. Just said, just very sad.

889
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 2: He takes over Luca's locker room. According to our man,

890
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 2: his locker in the team room, according to our man

891
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 2: to McMahon, and then he's injured just like that, and

892
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 2: we'll see how long it takes. But that's a terrible

893
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 2: start for every fan out there.

894
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 4: It's exactly what you didn't want to see because Anthony

895
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 4: Davis was straight up ball and when he went down

896
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 4: and it was a non contact injury, it looked like

897
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 4: hardly anything happened. You heard the report afterwards, they're like,

898
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 4: it's not serious. They were obviously lying, waiting for the

899
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 4: Super Bowl to come and then telling us during the

900
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 4: second half of the Super Bowl. I thought that was

901
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 4: a little shifty from the Dallas Mavericks. What a good

902
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,240
Speaker 4: time to news dump. But eighteen blocks for the Mavericks

903
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 4: in their win on Saturday against the Houston Rockets, Like,

904
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 4: I don't agree with the move at all, but you

905
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 4: could at least see the vision from Nico Harrison. They

906
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 4: looked huge. They looked like they're going to be a

907
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 4: menace defensively. When it's gafferd out there alongside Anthony Davis,

908
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 4: they're just able to make a real impact at the rim.

909
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 4: And then he just goes out with basically nothing happening.

910
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 4: It was awesome that the Mavericks, we'll pull out the win.

911
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 4: But when you trade one guy because they're worried about

912
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 4: injury concerns and then the guy you bring in gets

913
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 4: hurt right away, that's a bummer. Especially Davis was playing

914
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:17,640
Speaker 4: so well.

915
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 2: He's like trying to put the city on his back.

916
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,760
Speaker 2: He's like, I know nobody.

917
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 4: Wants me here, but I'm gonna go out and play

918
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 4: incredibly well and bring the city back. He had the

919
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 4: tip Dunky's yelling I'm here, and then in the second half,

920
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 4: literally he's not there.

921
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 2: No, And it is unfortunate because he was out with

922
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 2: an AB injury for the Los Angeles Lakers when he

923
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 2: played for them just recently, and it just seems like

924
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,799
Speaker 2: he left and he was interviewed about it and he said, yes,

925
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 2: it was between his squad and is growing. But he

926
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 2: said it is something that I've kind of been dealing

927
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 2: with stemming from the AB injury. So you never know.

928
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 2: I mean, maybe he just wanted to come back in

929
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,320
Speaker 2: this game, but he was banged up coming into this game. Obviously,

930
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 2: he mentioned how it's bothering him. So that's not a

931
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 2: good sign for the future of the Stalls Matter.

932
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 3: I saw Tom Haberstrow tweet that if Davis misses ten

933
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 3: plus games here because of this injury, it'll be the

934
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 3: seventh double digit game absence over the last seven seasons.

935
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 3: Luca has one such absence in his last seven seasons.

936
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 3: But you know Luca, Luca likes a beer. Kill a

937
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 3: guy man, insane, insane, just really really bad, unfortunate injury

938
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 3: here to ad who last year was healthy. But obviously

939
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 3: when you look at the totality of his career, this

940
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 3: does happen to the guy. It's just you had PJ.

941
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,760
Speaker 3: Washington also twisting an ankle. They're saying he might return tonight,

942
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 3: and Kyrie Irving also has a back issue. I mean,

943
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,399
Speaker 3: this team is obviously Derek Wiveley's out for a good

944
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 3: chunk of time, Like they're losing guys here, but they

945
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 3: traded the guy that was injured but who generally played

946
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 3: all the time. So yeah, brutal.

947
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's not clear when he's come back that

948
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 2: he still hasn't been ruled out of the All Star Game,

949
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,439
Speaker 2: so it is TVD Yeah.

950
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, but okay, so you said Trey before we went

951
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 3: on the air. Trey Young is replacing Giannis Yes in

952
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 3: the All Star Game.

953
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 2: It is official. Trey Young is a place replacing Giannis

954
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 2: and he is going to be on Team Barkley, which

955
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 2: is strange.

956
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 3: Was the international, Yeah, and so I would have to

957
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,720
Speaker 3: assume that Sabonis will be the replacement for Anthony Davis.

958
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 3: You would assume, you would sort of think, and then

959
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 3: they should swap those guys exactly.

960
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, there they were international. I don't get it. The

961
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 2: fix was in. It wasn't It was until a bunch

962
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 2: of guys got injured. Yeah, all right, moving on, let's

963
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 2: get to our pick and payoff. And I made this

964
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 2: selection based on Anthony Davis, who will not be playing

965
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 2: for the Dallas Mavericks, but because I watched them play

966
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,879
Speaker 2: against Boston without him on Thursday and kind of went

967
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,280
Speaker 2: under the radar a little bit because it was trade deadline.

968
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 2: We didn't talk about it much. I thought they were awesome,

969
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,800
Speaker 2: so I was happy to take them ten against the

970
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 2: Sacramento Kings. They're only favored by one and a half points,

971
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 2: so they just kind of went by two or more.

972
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:08,359
Speaker 2: And that's why I'm sure you all were comfortable taking

973
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 2: the Sacramento Kings. I'm the only one taking to Dallas

974
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 2: Mavericks and hey, I'm one for Yeah, yeah work. Yeah.

975
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 2: Maybe I'm the worst this month so far. I would

976
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 2: dream of being in a bookshelf doing my pick and payoff.

977
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 3: I am sweating. I don't want to sound like Lee

978
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 3: Ellis in a wetsuit, but this is not comfortable. I

979
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 3: gotta be honest. I had Tars run the prediction model

980
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:38,920
Speaker 3: on this one, and it's a guaranteed Kings cover. He's

981
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,800
Speaker 3: never wrong, so I feel good about this with Tars

982
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:46,400
Speaker 3: doing the calculations, So we're good. TK. Don't you worry.

983
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 4: I worried. The Kings got to light the beam. All

984
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 4: their new guys got to light the beam for the

985
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 4: first time, and they had him do it all together. Obviously,

986
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,800
Speaker 4: not a home game for Sacramento, but they got a

987
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 4: nice win against the Pelicans over the weekend, even though

988
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 4: Williamson Ion Williamson had an incredible game.

989
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 2: Uh and that one. So let's see if the Kings

990
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 2: can do it again. Yeah, we'll see the matters played.

991
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 2: It's so good. Their offense was just so good against Boston.

992
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 2: I think they'll be fine against the Kings.

993
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 4: Max Christy has been great. People are calling it the

994
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:15,839
Speaker 4: Max Christie trade.

995
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 2: Now it's the only guy plan. It's good.

996
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,319
Speaker 4: Lucas done nothing for the Lakers, not a thing.

997
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,240
Speaker 2: I don't even like the way he's stressed, to be honest,

998
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 2: like that or sweatshirt or these long sleep fans. They

999
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 2: just look. Man.

1000
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 3: Is Luca a go tonight though? Is he a locke

1001
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 3: against the Jazz? I know they were leaning towards that.

1002
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 2: I do not know.

1003
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 4: That's a good game to come back against. You know, yeah, yeah,

1004
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 4: you Colliers playing good. You do see the ad injury

1005
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 4: and like, okay, don't rush them. Whatever we do, do

1006
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 4: not bring him back earlier than we need to. But

1007
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,760
Speaker 4: Lucas expected to make his debut tonight versus the Jazz.

1008
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 3: Okay, wow wow.

1009
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 2: Well we may see him tonight as we will be

1010
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 2: taking in some games on playback, So join us playback

1011
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 2: dot tv, slash no Duncks. It's a fun time. We'll

1012
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 2: be taken in lots of good games to start. We'll

1013
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 2: jump in probably at around eight thirty Eastern, because there

1014
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 2: are some good ones. As I said, Wolves, Calves, Celtics.

1015
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 2: Heat's gotta be good.

1016
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 3: Are the Pelicans playing tonight?

1017
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 2: They are?

1018
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 3: They're ah sweet. That means on tomorrow's show, I can

1019
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 3: yell good, good, good.

1020
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:28,880
Speaker 2: Yes, Murph the third.

1021
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 4: Pells thunder tonight. Yes, Trey Murphy has been playing great.

1022
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been forty game. That's my girl. Nice.

1023
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 2: Yes, Skeets will be back tomorrow in the bookshelf.

1024
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:47,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't have to do playback tonight from here. Okay, good,

1025
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 3: let's hope not.

1026
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 2: We will see you tomorrow, but for now, Clipper bros.

1027
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:52,359
Speaker 2: You heard it here first.

1028
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 4: Have a great time, turn up, love you guys awesome, thanks.

1029
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 2: For joining us.

1030
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 4: And remember the Philadelphia Eagles or Super Bowl champions kay

1031
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:06,399
Speaker 4: blowout city climb the poles, grease them up, fall down

1032
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 4: the poles.

1033
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 2: Those were no birds, Those were no birds. Fly Eagle, fly.

1034
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 4: Man's crinkly back there.

1035
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:17,720
Speaker 2: See you tomorrow, everybody,