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Speaker 1: Wake that ass up in the morning.

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Speaker 2: The Breakfast Club.

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Speaker 3: Morning everybody.

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Speaker 4: It's DJ En v Jess, Larry is Charlamagne the guy.

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Speaker 4: We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest

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Speaker 4: in the building. Yes, indeed we have Monica McNutt.

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Speaker 3: Welcome, Hi guys.

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Speaker 5: Monica is a what are you a sports reporter analyst?

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Speaker 6: What we're working cycle instructor on the side and you know,

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Speaker 6: just trying to take care of my mentals, my chicken

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Speaker 6: shout out to Marshall.

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Speaker 5: Now I saw you the other You tweet the other

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Speaker 5: day that you misplaced your beach by Dread headphones on

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Speaker 5: the plane, and you said that it messed up your

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Speaker 5: movie watching the experience very much. Did you have to

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Speaker 5: use the airplane headphones?

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Speaker 6: So I was worse listen not airplane headphones, so full

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Speaker 6: full context. It was before the next loss of the Pacers,

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Speaker 6: so it was team travel, Charter Life smooth.

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Speaker 1: We love it. I use my.

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Speaker 6: AirPods, but the plane is still loud. So it was

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Speaker 6: very much like I can kind of hear I want

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Speaker 6: to watch this versus you know this around experience watching Uh,

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Speaker 6: mister missus Smith on Amazon Prime.

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Speaker 2: Is it good?

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Speaker 1: I'm getting into it. It took me about three episodes.

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Speaker 6: It was a little predictable, but I want to support

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Speaker 6: I think, so I'm gonna hang on.

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Speaker 2: Did you ever find your headphones?

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Speaker 6: I did not, and the locators lost. I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 6: I lost them on the trip to Chicago. I'm one

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Speaker 6: of them people that I don't lose a lot, but

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Speaker 6: when I can't find something.

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Speaker 1: I lost it.

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Speaker 2: You just left it somewhere.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and somebody got them. I hope they're blessed.

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Speaker 4: But when you walked in, you and Charlemagne were having

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Speaker 4: a conversation about makeup. Yes, like discussed because he was

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Speaker 4: because he was like, did you get this treatment?

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Speaker 3: And he was like, I haven't got that. Said, oh

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Speaker 3: my god, that.

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Speaker 1: Treatment are amazing treatment.

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Speaker 3: What you're talking about her? Because I was amazed when.

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Speaker 2: She removed the makeup. The removal is incredible.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to tap in now.

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Speaker 6: The problem, though, is I'll be trying to save her

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Speaker 6: the face by Brenda and then she's not in my house.

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Speaker 3: And I knew wear in your eyebrows, Charlage, I knew that.

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Speaker 2: What do you mean? Absolutely? Mind?

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Speaker 3: Now, let's talk Can we talk some sports? For some sports,

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Speaker 3: let's let's talk.

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Speaker 2: Lets talk about Monica for us.

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Speaker 5: Can we get to know Monica before we get into

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Speaker 5: the sports.

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Speaker 1: You know, she played in bake in college, but.

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Speaker 2: Georgetown Hall, I did?

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Speaker 1: I did?

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Speaker 2: Why did you stop playing?

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Speaker 1: You know what? Okay?

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Speaker 6: So I was very realistic, right, and I remember saying

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Speaker 6: to my dad, like, I don't want to be twenty

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Speaker 6: eight coming back from overseas and being at entry level positions.

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Speaker 1: I didn't.

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Speaker 6: This is the I don't live with a bunch of regress, y'all.

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Speaker 6: But it is the one thing that I do regret

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Speaker 6: not even trying to see if I could stick on

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Speaker 1: I had so much respect for the craft.

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Speaker 6: I didn't think I was good enough, and frankly, I

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Speaker 6: was ready to put my energy elsewhere. Basketball was like

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Speaker 6: that commitment, and so I was kind of like, all right,

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Speaker 6: I'm ready to do something else. So I did not

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Speaker 6: attempt to go pro. I immediately began my full rate

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Speaker 6: into media.

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Speaker 4: Do you think you could have win pro? Do you think

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Speaker 4: you could have win pro? S? And everybody that the

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Speaker 4: way they played and knowing the way that.

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Speaker 6: You play, I graduated twenty eleven. I think I could

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Speaker 6: have made a roster. I don't know if I would

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Speaker 1: It's just that tough.

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Speaker 2: Why do you feel like you know?

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Speaker 5: Like you said, you have regrets, but it's like you

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Speaker 5: physically know or spiritually know when it's time to move

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Speaker 1: Correct, So if you knew that.

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Speaker 2: Like, why do you have regrets?

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Speaker 6: I think I trying would have honestly given me some

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Speaker 6: have been like, well, you tried it, now let's move on,

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Speaker 6: you know what I mean? Even if the result was

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Speaker 6: still you're gonna move on, because if the plan was

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Speaker 6: it's time to move on, it was gonna be revealed

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Speaker 6: one way or another. So that's the only and I

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Speaker 6: use regret lightly. There are a few things that I

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Speaker 6: look back and I'm like, I should have done that. Thankfully,

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Speaker 6: I don't live with a toitle those.

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Speaker 2: So so do you feel tall for no reason?

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Speaker 1: No? I love being tall. I feel tall on purpose?

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Speaker 6: Okay, baby, Like it took me a long time to

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Speaker 6: get comes up on these sides, eleven sides, twelve feet okay,

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Speaker 6: come here.

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Speaker 2: Because we hugged, but you like lean down.

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Speaker 5: That disrespectful to short man, I don't know if you

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Speaker 5: know that, But to short king, I feel like that's disrespectful.

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Speaker 2: Yes, what I'm I supposed to do?

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Speaker 5: Like when tall women kneel down in the picture like that,

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Speaker 5: Like why are you doing that?

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Speaker 6: I'm not good Like I wouldn't be tall if you

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Speaker 6: weren't short, though, so we work together, like we work together.

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Speaker 3: I'm surprised you didn't try to post you up.

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Speaker 4: Usually any any woman here as toll, he tries to

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Speaker 1: Don't do that. Don't do that. We passed that. Don't

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Speaker 3: Don't do that because he does that all the time.

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Speaker 2: The woman I know, I'm not gonna do it. I

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Speaker 3: He's in the street, right. We try to battle them out.

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Speaker 1: We're all accustomed to it. Move no, man, get I'm

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Speaker 1: away now.

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Speaker 3: How did you get to be in an analystic reporter?

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Speaker 6: So when I graduated in twenty eleven, we lost to

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Speaker 1: I'm like, yo, like my career is over. I'm trying

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Speaker 6: And a couple of folks in the audience actually gave

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Speaker 6: to my parents. Advocating for myself has been something that

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Speaker 6: and so all along the way, I'm meeting these people

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Speaker 6: of Journalism or Sports Program for Sports Journalism at University

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Speaker 6: of Maryland, again advocating for myself. He's like, come truck

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Speaker 6: who he was. Turned out to be George Solomon. That

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Speaker 6: gets the wheel rolling in me in terms of opportunities

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Speaker 6: to learn the craft of journalism, study it, be able

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Speaker 6: So twenty twelve, twenty thirteen, I graduated from grad school

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Speaker 6: and then it's just kind of been pushing ever since.

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Speaker 5: Was there any body that inspired you to want to

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Speaker 5: get into broadcast journalism?

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Speaker 6: Robin Roberts, like I was the nineteen ninety six ninety

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Speaker 6: the call at that point, and I just remember seeing

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Speaker 6: and obviously on the GMA, Like it was like yo,

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Speaker 6: I think Robert Roberts is probably my first muse in

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Speaker 5: Does this stigma still exist that women don't know sports

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Speaker 6: It's changing, but it's definitely still out there. And I'll

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Speaker 6: be honest, y'all. For me, it was so funny this

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Speaker 6: address this whole thing with Jaylen Brown, right, and I

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Speaker 6: am listening, and I'm like, Dak, this man have been

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Speaker 6: he's still having to clarify. And so for me, you know,

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Speaker 6: nature of the beast's moment, because I'm like, I didn't

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Speaker 6: And so I think you learn and you build the

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Speaker 1: I do understand differently, we forget.

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Speaker 6: Fanish short for fanatic, and so sometimes when I'm engaging,

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Speaker 6: I'm like, all right, is this misogynistic bs or is

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Speaker 6: I don't want to say hold space, but you gotta

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Speaker 6: have to agree. That's the nature of the beast, that's

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Speaker 6: the nature of human experience. But don't be nasty for

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think when it comes to like sports pundents,

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Speaker 5: you can immediately tell if you like somebody just by

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Speaker 5: they know what they're talking about. I remember the first

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Speaker 5: time I saw you was on I think the Yes

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Speaker 5: Network with cas. It was with after the Knicks game,

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Speaker 5: and I was like, I remember hitting cats, Like who

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Speaker 5: is that? Like, you know she knows what she's talking about,

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Speaker 5: not she because she's a woman, just that person knows

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Speaker 5: what they're talking about. Yeah, yeah, And I appreciate that

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Speaker 5: that that compliment and compliments from basketball people mean no

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Speaker 5: world to me.

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Speaker 1: Like if this.

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Speaker 6: Assistant coach or this coach or this former athlete is like, yo,

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Speaker 6: we like what you do, like thank you and it

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Speaker 6: and like what you do doesn't mean we always have

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Speaker 6: to agree. I'm gonnacros from NASA Rosie two years ago

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Speaker 6: at the Women's Final four and she's like, mine, you

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Speaker 6: look like you having fun. Though She's like I don't

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Speaker 6: always agree, which is fine, but you look like you

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Speaker 6: having fun and you've done the work, and that's that is.

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Speaker 1: The bottom line.

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Speaker 4: Now, I got to ask you, w NBA, let's do it.

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Speaker 4: There's been a lot of conversation recently about the w NBA.

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Speaker 4: Things have changed in the last year, but I think

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Speaker 4: people wanted more and I see them starting to talk

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Speaker 4: more and more and more and more trash, right, Caitlin

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Speaker 4: Clark for example. Right, you know she's doing well, scoring

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Speaker 4: twenty two points. It's difficult, right, d Like, this is

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Speaker 4: that this could actually hurt the wn bab what's.

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Speaker 3: Your thoughts on that.

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Speaker 1: That's so like, that's no insult to her. She's a competitor.

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Speaker 2: Don't even do it. I'm like, Jeff might not be

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Speaker 5: It's not like she's not getting shots to be fun.

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Speaker 4: And I gotta ask, you said you did a bunch

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Speaker 3: When the Knicks are in the playoffs. It feels like that.

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Speaker 3: Are you crazy?

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Speaker 6: So this was my first year as a Knicks radio analyst.

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Speaker 6: When the Knicks are playing well, there's definitely more energy,

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Speaker 6: I think referring is a thankless job. Your best case scenarios.

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Speaker 4: The one time the Pacers complaining seventy eight times is like,

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Speaker 3: Yes, that's why I think they won that game.

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Speaker 1: But ahead, we're gonna keep moving.

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Speaker 6: I think officiating definitely has room to improve, and it's

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Speaker 4: And who's the face of the league right now? You

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Speaker 3: Out, So who is the face of the league.

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Speaker 5: Ah.

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Speaker 1: Look, I still think that those guys.

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Speaker 2: Now Michael Jordan is the face of the NBA.

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Speaker 5: the NBA because even the greatest players that are still

442
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Speaker 5: playing right now still get compared to Michael Jordan's Anthony

443
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Speaker 5: Edwards is still getting compared, you know, to Michael Jordan

444
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,040
Speaker 5: right now, Lebron James. They still he was in the playoff.

445
00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,439
Speaker 5: They would say, he's still chasing Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan

446
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,359
Speaker 5: is the face of the NBA guys and gals.

447
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Speaker 6: Okay, I don't know if I agree with that, but

448
00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,399
Speaker 6: sure I understand your logic. I mean, I think the

449
00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,440
Speaker 6: face of the league is such a it's a loaded question,

450
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,280
Speaker 6: right because so much of it is also like wanting

451
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Speaker 6: to and so in terms of the guy that's front

452
00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,080
Speaker 6: facing a vocal, it's definitely Steph and Lebron in terms

453
00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,919
Speaker 6: of like they're gonna capture all of these.

454
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Speaker 1: Deals regarding the league.

455
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Speaker 6: They're gonna wear mics, the you know what I'm saying,

456
00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,359
Speaker 6: They're gonna be strategic and everything that they're doing. I

457
00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,399
Speaker 6: don't know if there's anybody that seems to embrace it

458
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,879
Speaker 6: quite the way they do until you turn around and

459
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,879
Speaker 6: got and Edwards, but I will say they like, I

460
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Speaker 6: love it.

461
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Speaker 4: Though he's like he's on he comes from a side

462
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Speaker 4: of it almost like more like an Ivison approach. I

463
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Speaker 4: don't give a fuck about none of you, all them,

464
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Speaker 4: I'm gonna say what I gotta say, and it is

465
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Speaker 4: what it is.

466
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Speaker 3: And then if you talk back to me, I'm gonna

467
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Speaker 3: try to dunk on you.

468
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Speaker 2: By the way, I.

469
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Speaker 5: Like Anthony Edwood's too, but it feels like once those

470
00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,119
Speaker 5: Jordan talks really started to heat up for that week,

471
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Speaker 5: his performances didn't match.

472
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Speaker 6: So this is year one though. I feel you on that,

473
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,639
Speaker 6: but this is your one. I'm gonna say this baby,

474
00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,280
Speaker 6: this young man, this athlete, his.

475
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Speaker 2: Baby, his baby.

476
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Speaker 6: I mean, he's never been this far, and to me,

477
00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,520
Speaker 6: he looks absolutely cooked and fatigued in the series, So

478
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Speaker 6: I think he has time. Like this is the question

479
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,320
Speaker 6: around him has been it's either new face of the league.

480
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Speaker 6: Don't think he's there yet. But like you said, the

481
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Speaker 6: MJ comps, the personality, all of these things are reasons

482
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Speaker 6: for folks to tune in, and so I think he's

483
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Speaker 6: got He's twenty two, y'all, He's got plenty of time

484
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,200
Speaker 6: and plenty of runway. But I think knocking out the

485
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Speaker 6: defendant tips and the way that they did that made

486
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Speaker 6: that very excited and talking trash all along the way.

487
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Speaker 3: Please, I got to ask about one more nick question

488
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,879
Speaker 3: we got. What do they shut up?

489
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Speaker 4: What do the Knicks need to do for next year?

490
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Speaker 4: You know they've been talking about do they trade Randall,

491
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Speaker 4: do they keep Randall? Do they bring somebody else in?

492
00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,280
Speaker 4: You know, what should we do?

493
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Speaker 6: So hear me out listening, I think people forgot what

494
00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,640
Speaker 6: this team could look like healthy, Right, Mitchell Robinson goes

495
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Speaker 6: down in October, Julius goes down at the end of January,

496
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Speaker 6: og misses a month ish down to stretch of the

497
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Speaker 6: regular season. You get to the postseason, Ogi's still dealing

498
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Speaker 6: with the injury stuff, and then obviously it ends with

499
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Speaker 6: the jaylen Han thing. Right, Julius was a twenty five

500
00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,600
Speaker 6: and nine guy. Excuse me, all star right, all NBA.

501
00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,320
Speaker 6: Mitchell Robinson was having the best season to date before

502
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Speaker 6: going down with that foot injury, and then when he

503
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Speaker 6: did get healthy, he was productive until he got her

504
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Speaker 6: to get in that Philly series. I actually would be

505
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Speaker 6: okay if this team stood its ground and ran it

506
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Speaker 6: back healthy. But to me, the culture has to be protected.

507
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Speaker 6: Y'all know y'all heard all the conversation about Tibbs. I was,

508
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Speaker 6: I like, want to kick anybody in the face that

509
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Speaker 6: want to talk to me about TIBs. In minutes like

510
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Speaker 6: stop it.

511
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,679
Speaker 3: Say TIBs work, Peaked did work.

512
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Speaker 6: Like we're trying to win, y'all want to count minutes

513
00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,040
Speaker 6: y'all on w's like what were we doing? So if

514
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Speaker 6: they're going to add I think that front office has

515
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,080
Speaker 6: earned tremendous respect with the trade that they made to

516
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Speaker 6: get Og and Precious the Truer and even the two

517
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,000
Speaker 6: guys out of Detroit were beneficial down the stretch. They

518
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,240
Speaker 6: deserve respect. To me, you gotta get a guy that

519
00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,000
Speaker 6: fits a Tip system. You gotta be able to play.

520
00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:15,520
Speaker 6: You want to play on both sides of the floor,

521
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,720
Speaker 6: and a ball can't really stick. I think the misconception

522
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Speaker 6: is that the ball has to stick with Jalen. Jalen

523
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Speaker 6: to me, is an incredible high basketball like you guy, Yes,

524
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Speaker 6: he's gonna get his buckets. But if you gave him

525
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Speaker 6: somebody that also was drawing a double team, which is

526
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Speaker 6: Tip's favorite thing to say, like he gonn pass the rock,

527
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,840
Speaker 6: he gonna get off of it because he's a winner.

528
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Speaker 6: So I would actually be okay if they ran it

529
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Speaker 6: back and they were healthy. But whoever it is, you

530
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,280
Speaker 6: gotta be a real hooper and not in the NBA

531
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Speaker 6: because of the lifestyle and you just happen to be talented.

532
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Speaker 3: Devin Booker. They've been saying, what's your thoughts?

533
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Speaker 6: Don't love that two ball dominant and what we're doing

534
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Speaker 6: on the other side of the ball, And I just

535
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Speaker 6: I don't. I just I don't love that one.

536
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Speaker 3: Bronnie, Ronnie.

537
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Speaker 6: I mean, I see where you're going there, right, I

538
00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,919
Speaker 6: do see where you're going. Look, that is the literally

539
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,199
Speaker 6: lebron James test free agency sincerely right, two places in

540
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,119
Speaker 6: my mind, Philly has the money, they could actually do it,

541
00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,120
Speaker 6: and everybody's like he can't go to Philly, no chance.

542
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Speaker 6: And then in terms of brand and start power, like

543
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 6: it ain't no place like New York. I don't think

544
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Speaker 6: that's realistic. But that's a guy. You don't question his

545
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,560
Speaker 6: work ethic, you don't question his availability, like he gonna

546
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:19,920
Speaker 6: hoop when he went as long as he's.

547
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Speaker 3: Outhy, you're gonna who is Brownie ready for the lead?

548
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Speaker 6: I have not watched Brownie enough, so I can't say,

549
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,399
Speaker 6: but I do appreciate that. I think my favorite thing

550
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Speaker 6: in this process, as the highlights have come down from

551
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Speaker 6: the combine, was his player comps like he was honest,

552
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Speaker 6: like he's like.

553
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Speaker 1: These are the kind of guys that I love.

554
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Speaker 6: Dave Yon Mitchell, like they called him off night in

555
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,560
Speaker 6: college because when he guards, the other guys have off nights,

556
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Speaker 6: and that comp was one of my favorites.

557
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Speaker 1: Obviously.

558
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Speaker 6: Derek White, I think was a guy he mentioned as

559
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 6: well who's had a tremendous path to get to where

560
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,320
Speaker 6: he is now with the Celtics as they head to

561
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Speaker 6: the finals. So I liked that he was in touch

562
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,480
Speaker 6: and he wasn't delusional in that way. I don't question

563
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Speaker 6: that the young man is willing to work. This draft

564
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,920
Speaker 6: class might be the opportunity that makes most sense, because

565
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,240
Speaker 6: you're not talking about a Victor Wembayama Zion or a

566
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Speaker 6: ja I think you can get ready, you know what

567
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,359
Speaker 6: I'm saying. Like and if he has anybody, if he

568
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 6: has the opportunity, his dad is Lebron, he gonna he

569
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 6: gonna tell you what you need to do in terms

570
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,359
Speaker 6: of the work, and not just from the nepotism side,

571
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,200
Speaker 6: but literally from the work, because that's why thing Lebron

572
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 6: has never cheated.

573
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,800
Speaker 2: Heit versus Brownie James one on one.

574
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Speaker 1: You want to like, I'm gonna say Kaitlyn off of

575
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Speaker 1: like go.

576
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Speaker 6: Women, but like Also, what can they play horse horse horse?

577
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Speaker 6: I'm taking Kaitlyn, okay, yeah, because she's gonna give you

578
00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 6: Steph crazy shots.

579
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Speaker 2: I think one on one.

580
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Speaker 1: I have not watched Bonnie close enough.

581
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Speaker 6: I can't say okay, okay, but I'm just in my

582
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,280
Speaker 6: head a little more athleticism there that could be problematic.

583
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Speaker 5: You said something earlier that was like you said, the

584
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,280
Speaker 5: person has to want to play ball, not the lifestyle.

585
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, you gotta want to hoop. You gotta want to

586
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 6: work and hoop. You can't just be an NBA player

587
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Speaker 6: because of the lifestyle.

588
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Speaker 5: I feel like you said that and I never even

589
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,679
Speaker 5: thought about it, But I feel like that's the majority

590
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,239
Speaker 5: of the league. It feels like a lot of these

591
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 5: people are just into the lifestyle as opposed to.

592
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Speaker 2: Wanting to go out there and really be the best.

593
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's the hell of a lifestyle. I ain't

594
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Speaker 1: mad at him.

595
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Speaker 6: If if you are talented enough that your talent keeps

596
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 6: you afloat, then God bless you. Like I ain't that talented.

597
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 6: I gotta work hard, Like you know what I'm saying,

598
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 6: and I don't. That is a real like only you know,

599
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,600
Speaker 6: only well, I should say that only you and your

600
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,119
Speaker 6: teammates know who those types of guys are. But to me,

601
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 6: the culture that Tibbs has built those guys off days,

602
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 6: what are those I mean besides taking care of their

603
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 6: bodies a medical but like the opportunity to go improve

604
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,679
Speaker 6: your game, Like a dude like Josh Hart can't survive

605
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,639
Speaker 6: playing three straight forty eight minute contests because he just

606
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,399
Speaker 6: skating off talent, Like even if the work is not

607
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 6: necessarily on your feet, it's how you eat, is taking

608
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:38,640
Speaker 6: care of your body, like, you know what I mean?

609
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,640
Speaker 6: And this current Knix group is a really cool group

610
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 6: of dudes that are willing to work.

611
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Speaker 3: I think the NIXT team this year is gonna change

612
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 3: the league a little bit.

613
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Speaker 4: The way that they work, the way that they hustle,

614
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 4: the way that they want minutes, the way that they

615
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:50,719
Speaker 4: dive on the floor.

616
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 3: They look like old NBA, the way they play.

617
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:55,560
Speaker 1: I think that's fair.

618
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Speaker 6: I think that's fair, and I think I in the

619
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Speaker 6: last couple of years, y'all, I'm like, simple things should

620
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 6: not be conflated with easy, right.

621
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Speaker 1: It sounds simple to just play hard.

622
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,919
Speaker 6: And work out out work everybody, but that's not necessarily easy,

623
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Speaker 6: you know what I'm saying when that's your identity, and

624
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 6: I think that is what has allowed them to be

625
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 6: so successful. But then you look at their leadership, whether

626
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 6: you argue about top tip or in the minutes or not,

627
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 6: you never gonna question his preparation. The same thing with

628
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 6: Jason and Bruston has won at every level. You never

629
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,800
Speaker 6: gonna question his preparation. He's not gonna cheat the work,

630
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 6: and so that sets the temperament of the entire team.

631
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Speaker 5: Yeah, what you said, that line you said made me

632
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,720
Speaker 5: think of even college with the nil right, because I'm like,

633
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 5: what do you tell these youngins that are in school

634
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,040
Speaker 5: who have the talent, and they have the talent enough

635
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 5: to make the millions of dollars that they're making, Like,

636
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 5: what do you tell them to keep them motivated? Other

637
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 5: than there's more money in the NBA. So it's like

638
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,680
Speaker 5: money is the motivation now?

639
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,920
Speaker 6: So I still lifestyle, right, Well, I think we could

640
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,159
Speaker 6: throw in like true love of the game, right, like

641
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 6: for whatever may come with it. There are dudes in

642
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 6: the league that we know just love the game, right,

643
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 6: like Kyrie's on this renaissance store if you want to

644
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,919
Speaker 6: call it that. But like you never questioned whether he

645
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 6: loved the game and his talent, right, it was some

646
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 6: other stuff right, Like you look at a guy to

647
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 6: me like Drew Holladay, I don't question that he loves

648
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,800
Speaker 6: the game. Jay Lebronhaw question Jason tato Oh, Like I

649
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,879
Speaker 6: don't question that those dudes love the game. Now, they

650
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 6: might not always come to the podium spitting fire, like

651
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 6: you know, being in tense, but like, I don't question

652
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,919
Speaker 6: that they love the game of basketball. And I think

653
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 6: when you truly are in it not just for the love,

654
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,920
Speaker 6: but also to win at a high level. And I'm

655
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Speaker 6: talking from my experience and I finished playing ball in college, Like,

656
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,200
Speaker 6: there is not a sacrifice that is too great when

657
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 6: you're all.

658
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Speaker 5: In you what are your early thoughts? You look like we'

659
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Speaker 5: about to get a Boston, Dallas great cities.

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Speaker 1: I'm happy about that.

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Speaker 6: I mean, I'm sad for Many and one of my

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Speaker 6: home wisdom is part of the Many organization. But this

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Speaker 6: is gonna be a great series. Like the security guard downstairs,

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Speaker 6: like who you Got? And I was like, bro, I'm

665
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Speaker 6: not already make picture yet, I can I'm not ready

666
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Speaker 6: to make picks.

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Speaker 1: I really feel like this is Boston's year.

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Speaker 3: That has been playing though Dallas been balling.

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Speaker 6: Dallas has been balling against the defense that can't deal.

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Speaker 6: Boston has the pieces to deal right like Drew Holliday,

671
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Speaker 6: I know, Defensive Player the Year Rudy Gobert, like respect it,

672
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Speaker 6: but in terms of most versatile defenders, like if that

673
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Speaker 6: was a separate award, Drew Halliday.

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Speaker 1: Oj Nnoby, like those type of dudes that can guard went.

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Speaker 3: Through five, who stops Kyrie?

676
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Speaker 1: The team it's a collective.

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Speaker 6: But listen to me, if if if they're running pick

678
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Speaker 6: and roll right, Drew got switched with I don't know

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Speaker 6: the first three.

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Speaker 1: The other three guards right, Tatum.

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Speaker 2: Brown, White, White.

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Speaker 1: That ain't easy.

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Speaker 6: Now, I'm not saying Kyrie still might not finish with

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Speaker 6: thirty and I'm not saying Luca's not gonna hear some

685
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Speaker 6: crazy shots, but they also got to go down the

686
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Speaker 6: other end.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to defend as a collective.

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Speaker 6: Now, Dallas's defense has been a lot better than I

689
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Speaker 6: think folks gave a credit for, particularly after those trades.

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Speaker 1: And I love the hunger that PJ.

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Speaker 6: Washington and Daniel gafferd have brought to that team, coming

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Speaker 6: from organizations that wasn't doing nothing. But at the same time,

693
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Speaker 6: like the chess match of this might very well come

694
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Speaker 6: down to Missoula and Jason Kidd on the sideline, right,

695
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Speaker 6: Like you got Drew Halliday who has won, you got

696
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Speaker 6: Kyrie who has won. Both won alongside time faces of

697
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 6: the league type of guys, respectively. So there's an experience

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Speaker 6: there as a collective. But ofn't been to a few

699
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Speaker 6: finals a couple at this point, right, so like they

700
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Speaker 6: get it. And as much as Kyrie experience, Kyrie's experience

701
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Speaker 6: is powering the MAVs, Like what does the rest of

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Speaker 6: that group look like on the biggest.

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Speaker 1: Stage, assuming that they're going to get there? We're not.

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Speaker 6: We don't count Minnesota all the way out till they

705
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Speaker 6: all the way out. But I'm excited for this finals.

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Speaker 6: I'm really excited for this final and this finals. If

707
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Speaker 6: these if the conference finals end in five, like this

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Speaker 6: is going seven.

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Speaker 1: This is going to be so much fun.

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Speaker 6: Kyrie the villain back at the team. He was once

711
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Speaker 6: a part of the logo, right, Christaphrazinger gets healthy. He

712
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Speaker 6: was in Dallas at one point like this, I'm excited

713
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Speaker 6: for this.

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Speaker 3: One question, what's your thoughts on the gambling of the NBA.

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Speaker 1: Now I hate it.

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Speaker 3: That was why.

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Speaker 1: I just think it's dangerous. And even this year when.

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Speaker 6: The Porter Kid had his episode, I just was like,

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Speaker 6: I understand making an example, but literally, whether it's insert

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Speaker 6: gambling property here, the.

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Speaker 1: Tagline of the commercial is and suard effects and if

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Speaker 1: you need help, call on gambling.

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Speaker 6: So now we're gonna like we're not presenting something that

724
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Speaker 6: comes with the cautionary tail, and now this dude gets

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Speaker 6: no grace. I felt like that was incredibly unfair. I

726
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Speaker 6: also think that besides, like.

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Speaker 4: He was the example. Though he was the example. He

728
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Speaker 4: wasn't a big player where it would hurt. He was

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Speaker 4: the example.

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Speaker 6: I feel you envy, but you really gonna roll us

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Speaker 6: out with the caution tape and then I have no

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Speaker 6: grace because.

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Speaker 2: They wouldn't do that to the point they wouldn't do

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Speaker 2: a bigger star. Yeah, absolutely not.

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Speaker 6: Then you have zero grace, Like if this is if

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Speaker 6: this actually could turn into a problem, we're just gonna

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Speaker 6: skip the part that you might have a problem, and

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Speaker 6: you just got to be then example. I thought that

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Speaker 6: that was heavy handed and unfair. I do get it though,

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Speaker 6: but like I thought it was heavy handed affair in general,

741
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Speaker 6: it's also changing the dynamics between these players and fans

742
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Speaker 6: in such a crazy way.

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Speaker 4: I hate it because now you've got fans and they're

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Speaker 4: talking about one more bad I'm.

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Speaker 2: Like, what you know?

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Speaker 3: I mean one more rebaild. I gotta get my pall later.

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Speaker 1: It's like, what come on?

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Speaker 6: Like, I love my cousin. It's clueless about sports. Send

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Speaker 6: me Probably it's talk about something grum trut went little dollar.

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Speaker 6: I'm like, I cannot, I cannot like. And I get it,

751
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Speaker 6: like engaging more money for the league, all that good stuff,

752
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Speaker 6: But I really think we are entering very murky space,

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Speaker 6: particularly college space.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Like, m hm, I'm not

755
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Speaker 1: a fan.

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Speaker 2: You don't trust the integrity of players.

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Speaker 6: I trust the integrity of players, But I think it's

758
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Speaker 6: only adding more pressure to what is already a pressure cooker.

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Speaker 1: You got you right, because now.

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Speaker 6: If first of all, anybody sitting on the court and

761
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Speaker 6: I can hear you hollering about your parlor.

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Speaker 1: You paid a grip for them tickets. I don't know

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Speaker 1: what your relationship with gambling is.

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Speaker 6: You hollering at players we already got you know, you

765
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Speaker 6: saying X y Z the wrong thing? Like a player

766
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Speaker 6: can turn to a rep and be like, you know,

767
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Speaker 6: they gotta go. It just creates more attension in my

768
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Speaker 6: mind that just doesn't need to be there. Sports are

769
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Speaker 6: already emotional enough, and then you talking about people's.

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Speaker 4: Money, oh god, or a play that's not making a

771
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Speaker 4: lot of money, like like what happened with Porter and say,

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Speaker 4: you know what, I'm a Paul lady is when I

773
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Speaker 4: scored ten points, I'm sick.

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Speaker 3: I need to come out the game.

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Speaker 6: Which is why I understand why he had to be

776
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Speaker 6: made an example, because there can be no room for that.

777
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Speaker 6: But even we just started talking about officiating, right, like

778
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Speaker 6: gambling is just putting so much more pressure on everything

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Speaker 6: that's right everything.

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Speaker 5: Is it true that you got engaged and not your

781
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Speaker 5: phone in the water?

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Speaker 2: What happened?

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Speaker 1: Yes, that is true.

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Speaker 6: He was recording no no, no, I didn'tkno get in

785
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Speaker 6: the water. We were in Grenada. Some of our best

786
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Speaker 6: pictures have come on, like self timer, and he timed

787
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Speaker 6: it and got on one knee on a self timer.

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Speaker 6: Then the wave came and knocked the phone over. So

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Speaker 6: before I can say yes, I'm like your phone and

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Speaker 6: he's like is that yes? So I'm like yeah, but

791
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Speaker 6: your phone, like we need that.

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Speaker 1: It was a really fun, great moment, good story.

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Speaker 2: Like you didn't look at that as a sign, Like,

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Speaker 2: oh my god, that I did.

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Speaker 6: Not look at that as a sign. I was like

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Speaker 6: very shocked in the moment. No, no chance that that

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Speaker 6: was a sign. If anything, the phone was able to recover.

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Speaker 6: Thus the signs that we will navigate adversity together.

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Speaker 2: Oooh okay.

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Speaker 3: I like turning that.

801
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Speaker 1: I like that.

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Speaker 5: Is it tough balancing a career and a relationship because

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Speaker 5: they like to tell women you can't have it all.

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Speaker 1: My fiance is amazing and we're both in sports, so

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Speaker 1: he gets it. We get it. Is it tough?

806
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 6: Yeah, anything worth happening is tough. Is it tough maintaining

807
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Speaker 6: your relationships?

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Speaker 2: To y'all?

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? In your career? And so

810
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Speaker 1: I think it's funny, y'all.

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Speaker 6: I hear my mom and my aunts and my grandmother

812
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Speaker 6: is more in the last year than I think I

813
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Speaker 6: ever have it. Just that one line, keep on living, right,

814
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Speaker 6: I know, y'all, you know what I'm saying. I know

815
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Speaker 6: we all heard that, right, keep on living? And I

816
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 6: think the closer I get to both my dreams professionally

817
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 6: and personally, I'm like, oh, this is what they're talking about.

818
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Speaker 6: It's beautiful and I'm excited, but there is a level

819
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Speaker 6: of energy and maintenance required so that these things are

820
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Speaker 6: healthy that you can't skirt, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: And so, yes, it's tough, but I'm absolutely enjoying it

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Speaker 6: and I'm so thankful to have a partner that gets it.

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Speaker 6: We you know, really starting to have the conversations about

824
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Speaker 6: family planning and what that looks like because we're all

825
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 6: over the place with our jobs and so those are

826
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Speaker 6: not always comfortable conversations.

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Speaker 1: But the beauty of it is.

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Speaker 6: And one of the reasons that I felt for him

829
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Speaker 6: was like I realized very early, like this is the

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Speaker 6: type of teammate and partner that I want to do

831
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Speaker 6: life with. It ain't always going to be easy, but

832
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Speaker 6: I want to figure it out with you.

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Speaker 5: We had a little rel up here, and a little

834
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Speaker 5: rel said, you should focus on the marriage, not the wedding.

835
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Speaker 5: He said, so many people focus on the wedding, but

836
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Speaker 5: not what the actual marriage will entail, what the marriage

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Speaker 5: will look like.

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Speaker 6: A man retweet I agree, Now, granted, my wedding, my

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Speaker 6: wedding plan on Mliss Williams is amazing.

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Speaker 1: It's going to beautiful.

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Speaker 6: But we are also very intentional about working on our

842
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Speaker 6: foundation beyond that, Like that's a day. I think the

843
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Speaker 6: older you get people jobs all across the country, family

844
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Speaker 6: members getting older. We really wanted a moment for everybody

845
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 6: to celebrate, but we are not naive that that's just

846
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 6: the day to celebrate, and there's a real substance and

847
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Speaker 6: foundation that we're building now.

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Speaker 3: I don't I don't know how tall your fiance is.

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Speaker 1: How tall is he? He's six?

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Speaker 2: For he's six?

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Speaker 1: Okay? Would you have.

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 6: He got an NBA player name, but no, he's not

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Speaker 6: in bare Players association he works with. He's not an ex,

856
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Speaker 6: he's not a player. He is my high I know

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Speaker 6: where you're going with this.

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Speaker 4: No, But the reason I say that is Charlemagne always

859
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Speaker 4: says that, you know, women told women should date short

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Speaker 4: man and always say he's too short.

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Speaker 3: He always feels a way because he says short man.

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Speaker 2: He's just making this.

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Speaker 1: Okay, we'll get it straight.

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Speaker 2: Do you want to ask.

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Speaker 4: You're making you would you have a date a guy

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Speaker 4: as small as Charlamage Because a lot of times tall

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Speaker 4: women don't date that much shorter.

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Speaker 6: So I think, Charlemagne, you're a little short for me.

869
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Speaker 6: But I have opened my mind too short. And my

870
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Speaker 6: fiance knows this, like there was a time in my

871
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Speaker 6: life and I can remember me and my best friend

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Speaker 6: like we was hoop girls. He's like girl six threes

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Speaker 6: the minimum, like maybe six seven would be amazing, like whatever, whatever.

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Speaker 1: My fiance is six foot like and for me, I

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Speaker 1: had to be five two, No, probably not.

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Speaker 6: I had to get to a very real place where

877
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Speaker 6: it was like what matters. And my therapist, she gave

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Speaker 6: me this project. She's like your ABC list. I've applied

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Speaker 6: this to relationships, work, friendships, the whole bit, like what

880
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Speaker 6: what have you had in the past.

881
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: What do you fall for?

882
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 6: And what are the actual non negotiables? And my fiance

883
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 6: checked all the non negotiables and I was like, all right, bet,

884
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 6: Like height is not as big.

885
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: A deal as I thought it was.

886
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 5: I'm not about to argue with you about missing your

887
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 5: blessings because you haven't missed any you got you got

888
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 5: a great.

889
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,800
Speaker 1: You got a great Yes, I got it it.

890
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 6: Great things coming small packages. I will give you that

891
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 6: for sure. Yes, But I just think there is that

892
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,919
Speaker 6: is a very personal decision. Like I have had friends

893
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 6: that are my girl.

894
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 1: I just couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. True,

895
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:27,760
Speaker 1: It's true.

896
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 4: My sister is extreme and you might have your blessing

897
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 4: because she was like when I wear heels, I tower

898
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 4: over and I she didn't want to date anybody, you know, Charlomagne's.

899
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 2: Dating is a very personal.

900
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: It is a person decision.

901
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 6: It is bro I I have heels that I'm taller

902
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 6: than my fiance and and he's fine with it. And

903
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 6: I found that to be something that I loved as

904
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 6: we continue to get to know one another and got

905
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 6: deeper in our relationship because I've dated taller dudes. I

906
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 6: still wasn't as tall as you, but they didn't like

907
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 6: how tall I wasn't heels right, and so like what

908
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 6: I'm supposed to do. I want to feel good too,

909
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 6: and so like he's like, if you feel good, I'm good,

910
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 6: let's go, let's grow. And that's important. But I have

911
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 6: heard women equate the height things to feel and protected,

912
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 6: which I did.

913
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 2: I get. I don't fight, I get it, I do

914
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 2: get it.

915
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 6: But almost like society are we in where you got

916
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 6: a lot to drop your bat, Like, what's going on?

917
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 2: Tell us about your nonprofit Grow Our Game.

918
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 6: Okay, so that's actually my homegirl Jones shout out to

919
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:33,439
Speaker 6: her true New Yorker.

920
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: She's a hooper referee.

921
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 6: She runs the organization Grow Our Game, which is basically

922
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 6: keeping girls in sport from the age I think her baby.

923
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 6: Her youngest babies are four all the way up to thirteen,

924
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 6: and they have activations all through the city. They work

925
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 6: out a lot in Harlem, but the parents are in.

926
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 6: Sea's energy is undeniable. She's effervescent, the kind of girl

927
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 6: that got the zest for life and is just using

928
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,839
Speaker 6: sports as a vehicle to help these young women grow

929
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 6: and develop in their confidence. At the end of every practice,

930
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 6: that usually wrap it up with affirmations, you are kind,

931
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 6: you are smart, you are beautiful, and you could do anything.

932
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 6: And I think it's about using sport as a vehicle.

933
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 6: And I know I'm a product of the power of

934
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 6: sports for women. But at the same time, she has

935
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 6: helped some young women go on to play D one

936
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 6: college ball, and I think that is beautiful. And so

937
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 6: the things that sport gave me, y'all, in terms of confidence, friendship,

938
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 6: the ability to communicate. All of those are foundational to life,

939
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 6: whether you go on and play at a high level

940
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,320
Speaker 6: or not. And so it's been such a blessing to

941
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 6: be able to help put Grow our Game on and

942
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 6: partner with them in that work. The girl's got a

943
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 6: ton of interergy. It's some hooper's in there. The parents

944
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 6: are about it and like, like I said, my girl

945
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 6: she's whoo. She is always on energy, bunny like and

946
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 6: I just love her passion for life.

947
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 2: How do we support that?

948
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 6: She's all you can follow on Instagram Grow our Game.

949
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 6: The logo is GOG and it's a black and white logo.

950
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 6: Make sure you got the right one. Definitely top in there.

951
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 6: I'm sure there's links there to donate and get involved,

952
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 6: and I'm always kind of trying to shout them out.

953
00:36:58,520 --> 00:36:59,319
Speaker 1: So it's super dope.

954
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 5: I want to have one more question, what do you

955
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 5: think about this new media world that we live in

956
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 5: where you have, you know, the athletes hosting podcast, athletes

957
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 5: hosting the YouTube.

958
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 2: Shows like you.

959
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 5: What do you think of that and how is that

960
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 5: impacting traditional outlets like the ESPN.

961
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 6: I love hearing directly from athletes now. I will also say,

962
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 6: as someone in the media. I also shut it all

963
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 6: down on purpose just because I need to recharge, right,

964
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 6: and I'm sure y'all can relate to that. I think

965
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 6: there are more players, both men and women, that are

966
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 6: interested in doing it and giving a true behind the

967
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,240
Speaker 6: scenes lens than there are interested in. Maybe creating petty

968
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 6: beef is a nonsense, right, but the idea of accountability,

969
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 6: I'm okay with that, Like you cannot fire off at

970
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,879
Speaker 6: the hip and not expect anybody to say anything right

971
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 6: or not expect anybody to respond. And so I know

972
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 6: because I can remember in journalism school, like as this

973
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 6: was starting to change and Twitter was released or ex

974
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 6: was really starting to get popular, some of the og

975
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 6: writers were kind of like I used to be a newsbreaker.

976
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 6: Now guys can break their own news. And I still

977
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 6: think there's space for relationships and healthy relationships with trained journalists.

978
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 6: But I also think it's okay to hear directly front

979
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,360
Speaker 6: players on their experience. I mean, whether you like or

980
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 6: Draymond Green or not, Like his podcast is captivating, particularly

981
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 6: after something happened in the game he got address it,

982
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 6: like those are the pods.

983
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:16,760
Speaker 1: That have the best numbers.

984
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 6: I mean, you look at a guy like jj Reddick, right,

985
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 6: who was an athlete, has really delved in embraced the

986
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 6: media thing. And who knows what his next chapter may be,

987
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 6: whether he wants to go on to the peak millennial.

988
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 6: You can have as many careers as you want, So

989
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 6: I think it's cool. I think it's cool. I think

990
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 6: it still needs to be done with respect. And if

991
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 6: you really got an issue, people front facing are not

992
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 6: hard to find. They got managers and teams, Like, everything

993
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 6: doesn't necessarily have to be addressed over the public media.

994
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 5: One last question, as a journalist, what is the number

995
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 5: one mistake that people in new media are making?

996
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 2: Because you're you're a journalist, yeah right, So what do

997
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 2: you think the number one mistake?

998
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 5: And I'm not talking about just even with the sports,

999
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 5: just in general, all of these people with podcast, YouTube

1000
00:38:58,800 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 5: platforms and everything.

1001
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 6: You think so, and this is where you got to

1002
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 6: define yourself, right, Like are you trying to fall into

1003
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 6: the journalism category or the discussion category? Because credibility is

1004
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 6: so fragile, right, It's easily broken and it's hard to

1005
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 6: restore it. So I think whatever wherever you are, be

1006
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 6: mindful of your credibility, right, Like, if you want to

1007
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,760
Speaker 6: talk about a hot button issue, do the appropriate research,

1008
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 6: or if you're just going glaze over it, you need

1009
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 6: to be very clear. This is just high level. I'm

1010
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 6: not the source on this, Like I'm just touching it

1011
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 6: because I think what you can do inadvertently not just

1012
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,240
Speaker 6: credibility with like your audience, but if you want to matriculate,

1013
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 6: say say in sports, like you got people that you

1014
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 6: have to work with that are looking at you like

1015
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 6: what are your actual intentions here? Like you're trying to

1016
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 6: go viral? Are you trying to respect the craft? And

1017
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,759
Speaker 6: so I think credibility is something that you have to

1018
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 6: keep top of mind.

1019
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 3: All right, Well, Monica, we appreciate you joining us.

1020
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 2: No okay, no, no no.

1021
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 6: If we get a game five, I will be out

1022
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 6: in Minnesota. If not, I'll probably be chilling until we

1023
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 6: get ready for finals and I'll be out there.

1024
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 3: Well it's Monica Minutte.

1025
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 2: How did it follow you?

1026
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: Socials? Is mckna Monica? Same on everything?

1027
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 3: All right, It's the Breakfast Club.

1028
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: Good morning, Wake that ass up in the morning.

1029
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Speaker 2: The Breakfast Club