WEBVTT - Trysta's Takeaways From the Opening of Training Camp

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get into some shorter, quick little news

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<v Speaker 1>bites just to kind of like keep you updated on

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening around the league. We talked last episode about

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<v Speaker 1>how good Zion looks. Christian Clark of The Times, pickiyun

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<v Speaker 1>maybe my favorite newspaper in America, just because you get

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<v Speaker 1>to say pickiun might have given us an extra reason

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<v Speaker 1>of why Zion seems extra motivated in being skinny. One

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and thirty nine million dollars one hundred and ninety

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<v Speaker 1>three million dollars deal right with massive incentives? So what

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<v Speaker 1>are these incentives? We finally know if he wins any

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<v Speaker 1>of these accolades MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, or

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<v Speaker 1>is a full first team All Star this year, first

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<v Speaker 1>team All NBA, excuse me, he is due to receive

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight million dollars more, thirty eight million dollars, thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight million reasons to be in shape and to ball

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<v Speaker 1>out and to be completely healthy. I would definitely hire

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<v Speaker 1>a nutritionist if thirty million dollars thirty eight million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>was on the line. What does that mean? I think

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<v Speaker 1>that means Zion is going to be an absolute wrecking

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<v Speaker 1>ball and they are going to be the team, the

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<v Speaker 1>team in the West to watch this year. Speaking of extensions,

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Hero, we talked about that last episode, but we

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<v Speaker 1>now know what his extension looks like. Tyler Hero four years,

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and twenty million dollars, ten million dollars in incentives,

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<v Speaker 1>right around thirty two and a half million dollars per year.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember he said last week there are players across the

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<v Speaker 1>league who have got and paid who I know I

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<v Speaker 1>am better than, So it's gotta be the right number. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he's making more than Jayleen Brunson right now, he's making

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<v Speaker 1>more than Anfretty Simons right now. Apparently the right number

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<v Speaker 1>for him, thirty two and a half million dollars seems

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<v Speaker 1>like the right number. Also less than he would hope,

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<v Speaker 1>also a lot more than I thought he was worth.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought he was like twenty eight, twenty nine, and

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<v Speaker 1>what's three and a half million dollars in the cap

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<v Speaker 1>is as big as it is. But still at least

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<v Speaker 1>he's no longer going to be a part of these

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<v Speaker 1>trade rumors. Wonder what that means now though for Michigan

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<v Speaker 1>player Duncan Robinson, who's just sitting there on the bench

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<v Speaker 1>making I think sixteen million dollars per year. That was

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<v Speaker 1>a bad signing. That was a really bad signing. So,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of trade rumors, nobody has been in more trade

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<v Speaker 1>rumors outside of Myles Turner than Harrison Barnes. Harrison Barnes

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<v Speaker 1>and Sacramento rumor to be traded to ten teams eleven

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<v Speaker 1>teams maybe over the last two years, which is why

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<v Speaker 1>when he was asked what it's like to be constantly

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<v Speaker 1>looking over his shoulder, he gave a refreshingly honest answer.

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<v Speaker 1>Barnes said, you know, the NBA, I check Woji checked Shawm's.

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<v Speaker 1>They've still got me here. So as far as I'm concerned,

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<v Speaker 1>this is where I'm supposed to be and I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to give it my best effort. It's pretty incredible to

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<v Speaker 1>hear that these NBA players literally don't hear news any

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<v Speaker 1>earlier than us, Like we get the news the very

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<v Speaker 1>first moment we can have it. That's why you have

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<v Speaker 1>to have them on notifications. But it's nice to know

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<v Speaker 1>that Harrison Barnes is checking for the WOJ bomb to

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<v Speaker 1>see his name. And also, on a very separate side note,

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<v Speaker 1>could you imagine if you had been fired and it

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<v Speaker 1>happened on Twitter, like you find out on Twitter, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>come into my office. Nope, you don't get that. You

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<v Speaker 1>get It's been reported that Trista Crik has been removed

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<v Speaker 1>from the heat Check starting now. It's so wild. It's

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<v Speaker 1>been ordered the tryst that has been traded to iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 1>like okay, where where am I going? Also quickly Yannis

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<v Speaker 1>Yannis is a dark dude, as like a sonny of

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<v Speaker 1>a disposition that he has, and as funny as he

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<v Speaker 1>is and all these dad jokes. He likes dark movies.

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<v Speaker 1>Disney Plus movie Rise was made about his upbringing. His

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<v Speaker 1>criticism it wasn't dark enough. What I immediately said to myself, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I need to know how dark was it, Like what

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<v Speaker 1>was the darkest moment? I need to go to Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 1>and ask what was the darkest moment of your upbringing?

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<v Speaker 1>Because obviously you wanted it out there. You didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>the whitewashed, wonderbred version out there. You wanted to put

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<v Speaker 1>all of the grit and all of the grime. But

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<v Speaker 1>I also went down a rabbit hole recently about why

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<v Speaker 1>trauma is something that people keep writing about and putting

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<v Speaker 1>out in films. It's very weird. Every book I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to buy from the bookstore the other day, all centered

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<v Speaker 1>around a dark past comes bubbling up that they must confront.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, no anyway. His biggest hurdle. Mama Anta Zakoumpo

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<v Speaker 1>also didn't think that the movie was dark enough or

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<v Speaker 1>true enough to reality. She was mad it wasn't more realistic.

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<v Speaker 1>Did anybody tell him they could have done this with

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<v Speaker 1>like HBO Max, Like it didn't need to be Disney Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I'm promise you HBO Max would have done that deal.

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<v Speaker 1>It would have been like, all right, we're putting out

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<v Speaker 1>House of Dragons, and then a season before that, we're

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<v Speaker 1>putting out It's not called Rise, it's called like stay Down.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. He's happy that the kids are responding

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<v Speaker 1>to his life story, but he cannot wait. He says,

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<v Speaker 1>for a movie about his life that will be more dark,

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<v Speaker 1>because he said it will be more accurate that way.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to know what happened. I need to know

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. I know she was selling, his mom was

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<v Speaker 1>selling like DVDs in Greece. I need to know. Moving on,

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<v Speaker 1>reports hit the wires that Shack is currently interested in

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<v Speaker 1>becoming a part of the new ownership group of the

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<v Speaker 1>Phoenix Suns. Shack wants to buy the Sons. Wasn't he

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<v Speaker 1>there for like a season? He was the big Cactus,

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<v Speaker 1>Big Cacti, and then he was something else. He went

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere else pretty quickly after that when he went to

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat. I mean, he has no real connection to Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 1>especially considering that he shares a set with someone who

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<v Speaker 1>is mister Phoenix Sons and Charles Barkley. So to me,

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<v Speaker 1>it feels very petty. It feels like he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>own it and have that to lure over Charles Barkley

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<v Speaker 1>on TNT, really just to so he can make fun

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<v Speaker 1>of him on TNT. Apparently he wants to get into

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<v Speaker 1>business with Jeff Bezos, who is now rumored to be

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<v Speaker 1>kicking the tires on the Suns. I don't want Jeff

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<v Speaker 1>Bezos owning an NBA team. I don't he owns too

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<v Speaker 1>many things. He just does. I don't want him owning

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<v Speaker 1>every facet of my life. I went to a grocery

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<v Speaker 1>store today. It was an Amazon grocery store. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the scariest thing I've ever seen. You just scan a code,

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<v Speaker 1>you put groceries in the bag and you leave. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't even check you out. How do they know? They've

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<v Speaker 1>got cameras, they've got weight markers, they correspond the weights

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<v Speaker 1>to the foods. How do they know? How do they know?

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<v Speaker 1>How do they get it all right? What if they

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<v Speaker 1>overcharge me? What if they accused me of stealing when

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't? All these things? Scary? Amazon? Jeff Bezos is

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<v Speaker 1>a scary dude. What's he gonna do inside of an arena?

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows? Really interesting? But the league does need Shack

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<v Speaker 1>as an owner. I would like that. So here's a question.

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<v Speaker 1>What NBA player can guard positions one through five? I

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<v Speaker 1>think the list is pretty short, right, You've got like

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<v Speaker 1>bam Adebayo, You've got Well, let's actually ask bam Adebayo

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<v Speaker 1>who he thinks UH can do that. He has his

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<v Speaker 1>own ideas. This is what bam said. He says, it's me, Draymond,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jannie, three guys who can literally guard one through

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<v Speaker 1>five and be effective. So he leaves off Ben Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>who played one and now is gonna play five. So

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<v Speaker 1>you would imagine he could probably guard two, three and

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<v Speaker 1>four Lebron James. He just leaves Lebron James off. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he can guard one through five. I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty effective at that h Who am I missing? Kevin Durant?

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<v Speaker 1>Can Kevin Durant guard one through five? Be can guard

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<v Speaker 1>maybe two? One and a half through five? A big

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<v Speaker 1>point guard? Who am I missing? Are there any players

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<v Speaker 1>with the length and the agility? Jason Tatum? Could he play?

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<v Speaker 1>Could he guard one through five? I'm just throwing these

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<v Speaker 1>names out here now. Length, agility to defend all positions,

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<v Speaker 1>and strength to be able to take a bruising down

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<v Speaker 1>low in the post. I'd like to know. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>know what you guys think, either in the comments section,

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<v Speaker 1>hit me up on Twitter? Am I missing anyone? Latest

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<v Speaker 1>trade rumor? Buddy Healed and Miles Turner to the Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>for both of their first round picks. This has been

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<v Speaker 1>going on for forever. I'm done. I'm done with this

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<v Speaker 1>Indiana Pacers Lakers trade like either do it or don't

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<v Speaker 1>do it. I don't want to hear any more about

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<v Speaker 1>Buddy Hill being in purple and gold, which will be

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<v Speaker 1>an absolute nightmare of a scenario if it happens. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to hear any more about Miles Turner being

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<v Speaker 1>traded Like no more rumors. These are just this is

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest tease. It's been going on for like four years,

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<v Speaker 1>even when Buddy Hill was in Sacramento. We've been hearing

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<v Speaker 1>about all these guys being traded. I'm done, Zach Lowe

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<v Speaker 1>rep My best intel right now is if the Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>called Indiana right now and said both picks unprotected, the

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<v Speaker 1>Pacers would do that deal. I mean, yeah, two first

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<v Speaker 1>round picks for guys that you don't like, like they

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<v Speaker 1>don't like either one of them. Yes, of course that

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<v Speaker 1>deal is gonna happen if you offer him your twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five and twenty seven first round picks, which Lebron James

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<v Speaker 1>will be as old as dust by Ben and so

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<v Speaker 1>this team will be nowhere and Anthony Davis will probably

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<v Speaker 1>be retired by twenty twenty seven. So of course, of

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<v Speaker 1>course they're gonna do it. Well, the Lakers do it,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the question, all right? Uh, Steve, someone asked Steve

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<v Speaker 1>Nash about Ben simmons free throw woes, and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in Ben as a free throw shooter. That's

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<v Speaker 1>really nice to hear, Steve. I'm glad you believe in him.

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<v Speaker 1>Was he supposed to say? What Doc Rivers said, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>then they've got to deal with like Ben never coming

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<v Speaker 1>back to the team. He can't levy one bit of

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<v Speaker 1>criticism on Ben Simmons if you're the coach publicly without

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<v Speaker 1>him deciding he needs another back surgery. Like that's just facts.

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<v Speaker 1>The last time we saw Ben Simmons, he shot thirty

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<v Speaker 1>four percent from the line in the playoffs over twelve games.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a point guard at that point shooting thirty

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<v Speaker 1>four percent from the free throw line. I mean, what

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<v Speaker 1>is he supposed to say? I guess, like I don't

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<v Speaker 1>believe in Ben. I pray he never gets fouled. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why we don't want the ball in his hands, like

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna pass every time he has the ball. Like

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I said he doesn't. I don't want him

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<v Speaker 1>shooting jump shots because God forbid, I have to have

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<v Speaker 1>him shoot three free throws. Like what is he gonna say?

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<v Speaker 1>I plan on benching him in the fourth quarter. Don't worry,

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<v Speaker 1>like everything's fine. Like if if Steve nash knew how

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<v Speaker 1>to manage his rotations, that's what he would do. Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons out there, quarters one two and three, quarters one

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<v Speaker 1>and three, when the pressure is the let the least.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, you guys say that it's just like Steve

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<v Speaker 1>Nash is maybe the worst, may be the worst coach

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA right now. And that's saying a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Steve Clifford's back, folks. Also Rachel Nichols, She's back, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>She uh. The coast is clear for Rachel Nichols given

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that the world has turned their attention on

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<v Speaker 1>spewing venom at Malika Andrews. So now Rachel Nichols comes

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<v Speaker 1>from the clouds and announces she's now with Showtime Sports.

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<v Speaker 1>She gave her first interview with the All the Smoke guys.

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<v Speaker 1>She went through her entire point of view over why

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<v Speaker 1>she was ousted or pushed out from ESPN. Listen, I

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<v Speaker 1>like people getting a second chance. But if I am

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<v Speaker 1>if I am, Matt Barnes and Jack, we're not putting

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<v Speaker 1>out that promo right now. We have the entire world

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<v Speaker 1>going after Malika and questioning her blackness. We can't have

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<v Speaker 1>and we were connected in the Rachel Nichols saga as

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<v Speaker 1>the only people of color that she would put on

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<v Speaker 1>her show were us. We can't. We can't promote her

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<v Speaker 1>coming back right now. We gotta push this announcement dog

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<v Speaker 1>a week maybe nine days. This can't be. We can't

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<v Speaker 1>be connected to this. We gotta we gotta reshoot this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like the day after Malika's Andrew's got destroyed

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<v Speaker 1>by Twitter, people being like bringing Rachel Nichols back, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, it's like I beck like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't have that. We can't have that. That just

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<v Speaker 1>shows you the one day you're on the spit, next

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<v Speaker 1>you're part of the fire. She turned in just really

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<v Speaker 1>lands on her feet. Rachel Nichols shocking, shocking. Rachel Nichols

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<v Speaker 1>is uh is resilient. I'll just say that, moving forward forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Chet Holmgren, Poor, poor chet Holmgren. On the day the

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<v Speaker 1>preseason began, he tweeted this, it was like one of

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<v Speaker 1>the most heartbreaking things I've ever seen all caps. I

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<v Speaker 1>want a hoop, Damn, damn. I want to see you

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<v Speaker 1>hoop too. Chet Holmgren. Reports say that he's reached out

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<v Speaker 1>to Joel Embiid for advice on what it's like to

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<v Speaker 1>miss his entire rookie year. He said, I briefly spoke

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<v Speaker 1>to Joel on what his experience was like and talked

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<v Speaker 1>to one of his trainers a little bit and got

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<v Speaker 1>some kind words of advice. Awesome, awesome stuff. Also, how

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<v Speaker 1>come he didn't contact Ben Simmons. He missed his whole

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<v Speaker 1>rookie year too. It's weird really quick aside, did you

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<v Speaker 1>guys see that Instagram photo? And it was Kyrie, Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant and Ben and Ben was just like on the

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<v Speaker 1>left side of the photo and he's like looking at bit.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like looking at Kai and Katie and there like

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<v Speaker 1>looking at only each other, like just icing them out

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<v Speaker 1>of the photo, like just turning their entire shoulder, like

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<v Speaker 1>who invited this guy? Who invited this guy? Who is

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<v Speaker 1>this guy? He's like the pr guy off to the side,

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<v Speaker 1>like the agent, not involved in the conversation in any way,

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<v Speaker 1>just eating pizza. Anyway, Back to Chet Holmgren, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>wait to see him. Can't wait to see him back. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>in my tweet of the week, we get to see

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<v Speaker 1>James Wiseman not only ball out to the tune of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty points nine rebounds, which is also I actually don't

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<v Speaker 1>know which is more surprising. Ben Simmons James Wiseman excuse

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<v Speaker 1>me being fully healthy and dominant or James Wiseman to

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<v Speaker 1>decide in Japan to go in full Samurai gear and

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<v Speaker 1>use a Samurai sword to drop a bamboo target in half.

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<v Speaker 1>James Wiseman in a Samurai suit with a Samurai sword

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<v Speaker 1>in Japan, it's like Tom Cruise, the last Samurai's James Wiseman.

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<v Speaker 1>I think if there's one guy though, because he's had

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<v Speaker 1>so many injuries. If there's one guy, if I'm the

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<v Speaker 1>Golden State Warriors, I don't want to be wielding one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most sharp swords on Earth. It's like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're giving you Valerian steel, a Valerian Steel sword, and

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<v Speaker 1>a dragon. There you go. James Wiseman play play Game

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<v Speaker 1>of Thrones. It's like, no, I don't want James Wiseman

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<v Speaker 1>like cause playing anything that could lead him to get

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<v Speaker 1>injured again, even a flesh wound, because you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>James Wiseman will get a flesh wound and then it

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<v Speaker 1>would ultimately get infected and then he would probably end

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<v Speaker 1>up losing a limb because like that's how bad of

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<v Speaker 1>luck that he has. It'd be like you remember when

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<v Speaker 1>James Wiseman lost from his elbow to his hand because

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<v Speaker 1>he accidentally cut himself with a Samurai sword on a

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<v Speaker 1>pr trip during training camp to Japan. That shit was crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>What could have been if James Wiseman wasn't messing around

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<v Speaker 1>trying to play samurai. Do you guys remember when Jaguars

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<v Speaker 1>kicker Chris Hansen ended his season by hitting himself in

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<v Speaker 1>the leg with an axe trying to chop wood in

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<v Speaker 1>the locker room, Like, that's what I imagine happening to

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<v Speaker 1>James Wiseman. Like, just James Wiseman out for the year, Dodo,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you have to go to like NBA dot

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<v Speaker 1>com Slash Injuries and it's like James Wiseman out designation

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<v Speaker 1>Samurai sword flesh wound. That's what it is. What a

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<v Speaker 1>piece of memorabilia that was. We can only hope there

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<v Speaker 1>will not be a Samurai sword sitting inside of one

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<v Speaker 1>of Lacub's offices or one of James Wiseman's locker in

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<v Speaker 1>the future. Don't want to see that short episode. Not

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stuff happening in the NBA. But that

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<v Speaker 1>is all the time that we have for the heat check.

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