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Speaker 1: like it. I'll like it, solo, very solo. Janni's has

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Speaker 1: some thoughts and advice for k D and others. Starts

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Speaker 1: thinking about linking up the form super teams. Plus the

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Speaker 1: We'll discuss that each playoff race with comedian and writer

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Speaker 1: Aaron Edwards on today's episode. I'm Jack O'Brien and I'm

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Speaker 1: Jabari Davis and this is Miles and Jack got mad boosties. Nice.

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Speaker 1: We I mean we basically harmonized on that one. That

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Speaker 1: was beautiful. Do you feel about that professional podcasting? Right?

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Speaker 1: It's like it's a beautiful thing, Aaron, Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Crooked media writer comedian from Gary, Indiana. Uh, you were

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Speaker 1: coming up? Tell me about that that. I didn't think

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Speaker 1: I'm from Gary, Indiana. It's like forty five minutes from Chicago,

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Speaker 1: Like we had all that. We went to Universal Studios

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Speaker 1: You have the one that was like all the caricatures

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Speaker 1: don't you? So shall we get onto the celestial based

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Speaker 1: superstar in the Valley of the Sun, of course, referring

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Speaker 1: I'm here for mask off, Jannie. Give me supreme players

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Speaker 1: Yannis absolutely crushing souls and then smiling about it, like

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Speaker 1: and I've already stated I do think he will eventually

426
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 1: earn that third in row. But we don't have to lie,

427
00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,680
Speaker 1: man like, and yes, he's he's significantly better defensively than

428
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,639
Speaker 1: seemingly a lot of people will give him credit for.

429
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,440
Speaker 1: But we don't have to lie and say that he dominates,

430
00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,960
Speaker 1: you know, on both ends. Come on, Which is why

431
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 1: when you asked Lebron and Janis to like pick their

432
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,359
Speaker 1: number one starter who they wanted on their All Star team,

433
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: they were fighting over who could pick Yokic last the

434
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,400
Speaker 1: last pick, and beeB was the first pick. They play

435
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,679
Speaker 1: against these guys now, not in the past tense. Sorry,

436
00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,119
Speaker 1: all right, but I am not biased. So this is

437
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 1: let's get into the performances of the week. Obviously we

438
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,199
Speaker 1: talked about Dame. That was a lot of fun. The

439
00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:59,399
Speaker 1: Knicks beat Boston, which I'm usually a fan of anyone

440
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 1: beating balls him, and New York has now won sixth straight.

441
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 1: They're they're messing up the bracket there. They're put me

442
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 1: in a mind state where I'm gonna have to be

443
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,200
Speaker 1: seeing the Sixers play the Heat in the first round, possibly,

444
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,919
Speaker 1: which is not my My preference would be the Knicks,

445
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 1: I'll just say, And that would probably come back to

446
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,560
Speaker 1: haunt me if it did happen, But I was gonna say,

447
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,720
Speaker 1: be prepared for all types of awe this you this,

448
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,120
Speaker 1: you all the time if they do happen to lose

449
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: it the Knicks. But Brunson is just really I don't know,

450
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of people saw them being

451
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,199
Speaker 1: this good with this team coming in and Brunson is

452
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 1: you know, he's really backed up and earned you know,

453
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,879
Speaker 1: his ability to be the best player on a on

454
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Speaker 1: a competitive team. Yeah, Bronson, um, he did. He did

455
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: us in last summer so I knew it. I was

456
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,199
Speaker 1: kind of glad he was getting his own team. I

457
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: didn't think the Dallas is gonna get Kyrie to replace them.

458
00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:00,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, Brunson, he's strong, he gets to the basket

459
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: spout like dude as a bucket. He can play. I'm

460
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,880
Speaker 1: glad he got his own squad too. Yeah, but currently

461
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: they'd be matched up with the Cavs in a four

462
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 1: or five matchup that would be really fun, just a

463
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,639
Speaker 1: rock fight I'm imagining at some points. But yeah, I

464
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,199
Speaker 1: mean there are people who can get buckets on both teams.

465
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: Like the Lakers Dallas game. I tend to just like

466
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,560
Speaker 1: inherently root against Dallas, and I do root for the

467
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 1: Lakers because of Jabari and Miles and Lebron, my three

468
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 1: best friends. But this was just one of my favorite

469
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: games of the season, watching the Lakers come from behind

470
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 1: a D kind of finally putting it together, like starting

471
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Speaker 1: to feel like maybe the Lakers have something here. A

472
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: D looked awesome, like it was. That game was fun,

473
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 1: and Vanderbilt was who, like I was most excited about

474
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:54,160
Speaker 1: after that game, and then obviously Lebron's foot injury happened,

475
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: and we don't know but it's kind of throwing some

476
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: water on all the excitement I was feeling after that game. Yeah,

477
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,159
Speaker 1: I like Vanderbilt's game. I wanted him to be a

478
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: son so bad, but we also needed the picks that

479
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 1: everybody wanted for her Katie. So it was either pretty

480
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: much everybody I wanted in free agency because I thought

481
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,640
Speaker 1: the Katie thing was dead went somewhere else because we

482
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: were just playing the slow, quiet game. But yeah, I

483
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: wanted Vanderbilt to really play for us. I wanted Beasley

484
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,959
Speaker 1: at some point too, but it seems like Utah and

485
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 1: Danny ains we're not messing with us at all when

486
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 1: they came to trade talks. Yeah. Yeah, shout out to

487
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: my guys, Vando and Beasley. You know my sentiment in

488
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:39,280
Speaker 1: Sugar mix. H No, that's a callback Aaron for him.

489
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Speaker 1: Last week we had the incredible Sarah todd On and

490
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 1: she was wet blanketing all of my happiness. But no,

491
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 1: like Jack, you made a great point. That was such

492
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,679
Speaker 1: a fantastic game, And you know, I'll be honest with you.

493
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: Hearing the injury news after the fact definitely, you know,

494
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: kind of takes the win from your sales. The d

495
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: low injury on top of that is another one of

496
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,360
Speaker 1: those things where it's like a man like just when

497
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 1: they finally put some pieces out there that makes some sense.

498
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: You know, this continues to be the case, but you

499
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,360
Speaker 1: know what, you know to your original point, I'm I'm

500
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: gonna remain for you know, I'm gonna keep the faith

501
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,640
Speaker 1: with a d I think he I think he finds

502
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: a way to carry. I still think they make the

503
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,639
Speaker 1: play in Um. Yeah, I don't care about the this

504
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 1: you and and all of the key key keys that

505
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: are gonna come as a result of them not making it.

506
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 1: You gotta believe, we believe. That's one thing a Laker

507
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,560
Speaker 1: fan gonna have. It's gonna do. You hear a lot

508
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: of belief, whether it's founded or not. And you know what,

509
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 1: quite frankly, we've been spoiled. That's the reason we've been

510
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 1: spoiled because more often than not it does work out.

511
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: Not always, but a lot of times it is. So

512
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: I have been sitting here and witnessing Aaron Jabari and

513
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: Miles's hope for everything to come together with you know,

514
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:57,680
Speaker 1: just feeling like, guys, guys, this team stinks. The Dallas game,

515
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: I was like, this is actually something and I will

516
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,400
Speaker 1: I will say Lebron was a defensive liability in that

517
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: game and has been for a lot of this year.

518
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: Like he was. There were sometimes where the even the

519
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,199
Speaker 1: commentators were like, yo, why did he just like not

520
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: even move towards the shooter on that one? So I

521
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 1: don't know, we'll have to see what it looks like

522
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: without him, but I could see them, just like, you know,

523
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,560
Speaker 1: putting on a run here even without Lebron. And I

524
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: don't think Delo being out hurts that necessarily. I'm not

525
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,239
Speaker 1: a huge Delo believer, but just for perspective, it's more

526
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,920
Speaker 1: from the playmaking aspect. Without Lebron in there, all of

527
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's like, okay, so who's gonna make entry passes? Okay,

528
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: so who's going to create who? It really is going

529
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: to be a matter of these guys are gonna have

530
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: to come out and defend like crazy and make threes

531
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: and you know what, I'm not gonna hold my breath,

532
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna be hopeful. Yeah, Sixers grizz game was

533
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. Had me being like, maybe maybe

534
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: I can send a text being like Eastern Conference Final.

535
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 1: Maybe because I have been a steadfast believer that this

536
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: team does not get out of the second round. Uh

537
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: just ever, the seventy six ers and Bead looked terrible.

538
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: Offensively looked like he yeah, just real slow start, but

539
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: then just like defensively kind of dominated and they came

540
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,439
Speaker 1: back and beat the Grizz, but then a couple losses

541
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 1: of the Celtics and the Heat. I'm pretty psychologically damaging,

542
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 1: I think for for that team, you're not still on

543
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 1: that emotional high from that block. I gotta be honest

544
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: with you. I would you're you're a better man than me,

545
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 1: because I would have been texted NonStop. You saw that,

546
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 1: you see what's up? Jump with me and become no,

547
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: get that out of here, yea here afore the games

548
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: tyrannic protection luders cannot believe. But you're so much God,

549
00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: this is unbelievable. Look how hard both of them are.

550
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 1: I think people are just excited to see the Grizz lose,

551
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: especially like that there's been new us, Like I remember

552
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: how many how much people hated us last year and

553
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,719
Speaker 1: just thought like we hadn't earned all the trash we

554
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: were talking. So it's good to see like what happened

555
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: to somebody else, like even though I enjoyed them, it's

556
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 1: just funny saying it be somebody else while we just

557
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: get to kick it and sneak into the playoffs. Now, yeah,

558
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: I think you guys are still you. Actually, I think

559
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 1: the Katie I'm now rooting for them because I always

560
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: root for Katie and Lebron. But like, I think people

561
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 1: are gonna be haters, oh big time, especially when they

562
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: come out and they and they're just wrecking shop that

563
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: people will absolutely hate. And Chris Paul's on the team. Like,

564
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: it's easy to root for a team with Chris Paul

565
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: on it. That's why I knew the hate was coming

566
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: sooner or later, waiting a couple of months, and we

567
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: were exciting and fun because we had young dudes. But

568
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: the hate is always gonna come when you have Chris Paul,

569
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 1: and it's earned. I hated them before you got here.

570
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: At least you're honest. Okay, at least you're honest. The

571
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: Clippers have had like two wild games since the Westbrook trade.

572
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: They've had two like incredible games that there's just like

573
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: all timers, and they lost both of them, like at

574
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: the very end. But Kawhi looks incredible. I don't know.

575
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: I still I still think like they're a bad matchup

576
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: for anyone, even the Suns. But so so, they had

577
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: the second highest scoring game of all time Kings versus Clippers,

578
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: one seventy six, one seventy five. Yeah, just forty five

579
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: for Monk, forty four for Kauhi, forty two for Fox,

580
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: and Ross debut with seventeen points, fourteen assists, five boards,

581
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: and seven tournaments. So the gift and the curse. But

582
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 1: who is the team you least want to see in

583
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 1: the first round. I think it's Dallas. It's just yeah,

584
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: animosity and Luca and just the whole thing, like at

585
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: the end of like we're better even than we were

586
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 1: last year, but and like technically we would win, but

587
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: it's just the lucanness of it all. Like I hate

588
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: it watching it. Um Kad is like, yeah, it's fine

589
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: having him. I just don't want to play them again.

590
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 1: It was just too much. Yeah, it won't got time,

591
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: but yeah, I just I don't want to do that again.

592
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: The real real answer of a team that I know

593
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: would just be tougher is New Orleans if Zion comes back,

594
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 1: because that team was really good and Willie Green knows

595
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 1: how to play us, like he he played like he

596
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: coached our team and he just knew everything that we

597
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: were running and brandon Ingram just was killing us. So

598
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: I think that would just be probably a lot more

599
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: fun to watch. I actually think you'd be fine for

600
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: some reason, like just that this was the first Dallas

601
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: game that I've been super invested in and rooting against

602
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: them this season, and I felt like they didn't quite

603
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: have it. But can we go back to Game seven

604
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: of last year? Like what as a as a son fan,

605
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: like what is your feeling on that? Was it just

606
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: like a weird thing where people like sick, not feeling well,

607
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: Like what what do you think happened in that game?

608
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: Like how are you making sense of that heading into

609
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: this year's playoff? It was weird because Game six I

610
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: was like I don't like how that look because like

611
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: Game six looked bad, like body language wise, like all

612
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: of it, like the vibe, none of it looked good.

613
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: And even the way that they were talking leading up

614
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: to it, like it sounded like they didn't even believe

615
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: the stuff they were saying. I played basketball with like

616
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: a bunch of people like my friend Pat and like

617
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: Mike and all of them like they either like right

618
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: for the suns or draw for them, or like take

619
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: photos at the games. And I was like, like, it

620
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: was just weird vibes. Even when we were hooping, like

621
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: we were getting ready to go back home, I was

622
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: like game seven tonight, Like no, it was like nobody

623
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: wanted to even talk about it. It was just like

624
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: really weird energy. Like even when we were playing basketball

625
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: in the morning and when it was happening, I wasn't

626
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: super shocked just because it Game six just seems so weird.

627
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: It didn't seem like they had it. Yeah, as a fan,

628
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: you know when your team is done, Like I'm gonna

629
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: I'll give you a quick twenty eleven the playoffs, Lakers

630
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: are your Lakers are face. You know, matched up with

631
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: the Mavericks in the round two. After game one, all

632
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: my boys were like, Oh, it's all good. It's all good.

633
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: I honest to god, I was like, yeah, I don't know.

634
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: After game two, same thing, my boys were like, oh,

635
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: it's all good. No man, all you gotta do is

636
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: take care of business. Blah blah. Noah, it was over.

637
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Speaker 1: And honestly, when a certain team indoor player like in

638
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 1: this case in Luca, when he takes your soul, he

639
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: takes your soul. So I understand why you don't want

640
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: to necessarily face them. And you didn't even mention Kyrie

641
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: in that matchup. Yeah, yeah, and that was what he

642
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: did it with Jalen Brunson. I mean, they are worse

643
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: without Finney Smith killed us. He had like eight threes

644
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: in like two games or something like that. Like he

645
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: went off too, and Spencer Jimwoody was out playing book

646
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: coming off the bench. Like it was just all of them.

647
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: We're just going off and getting open shots and like

648
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: a lot of those dudes aren't on a team anymore.

649
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: That's so I'm not really worried, but yeah, it was

650
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: just the vibes were just bad that time. This time,

651
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: I just don't want to do it, just because of

652
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: Luca and just the crying and it'll be chippy for

653
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: no reason. That's why I wouldn't like about it. It It

654
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,439
Speaker 1: would be the no reason chippiness, like you're gonna lose.

655
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 1: Why are you being so chippy about this? And that's

656
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: what I don't want to do it. Yeah, that makes sense. Um,

657
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 1: That's how I feel about the Celtics. The heat let's

658
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: see who else. I don't appear the heat either. Yeah,

659
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 1: that's a tough series no matter what. And you just

660
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: Jim Butler is just thirty percent better in the playoffs

661
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: for no reason that anybody's been able to explain to me,

662
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: just that much tougher. All right, let's go with the

663
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: NBA broadcast call of the week, Chris Boucher's dunk earns

664
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: a bar from Raptors, played by play guy Matt Devlin.

665
00:34:47,680 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: Let's play it took off in Montreal landed in Toronto.

666
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: That is absolutely a bar that does just sound like

667
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: a stray Drake Lyric actually kind of actually, are we

668
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: sure it's not? I don't know what's closer or further.

669
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's smart enough to know like location on the

670
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 1: map stuff like that, So yeah, it seems smart though. Yeah,

671
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: Drake would have been rapping about doing that at four

672
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 1: am in the morning and being sad h Montreal landing

673
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: in Toronto. All right, we're gonna take a break, we're

674
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: gonna come back, and it's gonna be aaron the fastest

675
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 1: segment and podcasting. You did you just hear Jabari say so?

676
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,800
Speaker 1: Because that's the sound that this segment is going to

677
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: make as it rushes by your head. Got it? Yeah,

678
00:35:51,200 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: all right, we'll be right back, and we're back. All

679
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: three of us are in our athletic positions. We're ready

680
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: slapping the floor like Bobby Hurley. I always think of

681
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: Antoine Walker slapping the floor and go that once and

682
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: then I think i't blown by immediately. Well, um, just

683
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: like floor slap. I feel like the floor slap, like

684
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,959
Speaker 1: a couple of people did it, got made to look

685
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 1: very silly, and then it people were just like, we're

686
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: not doing that anymore. It's still like a fun thing

687
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: to do, but smarts the only one that does it

688
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: that I believe, Like, yeah, Colin Sexton was the last

689
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: one I saw do it and absolutely get embarrassed. Um,

690
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 1: so yeah, I think you're right. Folks have learned. Yeah,

691
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: all right, So we are going to ask you questions.

692
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: You're gonna give us the first answer that comes to

693
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: mind on these like and you don't even think about it.

694
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: It's just, Um, have you ever seen an action movie

695
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: where like a bullet ricochets around and it's just like

696
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: poo poo poo. You know, Yeah, that's kind of the

697
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: vibe we're going for on this We do need you

698
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: to keep the thing moving fast, though, because we get

699
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: distracted very easily. So Jabari, uh, why why don't you

700
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 1: take the first one? Are you sure I bequeath the

701
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,919
Speaker 1: first question unto you? Aaron, You're good with it. Yeah,

702
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: I guess all right. You can go back in time

703
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: and actually change the outcome of a single NBA game

704
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: from throughout history. Which game are you choosing? Game for

705
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one finals? Okay, okay, I think I think

706
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: I know why that would be the case. But do

707
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: you care to elaborate? Is that the block? Is that you? Honest? Yeah?

708
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: That was a boy book drop forty two got the

709
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: ball strip from him. We had it and had to

710
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 1: go up three two. Yeah, the whole thing. It hurts.

711
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: We can go to the next one. No, no no, but

712
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,760
Speaker 1: but Jack, let's actually let's go a little bit deeper

713
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: on that dig What do you think do you think

714
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: they have KD in this situation if they actually win

715
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: that game, would they need to have I think KAD

716
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: doesn't make the game that close. And yeah, I think

717
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: nobody is stuff in twenty twenty one, but I think

718
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: if we win that game that does stop. Yeah, it

719
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: also feels very unfair to be honest, that he had

720
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: to beat Kde in the second round and then come

721
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 1: back and beat him in the finals. But yeah, that man,

722
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 1: that was a really fun finals. So I have this

723
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 1: persistent nightmare that's basically like a reverse like Mike, where

724
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:34,240
Speaker 1: I suddenly switched bodies with an NBA player and suddenly

725
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: I have my skills but in their body, and everyone

726
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: expects me to play as them. What do you if

727
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: you are faced with that situation? What's your reaction? Do

728
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: you try to play? Do you immediately just get thrown

729
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 1: out of the game? What? What's your what's your move?

730
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 1: Fake injury? Fake an injury? Yeah that non contact injury. Yeah,

731
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,439
Speaker 1: you twist your ankle immediately just that. Can you still

732
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: jump high? Yeah? You can still jump high. I mean

733
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: you still have their body, but like you, you don't

734
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: necessarily know how to like you, don't you? Yeah, look

735
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: a little yeah exactly. I think first I tested out

736
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: because I'm over anyway, so I'll be like maybe in

737
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 1: this body my skills transfer better. And then I get

738
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: ripped and like I airball or something that I'm like, Yeah,

739
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: the first question would be why is he shooting like that?

740
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: For me? Because I had an ugly jumper. Um, I've

741
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 1: always wanted to be injured in an NBA game and

742
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: then be carried off by a teammate, but be carried

743
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: off like a baby, like with your legs around them,

744
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: like like you're being burped, Because yeah, I think I

745
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,880
Speaker 1: would need to be my size to to pull that off.

746
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: But they are seven feet, so you know they can

747
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,720
Speaker 1: make a six foot or look like a little baby.

748
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: That would specifically be weird, because in this scenario, you

749
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 1: are Zion exactly be a little bit weird. Yeah, all right,

750
00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: back to you, Jabari. All right, that was good, Aron,

751
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 1: But again this is a fast segment we need. Yeah,

752
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 1: so what is your boldest postseason or even play in

753
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 1: prediction for this year? And he only adds play in

754
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: prediction because he thinks the Lakers, of course, Oh, you

755
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,879
Speaker 1: think the Lakers are gonna make it all the way

756
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:24,359
Speaker 1: to the five crazy man postseason prediction? Um, I think

757
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:30,799
Speaker 1: the Warriors are gonna get swept, so they're gonna make

758
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 1: it beyond the play in only to get swept in

759
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: that first round. Yes, all right. I like the Warriors,

760
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: by the way, too, I just don't think they got it.

761
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:40,400
Speaker 1: Oh you don't have to soften it. You know, this

762
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: is a show. That's the tone of the show. Don't worry. Yeah,

763
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 1: just regardless. Yeah, if you could bet on any fan

764
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: base to make the Inn Arena challenge, like the layout

765
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: pre throws three point or a half court, which fan

766
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: base are you betting on and what kind of odds

767
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 1: do you need to make it worth your while? I'm

768
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: betting Oregon, the Portland fan base. Yes, okay, okay. I

769
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: think that they got a secret amount of hoopers up there, Washington, Oregon,

770
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: Like they got real hoopers up there, and I think

771
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: that they take it personally that they don't get the

772
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: respect that they deserve. So I think just to show

773
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: everybody you get just a person from Oregon or Washington,

774
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 1: I think they'll put on a show. Dang, that's that's

775
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 1: a first. Usually everybody like picks their hometown or you know,

776
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: like the Well, my boy Andy, he got up for

777
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 1: the challenge a couple of months ago and he kind

778
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: of embarrassed me in front of my family. So what

779
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: did he do? That's okay, he's not listening. Um, he

780
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 1: probably doesn't listening. He is a good friend, but you

781
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: gotta make your free throws bro and they're free and

782
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: all right. Last one for me. Karen Jalen Rules recently

783
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: said that men should be spending a minimum of one

784
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: hundred dollars on their haircut, a minimum of that, And

785
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: you know, for me, that's a little a bit steep.

786
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 1: But what's the most that you'll spend on a given

787
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: you know, a pampering deal, like just the regular garden variety,

788
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: like whether it's your haircut, you know, you spend that much,

789
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: you're sitting that much and beyond on you know, I

790
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: don't know pedicures or whatever anything. I think I'll go

791
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: one fifty on hair in general. My hair is braided, Okay,

792
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: I have to like get it braided and get a

793
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: faith right after it. So usually that's about one twenty.

794
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: But if I really have to, I'll go one fifty

795
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: to like one six. So it's a little bit seem

796
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,760
Speaker 1: like Jabari was trying to like get permission for spending

797
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,399
Speaker 1: a lot of money on a pedicure. There, I sound

798
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: like you're like, or you know, a pedicure is specific,

799
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: you know, manicare pedicure pedicure or not me, But like

800
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 1: people would say, I've known people who do that and

801
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: it's normal. Right, Um, what's a good price for a pedicure?

802
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 1: That's basically my final? What should I be a peg

803
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: for a pedicure? Is she? Is she really trying to

804
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:04,840
Speaker 1: get over on this price? Leg? It's um? Is Jalen

805
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: Rose's hair too good to be true? Yes? It's performance enhancing?

806
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,839
Speaker 1: I oh it is. He got the spray. We don't

807
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 1: have to. He got the little squitsch squitsh squish that

808
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: he puts on the corner my barbera. He tried to

809
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: put it on me. I still got on my hair though,

810
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 1: so I don't need to do that. But it's good

811
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: back a little and you can feel that he uses

812
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: the black little paint stuff. You can see it. Jack,

813
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: Can I actually amend my answer? Yeah? I don't know

814
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: if you've seen these, but have you seen the bald

815
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: Dude lace front that you know? They get the actual

816
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: cut with it and it looks it looks smooth. I'm

817
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,439
Speaker 1: gonna make my twenty twenty three come back. I'm gonna

818
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna spend that hundred bucks on the bald Dude

819
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: lakes front. Give me the sheen, give me the you know,

820
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: give me the little powder, give me all of that

821
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: I needed Jalen Rose in my life. Yeah, absolutely, I

822
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: mean it seems but he still has his hair right, Like,

823
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,359
Speaker 1: you're not suggesting that it's all fake. It's just he

824
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 1: has a great head of hair. And also there's some

825
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 1: performance enhancing. I don't know why he goes he does

826
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: the second thing, like you could tell he got a

827
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 1: good lineup. I think he just does it or does

828
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: it with the black little spray stuff on his side.

829
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: He don't need to do all that. Yeah, okay, that

830
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 1: that seems fair to me. Kind of the only answer

831
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: I've heard so far that makes sense on Jalen Rose's hair.

832
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 1: All right, last question for you, Aaron Jack, where'd your

833
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: Bari Bari? I was gonna say the last day of

834
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 1: Black History Month. If you do not, you are absolutely

835
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 1: being cancer are recording that's in the Last Black History

836
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: money chnically combined you guys' name, so you'll never know

837
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: who Jack I mean, m m, yeah, I don't think

838
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: he did, but see how it is he you know

839
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 1: what I think he actually did. He did with Jack Bart.

840
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,360
Speaker 1: So it's like if Jabari and I were a celebrity couple.

841
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:59,879
Speaker 1: That's the name. How just goes? So still second, I'm

842
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: deal kind of okay, you're the only one that gets

843
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 1: to keep your name. Jack doesn't. All right, that's yeah,

844
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: that's fair politician. Well, Aaron, you have survived the gauntlet,

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