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Speaker 3: Good mornings, Swirl and welcome to the No Dunks podcast

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Speaker 5: Well, it was limited. It was limited in the sense

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Speaker 5: But anyway, we'll keep you posted on that. But here

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Speaker 5: on Tuesday, we are getting ready for the two Eastern

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Speaker 5: Conference playing games to tonight, and we're going to start

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Speaker 5: with the second game because it's probably the juicier of

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Speaker 5: the two. Let's be honest, it's the Wizard's Celtics game.

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Speaker 5: The eight seeded Wizards in Boston take on the seventh

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Speaker 5: seeded Celtics. You win this, you're in. As the seventh

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Speaker 5: seed gets underway at nine pm Eastern on TNT. Now,

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Speaker 5: the Celtics won the season series two, but all three

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Speaker 5: games tasks took place a long time ago before the

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Speaker 5: trade deadline, so you can sort of throw those games out. Well,

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Speaker 5: what are you watching for in this one? We're obviously

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Speaker 5: going to get to our predictions, but we're talking just

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Speaker 5: like key players, X factors, things are you going to

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Speaker 5: keep your eye on in this game between the Wizards

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Speaker 5: and Celtics. Get us going.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, we'll get into the nitty gritty, but let's just

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Speaker 7: start with the top. Let's start with the best players.

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Speaker 7: I'm starting with Jason Tatum, who didn't have a good

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Speaker 7: Bradley Beal guarding him, and Bradley Beal is not one

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Speaker 7: And the Saint Louis Boys, they like going up against

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Speaker 7: But if Bradley Beal isn't a hundred percent, I don't

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Speaker 7: see how you try and stick Tatum with him the

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Speaker 7: which would be sort of the next logical choice, I

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Speaker 7: think Jason Tatum is going to be licking his lips

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Speaker 7: seeing a second year player come over to try and

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Speaker 7: guard him. And like man David Altrich said on The

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Speaker 7: it's totally true. I think the Celtics have a lot

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Speaker 7: think you start with the Celtics offense because Tatum's not

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and then sticking with Beal there too. I mean,

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Speaker 5: how much of an impact will we'll this have on

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Speaker 5: the game because we saw him there in that sort

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Speaker 5: still get into the playoffs. But he looked brutal yeah,

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Speaker 5: like he should not have been out there in all honesty,

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Speaker 5: can the Wizards win this game? Still don't?

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Speaker 8: Yes, I think they can. I think because of the

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Speaker 8: he's going to be up for it no matter what

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Speaker 8: gives that. That's the Wizard's best chance they have. The

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Speaker 8: Celtics as well, just haven't been a super impressive home

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Speaker 8: And you saw recently they did come back and win

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Speaker 6: So you can say, oh.

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Speaker 8: Maybe they find that in there that fighting them to

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Speaker 8: for Bradley Bill I don't even know if they've definitely

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Speaker 8: I think the Wizards are facing right now is like,

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Speaker 8: we win this game tonight and we're in We're a lock,

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Speaker 8: or we try to win this game without Bial, knowing

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Speaker 8: him keep that hamstring a little bit fresher for the

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Speaker 8: next game potentially if they face the winner of the

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Speaker 8: Paces and the Hornets game, because if they play Bial

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Speaker 8: we at least get into the playoffs and you'll have

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Speaker 6: I mean, it's a tough decision for because obviously.

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Speaker 8: They would like to win this game tonight, but they

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Speaker 8: don't have to win it. It's not Their season isn't

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Speaker 8: over if they come on, mate, he's gonna play.

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Speaker 4: He's going to play in the player and on Sunday

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Speaker 4: and again that they didn't actually have to win. Of

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Speaker 4: course he's going to play tonight.

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Speaker 6: I don't think it's one hundred per cent certain yet.

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Speaker 4: I don't.

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Speaker 8: I think they're going to have to wait and see

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Speaker 8: because if if his hamstring plays up on him, then

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Speaker 8: he's lost for the season. And if they can squeeze

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Speaker 8: win this game anyway without him.

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Speaker 6: I think the Celtics have got enough problems as it is.

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Speaker 7: But I say after a Sunday that his hamstring didn't

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but in that game, which wasn't a must win game, we.

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Speaker 6: Could see him. He wasn't looking, he wasn't moving.

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Speaker 5: Well.

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Speaker 8: I mean, you don't you can't say, well, the hamstring

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Speaker 8: didn't didn't get any worse. Well, by looking at him

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Speaker 8: it's a tough situation for them. I mean, if I'm

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Speaker 8: sure if they want to win this game. Obviously they

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Speaker 8: want to win this game, but at what cost potentially

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Speaker 5: One of the injuries that's also still up in the air.

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Speaker 5: You keep talking about him with the Celtics trays the time,

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Speaker 5: Lord there Rob Williams, like, I don't know if we

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Speaker 5: have an official official update on whether he is or

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Speaker 7: Of course they listened to as probable practice can day,

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Speaker 7: but still that it's going to have a turf toe

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Speaker 4: He's not a d percent timey decision.

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Speaker 5: They're saying, now, okay, well that's huge though he I mean,

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Speaker 5: I'm almost to the point like he has to play

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Speaker 5: for the Celtics to possibly win the Wizard. Just go

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Speaker 5: to the rim, that's all they do. I know, if

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Speaker 5: if Bill is a little hampered then maybe that he

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Speaker 5: starts settling for some outside shots. But you know they're

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Speaker 5: going to put the pressure on at the pace they play,

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Speaker 5: right tk.

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Speaker 4: Bal always goes to the rim and Westbrook always goes

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Speaker 4: to the rim. The Celtics have been soft inside for

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Speaker 4: the majority of the season, and to me, Robert Williams

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Speaker 4: go tonight, if they come to the game time decision

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Speaker 4: they say that turf toe, that thing is too painful,

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Speaker 4: then you're looking at a lot of Tristan Thompson if

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Speaker 4: the rim, and you might even see a little bit

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Speaker 4: of Luke Cornette, which could be some scary hours for

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Speaker 4: Celtics fans. There you need Robert, but yeah, Robert Williams,

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Speaker 4: you gotta have him. He's got to play tonight because

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Speaker 4: he puts the pressure on the rim. Also offensively, That's

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Speaker 4: something that I think you see with the Celtics a

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Speaker 4: lot is with Jason Tatum, with Kemball, Walker, with Evan Fournier.

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Speaker 4: Those are guys who want to take a pull up

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Speaker 4: That could be a way that the Celtics makes them

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Speaker 7: I think, oh, this is quite troubling for the Boston Celtics.

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Speaker 4: No doubt.

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Speaker 7: The Wizards like to score inside. They like to score

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Speaker 5: Yeah, whatever you do, don't be a my buddy grish

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Speaker 5: Just don't turn the game off. It's not over because

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Speaker 5: but I think that could backfire because the Wizards do

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Speaker 4: Like hell, could we see.

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Speaker 8: Well, I mean, I guess it's possible if Robin Lopez

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Speaker 6: The paint there.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, they're both.

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Speaker 8: Neither of them have got such a strong, convincing game

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Speaker 8: you know, we've seen Taco at times. I can't I

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Speaker 8: He doesn't really obviously provide much, but he's just he's

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Speaker 5: He's a presence.

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Speaker 4: He does have a big buddy exactly.

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Speaker 6: That's all it is.

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Speaker 5: Maybe, And like then, I always just wonder with this

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Speaker 5: Does it just come down to, like, Hey, what Russell

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Speaker 3: No doubt.

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Speaker 7: I've been consuming a lot of previews here and it's

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Speaker 4: We could have seven.

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Speaker 7: But yeah, it's gonna come down to me.

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Speaker 5: He's dream it's the big Man game tonight.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right, Taco and Luke Cornett. I can't wait

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Speaker 7: that's topic of if they start to run Daniel Gafford

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Speaker 7: he's if he's in there, But chrisis Mascottie Brooks says,

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Speaker 7: Could be the Wizards build up a ten, twelve, fifteen

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Speaker 4: I think that's what we're going to see.

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Speaker 5: I don't know, to like, get it there. I'm sure

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Speaker 4: of the season. They are in better health at least

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Speaker 4: than the Celtics are, because at least Bradley Beal is

432
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Speaker 4: likely going to play, whereas we know Jalen Brown is

433
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Speaker 4: not going to play. And even Marcus Smart, a guy

434
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Speaker 4: who is an emotional leader for the Bean Town Boys,

435
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Speaker 4: said Jalen Brown is a huge tone setter and energy

436
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Speaker 4: guy for us. So I don't know. The Celtics have

437
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:13,040
Speaker 4: been really inconsistent all year, and it feels like anytime

438
00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,160
Speaker 4: they're inconsistent, it's because they lack the energy and the effort.

439
00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,320
Speaker 4: You think that's probably not going to be the case

440
00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,399
Speaker 4: playing in a play in game where you need to

441
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Speaker 4: win to get into the playoffs. But we know that

442
00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,359
Speaker 4: Westbrook is gonna have the Wizards ready to play. It's

443
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Speaker 4: going to be one hundred percent effort on that side

444
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Speaker 4: of the court, So knowing that, I gotta go with

445
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Speaker 4: the Wizards tonight.

446
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Speaker 5: Okay, Lee, what's your prediction for this game?

447
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Speaker 2: Yeah?

448
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Speaker 8: I think this is you know, you talk about Russell

449
00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,240
Speaker 8: Westbrook because we know he does put up the odd clunker,

450
00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,520
Speaker 8: but the lane will be open, he can get inside,

451
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,560
Speaker 8: and he's at his best when he does penetrate and

452
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,840
Speaker 8: score those sort of baskets. So I think the Scott

453
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Speaker 8: Brooks and the Wizards will say just keep on attacking

454
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Speaker 8: into that painted area there, and I think that gives

455
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Speaker 8: the edge to the Wizards. Obviously, Jason Tatum is capable

456
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Speaker 8: of really dragging the Celtics to a victory, but haven't

457
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Speaker 8: been super convinced by the Celtics recently. And I just

458
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Speaker 8: think the Wizards have been playing better bassbell at the

459
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Speaker 8: right time. So I'll take Washington to win the game.

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Speaker 5: All right, tasks same thing? Or are you going with

461
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Speaker 5: the bean town boys?

462
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,960
Speaker 7: Yeah, let's cook up some beans. I'm going Boston. Wow,

463
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,840
Speaker 7: there isn't really a good reason to pick the Boston Celtics,

464
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Speaker 7: but I'll just take them because they are the underdog.

465
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Speaker 7: I'm sure they will look at that and say, come on,

466
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Speaker 7: we can get fired up for one game here. They

467
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,119
Speaker 7: definitely have had a problem doing that throughout the regular season,

468
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Speaker 7: and they will probably give up a lot of points

469
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Speaker 7: in the lane and in the mid range. But I'm

470
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Speaker 7: trusting Jason Tatum to be the guy that they lean

471
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Speaker 7: on offensively and the home court advantage, whatever that is

472
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Speaker 7: to get them over the line.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna go with the Wizards. So, like I said,

474
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Speaker 5: this game is gonna go like this. Washington's gonna get

475
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Speaker 5: a big lead, whatever it is, fifteen sixteen. Celtics will

476
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Speaker 5: fight back, call it the fake comeback, call it whatever

477
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Speaker 5: you want. Then there will be some like sort of

478
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Speaker 5: like oh what do you do in Russ moments? Be

479
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,719
Speaker 5: it a turnover, a bad rushed shot like a three

480
00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,760
Speaker 5: point attempt when the wouldn't need it, and like the

481
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,080
Speaker 5: Celtics will have a chance, but the Wizards will pull

482
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Speaker 5: it out of their ass and win this game by

483
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Speaker 5: like one or two points. I think it's gonna be

484
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Speaker 5: a very very close game this nightcap here on TNT

485
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Speaker 5: with this second game, But I do have the Wizards

486
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Speaker 5: ultimately moving on and I'm you know, I'm almost shocked

487
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 5: or taking Boston task, but I don't mind it because

488
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Speaker 5: it feels like every prediction I've seen or heard on

489
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Speaker 5: a podcast is taking Washington to win this game. There

490
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Speaker 5: are not a lot of people backing the Celtics, despite

491
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Speaker 5: having home court advantage and obviously still having a lot

492
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Speaker 5: of talent in Tatum and Kemba and even Fournier, like

493
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Speaker 5: you said, like they can score probably on this Washington

494
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Speaker 5: team as well. But for sure a lot of people

495
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Speaker 5: picking Washington. But let us know in the stream team

496
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Speaker 5: who you guys got tonight. You got the Beantown Boys

497
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Speaker 5: grabbing that seven seed or Washington ultimately taking on the Nets.

498
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Speaker 5: I mean, people are excited about that. Lee would love

499
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Speaker 5: to see it. Kevin Durant versus Westbrook at least playoff

500
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Speaker 5: matchup gives it a little extra juice there for a

501
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Speaker 5: two seven match. I don't think people were picking the

502
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Speaker 5: Wizards to beat the Nets, but it's the storylines that

503
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,800
Speaker 5: sometimes matter. But that's what we got, three of us

504
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,400
Speaker 5: taking Washington task taking the Beantown Boys. Anything to add

505
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Speaker 5: to that series before we move on to the next one, No,

506
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Speaker 5: Surrebund don't think so. Well, Let's go to the first one.

507
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Speaker 5: Tonight they get a started Hornets Pacers six thirty PM.

508
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,919
Speaker 5: Eastern on TNT. Hornets won the season series two to one,

509
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Speaker 5: though Brogden and Caris Slivert didn't play together in any

510
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 5: of those three games for the Indiana Pacers. But Trey,

511
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:32,800
Speaker 5: you get to start with this one. What do you

512
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 5: watch him? Key players whatever? Between this Hornets Pacers matchup.

513
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:41,640
Speaker 4: It's all about that Ipo Skeets, that initial playoff offering

514
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:47,640
Speaker 4: from Lamello Ball playing in his first playoff play in game.

515
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 4: I can't wait to see it. I'm not super worried

516
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 4: that he's gonna be phased by the uptick in intensity

517
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 4: here playing in his first postseason game. The guy's been

518
00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 4: playing televised big game since he was like fourteen years old.

519
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,480
Speaker 4: So yeah, this is going to be different, no doubt

520
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,200
Speaker 4: about it. But I have a feeling LaMelo will be

521
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,480
Speaker 4: ready for it. The question for me is what kind

522
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Speaker 4: of impact is LaMelo Ball gonna have in this game?

523
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 4: Just because of the player type he is, the biggest

524
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 4: thing he can do to really help the Hornets tonight

525
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,640
Speaker 4: is to just ensure that they're playing fast. They play

526
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Speaker 4: a faster game of basketball than the Pacers want to play.

527
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Speaker 4: And if this is an up and down game, certainly

528
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Speaker 4: that is going to favor Charlotte. However, the Pacers could

529
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Speaker 4: go out of their way to try and make LaMelo

530
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Speaker 4: a scorer. He's gone seventeen for his last fifty five

531
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Speaker 4: after returning from that wrist injury. And yeah, I mean,

532
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 4: we've heard James Barrego talk about the joy that LaMelo

533
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Speaker 4: plays with and the joy that he brings to his teammates.

534
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Speaker 4: If the Pacers come out and say, hey, we're guarding

535
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Speaker 4: everybody else, let's see if LaMelo is going to score

536
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 4: thirty five and beat us tonight, that might be tough

537
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Speaker 4: for the Hornets because we know LaMelo wants to get

538
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 4: other people involved. And the Hornets are at their best

539
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,199
Speaker 4: when they're running the court and some other players are

540
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 4: getting touches and Terry Rozier has the ball and he's

541
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Speaker 4: scoring against the bent defense and he's getting catch and

542
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,439
Speaker 4: shoot threes. That's how the Hornets are at their best.

543
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 4: But we've seen great point guards be neutralized a little

544
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 4: bit in the playoffs before, just by turning them into

545
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,520
Speaker 4: scores and taking away the passing lanes that they're used

546
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Speaker 4: to getting. So it'll be interesting to see how the

547
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Speaker 4: Pacers go about trying to get the ball out of

548
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,239
Speaker 4: Lamello's hands and how LaMelo is able to have an

549
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 4: impact if the Pacers make it a point to have

550
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Speaker 4: him be a scorer for sure.

551
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Speaker 5: What are you watching in this one, Lely?

552
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Speaker 8: Well, this one again sort of comes down to who's

553
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,960
Speaker 8: even playing here for the Indiana Paces because at this moment,

554
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Speaker 8: I think when they've got Brogden as a game time decision,

555
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,680
Speaker 8: Sabonus I think is playing. They've got him listed as questionable,

556
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 8: and then Aaron Holiday as well is He's still out

557
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,119
Speaker 8: according to the injury report, but I expect him to

558
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 8: come back. If Brogden plays, then that's huge, I think

559
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 8: for the Pacers because he's a very good defender and

560
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 8: he can slow down, you know, Lamello just get in

561
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 8: his grill and make it a little bit tougher for

562
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Speaker 8: him because I think LaMelo, you know, as their point guard,

563
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 8: going to control so much. So obviously there's no goodon

564
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 8: Hayward either for the Hornets, but they've been without him

565
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 8: for a long time. They didn't finish the season all

566
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Speaker 8: that strongly the Hornets, but getting LaMelo back I think

567
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,919
Speaker 8: was key for them. I think they've got better scorers

568
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 8: as far as guys like Rosia. We know he can

569
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 8: get going. If Devonte grahams hitting his threes, that's important

570
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 8: as well for the Hornets. They played well in Indiana

571
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Speaker 8: this season. I know Miles Turner as well. At this

572
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 8: stage for the Pace, yeah, he won't be playing. So

573
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Speaker 8: they're just missing so many players. I think that really

574
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Speaker 8: gives the Hornets a good opportunity here to just get

575
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 8: things right. They're only missing Hayward out of their big

576
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,920
Speaker 8: name players, so you know, if they shoot the ball

577
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,159
Speaker 8: well obviously, you know, hit their threes and really just

578
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,439
Speaker 8: put pressure on the Paces on the defensive end. I

579
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Speaker 8: just don't think the Paces have enough offense, even though

580
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Speaker 8: that you know, the Hornts aren't a super great defensive

581
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Speaker 8: to him. I just don't think they have enough people

582
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Speaker 8: who can score the ball. So I think it really

583
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 8: comes down to, you know, the Paces control, the Hornets

584
00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,080
Speaker 8: control and the tempo and the Pace pushing the ball

585
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 8: and hitting threes early on, and I think they can.

586
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Speaker 8: I think they can put this one away pretty early

587
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 8: if they're If they're.

588
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 5: Real, Indiana has the best player in this game though

589
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 5: by by a mile.

590
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Speaker 6: Yeah well yeah, but but again he's he's I just

591
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 6: haven't seen him.

592
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Speaker 5: He's playing. I mean, they're gonna be there. They're just

593
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 5: like gonna say he's not. He's been playing, and you

594
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 5: know they want to have some doubt in the defense.

595
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Speaker 8: Defensively, you know, he's not a great defender, so there's

596
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Speaker 8: a chance there. I just think I just don't think

597
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,639
Speaker 8: the Pacers have enough offense in this game to myself,

598
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Speaker 8: I just especially if Brogdon isn't playing. He's another twenty

599
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 8: point per game scorer, so if he plays, it changes everything.

600
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Speaker 8: But again he's still listed as questionable at this point.

601
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Speaker 8: We need some more updated injury reports here.

602
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Speaker 5: Tas, what are you what are you thinking with this one?

603
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,399
Speaker 5: You know, leaning towards the Pacers, leaning towards the Hornets.

604
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 5: What are you watching for?

605
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Speaker 7: Well, I think the the Hornets are going to have

606
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,919
Speaker 7: to get to the room because the Pacers strength is

607
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 7: guarding the three point line. That's what they do. Nate

608
00:26:58,359 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 7: Buropen is going to get them out there.

609
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 4: TJ.

610
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 7: McConnell's going to be a pasted out there guarding the

611
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,199
Speaker 7: three point line. But they allow the highest percentage of

612
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 7: shots at the rim for cleaning the glass. So that's

613
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 7: that's where we could have a Lamello ball show. If

614
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 7: he wants to get to the lane, that's that's totally

615
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 7: a possibility. I think that's where they're going to be

616
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,679
Speaker 7: able to score. But uh, I think the Pacers are

617
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 7: going to do a decent job of taking away Terry

618
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 7: Rozier and DeVante Graham and then yeah, at the at

619
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Speaker 7: the end of the at the other end of the floor,

620
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 7: I think they do have enough offense. You know, Kris

621
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 7: Lavert is a is a very very capable guy. Uh,

622
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 7: Savonas and Brogden. It's enough offense. It's it's a weird,

623
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Speaker 7: weird matchup because first of all, this is the elimination

624
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Speaker 7: game and they shove this in the early slot, which.

625
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Speaker 5: Yeah, nobody's gonna be watching this except I get it.

626
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 7: Yeah, I know, but it is kind of first I

627
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,360
Speaker 7: I hear what you're saying. The other one is far

628
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 7: juice here. The other one's single elimination. This one, I mean,

629
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Speaker 7: this is the single elimination game. The Pacer or Hornets

630
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 7: go home. It's really weird. The Pacers are the home court,

631
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 7: have home court advantage in this game, and they're thirteen

632
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 7: and twenty three at home. That's a that's just a

633
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 7: very strange record for a team that makes the post season,

634
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 7: and you got to call it the postseason and not

635
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 7: the playoffs because the playoffs start on Saturday. But the

636
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 7: Hornets aren't, you know, all that much better on the road.

637
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 7: I think, Yeah, the Pacers will do a good job

638
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 7: of sticking on the perimeter, but we could have a

639
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 7: LaMelo show. That's what it really comes down to. I

640
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 7: think for me is I don't see you know, ter

641
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 7: Rozier and DeVante Graham doing that. I think they'll stop PJ.

642
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 7: Washington if LaMelo wants to do it. If he wants

643
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 7: to put up thirty, I think he can if he

644
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 7: drives in because I don't think so. The bonus is

645
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 7: stopping him at the rim, especially with no Miles Turner

646
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 7: out there. So that's my key for the Hornets is

647
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 7: being able to get to the rim. But yeah, I

648
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 7: believe I believe in the Pacers. They have enough depth

649
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 7: even though yeah TJ. Warren out for the season and

650
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 7: Miles Turner out there. You know, they've got all these

651
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 7: guys that are good, solid guys and they're still they

652
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 7: still have enough of them I think to win.

653
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, this is just a weird game because you slipped

654
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 5: it in there late. The Hornets have lost. They lost

655
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 5: their final five regular season games to fall to tenth.

656
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 5: Like the seventh seed was there for the taking with

657
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 5: some of these teams the way they were floundering, and

658
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 5: instead they did the opposite. They lost a lot of

659
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 5: these games. Now they're the ten seed. The Pacers. Remember

660
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 5: what two weeks ago we were like they hate their

661
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 5: coach and he might be like fired in the offseason,

662
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 5: Like what's going on in that locker room?

663
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 4: Now they actually.

664
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,719
Speaker 5: Did okay, like splitting you know, their record in their

665
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 5: final ten games. After those reports, you know, we're swirling

666
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 5: about Nap Yorker in there, So I guess that's decent.

667
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 5: Sobonas has been unbelievable in the last month, averaging a

668
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 5: triple double. That's gotten overlooked because he plays for the

669
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 5: n M Pacers and it's, you know, the final month

670
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 5: of the season. There's a lot of other stuff going on.

671
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 5: So it's just a strange game. But I think Carrislovert

672
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 5: is the ultimate wild card in this. You pointed out

673
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 5: Kemba Walker doing special things lately for the Celtics, task

674
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 5: same thing with Carrosilvert. He's averaging twenty seven point three

675
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 5: points per game over his last nine, shooting lights out

676
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 5: from three forty two from distance. He you know, Sabonis,

677
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 5: I do think tonight. I love the concept, like you're saying,

678
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 5: Lee of the Hornets trying to run him off the floor.

679
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 5: You know, they go PJ Washington at the five, right,

680
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 5: like they they could do that. But I also think

681
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 5: Sabonas is gonna have a monster game tonight where people

682
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 5: are gonna be feeling a little silly that he wasn't

683
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 5: even in consideration for all NBA teams, Like he's gonna

684
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 5: have I think a dominant Well he made my fifth team.

685
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 5: But my point is he's gonna put up the biggest

686
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 5: stat line from tonight and get his team the victory.

687
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 5: I really I do think he's gonna sort of abuse

688
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 5: the Horns and I think he's that damn good. So

689
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 5: they're just gonna be like, well the ballots in like

690
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 5: you're you're already major all NBA picks and you're like, oh, yes,

691
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 5: I mean suppos had a great year and like, oh

692
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 5: I forgot about him, like he didn't even like there's

693
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 5: no consideration for him. So I think him and Laverda

694
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 5: are the two best players in this game, is what

695
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 5: I'm getting at. You got are saying LaMelo, Like I

696
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 5: thin the Pacers would want that, Like think Trey, you

697
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 5: sort of did say it, Like if Lamel, They're like

698
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 5: they're hitching the ride to LaMelo to score thirty to

699
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,479
Speaker 5: thirty five. That's the game plan, I would hope from

700
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,239
Speaker 5: the Pacer, like, yeah, that's the way we want to go,

701
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 5: and maybe you can pull it out of his ass.

702
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 5: Be awesome for the league. If LaMelo balled out tonight,

703
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 5: no doubt, he's already like probably the Rookie of year favorite,

704
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,239
Speaker 5: spite missing some time. But I think the Pacers are

705
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 5: being like oddly overlooked here. Again, I just don't have

706
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 5: a lot of confidence in the Hornets either. It's like

707
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 5: maybe if this was a month and a half ago,

708
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 5: but have you seen them play recently. They're not that good.

709
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, both streets teams are not that good right now,

710
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 4: but the Pacers have a longer track record of being good.

711
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 4: Karris Lavert has hit big shots in the playoffs before.

712
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 4: Sabonis has been to the playoffs basically every season of

713
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 4: his career, and I do think he will be the

714
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 4: guy for the Pacers who tries to control the pace.

715
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 4: Oh nice one from me right there. But yeah, I

716
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 4: would love to see Sabonas have a big game. Lavert,

717
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 4: I think, is a little bit more inconsistent. It feels

718
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 4: like he has an amazing game and then an okay game,

719
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 4: than an amazing game than an okay game. It all

720
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 4: averages out to being pretty good. But they need him

721
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 4: to be special tonight. I think the Pacers are gonna

722
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 4: win this one personally, just because they've got that little

723
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 4: bit of experience in their back pocket. And for whatever reason,

724
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 4: when Goga and Greg got into it, that seemed to

725
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 4: have turned the tables for the Pacers. They've been better

726
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 4: since those two guys were screaming at each other on

727
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 4: the sideline.

728
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 5: G and G Temper factory over there.

729
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 4: That's right, that's right.

730
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 5: Okay, So you're going Pacers in what sounds like what

731
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 5: somewhat of a close game too, because you don't have

732
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 5: a lot of confidence in really either of these teams.

733
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly, I think this is going to be pretty close.

734
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 4: Both of these teams have had really solid starts to

735
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 4: the season, then struggled once we got into the playoffs.

736
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 4: Stretch here. More than likely it comes down to Terry

737
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 4: Rozier versus Kris Lavert in the final couple of minutes,

738
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 4: and I don't know, I guess I guess I will

739
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 4: go Karris Lavert in that situation, is what I'm saying.

740
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 5: Terry Rozier hits a lot of clutch threes though, Terry,

741
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 5: no doubt. Okay, so you're going piecers Le. Let's go

742
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 5: to you an next for prediction. You're like in the

743
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 5: Hornets on this one, Yeah, I do, I.

744
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 8: Mean not convincingly, but I just think they have got

745
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 8: a better way of scoring. And again, Broughton hasn't played

746
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 8: in nearly three weeks, so if he does come back,

747
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 8: you know, even if he's one hundred percent, he might

748
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 8: be not up to speed. So but he's huge for

749
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 8: the Pacers because of what he does at both ends

750
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,719
Speaker 8: of the ball. He can control the pace for him,

751
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 8: he can hit big shots and he can defend well.

752
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 8: So if he's playing, it certainly makes it tougher for

753
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 8: the Hornets, But I just think the Hornets can outscore

754
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 8: them in this one. Probably won't be a great defensive battle,

755
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 8: but I think they've got enough. So I think the

756
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 8: Hornets win it in a close ish one.

757
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 5: Okay, Tess, where are you going with this one? Indiana

758
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 5: or Charlotte?

759
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 7: Oh give me the Piacers. You think you're going to

760
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 7: walk into Indiana and win when they're thirteen and twenty one.

761
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 4: At home this season?

762
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 6: Everyone does, Yeah.

763
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 7: Everybody definitely does. But I'll take the team that yeah,

764
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 7: has firepower and the Hornets again not playing well, So yeah,

765
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 7: I think the Piecers will have enough at the end

766
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 7: of the game. And again, they do a really good

767
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 7: job of taking away the three point line, so they'll

768
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 7: they'll be they'll be scarying, terrying off the line. They're

769
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 7: scary Terry not as good, not as good as Tray's. Yeah,

770
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 7: I know it was a bit of a stretch, but

771
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 7: we got there, and yeah, I think they'll they'll yeah,

772
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 7: they will try and force guys to come off the

773
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 7: bounce and then they'll probably score, but I think they

774
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 7: won't score it as good rate as if they were

775
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 7: firing away from threes with with Terry, Davante uh and PJ.

776
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 4: So yeah, give me the Pacers.

777
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 7: I don't think this one will be super duper close,

778
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 7: and then people will be complaining about, wow, is this

779
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 7: playing tournament nine versus ten.

780
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,879
Speaker 4: We got a bull out in the first game.

781
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 5: Boo, You're probably right that will happen and just watch it.

782
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 5: And then the truth is, like the first is anyone

783
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 5: taking either of these teams to win the next game

784
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 5: to then get in against even the Wizards of the Celtics.

785
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 5: Probably not.

786
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,280
Speaker 7: Should they have started with the Western Conference, It doesn't matter.

787
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 5: That's we gotta get that hype going for the Lakers

788
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 5: Warriors on Wednesday night. This is where I think they

789
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 5: got this right test, you know. And even the early

790
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 5: start at six thirty, they're almost trying to bury this game.

791
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 5: They're like, hopefully it's a close game. In the second

792
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,800
Speaker 5: half when people are tuning in, they're like, oh wow,

793
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 5: it's one point game. This is exciting. Who is this

794
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:13,919
Speaker 5: Terry Rozier guy?

795
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: Wow?

796
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 4: Good question from BT in the stream team who says,

797
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 4: why isn't this game on right now?

798
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 5: Ten o'clock start?

799
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 4: Sure?

800
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 5: Yeah, or at least a nice twelve thirty or one

801
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 5: o'clock PM Eastern start, a little matt and a game.

802
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 4: Sure. Yeah.

803
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 5: You're asking good questions here. Well, yeah, I mean why

804
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,359
Speaker 5: not either, Like they're saying, this is sort of march madness, like, well,

805
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 5: let's really lean into it. Then let's start those games

806
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 5: up early. Let's play this game in Boise for all

807
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 5: I care. I mean, it doesn't matter to mean, may

808
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 5: him keep board of shop. That's okay, that's not bad.

809
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 5: I'm also going with the Pacers, which I'm a little

810
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,280
Speaker 5: surprised that the three of us are taking Indiana.

811
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 4: Again.

812
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 5: A lot of people I see with this prediction more

813
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 5: people taking Charlotte in this game. But I'm with you, guys.

814
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 5: I'm I'm expecting obviously a huge SA bonus game, and

815
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 5: I do think that Lavert will I think Lavert and

816
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 5: Terry Rozier will sort of cancel each other out the

817
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 5: Brogdon playing. I think he is going to play, and

818
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 5: I think he If he wasn't, then I think I

819
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 5: take Charlotte. But I do think he's such a stabilizing

820
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 5: force on both endsil floor that that will get the

821
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 5: Pacers a win in this So I got Indiana. I'm

822
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 5: moving on to to lose against the Celtics or the

823
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 5: Wizards in a game later this week. Okay, So let's

824
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 5: hear from you guys. With all of those drop your

825
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 5: predictions in the YouTube comments. Who you like winning tonight

826
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 5: by how by high money and you know, drop a

827
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 5: surprise or X factor player there too, if you want

828
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 5: someone that's going to surprise us all. Maybe it is

829
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 5: a holiday for all we know. Okay, got some news

830
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 5: before we wrap up here. The Sacramento Kings are bringing

831
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 5: back coach Luke Walton by all reports lately, for his

832
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 5: third season, despite the Sacramento Kings playoff trout reaching fifteen

833
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 5: years obviously haven't been there under Luke Walton. Are you

834
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 5: shocked by this at all that Luke's going to get

835
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 5: at least a third go at it?

836
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:05,760
Speaker 6: Somewhat shocked, yes.

837
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,320
Speaker 8: According to the report, Walton though, has the support of

838
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 8: the front office and his players, which is good and

839
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 8: also the opposite of what we've heard throughout his two

840
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,359
Speaker 8: years in Sacramento. But both things can be true because

841
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 8: things change over time. You know, like Buddy Hilt and

842
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 8: him didn't really get along, but they seem to be

843
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 8: buds at points of the time this season. But I

844
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 8: think he also this is the key thing, he has

845
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 8: two years left on his deal, which is a big

846
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 8: factor because in the last six years they've had five

847
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 8: coaches and had to pay out Dave Yeaga for the

848
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 8: final year of his contract, while they are also paying

849
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 8: Luke Walton. And I think if they fire Luke now,

850
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,439
Speaker 8: they'd also have to pay two coaches for the next

851
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 8: two seasons. And that's something that I think Sam Amick

852
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 8: addressed that earlier in one of his reports about the Kings,

853
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,720
Speaker 8: whether it was late last season or early this season.

854
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 8: And I also think the Kings want to sort of,

855
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 8: you know, project an image of stability and trust in

856
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 8: their own decision making because it's been a disaster for

857
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 8: the last four or five years. You know, coach comes in,

858
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 8: George carl immediately seemed to be the wrong choice. With

859
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 8: in DeMarcus Cousins were clashing, you know. Then Dave Jeger

860
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 8: came in, he got fired. So look, ultimately, I don't

861
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 8: think this is any more than a lifeline here for

862
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 8: Luke Walton for about fifteen to twenty games next season,

863
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 8: because if they start off bad and they're two and

864
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 8: twelve or two and thirteen, then they probably fire him

865
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:18,320
Speaker 8: anyway after that. They had the worst defense this season

866
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 8: in the league, so he's got so much area to

867
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 8: improve there, and they looked awful and their offense is

868
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 8: very inconsistent. Now Genreon Fox General Fox was good, but

869
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 8: he missed the last like ten to twelve games of

870
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 8: the seasons of the season as well, and I think

871
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 8: outside of he and Tyre's Halliburton, anybody else on that

872
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 8: roster can be had. So the Kings have got a

873
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 8: big off season coming up. How theyre going to improve,

874
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 8: whether it's internally or via trades or drafting or you know,

875
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 8: whoever they want. But the thing is, ultimately I just

876
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 8: don't think this is anything more than a stay of

877
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 8: execution for Luke Walton because he has to get results

878
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 8: early into next season. They can't afford to start off

879
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 8: badly because if they get submarined in the first quarter

880
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 8: of the season, then they're going to have to make

881
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 8: a change. So but I guess good on the Kings

882
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 8: for but not doing what everyone expected them to do.

883
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 8: I don't I think I think that was the thing.

884
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 8: It was like, he's done as soon as the season's done.

885
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 8: But they've decided They've decided to swerve and hang on

886
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 8: to Luke Walton.

887
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,320
Speaker 5: So yeah, so why are they swerving? Is it because

888
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 5: that they, like you said, own a lot of money

889
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 5: and they can't differ on that like, Yeah, Sam Amick

890
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 5: of The Athletic last month said it was like eleven

891
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 5: point five million. So is it a financial reason that

892
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 5: they're not firing him or and I think it's an

893
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 5: and or here or a combo of I should say

894
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 5: it sounds like dearon Fox and Tyre's Haliburton go into

895
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 5: bat for Luke Walton, like the star players on the team,

896
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,359
Speaker 5: you know, showing support for him. And I think in

897
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 5: my mind that they completely just saved his job. Like

898
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 5: if if those two guys, especially Fox as the as

899
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 5: the like franchise guy in the squad, if he's like, no,

900
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 5: this guy's horrible, like get him out of here, then

901
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 5: I think he is Trey. But you know, they like

902
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 5: Tyres Haliburton in his like exit meetings talk quite glowingly

903
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 5: about Luke Walton, so you know, he had a good

904
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 5: year as the Rooks, So maybe that you know, carries

905
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 5: a little w there in the front office and they

906
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 5: decided to run it back for one more year.

907
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 4: Yeah. The last time the Kings had a coach that

908
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 4: was working was Mike Malone, and they let him go

909
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 4: despite the fact that Boogie Cousins was a big Mike

910
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 4: Malone backer. As we've seen Mike Malone has gone on

911
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 4: to have success in Denver. Obviously, Boogie was not long

912
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 4: for Sacramento after then. So yeah, if your star player

913
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 4: and your star rookie are both back in the coach,

914
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 4: I suppose it makes a little bit of sense to

915
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,760
Speaker 4: bring him back then. But the writing was on the wall.

916
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 4: In March, Sam Amock and Jason Jones had a report

917
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,360
Speaker 4: basically calling this a gap year for the Kings. This

918
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 4: team has missed the playoffs for fifteen straight seasons and

919
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 4: was happy to take a gap year. I mean, like,

920
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 4: that's what the Kings are for you. They're listening to

921
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 4: darreon Fox as their star player, who's saying I love

922
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 4: Luke Walton as a coach, probably because he's had bad

923
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 4: NBA coaches up until now. Tyrese Haliburton has had one

924
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 4: NBA coach right now. You're trying to appease your players,

925
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 4: But I don't know if you should be trusting here

926
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,280
Speaker 4: because there's a lot of buzz about Karl Anthony Towns

927
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 4: being the next guy to leave his team. Eventually, I

928
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 4: think it's going to be Fox. With the way that

929
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 4: things have gone in Sacramento. Obviously, Bogdan Bogdanovic is balling

930
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,959
Speaker 4: for the Hawks right now. They botched that whole thing

931
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 4: over the summer. Marvin Bagley hasn't improved. They had the

932
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 4: Buddy Healed situation, which was more dramatic at the beginning

933
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 4: of the season, but seemed to peter off during the year.

934
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 4: But you have to imagine there's still a little bit

935
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 4: of a animosity there, especially when you consider that the

936
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 4: three best players on the Kings all want to have

937
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 4: the ball in their hands, handling the ball. How does

938
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 4: that all work together? I don't know. The Kings remain

939
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 4: the Kings. Who takes a gap year when you've missed

940
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 4: the playoffs for fifteen years?

941
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,919
Speaker 5: Yeah? Anything to add to the King's decision here again,

942
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 5: by all reports, tasks to bring Luke Walton back. Love it,

943
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 5: hate it? What do you think?

944
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 7: I guess he gets one more year to see if

945
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 7: he has a botch dan bogj Dainovich too much? Too

946
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 7: many teams? Yeah, watched and botch Danovich. Anyways, Yeah, I

947
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 7: think they are just trying to project this image of

948
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:11,399
Speaker 7: solidarity just to not flip over another coach for another year.

949
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 7: But appeasing Fox and Haliburn's nut is not the worst

950
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 7: thing they could do, and so they get one more shot.

951
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 7: Whether they bring back for Shaun Holmes, that's there, really there.

952
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 7: They are three guys going forward as a core if

953
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 7: they do bring back him, and Luke's going to.

954
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 6: Get another shot.

955
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 7: I mean, fifteen years is such a long time. Luke

956
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 7: was balling for the Lakers the last time the Sacramento

957
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 7: Kings made the playoffs, and man, it's tough. It's tough

958
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 7: if you're a Sacramento Kings fan. But just not putting

959
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 7: all their money into supporting players like they have the

960
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 7: last few seasons see Harrison Barnes, Corey Joseph, Trevor Reza,

961
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 7: Dwayne Dedmon might be a start. So I would take

962
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 7: that as a bit of a positive. Like I think,

963
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 7: I think they understand that there's a couple guys in

964
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 7: their backcourt that are untouchable and hopefully they start to

965
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,399
Speaker 7: build a little bit more around that and then maybe

966
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 7: we'll see how good Luke Walton is as a coach.

967
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 7: But he hasn't been able to pull these guys together

968
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:15,719
Speaker 7: quite yet.

969
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, they need to play some defense, I mean start there, like,

970
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 5: get like an average defense going with this star backcourt.

971
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 5: In Fox and Haliburton and they haven't been able to.

972
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 5: So is that because of Luke Walton's defensive scheme? Is

973
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 5: that because of the players on the roster. Is it

974
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 5: some combination of both. Probably? But they are, just like

975
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,320
Speaker 5: you were saying, Lee, like one of the worst, worthy

976
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 5: worst of all time at one point. I don't know

977
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 5: if they got out of that distinction, but I know

978
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 5: they're bottom three in the NBA in points allowed per game,

979
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 5: the opponent's field goal percentage, the defensive ranning. I mean,

980
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 5: it was brutal. Anyone could score on them. So they

981
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,399
Speaker 5: just got to get out, just improve on that end,

982
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 5: and you might be sniffing a play in tournament. So

983
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,360
Speaker 5: he'll get a chance at it, But I think it

984
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,959
Speaker 5: will be a short lease leash, excuse me. I would

985
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 5: imagine like they cannot start you know, five and fifteen.

986
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 5: I mean, he'll be a rap, right, he'll be he

987
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 5: would be fired I think at that point. So maybe,

988
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 5: but maybe they start, you know, a little more consistent,

989
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 5: a little more average at least five hundred WU be

990
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 5: you good start there for the Kings, all right, a

991
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 5: few restricted free agency sort of rumors here, restricted free

992
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:19,400
Speaker 5: agent Lonzo Ball says he would love to return to

993
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:20,399
Speaker 5: the Pelicans' task.

994
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 7: You see that happening, No, sir, that's nice to say. Yeah,

995
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 7: it probably is, say that, but he is. He signed

996
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 7: up for Clutch Sports to go get paid, and I

997
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 7: don't think the Pelicans are going to pay him as

998
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 7: much as other teams. With this point guard class that's

999
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 7: happening right now, Kyle Lowry and Dennis Shrewder are the

1000
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 7: biggest names alongside Lonzo Ball. Who knows what Kyle Lowry

1001
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 7: does if it's a sign in trade with the Raps

1002
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 7: because he respects Mesijeri, Dennis Schruter. But Lonzo Ball is

1003
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 7: a huge name this offseason amongst guards and he's he

1004
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 7: even said while saying yeah, I want to come back,

1005
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 7: he also said I was a three and D type

1006
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,320
Speaker 7: guy this year. I think I played my role pretty well.

1007
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,360
Speaker 7: But at this point of his career, I kind of

1008
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,720
Speaker 7: get the feeling that he'd want an expanded role, especially

1009
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 7: when you signed with Clutch Sports. That tends to happen.

1010
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 7: I could see him working with the New York Knicks

1011
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 7: as a possibility there because they've done a very good

1012
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 7: job with the front office to save all their money.

1013
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 7: I know everybody and their mom talks about the Knicks

1014
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 7: with every free agent. But I think at this point,

1015
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 7: with the way the Knicks have preserved their cap it

1016
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 7: could legitimately work. And I know that Pelicans and Zion

1017
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:34,359
Speaker 7: Williamson specifically have said, I want Lonzo Ball to come back,

1018
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 7: but they have to have to have to build around

1019
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 7: Zion Williamson right now. They don't want to be one

1020
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 7: of these franchises that people are talking about their stars leaving,

1021
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,280
Speaker 7: like Karl Anthony Towns or Daron Fox. Like we just mentioned.

1022
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,360
Speaker 7: Is Lonzo Ball the best fit for Zion Williamson. No,

1023
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 7: it could he work maybe, but they didn't work this

1024
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 7: year all that well. Together. They have to build a

1025
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 7: team that complements Zion. And I don't think you bring

1026
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 7: back Lonzo Ball on a long term contract after what

1027
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 7: happened this year, And somebody's going to sign him to

1028
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 7: a long term deal. Somebody will because of because Clutch

1029
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:12,279
Speaker 7: Sports does that for you, and because of the free

1030
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 7: agent class. So I see him going elsewhere. But he

1031
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 7: did play pretty well this year in the amount of

1032
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 7: time that he was on the floor.

1033
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 5: So twenty million plus we're looking out here probably for

1034
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 5: Lonzo Ball. In a contract and you don't think, Yeah, Griffin,

1035
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,319
Speaker 5: the Pelicans would maybe want to sign them to that

1036
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 5: type of deal. You know, Trey, especially with Nikhil Alexander

1037
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 5: Walker who was actually playing really good before he got injured,

1038
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 5: and they probably see him as like he could obviously

1039
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 5: take over that place of Lonzo Ball, especially being much

1040
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 5: cheaper on a rookie contract and running stuff through Zion

1041
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 5: as it is anyway, But what do you expect here

1042
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 5: with Lonzo Ball? Yeah, it's one thing to say this

1043
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 5: would love to return, but do you think it actually

1044
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 5: happens or do you agree with tas well?

1045
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 4: Just like Task said, this could easily be some kind

1046
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 4: of a sign and trade thing, But I personally think

1047
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 4: Lonzo fits really nice next to Zion. If you're looking

1048
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 4: at the team can Struction, similar to how the Heat

1049
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,359
Speaker 4: beat there or built their championship teams, you would say

1050
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 4: that Zion's lebron, a forward who's handling the ball a lot.

1051
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 4: I guess Brandon Ingram would probably be Dwayne Wade in

1052
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:14,240
Speaker 4: that scenario, a second scorer who's capable of given twenty

1053
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:16,880
Speaker 4: five a game decent shooter from the outside. That's an

1054
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 4: advantage over Wade. That would mean that Lonzo would have

1055
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 4: to be Mario Chalmers. Do you want to pay twenty

1056
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 4: million dollars a year for a Mario Chalmers. I don't

1057
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 4: know about that, but I do think that they're a

1058
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:30,399
Speaker 4: nice three together because Lonzo's gonna play defense, He's gonna

1059
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 4: get the ball up the court really fast, and he

1060
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 4: did have a solid season shooting the ball. It's not

1061
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 4: like he's putting fear into anybody's hearts as a shooter.

1062
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,520
Speaker 4: But if you're taking eight threes a game knocking down

1063
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 4: thirty seven percent of them, that's valuable next to a

1064
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:47,239
Speaker 4: guy like Zion Williamson. To me, it's just the other

1065
00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 4: guys who are a problem. You can't play somebody like

1066
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:55,240
Speaker 4: Eric Bledsoe and Steven Adams alongside Ingram, Zion and Lonzo

1067
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 4: in the starting lineup. You can have maybe one non

1068
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,879
Speaker 4: shooter out there with those guys, but I don't think

1069
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,720
Speaker 4: you can have two. They got to find their Chris Bosh,

1070
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,359
Speaker 4: their Shane Battier, their Ray All and the role guys

1071
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 4: who are going to defend their positions and knock down

1072
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 4: the open shots.

1073
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:09,919
Speaker 5: What do you think?

1074
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 8: Clearly it's his consistent see that he really needs to

1075
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 8: work on because if you look at that number those,

1076
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 8: you know, the percentages was about the same as it

1077
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,920
Speaker 8: was last season, but he took more and made more,

1078
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 8: so that's great. But he just has games where he

1079
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 8: goes like, oh, for eight, or he might go six

1080
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:25,160
Speaker 8: for ten from downtown.

1081
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 6: So what are the Pelicans getting out of him?

1082
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 8: Because he does seem to me that when he has

1083
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 8: a great game, you can be convinced like, yeah, this

1084
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 8: guy could be the right player next, next design. But

1085
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 8: then when he has a couple of those stinkers in

1086
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,239
Speaker 8: a row, you're just like, no, we can't rely on

1087
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 8: him because that shot is just comes and goes too inconsistently.

1088
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 8: But it certainly improved the mechanics. It looks much better.

1089
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 8: He shoots it with confidence a lot of the time.

1090
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 8: But it's just you know, looking through his box scores

1091
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 8: over like a course of a couple of games there,

1092
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,759
Speaker 8: you know he went for eight, eight for seventeen, one

1093
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:55,319
Speaker 8: for nine, seven for thirteen from downtown. So it's it

1094
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 8: really is feast or famine with him. But that's okay.

1095
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 8: He's shown, he's certainly shown the work. He's got the

1096
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 8: work ethic to go out there and really work on

1097
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,919
Speaker 8: that and try to make that into his game because

1098
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 8: he's a good rebound, he's a good defender. He does

1099
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 8: bring a lot to the table. It's just from night

1100
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 8: to night it can.

1101
00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 6: Vary a little bit.

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Speaker 8: So yeah, I mean I think he gets he gets

1103
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 8: a decent contract. I'm not sure from who, But if

1104
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 8: the Pelicans don't believe in him, then they really have

1105
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 8: to make sure they get it right with the guy

1106
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 8: who does come in, because you would think going forward,

1107
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 8: whoever that point guard is, and if it is from

1108
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 8: internal with Alexander Walker there, that's fine, but that's going

1109
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 8: to be the guy sort of to go along there

1110
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 8: with Zion and Brandon Ingram. So it's a big question

1111
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 8: there for Dave Griffin to be right. Okay, well, you know,

1112
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,759
Speaker 8: can we live with a little bit of inconsistency from

1113
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,359
Speaker 8: lonso order we have to splash out on someone else

1114
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,719
Speaker 8: who of course, then you know you have to bring

1115
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 8: that person in and they have to learn the system

1116
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 8: of surrounding Zion and Brand and Ingram. So tough decision

1117
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:52,280
Speaker 8: I think for the Pels.

1118
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 5: Yeah, and we'll see if Griffin can get anyone to

1119
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:57,720
Speaker 5: give him something for Eric Bloodsiell, because you would imagine

1120
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 5: you'd be very active in trying to treat bloodsoe. But

1121
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 5: I'm not sure the return you're gonna get is going

1122
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 5: to be all that high. I think you're right, it'd

1123
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 5: be internal that if Lonzo's gone and they don't want

1124
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 5: to match because it's unrestricted free agency, someone can offer

1125
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:10,200
Speaker 5: him the deal, and the Pelicans of course can match,

1126
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:12,360
Speaker 5: but I think it's going to be a number a

1127
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 5: little too rich for their blood possibly, and instead of

1128
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 5: like wanting to even sort of maintain the asset, which

1129
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 5: we do see some teams do and some front officers do,

1130
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 5: I think they do, look at Alexander Walker and go no.

1131
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,400
Speaker 5: I think he can sort of replicate to some extent

1132
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 5: in the in the coming years here and grow his

1133
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,560
Speaker 5: ion and maybe move on from Lonzo. That's that's my

1134
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 5: guess with this one. But one more in the restricted

1135
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 5: free agency rumor report bulls big Man, Lowry Market and Trey,

1136
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 5: he plans to test the waters of restricted free agency.

1137
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:45,800
Speaker 5: So so, so, what do you think is going to

1138
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 5: happen with him here and this report from Casey Johnson,

1139
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,120
Speaker 5: you know, talking about him gonna go out there and

1140
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 5: have a look at possibly what type of deal he

1141
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 5: could get and maybe move on from the Bulls, or

1142
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,160
Speaker 5: do you think they can keep them?

1143
00:50:56,440 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 4: Maybe these two go hand in hands sets arena. So

1144
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 4: that was a deal at the trade deadline that was

1145
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 4: bandied about, Lowry markin in for Lonzo Ball. Maybe we

1146
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 4: run it back in the summer. You both get your

1147
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 4: big free agency deals. Neither of us wants to match,

1148
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:14,440
Speaker 4: so let's just trade you for each other. Maybe that

1149
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 4: happens Lowry markinin. Though he's gonna have a long career,

1150
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 4: I just don't think it's really gonna be for the Bulls.

1151
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 4: Seven footers that shoot near forty percent from three, those

1152
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,920
Speaker 4: guys stick around. And that's what Lowry did this year,

1153
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 4: shot a career high from three to forty point two percent.

1154
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 4: That's awesome. Also had career lows in points, rebounds, assists, steals,

1155
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:35,800
Speaker 4: and blocks, and a lot of that is because he

1156
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 4: went from their opening night starting power forward to the

1157
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,280
Speaker 4: Bulls to being on the trade block. Like I said,

1158
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,400
Speaker 4: discussed for Lonzo. We thought maybe he's going to be

1159
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 4: part of the Vooch deal. Apparently they wanted one Dell

1160
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,320
Speaker 4: Carter Junior a little bit more marketing got to start

1161
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,360
Speaker 4: next to Vouch in their very first game, and Billy

1162
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 4: Donovan had seen enough sent him to the bench pretty

1163
00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 4: much immediately said you're gonna be our reserve three, four, five,

1164
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,839
Speaker 4: come in, shoots some threes, and that's pretty much all

1165
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,439
Speaker 4: Larry Markinen did. That's a valuable player for a team

1166
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,560
Speaker 4: that's contending. Right When you are the Cleveland Cavaliers and

1167
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:10,520
Speaker 4: you need a seven footer, you can go find a

1168
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 4: Channing Fry who's not really doing anything. But when you

1169
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 4: are a young player going into a stricted free agency,

1170
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 4: you don't want the Channing Fry treatment. Lowry market is

1171
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,359
Speaker 4: gonna want a lot more money being a number seven

1172
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,040
Speaker 4: pick recently, and I think that's why you're hearing some

1173
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,640
Speaker 4: praise for Lowry from the Bulls. After their last game,

1174
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 4: Billy Donovan said, I really really love Lowry as a player.

1175
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 4: He's a great guy, and he's been an incredible teammate

1176
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,399
Speaker 4: and he has sacrificed a lot. A lot of talk

1177
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 4: about his personality there. Carniesiapus said yesterday, I think Lowry's

1178
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,439
Speaker 4: an essential part of our team. We hope he's part

1179
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,479
Speaker 4: of what we're building here. Maybe they do, or maybe

1180
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 4: they're just pumping their bags for a sign and trade here.

1181
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,359
Speaker 4: I think that's a little bit more realistic. Seven foot

1182
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 4: shooting guards not a desirable player type out there.

1183
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:53,960
Speaker 2: Usually.

1184
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,319
Speaker 8: Yeah, he's got, he's got. He's got to stay on

1185
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 8: the court though as well. That's the other problem. He's

1186
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 8: always injured in h know, he played like fifty odd

1187
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,200
Speaker 8: games this season. I know it was obviously a shortened season,

1188
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:04,640
Speaker 8: but he was like at.

1189
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:06,359
Speaker 5: One point he had comeback I think was that from

1190
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:09,440
Speaker 5: the like COVID nineteen health and safety protocols, and then

1191
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:11,720
Speaker 5: he was balling there for like a yeah, for a stretch,

1192
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:13,879
Speaker 5: you know, he was like a twenty point Brian Square,

1193
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:16,360
Speaker 5: which we sort of think he could be in this league.

1194
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,719
Speaker 5: And then yeah, then it was like a bomb like shoulder, right,

1195
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 5: It was like a sort of like a flute. But

1196
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,480
Speaker 5: he always has these like little wind injuries, and yeah,

1197
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:25,359
Speaker 5: he can't stay out there.

1198
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 8: Yeah, and he's only twenty three, so he's young enough

1199
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 8: that I think some people will look at him and go,

1200
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 8: look this guy, can you know shoot that three? He

1201
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:34,759
Speaker 8: can really spread the floor. But yeah, it's concerning that

1202
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:36,759
Speaker 8: the rebounding and the free throws and things like that

1203
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 8: have gone down, you know, you would like to see

1204
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 8: a guy at least improve in those categories a little bit,

1205
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,879
Speaker 8: just to show that he's doing something else out there.

1206
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 8: And I thought, coming into this season with a new

1207
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 8: coach and Billy Donnovan, I thought, maybe this is what

1208
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 8: he needs. You know, he'd been under the Jim Boiler

1209
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 8: boiling system there for a while. I thought maybe a

1210
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:54,879
Speaker 8: new coach can unlock something with him. But maybe now

1211
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 8: it's time for just a new team and a new situation.

1212
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 6: Because it didn't.

1213
00:53:59,320 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 4: It went five.

1214
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:01,960
Speaker 6: But it's just that I agree with Trey.

1215
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 8: I just don't think his long term future is there

1216
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:07,480
Speaker 8: in Chicago because you know, Billy got a good look

1217
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 8: at him this year and he could have kind of

1218
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,719
Speaker 8: molded into any sort of player he wanted, but he

1219
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 8: didn't really convince you that that that that's the sort

1220
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 8: of style that Billy wants to go forward with. So

1221
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,920
Speaker 8: I think there'll be a market for him. And if

1222
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:23,480
Speaker 8: the Bulls decide to move on from him, I don't

1223
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 8: think they're going to be all that disappointed because he

1224
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:27,680
Speaker 8: just hasn't really quite lived up to what they were

1225
00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:30,440
Speaker 8: hoping for. So he's restricted though, I guess, so I

1226
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:32,960
Speaker 8: guess they can still you know, still match and sign

1227
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 8: and trade as well, so I think can maybe get

1228
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:35,359
Speaker 8: something in return for him.

1229
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 5: But how much money is Ari Markanen going to get

1230
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:38,839
Speaker 5: out there?

1231
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:38,960
Speaker 2: Like?

1232
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 5: Is he going to get him more per year than

1233
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,960
Speaker 5: like Alonzo ball less? I mean there's people Enzo here

1234
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,360
Speaker 5: in the stream team tasks. Is Lowry going to demand

1235
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:47,360
Speaker 5: that bird Time's money?

1236
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 2: Like?

1237
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,640
Speaker 5: I don't know a Venzo's kidding. It's like there might.

1238
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 6: Be some sixteen a year, Wasn't it fair?

1239
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:57,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's not that far fetched. I don't

1240
00:54:57,320 --> 00:55:00,680
Speaker 5: think with his age and like Trees said, point shooter

1241
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 5: and stuff like that. I mean, what do you what

1242
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 5: do you think about this whole Lowry marketing situation before

1243
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:07,040
Speaker 5: we wrap this up?

1244
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 7: Yeah? Do you have the hots for Lowry if you're

1245
00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 7: another GM I I personally do, but I totally agree

1246
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 7: that it's not going to be with the Bulls. I

1247
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:19,560
Speaker 7: could see him garnering that type of money because of Yeah,

1248
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:21,680
Speaker 7: the way he came into this league than Jim Boylan

1249
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:26,680
Speaker 7: definitely didn't work with him whatsoever, asking him to to

1250
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,320
Speaker 7: just board and not be a ball handler. But I

1251
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,680
Speaker 7: don't think he really works with the trajectory of this

1252
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:36,520
Speaker 7: team either. I just think, you know, if you if

1253
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,839
Speaker 7: you're going to rely on Kobe White, Zach Lavine and

1254
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 7: vouch to be or your core three, I know you

1255
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,880
Speaker 7: have Patrick Williams in there, you probably want more of

1256
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 7: a rim defending type of defender to compliment those dudes.

1257
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,200
Speaker 7: And yeah, that hasn't been lowry marketing.

1258
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:51,839
Speaker 2: But he is.

1259
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:56,960
Speaker 7: A great offensive asset. So I think they are pumping

1260
00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 7: up the personality. It's a good point by Trey. They

1261
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,919
Speaker 7: are saying this guy is a very very good guy

1262
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 7: and don't take those Jim boyle In years to heart.

1263
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:09,799
Speaker 7: He's a good player and yeah, I've I've watched the

1264
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 7: flashes and it's hard to get those flashes out of

1265
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 7: my brain. He can shoot the lights out and he

1266
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:18,319
Speaker 7: can put it on the floor too if he is

1267
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 7: given that that role, that confidence, if he has that,

1268
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,560
Speaker 7: So yeah, I think another team will definitely buy into

1269
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:27,360
Speaker 7: that as well. It's just not going to be the bulls.

1270
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:29,439
Speaker 4: All right. Let's get to tweet of the night, brought

1271
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:35,600
Speaker 4: to you by Bett MGM tweet out the night. Wow.

1272
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,799
Speaker 5: JD tweeted the night. What do you got man?

1273
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 9: Yeah, well that's actually from yesterday. We had such a

1274
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,839
Speaker 9: jam packed show yesterday that we couldn't fit this in,

1275
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 9: but it's, uh, we have to really share this because

1276
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:54,320
Speaker 9: we have a small but very dedicated community of creative

1277
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:57,279
Speaker 9: people who take all the stupid shit we say and

1278
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 9: make it into really cool stuff. And so this week

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Speaker 9: I'm Stefan Veslev tweeted this, may I present to you

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Speaker 9: my way of celebrating this historic twenty twenty one NBA

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Speaker 9: season No Dunks Diner dot com. Welcome to the No

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Speaker 9: Dunks Diner, a place to enjoy all our hashtag no

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Speaker 9: Dunks specials. So the specials he's referring to are food

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Speaker 9: puns basically, so we've got Trey's big beef. Those are rebounds,

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Speaker 9: as we know, and then the apple sauce which assists,

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Speaker 9: and that's and and then that's basically yet, but he

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Speaker 9: does include the wedge. She has potato wedge right, which

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Speaker 9: at first I was like, Okay, that's a bit of

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Speaker 9: a stretch. But is it a stretch? I mean, that's

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Speaker 9: actually I'm never going to refer to potato wedges as

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Speaker 9: potato wedges.

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Speaker 4: Again, it's a weggie. They're wedgies. Give me those wedges wedges.

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Speaker 9: Right, So let's have a look at the site here

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Speaker 9: it is. It's just a menu. And this is also

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Speaker 9: part of this is the weird thing that I guess

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Speaker 9: I kind of don't get, but I do get. It's

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Speaker 9: just a menu of things that have happened, you know,

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Speaker 9: like here's the Rock Island Weggie.

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Speaker 7: What is that?

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Speaker 9: Well, it's a weggie, you know, And so you can

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Speaker 9: just watch the wedgie and it's you know, I mean, okay,

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Speaker 9: i'd say, okay, I like it. I like it, even

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Speaker 9: though I was a bit pissed at Stephan because he

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Speaker 9: he well he came at me with a bit of notes.

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Speaker 9: I don't even know if he it was me he

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Speaker 9: was coming at but weeks ago, months ago, I guess

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Speaker 9: when we started the the NBA Happy Hour. He he

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Speaker 9: enjoyed the happy hour. He tweeted this just finished the

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Speaker 9: Nodoungk's Happy Hour, you know, watching it at regular speed,

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Speaker 9: No edits in three sittings, is probably with a four

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Speaker 9: hour one or whatever.

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Speaker 5: And then he.

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Speaker 9: Says he has a picture sure of our our end screen,

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Speaker 9: which I did. Come on, guys, what's with the curning

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Speaker 9: of that outro graphic font? Squeeze or reduce the size,

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Speaker 9: but please don't mess with the cursives, curning and flow. Oh, Stephan,

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Speaker 9: I have no idea what you're talking about, man, I

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Speaker 9: do these things last minute. I had a graphic that

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Speaker 9: I kind of liked and I just picked a funt

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Speaker 9: and put it in there.

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Speaker 4: I don't know what I'm.

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Speaker 9: Doing, but anyway, shout out to Stephan and he does

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Speaker 9: a great job.

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Speaker 4: He did.

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Speaker 9: He did the Canadian teams, which I loved, and he's

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Speaker 9: always always comes through. We got the best audience.

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Speaker 3: In the world, no doubt.

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Speaker 5: All right, Stephan winning a tweet the night, but also

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Speaker 5: a little a little heat there from jd.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's not gd's that's uh, that's the aesthetic

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Speaker 5: that the photoshop boys sort of went with there. We

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Speaker 5: can't hit the curnings tight man.

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Speaker 4: Things are Please, don't mess with the curnings on the

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Speaker 4: curso relax curings.

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Speaker 7: Sip back on that, watch your happy hours, pop some popcorn, curning.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, joy, your.

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Speaker 5: So exactly all right. Great tweet the night though, No

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Speaker 5: Dunk's Diner dot com right, that's the RL. You can

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Speaker 5: go check that out. That's live right now. Shout out

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Speaker 5: to Stefan. Okay, guys, that's it for us here today.

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Speaker 5: We are back well later today with a very special

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Speaker 5: podcast again MSNBC's Chris Hayes. Oh my god, look at

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Speaker 5: the Kerning on that text.

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Speaker 4: I like that. The graphic makes it look like we

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Speaker 4: actually set up this one on. Yeah, yeah, Fauci, Yeah

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Speaker 4: you're right now.

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Speaker 5: Of course we're going with this. Look, gotta get those

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Speaker 5: clicks right. But we're gonna be talking to Chris Hayes

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Speaker 5: about that awesome video where he did challenge doctor Fauci

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Speaker 5: to do a game of one on one basketball, and

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Speaker 5: we're gonna get the details on that. Is it gonna happen?

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Speaker 5: Did it already go down? We didn't know about it,

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Speaker 5: so uh yeah, that's where we're going with the graphic.

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Speaker 5: But we'll talk to him about his Bulls fandom, maybe

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Speaker 5: get us thoughts on Larry Market there when we talked

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Speaker 5: to him, and what it's like living in New York

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Speaker 5: right now with the Knicks back in the playoffs. He's

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Speaker 5: a big movie.

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Speaker 7: He's got thoughts on Lowry Market.

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Speaker 4: Okay, guarantee.

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Speaker 5: Well there you go. So that's later today Tuesday. We'll

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Speaker 5: get it up in your podcast feed as soon as possible,

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Speaker 5: but you can join US Live for twelve thirty pm

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Speaker 5: Eastern with Chris Hayes talking hoops. Tomorrow Wednesday, we're back

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Speaker 5: in the morning to break down tonight's two games, those

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Speaker 5: East play in games, and of course preview and predict

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Speaker 5: the two Western Conference play in games, featuring that very

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Speaker 5: very juicy Lakers Warriors game that's on Wednesday. And then

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Speaker 5: just a reminder, Thursday and Friday, no morning shows. It's

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Speaker 5: the late night shows because we're gonna wait for those

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Speaker 5: games that are gonna determine the final team into the playoffs.

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Speaker 5: On Thursday and Friday night. We'll wait for that to

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Speaker 5: wrap up. We'll jump on here live late at night

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Speaker 5: talk about that game, and then of course preview four

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Speaker 5: of the actual playoff matchups on Thursday night and then

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Speaker 5: the other four on Friday night because the playoffs tip

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Speaker 5: off on Saturday. Okay, so that's the schedule for this week.

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Speaker 5: know that we sent you all Right, Clipper bros.

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Speaker 4: You heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up,

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Speaker 4: Love you guys, awesome.

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Speaker 7: Thanks for joining us, and remember enjoy the NBA IPO.

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Speaker 7: The initial play in offering, I guess that was last year.

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Speaker 7: But this is the real play in right, the first one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Embrace the day people.

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Speaker 4: You could say.

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Speaker 1: Every day, my Dane happy, every minute.

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Speaker 2: It's been so long that your wanna waving already.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be grevy