WEBVTT - Mushing Memphis & Destination Cleveland

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, come home, Come home, Come home.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of The Heat Check, I did it again.

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<v Speaker 2>I did it like Britney Spears before she got commandeered

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<v Speaker 2>by her father. Oopsie, my golly. I mushed another team, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I did. It's the Memphis Grizzlies. Yeah. Uh, poor Jahn

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<v Speaker 2>Morant caught astray. I had a whole thing about them,

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<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden, as much as I

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<v Speaker 2>related them for going nine and one, yet metaphorically speaking,

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<v Speaker 2>they then went on an immediate down downhill spiral. And

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<v Speaker 2>then later on the show we also get into another

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<v Speaker 2>reason that the Lakers are unfixable, Like it's just one

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<v Speaker 2>after another now, but now there's new injury news of

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Day, So it's just more time to dissect what

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<v Speaker 2>the fuck is happening in Lakerland. So do me a

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<v Speaker 2>favorite brock and dropped that beat. So we talked last

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<v Speaker 2>week about the Memphis Grizzlies, how good they've been, all

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<v Speaker 2>these role players stepping up, Desmond Banded, Anthony Melton, all

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<v Speaker 2>these people that the casual fan has no idea who

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<v Speaker 2>they are. You know, Dylan Brooks is doing things. They

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<v Speaker 2>won nine of ten. They were like it was not

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<v Speaker 2>an exaggeration to say that they were the hottest team

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<v Speaker 2>in basketball at the time that that segment came out.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you've been following the Heat Checker this league

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<v Speaker 2>at all, you'll know and could guess exactly what followed

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<v Speaker 2>after that, a mush, an immediate in immediate downwards viral

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<v Speaker 2>of the Memphis Grizzlies. Oh yes, I didn't just mush them, though,

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<v Speaker 2>I mushed them twice, which is even worse. Right, first

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<v Speaker 2>and foremost, they lost one oh five to.

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<v Speaker 3>One hundred to the Portland Trailblazers.

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<v Speaker 2>At home, at home the day after the episode dropped,

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<v Speaker 2>like the day I mean the mush. There's no delay.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no mush delay here is as soon as we

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<v Speaker 2>push published, as soon as there's one stream, even if

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<v Speaker 2>just one stream put it out on the TikTok, put

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<v Speaker 2>a little promo out submit, then it's just the ether

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<v Speaker 2>conspires against me. It's just everything goes the opposite way,

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<v Speaker 2>because why can I be right on a micro level?

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<v Speaker 3>I cannot be.

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<v Speaker 2>I might remind people that Portland at that point at

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<v Speaker 2>that point had only run won one road game at

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<v Speaker 2>that period, the one road game, and their second road

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<v Speaker 2>game was that one against the hottest team of basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>Memphis Grizzlies. I'm sorry, I'm sorry Memphis. And worse yet,

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<v Speaker 2>the next game they played the Oklahoma City Thunder that

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<v Speaker 2>they had just beaten by seventy plus points without jaw

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<v Speaker 2>and they get jaw back, and everyone's oh, how much

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<v Speaker 2>are you gonna steamroll them? By that time, I know

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<v Speaker 2>SGA came back, but jaws back. Look Out MVP, lookout NBA,

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<v Speaker 2>jaws coming. The Ninja emoji has emerged Spanish no more

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<v Speaker 2>taking the court storming back, and Oklahoma City beat them

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<v Speaker 2>one O two ninety nine in about as ugly as

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<v Speaker 2>a game as the Grizzlies have played all year. Jesus, Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>Lord help me. Lord helped the Grizzlies because they might

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<v Speaker 2>not win another game. So to recap, in the past year,

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<v Speaker 2>I have mushed the Orlando Magic after a hot quick start.

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<v Speaker 2>I must remind you after that episode dropped, Mark hel

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<v Speaker 2>Foltz tore his acl Utah Jazz Incredible against this bread

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<v Speaker 2>winning streak. Soon as that episode came out, that against

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<v Speaker 2>the spread winning streak ceased to exist. Dallas Mavericks after

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<v Speaker 2>their winning streak and the end of the season when

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<v Speaker 2>the Golden State Warriors last year were playing really well.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, hey, hold on hold the phone. They could

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<v Speaker 2>actually go to the finals. Didn't make the playoffs at all.

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<v Speaker 2>There's just a few that come to mind. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one after another after another after another. Oh, Bucks,

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<v Speaker 2>the good one. Bucks will never win the championship ever

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<v Speaker 2>in their current construction. They won that following year after

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<v Speaker 2>you know, everyone thought that they were toast. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>since the episode relating the Grizzlies metaphorically came out, they

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<v Speaker 2>are zero and two with one loss, including John Morant

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<v Speaker 2>on the floor against two of the worst teams in

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<v Speaker 2>the league. Uh yeah, any team who has an unexpected

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<v Speaker 2>segment written about all. I'm not talking about like Golden

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<v Speaker 2>State right now, where it's like there's nothing I can do,

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<v Speaker 2>Like nine and one. Golden State will not go one

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<v Speaker 2>nine and one, and they did. That was another one.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if I say you're a world beater, or

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<v Speaker 2>if I say you're not gonna be good, like the

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<v Speaker 2>Chicago Bolt, it just goes the opposite. It just goes

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<v Speaker 2>the opposite. And it's funny and it's just it's just

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<v Speaker 2>the surest fire away to send a team into a

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<v Speaker 2>tailspinners for them to catch my attention and for me

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<v Speaker 2>to spend time researching how good they could be and are.

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<v Speaker 2>So John Morant is now taking a hiatus from social

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<v Speaker 2>media at large because he was booed off the court

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<v Speaker 2>in his first game back. Yep, that happened. So I

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<v Speaker 2>can say that that might be part two of the

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<v Speaker 2>mush because I was like, oh, Jow's come in NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>Look out Eddie peekin it did. John did not have

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<v Speaker 2>a bad game in his return, but it wasn't also

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<v Speaker 2>a great game, but that shouldn't matter. He was coming

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<v Speaker 2>back from injury, his first game back off of something

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<v Speaker 2>that could have been devastating, after something that people thought

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<v Speaker 2>might be a Derek Roe situation, and we all got

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<v Speaker 2>to see him ball out again in like a eight

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<v Speaker 2>weeks time, So I mean it should be a celebration. Pitches,

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<v Speaker 2>it should be a celebration. Of course, he's rusty, but

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<v Speaker 2>apparently Grizzlies fans have very high hopes, high expectations for

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<v Speaker 2>how a star is gonna come back off out of

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<v Speaker 2>an mc house brain. They got used to winning ninety

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<v Speaker 2>percent of their games. Fuck it, So if he's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna contribute to winning ninety five ninety seven percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the games. Then get this motherfucker off the court right now,

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<v Speaker 2>because like, listen, we just beat the team by seventy jaw,

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<v Speaker 2>what have you done for me lately? We just lost

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<v Speaker 2>to the Oklahoma City Thunder with you on the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>We just beat him by seventy So obviously you are trash.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously you are the problem. Jaw.

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty bad coincidence.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say fan base has now become I would say

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a worse, more entitled version of the Golden State Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>Just just gross hate them, and like, truthfully, this team's

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<v Speaker 2>probably gonna be moved, So fuck him anyway. Really, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>when this franchise is up for sale, I promise you

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<v Speaker 2>there won't be a covenant where it has to stay

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<v Speaker 2>in Memphis, promise you. Uh, And so fuck him because

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<v Speaker 2>they heckled Jaw Morant. They heckled him. They heckled their

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<v Speaker 2>all star player, number two player taken off the board,

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<v Speaker 2>the future of the franchise.

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<v Speaker 3>They heckled him.

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<v Speaker 2>He was sixteen, eight and six on a six twelve

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<v Speaker 2>shooting night. In just twenty eight minutes, he was plus

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<v Speaker 2>two for the game that was decided by one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it is a good game decided by one possession. I mean, Dane,

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<v Speaker 2>I would take that coming off an injury. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what. Fans were not happy to see their team

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<v Speaker 2>lose to a team that they blew out, and Jaw

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<v Speaker 2>they let him know it, and Jaw got sad. Jaw,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a segment really about just Jaw being sad.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're talking about a guy. So, but what's crazy

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<v Speaker 2>is like Jaw doesn't get sad like the It's so

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<v Speaker 2>remark arkable. Jaw has literally gone on the record and said,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad, my father, my father, my biological father, is

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<v Speaker 2>my greatest hater. Like he has been calling me trash

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<v Speaker 2>for as long as I can remember. And I take

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<v Speaker 2>his hate and him in the driveway saying I'll never

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<v Speaker 2>be shit. I take that as fuel, and I turn

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<v Speaker 2>that into leading the league in points in the paint

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<v Speaker 2>and dunking on people's faces and putting my nuts right

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<v Speaker 2>in their nose, you know what I mean, Like, not

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<v Speaker 2>even metaphorically, like just actually that's truthfully. He loves criticism,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, he turns hate and he makes it productive.

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<v Speaker 2>So for a guy like Jaw who can allow his

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<v Speaker 2>own father to trash talk, him for him to get sad.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine all of the lengths a fan base would have

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<v Speaker 2>to go in order to get there, right, Like, that's nuts.

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<v Speaker 3>After a near devastating injury.

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<v Speaker 2>That provides perspective, hopefully for himself and for the fan

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<v Speaker 2>base of what they could have lost and what was

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<v Speaker 2>right there to enjoy the moment of having John Morant back.

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<v Speaker 2>He comes back and then they do that, folks, Imagine

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<v Speaker 2>what it must take to rattle that man. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what he said after the loss. Even during the game,

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<v Speaker 2>I was running down the court and heard some of

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<v Speaker 2>my fans court side, court side, not even in the

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<v Speaker 2>cheap seats, court side fans telling me I need to

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<v Speaker 2>sit back out. So I don't understand what they were

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get out of that. I think it makes

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<v Speaker 2>it worse. Like, you don't think Jaw knew, Hey this,

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<v Speaker 2>we just beat this team by seventy and now we're

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<v Speaker 2>barely in the game. You don't think he had the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of mind to get that parallel on his own.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't think Jaw's smart enough to see how that

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<v Speaker 2>may not be great optically. Come on, come on now, sheesh,

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't done. He kept going this is what he said.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot, man. I'm excited to be back. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thankful for my teammates because they've tried to keep my

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<v Speaker 2>spirits up and tell me not to worry about what

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<v Speaker 2>people say. But it's hard not to see that stuff

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<v Speaker 2>and hear that stuff. It's easy when I see it,

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<v Speaker 2>but when I'm running down the court mid game and

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<v Speaker 2>I hear it from the same people who were chanting

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<v Speaker 2>MVP a while ago.

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<v Speaker 3>It's frustrating.

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<v Speaker 2>There was more. This is also what he said. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just frustrated. Normally y'all have seen it, when anything somebody

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<v Speaker 2>says negatively about me, it fuels me. But tonight, tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>the remarks from the fans actually hurt my feelings.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to do what I normally do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna bounce back. I'm very excited about this next game. Pause, folks,

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<v Speaker 2>take the pr for Jamaran next game, because I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to blow it out of the water. Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the point number is, whatever the three point number, just.

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<v Speaker 3>Take it all.

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<v Speaker 2>Take all the Ja Morant props because he's fuel. He

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<v Speaker 2>got so sad, though his teammates had to chime in

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<v Speaker 2>and defend him to the fan base. This is what

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<v Speaker 2>Desmond Bain said. It's nonsense. People just want something to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 3>They want something to talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jaw's an easy target because he's the best player

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<v Speaker 2>on our team, in an All Star in his third year.

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<v Speaker 2>He will be in Memphis as long as he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to be. It's his franchise. I mean, what are we

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<v Speaker 2>even talking about here. Jaw was still brooding after the

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<v Speaker 2>press conference, and that is when he took to social

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<v Speaker 2>media to say goodbye to folks on social media, which

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<v Speaker 2>he later deleted because he was so in his feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>After the fact, he realized, God damn, I was in

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<v Speaker 2>my feelings. It's what he said off social media for

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<v Speaker 2>a while. Peace emoji, anybody who need me got my number.

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<v Speaker 2>Love is love black heart emoji. Then followed up by saying,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate the real ones black heart emoji. The Memphis fan base,

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<v Speaker 2>the trash at Memphis fan base that doesn't even have

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<v Speaker 2>good barbecue.

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<v Speaker 3>They felt the need because it's all vinegar base.

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<v Speaker 2>That felt the needs to come after Ja Morant and

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<v Speaker 2>they ran them.

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<v Speaker 3>Off of Twitter.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about that. In one game, these motherfuckers in the

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<v Speaker 2>expensive seats on the court, ran Jamarant off the Twitter.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you kidding me? Three days ago? Jamrant was on

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<v Speaker 2>Twitter speaking in Spanish with the Ninja emoji three days ago,

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<v Speaker 2>like Jaw loves Twitter. I love Jaw on Twitter. And

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<v Speaker 2>now he's gone, and now we don't get that anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a guy who was MVP candidate, comes back

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<v Speaker 2>one mediocre game, limited minutes, and they're like, grab the bench, Jaw,

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<v Speaker 2>sit your ass down, Jaw, we don't need you anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna roll out with the Anthony Melton and Desmond

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<v Speaker 2>Bane the fuck out of here. Are you serious? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>starting to think the fan base of Memphis doesn't deserve

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<v Speaker 2>Jahn Morant. If they don't shut the fuck up, Ja.

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<v Speaker 3>Morant might never see social media again.

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<v Speaker 2>He might shave his head like Britney Spears and go

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<v Speaker 2>into his own little hovel and probably force his way

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<v Speaker 2>out of Memphis where he's at it, where he's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be heckled for coming back early in what could

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<v Speaker 2>have been like Houn's traffic injury. He rushed himself back.

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<v Speaker 2>He was literally counting down the days like Dank Dunk

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<v Speaker 2>dick talk, two more days before I come back with

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<v Speaker 2>my sort emoji like, what so, I mean, it's probably

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<v Speaker 2>only a couple more days before we see like is

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<v Speaker 2>Memphis better without Jahn Morant? Next up on Undisputed? And

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<v Speaker 2>as for me, I'm taking all the Jamran moments I

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<v Speaker 2>could get because life's too short to watch just Desmond

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<v Speaker 2>Bane ball out for the CRUs.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, yeah, I'm making a change today. The litt have

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<v Speaker 4>been taking a pain away. I heard you was giving

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<v Speaker 4>your chain away. It's kind of like giving your fame away.

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<v Speaker 1>It was wrong with you.

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<v Speaker 4>I sit in a box with our own. This dual

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<v Speaker 4>boss is a road that I've grown into. I let

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<v Speaker 4>you to death, but I told you the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't just be what you will. If you pulled

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred NBA fans start the season and you said,

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<v Speaker 2>after thirty games, I'm gonna give you two choices, Cleveland

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<v Speaker 2>Cavaliers or the LA Lakers, which team is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be better after thirty games? People would say, is this

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<v Speaker 2>a trick question?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you serious?

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred out of one hundred, no chance anyone even

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<v Speaker 2>imagines a moment that the Cleveland Cavaliers after thirty games

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<v Speaker 2>would be better than the Lakers, let alone that they

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<v Speaker 2>would be better off for the future. No chance, like absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>like maybe a little fluky moment, everybody dies in La

0:14:56.440 --> 0:15:02.960
<v Speaker 2>Lakerland and then somehow Cleveland played no one and everybody

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<v Speaker 2>that they play has COVID and it's all gle like maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>but like, okay, Jay scrub is like logging many minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, nobody, like everyone high levels of confidence chooses Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>But here we are thirty games in and look at

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<v Speaker 2>the standings. The Calves are the better team right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The Calves are not just a better team right now,

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<v Speaker 2>they are in better shape for the future, for the

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<v Speaker 2>long term and the intermediate term than the Lakers. I

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<v Speaker 2>bet you that the Calves end up with a better

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<v Speaker 2>record than the Lakers this season. And I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I said last season in the off season when they

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<v Speaker 2>signed Russell Westbrook and they had problems and Dennis Shrewder

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<v Speaker 2>didn't sign and then that thing fell apart, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you had Montress Harrell wanting out, and you had you know,

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't sign even Twight Howard, and there was just many

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<v Speaker 2>issues of things going wrong. And I said, this is

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<v Speaker 2>rock bottom. And now I know that wasn't rock bottom.

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<v Speaker 2>This I might think is rock bottom because it's a

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<v Speaker 2>real world scenario now where you're comparing the Lakers to

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<v Speaker 2>the Calves, Lebron James's former franchise, and it doesn't look good.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lakers do not look good in comparison to the Calves.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've got folks in real world, in the real world.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to point this out. People like Kendrick Perkins

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<v Speaker 2>are not imagining scenarios, but they are creating real scenarios

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<v Speaker 2>where Lebron James is forcing him his way from Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>California to Cleveland, Ohio. Let me let that sink in

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<v Speaker 2>for a second. There are people like Jimmy Patzos who

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<v Speaker 2>are saying Lebron should ask his way back to Cleveland.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Jimmy Patzos, he's a serious person. There are serious

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<v Speaker 2>people putting that out into the world, and not just

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<v Speaker 2>people like their trolls like me. You know, like these

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<v Speaker 2>are real human beings with serious thoughts in their head.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they're not just like what would be funny.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, maybe Kendrick would like this is nuts. That's

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<v Speaker 2>where we're at. Let me find the Kendrick Perkins tweet,

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<v Speaker 2>cause that's nuts. He said. I wonder if Lebron James

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<v Speaker 2>would consider demanding a trade back to Cleveland. The Calves

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<v Speaker 2>have a nice squad.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't remind me though, and carry on.

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<v Speaker 2>Outside of Trey Young stud Garius Garland is the second

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<v Speaker 2>best point guard in the Eastern Conference and should be

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<v Speaker 2>an All Star this year. Carry on, This is my man,

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<v Speaker 2>patsost what he had to say last night on bet

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<v Speaker 2>MGM tonight.

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<v Speaker 5>They need Anthony Davis to play. And then they had

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<v Speaker 5>a couple of guys that're waiting to see if they

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<v Speaker 5>get healthy actually like coming out off the bench but

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<v Speaker 5>with a d out. Why can't Lebron say I'm going

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<v Speaker 5>back to Cleveland one more time? They would take him

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<v Speaker 5>if because he went to Cleveland, they become the favorites

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<v Speaker 5>right now in the East. The West is too good.

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<v Speaker 5>You got the two best teams in the West. The

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<v Speaker 5>West is so go the East go to East for

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<v Speaker 5>six of us? You know, three months? Why not? And

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<v Speaker 5>he's allowed to go to Cleveland because that's his place.

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<v Speaker 2>Coach, How is that deal gonna get done? Like that

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<v Speaker 2>trade has to make sense? You think the Lakers are.

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<v Speaker 6>You think the Lakers trade for Kevin They trade their

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<v Speaker 6>like they trade Kevin Love and Colin Sexton and like

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<v Speaker 6>seven first round draft picks for Lebron.

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<v Speaker 2>Jake co turn me out Kobe White for Lebron instead,

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<v Speaker 2>tell me how this works mathematically, and like, how is

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<v Speaker 2>this going to make sense from a Lakers.

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<v Speaker 5>No, I mean you just salary wise, you have to

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<v Speaker 5>throw Love in there. And then Sexton wants money, so

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<v Speaker 5>he's looking for a place that has cap room. No.

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<v Speaker 5>In a year, you figure out the rest. You have

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<v Speaker 5>to throw a couple. I don't know if you'd want

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<v Speaker 5>Cleveland picks because they're gonna now you could throw a

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<v Speaker 5>Choro in there. It was a really good young guy

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<v Speaker 5>at six y seven, because you can find it because

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<v Speaker 5>Lebron's gonna play solo. Choro. Sexton loved the salary cap

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<v Speaker 5>and your first rounder. And hey, if Lebron says I'm doing,

0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.479
<v Speaker 5>he rottens the league basically, And I got no problem

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<v Speaker 5>with that.

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<v Speaker 2>This man said Kevin Love would match the salaries. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's how I knew. He was coming off of a

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<v Speaker 2>plane and they had free drinks. That's how I knew

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<v Speaker 2>this man was not thinking streets like and then and

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<v Speaker 2>then people in Los Angeles and Rich Paul had to

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<v Speaker 2>dignify it with the response and said, I spoke to Lebron.

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<v Speaker 3>This is what Sham said.

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<v Speaker 2>I spoke to Lebron's agent, Rich Paul, and he's this

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<v Speaker 2>talk is totally ridiculous. Lebron James is not leaving the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 3>You you spoke with him and.

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<v Speaker 2>He said it was ridiculous. The fact that we even

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<v Speaker 2>are talking about this, this team he's going. This team

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't look like it has the young legs that they

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<v Speaker 2>need to have. And that's why the Lakers have been.

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<v Speaker 3>Active in the trade market.

0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:26.760
<v Speaker 2>When you look at a guy like Ben Simmons, they

0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:31.200
<v Speaker 2>love to get a guy like him or Jeremy Grant.

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<v Speaker 2>What are we even talking about right now? This?

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<v Speaker 3>How do you think you're getting these teams, these players? How?

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<v Speaker 2>Like this is not a bad Lakers team, not just

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<v Speaker 2>a bad Lakers team. This is an unfixable, untenable situation.

0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:52.959
<v Speaker 2>This is a marriage that is just too costly to split.

0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:55.440
<v Speaker 2>Like you know that guy, I'm sure you know him.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you know of some some man or woman

0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:01.040
<v Speaker 2>that's in a relationship and they're married, and it would

0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:06.240
<v Speaker 2>just be a complete financial disaster if they split this

0:21:06.240 --> 0:21:10.320
<v Speaker 2>thing up. So they just go along peacefully in their

0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:14.480
<v Speaker 2>own realms. But everybody knows. They're not really happy. They're

0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:16.879
<v Speaker 2>not gonna be together long term. And that is Russell

0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:20.080
<v Speaker 2>Westbrook right now in the Los Angeles Lakers, because there's

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<v Speaker 2>no one.

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<v Speaker 3>Who wants him, no one.

0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:25.960
<v Speaker 2>And now Anthony Davis, the cornerstone of their franchise where

0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:29.360
<v Speaker 2>they traded multiple first round picks to get him. Anthony

0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:33.359
<v Speaker 2>Davis is hurt again again. He is twenty seven years old,

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<v Speaker 2>and he still has a degenerative issue in his tenonosis

0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:42.240
<v Speaker 2>of the achilles that's still happening. Yep, not tendonitis, but tenonosis,

0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:46.560
<v Speaker 2>which I always let people know is degenerative condition. And

0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:51.160
<v Speaker 2>now he has a springed MCO four to six weeks

0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:56.959
<v Speaker 2>out at best. At best, Anthony Davis says mentally, I'm fine.

0:21:57.119 --> 0:22:00.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm in good spirits just being around the team. Obviously

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<v Speaker 2>avoided a major injury, which has my spirits back up

0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:05.280
<v Speaker 2>because I just didn't know. He said.

0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:07.240
<v Speaker 3>I heard it, pop, folks.

0:22:07.880 --> 0:22:09.960
<v Speaker 2>And now the team is five hundred now just lost

0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:13.840
<v Speaker 2>their best player, and face it, they have twenty games

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<v Speaker 2>at the very.

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<v Speaker 3>Least without him.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know what that means? I mean, that means things.

0:22:19.920 --> 0:22:22.399
<v Speaker 2>You just hate to see another year where the Lakers

0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.720
<v Speaker 2>stars are hurt. The supporting cast cannot carry the load,

0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:30.359
<v Speaker 2>and they are waiting for their star to come and

0:22:30.440 --> 0:22:32.679
<v Speaker 2>dig them out of a hole where it's just too deep.

0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:34.600
<v Speaker 2>In order for them to dig them out of, they've

0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:39.800
<v Speaker 2>played sixteen different starting lineups in thirty one games. They've

0:22:39.840 --> 0:22:44.120
<v Speaker 2>struggled mightily to mix and match their way out of

0:22:44.160 --> 0:22:48.200
<v Speaker 2>this mediocrity. Frank Vogels in the lab trying to cook

0:22:48.280 --> 0:22:52.600
<v Speaker 2>up ways to make and I said this pre a preseason.

0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:55.840
<v Speaker 2>I was like, listen, maybe there's a way that this

0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:59.040
<v Speaker 2>can work. Maybe I doubt it, but if there is

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<v Speaker 2>a way, Like when you go to that show Chopped

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<v Speaker 2>and you get there and there's a box of ingredients

0:23:05.400 --> 0:23:07.320
<v Speaker 2>and they don't make no sense together and you have

0:23:07.359 --> 0:23:10.080
<v Speaker 2>to make a Michelin star meal out of them. It's like,

0:23:10.160 --> 0:23:16.239
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna give you foa graw and Cheetos and a

0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:16.919
<v Speaker 2>light bulb.

0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:22.760
<v Speaker 7>Make something that's like but it's like if they give

0:23:22.880 --> 0:23:26.920
<v Speaker 7>that to if they give that to Wolfgang Puck, right,

0:23:27.840 --> 0:23:30.399
<v Speaker 7>You're like, I'm excited to find out what this is

0:23:30.440 --> 0:23:30.840
<v Speaker 7>gonna be.

0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:37.879
<v Speaker 2>Right, if they give that to me, I'm like, fam deuces, right, Like,

0:23:37.960 --> 0:23:42.680
<v Speaker 2>you cannot give this mix and match box of ingredients

0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:47.120
<v Speaker 2>to Frank Vogel and expect a culinary masterpiece to come out.

0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:48.280
<v Speaker 3>And that's what he's been doing.

0:23:48.520 --> 0:23:51.880
<v Speaker 2>He's been sweating when the lights and the cameras are

0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:54.879
<v Speaker 2>on with the sate pants and they're like, Frank, what

0:23:54.920 --> 0:23:56.720
<v Speaker 2>are you making up here? And he's like, ah, I

0:23:56.960 --> 0:23:59.840
<v Speaker 2>just wa fa gra got some fa grah got some.

0:24:00.040 --> 0:24:01.679
<v Speaker 2>And it's like you're just saying the ingredients that you

0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:03.879
<v Speaker 2>have yet we got Russ, we got ad, we got Lebron.

0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:06.399
<v Speaker 2>We're just figuring some things out, and it's like you're not.

0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:10.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know that this mix ever makes sense. I'm

0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:13.720
<v Speaker 2>not sure that this will ever taste good. I'm certain

0:24:13.760 --> 0:24:17.120
<v Speaker 2>this will never be a championship contender. But I think

0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.840
<v Speaker 2>actually this is a recipe that's gonna put folks in

0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:24.000
<v Speaker 2>the hospital if they eat it. Like I think you

0:24:24.119 --> 0:24:26.960
<v Speaker 2>might have glass in your lungs at the end of

0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:27.440
<v Speaker 2>this thing.

0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:31.920
<v Speaker 3>I mean, he's cooking up these lineups and.

0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:35.320
<v Speaker 2>They don't make no sense. Bron told reporters after the

0:24:35.359 --> 0:24:39.320
<v Speaker 2>recent loss. We currently have no idea what this Lakers

0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:43.919
<v Speaker 2>team it's capable of. Due to the whole entire season

0:24:44.200 --> 0:24:47.200
<v Speaker 2>of us not all being together. It's hard to assess

0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:51.320
<v Speaker 2>how good we can be. Yes, that's true, injuries impact

0:24:51.359 --> 0:24:55.200
<v Speaker 2>a team, but guess what when you ad Russ and

0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:57.399
<v Speaker 2>DeAndre and Jordan and Mellow were all playing, you were

0:24:57.400 --> 0:25:01.720
<v Speaker 2>still five hundred. Russell Westbrook says he's also extremely very

0:25:01.840 --> 0:25:05.639
<v Speaker 2>optimistic heading into the fifty games left in the season.

0:25:06.920 --> 0:25:10.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, come on, I know he's not. Remember it

0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:12.679
<v Speaker 2>was Russ who poo pooed the preseason saying that nobody

0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:14.800
<v Speaker 2>cared about games that didn't count. And then it was

0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:17.639
<v Speaker 2>Russ after the shaky start who was like, well, you

0:25:17.720 --> 0:25:20.119
<v Speaker 2>can't judge a team in the first couple of weeks.

0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Thirty one games in, He's like, well, can't judge a

0:25:23.040 --> 0:25:27.560
<v Speaker 2>team till April. And it's like it's like, wait, we

0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:32.600
<v Speaker 2>can't judge you until you're literally like packing up your locker.

0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Is that what you're saying that there's no time period

0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:37.840
<v Speaker 2>prior to you going home.

0:25:39.400 --> 0:25:41.360
<v Speaker 3>Where we can say, hey, this isn't working.

0:25:42.680 --> 0:25:47.040
<v Speaker 2>It's like, well, Russ, you're just lost. I know. And

0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:50.120
<v Speaker 2>how you should know that the Lakers are truly in trouble,

0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:55.360
<v Speaker 2>like actually things are a big issue is that Austin Reeves,

0:25:56.040 --> 0:26:01.600
<v Speaker 2>an undrafted player, same level as Jace grub a man

0:26:01.640 --> 0:26:04.359
<v Speaker 2>that you've never heard of his name before this year

0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:09.560
<v Speaker 2>is statistically their best player on the team. Who who

0:26:10.080 --> 0:26:16.400
<v Speaker 2>exactly I call him diet Alex Carusoe, the assistant janitor,

0:26:16.520 --> 0:26:22.440
<v Speaker 2>if you will, the assistant to the janitor, baby goat,

0:26:22.920 --> 0:26:26.360
<v Speaker 2>which is the kid so Austin, the kid Reeves. That's

0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:31.440
<v Speaker 2>the new nickname for him. Undrafted number two two guard

0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:34.879
<v Speaker 2>out of Oklahoma by the way of Wichita State. And

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<v Speaker 2>when he is on the court, their defensive rating is

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<v Speaker 2>at ninety eight point three. When he's off the court

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<v Speaker 2>one oh eight point seven. That is a crazy net rating.

0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:51.080
<v Speaker 2>His on court net rating is nine point eight. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the highest on the team by far, I mean, out

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<v Speaker 2>of guys that actually play. I mean, we knew this

0:26:57.840 --> 0:27:00.600
<v Speaker 2>team would struggle to get open bucks gets when they

0:27:00.640 --> 0:27:03.760
<v Speaker 2>had Russell Westbrook, you know, fucking with the spacing.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we knew that.

0:27:04.920 --> 0:27:08.800
<v Speaker 2>Everybody knew that. But you didn't think that they would

0:27:08.840 --> 0:27:12.119
<v Speaker 2>be twenty sixth in the league in offense while Lebron

0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:17.040
<v Speaker 2>James was on the court, thirtieth below thirtieth on offense

0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:19.680
<v Speaker 2>when Lebron James is not on the court, So basically

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<v Speaker 2>just to be mediocre, Lebron James needs to log like

0:27:22.000 --> 0:27:26.320
<v Speaker 2>forty eight minutes a game, Like what time is the circle?

0:27:26.400 --> 0:27:29.240
<v Speaker 2>Every team with Lebron with every team with Russell Westbrook

0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:34.560
<v Speaker 2>struggles offensively. He limits every superstar that he's near. That's

0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:37.760
<v Speaker 2>just the case, Like, that's just what I hate to say,

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:42.439
<v Speaker 2>is the case. It's not an easy fac I don't know, Like,

0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:45.000
<v Speaker 2>what is the recipe for success? And we've said it

0:27:45.040 --> 0:27:48.280
<v Speaker 2>a million times for Lebron James. You surround Lebron James

0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:52.159
<v Speaker 2>with shooters that can space the floor, provide lots of

0:27:52.200 --> 0:27:56.720
<v Speaker 2>open lanes for passing, open lanes for driving, and kicking,

0:27:57.080 --> 0:27:59.800
<v Speaker 2>Like all of those three things make for a successful

0:27:59.840 --> 0:28:04.520
<v Speaker 2>offense move without the ball, drive, kick, open up things

0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:07.880
<v Speaker 2>with you know, dribble drives, open up things with pick

0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:11.360
<v Speaker 2>and roll, pinned downs, et cetera. Right when you have

0:28:11.440 --> 0:28:15.399
<v Speaker 2>Russell Westbrook, none of those options exist, Like they're all gone.

0:28:16.160 --> 0:28:20.119
<v Speaker 2>It was like, and then you give him instead a

0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:24.399
<v Speaker 2>bunch of old guys that either can't shoot or that

0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:29.119
<v Speaker 2>do shoot but can't play defense, like Carmelo Anthony. And

0:28:29.160 --> 0:28:31.480
<v Speaker 2>so it's a net negative regardless whether it's on the floor,

0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:33.000
<v Speaker 2>whether or not on the floor. It's not a great

0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:34.959
<v Speaker 2>scenario because when Carmelo is not on the floor, they

0:28:34.960 --> 0:28:37.320
<v Speaker 2>can't fucking play offense. When he's on the floor, they

0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:40.280
<v Speaker 2>can't play fucking defense. That's what the numbers on NBA

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<v Speaker 2>dot Com slash Advance tell you. You know what I mean,

0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:48.080
<v Speaker 2>It's not any and it's not even a hard fix.

0:28:48.640 --> 0:28:52.360
<v Speaker 2>It's not even like a supremely difficult fix. I think

0:28:52.400 --> 0:28:57.440
<v Speaker 2>it's completely impossible to fix. And now with ad is hurt,

0:28:58.080 --> 0:29:01.360
<v Speaker 2>this team is now giving big minutes to my man

0:29:01.440 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 2>DJ my man DeAndre Jordan, who won in a recent game,

0:29:06.160 --> 0:29:10.080
<v Speaker 2>was a negative twenty six in fifteen minutes of time.

0:29:10.440 --> 0:29:14.479
<v Speaker 2>That's the largest in the NBA. He is the second

0:29:14.520 --> 0:29:17.719
<v Speaker 2>lowest plus minus while playing fifteen minutes or fewer by

0:29:17.760 --> 0:29:22.680
<v Speaker 2>a Laker since two thousand. Since two thousand, he's nine

0:29:22.880 --> 0:29:27.240
<v Speaker 2>minus ninety two for the season. That's the second lowest

0:29:27.320 --> 0:29:31.600
<v Speaker 2>player by any player in the entire NBA who's played

0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:33.960
<v Speaker 2>three hundred and fifty minutes or fewer.

0:29:35.200 --> 0:29:37.040
<v Speaker 3>And shams and woves. They keep.

0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:41.040
<v Speaker 2>Clicking and clicking on their Twitter machines saying that the

0:29:41.080 --> 0:29:44.120
<v Speaker 2>Lakers are active on the trade market, and I'm like houseway,

0:29:44.360 --> 0:29:46.960
<v Speaker 2>how what you gonna get, how are you going to

0:29:47.040 --> 0:29:49.320
<v Speaker 2>take It'd be like, okay, you got that box of

0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:53.520
<v Speaker 2>the light bulb and the Fois Gras and the chocolate

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:56.760
<v Speaker 2>and the popcorn, and you're like, hey, I'll trade you

0:29:56.800 --> 0:30:01.280
<v Speaker 2>this light bulb for your stake. And you're like, no,

0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:05.560
<v Speaker 2>I'll trade you my Russell Westbrook light bulb that fits

0:30:05.600 --> 0:30:08.920
<v Speaker 2>nowhere in this box. And I want you to give

0:30:08.960 --> 0:30:15.160
<v Speaker 2>me Ben Simmons. No, I'm sorry. Even even someone who's

0:30:15.160 --> 0:30:17.400
<v Speaker 2>about to lose his job like Darryl Mory's not gonna

0:30:17.440 --> 0:30:21.800
<v Speaker 2>do that trade. And that's assuming that they can actually

0:30:21.800 --> 0:30:26.280
<v Speaker 2>trade for anyone like Jeremy Grant isn't gonna help this

0:30:26.440 --> 0:30:27.720
<v Speaker 2>team win a title.

0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:29.720
<v Speaker 3>And I don't even think you can get Jeremy Grant.

0:30:30.600 --> 0:30:34.680
<v Speaker 2>Like the best trade piece that the Lakers have is

0:30:34.720 --> 0:30:38.280
<v Speaker 2>Austin Reeves, Like, and he makes no money. He makes

0:30:38.400 --> 0:30:42.720
<v Speaker 2>no money, So your most valuable piece, you can't even

0:30:42.720 --> 0:30:46.640
<v Speaker 2>trade for anyone of value for him back, Like that's

0:30:46.680 --> 0:30:49.760
<v Speaker 2>your best player, Austin Reeves, you can't trade him, Like

0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:52.440
<v Speaker 2>you would be better off actually truthfully trading Lebron James

0:30:52.440 --> 0:30:55.240
<v Speaker 2>and Austin Reeves. Right now, that's a t that's a

0:30:55.280 --> 0:30:56.120
<v Speaker 2>troll thing to say.

0:30:56.160 --> 0:30:56.720
<v Speaker 3>That's a troll.

0:30:56.800 --> 0:31:00.000
<v Speaker 2>See that's but it's not untrue statistically.

0:31:00.760 --> 0:31:02.320
<v Speaker 3>So what does this mean going forward?

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:04.960
<v Speaker 2>You've got a thirty seven year old player, Lebron James,

0:31:05.080 --> 0:31:08.480
<v Speaker 2>who must play thirty five minutes or more just to

0:31:08.560 --> 0:31:13.480
<v Speaker 2>keep them at five hundred in mediocrity perpetually. And then

0:31:13.560 --> 0:31:18.200
<v Speaker 2>when they ask an interim coach David Fizdale, mister take

0:31:18.240 --> 0:31:23.800
<v Speaker 2>that for data, because currently Frank Vocal has COVID like everyone.

0:31:24.400 --> 0:31:27.200
<v Speaker 2>They asked him, hey, why don't you try to slow

0:31:27.280 --> 0:31:29.840
<v Speaker 2>Lebron James from playing so many minutes? And he's like,

0:31:30.160 --> 0:31:31.520
<v Speaker 2>Lebron doesn't give us a choice.

0:31:31.520 --> 0:31:32.240
<v Speaker 3>What are you talking about?

0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 2>Like, what do you mean?

0:31:34.280 --> 0:31:35.000
<v Speaker 3>He's out there?

0:31:35.040 --> 0:31:37.360
<v Speaker 2>He literally just he just puts his body on the

0:31:37.400 --> 0:31:39.440
<v Speaker 2>floor and then we have to find someone to pull

0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:42.600
<v Speaker 2>off the floor. Lebron always wants to be out there.

0:31:42.760 --> 0:31:45.360
<v Speaker 2>He's in such good shape. He's not worrying about it.

0:31:46.360 --> 0:31:49.720
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know who's gotta worry about Lebron James

0:31:49.720 --> 0:31:56.640
<v Speaker 2>getting reinjured? Everyone, every single person who profits off of

0:31:56.680 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 2>the NBA must worry, must shake in their boots, must

0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:04.760
<v Speaker 2>stay up late at night wondering thinking about the amount

0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:07.320
<v Speaker 2>of minutes that Lebron James is logging for this dog

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:10.640
<v Speaker 2>shit team, like he would probably bring in just as

0:32:10.680 --> 0:32:13.200
<v Speaker 2>much money on the East Coast when we can watch

0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:17.440
<v Speaker 2>him at a reasonable hour, Cause I don't want to

0:32:17.440 --> 0:32:20.000
<v Speaker 2>watch him at eleven PM play with DeAndre Jordan and

0:32:20.040 --> 0:32:23.240
<v Speaker 2>Austin fucking Reefs. I would love to see Lebron James

0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:26.920
<v Speaker 2>with Evan Mobley. Oh, I kind of love that. I

0:32:26.920 --> 0:32:32.400
<v Speaker 2>would love Lebron James and Darius Garland and Laurie Markinen

0:32:33.080 --> 0:32:38.200
<v Speaker 2>and Evan Mobley on at seven pm Eastern time in

0:32:38.240 --> 0:32:42.080
<v Speaker 2>Purple and Gold. I would love them to just not

0:32:42.200 --> 0:32:44.240
<v Speaker 2>be in Cleveland. I would just love them to be

0:32:44.320 --> 0:32:46.920
<v Speaker 2>another team instead. But you can't have everything you want.

0:32:47.160 --> 0:32:49.520
<v Speaker 2>And then if you're wondering, okay, well maybe they'll just

0:32:49.600 --> 0:32:53.400
<v Speaker 2>wait for the Russell Westbrook contract to fall off the

0:32:53.400 --> 0:32:55.440
<v Speaker 2>books and him to be a They just lose him

0:32:55.440 --> 0:32:59.600
<v Speaker 2>for nothing, something, buy him out whatever. No, by that time,

0:33:00.160 --> 0:33:04.640
<v Speaker 2>James will be forty. That's I mean by next not

0:33:04.760 --> 0:33:07.600
<v Speaker 2>this summer, but the following summer, Lebron James will be

0:33:07.600 --> 0:33:12.760
<v Speaker 2>thirty nine and change. And that's not great. Honestly, I

0:33:12.880 --> 0:33:16.840
<v Speaker 2>just cannot think of a single scenario for the Lakers

0:33:16.840 --> 0:33:21.240
<v Speaker 2>to get out of this one. Somehow you took five

0:33:21.400 --> 0:33:24.840
<v Speaker 2>valuable pieces that you could trade and brought back one light.

0:33:24.680 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 3>Bulb like.

0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:30.240
<v Speaker 2>I can just and then they're like, oh, you know,

0:33:30.440 --> 0:33:32.800
<v Speaker 2>it's just Russell Westbrook. He just plays a little too

0:33:32.800 --> 0:33:34.920
<v Speaker 2>fast for trying to slow him down. And it's like

0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:37.280
<v Speaker 2>this light bulb, all it knows how to do is

0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:39.120
<v Speaker 2>give you a light like that's all it is, on

0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:40.640
<v Speaker 2>or off, that's all it is.

0:33:41.440 --> 0:33:44.840
<v Speaker 3>You can't slow this man down. We've tried.

0:33:45.120 --> 0:33:48.800
<v Speaker 2>He's a Tasmanian devil. Ask folks in Washington whether Russell

0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:52.080
<v Speaker 2>Westbrook can play at sixty five percent pace in the

0:33:52.120 --> 0:33:55.440
<v Speaker 2>speed that every other elite athlete plays at, because he's

0:33:55.600 --> 0:33:58.120
<v Speaker 2>legitimately way too fast to be on the court with

0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:03.160
<v Speaker 2>other elite athletes. I mean, I the only way it

0:34:03.200 --> 0:34:06.560
<v Speaker 2>works is if Lebron James somehow becomes twenty three years old.

0:34:06.560 --> 0:34:09.040
<v Speaker 3>Again, I don't think that's gonna work.

0:34:09.520 --> 0:34:15.200
<v Speaker 2>Or you could potentially trade the only real piece you

0:34:15.239 --> 0:34:19.640
<v Speaker 2>could besides Austin Reeves is Anthony Davis. If he traded

0:34:19.800 --> 0:34:26.319
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis for like Donovan Mitchell or Paul George, I

0:34:26.360 --> 0:34:29.359
<v Speaker 2>don't see any scenario short of that where this team

0:34:29.400 --> 0:34:31.680
<v Speaker 2>can actually do what it needs to do, which is

0:34:31.719 --> 0:34:35.200
<v Speaker 2>to win a title, the let alone even contend for

0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:39.160
<v Speaker 2>a title like this is not a team in the

0:34:39.200 --> 0:34:43.640
<v Speaker 2>top six and the fact that they're five hundred right

0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:46.960
<v Speaker 2>now is a testament to how great Lebron James has been.

0:34:47.160 --> 0:34:51.920
<v Speaker 2>He has been fucking amazing, Like we can't say enough

0:34:53.760 --> 0:34:56.720
<v Speaker 2>how good he is at this age. And it still

0:34:57.480 --> 0:35:05.440
<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter because without him, this team is twelfth, thirteenth

0:35:05.440 --> 0:35:12.160
<v Speaker 2>in the West with a lovely, sweet, very athletic light

0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:16.960
<v Speaker 2>bulb who gets paid forty six million dollars and is

0:35:17.000 --> 0:35:21.920
<v Speaker 2>an anchor bringing your entire fucking franchise down to the

0:35:22.120 --> 0:35:25.200
<v Speaker 2>basement in the West. That's all the time that we

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<v Speaker 2>have for the Heat Check. We will be back Monday

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