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Speaker 1: But a lot of thoughts from just a ridiculously jam

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Speaker 1: Under Hoops tonight, all right, let's talk some basketball, and

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Speaker 1: let's start with the Golden State Warriors. So you know

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Speaker 1: Like the Dallas Mavericks in twenty twelve without Tyson, Chandler's

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Speaker 1: were still performing at about the same level they did

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Speaker 1: the previous year, some better. Steph had a disastrous season

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Speaker 1: was way better this season. Klay Thompson looked way better

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Speaker 1: which is still bad free throw shooting, that's fifteen for

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Speaker 1: so he dribbled it back out and passed it out

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Speaker 1: the end of regulation. That shot is irrelevant to me

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Speaker 1: imagine that Giannis will take this spot back sooner than later.

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Speaker 1: He's too gifted of an athlete. Look, I thought he

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Speaker 1: twenty nine like Gianni's is gonna be fine in the

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Speaker 1: long run. But that spot is sacred. It has to

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Speaker 1: yearly basis. To me, in my opinion, and again this

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Speaker 1: buddy that I talk with regularly just thinks Gianness never

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Speaker 1: with him. But again, like everyone's got their own to

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Speaker 1: because he couldn't take care of the basketball, he couldn't

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Speaker 1: set defense, he was uncomfortable creating shots. And I don't

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Speaker 1: unless you're comfortable creating shots in the half court. All right, man,

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Speaker 1: what a whirlwind of a night. I don't even I will.

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Speaker 1: I have to kind of marinate on this again. I

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Speaker 1: might even talk more about this kind of stuff tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna call it a night for right now.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate your guys' support schedule for tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: I'm not one hundred percent certain yet. To keep an

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Speaker 1: eye on my Twitter feed and I'll let you guys know.

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Speaker 1: I know for sure we're going live after the Game

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Speaker 1: six is on Friday night. All right, guys, I would

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Speaker 1: see tomorrow. The volume