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Speaker 1: Game of the night in the six and a half

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Speaker 1: to go in the second quarter, it is the Spurs

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Speaker 1: with a forty three to forty lead over the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: So far wemby six points, three rebounds and assists in

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Speaker 1: a block. Kind of a generic night for Wemby, Like,

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Speaker 1: that's it. Just at one block? Wait, DeAndre eight and

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Speaker 1: look a little silly, Come on, man, that's it. That's

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Speaker 1: it now. Meanwhile, you want to talk about what Luca

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Speaker 1: has done tonight for the Lakers in thirteen minutes, Okay,

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Speaker 1: think about this. In thirteen minutes, thirteen points, six rebounds,

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Speaker 1: five assists, three steals, and two blocks. You talk about

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Speaker 1: a guy, though we know about Wemby doing everything. This

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Speaker 1: is it? In thirteen minutes thirteen points, six rebounds, five assists,

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Speaker 1: three steals, two blocks, also three fouls. But he's doing everything,

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Speaker 1: absolutely everything for the Lakers tonight. Now. I know we

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Speaker 1: talked last hour about this matchup and Wenby being the

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Speaker 1: best player in the league and where Lebron fits when

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Speaker 1: he comes back off of injury. But you want a

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Speaker 1: different conversation I think we're gonna have over the course

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Speaker 1: of this season. Who's the MVP in the NBA this year?

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Speaker 1: Is it Wemby or Luca? Because as great a years,

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Speaker 1: Wemby's at right, look Wenby all around player Wenby does defensively,

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Speaker 1: how much he alters the game? Yeah, Wemby's a better

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Speaker 1: player than Luca offensively. What Luca can do. And as

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Speaker 1: far as lifting the Lakers to where he's at right now,

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Speaker 1: like that's gonna be the big debate, Like we're all

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Speaker 1: the way through the air. Look, you got great players

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Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference, but really, what's Jalen Brunson gonna

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Speaker 1: do that's gonna make him the MVP? Right? Is Josh

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Speaker 1: Giddy gonna really have numbers? People are gonna say, oh,

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Speaker 1: this guy's the MVP, right is Tyres MAXI you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he'll get a little bit of run if

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Speaker 1: stually scores thirty five a game, But in the end,

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Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be Hey, wait a minute. Wenby does

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Speaker 1: something every night that makes your jaw drop, and Luca

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Speaker 1: just continues to show you I have another level to

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Speaker 1: ground running this year. I mean, look, forty point games

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Speaker 1: game start the season, like Wemby Luca for MVP. I

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Speaker 1: tied here, it's a it's a five man race when

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Speaker 1: it's all said and done, right, because you got those

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Speaker 1: that's gonna say he's the MVP again? Right? Is that

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Speaker 1: is it kind of really happen? Can Yannis do something

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Speaker 1: the unfortunate part in these conversations, right, is that we

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Speaker 1: certainly the game gets another huge superstar. But that's why

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Speaker 1: If we get sixty five plus games of a regular season,

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Speaker 1: too much for sixty five out of eighty two because really, honestly,

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, showing up for sixty five. Man should

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Speaker 1: It's too much saying fifty a lot of games. But

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Speaker 1: that's also the player you want to be trying to

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Speaker 1: get to sixty five games. Now, come on, man, But

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Speaker 1: that's that's the Players Association saying the quiet part out loud,

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Speaker 1: like it really shouldn't be playing eighty two games, but

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Speaker 1: Uh So we'll have more on this game coming up again. Spurs, Lakers,

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Speaker 1: Wemby and Luca forty seven to forty six. Lakers have

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry one hundred and fifty to one. Yeah, showing

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Speaker 1: showing you where we're at. Man, I didn't think the continuum.

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Speaker 1: It's a one man race, No, dude, everybody looks a

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Speaker 1: one man race. If Luca's on the court, he's the MVPA.

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Speaker 1: Everybody loves what did Wemby's great? Wemby is good, can

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Speaker 1: the debate Wemby and Luke. Not really a debate though,

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Speaker 1: sure it is. Luca plays like this, He's the MVP. Okay, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: great debate. Both guys now saddled with three Foulso don't

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Speaker 1: What's so to keep these guys on the court? That

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Speaker 1: hains we get more Bronnie James already five minutes two points.

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Speaker 1: He did miss a shot which would have given Luca

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Speaker 1: ESPN for college football, right, I mean, they lose like

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Speaker 1: like I could tell if there's something different. I mean

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00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,840
Speaker 1: remember multiplicity, Yeah, I mean there were some stark differences

424
00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,600
Speaker 1: between I mean, original Michael Keaton. I'd be able to

425
00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,320
Speaker 1: tell if you know, if you use Lenny Kravitz or

426
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,639
Speaker 1: a clone Lenny Kravit, if Lenny Kravitz couldn't deliver his

427
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,560
Speaker 1: lines or couldn't sing or just started singing from Okay,

428
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,520
Speaker 1: that's a clone Lenny kravitzs, but a clone dog, well

429
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,520
Speaker 1: take a bite out of them. Yeah, could well be

430
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,320
Speaker 1: able to tell. Yeah, that wouldn't have to be a

431
00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:50,919
Speaker 1: thing chocolate. Yeah, but yeah, it's it's that that curiosity

432
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,919
Speaker 1: here for lebron Of. He's jumping off the bench, so

433
00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,600
Speaker 1: he's actually invested in what they're doing. So I'll give

434
00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 1: him credit there. He's either acting really well or he

435
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,840
Speaker 1: really actually gives damn about the game. I'll let you

436
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 1: guys all decide. But it's that, you know, that investment

437
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 1: because he at least showed up because that hadn't happened

438
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,720
Speaker 1: a couple of times too, Or he sat on that

439
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 1: throne at the end of the bench, uh, you know,

440
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,399
Speaker 1: just like he was there for folks to kiss the

441
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 1: ring or whatever. So he's at least active with his teammates,

442
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,280
Speaker 1: so that's got to be a step positive. No, Well,

443
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 1: he's got he could still get back after twenty years,

444
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: but he could still play sixty two and be eligible.

445
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,880
Speaker 1: I think Lebron understands that. Okay, home games, I kind

446
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,920
Speaker 1: of have to be yeah a way games. Nah, I'm

447
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,640
Speaker 1: going that's why not going with them on the next

448
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,520
Speaker 1: five game? Yeah No, I'm not gonna be there, guys,

449
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:44,399
Speaker 1: I'll be hanging out. Well that's wife like, who's the team? JJ?

450
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: Reddick is gonna be Jim? Does he show up and

451
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 1: it's all the people this podcast with? Right? I like that.

452
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,240
Speaker 1: I think that's what it is. That a big enough catch.

453
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,560
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be Riddick, It's gonna be uh rich Paul,

454
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,959
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Rich Paul, big cat. I think, uh right,

455
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: is he on the podcasting? I think you might be.

456
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,119
Speaker 1: I don't know. Uh yeah, he's gonna be on a

457
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,160
Speaker 1: lot of guys that call him some big big cat. Yeah.

458
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 1: Yeah's playing point. He'll be the show. I mean that's that.

459
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 1: I mean, we get him over sixteen, it's not quite

460
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 1: uh you know, I mean award worthy, but can give

461
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,359
Speaker 1: him a nice ramp up. At this point, you're like,

462
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,399
Speaker 1: wait a minute, you're not gonna play till Game twenty.

463
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: This is how bad, this is how bad it is

464
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,760
Speaker 1: right now? I really I wonder if I want to

465
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 1: see how long I can go before I absolutely have

466
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:31,800
Speaker 1: to pit. Exaggerated load management? No, no, is that exaggerated?

467
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: Eat a lot of speculation about what he is isn't,

468
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,679
Speaker 1: and then he comes back in full force. The exaggerated

469
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,200
Speaker 1: load management would be I'm playing for a couple of weeks.

470
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,479
Speaker 1: I'm sitting for a couple of weeks. I'm playing for Christmas.

471
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,159
Speaker 1: I'm sitting for a couple of weeks. Right like that

472
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,640
Speaker 1: would that would be it? But yeah, I don't think

473
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,280
Speaker 1: the load manager. You don't want to say, well, I'm

474
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,879
Speaker 1: sitting and I'm gonna have a shorter season. But Lebron,

475
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:57,399
Speaker 1: I mean, it's like I I really I can't. I

476
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 1: can't see him actually playing and being such a aminished figure

477
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 1: because he's not going to be for them, right I mean,

478
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 1: I again, that's a hot take. That's a hot take now.

479
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: But if the thing is though, if you're gonna trade

480
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 1: him now, you could Lebron James call other teams and

481
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 1: tell everybody, look, I'm healthy. I've been doing X, Y

482
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,199
Speaker 1: and Z because I feel like and teams say yes,

483
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,919
Speaker 1: you're right, Lebron will take But at this point, I

484
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,800
Speaker 1: don't think Lebron has that cachet to say, yeah, I'm healthy,

485
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: trade for me. Well no, no, hang on, we got

486
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:27,879
Speaker 1: to trade a lot of money. We got to make

487
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff work here to trade. We want

488
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,919
Speaker 1: him to know that you're healthy. He's gonna have to

489
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,080
Speaker 1: come back and play for the Lakers at some point,

490
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 1: isn't he. I mean to show that I'm healthy, you

491
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: can trade for me or you know, and I want out.

492
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,520
Speaker 1: I want to go spend the rest of this year

493
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 1: with the Knicks or the Calves or back to the

494
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,680
Speaker 1: Heat or whatever. It's gonna be like, he's got to show.

495
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 1: If it was Lebron of three years ago, I would

496
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 1: say maybe not okay, But to your point, it begs

497
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 1: the question of how legit is the quote unquote injury ailment.

498
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:04,240
Speaker 1: Of course, I question everything is sitting out Charles Barkley.

499
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 1: What two weeks ago, he just goes it hurt? He's old?

500
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,560
Speaker 1: Is that the case? So then I don't need proof

501
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,359
Speaker 1: of concept. Whenever he's ready to play. As he was

502
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 1: last year, he was still a top fifteen guy, you

503
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,440
Speaker 1: know in the NBA. Even what we asked to Luca,

504
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: Do I do I need to see him play ten games? No,

505
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 1: I don't think. I think it's not an injury. I

506
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,400
Speaker 1: think I think it is.

507
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 2: No.

508
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can make you can claim you need to

509
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 1: know what I meant. If if you didn't have to

510
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 1: trade a lot for Lebron, if you didn't have to

511
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,880
Speaker 1: trade big salary guys someone coming out of your rotation,

512
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: I would think, No, you wouldn't need to see him

513
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 1: play because you're adding Lebron and you're hoping what you're

514
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 1: gonna get is great, and you're banking on the fact

515
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,240
Speaker 1: that he's telling you the truth about things. But when

516
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,119
Speaker 1: you have to make money and you can't just dump

517
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: guys that are terrible, you're gonna have to trade some

518
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: kind of players that, hey, this is a valuable piece

519
00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 1: for us. You know, maybe it's worth it getting the

520
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: answer Lebron, but we want to know that what we're

521
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,400
Speaker 1: giving up is gonna we're gonna be able to get

522
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: back a healthy guy to play for. Yeah. But see,

523
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 1: I've had that question for teams like Cleveland often mentioned

524
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 1: every once in a while, you were Nicks whatever, Like

525
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: I don't want to give up pieces of my rotation

526
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: to decide, all right, I'm bringing him in because what

527
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 1: if he does hit the cliff? All right, what if

528
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 1: it's there? But also I have to disrupt exactly how

529
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 1: I'm playing. Like we're talking about it with the Lakers.

530
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: Look at how free and clear these guys are to

531
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: play a playground. But is he really but that all

532
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,119
Speaker 1: of a sudden he shows up and if you're not

533
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: gonna boss up, you can't hurry him and say, hey,

534
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: say we're gonna put you on the injured Listen, you're

535
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: not playing for us anymore? Wait what Yeah, sorry, Lebron.

536
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: But the same thing with all these other teams where

537
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: you're like, all right, I suddenly have to lose three

538
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: guys out of my eight man rotation to bring this

539
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 1: guy in. Is it gonna work the same way?

540
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 2: But I don't.

541
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:51,879
Speaker 1: I don't know. But I don't know that you have

542
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 1: to give up that much. You have to give up

543
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 1: enough to make the salaries match. It's not it's not well,

544
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,439
Speaker 1: we're giving up three guys out of our rotation. It's

545
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: gonna be Lebron's gonna bet someone, but the Lakers is

546
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 1: over the top or this isn't working with this mix,

547
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 1: we need something new. If it doesn't work with Lebron,

548
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna add into the off season and use that

549
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: money to get what else we dot. But I don't

550
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 1: think the Lakers in a position again with what we're

551
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: watching here where they're gonna say, all right, we're gonna

552
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 1: give this guy up and get a couple of busters

553
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:23,360
Speaker 1: that just fill the salary requirements, like they want legitimate assets.

554
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 1: If they're gonna give him up, right, that's why I say,

555
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 1: you're gonna need to see him play at some point.

556
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:28,959
Speaker 1: If you're gonna give up a legitimate asset or two,

557
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,919
Speaker 1: you're gonna need to see him play. If they're televising

558
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: the five on five, not if you have YouTube, ESPN,

559
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 1: you won't be able to see it. You just get

560
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: the highlights. But Adam Silver make sure we get the highlights.

561
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 1: So it's okay. We're a highlight league. Highlight league. It's happening. Really.

562
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: You wonder how much is is Lebron just embarrassed and

563
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: I can't get a win right now? Coming back is

564
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: all I could do is screw up the good start

565
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 1: we had and people will blame me, and I can't

566
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 1: deal with that. So I'm just gonna stay out as

567
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: long as I can until I come back at the

568
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: most fortuitous time for me. I'll bet make it right

569
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: now he comes back when the Lakers hit some kind

570
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: of skid or losing streak where oh, things aren't going

571
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: that great, then you're gonna see Lebron. That's and suddenly it's, oh, hey,

572
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty good now, guys, all of a sudden,

573
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: off the reasons scoring forty a night. Okay, all of

574
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 1: a sudden, Jake Laaravia is not. Oh he's such a

575
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 1: huge dude coming off the bench for us or whatever.

576
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: We have to move him out of the starting lineup. Yeah,

577
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 1: when the Lakers hit the skids, that's gonna see Lebron

578
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: remarkably start feeling better. Yeah, and I hope that they

579
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: play him into King Nothing or instead of King Diamond. Well,

580
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 1: I mean that that would be greatness. That would hear.

581
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 1: I wanted to mock it, TJ. That would not be

582
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: a merciful fate for the Lakers. Time not to find

583
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: out what's trending in the wide world of sports. With

584
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: someone who owns every King Diamond solo album there is,

585
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: It's Monty Belagnas. No, I don't have him anymore. Oh god,

586
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: Oh okay, yeah, I only had him at one point.

587
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,239
Speaker 1: But you sold him on e Bay for sure? What

588
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: did I sell? King Diamond?

589
00:28:58,920 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 2: Sure did?

590
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: Sure? Hurt it? McDonald rocket roll.

591
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 2: Let's start in the NBA. Why not?

592
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 4: The Warriors and the Kings are tied at seventy one

593
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 4: right now, halfway through the third quarter. No anybody for

594
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 4: the Warriors hold you but literally, like.

595
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: If you like.

596
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 4: It's just but it's a close game because Sacramento is

597
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 4: also not playing with Demonta Simonis or Zach Lavine.

598
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: So Russell Webber is playing point guards exactly for the Warriors.

599
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 4: Russell Westbrook has nineteen points for Sacramento and nine rebounds.

600
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,959
Speaker 4: The Warriors are up seventy four to seventy one right

601
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 4: now at the half. The thunder are topping the Trailblazers

602
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 4: sixty five to fifty seven, and the Lakers are edging

603
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 4: the Spurs at home sixty to fifty nine. Luka Doncic

604
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 4: twenty two point six rebounds and seven assists. Cooper Flagg

605
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,239
Speaker 4: had the opportunity to win it for the Mavericks had

606
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,479
Speaker 4: about ten seconds to take a final shot kind of

607
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 4: rushed it. It looked like he missed it. It was

608
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 4: not a good shot. Pelicans held on one on one

609
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 4: to ninety nine in Dallas, flag into a twenty points

610
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 4: nine rebound in the loss. Another day at the office

611
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 4: for Nikola Jokic a triple double thirty three points, fifteen rebounds,

612
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 4: sixteen assists as the Nuggets defeated the Heat one twenty

613
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 4: two to one twelve. The Knicks over the Timberwolves today

614
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 4: one thirty four to one fourteen, and the Nets got

615
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 4: their first win of the season. They outscored the Pacers

616
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 4: one twelve to one oh three. In the NHL, three

617
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 4: games are going on right now. Flames over the Blue

618
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 4: Jackets for to one after two periods, Blackhawks and Connects

619
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 4: scoreless after two periods, and the Sharks have a three

620
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 4: to one.

621
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 2: Lead over the Cracket.

622
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: They're going to start the third period soon.

623
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 4: Alex Lovachikan reached nine hundred career goals today as the

624
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 4: Capitals snapped their four game losing streak and crushed the

625
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 4: Blues six to one. When it comes to the NFL,

626
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 4: Rams head coach Sean McVay says he expects wide receiver

627
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 4: Pukinakua to play this Sunday against the forty nine Ers

628
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 4: despite a revigery that he suffered last Sunday in a

629
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 4: win against the Saints, and Commander's head coach Dan Quinn

630
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 4: says that they're still evaluating how to proceed with Jayden

631
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 4: Daniel's elbow injury, including getting second opinions. Would it be

632
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 4: second opinions or a second opinion?

633
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: You get a second opinion, a second you get a

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Speaker 1: bunch of second opinions, Yeah, a bunch.

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Speaker 4: Of second I mean, I mean, I'm gonna guess they're

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Speaker 4: gonna get a bunch of second opinions.

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Speaker 1: Second opinions, Yes, you get a bunch of them. Is

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Speaker 1: one you talk to one person, you get a second opinion,

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Speaker 1: and then if you don't like that, and you get

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Speaker 1: another second one, which is really the third opinion, which

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Speaker 1: is the third opinion. So you could only get one

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Speaker 1: second opinion, right, and then move on to the third, fourth,

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Speaker 1: and third. Yes, exactly right. That's but I don't think

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Speaker 1: people like the fact that, hey, you're my fifth opinion, dude,

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Speaker 1: the fifth opinion. That's true. Yeah, yeah, exactly than Jason

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Speaker 1: Smith Mike Harmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

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Speaker 1: tomorrow Thursday Night Football. We've made it to another week

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Week ten is here and it's the

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Speaker 1: Raiders and the Broncos. Yeah. I would love to find

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Speaker 1: a world to pick the Raiders in, but I can't.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's a world. I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: an MCU world. But you can travel to with doctor

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Speaker 1: Strange where you would find one where the Raiders beat

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Speaker 1: the Broncos tomorrow night. Yeah, that's really I don't think

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Speaker 1: you'll find one. Trying to figure out every bit of

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Speaker 1: the calculation. Look, the Denver offense has been fits and

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00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: starts right and not not exactly a smooth running operation.

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Speaker 1: But outside of Max Crosby, I haven't cloned him. No.

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Speaker 1: I know Tom Brady's partial owner at all, but I

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Speaker 1: don't think it's transcended to hey, we got eleven of

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Speaker 1: this guy. So can you imagine eleven Max Crosby is

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Speaker 1: running around on the field. That's a lot of tattoos

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Speaker 1: that is. That would be absolute chaos, man, that would

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Speaker 1: be Wow, You're gonna have to differentiate them by you know,

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Speaker 1: special tattoos. It would look like a pollock painting, just

689
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Speaker 1: all the different colors everywhere all the day, and they

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Speaker 1: would still lose it. But it would be fun to

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Speaker 1: watch though. It be fun to see Max Crosby. So

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Speaker 1: let's do this, let's preview and pick some other things

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Speaker 1: that's gonna go along with this big Bronco victory. I

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Speaker 1: will tell you this Tomorrow night. Give me three interceptions

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Speaker 1: for Geno Smith. Three. Three. Now, he's coming off a

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Speaker 1: hot game, right, coming off a hot game through four touchdowns? Okay, great, Uh,

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Speaker 1: this is the best defense in the NFL. Give me

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Speaker 1: three interceptions by Geno Smith. In fact, I'll give you

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Speaker 1: this three interceptions and one within the first five passes

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Speaker 1: he throws tomorrow night. One of the first five passes

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Speaker 1: he throws Patrick. It doesn't matter, It doesn't matter, Steve,

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Speaker 1: that water will get him at least once. Wow, I

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Speaker 1: get you. Wow, a hat trick. Three picks for Geno

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Speaker 1: Smith tomorrow night one we see eight and O'Connell in

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Speaker 1: the first Oh no, no, you probably see him the

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Speaker 1: whole game. Are all three pick sixes?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, wow, Now we're talking. One within the first

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Speaker 1: five passes he throws. One is a pick six? All right?

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Speaker 1: So defense special teams, uh plus four forty for a touchdown? Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, with the Denver. Can I can I get

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Speaker 1: onto one of the first five throws interceptions? Yeah? No,

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Speaker 1: I don't have that specifically. I think you'd have to

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Speaker 1: contact your book. Hey, can you create a prop bet

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Speaker 1: just for me? What do you got? First five?

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Speaker 2: First five?

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Speaker 1: No, that's a great program for kids to learn how

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Speaker 1: to read and get ready. But no, no, no, no, first five,

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Speaker 1: pick pick six, first five throws by Gino Smith. One

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Speaker 1: of them is going the other one pretty impressive on

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Speaker 1: going the other way. I love that. I think that's

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Speaker 1: minus two to fifty. It's okay, wow, okay, so I

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Speaker 1: gotta I gotta get I got a little more, okay.

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Speaker 1: And one of them is a tipped interception. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean the over for his interception is minus one. Oh damn,

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Speaker 1: I was close. I mean that's not a pick six,

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Speaker 1: but I mean to throw an interception at some point

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Speaker 1: in the game three. This is like in Ocean's eleven. No, no,

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Speaker 1: I want to rob three casinos. No, not one interception.

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Speaker 1: Three interception implies a six sixty six chance. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: happening tomorrow. Best defense in the NFL, Gino Smith. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: that's happening. Absolutely, Gino Now Denver total points in this game,

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Speaker 1: I will go over forty over forty for the game

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Speaker 1: is forty three? Yeah, so they win forty three nothing,

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Speaker 1: so forty three. I will go over forty for the Broncos,

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Speaker 1: right number one. You've watched this offense, No, but it is.

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Speaker 1: It is a different offense at home and on the road. Sure,

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Speaker 1: they score tons of points at home, they don't on

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Speaker 1: the road. This game is at home. It's a Thursday night.

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Speaker 1: The Raiders are terrible. They score a lot of points.

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Speaker 1: Bo Nicks will light it up. You will see tons

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Speaker 1: of point totals across the board for the Broncos tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Lots of guys in play Fantasy. I got a big

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Speaker 1: Fantasy bull prediction for you a minute two. But there's

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Speaker 1: lots of guys across the board. Maybe it's Courtland Sutton

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Speaker 1: with the big night, maybe it's Franklin, maybe they both catch.

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Speaker 1: But I will go over forty points for the Broncos

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Speaker 1: tomorrow night. Wow, that's that's insane. You like that? Huh?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean I love the bold proclamation of it all.

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Speaker 1: They scored forty four against Dallas a couple of weeks ago,

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00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:26,240
Speaker 1: thirty three against the Giants, only thirteen against the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I mean that was overseas, but yeah, they're not at home.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then twenty going back to the opener against Tennessee. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: different offensive, different offense at home. At this point they

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Speaker 1: go over forty. They just go up and down the field,

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Speaker 1: and boy, tomorrow night, hol Michael's is gonna say, these

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00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 1: are the games I was afraid of. These are the

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Speaker 1: games I didn't want to come back for. Right now,

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Speaker 1: forty three is the total? Kirk, how's your dog doing?

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00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: You know, let's just have your dog do the rest

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Speaker 1: of the game. I see these videos on TikTok all

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Speaker 1: the time. A dog's doing podcasts, So why why don't

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Speaker 1: we just let your dog come on here do some stuff.

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Speaker 1: See now you're hitting the nerve for me. You know

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Speaker 1: how much I'm tired of Kirk and his damn dog. No,

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00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 1: but if it was a talking dog like the pilcarriff

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Speaker 1: is dogged, they had dog with a blow and dog

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Speaker 1: dead dog. No, no, no, no, there's not Clay. It's just

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Speaker 1: a new dog. It's sure. I think it's the Is

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Speaker 1: it the son of Ben? Is it Ben? Something like Ben?

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Speaker 1: Ben's deceased. That's right, right, he had a good run.

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Speaker 1: Men's son. Now I'm getting I feel like we're doing

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Speaker 1: Star Wars now. I think it might be Ben's son.

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Speaker 1: I think the son not Ben's son, Robert Kellome, not

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Speaker 1: Ben's son, but son of benat I think it might

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Speaker 1: be son of Ben Cross. I might be son of Ben.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure, but it might be. It might be

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Speaker 1: third Bull. I'll give you a big fantasy bull prediction.

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00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: Right so number one three picks by Gino Smith, one

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Speaker 1: within the first five throws of the game. One is

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Speaker 1: a pick six over forty points for the Broncos. Tomorrow night,

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Speaker 1: your fantasy start of the week, your spots started. I

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00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 1: might have to give me a fifteen point PPR game

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Speaker 1: for RJ. Harvey starting to get a few more carries

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00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 1: been a big part of their game, plus the fact

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Speaker 1: that he's been their red zone guy. For sure, in

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Speaker 1: a short week, you're not gonna overload, You're gonna try

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Speaker 1: to spread things out a little bit. He's gonna get

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Speaker 1: a little bit more carries. Dobbins is not gonna get

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Speaker 1: all the He's gonna start getting a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a work. He's gonna get in the end zone at

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Speaker 1: least once, catch a couple of passes, give me a

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Speaker 1: fifteen point fantasy night for our guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's only plus two ten for the anytime touchdowns,

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00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: so given his red zone proclivities of late, certainly an

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Speaker 1: opportunist there and JK. Dobbins, they've got to be judicious

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00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: with his work clip given his history. Yeah, and also

801
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,399
Speaker 1: the lady you're getting the season one, and I'm sure

802
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: that's probably the plan. At some point. It was the

803
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: we're dividing up responsibily a little bit more. We don't

804
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: want to burn out or running young running back early.

805
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:53,919
Speaker 1: We know he's good, but it's gonna be a little

806
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: while before we get him in midway part of the season.

807
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: Now we start getting mod and they've trusted him in

808
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: the passing game the last couple of weeks even more

809
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: so so they trust that he's not going to get

810
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 1: Bonix killed, which is always a nice plus for a

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Speaker 1: rookie running back. That's usually what keeps them off the

812
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: field early on. But for Dobbins, Yeah, you push it back.

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Speaker 1: If it plays to script, then yeah, that fifteen is

814
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Speaker 1: definitely doable. What can I get on the point, what

815
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Speaker 1: do you think the odd are going to that parlay

816
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: the Gino Smith part of it over forty points and

817
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 1: the fifteen fantasy points PPR full point PPR. Take the

818
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: Gino stuff out, you'd probably do well. You're why the

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Speaker 1: g But the Geno's in science. He's gonna do it.

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00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: Oh so you think the odds are two, three and okay, three?

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Speaker 1: I in ts three iron T's is a three, one

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Speaker 1: pick six and one within the first five field. Send

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Speaker 1: it along. Defermin Sys is here again. Smith will give

824
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Speaker 1: you any odds you want on that. I'll give you

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00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: whatever you want on that, Harvey, I need more specifics.

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00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: I don't think the fantasy point we need to translate

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00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: that into actual stats. But yeah, we'll make it work.

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Speaker 1: Exit up about a Fresco exit swollen dome. Coming up next,

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Speaker 1: we got two big NFL stories on the way. Jason

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Speaker 1: and Mike. This is Fox Sports Radio.