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Speaker 2: Under Hoops tonight. All right, so quick recap of the

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Speaker 2: off season. They drafted Brandon Podziamski. I did a scouting

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Speaker 2: be a great fit in their offense. He's awesome at

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Speaker 2: quick scout of Trace Jackson. Davis got a hell of

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Speaker 2: they're in a predicament where the developmental the developmental trajectory

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Speaker 2: maybe you can fly those young players at this deadline

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Speaker 2: to come say hi while I'm out there. We have

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Speaker 2: shows scheduled for Saturday and Sunday night that we're recording

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Speaker 2: at the Blue Wires studio there at the Wind in Vegas.

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Speaker 2: Don't forget to come say high. Like I said, I'll

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Speaker 2: be sitting in the arena watching games for the most part.

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Speaker 2: I also on playing some pickup basketball while I'm there too.

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Speaker 2: I'll tweet out the locations that I'm going to, so

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Speaker 2: I hope to see you this weekend. If not, then

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Speaker 2: I'll see you guys on YouTube on Saturday night.

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