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Speaker 1: Welcome to this League Uncut in the rule of twenty

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Speaker 1: four hour NBA News. This's you, Chris Haynes. It's time,

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Speaker 1: Mark Stein, it's some time. This League Uncut is underway

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Speaker 1: and on five this should be a good one.

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Speaker 2: Gonna be a good one, indeed, a fresh and clean

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Speaker 2: edition of this League Uncut. As we move firmly into

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Speaker 2: the second round of the NBA Playoffs, Mark Stein here

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Speaker 2: with Chris Haynes. As always, eight teams left in the

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Speaker 2: race for a title. Those eight teams hold the lowest

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Speaker 2: composite winning percentage for a final eight in the history

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Speaker 2: of the NBA's sixteen team playoff format, which by the way,

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Speaker 2: turns forty years old next season. And that awesome stat

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Speaker 2: comes from our shared former teammate from ESPN, Kevin Pelton.

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Speaker 2: You got the defending champions in there as a number

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Speaker 2: six seed. Two playing teams in the second round for

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Speaker 2: the first time, the seven seeded Lakers the eighth seeded

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Speaker 2: Heat We're gonna get to all that We're gonna get,

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Speaker 2: of course, to Warriors Lakers. The series that Chris will

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Speaker 2: primarily be covering in Round two, Lebron James versus Stephen Curry.

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Speaker 2: Round five in the playoffs starts later to night, but

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Speaker 2: we gotta start with this crazy Philly game. We are

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Speaker 2: recording Monday night for a Tuesday morning release of this pod.

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Speaker 2: Game one the Sixers, with no Joel Embiid and James

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Speaker 2: Harden goes for forty five, Tyrese Maxi goes for twenty

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Speaker 2: six seventy one combined from the Guards and without Joel Embiid,

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Speaker 2: they take a one to zero lead in Boston. Chris Haynes,

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Speaker 2: I did not see that coming at all. I know

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Speaker 2: obviously we're I mean Tuesday, later today, the MVP award

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Speaker 2: is going to be announced. Joel Embiid is has emerged

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Speaker 2: as the favorite to win that. I think we all

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Speaker 2: expect him to be announced as the MVP. But Joel Embiid,

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Speaker 2: he's told you, He's told me, he said it all

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Speaker 2: year long. All he wants to do is get to

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Speaker 2: the playoffs and be healthy. And here he is. He's

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Speaker 2: not healthy, but his guys just stepped up huge, and man,

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Speaker 2: the Sixers. This is this is this is a whopper

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Speaker 2: of an upset.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think anybody could have really saw

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Speaker 3: that coming in Boston. Game one, without arguably well I think,

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Speaker 3: like you said, he's gonna be the favorite to win

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Speaker 3: that MVP Award. James Harden turned back the hands of

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Speaker 3: time with that performance. That was vintage James Harden with

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Speaker 3: the Houston Rockets. That's what he did. You could tell

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Speaker 3: he was in a comfort zone. He didn't have to

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Speaker 3: had Tyrese Maxi going off and being a speechter that

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Speaker 3: he is and making plays, getting downhill, hitting that jump shot.

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Speaker 3: Philly looked like they looked like a really good ball club.

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Speaker 3: He saw James Harden talking with my colleague Ali leave

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Speaker 3: Forth after the game and he said he was short,

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Speaker 3: but he was real candid with with his with his response.

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Speaker 3: His answer, he said, she asked like, how did it

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Speaker 3: feel to be back in that mold of the James

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Speaker 3: whether they where they where, do they win in or not,

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Speaker 3: that's a different story. But I was gonna get my

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Speaker 3: shots up. So you know, he looked like a really

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Speaker 3: kind of back to his old ways. I know, a

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Speaker 3: lot of people felt like he may have lost a

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Speaker 3: But he did that, and he did it against one

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Speaker 2: I mean, there is so much to unpack just from

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Speaker 2: to win it all. But the Sixers now don't know

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Speaker 2: what kind of Joel Embiid they're going to have back

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Speaker 2: when he does come back. The Celtics just look like

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Speaker 2: they had the chance in Game five. They finished that

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Speaker 2: series in very limp fashion. And then for the Celtics

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Speaker 2: how you don't show up locked in to take advantage

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Speaker 2: it's only one game, and we don't know even if

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Speaker 2: What would you do if you're the Sixers, do you

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Speaker 3: I would sit them. I would sit them because the

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Speaker 3: Sixers have confidence now. And I know teams and players

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Speaker 3: back for Game three in Philly. But I most definitely

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Speaker 3: ride the confidence that they have right now. Ride the wave.

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Speaker 3: See if James Harden and Tyres Maxi and those other

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Speaker 3: I think there's no way if I'm management, there's no

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Speaker 2: I think we both know mister Embiid pretty well, but

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Speaker 2: I'm going to ask you how hard will it be

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Speaker 2: the wisdom in it and say, yes, let me sit

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Speaker 3: But I think it's easier to sell him on that

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Speaker 3: looks like he's going to get MVP. He's going to

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Speaker 3: be happy with that. He's definitely going to be pleased

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Speaker 3: I think he'll be willing to do that considering the sething,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because I do think for him, I mean, were

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Speaker 2: you know, that's a big deal to him. But he

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean this is and look, we don't

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Speaker 2: when if Yokic won the MVP, you'd think that that

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Speaker 2: He's been crushed for years for his playoff performance. He

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Speaker 2: What do you think of the well pregame fit?

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Speaker 3: I think David Stern is rolling over in his grave

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Speaker 3: That bagging thiss That is beyond bagging this, That's beyond

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Speaker 3: the baggingess that we were putting ourselves in the nineties

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Speaker 3: know they're they're known by you know, most of the

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Speaker 2: Let's say he got crushed for the look he got.

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Speaker 2: You know, his playoff history always gets thrown in his face.

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Speaker 3: Hold on you mentioned a signing in Vegas? Stein hold On,

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Speaker 3: I mean, come on.

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Speaker 2: What Yes, America, this is what happens on the This

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Speaker 2: League Uncut podcast. You remember, early in the history of

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Speaker 2: the show, when we were really a fledgling show, Chris

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Speaker 2: Haynes had to stop one episode because the pizza delivery

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Speaker 2: man rang the doorbell. But this, this is more excusable.

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Speaker 2: I think we're not gonna find him because he is

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Speaker 2: that tells you that that TNT's got Chris Haynes hooked

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Speaker 2: up and he stands somewhere nice.

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Speaker 3: A brother has to eat. Oh but that's what I

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Speaker 3: was saying. So, Stein, you brought up James Hard James

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Speaker 3: Harden's sighting in Vegas. What was he seen doing? Can

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Speaker 3: you tell me that? Stin?

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Speaker 4: I have to ask do? I had to ask?

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Speaker 3: Man? I thought I thought he made some news somewhat

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Speaker 3: with his side of it. Maybe I was wrong. I

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Speaker 3: That's why I don't know.

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Speaker 3: This will get aggreated. What I was thinking right now

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Speaker 3: But Stian, how many times have I said something on

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Speaker 3: Let's take it out.

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Speaker 3: The whole time the rest of the pod, I'm thinking,

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Speaker 3: So I listen to you. I listen to you.

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Speaker 2: I can't confirm or deny that the larger question here,

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Speaker 2: this is the new NBA and it's the new way

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Speaker 2: The Lakers, like you said, that's a completely different team now,

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Speaker 2: they made four trades between January twenty third and February ninth.

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Speaker 2: And you know, the Heat were fourth in games lost

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Speaker 3: So I like that he said that, Stuy, But who

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, that's I mean, he was clearly from my seat,

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Speaker 3: I just want to get.

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Speaker 2: Great, so you just let let me get aggregated. Thanks,

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Speaker 2: that's all right, Let's talk talk about the Marquee series.

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Speaker 2: Of Round two. You're gonna be on it both TV

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm I'm I kind of brought this up

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Speaker 3: And I mean, I hope we got over that already.

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Speaker 3: But man, I am so honored, man so honored to

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Speaker 3: I'm super stoked to be on it. What do I expect?

431
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,439
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know what. I don't know

432
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 3: what I'll expect Stein, But I'll tell you this, man,

433
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 3: I know Lebron, James and Stephen Curry. They're definitely up

434
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 3: for this task. This was I talked to Lebron believe

435
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 3: I believe it was his first year when he came

436
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,520
Speaker 3: with the Lakers, and we were talking about these scenarios

437
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 3: about what the NBA. We was having just a conversation

438
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 3: on the side about what the dream matchups the NBA

439
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 3: wants to wants to see. And he brought that up, Star,

440
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,639
Speaker 3: he brought that up, said for sure they want the

441
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 3: Lakers or Warriors. You know at that time he said

442
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,119
Speaker 3: Lakers Warriors Western Conference Finals. And you know this is

443
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 3: the second round. But this is man, I can't wait, Starn.

444
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 3: I'm very excited. I'm very humble, man, Thank God for

445
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 3: this opportunity man, So hopefully I can do my job

446
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 3: and stay out the way and let them perform.

447
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 2: Well, look, I'm happy for you. I mean that's you know, obviously,

448
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 2: that's I can hear the excitement in your voice. I

449
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 2: totally get. It's funny though, like just just what you know,

450
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 2: the age difference between us, because I you know, of

451
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 2: your generation, there is such reverence for the NBC broadcast

452
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 2: and the song you know, Roundball Rock. But I feel

453
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 2: the exact same way about the eighties when it was

454
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 2: on CBS, and like the CBS music from the eighties

455
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 2: will just stop me in my tracks.

456
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,440
Speaker 3: I like, yeah, I have to. I don't even know

457
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 3: if that sounds like that. I need to go to that.

458
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,679
Speaker 2: Because there was you know, basketball was the NBA was

459
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 2: very very much the third class citizen. You know, Baseball

460
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 2: was almost on equal footing with the NFL. And when

461
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,919
Speaker 2: I was probably you know, when I was really just

462
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 2: becoming a sports fan in the seventies, I would argue

463
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 2: baseball had a larger profile. So, I mean, you know,

464
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 2: throughout the eighties, baseball and football, you know it it

465
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 2: took Magic and Mic, It took Magic and Larry and

466
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 2: then Michael to, you know, push the NBA to the

467
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 2: heights that had ultimately reached. But in the eighties a

468
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 2: national TV game on CBS, they were rarer and just

469
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 2: like I said, I would hear that. I'm surprised you

470
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 2: actually haven't heard this like that the eighties CBS music

471
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 2: like oh, just like perfection and yeah, I get misty

472
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 2: eye just think about that. So it's just just funny

473
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 2: the uh you know that you feel the same way

474
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,400
Speaker 2: about about the nineties, and I'm sure, I'm sure, mister

475
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 2: VESSI will love hearing the hearing you say that. I mean, look,

476
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 2: but this series, like we talk about Lebron being, you know,

477
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 2: the greatest thirty eight year old we've ever seen, and

478
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 2: nobody has ever aged like him. I think we got

479
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 2: to start saying that about Steph. He looks fantastic and

480
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 2: it's I remember when the Mavericks went on their title

481
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 2: run in twenty eleven, and I would talk a lot

482
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 2: about this with Paija Stoyakovich, who was a former All

483
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 2: Star and a great shooter scorer in his own right,

484
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,640
Speaker 2: but at that point he was a role player, and

485
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 2: Pajia would marvel at what Dirk was doing on that

486
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 2: title run in twenty eleven, and when I would speak

487
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 2: about this with Paiga, he would say, like Dirk, you know,

488
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 2: we would both kind of say that. You know, Dirk

489
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 2: is a surgeon now like in his later stages, he

490
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 2: knew exactly what he wanted to do, exactly how to

491
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 2: get to his spots, exactly how to operate. And that's

492
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 2: just that's how I feel with Steph.

493
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 4: I mean, he.

494
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 2: You know, he would not let his team lose that

495
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 2: Game seven in Sacramento, and uh, you know got inside

496
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 2: more than really we've ever seen him. You know, took

497
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 2: the thirty eight shots on a on a on an

498
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 2: afternoon that most of his teammates outside of Kaan Looney

499
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 2: didn't have it. I mean, that was that was surgeon like.

500
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 3: So here's a I might regret going on to this topic,

501
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 3: but again it's.

502
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 2: A good say something, say something, say something crazy, so

503
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 2: it takes takes the focus off whatever I've said.

504
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 3: Stile. So now Steph, I mean, he's he's gotten this

505
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 3: recognition before, but after that performance Game seven, people are

506
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 3: saying the greatest point guard in history. I don't know

507
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 3: that I have a problem with that. The hard thing

508
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 3: about that sinking in for me, is is he the

509
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 3: best point guard ever? Or is he the best player

510
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 3: to be labeled a point guard? Does that make.

511
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 2: Because I don't I don't look at him as a

512
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 2: pure point guard.

513
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, yeah, I don't. I don't need

514
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 3: but people will go people get crazy when you say that.

515
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 3: They get defensive about that, and so it's like I

516
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 3: have a hard time, like, are we talking about you know,

517
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 3: are we talking about he's the best point guard ever?

518
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 3: Because the point guard has certain obligations, certain responsibilities. And

519
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 3: I'm not saying, Steph, I'll see I'm gonna get myself

520
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 3: in trouble, but you get what I'm.

521
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 2: Saying, and you're not. Look, you're not getting in any

522
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 2: trouble with me. I mean, to me, greatest point guard. Like,

523
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 2: you know, it's pretty hard to rest that mantle for

524
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 2: Magic Johnson. I you know, I don't. I don't think

525
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 2: he's not gonna get like that. One's not up for

526
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 2: debate for me. But you know, the debate is communist

527
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 2: Steph a top ten player? And I say unequivocally, yes,

528
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 2: he is a top ten player, not only not only

529
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 2: for his complete body of work, which he's you know,

530
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 2: after winning the Finals MVP. He's won everything now. But

531
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 2: also when you bring in the change the game factors,

532
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 2: he has that, and you know, Dirk had that too,

533
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 2: and I thought that was you know, Dirk only has

534
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 2: one championship on his resume, but that's one of the

535
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 2: things that I think puts Dirk in the top twenty.

536
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 2: Dirk changed his position. Stephen Curry changed what constitute a

537
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 2: good shot in the NBA. He changed the shooting range

538
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 2: for a whole generation. And I looked this up. Howard

539
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: Beck did a piece on Steph last year and Draymond

540
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 2: had this fantastic quote in here, which I think backs

541
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 2: up your point. Steph'son anomaly. He's different than anything we've

542
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 2: ever seen in this league. He's not Alan Iverson, he's

543
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 2: not Isaiah Thomas, he's not Ray Allen, he's not Reggie Miller.

544
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 2: He's like some mix of all those guys. So I'm

545
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 2: in total agreement with you and Draymond. He's not a

546
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 2: point guard. I don't even look at him like that,

547
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 2: especially in this positionless era. But you know, we we

548
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 2: could do a whole show debating top ten, and for

549
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 2: some people, they're not going to have Steph in the

550
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 2: top ten, But you know, I think he belongs there.

551
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 3: I'll put the top ten. Yeah, I put them top ten.

552
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 3: But is there anybody else that's in that category where

553
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 3: we really can't give them a position, like they really

554
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 3: don't do, not hold a primary position. They're just great,

555
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 3: They're just great basketb.

556
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 2: Play At this point, I mean, what is Lebron's position?

557
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 2: He's played them all, I mean except center. Yeah, I

558
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 2: mean he's He's been elite as a one, as a four,

559
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 2: as a three. I mean, so I don't I don't

560
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 2: think he I don't think you can put him him

561
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 2: in a positional box either.

562
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 3: Well, I think most people say he's a small four,

563
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 3: But I get your point. He's played at all.

564
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: Obviously, Will Russell kareem their centers, MJ is, you know,

565
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 2: the quintessential two guard of all time, And obviously you

566
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 2: know he's a lot of people's goat. But I think,

567
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 2: I you know, that's the thing is, I think I

568
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 2: think Lebron and Steph who've played the bulk of their

569
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 2: career in this positionless era. Yeah, like, I'm not so

570
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 2: hung up on player designations. But look, whatever we say,

571
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 2: people will disagree with it. That's fine. These are. You know,

572
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 2: these are all topics that everybody gets, you know, crazy

573
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 2: mad about.

574
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 4: I mean.

575
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 2: Series wise. You know, I'm picking the Warriors. I'm not

576
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 2: picking against you know, last year I said it, I

577
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 2: I last year I got all swept up in you know,

578
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 2: the MAVs took out Phoenix and I actually made the

579
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 2: regrettable mistake, despite having spent so much time with the

580
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 2: Warriors for the first three years their dynasty. I you know,

581
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 2: I picked the Mavericks to beat the Warriors and was

582
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 2: made to look foolish. Huge mistake. The Warriors and all

583
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 2: their playoff know how Sacramento just experienced it. You know,

584
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 2: how much did we talk about the Kings going or

585
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 2: how much do we talk about the Warriors being eleven

586
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 2: and thirty on the road and then well, the only

587
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 2: road record that matters is they're two and one now

588
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 2: on the road and they got two road or two

589
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 2: and two on the road, and they got two wins

590
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 2: and sack and and there in the second round. I

591
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 2: just a d and Lebron are gonna know. Ad was

592
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 2: a defensive monster in the Memphis series. I mean he

593
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 2: was He showed you what the best defensive player in

594
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 2: the league looks like he was. You know, when Anthony

595
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 2: Davis plays like that, he is the best defensive force

596
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 2: in the league, but offensively he was a bit up

597
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 2: and down. I think both he and Lebron are gonna

598
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 2: have to play at a higher level in this round

599
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 2: for them to beat the Warriors. I just, you know,

600
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 2: unless the Lakers others come up huge. You know, if

601
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 2: Reeves and Hatchamura and Vanderbilt and but Beasley and all

602
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,720
Speaker 2: these guys. You know, if you know, if those guys

603
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,240
Speaker 2: play above themselves, I might look foolish here, but I'm

604
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 2: I'm not picking against Golden State after what they just

605
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 2: did not in the West.

606
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 3: Can we Giveloney unreal? Oh my goodness. So I'm I

607
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 3: want to see this matchup Kavan Looney Anthony Davis. I

608
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 3: want to see if he can have a similar impact

609
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 3: defensively on the game like he did in dominating his

610
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 3: matchup with th My Sabonis Man. Kavan Looney was a beast,

611
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,240
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, the unsung hero of the Golden State Wars.

612
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 2: I've been saying this one for years. Find yourself someone

613
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 2: who loves you the way Steve Kerr loves Kevon Looney,

614
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 2: Kavan Looney is Steve Kerr's favorite player. I've told Steve

615
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 2: Kerr that I say this. He laughs because he knows

616
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 2: it's true. But I mean, what that guy is an

617
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 2: incredible story, the player that he's become after all the

618
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 2: injuries to now become an iron man who never missed

619
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 2: his games and a twenty rebound machine. I mean, that's

620
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 2: the thing. I just you know, there are a lot

621
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 2: of things that the Lakers are gonna have to overcome

622
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:15,800
Speaker 2: to win this series. But you're lucky man, envious that

623
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 2: that you're gonna be right there in the middle of

624
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 2: it all.

625
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 3: And I have to My friend is getting on me

626
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 3: right now because he was the one that was telling

627
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 3: me I'm not giving Kval Loony enough love, So you know,

628
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 3: I have to give him a shout out. My guy

629
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 3: t Hall over here at Terrence Hall, he was the

630
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 3: one to put it.

631
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 2: You buy T Hall's room service.

632
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm taking care of it. He got some he

633
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 3: got some pizza and some wings. He got some piece

634
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 3: and some wings. I'm taking care of it. That's how

635
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 3: your friends do, Star. They come over visit and order

636
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 3: room service.

637
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 4: Man.

638
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,479
Speaker 2: Oh you I might just show up for like Game

639
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 2: three or Game four and just knock on, ring the ring.

640
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 2: I can't knock on the door because you stay in

641
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: such nice places. I gotta ring the doorbell.

642
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 3: These are my frids. Man, get you some friends. Man

643
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 3: show up unexpectedly and charge your room service. Those are

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Speaker 3: good friends, man, he said, the best the world.

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Speaker 2: All Right, I'm gonna let you and t Hall enjoy

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Speaker 2: the rest of the evening. Look, there's lots more here

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Speaker 2: that we're gonna get to. A Grizzlies post mortem after

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Speaker 2: the way memphisis season ended. What this means going forward

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Speaker 2: for John Morant, What this means going forward for Dylan Brooks.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a growing sense around the league that

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Speaker 2: questioning there's certainly questions about the Grizzlies appetite going forward.

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Speaker 2: Do they really want to bring Dylan Brooks back? Is

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Speaker 2: that a change we're gonna see from the Grizzlies. But look,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna be talking lots about the Grizzlies. I think

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Speaker 2: once we start moving in to the off season portion

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Speaker 2: of the show, we will get more into Denver Phoenix,

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Speaker 2: which Game two is going on as we record this

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Speaker 2: Game two of Nick's Heat Tuesday Night, Amazing season for

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Speaker 2: the Kings. I mean it was you know, and we've

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Speaker 2: talked a lot about the Kings, but you know, I

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Speaker 2: really kind of feel like, yes, they had a two

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Speaker 2: zero lead and couldn't convert it, But to me, there's

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Speaker 2: nothing that can besmirch their season after missing the playoffs

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Speaker 2: sixteen years in a row, just to do what they

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Speaker 2: did and push the Warriors the way they did. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure they're disappointed, and I know Kings fans are probably inconsolable,

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Speaker 2: but I still think when they step away that that

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Speaker 2: season is going to go down as a success.

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Speaker 3: Hell of a year year. I can't take that boy

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Speaker 3: for him.

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Speaker 2: All Right, it was a great first round. Let's hope

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Speaker 2: the second round can maintain that level. Injuries, of course,

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Speaker 2: are always the thing that can throw us. And you know,

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Speaker 2: we got a monitor the Jimmy Butler situation, got a

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Speaker 2: monitor what happens next with them bed but both of

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Speaker 2: their teams, Miami and Philly. By winning Game one on

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Speaker 2: the road, their teams have this option. Now, maybe they

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Speaker 2: rest the star in game two and you know, bring

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Speaker 2: Butler back, bring them be back in game three, and

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Speaker 2: hope that those guys are a little bit closer to

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Speaker 2: the expected level. We'll get into all of that in

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Speaker 2: the next edition of This League, Uncut later this week.

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Speaker 2: In the meantime, everyone please rate, review, subscribe to the show.

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Speaker 2: Chris and I'll be back in a couple of days

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Speaker 2: with more. Thanks for being with us.

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Speaker 4: Everybody, and that'll do it for us. See you next time.

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Speaker 2: This League Uncut is and iHeartRadio production.

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Speaker 4: Chris Haynes and Mark Stein.

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Speaker 2: Don't