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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, and welcome to Sloan Alone, where I talked

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Speaker 1: in depth about hoops, basketball and a little bit more

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Speaker 1: about hoops. I'm your host, Sloan. I'm seventeen years old,

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Speaker 1: and today on the show, I'm gonna be talking to

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Speaker 1: you about if Cooper Flags are returned to do the

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Speaker 1: craziest NBA stories of all time, answering your guys's questions

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Speaker 1: to me, and so much more. Let's get into it.

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Speaker 1: I'm filming this episode on April third, So the month

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Speaker 1: of March just concluded. In my opinion, the month of

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Speaker 1: March is the best month for hoops. It's March Madness

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Speaker 1: and the end of the NBA season, So there's so

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Speaker 1: much drama, so much tea, and so much basketball. Let's

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Speaker 1: get into March Madness. So I want to talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit about my top five players in March Madness

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Speaker 1: this year. Now, there isn't any particular order, and we

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Speaker 1: haven't even seen the Final four play out yet, so

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Speaker 1: this has completely changed. But this is my ranking for now.

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Speaker 1: So to start off, we have Walter Clayton Junior. Walter

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Speaker 1: Clayton Junior has really solidified Florida as a number one seed.

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Speaker 1: I personally think that Florida is a great team, but

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Speaker 1: they don't give number one seed without Walter Clayton Junior.

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Speaker 1: He's averaged twenty two points per game this tournament, which

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Speaker 1: Texas Tech and the defending champions of Yukon and Dan

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Speaker 1: know that's big time. Next up, we have Johnny Broom

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Speaker 1: of Auburn. Now Auburn is the number one overall seed

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Speaker 1: in the tournament. I personally think it should be Duke,

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Speaker 1: but that's a story for another day. He hasn't fallen

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Speaker 1: hasn't had a game yet under eleven rebounds. He's a

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Speaker 1: board machine. Third up, we have LJ. Cryer of Houston.

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Speaker 1: Houston has a special place in my heart because I've

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Speaker 1: interviewed Mercy Miller, who's a freshman on Houston, and it's

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Speaker 1: pretty cool to say that I've interviewed someone in the

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Speaker 1: Final four. I love saying that. Anyway, back to LJ.

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Speaker 1: His three point shooting percentage has dropped a little bit

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter because he's averaging seventeen points a game, which

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Speaker 1: is an increase from the regular season. Reminds me a

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Speaker 1: performs even better in the playoffs, if you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean. So Number four is Cooper flag Duh, It's Cooper.

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Speaker 1: Everyone loves Cooper Flack. He's been the number one projected

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Speaker 1: NBA draft pick since high school and he classed up

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Speaker 1: under fifty percent from the field this tournament. His injury,

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Speaker 1: all the hatred meant nothing to Cooper, who's led DUP

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Speaker 1: to the final four. But let's be real, Cooper hasn't

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Speaker 1: his teammates like Conk Nipple, come on, Mallowatch and Tyrese Proctor.

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Speaker 1: They've also been killers and it looks like all of

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Speaker 1: them are going to be heading to the league next

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Speaker 1: year as well. Number five is j T. Toppin. Though JT.

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Speaker 1: Toppin is not related to Dunk Contest participants Jacob or

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Speaker 1: Obi Toppin, He's still a fabulous basketball player. He's had

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Speaker 1: played four games the tournament and he's had four double

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Speaker 1: double super impressive. I'm guessing you would have led his

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Speaker 1: Florida hadn't crushed their dreams. All right, So that was

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Speaker 1: my first team All March Madness, just as a recap,

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Speaker 1: I had Walter Clayton Junior, Johnny Broome, LJ. Crier, J T. Toppin,

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Speaker 1: and Cooper Flag. I personally think Duke's gonna win. Let's

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Speaker 1: see what happens in two days. Let's continue talking about

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Speaker 1: Duke's starboy, Cooper Flag. Is he gonna stay another year

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Speaker 1: or is he gonna go to the league? That question

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Speaker 1: take about it. The obvious answer for a kid as

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Speaker 1: That's every kid's dream. But with nil and the powerhouse

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Speaker 1: like it's most like that he would be drafted to

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Speaker 1: an organization like the Hornets or the Wizards. Is that

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Speaker 1: College is fun, it's a good time. It's a good

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Speaker 1: time for development. But remember when Zion shoe busted open

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Speaker 1: and he almost ruined his career. We don't want to

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Speaker 1: see that happen to Cooper. Cooper, go to the league.

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Speaker 1: Take that NBA money. It's a great thing that you

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Speaker 1: can get traded. If you get drafted to the Hornets,

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Speaker 1: you do not have to stay there forever. That's my advisory.

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Speaker 1: And you still get to be in North Carolina. Pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: So Cooper, if you're listening, I think you should go.

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Speaker 1: But selfishly, as a Duke fan, if you guys win

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Speaker 1: this year and then next year, it would be cool

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Speaker 1: to see a little two peed action. But take it

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Speaker 1: to the league. Now, we've talked about March Madness, but

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Speaker 1: like I said, the month of March is exciting for

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Speaker 1: two reasons, March Madness and the end of the NBA season.

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about the MBA. I want to start

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Speaker 1: doing this little thing on sloan alone where I highlight

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Speaker 1: a player that's underrated. My favorite question to ask everyone

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Speaker 1: And I always hear answers like a Drew Holiday, right,

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Speaker 1: But there's other underrated guys in the league that I

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Speaker 1: And so the person that I'm going to highlight this

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Speaker 1: week is the Hawks Dyson Daniels. Now, last year with

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Speaker 1: the Pelicans, Dyson was averaging six points, four boards, three

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Speaker 1: assists to night. That's decent. That's decent. NBA players numbers

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Speaker 1: now with Victor Webbin Yama out, Dyson Daniel is one

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Speaker 1: of the two favorites to win Defensive Player of the Year.

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Speaker 1: It's a completely different story. He has fourteen points, five rebounds,

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Speaker 1: weren't even married, they didn't even know each other. I

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Speaker 1: don't even think they were in college. That was thirty

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Speaker 1: years ago when Alvin Robertson did it for the Seattle SuperSonics.

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Speaker 1: Now that's crazy that a six' eight guard From australia

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Speaker 1: is doing. It, now that's pretty. Cool why aren't enough

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Speaker 1: people talking about? THIS i think they, should and that's

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Speaker 1: WHY i Think Dyson daniels lockdown. Mode daniels is a

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Speaker 1: you guys could let me know other underrated players in

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Speaker 1: the league that you want me to. Cover, now for

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Speaker 1: the part of this, Episode i'm most excited for answering

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Speaker 1: your guys's questions for the first, time just so you

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Speaker 1: know if you have any, Questions because there was so

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Speaker 1: many incredible questions, TODAY i only picked. Three you can

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Speaker 1: always post a drop box before we. Filmed let's talk about.

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Speaker 1: It so the first question is From raptors And. Hoops

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Speaker 1: raptors And hoops shout out to. YOU i always see

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Speaker 1: you in my comments interacting with my. Videos it really

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Speaker 1: means so. Much your question is what is your biggest

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Speaker 1: hot take for this upcoming? Playoffs you know. Me i'm

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Speaker 1: sure you can guess. It as a Diehard warriors. Fan

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Speaker 1: my hot take is that The warriors are gonna go

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Speaker 1: far in this. Playoffs they're making it way past the first,

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Speaker 1: round second. Round The warriors are making it to The

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Speaker 1: Western Conference. Finals The warriors are nineteen and four With

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Speaker 1: Jimmy butler By Steph curry's. Side i've said it once

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Speaker 1: And i'll say it. Again When Steph curry has a

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Speaker 1: great scoring second, option there is no stopping. HIM i don't.

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Speaker 1: Care give Me, yogic give Me, braun give Me. LUCA

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Speaker 1: i want it. All we played The grizzlies two nights.

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Speaker 1: Ago it was, Fine who Cares steph score fifty two?

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Speaker 1: Points fourth in The, West Anthony? Edwards who? Cares we

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Speaker 1: Time i've ever seen. Him i've never seen Kevil On

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Speaker 1: threes two for, two one hundred. Percent If Kevin looney

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Speaker 1: Baby we're going. Far the next question is From Freddie

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Speaker 1: underscore seventy, seven who asks do you think there's a

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Speaker 1: chance The clippers make it out of the Stacked west

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Speaker 1: if fully? Healthy, Now, freddy let me tell you stacked

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Speaker 1: can't make it far in The. West thanks for that. Question,

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Speaker 1: adam's Thirteen Underscore, LEXI i don't know if thirteen's your lucky,

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Speaker 1: what inspired you to start up your podcast about? Hoops

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Speaker 1: thank you so much with the, Question. Lexi that one

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Speaker 1: Slow knows WHEN i was about. Thirteen and this is,

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Speaker 1: Player so why, Basketball Like lexi, asked, Well i've just

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Speaker 1: always loved. BASKETBALL i know it's a boring, answer but

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Speaker 1: WHEN i Saw Steph curry play for the first time

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Speaker 1: with the. GAME i love the way that basketball combined

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Speaker 1: aura and SO i always loved. It WHY i, started,

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Speaker 1: specifically my podcast is for three. Reasons number, ONE i

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Speaker 1: love to. Talk number, TWO i love. Basketball number, THREE

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Speaker 1: i want to be here as a voice for teenage.

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Speaker 1: GIRLS i think teenage girls are a really UNDERREPRESENTED nba fan.

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Speaker 1: Base everybody knows grown men love, basketball a lot of

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Speaker 1: grown women love, basketball a lot of young boys love.

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Speaker 1: Basketball but where it's the love for the teenage. GIRLS

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Speaker 1: i think that there's a lot of stereotypes out there

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Speaker 1: and all that and not. Sports but let me tell,

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Speaker 1: you guys so much for your. QUESTIONS i love answering,

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Speaker 1: them so feel free to ask. More now that's a

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