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Speaker 5: Hello, there is and here we are. I am still

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Speaker 1: Oh whoa, whoa there, stupid. I need my vaccine. I

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Speaker 5: We're going to talk a little playoff X factors a

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Speaker 5: last night's action and we're gonna play graded again. And

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Speaker 5: here's the rules. On a scale of one to ten.

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Speaker 4: seven point seven in honor of Luca's number. Also, not

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Speaker 5: Tough loss for the Grizzlies. They should have had it

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Speaker 4: I'm taking this down to a one zero luck. Wow,

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Speaker 4: That was fun to watch the differing styles. Obviously, the

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Speaker 2: But you know, I like offense. I love seeing some shooting. Baby.

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Speaker 5: For those that don't remember, Clay took the record from

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Speaker 4: They just had this the stat he has the most

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Speaker 4: That's an easy twenty two. I don't know exactly what

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Speaker 5: let him shoot as many threes as possible. He's obviously

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Speaker 5: Holy crap, fourteen so you'd have to hit fifteen? Really,

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Speaker 3: I'm not taking a tie this year. I'll put it

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Speaker 5: But you're right, I go way higher for him in

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Speaker 3: No doubt he's like easily that's like below his average.

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Speaker 5: He's on an awesome run. Here last night mark the

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Speaker 5: He's averaging forty points per game in this month. He's

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Speaker 3: So let's hear from you guys on that one.

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Speaker 5: Can somebody get the twenty? Or like do just team

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Speaker 4: A couple of factors you're seeing here in the stream team.

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Speaker 4: It would have to happen in a close game for

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Speaker 2: Obviously the jumper was there. He just didn't really have

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Speaker 4: Completely out of hand, and Ziggy and the star Ze

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Speaker 4: But I don't know, Curry always finds a way to

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Speaker 4: hit eleven threes. That was incredible. He only made three

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like it's so much easier to say they

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Speaker 5: I don't know about that part, But great stuff in

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Speaker 3: There's no but he's gonna stop him on that team.

434
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,760
Speaker 5: I also loved what I saw from embiiding in this game,

435
00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,800
Speaker 5: Like DeAndre Jordan wisely sort of has to back up.

436
00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,919
Speaker 5: And I think that's the right play with Embiid, like

437
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,600
Speaker 5: go ahead and shoot it, man, I'd rather you shoot

438
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,879
Speaker 5: a three, then you bully me inside and get the

439
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,560
Speaker 5: foul and get me in foul trouble and you go

440
00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,200
Speaker 5: to the line and you're a great free throw shooter,

441
00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 5: or at least you just score easy inside, Like that's

442
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,399
Speaker 5: the game plan. But Embiid was hitting him with some

443
00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,600
Speaker 5: confidence the three. I think he went to three or

444
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,520
Speaker 5: six there and Jordan was on him. But but but

445
00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,400
Speaker 5: as you watch this game, that was there for him

446
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,320
Speaker 5: so many more.

447
00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,119
Speaker 3: Times, like the open look three from Embiid.

448
00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,159
Speaker 5: Again, that's a good game plan, like may it come,

449
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,200
Speaker 5: shoot that, But Embiid would not fall for it every

450
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,720
Speaker 5: single time in Rhythm feeling it, Yeah, let it fly.

451
00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,879
Speaker 5: That's good because he's a decent three point shooter. But

452
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,760
Speaker 5: so many times I saw in this game where he's

453
00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,920
Speaker 5: like wide open from three, it gets kicked.

454
00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,919
Speaker 3: To him and he's like, nah, now this is you

455
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:51,760
Speaker 3: want me to do this.

456
00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,320
Speaker 5: So I'm either just gonna step in where he is

457
00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 5: a money right now from mid range like a little

458
00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,520
Speaker 5: couple feet in he's cash, or he's like, you know,

459
00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,919
Speaker 5: I'll just go at you. I will just like there

460
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 5: was a there's one time where he's like, you could

461
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,320
Speaker 5: have shot a three. He went in a little bit,

462
00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 5: He's like, okay, nothing's here. Just kicked it back out.

463
00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 5: He's like, screw that, I'm just going to the block.

464
00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,760
Speaker 5: Just give me the ball back, and they just threw

465
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,080
Speaker 5: it into him and he got to the line. You

466
00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,120
Speaker 5: got a feul Like that's.

467
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,560
Speaker 3: What I love to see. That's the un be like,

468
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,080
Speaker 3: just don't fall, don't pretend you're Steph Curry.

469
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,159
Speaker 5: All right, You're not the one trying to take fifteen

470
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,919
Speaker 5: threes here, twenty three is in a game. Sprinkle him in,

471
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,200
Speaker 5: keep the defense on us, but just go down there.

472
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,640
Speaker 5: And I love to see that. Now that all said,

473
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 5: Sixers led by twenty two, was like eight minutes to go,

474
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,440
Speaker 5: and then the Nets one on a crazy run, No

475
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,879
Speaker 5: Kyrie out there. Did you like the idea of Steve

476
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,400
Speaker 5: Nash and the Nets coaching team there to not bring

477
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,399
Speaker 5: back in a guy like Kyrie when it got close,

478
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,280
Speaker 5: and like, let those guys, like those second and third

479
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,479
Speaker 5: unit guys that scrapped and claude their way back into

480
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:48,880
Speaker 5: this game.

481
00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 3: Let them try and close it even though they didn't

482
00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,199
Speaker 3: like What did you think about that?

483
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,199
Speaker 2: I love it.

484
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,520
Speaker 4: That's what the Nets have to do it, especially in

485
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,240
Speaker 4: the game like this where you know you're chalking it

486
00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,919
Speaker 4: up as a loss. Honestly, before the game, before the

487
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,040
Speaker 4: game really starts, the Nets role players. Their young guys

488
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,480
Speaker 4: made an incredible run, and you're gonna need those young

489
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,880
Speaker 4: players to do something at some point in the playoffs.

490
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,200
Speaker 4: Right There's going to be a time when Kyrie Irving

491
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 4: picks up two fouls reaching on Joel Embiid and Kevin

492
00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 4: Durant sprains his ankle and he's missing the second quarter,

493
00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:18,679
Speaker 4: and now suddenly Landry Shamon needs to.

494
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 2: Hit three threes to stay close.

495
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,399
Speaker 4: They have a little bit of confidence now that they

496
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 4: can at least put a run together against the good

497
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Speaker 4: Sixers team.

498
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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think that the the the.

499
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 4: Young guys we saw last night are going to have

500
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 4: huge roles in the playoffs, but you need everybody come

501
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,119
Speaker 4: playoff time. Once it's in the postseason, you're gonna have

502
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 4: to get just little contributions here and there, and it's

503
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 4: better to have a little bit of confidence that you've

504
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,239
Speaker 4: already done it.

505
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,359
Speaker 2: At some point in the past when it comes to

506
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Speaker 2: the future.

507
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,600
Speaker 3: All right, our next one here, Julius Randall scores thirty

508
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:46,240
Speaker 3: two points.

509
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 5: He seems to do that every night. Now, as the

510
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,959
Speaker 5: Knicks did a good job of limiting Zion Williamson. They

511
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,840
Speaker 5: beat the Pelicans won sixteen to one oh six. So

512
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,240
Speaker 5: m graded question for this one and everyone in the

513
00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,680
Speaker 5: stream team, everyone listening and watching later. How much of

514
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 5: a is Julius Randall's MIP win my favorite award most Improved?

515
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 5: Like again one being low tending lock it in, he's

516
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:08,359
Speaker 5: winning it.

517
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 3: Where do you put it?

518
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 4: I think it's close to a ten because I skeets.

519
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 4: I'm embarrassed to even say this around you. Yeah, the

520
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 4: other day I was thinking.

521
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:25,439
Speaker 2: How come nobody's talking about most improved Player? What's I was?

522
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 2: That thought crossed my mind.

523
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 4: It doesn't seem like there's any buzz right now, you know,

524
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,959
Speaker 4: it's certainly perhaps that's because we've got a little bit

525
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 4: of a race for Rookie of the Year, right with

526
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,359
Speaker 4: lamellow Ball going down, Is Anthony Edward's gonna catch him?

527
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,439
Speaker 4: Et cetera, et cetera. We've got a race for the MVP.

528
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,560
Speaker 4: So people aren't focusing on most improved player. You're not

529
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,399
Speaker 4: hearing a lot of six man talk either, But we

530
00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 4: can get into that at another point. So when I

531
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 4: saw this question in the doc, I was like, Oh,

532
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,480
Speaker 4: maybe that's why we're not talking about most improved player

533
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Speaker 4: at all, because Julius Randall, he seems like he's the

534
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,679
Speaker 4: guy we're talking about career highs across the board in

535
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 4: his seventh season in the league. That's the definition of improvement.

536
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 4: The Knicks are better this year. Julius Randall plays more

537
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 4: defense this year. He's brought some leadership to the next

538
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 4: He's got a willingness and an ability to make clutch plays.

539
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 2: This one, it's a lock. To me.

540
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 4: He's one of the best stories of the season. So yeah,

541
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 4: I'm one hundred percent in on Julius Randall making his

542
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 4: first All Star Game and taking home MP.

543
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Speaker 5: I'm one hundred percent of ten on this question. He's

544
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,960
Speaker 5: winning it and deservedly so. Though now I feel like

545
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 5: I jinxed him because go back to like the first

546
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,720
Speaker 5: month of the season, I think we were saying Jeremy

547
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,119
Speaker 5: Grant was a lock to win MIP, obviously going to

548
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 5: Detroit putting up incredible numbers early on, and he's maintained

549
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 5: a pretty good level there. But I think people have

550
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,800
Speaker 5: stopped caring, maybe of course as much about the Pistons.

551
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 5: And Randold's doing this on a winning Knicks team, which

552
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 5: is something we haven't been able to say in a

553
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 5: long time. And like you just watch him, you're like, God,

554
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,199
Speaker 5: he is better. Like this guy, Like I love, like

555
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 5: even his postgame quotes. He's like, well, I'm the leader

556
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 5: of this team. Like he talked up Alec Burks last night,

557
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 5: Alic Books, who had another monster game, you know, coming

558
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 5: on late, hitting huge shots, hit a crushing three late.

559
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 5: But like Randall's like, as the leader of this team,

560
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,120
Speaker 5: you know, I want to feed him, get him going

561
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 5: when he's got it going.

562
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 3: So like, anyway, I think it's a ten.

563
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,920
Speaker 5: I hope I didn't jink h because I'm pretty sure

564
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 5: he's gonna run away with this one. Jeremy Grant will

565
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 5: get some votes, and there's some other guys too. You

566
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 5: can play the one about this guy with this award

567
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,520
Speaker 5: until you're blue in the face. But yeah, Randall's winning

568
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 5: this and a nice win there from the Knicks is

569
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 5: they try and stay out of that play in tournament

570
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 5: and they're doing a great job so far.

571
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,120
Speaker 3: All right, Final one.

572
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 5: I hate to do it to you, Trey, but I

573
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 5: got to The Zombie Raptors got the win last night.

574
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 5: That's what we're calling them now. We thought they were dead,

575
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 5: but they are still there. The Cinderella Wizards, as we're

576
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,160
Speaker 5: calling them, are somehow in this race. And then your

577
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,880
Speaker 5: bulls loss the Cinderella Wizards win. I should have added there.

578
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 3: And then your bulls loss to.

579
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 5: The Magic, Oh of all teams, to James Ennis the

580
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 5: third and when no Carter Junior. It was a bad

581
00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 5: bulls loss, even though you know I was watching a

582
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 5: lot of that when I had it on. I was

583
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,959
Speaker 5: slipping back and forth zack Lovine, you know, started doing

584
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 5: zack Lavine things, and it started gotting a little.

585
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,880
Speaker 3: Close, but Magic closing out. Anyway.

586
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 5: The question is, on a scale of one to ten,

587
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 5: how confident are you here on Thursday morning, April fifteenth,

588
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 5: in the bulls holding on to that tenth seed, with

589
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 5: the Zombie Raptors and the Cinderella Wizards breathing down their neck.

590
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,040
Speaker 4: I'm shook, Skeates, Oh, but I am one hundred percent shook.

591
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 4: I'm aj styles in the Boneyard celebrated these things.

592
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 2: All of this thing's over. No, no, no, that's the Undertaker?

593
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 2: Is that the Raptors music?

594
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 4: Unfortunately it is, Oh boys, Skeates, I was watching this disaster.

595
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 3: Of a lossit Magic, Like, that's a bad one.

596
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 2: I've talked before. I take night showers, you know, I

597
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,680
Speaker 2: take night showers. I got out it was almost time

598
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 2: for tip off.

599
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 4: I'm like, they gotta beat the Magic. I gotta do

600
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 4: it to put on a bull shirt. Put on a

601
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:01,880
Speaker 4: bull shirt.

602
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 2: Last night. Oh god, they needed my meat, Skeets. They

603
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 2: lost to the Timberwolves this week. They now lost to

604
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 2: the Magic. This should be a zero. This was disgusting

605
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 2: stuff last night.

606
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 4: A revenge game from Wendell Carter Junior, looking like they

607
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 4: should have never traded him, not guarding James Ennis. The

608
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 4: guy made a ton of threes. I think he had

609
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 4: five of them. They were all wide open. This was

610
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 4: rock bottom for the Bulls. But Skeats, I am grateful

611
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 4: for this opportunity because anyone can practice pure positivity when

612
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 4: things are good. It's when the chips are down that

613
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 4: it becomes tougher to have faith. That's why I gotta

614
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 4: give this a ten. I haven't wavered on the Bulls

615
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 4: making the postseason once this year. I'm not starting now.

616
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 4: Like Matt Austin dressed as George Michael says, you gotta

617
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,160
Speaker 4: have faith, faith, the faith. You gotta have faith, the faith,

618
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 4: the faith. It's ugly right now. It is ugly for

619
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 4: the Chica Go Bulls, but I cannot give up on them,

620
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 4: no doubt.

621
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,199
Speaker 2: The Raptors have me scared. I said it.

622
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 4: I think on the Trade Deadline show when they didn't

623
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 4: trade Kyle Lowry, I was like, uh oh, I was

624
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 4: like planning on the Raptors getting significantly worse at the

625
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 4: trade deadline. That would have really helped the Bulls. They

626
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 4: didn't do that. Lowry will be back eventually. I don't

627
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 4: know about the Wizards. You know, it's the Wizards are

628
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 4: weird to me now. They're winning a bunch of games,

629
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 4: and they're doing it basically around Russell Westbrook. If you

630
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 4: build your team around Russell Westbrook, somehow, it's going to

631
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 4: succeed eventually. I don't think they're quite as realistic to

632
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 4: catch the Bulls as the Raptors are. But trust me,

633
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 4: I am. I'm one hundred percent confident right now and

634
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 4: also zero percent.

635
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 5: Comoh wow, you're torn. Yeah, oh man here and Briglia,

636
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 5: who are very torn right now.

637
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's tough with two teams on their ass with

638
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 3: these brutal losses. And that was just disgusting. I mean

639
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 3: it's I mean, you're guys.

640
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 5: You see the final score even of the Bulls game,

641
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 5: and it's like it wasn't that close. The Magic were

642
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 5: kicking their ass. Yeah, you mentioned Levin he was faking

643
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 5: the field. We're werey of the first three quarters, buddy.

644
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 5: That's honestly the problem with the Bulls right now.

645
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 4: They're not getting any production from anybody who isn't Levine

646
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 4: and who isn't Vujovic and Levine right now seems to

647
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 4: me trying to fit in Vucovich, you know, letting him

648
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 4: kind of carry the team for the first three quarters

649
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Speaker 4: then turning it on at the end. At the Bulls

650
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Speaker 4: just aren't good enough for that. They need him to

651
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Speaker 4: go and try and have twenty in a quarter every

652
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Speaker 4: single quarter.

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Speaker 5: I would find it extremely ironic if the Raptor somehow

654
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Speaker 5: came back to snatch the ten seed from your Bulls,

655
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Speaker 5: when all season long you're saying.

656
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Speaker 3: The Bulls are back the Bulls are back. The Bulls

657
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Speaker 3: are back.

658
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Speaker 5: Then in the graveyard match and the casket match that

659
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Speaker 5: we had last week, your Bulls buried the Raptors.

660
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Speaker 3: They were dead, they were done. And then if they

661
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Speaker 3: actually came.

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Speaker 5: Back from the dead, they're back from the dead as

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Speaker 5: the zombie Raptors. That would just I mean, I would

664
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Speaker 5: hate to do it to you, but man, I would

665
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Speaker 5: be pumped too if it was the Raptors not the Wizards.

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Speaker 3: Get out of your Wizards still ruin this party, but

667
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Speaker 3: they probably will do watch. They probably will. Both of

668
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Speaker 3: us will be like crying here in the final.

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Speaker 4: Then we're gonna have to both be Wizards fans. Unfortunately. Yeah,

670
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Speaker 4: I've been saying c read this whole year. Turns out

671
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Speaker 4: it was Wizards.

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Speaker 5: Oh God, God right, yeah, right through the heart, right

673
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Speaker 5: through the heart, all right, So that is great.

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Speaker 3: I'm loving this segment.

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Speaker 2: Guys.

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Speaker 5: Thanks everybody dropping their their numbers in the stream team too,

677
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Speaker 5: and don't be afraid they're in the YouTube comments to

678
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Speaker 5: help us defeat the algorithm.

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Speaker 3: To weigh in on all of those. This is gonna

680
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Speaker 3: be a little fun here.

681
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Speaker 5: And this was inspired by our good buddies Ben Gulliver

682
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Speaker 5: and Michael de Podpina at the Open Floor podcast they

683
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Speaker 5: were talking up playoff X factors. I was like, damn,

684
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Speaker 5: that's a good topic. Let's start doing that ourselves. So

685
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Speaker 5: I thought we could name a couple of guys that

686
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Speaker 5: you think could be a real playoff X factor as

687
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Speaker 5: we gear up here for the playoffs, and you can

688
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Speaker 5: go anywhere with this. You can go sort of the

689
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Speaker 5: elite teams, the middle of the pack teams, teams like

690
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Speaker 5: our Bulls and Raptors. If you want to get crazy, though,

691
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Speaker 5: that's a little more difficult to say somebody on one

692
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Speaker 5: of those rosters this is an X factor to make

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Speaker 5: the ten seed.

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Speaker 4: But do you think the X factor is Thomas SATORANSI?

695
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Speaker 3: I think Kem Burch could be a difference maker.

696
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 5: He actually was, that's a crazy part. Hey, it turns

697
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 5: out when you have a center, it's not a bad

698
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 5: play on there. Anyway, who do you want to start

699
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 5: with Trey as a playoff X factor?

700
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Speaker 2: Playoff X factor for me, let's go out West.

701
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 4: Doesn't feel like the Nuggets have a realistic title shot

702
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 4: right now with the injury to Jamal Murray, unfortunately, but

703
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 4: I do think they can still win a playoff series

704
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 4: and make things tough for their opponents. Further on down

705
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 4: the line, they're still going to need a perimeter player though,

706
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 4: like Murray, who's able to kind of go and get

707
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 4: their own bucket. In the playoff the defenses focus in

708
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 4: plays breakdown. Somebody's got to be able to put the

709
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 4: ball on the floor and get their own. MPJ, no doubt,

710
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Speaker 4: is going to be that guy quite a bit for

711
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Speaker 4: the Nuggets. I've got a lot of competence that he's

712
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 4: actually going to be fine come playoff time. That guy

713
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 4: seems like he's going to be unfazed by that kind

714
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Speaker 4: of stuff. An incredible game from him last night, twenty

715
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 4: five points, ten four fourteen shooting, hit three threes, ten boards.

716
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 4: You'll love to see love to see him hitting the

717
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Speaker 4: glass as well. So yeah, I think MPJ is gonna

718
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Speaker 4: be a solid second score for the Nuggets come playoff time.

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Speaker 2: That's not a concern to me.

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Speaker 4: But the X factor is Will Barton because they're gonna

721
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Speaker 4: need something from their guards. The Nuggets are playmaking, no

722
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 4: doubt is gonna come from Monte Morris, Facundo Compaso, not Bad,

723
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Speaker 4: and Aaron Gordon. I think will even help keep the

724
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Speaker 4: ball moving. They just signed Austin Rivers as another backcourt option,

725
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 4: but in a way cut clock situation. I think Barton's

726
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 4: the guy kind of best equipped to make something out

727
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 4: of nothing, having an ok season kind of up and down.

728
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 4: He's at twelve points, four rebounds, three assists per game,

729
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 4: shooting forty three from the field thirty eight from three,

730
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Speaker 4: But it feels like most of his production comes in

731
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 4: the first half of games. He shoots forty eight percent

732
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 4: in the first half, scores seven to game, only thirty

733
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Speaker 4: five percent in the second half, four point six points

734
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Speaker 4: per game. You can't expect Murray like production from Will

735
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Speaker 4: Barton every single night, but you got to have him

736
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Speaker 4: be able to show up in the second half and

737
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Speaker 4: be kind of a dynam player. And you know there

738
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 4: are gonna be times when they're double teaming Yokic saying

739
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 4: anybody else beat us, anybody else, We're not gonna let

740
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Speaker 4: Michael Porter Junior get a wide open three from the corner.

741
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 4: Things have broken down, Will Barton, what can you do?

742
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Speaker 4: Is he gonna be able to do it come playoff time?

743
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Speaker 2: I don't know.

744
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Speaker 4: That's a lot to ask from Will Barton to kind

745
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Speaker 4: of step to the level of some of these great

746
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Speaker 4: guards in the Western Conference. To me, that's a huge

747
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 4: X factor. Where is the perimeter scoring going to come

748
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Speaker 4: for Denver?

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Speaker 3: That's a great one.

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Speaker 5: I'll stick with a guard in the West for my

751
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Speaker 5: first one here, and you can back me up on

752
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Speaker 5: this tray. I had this name in the document last

753
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Speaker 5: night before he went out and hit a game winner

754
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Speaker 5: against his former team. I'm going Reggie Jackson, which, my god,

755
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 5: that is something you do not want to hear. Reggie

756
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Speaker 5: Jackson is your playoff X factor. But I think it's

757
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 5: a little true now. I know they went and got Rondo,

758
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 5: you got Patrick Beverly who's out for a couple of weeks.

759
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Speaker 3: He fractured his hand.

760
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Speaker 5: They need Reggie to be aggressive here, to attack, to score,

761
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 5: to play make a little bit, and he's doing a

762
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Speaker 5: pretty good job. Reggie Jackson. I don't think a lot

763
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Speaker 5: of people realize this was almost out of the rotation.

764
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Speaker 5: He was not playing a lot. They did not have

765
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Speaker 5: a lot of faith in him. But he's sort of

766
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 5: been like because of that injury to Beverly and a

767
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 5: couple other other guys, he's sort of been thrust in

768
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,959
Speaker 5: there and he's doing Okay, he's averaging sixteen points per game,

769
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Speaker 5: four assists, shooting ridiculous numbers from distance. He's shooting forty

770
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Speaker 5: seven percent from three over his last twelve games, ten

771
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Speaker 5: of those starts. So I think Reggie Jackson again, Rondo's

772
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Speaker 5: going to get some of those playoff minutes. You know,

773
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Speaker 5: it's playoff Rondo, that's the thing. And then Beverly might

774
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Speaker 5: be back. But Reggie really helps them when he.

775
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Speaker 3: Can hit the three.

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Speaker 5: Of course, and I had to check because I had

777
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Speaker 5: forgotten about Reggie Jackson in last year's playoffs, Tray, I

778
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 5: don't know if you remember he barely played in the

779
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Speaker 5: Nugget series. He played a combined thirty minutes in a

780
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Speaker 5: seven game series, which and I cannot remember him being

781
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Speaker 5: hurt because he played in the Mavericks series where he

782
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 5: was actually really solid. He hit a lot of threes

783
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 5: in that series. Hit sixteen threes in that six game series,

784
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 5: a lot of it coming off the bench.

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Speaker 3: So there's a role there for Reggie Jackson. Again.

786
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Speaker 5: It gives me some pause, some concerns saying Reggie Jackson

787
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 5: is a playoff X factor, because I don't truly believe

788
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 5: all the time in Reggie Jackson, but big game winner

789
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 5: last night. They were pumped for him against his former team.

790
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 5: You know, I thought Task talked about it on What

791
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 5: You Need to Know Today. There was like there was

792
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 5: a feel good win, you know, a bonding win for

793
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Speaker 5: the Clips with no Kawhi, no Paul Jordan, a couple

794
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 5: of their other guys.

795
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Speaker 3: So I'll go Reggie.

796
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Speaker 5: I guess in a weird way, I'll go Reggie slash

797
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 5: Rondo just to get some some playmaking and some hopefully

798
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 5: some three point shooting there from your point guard position

799
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Speaker 5: for the Clippers.

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be Rondo over Reggie.

801
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,799
Speaker 4: That might be personally, just from watching last night's game,

802
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 4: I think it's hilarious. Like you mentioned, Noahi, no Paul George,

803
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 4: but also no Marcus Morris, no Serge Ibaka. Clippers are

804
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 4: missing their top four scorers. So Reggie Jackson just had

805
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 4: himself a Reggie Jackson game. Led the team in scoring

806
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 4: twenty nine points, led the team in shots, of course,

807
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,720
Speaker 4: twenty four shots. Hit the game winner on an ISO

808
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 4: and a pull up one assist on the evening for

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00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 4: Reggie Jackson, ten total for the Clippers. They carved up

810
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 4: the Pacers with passing on Tuesday against Detroit, it was

811
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Speaker 4: Reggie Jackson saying I got this.

812
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 2: He is willing to say I got this, And that's.

813
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 4: Why that's why the Clippers wanted to bring in Rondo, right,

814
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 4: they wanted their point guard to be somebody who gets

815
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 4: everybody involved rather than just himself involved. But you need

816
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,760
Speaker 4: a guy who can score with the ball in his hands.

817
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 4: Reggie Jackson would be incredible on the Nuggets right now,

818
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 4: just to have somebody who could go and get to

819
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 4: the hoop and pull up and hit a shot.

820
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Speaker 2: But yeah, Reggie Jackson can catch fire.

821
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Speaker 4: Obviously, he's got the confidence to take a clutch shot

822
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 4: if the Clippers need it. Yeah, it'll be interesting to

823
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 4: see which way they go, whether it be Rondo Reggie Jackson.

824
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 4: Surely both of them will get a chance.

825
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.

826
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Speaker 5: He'll be coming off the bench in playoff series. But

827
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 5: he needs to hit threes. He needs to become that

828
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 5: opportunity because I think that helps. When you've got Kawhi

829
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 5: and Paul, bodies start loading up on them. They're gonna

830
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 5: kick to those guys and they got to knock them down.

831
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 5: So there's some a small X factor for me Reggie

832
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Speaker 5: Jackson in terms of the Clippers going very very far.

833
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 3: All right, who else you got?

834
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 2: All right, my other X factor, Let's go to the

835
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Speaker 2: Eastern Conference. The Heat seventh.

836
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 4: Place right now, quite possible they end up drawing the

837
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 4: Sixers or the Bucks in the.

838
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Speaker 2: First round of the playoffs.

839
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Speaker 4: Tough for their title chances, but they've got as good

840
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 4: of a chance of upsetting one of those teams, I

841
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 4: think as any team in the East, because they've got

842
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 4: the best option for guarding Yannis and for guarding Embiid

843
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 4: and probably the whole conference. My X factor Bam out

844
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 4: to Bayo. I don't think the Heat would be favored

845
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 4: in either series against the Bucks or the Sixers, but

846
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 4: BAM's got the size and the speed the IQ to

847
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 4: hang with both Jannis and Embid. He basically played Yannis

848
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 4: to a standstill in last year's playoffs. That's how the

849
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,439
Speaker 4: Heat were able to take that series so easily from

850
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 4: the Bucks. Gonna need Bam to be at an all defense,

851
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 4: borderline all NBA level in the playoffs that the Heat

852
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 4: are gonna pull off another shocker. Doesn't seem like a

853
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 4: long run is in the cards for Miami this postseason,

854
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,479
Speaker 4: but it didn't feel like that last year either. They've

855
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,320
Speaker 4: got the recipe though they played great defense. They shoot

856
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 4: a bunch of threes and they try to shoot free throws.

857
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 4: They're gonna have bad shooting Knights, no doubt about it.

858
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 4: But the defense is gonna be there because of Bam,

859
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 4: So they will at least be able to make things tough.

860
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 4: They will at least be able to keep things close.

861
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,959
Speaker 4: And then you know, if you're able to keep it close,

862
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 4: if you have a great shooting night, if you have

863
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 4: a great Jimmy Butler performance, those are easy ways the

864
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:12,760
Speaker 4: stack wins.

865
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Speaker 3: I love that one.

866
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 5: We've talked about on the show before BAM's season this year,

867
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 5: so weird to me. The guy's averaging twenty ten to five,

868
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 5: and it's like we barely have spoken about him. I mean,

869
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 5: we barely talk about the Heat because they had such

870
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 5: a weird year after last year's run to the finals.

871
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 5: But I love that one because he can he can

872
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 5: be a difference maker because he can just like you said,

873
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 5: slow down some of these like MVP like guys, and

874
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 5: then also can give you a little bit on the

875
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 5: other end as well. So that's a great one. I'll

876
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 5: stick in the East. For my second one, it's just

877
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 5: Kemba Walker. This won't take long. When Kemba Walker, he

878
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 5: just plays far better in Celtics wins. So that's a

879
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 5: good correlation, right, I mean, if you check the Basketball

880
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:54,479
Speaker 5: Reference splits for Kemba Walker this year in wins, he's

881
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,760
Speaker 5: really really good. Like I mean, he's just super super solid.

882
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 5: He's basically a twenty pointer games or you know, he

883
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 5: gives you like six assists the five boards usage percentage

884
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 5: similar to the same thing in losses, but he's just

885
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 5: way more efficient. You know, his two shooting percentage like

886
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 5: sixty percent in these wins, so he's like hitting the

887
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 5: three thirty eight percent wins, and then in losses he's

888
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 5: just brutal thirty six percent from the floor overall, less

889
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 5: than thirty from three in losses and again a brutal

890
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 5: true shooting percentage because of that and uh way less points.

891
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:28,439
Speaker 5: So just Kemba to me, a stabilizing guy. He takes

892
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 5: a lot of threes. I mean, he takes a lot

893
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 5: of them at this.

894
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:31,280
Speaker 3: Point in his career.

895
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,360
Speaker 5: But it's okay when he's hitting you know, three or

896
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,360
Speaker 5: four of them. It's when he has those ophers and

897
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 5: the ones for nine and the two for nines and

898
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 5: stuff like that.

899
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 3: So just Kemba. The Celtics are a weird team too.

900
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 5: I mean they're we all know they're a good team,

901
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 5: but no one has them with the elite teams in

902
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 5: the Eastern Conference, those three that we've talked about obviously,

903
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 5: in the Sixers and the Nets and the Bucks. It's

904
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 5: like everybody just has them a step below, but it's

905
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 5: like should we? I mean, I don't know, Like when

906
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 5: all their guys are there, when Marcus is playing like

907
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 5: crazy and he's all over the floor, they obviously are

908
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 5: leaning into the Robert Williams as we've talked about on

909
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 5: the show.

910
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 2: They're good.

911
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 5: I mean, they can beat a lot of these teams

912
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 5: in a seven game series. But I think Kemba has

913
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 5: to be special. He has to be a stabilizing force.

914
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,839
Speaker 5: So I'm going Kemba as an next factor of course

915
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 5: for the Celtics winning a series two or three. He's

916
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,240
Speaker 5: got to be good in a lot of those. Let's

917
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 5: end this with one more why not? I like this

918
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 5: question playoff X factors. Who's your third one?

919
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 4: Tray Oh, we got to talk about another big boy,

920
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 4: DeAndre Ayton a big time X factor for me because

921
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 4: the Western Conference has a lot of very good, very

922
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 4: experienced big man. The Jazz have Rudy Gobert obviously, the

923
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,240
Speaker 4: Nuggets have Nicola Jokic, an MVP candidate a likely winner,

924
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 4: and the Lakers eventually will have Lebron James Anthony Davis.

925
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 4: They're not traditional bigs, but those guys live in the paint.

926
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 4: So for the Suns to make a deep postseason run,

927
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 4: they need the DeAndre and that they saw against Gobert

928
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,360
Speaker 4: in the Jazz earlier this month, he had eighteen and

929
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 4: twelve played forty one minutes in an overtime win for Phoenix.

930
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 4: He had seven offensive rebounds in that game. He was

931
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 4: playing really physical, He was playing with a lot of force,

932
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 4: and those offensive rebounds kept the Suns in the game

933
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 4: for a lot a lot of that win against the Jets.

934
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 4: Booker Chris Paul, They're going to perform, but there's got

935
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 4: to be a bit of an interior presence for the Sons,

936
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 4: and that's got to come from DeAndre Ayton hitting the glass,

937
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 4: playing defense, protecting the rim, rolling to the rims, scoring

938
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 4: inside when he has a chance. That's a big ask

939
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,879
Speaker 4: for a guy making his first postseason appearance. But that's

940
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 4: why you draft him number one. That's why the Suns

941
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 4: want to have a big guy alongside Devin Booker in

942
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 4: their long term plans. They need somebody who's going to

943
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 4: be able to hold it down defensively and you know,

944
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 4: put up a double double on the other end as well.

945
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 4: So a lot to ask from DeAndre Ayton. He's been

946
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 4: capable at times. They just need one hundred percent engaged,

947
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 4: playing strong DeAndre Ayton.

948
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 3: My final one is Tobias Harris.

949
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 5: I think we saw a perfect example in last night's

950
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 5: game that the Sixers love the Harris versus Harris matchup

951
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 5: and they're going to seek that out. I'm talking about

952
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 5: Tobias versus Oh. That's a matchup they're gonna hunt and

953
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,799
Speaker 5: he has to deliver. I mean, especially if these two

954
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 5: teams meet the Sixers and Nets, he has to give

955
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 5: them because we talk about the Nets may just completely

956
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 5: outscore them no matter what Embid's doing. Well, then you're

957
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 5: gonna need twenty five a night from Tobias Harrison in

958
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 5: a playoff series against them. He had twenty six last night.

959
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 5: Shuck Grey eleven for seventeen. Now there was a worry.

960
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 5: Late Furkhan came in and replaced Toby in the final

961
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 5: couple of minutes, no Doc Rivers said Harris was limping around.

962
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:28,839
Speaker 5: Harris said, he's got some discomfort in his kne it's

963
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 5: a little aching, I.

964
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 3: Believe, he said.

965
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 5: So hopefully that's nothing serious because they need Tobias Harris

966
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 5: because late in game situations, when the defense is going

967
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 5: to literally just throw three guys at Embiid and load

968
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 5: up on him, then they need a playmaker and they

969
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 5: need a guy to get a shot.

970
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 3: And it's not Ben Simmons.

971
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 5: I mean, he can create for other guys, but he's

972
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 5: not gonna be like taking a little step back three

973
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 5: or a step back jumper an he means. Tobias has

974
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 5: all season long, and I believe can in a playoff series. Well,

975
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 5: I'll go Toby for the chances of the Sixers to

976
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,959
Speaker 5: get by let's say the Nets in a conference finals

977
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 5: or second round matchup, whenever they were to meet.

978
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 3: He has to be huge. He has to be huge.

979
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 5: So like, yeah, we're picking some like bigger names here

980
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 5: as playoff x actors, but I think that's what it is.

981
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 5: Like you could go, yeah, Tyler, hero needs to be

982
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 5: special for the heat to do things or like pick

983
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 5: like you know the seventh or eighth guy hit six

984
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 5: threes in a game.

985
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, of course you need that as well.

986
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 5: But it's like the guys that are not the superstars,

987
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 5: but the Tobias harris Is, the Drew Holidays, even the middletons,

988
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 5: like they have to be special, especially when you want

989
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 5: to take down.

990
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 3: A team like the Nets. I think that have three

991
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 3: guys that are like elite. So we will see.

992
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 4: Let's hear from you guys, though, I know you got

993
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 4: a lot of teams have one star. There are a

994
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 4: lot of teams that have one star. There are a

995
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 4: few that have two. There's one that has three right now.

996
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 4: And that's the thing is when you're one of the

997
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 4: teams that has one star, you need somebody else to

998
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 4: kind of play at the level of a second star,

999
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,920
Speaker 4: especially come playoff time. The role players are certainly important

1000
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 4: strengthen numbers, as the Warriors said, and they proved it

1001
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,400
Speaker 4: year in and year out. You know, I remember a

1002
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 4: twenty point Sean Livingston game in the finals, that kind

1003
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,359
Speaker 4: of thing. But for the entirety of the playoffs, that's

1004
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 4: all about those big money players. Showing up in big

1005
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:05,280
Speaker 4: money moments.

1006
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, and as we get closer to the playoffs so

1007
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,800
Speaker 5: we know the actual matchups, we'll really get into the

1008
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 5: nitty gritty with like, oh, in that particular position, maybe

1009
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 5: that's an ex factor player, like someone lower on the

1010
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 5: roster there. But until we know who's playing who, it's

1011
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 5: sort of tough to do. So I will say, I

1012
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 5: might as well give our boy Ben a plug, right.

1013
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 5: I just got this book yesterday, Ben Gulliver's Bubble Book.

1014
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, bubble Ball, Ben's Bubble Book, bubble Ball.

1015
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, inside the NBA's Fight to Save a Season. I

1016
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 5: haven't started it yet, but shout out to Ben Gullivers

1017
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,839
Speaker 5: sending that over. I can't wait to dig into that one.

1018
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 5: Ben Gulliver's a fantastic writer's a good podcaster too, so

1019
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,279
Speaker 5: I can't wait to read this book. He was down

1020
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 5: in the bubble the entire time we had him on

1021
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 5: when he was down there right early on, So we'll

1022
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 5: have to come back to talking.

1023
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 3: About this book.

1024
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's letting that flow go.

1025
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I don't remember Ben Golliver having a mop

1026
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 4: top at all during his media career.

1027
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:55,479
Speaker 2: The game has changed.

1028
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 3: You think he's inspired by Lee Ellis's locks and.

1029
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:04,800
Speaker 2: He's like, oh yeah, right, too quick, too quick.

1030
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:05,360
Speaker 3: Great stuff.

1031
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 5: Let's hear your playoff X factors as we gear up

1032
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 5: for the playoffs. Let us know in the stream, team,

1033
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 5: let us know in the YouTube comments Tray, it's time

1034
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 5: for tweet.

1035
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 4: Of the night.

1036
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 6: Tweet out the night, Wow, tweet of the night.

1037
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 4: Basketball adjacent we will say. This comes to us from

1038
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 4: Kim Boston via Sam. You know, no, here are Team

1039
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 4: USA and Team Canada's closing ceremony uniforms for the Olympics. Obviously, uh,

1040
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:44,319
Speaker 4: the Olympic app leads from the NBA who make make

1041
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,560
Speaker 4: their national teams would be wearing these in the closing

1042
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 4: ceremony skeets. What do you think about this Canadian closing

1043
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 4: ceremony look?

1044
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:59,760
Speaker 2: A straight up G jacket, straight up denim.

1045
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 5: Yeah, there are other looks I want to point out, Like,

1046
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,879
Speaker 5: there are a bunch of other like outfits. I saw

1047
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 5: that Team Canada in theory will be wearing like some

1048
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 5: sort of like more simple like red like shiny jackets

1049
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:16,879
Speaker 5: and like windbreaker type stuff and like decent T shirts.

1050
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 5: But yeah, I guess they will in theory have the

1051
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 5: option to wear these jean jackets.

1052
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:23,959
Speaker 3: I do not really like them.

1053
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 5: I also am not the biggest fan of the jean

1054
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,960
Speaker 5: jacket look the Canadian tuxedo. But I have a weird

1055
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 5: feeling because I saw a ton of people clowning these right,

1056
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 5: like everyone's like these are these are stupid looking? Like

1057
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 5: these are ugly. I think these will be like massive

1058
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 5: hits in Tokyo at the Olympics. That is my prediction,

1059
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,399
Speaker 5: Like these will be like people will want them. I'm

1060
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 5: just I'm just throwing it out there now. I don't

1061
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 5: think I would, but I think people would. So yeah,

1062
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 5: I'm a little I'm a little torn. JD.

1063
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 3: I don't know how you feel about that or what

1064
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:54,120
Speaker 3: do you think of these things?

1065
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. I don't like them. I love them.

1066
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: This is the perfect thing to wear to dust off

1067
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,280
Speaker 1: coming out of a pandemic, going to a foreign country

1068
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 1: for the first time. You put on the only thing

1069
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 1: that still fits you, your favorite jean jacket. Man, it's

1070
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: the most Canadian thing ever. I mean when this when

1071
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 1: I saw this tweet earlier and people clowning them as well,

1072
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,399
Speaker 1: and I was at first I was like, oh my god,

1073
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 1: it's really phoning it in here. But then you know,

1074
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 1: especially the front. Look, you know with this the back

1075
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: is good, it's I don't mind that, but the front

1076
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 1: of it, I was I turned off immediately. But then

1077
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,280
Speaker 1: you look beyond the jacket and then there's this really

1078
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: cool T shirt with the black maple leaf with the

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Speaker 1: gold around it. I'm one hundred percent buying that.

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00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I might not cool.

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Speaker 1: And then you were talking about the the the red jacket.

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00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:55,720
Speaker 1: At first, I was like, what it looks like rubber,

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00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 1: But then I looked at the high depth version of

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00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: it and I was like, it's actually pretty cool.

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Speaker 3: Cool.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the the Olympics is the perfect time to

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00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: drape yourself and you're the flag of your nation, so

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00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: why not. I mean, I saw a lot of people

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00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:19,399
Speaker 1: clowning the Uh the Americans is this? It's like, well,

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Speaker 1: it's they look like sailors are astronauts, you know, looking

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00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,800
Speaker 1: up to the moon. But then again it's just I

1092
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,760
Speaker 1: don't know. I like the Moon. I like NASA. It's

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00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: like one of the one of America's greatest achievements, so

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00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: why not be inspired by that? And uh, look at this,

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00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:41,200
Speaker 1: there's a fanny pack. There's an official Canadian fanny.

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00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love this. Look right here, Yeah, I do.

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Speaker 2: Like Canada Committee.

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00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 4: They're saying, we're wearing white pants to the ceremony.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be hot. You got to keep cool out there.

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Speaker 1: I would wear this entire outfit, from the hat to

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00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: the shirt to the pants and the fanny pack around

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00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: my shoulder. And also, let's not forget previous Canadian outings,

1103
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,920
Speaker 1: like this is Beijing from twenty two thousand and eight.

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00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:08,719
Speaker 3: That's brutal, that's horrible, okay.

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00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: Awful, right, and then this is Barcelona in ninety two.

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00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:20,280
Speaker 1: Look at their hands. They've got Canadian flag gloves. They're

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00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:23,759
Speaker 1: wearing one glove and holding up a maple leaf. It

1108
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:28,160
Speaker 1: looks like claws, you know. Like So anyways, these are

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00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: awesome compared to some of them that have come out.

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Speaker 1: So I'm one hundred percent in okay.

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Speaker 5: That the one, the shirt with the jean jacket, the

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00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:37,799
Speaker 5: one that you said you're gonna buy. The black one

1113
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:42,359
Speaker 5: does look like a Batman logo. It does from Underneathah, Like,

1114
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,840
Speaker 5: do we have Batman on Team Kiddy this series?

1115
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 3: That would be pretty cool. I didn't know he was Canadian.

1116
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought that was a Superman. That's Canadian right,

1117
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 2: shout out my gud Joe Schuster, good call.

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00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,879
Speaker 3: Okay, So yeah, well let's hear from you guys.

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00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 5: What do you think in theory, you're right if if

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Speaker 5: the Canadian basketball men's team and women's team, they would

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Speaker 5: be wearing those, and of course the Dream Team would

1122
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:10,200
Speaker 5: be wearing the American versions. They're the astronaut type slash sailor.

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Speaker 5: What do you think of those ones? Trey the American version.

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00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 2: Well, they look like Ralph Lauren designed them. I'll say that.

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Speaker 4: You know, I love to see a tucked in shirt.

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Speaker 4: They're going even further though, Is.

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00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:22,880
Speaker 2: This a tucked in jacket?

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Speaker 3: Sort of?

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Speaker 1: I think most it's sort of spreading. They're all got

1130
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Speaker 1: their hands in their pockets, all of them, and it's

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00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 1: spreading the jacket away from their crotch area. I guess

1132
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: to show off the belt, which I actually think is

1133
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:40,399
Speaker 1: kind of hideous. It looks like a looks like an

1134
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:44,279
Speaker 1: old tie that has been wrapped around. Also with the

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Speaker 1: white pants.

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00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess everybody's going for light colored fabrics to

1137
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:50,280
Speaker 4: keep cool.

1138
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:54,560
Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean, when you look at.

1139
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 4: A Ralph Lauren fit, it's just like it's Americana to

1140
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,839
Speaker 4: the extreme. That's the thing, right, I would have liked

1141
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 4: to see them go with those crazy wide leg denim

1142
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 4: that that we've seen him wearing, like during a runway

1143
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,160
Speaker 4: show and everybody's like, wide leg denhim is coming back.

1144
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 2: Look at this old man wearing wide leg denim.

1145
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 4: Maybe they've got that as a secondary fit, much like

1146
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 4: the Canadian team has as well.

1147
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1148
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:20,240
Speaker 4: It feels like, if you're gonna go for the Team USA,

1149
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 4: look you gotta have it all because I don't know,

1150
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 4: you can't really piece it out.

1151
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 2: You gotta go full polo.

1152
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:27,439
Speaker 5: Yeah, and Ziggy pointing out here in the stream team

1153
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,359
Speaker 5: everybody's wearing white pants. Better hope the Olympics finished before

1154
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:34,759
Speaker 5: labor dred percent, Ziggy, that's a real issue, you know.

1155
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:35,879
Speaker 3: I think it's.

1156
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,840
Speaker 5: Scheduled to end before Labor Day, so hopefully it will. Okay,

1157
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 5: I'm glad we snuck that into the show because there

1158
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 5: was we were getting. I don't know why everyone wanted

1159
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,000
Speaker 5: to get our opinion, being Canadians, the only Canadians.

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00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 3: I guess a lot of people know that's right. What

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00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:49,280
Speaker 3: do you guys think of these? Would you be wearing these?

1162
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,719
Speaker 5: But thanks for tagonists and all your social media channels there,

1163
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:54,640
Speaker 5: all right, pick the results from last night.

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00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:56,720
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, this is getting crazy.

1165
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:01,759
Speaker 5: This doesn't happen often where a small line and the

1166
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 5: underdog covers that small line on back to back Knights

1167
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:08,160
Speaker 5: and pick them is what I'm getting at, because that's

1168
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 5: what happened. We had Task and Tray taking Dallas. They

1169
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 5: were favored by two and a half. They had to

1170
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 5: win by three or more, and they did it. You know,

1171
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 5: Luca hits the game winner. They win by one, but

1172
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:18,799
Speaker 5: they did not cover. That's a win for the Grizzlies,

1173
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,479
Speaker 5: so I needed it. I'm four and six and JD

1174
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:24,319
Speaker 5: picking four ley gets him to six and four. We

1175
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 5: have three way tie for first. Everybody six and four

1176
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:28,600
Speaker 5: except me. I'm four and six. But I'm still alive.

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00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 5: I'm in this thing. So let's get to tonight's game.

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Speaker 5: Task has picked it for us.

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00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 3: It's Milwaukee in Atlanta here taking on the Hawks. Yeah, Milwaukee,

1180
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:41,839
Speaker 3: the Bucks favored by six and a half points on

1181
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:43,240
Speaker 3: the road.

1182
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 2: JD.

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00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,720
Speaker 3: Let's start with you, for Lee, who do you like tonight?

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00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: I like the Hawks. I think they'll cover.

1185
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 5: Okay, okay, yes, could we get the third straight game

1186
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:54,080
Speaker 5: where the.

1187
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 3: Dog covers even though they lose. Maybe Trey, what do

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00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:57,919
Speaker 3: you think?

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00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm also gonna go if Atlanta here, Bucks played

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00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:02,880
Speaker 4: last night.

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00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 2: What's up with Yannis? Is he gonna be back? I

1192
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:05,880
Speaker 2: don't know.

1193
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:07,440
Speaker 4: It seems like a little bit too big of a

1194
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,239
Speaker 4: line for a Hawks team that's playing pretty well right now.

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00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 4: So give me Atlanta.

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00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,799
Speaker 5: Yeah, this is a tough one without knowing really what

1197
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 5: Jannis is doing. I don't think there's an official report.

1198
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,719
Speaker 5: That's why I'm also leading the Hawks. I think they

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Speaker 5: cover this, But let's find out who Task goes.

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00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 6: With six and a half points. Whoa tough line and

1201
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:26,560
Speaker 6: a lot of questions. Yiannis could return after missing six

1202
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:29,239
Speaker 6: games with the knee injury. Bugg down Bogdanovic could have

1203
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:31,520
Speaker 6: a revenge game against the Bucks. You tried to trade

1204
00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:34,719
Speaker 6: for me, I'll drop forty on you. Mike Budenholzer could

1205
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 6: have a revenge game against his old team. Line seems huge, strange,

1206
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 6: So I'm going with the Bucks.

1207
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,759
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, Task, he's looking at that line, say that

1208
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 5: doesn't make sense.

1209
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 3: That should be closer. I like that swerve. So Task

1210
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:50,400
Speaker 3: taking Milwaukee, everybody else taking the Hawks go to Atlanta.

1211
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:52,399
Speaker 5: All right, that's it for us. We gotta get out

1212
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 5: of here. JD's got to go get his second shot.

1213
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:57,240
Speaker 5: Congratulations to you. I hope, I hope you're not feeling

1214
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,400
Speaker 5: too ill after that second needle. You're gonna good to

1215
00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 5: go for at least tomorrow.

1216
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,279
Speaker 1: Show of course, of course, Okay.

1217
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 5: Good, Yeah, I should say no NBA Happy Hour tonight. Guys,

1218
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,200
Speaker 5: we're taking the night off because we don't really know

1219
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 5: how this is gonna affect changey. I never know, but

1220
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 5: but but but but the Top Shot Hot Boys TK

1221
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:18,240
Speaker 5: and I we'll probably be around tonight, maybe later this afternoon,

1222
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 5: maybe tonight. Who knows when to rip a pack or

1223
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:23,200
Speaker 5: two on the Top Shot Hot Boys. Yeah, we got

1224
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:27,160
Speaker 5: some hollow icons to rip. Let's find some lebrons in there.

1225
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:27,800
Speaker 3: TK.

1226
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,080
Speaker 5: Also, maybe we can land a Coolcats pack as well.

1227
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,640
Speaker 5: Announce they're dropping a new one today. I believe it's

1228
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 5: at two pm Eastern. If you want to try your

1229
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:36,799
Speaker 5: luck and get one of those packs. I think there's

1230
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 5: ninety thousand packs, so might have a decent chance to

1231
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,920
Speaker 5: get one. So yeah, some Top Shot Hot Boys probably

1232
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 5: later tonight, so subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube. So

1233
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:47,319
Speaker 5: you know when we're going live. Email us your NBA

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00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 5: questions for the next Beach Step in podcast, get them

1235
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Speaker 5: in No Dunks at the Athletic dot com and yeah,

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00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 5: like comments, subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube. Get your

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00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 5: merchno dunks dot com and hey, if you are not

1238
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 5: a subscriber to the Athletic yet, I don't know what

1239
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 5: the hell is wrong with you, but just go to

1240
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,760
Speaker 5: the Athletic dot com slash No Ducks sign.

1241
00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 3: Up already the goal that's over there.

1242
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,800
Speaker 5: You will thank us later the Athletic dot com slash

1243
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Speaker 5: No Dunks JD.

1244
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:11,800
Speaker 3: Good luck.

1245
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 5: We'll see you guys, probably later tonight and then tomorrow

1246
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 5: with the Drop podcast.

1247
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Speaker 3: Clipper bros.

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Speaker 2: You heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up.

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00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,360
Speaker 2: Love you guys awesome.

1250
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us, and remember, nothing really stuck out

1251
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 4: to me. It's a quote here, but I did see

1252
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:32,320
Speaker 4: on that Team USA uniform that they were wearing ties

1253
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,240
Speaker 4: around their waists and not around their necks.

1254
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 2: Really makes you think.

1255
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 3: Embrace the day. People.

1256
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Speaker 1: You could stay every day and dad be happy every minute.

1257
00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:58,440
Speaker 1: It's been so long that your fannas already It's gonna

1258
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Speaker 1: be goody