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Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 1: What is up straight Firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight

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Speaker 1: Fire for Thursday, April twentieth. The NBA games just ended. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm staying up late every night watching NBA. That's what

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Speaker 1: I do. My family doesn't really appreciate it, but you

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Speaker 1: gotta do what you gotta do. Interesting night in the Association,

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Speaker 1: I'm opening with Lakers. Obviously very frustrated with how the

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Speaker 1: Lakers played. Darvin Ham. We need to have a word.

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Speaker 1: Pick up the white courtesy phone, please. I just want

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Speaker 1: to say, like, you've got a chance to go up

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Speaker 1: two oh one Memphis. Their best player is out, their

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Speaker 1: starting center is out, their best backup big man, Brandon

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Speaker 1: Clark is out. You've got everything lined up, and the

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Speaker 1: Lakers came out flat as a board. It was unbelievable

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Speaker 1: how lackluster the Lakers were in the first frigging quarter.

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Speaker 1: I know it was gonna be hostile. You knew Memphis

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Speaker 1: was gonna come out not backing down. They were gonna

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Speaker 1: go all out, they were gonna do their best. They

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Speaker 1: were gonna give a max effort. Leave it all on

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Speaker 1: the floor. We can't go down oh two. Lakers did

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Speaker 1: a decent job on Tias Jones four of eleven. Vanderbilt

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Speaker 1: started started out on him. I believe it was Vanderbilt

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Speaker 1: and he was over five from deep. So Tyas Jones

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Speaker 1: did not kill him, but he had eight It's just

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Speaker 1: one turnover. They did a decent job on Desmond Bain

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Speaker 1: six of eighteen. D Baane one of six from D.

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Speaker 1: The Grizzlies starting back court was one of eleven from D.

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Speaker 1: So how the hell did the Lakers lose this game?

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Speaker 1: The Grizzlies did get a career performance from Xavier Tillman.

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Speaker 1: I guess Xavier picking up the slack for his Michigan

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Speaker 1: State alum. But Draymond Green, who is suspended for Tonight's

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Speaker 1: Warriors Kings game. Xavier Tillman, who was a total non factor,

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Speaker 1: looked lost and clueless largely in Game one. He was

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Speaker 1: an unbelievable beast from Memphis inside and this is where

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Speaker 1: the Lakers lost the game. Xavier Tillman twenty two and thirteen, Yes,

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Speaker 1: twenty two or thirteen. He had five offensive rebounds. He

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Speaker 1: was just a space eater inside and he played like

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Speaker 1: Steven Adams would now Steven Adams won't give you twenty two,

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Speaker 1: but he's gonna give you boards and inside, the Lakers

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Speaker 1: got beat up. Listen, I'm not gonna come out here

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Speaker 1: and say the Lakers look soft, but I just said

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Speaker 1: the Lakers look soft, folks. This is the number. You know,

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Speaker 1: We've seen it in the Golden State King series. When

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry is off the floor, the Warriors are getting

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Speaker 1: blown out of the building. The Warriors cannot do much

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Speaker 1: offensively without Steph Curry. Apparently Jordan Pool's more hurt than

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Speaker 1: is led to believe, but I'm not whatever. When Anthony

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Speaker 1: Davis is off the floor, the Lakers are getting smoked.

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Speaker 1: So in two games so far, where AD is on

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Speaker 1: the floor seventy five minutes, they are plus twenty three.

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Speaker 1: When AD is off the floor only twenty one minutes,

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Speaker 1: they are minus seventeen. There is zero anything inside. When

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis goes to the bench, they it's official. Like

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Speaker 1: I like Lebron a lot. You guys know this. You

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Speaker 1: cannot play Lebron at center when AD's off the floor.

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Speaker 1: I believe in Game three they're gonna have to dust

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Speaker 1: off my guy when Yon Gabriel and he's gonna have

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Speaker 1: to give you some minutes inside because the Lakers got

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Speaker 1: punked by Xavier friggin' Tillman and Jerry Jackson had a

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Speaker 1: pretty good game inside. He had eighteen and nine, but

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Speaker 1: the passing was chris the And this is the stat

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Speaker 1: that's interesting to me. When Ja Morant plays, Obviously, you know, listen,

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Speaker 1: he's one of the most electrifying players in the league.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of his work. He's a

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Speaker 1: great dunker. He soars, he's exciting, he plays with energy.

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Speaker 1: His speed is unbelievable. He's fun. When he's off the floor.

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Speaker 1: The Grizzlies can play defense. They held the Lakers to

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Speaker 1: ninety three points. Lakers shots forty percent from the field.

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Speaker 1: Joh Moran not a great defender. When Jamaran's off the floor,

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Speaker 1: the passing is crisp, the plays are great, the sets

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Speaker 1: are outstanding. They had twenty four assists on thirty eight buckets.

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Speaker 1: Tyas Jones had eight, Brooks had three. Tilman's saf you'

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Speaker 1: Tilben had three assists, Jared Jackson three assists. And off

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Speaker 1: the bench, this is where Max Effort comes in. And

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Speaker 1: I had warned you guys about it. I knew the

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Speaker 1: Grizzlies would be diving for every loose ball. You could

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Speaker 1: block and Anthony Davis dunk. Yes, that really happened, And

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Speaker 1: that's the kind of play that when a guy who

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Speaker 1: This is a shooting guard who's a hustle guy. The

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis dunk, and from that moment Davis listen. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to say he was shook, but he did

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Speaker 1: not play great. Now, he did catch an elbow in

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Speaker 1: the eye on a jump was it a jump ball

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Speaker 1: from Desmond ban I think it was a jump in

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Speaker 1: the first quarter and got a cut over his eye.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say that impacted his play, his vision,

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Speaker 1: but he shot four or fourteen, and I know he

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Speaker 1: was good defensively, had five blocks. But thirteen points for

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Speaker 1: ad is not gonna cut it. Lebron was, you know

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Speaker 1: great as three point shooting. Wasn't there twenty eight points,

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Speaker 1: twelve boards. I told you he would not let the

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Speaker 1: Lakers lose. Well, they lost. It's not his fault. He

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Speaker 1: did shoot one of eight from three, not ida. I'm

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Speaker 1: just I don't I know some people are getting sick

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Speaker 1: of me bashing D'angela Russell, and I have nothing against

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Speaker 1: Dangela Russell. He was a nice player at Ohio State.

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Speaker 1: He is immensely talented. Part of me thinks he's trying

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Speaker 1: He's just like, I don't care, man, I'm just kinda.

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Speaker 1: I'm here playing ball having fun. The way he walks

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Speaker 1: and carry you never see him lock in on defense.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't get in like a defensive stance. I coach

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Speaker 1: my son in six Great Hoops and one of the

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Speaker 1: things that kills me is he doesn't get like super low,

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Speaker 1: slap the floor aggressive. I want to see it get

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Speaker 1: in a defensive stands, get down low and pester people,

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Speaker 1: and Russell doesn't do that. Three turnovers and then he

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Speaker 1: shoots two for eleven, one of five from three, and

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Speaker 1: a little part of me dies inside every time d'angela

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Speaker 1: Russell is supposed to be guarding Luke Canard and then

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Speaker 1: just gets lost in the sauce and Cannard's splashing a

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Speaker 1: three like Luke Canard one of the best shooters in

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Speaker 1: the NBA. Full stop. Don't leave him, you know, don't

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Speaker 1: leave him. We have as you guys know, I'm in

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Speaker 1: the Men's championship game Sunday, five o'clock in my in

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Speaker 1: the league out here in Torrens, California. I know you

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Speaker 1: don't care and you want to fast forward through this

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Speaker 1: and you're still canna be bringing it up on Cowhurd Show.

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Speaker 1: Here's a little more. We have a text team and

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Speaker 1: we've scouted out this team. I got a text from

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Speaker 1: a buddy who was like, I love it scouting opponents

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Speaker 1: in a re men's rec League game. We know who

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Speaker 1: you can't leave. They have one shooter. I mean they've

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Speaker 1: got more than one shooter, but they have a guy

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Speaker 1: who I'm not kidding made seven threes against US last time. Now,

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Speaker 1: two guys actually made seven threes. Their best player did.

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Speaker 1: But another one is just a spot up guy and

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Speaker 1: you cannot leave him. And he could drive too. He's

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Speaker 1: not totally inept. The guy's got some skill overall. Is

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Speaker 1: he better than me? Yeah, he's probably like thirty two

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Speaker 1: years old. But whoever's guarding him, our team knows. If

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Speaker 1: you're on this guy, don't leave him for anything. Don't

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Speaker 1: leave I don't don't care what the hell else is

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Speaker 1: going on in the play. Don't leave him. We'll give

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Speaker 1: up a layup over leaving this guy for an open three,

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Speaker 1: because those threes are backbreaking. And D'Angelo Russell, for whatever reason,

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Speaker 1: just falls asleep on defense. Friggin a lot. Now, I

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Speaker 1: know everybody thought Ruey Hatchimore would return to Earth. Hachimore

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Speaker 1: gave you twenty off the bench. He's delivering. Austin Reeves

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Speaker 1: had twelve. Not a bad game, not a great game,

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Speaker 1: thirty seven minutes for assists, one turnover. He was good.

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Speaker 1: They knew what was coming. They're ready for him. And

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Speaker 1: this is where it gets interesting. Darvin Ham has to

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Speaker 1: have a CounterPunch because John Moranth probably coming back, and

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Speaker 1: if he's not, you got to figure out a way

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Speaker 1: inside to get tough. And I listen, I'm not endorsing

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Speaker 1: Wendland Gabriel as the man, but Dennis Shooter was awful.

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Speaker 1: Like this is just one of those games where Anthony

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Speaker 1: Davis four or fourteen, D'Angelo Russell two or twelve, Dennis

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Speaker 1: Shooter over three. Those guys combined to go six for

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Speaker 1: twenty eight. Those are three of well, I don't know

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Speaker 1: about Russell, but those are three important players. By the way,

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Speaker 1: Laker Nation is starting to get behind me on this.

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Speaker 1: Can we chill with the Nz Russell? Why don't we

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Speaker 1: tinker with Austin Ree's running point, Lebron ad and then

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Speaker 1: Hatchi Mora and then you know, Vanderbilt. There's got to

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Speaker 1: be a lineup, but you can get another shooter on

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Speaker 1: the floor. I don't think de'androl La Russell is a

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Speaker 1: catch and shoot guy. He wants the ball, he wants

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Speaker 1: to look good. And now that I've ripped the Lakers

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Speaker 1: a lot, I'm just gonna say they have an extra

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Speaker 1: day off, so I know ad Log thirty eight minutes

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Speaker 1: took an elbow to the eye, Lebron blogged thirty nine

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Speaker 1: the Dylan Brooks stuff. Okay, he's a goon. The guy

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Speaker 1: shoots three of eleven. Okay, that's what he shot, Dylan. Oh,

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Speaker 1: a shot. So five of fourteen for Dylan Brooks. Not

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Speaker 1: an awful game. But he's shooting like thirty six percent

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Speaker 1: for the game. He you know, five fouls, gooning it up,

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Speaker 1: and he hits a late three. He was listen, here's

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Speaker 1: the deep three and he just stares down Lebron kind

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Speaker 1: of gets in his face. Lebron. This reminds me, and

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Speaker 1: I know you guys know this of Deshaun Stevenson when

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Speaker 1: he was with the Wizards and when he was with

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Speaker 1: the Calves. I highly recommend you go to YouTube after

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Speaker 1: listening to the podcast and look up Lebron blow the whistle,

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Speaker 1: jay Z. Lebron versus Deshaun Stevenson was like a thing.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, fifteen years ago, the Calves were in

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Speaker 1: boiled in a battle with Washington. I think it was

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Speaker 1: back to back years and Deshaun Stevenson was like running

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Speaker 1: his mouth I'm the Lebron stopper. I'm gonna get him.

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Speaker 1: I got him locked up, and Deshaun Stevenson was like

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Speaker 1: trying to get in Lebron's head, like whacking him. I

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Speaker 1: think he got a couple of flagrant fowls. It was,

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Speaker 1: it was a thing. And at one point something happened

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Speaker 1: in like a DC club where like Soldier Boy was like,

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Stevenson's the man, bleep Lebron. This is a real thing.

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Speaker 1: I'm not even making this up. And then jay Z

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Speaker 1: made a song about this little rivalry and there's a

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Speaker 1: video on YouTube and listen. Some of the lyrics are inappropriate. Listen.

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Speaker 1: I'm just they say a lot of stuff that you

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Speaker 1: know you don't want your kid hearing. The N word

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Speaker 1: is in there. Jay Z's rapping about it, but some

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Speaker 1: smart guy went and laid videos over the lyrics. So

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Speaker 1: as jay Z's rapping this song, they have all these

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Speaker 1: Lebron versus Deshaun Stevenson moments and it's really awesome. I

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Speaker 1: just highly it feels like Deshaun Stevenson versus Lebron all

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Speaker 1: The Lakers are playing the Grizzlies in Game three. Now,

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Speaker 1: Are we gonna get a crowd that's on Dylan Brooks's

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Speaker 1: I'm just not a huge fan of his work. I say,

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Speaker 1: on Calhart Show, I speculated on Wednesday, I was like, Colin,

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Speaker 1: why don't they just rest Yannis? Like he fell on

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Speaker 1: you got nothing to be afraid of. Just sit Janis out.

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Speaker 1: halftime the Miami Heat trailed by twenty six points. They

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Speaker 1: I can wrap up with some interesting thoughts on Minnesota Denver.

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Speaker 1: I just want to dig into the Nuggets real quick,

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Speaker 1: because it feels like nobody's talking about this Denver team.

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Speaker 1: They led the Western Conference for what the final four

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Speaker 1: months of the season. They absolutely paced Minnesota in Game one.

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Speaker 1: They come out in Game two, enter up like fifteen

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Speaker 1: then finally somebody woke up Anthony Edwards and Minnesota went

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Speaker 1: they ended up pulling away Denvers now to nothing. Minnesota

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Speaker 1: showed some fight, which was nice, but you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna talk mostly about Denver. I just needs to say

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Speaker 1: this once again. Karl Anthony Towns on the struggle bus

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Speaker 1: wonder if he's really long from Minnesota. I know, I've

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Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Town's clearly is not a number one on

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Speaker 1: Edwards is your one and Cat's here two and Go

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Speaker 1: Bears your three, that should be good, right. Starting to

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Speaker 1: wonder what Cat is like Karl Anthony Town's listen when

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Speaker 1: he's on and popping his three like he's very very good.

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Speaker 1: But the problem is when it seems to matter, he's

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray only had the bubble run. Okay, Jamal Murray

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Speaker 1: matchup with the Sons or Clippers, and I can't believe it.

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Speaker 1: I went from SuDS that are going to sweep the

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Speaker 1: Clippers to whoa, we got a series here and the

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Speaker 1: but one of the most prominent Big Ten basketball players

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Speaker 2: The only thing better than sitting on your couch watching

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Speaker 2: the game. He's making money. You do it. Here's your

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Speaker 1: I'm very excited for the game tonight, and I guess

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Speaker 1: we can briefly go into best bets because I told

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Speaker 1: you knew Milwaukee was gonna bounce back. I think the

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Speaker 1: situation tonight is the King's Warriors game is officially the

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Speaker 1: first huge, absolute must win of the playoffs. Sixers Nets

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Speaker 1: whatever happens. Who cares, Sixers are favored by four and

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Speaker 1: I would probably lean Nets getting the points. It's probably

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Speaker 1: gonna be a close game and the Sixers will probably

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Speaker 1: win whatever. I just this King's Warriors game is fascinating. No,

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Speaker 1: Draymond Green, Kings are going home. Sorry, Warriors are going

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Speaker 1: home down two to the Kings. Kings are younger Warriors,

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Speaker 1: kind of their full crumb of the offense. Draymond Green

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Speaker 1: more Kuminga here. I don't know that they can go smaller.

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Speaker 1: if you can play Looney and Kuminga. Can you play

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Speaker 1: Kuminga Wiggins, Devincenzo, Courrey and Thompson? Uh the pool situation. Like,

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Speaker 1: I'm really worried about the Warriors. You guys know, I

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Speaker 1: Draymond Who's gonna want to get paid? He as a

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Speaker 1: Green getting suspended, missing Game three, and the Kings go

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Speaker 1: look is that for Draymond Green. Clay Thompson has said

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Speaker 1: he wants to get paid. I think King's Warriors is

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Speaker 1: the biggest game of the postseason so far, Suns Clippers

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Speaker 1: make of that game. Kawhi Leonards has played heavy minutes,

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Speaker 1: and it's funny because he was load managing and everybody

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Speaker 1: if I remember, I told you guys, I wanted Warriors

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Speaker 1: in game two, and I don't want Warriors here. How

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Speaker 1: about this? What does a money line Sons Warriors pay?

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Speaker 1: How about Sixers Sons?

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Speaker 1: Let me let me just punch that up here. Actually, eh,

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Speaker 1: three favorites. That's not a bad I love. And you

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Speaker 1: I guess you could consider, uh a three team parlay,

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Speaker 1: than six points? Like? It feels like toss up city?

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Speaker 1: But I will I will punch it in here. A

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Speaker 1: just a money line parlay of Warriors Sons one hundred

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Speaker 1: I mean the Warriors are minus two twelve, Sons minus

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Speaker 1: That's my pick. It's chalky, but it's on the money line.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't involve spreads. All you gotta do is win, baby,

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