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<v Speaker 1>Breaks, breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines or tilled in.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 1>The Heat Check was just a crazy the best podcast

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<v Speaker 1>covering all the drama around the association. Just a quick

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<v Speaker 1>little run around the league to see what's popping. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>start with Indiana, who I said was my league past

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<v Speaker 1>Team of the Year. They are finally looking to move

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<v Speaker 1>on from Buddyheild. It's not a bad blood thing, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just a fit situation. They've got too many guards, too

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<v Speaker 1>many guys trying to get shots up, and let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>Buddy Heel wants to chuck up twenty five shots per game,

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<v Speaker 1>and for all of his defensive flaws, there are a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of teams looking.

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<v Speaker 2>For Buddy Hil type caliber players from.

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<v Speaker 1>Three one of the best three point shooters in the league,

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<v Speaker 1>if not the best, and that's why they're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>bringing him, bringing back.

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<v Speaker 2>A first rounder for any trade for Buddy Hil.

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<v Speaker 1>So not gonna just get rid of him for nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>right Dallas wants him, of course, but this guy has

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have some suit. They say that the league is

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<v Speaker 1>moving towards hybrid players who can do everything, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think I think especialist like Buddy Heield is going to

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<v Speaker 1>find a role.

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<v Speaker 2>He shooting forty three from three, Okay, that's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got six seasons under his belt and he's shooting

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<v Speaker 1>better now than he ever has in his career. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about a guy who once nailed a three pointer

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<v Speaker 1>three seconds into a game, right. I remember when healed

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<v Speaker 1>to the Lakers was a real discussion. Laker fans were

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<v Speaker 1>talking about him being a negative asset. Laker fans, I

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<v Speaker 1>might add, are.

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<v Speaker 2>Only slightly less delusional.

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<v Speaker 1>Than Heat fans Orlando San Antonio, Toronto rumor to be

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<v Speaker 1>very interested. Kind of like them, kind of like them

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<v Speaker 1>in Orlando. I'm not gonna lie they need some three

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<v Speaker 1>point shooting. Maybe trade him for Cole Anthony and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a pick. The latest, uh though, is that there's no

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<v Speaker 1>real urgency to trade them.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll wait until the deadline.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Indiana's going to see how the Dame sweepstakes

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<v Speaker 1>go and they will act accordingly.

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<v Speaker 2>Moving on, speaking of Dame, can't get out of the

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<v Speaker 2>episode without talking about the Dame update. God to give

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<v Speaker 2>you the update on what's happening on the Dame.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out all the things that we've heard since July

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<v Speaker 1>when Dame asked for trade war lies, which was, hey, Portland,

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<v Speaker 1>do what you need to do to get your affairs

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<v Speaker 1>in order. But Dame's going to Miami because no other

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<v Speaker 1>team wants them, and so you accept whatever the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>we're willing to give you and be happy with it

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<v Speaker 1>because again, no one else wants him.

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<v Speaker 2>That was not true. Turns out that the Toronto Raptors

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<v Speaker 2>are interested. They are now in serious talks with Portland

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<v Speaker 2>as we speak.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course Heat we'll call it the heat circle, right,

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<v Speaker 1>heat media, but we'll call.

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<v Speaker 2>It Miami media, Miami fans.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like a little like a little cult. They are

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<v Speaker 1>shook and it is sad really to see. I've got people,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, telling me and my mentions that Tyler

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<v Speaker 1>heroes better than Oganna and Obi.

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<v Speaker 2>That is absurd. They're saying, O, g A and Obi

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<v Speaker 2>now can't play with Jeremy.

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<v Speaker 1>Grant, which is absurd because Jeremy Grant plays four oj

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<v Speaker 1>Anobi plays three other Dan fucking Levitard. Real media members

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<v Speaker 1>out here saying that because Toronto wouldn't sign Kyle Lowry

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<v Speaker 1>at thirty five, why would they want Damian Lillard at

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five It's like, well, if you don't want this

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<v Speaker 1>dollar Tree Steak, then why would you want that thirty

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<v Speaker 1>age thirty five years Why would you want this Prime

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<v Speaker 1>Cup flat Mignon that's thirty five years old. It's I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not even in the same universe. Damian Lillard is

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<v Speaker 1>a top three guard in the league. Kyle Lowry, nice player,

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<v Speaker 1>good defender in his time, he was Yes, he was

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<v Speaker 1>an All Star. He was never Damian Lollard. It's getting crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>So what now? The narrative is shifted.

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<v Speaker 1>Miami fans media are saying that Portland is being petty

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<v Speaker 1>because they're not taking into account Dame's wishes.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it didn't matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Dame was just gonna go to Miami and we had

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<v Speaker 1>to take whatever we got because that was the only

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<v Speaker 1>place that will give us a fair deal, which never

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<v Speaker 1>was a fair deal. You can't demand, you can't demand

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<v Speaker 1>to go one place with three years left on your

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<v Speaker 1>deal and then especially to a place that doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>have the assets to.

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<v Speaker 2>Get you, and what happens, You get fucked. That's what's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen if they do that deal.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a business, and the Blazers are not the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of franchise that can afford to quite literally get

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<v Speaker 1>fucked right. Nobody wants to go there. You guys have

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<v Speaker 1>been telling us nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants

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<v Speaker 1>to go there, so this is the only way. The

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<v Speaker 1>precedent this sets is really bad for the league because

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<v Speaker 1>in this is even worse than free agency the way

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<v Speaker 1>that the bird rights have gone and trading for players

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<v Speaker 1>and your individual team that drafted you having a better

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity to sign you for more money. All this is

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<v Speaker 1>leading the players signing in bad faith and then eventually

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<v Speaker 1>asking to get traded to the place they really wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to go.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't really have the money to pay them.

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<v Speaker 1>And now that we can just trade them wherever they

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<v Speaker 1>want to go, then it doesn't really matter.

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<v Speaker 2>When free agency is every team is now in play,

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<v Speaker 2>and that slaps in the face of what the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>would like to do.

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<v Speaker 1>This breaks the collective bargaining agreement pretty much entirely. This

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<v Speaker 1>is how you end up with the broken down Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Lowry and his bullshit asks contract on the books. If

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<v Speaker 1>players can demand and get to go wherever they want

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<v Speaker 1>to go, whenever they want to go, which like that's

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<v Speaker 1>just a whole different game. So I'm not even gonna

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<v Speaker 1>come out whether that's fair enough. If they can do that,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean nobody, No owner would want that. Every owner

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<v Speaker 1>will freak the fuck out. And what Miami fans and

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<v Speaker 1>media are desperate and very reluctant to admit is that

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<v Speaker 1>they know that this is it. They could say, oh

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<v Speaker 1>if they don't get damn, they will say, oh, well

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<v Speaker 1>we want you honest, that's what our plan was all along.

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Riley's playing chess and everybody's playing checkers.

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<v Speaker 1>But the truth is Miami's not going to be any

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<v Speaker 1>good without day Hit pocketing Kelly Ubray, which didn't occur

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<v Speaker 1>because he went to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. Who

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<v Speaker 1>knows why that wasn't a great backup plan. It means

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<v Speaker 1>your franchise is somewhat on life support. Pat Riley, Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Goodwin played chicken with the Blazers, never giving them their

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<v Speaker 1>best offer. And you know what, guess what, you're the

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<v Speaker 1>one that's gonna be fucked. You're the one that gets

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<v Speaker 1>to stand around holding your dicks.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just kidding sort of. As for the Blazers, they

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<v Speaker 2>have Scoot, they.

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<v Speaker 1>Have Shade, and they have Anferny and it looks like

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<v Speaker 1>it could be Grady Dick and Ogn and Obi, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>flipping Ogn and Obi and NRK for DeAndre Aiden picks.

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<v Speaker 1>Blazers are going to be just fine. And the sooner

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<v Speaker 1>I have to stop hearing from heat fans, the happier

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Moving forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Former number two pick in the draft of Bari Parker

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<v Speaker 1>recently sounded off on Twitter or to some interview about

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<v Speaker 1>why he is now playing with.

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<v Speaker 2>FC Barcelona in the euro League.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not earth shattering news that he went to the

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<v Speaker 1>euro League, but I think what he said was very

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<v Speaker 1>interesting and I wanted to talk about it, he said

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<v Speaker 1>in his recent interview The Fallen Sadly, the NBA is

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<v Speaker 1>a business and there are ten to twelve teams that

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<v Speaker 1>try to win every game and their other half try

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<v Speaker 1>to get a draft pick. Where does that leave good players?

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<v Speaker 1>You either have to be super good or bad to

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<v Speaker 1>lose games. It's no excuse to see DeMarcus Cousins, Dwight Howard,

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<v Speaker 1>joh Wall, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Who are potentially in the Hall of Fame. To see

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<v Speaker 2>those guys not have a job.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to see the league getting watered down.

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately, you know, a lot of things are out of

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<v Speaker 2>our control. And you know what, I think he's right.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Jabari Parker is right about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys like Kemba Walker and Mike James are guys that

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<v Speaker 1>could definitely play minutes in the NBA and they're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to make a roster because teams they could give

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<v Speaker 1>valuable minutes too.

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<v Speaker 2>Are too worried about trying to land a lottery pick.

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<v Speaker 1>So kind of the evolution of the game, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>does it mean the NBA players' careers will likely be shorter.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably it means that they're not going to give you

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<v Speaker 1>a guaranteed contract if you're a journeyman. The trade off,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, is that the EuroLeague is going to get

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<v Speaker 1>better and players like Jabari Parker and Derek Williams will

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<v Speaker 1>settle into having long, productive European careers.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's be honest, Europe isn't so bad.

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<v Speaker 1>It's nice place to live, and for fans, euro league's

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<v Speaker 1>more accessible than ever On ESPN, they broadcast a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of games and if you like to bet, maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>now know the players that you're going to betting on.

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<v Speaker 2>All of this begs the question how.

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<v Speaker 1>Long until the NBA gets a European franchise. Knowing Adam Silver,

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<v Speaker 1>that'll be sooner than ever. That's all the time that

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