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Speaker 1: promote that, promote that we have. Jerry Castillo is gonna

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Speaker 1: And it's interesting, you know, like you can run different

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Speaker 1: He's that big, he's that dynamic when they take Joel

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Speaker 1: he's always been like, why would I take a shot

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Speaker 1: He does and everything else everybody else wants to do.

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Speaker 1: All right, keep an eye on kushma I think he's

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Speaker 1: the key for the Lakers. Keep an eye on Ben Simmons.

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Speaker 1: everything they do offensively. Hey, hope you enjoyed this little

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Speaker 1: shorty version of All Ball. Back next week with a

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Speaker 1: whole bunch more. I'm Doug Gottlieban. This is All Ball.

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