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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is off everybody?

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Speaker 1: It's made Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Thursday, February eleventh,

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Speaker 1: and all I want to talk about for an hour

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Speaker 1: today on the podcast is Tom Brady being absolutely hammered

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Speaker 1: at the Bucks boat parade celebrating the Super Bowl victory.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I've laughed harder on first viewing

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Speaker 1: of an NFL player away from the field absolutely wrecked.

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Speaker 1: I mean Brady the video. I'm sure you guys saw

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Speaker 1: it on Wednesday. Brady and like a T shirt, clearly

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Speaker 1: not doing the TV twelfth diet. We all know he's

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Speaker 1: probably a two or three beer kind of guy before

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Speaker 1: he's absolutely destroyed. And Brady needed to be held up

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Speaker 1: by a buddy coming off the boat. Didn't really have

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Speaker 1: his sea legs. Just an awesome video. Listen. If you

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Speaker 1: guys haven't seen it, I put on my Instagram stories.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's all over the internet if you have

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Speaker 1: social media. You saw it on Wednesday. It was really

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Speaker 1: on what was a slow day in sports. It was

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Speaker 1: the greatest thing by far that I saw in sports.

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Speaker 1: There was a couple of interesting NBA games and listen,

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Speaker 1: we have a big guest coming out. His name is

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Speaker 1: b J. Armstrong, and I've had him on my radio

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Speaker 1: show a bunch of times and we always get into

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Speaker 1: it because we disagree. It's respectful disagreement. There's not enough

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Speaker 1: of that these days. There's a lot of that in

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Speaker 1: today's podcast. I think you'll love the interview. It did

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Speaker 1: run a little bit long, but we covered a lot

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Speaker 1: of topics. Um, and it's kind of timely because one

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Speaker 1: of the guys that well, you'll you'll just hear the podcast.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna ruin it, but um, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of good stuff in there. I hope you guys enjoy it.

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Speaker 1: Here's Iowa Hawkeye legend and former Michael Jordan's teammate B. J. Armstrong.

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Speaker 1: Jason likes to think he knows everything when it comes

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Speaker 1: to sports. I know what sports dance want, but for

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Speaker 1: everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does. Let's

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Speaker 1: just say I know a guy who knows who knows

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Speaker 1: another guy. All right, let's welcome into straight fire. A

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Speaker 1: guy who I've gotten into some big discussions with. He

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Speaker 1: did definite disagreements before he played with Jordan's. Obviously, you

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Speaker 1: know where that's going. Um, and you know that guy's

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Speaker 1: a legend Iowa Hawkeye. He's been in the front office,

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Speaker 1: he's an agent. Uh, he's in the media. He's b

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Speaker 1: J Armstrong. What is up, b J? How you doing? Man? Oh,

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Speaker 1: I can't complay and appreciate you straight fire. I'm already. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's already getting hot in here. You know, I'm getting nervous.

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Speaker 1: I'm getting nervous already. So I haven't talked to you

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Speaker 1: since the last dance and will definitely do plenty on

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Speaker 1: you know, Uh, you being a star this summer, in

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Speaker 1: that or last summer. Sorry, in the documentary, but I

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Speaker 1: need to start with one of your clients. Derrick Rose

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Speaker 1: just got shipped to my mix and uh, Knicks fans

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Speaker 1: had some questions. Maybe you can help answer them. Um,

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Speaker 1: it's a reuniting Rose with Thibodeau. Um, talk me through

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Speaker 1: the Knick strategy adding Rose to a very very young team. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that's that's that's a big question. Well, I don't know

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Speaker 1: the Knick strategy and I'm not privy to those conversations,

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Speaker 1: but I would say this, I think the Knicks heavy

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Speaker 1: team where they feel that they can compete, and the

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Speaker 1: hiring of Tom Thibodeau and the things that they're doing there.

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Speaker 1: For Julius Randall playing the game, I mean, he's playing

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Speaker 1: I I think, I mean it's in a as a compliment,

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Speaker 1: He's playing terrific basketball. Um. I thought they had an

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Speaker 1: excellent draft last year and this year. They've done a

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Speaker 1: But when you look at the New York Knicks team

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Speaker 1: bringing in Derek was good for Tips. There is a

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Speaker 1: I think Derek's role coming off the bench, he understands Tips,

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Speaker 1: Maybe he helped them win some games late. And I

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Speaker 1: just thought it was a good fit. I thought it

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Speaker 1: I know his talent. You know, he's on his third

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Speaker 1: You know, there was a player I remember some years ago,

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Speaker 1: with players, it's just finding the right place and the

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Speaker 1: But more importantly, as a as a player who's worked

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Speaker 1: That's why you're taking them in the first place. Dennis Smith, Yeah, yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: well to find coming back. How about this? How about this?

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Speaker 1: Will Dennis Smith be an All Star within the next

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Speaker 1: I think Dennis Smith will be a contributor in the

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Speaker 1: rotation for as a rotational player in this league? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: can you be an All Star? Look, A lot of

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Speaker 1: this year. As you said, Julius Randall has rose historically

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Speaker 1: issue that that's gonna be. You know, rose mentoring is

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Speaker 1: thinking of that Derek Roles that was at his pinnacle,

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Speaker 1: I understand Derek Rose understands where he's at in his career,

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Speaker 1: there's only one way to become a good player when

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Speaker 1: to be on a good team, it's important for players

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Speaker 1: But more importantly, Quickly is going to be a great player.

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Speaker 1: And the only way he's gonna reach that is he

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Speaker 1: don't see coach Thibodeau saying he's not gonna play now,

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Speaker 1: I gotta ask you about the guy wha hawk guys

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Speaker 1: through a couple of the current NB eight topics right now. UM.

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Speaker 1: You know, b J, we're seeing a resurgence of Steph Curry.

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Speaker 1: ready to bury Steph Curry. He's overrated. He's nothing special.

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Speaker 1: B J, you've watched some Curry this year. I need

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on Curry as one of the you know,

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Speaker 1: still one of the supreme talents in the NBA, and

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Speaker 1: I see guys jumping off one leg. In our era,

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Speaker 1: he didn't really do that because guys would take guys

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Speaker 1: out if you jumped off one leg. Jordan's you always

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Speaker 1: mostly you saw him in traffic coming off too, because

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Speaker 1: you were expecting the contact that was going to happen. There.

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Speaker 1: You didn't see a lot of guys flying into the

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Speaker 1: bag like you see Janice and you see these you know, lebrons,

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Speaker 1: and they're all coming off one leg, and you didn't

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Speaker 1: just see that. And you didn't see guards in particular

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Speaker 1: driving jumping off one leg and up and under and

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Speaker 1: doing No, that didn't happen in that era. What you

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Speaker 1: did when you stop and you pop because the bigs,

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Speaker 1: the Bill Cartwrights, the Charles Oakley's, the Buck Williams, they

437
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Speaker 1: didn't play that. That was just that era. So I

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Speaker 1: think the game is in a better position for the

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Speaker 1: global impact because of the rules. It allows more people

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Speaker 1: to participate. But more importantly, I think the day's athlete

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Speaker 1: it I'm not saying it was dangerous because I played

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Speaker 1: in that era. I'm just saying I think it's better.

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Speaker 1: The game is better because you're protecting the athlete. Today,

444
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Speaker 1: these athletes are bigger, they're stronger, they're faster, and I

445
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Speaker 1: just think I have an appreciation for both. But I'm older,

446
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: so I can I can see I'm right there with you.

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Speaker 1: You know you're a little older than me, but um,

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Speaker 1: I'm right with you. And that's the problem. Any the

449
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: Jordan Lebron discussion, b J comes down to, well, if

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Speaker 1: you don't say Jordan is the best, you're a hater.

451
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Speaker 1: And if you say Lebron is the best, your ball

452
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Speaker 1: washing Lebron on And it's just like that stupid under

453
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Speaker 1: what rules? Though, Like the idiots like we'll put one

454
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Speaker 1: of these clips on social media and then you'll see

455
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Speaker 1: the comments and it's like, oh Jesus, guy's he can't

456
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: get off Lebron's nuts, or you'll see the opposite, You hater,

457
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: how do you hate? Like it's just dumb, you know,

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Speaker 1: And that's why the social media I hate that it's

459
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Speaker 1: shaping narratives out there. But it's pretty clear, b J,

460
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: come on that the NBA has never seen anything like

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Speaker 1: Lebron James six eight to sixty doing what he's doing

462
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Speaker 1: at thirty six. You're recording to Vegas right now. Well,

463
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Speaker 1: we've seen athletes size before, We've seen who was that

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Speaker 1: big and fast. I mean, I mean, you know, you

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Speaker 1: can't forget these guys like George McGinnis. You've seen these guys.

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Speaker 1: You've seen the size Guinness Pacers guy. I'm saying, okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you you've seen these I mean, you've seen phenoms like

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Speaker 1: Spencer Haywood. Right, you've seen these type of players. We've

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Speaker 1: seen them with a speaker. I mean he goes end

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Speaker 1: to end. Maybe not now, but a couple of years ago,

471
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Speaker 1: like John Wall with the basketball super But again again,

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Speaker 1: I got a picture you can't see here on on

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Speaker 1: my on my wall here, and it's a picture of

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Speaker 1: Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. Okay, I wish you let

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Speaker 1: me just tell the audience. So we're doing this over

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Speaker 1: zoom and b J. Behind him is a jersey of

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Speaker 1: Jabbar uh Philly jersey of Wilt. And now he's telling

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Speaker 1: us about more centers, says the six two shooting guard.

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Speaker 1: He loves the center. I'm I'm a sinner at heart.

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Speaker 1: I've always been a big you know, I've always been

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Speaker 1: a big. But I have a picture here and and

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Speaker 1: it's Bill Russell trying to block. It's a famous photo,

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Speaker 1: Bill Russell trying to block, as Will Chamberlain, the Big Dipper,

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Speaker 1: shooting his finger roll. And it's just it's an iconic picture.

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Speaker 1: But the thing that struck me most are the shoes

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Speaker 1: that they're wearing. They have Will chamber Is on high

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Speaker 1: top converse cons you know, the canvas ones. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: then Bill Russell has on low top Now that okay,

489
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:18,399
Speaker 1: these are like big men. Okay, it hurts me to

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Speaker 1: walk in converse cons. I can't wear low tops ever playing.

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Speaker 1: Never How Bill Russell is able to jump in low

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Speaker 1: top converse cons and playing a basketball game is beyond.

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Speaker 1: But the hold on the Russell stuff is like, you know,

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Speaker 1: that's a like an eighty year age gap. Right Russell

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Speaker 1: was playing in the sixth But here's my point. My

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Speaker 1: point is the equipment that these young men have in

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Speaker 1: training and things that are available to them today. You

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Speaker 1: can't tell me if if if wil Chamberlain had all

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Speaker 1: of the things, the technology that's available today, and dam

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Speaker 1: of du Jabbar and these players, they didn't have what

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Speaker 1: we have today, the training and all of these things.

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Speaker 1: When you say we haven't seen someone like Lebron, this

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Speaker 1: is what I will say about Lebron, which I think

504
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: is like one of the most incredible things I've ever seen,

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Speaker 1: is the following they said Father Time is undefeated. Suddenly,

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Speaker 1: now Lebron James is tapping on Father times shoulder and saying, listen,

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Speaker 1: you might have to take this loss because I've never

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Speaker 1: seen someone in their prime for this long. Okay, normally,

509
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Speaker 1: as an athlete, your prime was from three to seven years.

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Speaker 1: You come into the league two or three years, you

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Speaker 1: figure it out, you're in your prime. Let's say let's

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Speaker 1: say you're in your prime an extended amount of time.

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Speaker 1: That's seven years. That's ten years in the league, from

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Speaker 1: like eleven to fourteen. You're kind of like you're just

515
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Speaker 1: the to be veteran. Lebron James has extended his prime

516
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Speaker 1: from like year five because he came in in high

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Speaker 1: school to like now year eighteen. It's like a thirteen

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Speaker 1: year window. Now, that to me has been the most

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Speaker 1: amazing thing I've seen. No one said, so what Lebron

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Speaker 1: has shown me now is that now something I thought

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Speaker 1: wasn't possible because at the point the window was normally

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Speaker 1: five to seven years for an athlete to be in

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Speaker 1: his prime. He's taking it and doubled it now because

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Speaker 1: now the way you train, the way you take care

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Speaker 1: of yourself, you can actually extend it for twice the

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Speaker 1: length of time. That, my friend, is the most amazing

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Speaker 1: thing I've seen, because you shouldn't have a man in

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Speaker 1: year eighteen playing the way he's playing. Perhaps the MVP

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Speaker 1: of the league right now and still being as dominant

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Speaker 1: as he is in year eighteen. So B J. Armstrong,

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Speaker 1: are you ready to say Lebron is the greatest player

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Speaker 1: in NBA history? No, I'm not ready to say that

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Speaker 1: because I can't disrespect all of these others. But because

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Speaker 1: you because because and the reason the reason you can't

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Speaker 1: say that is because every era is different. You gotta

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Speaker 1: appreciate that era. You have to appreciate that error. Like

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Speaker 1: I have to appreciate what those men had to go

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Speaker 1: through in the sixties. Definitely totally different era. I have

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Speaker 1: to appreciate what those people did in the seventies and

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Speaker 1: what they had to go through, and the eighties and

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Speaker 1: there was a nineties, just like I have to appreciate

542
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Speaker 1: social media and all of the things that these players.

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Speaker 1: So every era has its things that they have to

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Speaker 1: go through, and I just want to appreciate that era

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Speaker 1: that time because you can't. The game is totally different.

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Speaker 1: Like Huge you said a great thing about the errors

547
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 1: are totally different. I think the best way to to

548
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 1: line up the greatest players of all time is could

549
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: they dominate in any era? And I've got to ask

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Speaker 1: you this and this is This is, by no way,

551
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Speaker 1: shape or form being meant to disparage the grades of

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Speaker 1: Kareem Abdul, Jabbar, Bill Russell, Will Chamberlain. They were amazing

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Speaker 1: in their time. I am looking at the centers in

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Speaker 1: the league right now. Nick Chi, Orlando Magic. He's putting

555
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: up twenty three and eleven. He's having an amazing season.

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00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: Nobody outside of Orlando knows this, b J. He's shooting

557
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: six threes a game, and he's hitting your kitch, the

558
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: chubby doey, whatever you want to call him, seven foot

559
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Speaker 1: or in Denver shooting three threes a game, and beat

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Speaker 1: seven ft one, he's shooting three threes a game. I've

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Speaker 1: just got to ask you, if you're unable to shoot

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Speaker 1: threes like Wilt, like Russell, like Jabbar, what are those

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Speaker 1: guys in the current being? And I'm not saying the crap.

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Speaker 1: I am not saying something. Some players, my friend, you know,

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Speaker 1: they some players are what I I refer to them

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Speaker 1: as standalone players. It doesn't matter what are you put

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Speaker 1: him in, because the game of basketball for me revolves

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00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 1: around three things. You gotta be able to defend. You

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00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: gotta be able to rebound the ball. After that, great

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00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: defensive possession, and you gotta be able to pass the ball. Now,

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Speaker 1: when we get done talking about the differences of the game, right,

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00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: everyone talks about the generations and all of those things.

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00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: To me, that's just, ah, that's an amateur argument, but

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Speaker 1: I gotta recognize it because the way the game is taught,

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Speaker 1: the way the game is played, and the way the

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Speaker 1: players are currently playing, whatever trend is going on. But

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Speaker 1: when you get down to why we play the game,

578
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: if we're playing the game to win, since when the

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00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: NBA started, it will always come down to defense, rebounding,

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Speaker 1: and sharing the ball. We get caught up now in stats,

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00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: this guy shooting six threes and this yeah pr two

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00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 1: shooting percentages and all of those things. Every year, you

583
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 1: know what team wins the team that has that can

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Speaker 1: defend the best. Anthony Davis last year displayed that he

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Speaker 1: was the best defensive player in the NBA in the

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00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: playoffs might and not then that during the regular season,

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00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: but in the playoffs because he was able to defend

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00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: Yoki when need it be, he could defend every other

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Speaker 1: guard when they switched on screen roll And then I

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Speaker 1: saw Anthony Davis who basically became their starting center. Listen

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Speaker 1: to what I'm about to say. He was basically their

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Speaker 1: starting center in the playoffs and guard it Jimmy Butler

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Speaker 1: in the NBA Finals one on one. There isn't another

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Speaker 1: player outside of Baby Janice that could do that. Bill

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Speaker 1: Russell's could not be chasing Jimmy Butler around the press. Okay,

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Speaker 1: But what I can't say is that Bill Russell would

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Speaker 1: have affected the game on the defensive end, where I

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Speaker 1: know Jimmy Butler would to be an attack in the

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00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: basket here. So you asked me why I always have

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Speaker 1: these big guys here is because defensively, you have to

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Speaker 1: be able to defend. They are the last line of defense,

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Speaker 1: Bill Russell. I have no doubt Bill Russell, Will Chamblin

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Speaker 1: and Kareem Adu Jabar, who are all up on my wall,

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Speaker 1: would have been just as effective in today's game as

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Speaker 1: they were and yesteryear because they would affect the game.

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Speaker 1: So I agree with almost any era except some Huh,

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00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: there's something. There's only a few players that can you

608
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: can say that about. I'll tell you this, b J.

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00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: I think Anthony Davis could transition easily and dominate just

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Speaker 1: like yesterday in the fifties, seventies, eighties, nineties. Right, I

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Speaker 1: just don't know if Bill Russell would have as much

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00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 1: of an impact as he had in the sixties as

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00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: he would now, well, I can tell you. I can

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Speaker 1: tell you why he would. There's an offensive Bill Russell

615
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Speaker 1: was a great defensive guy in a shop locker. But

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Speaker 1: it's not like he had to keep the dream moves

617
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: in the Postsell. Those are again, those are the stats.

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Speaker 1: Bill Russell had impeccable leadership. You don't just win. He's

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Speaker 1: won his entire life. He won in high school, he won, yeah,

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00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: in c A championships. He won an Olympic championship. He

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Speaker 1: won eleven championships in thirteen years, and two of them

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00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: he was the player coach. This is not an accident.

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Speaker 1: This is this is not an accident. Like. This isn't like, Okay,

624
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: guy won a championship one year. Okay, you had a

625
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: good run. Things happen. This man has consistently been the

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00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 1: most dominant winner his entire career. This is this isn't

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Speaker 1: like an accident. So when you start talking about numbers, okay,

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Speaker 1: you can compare to numbers. I get it, No one,

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Speaker 1: no one, I don't care who you are can refute this.

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Speaker 1: Whether you play football, basketball, baseball, leadership is going to

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Speaker 1: find a way. Bill Russell has impeccable leadership capabilities. Bill

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00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: Russell didn't shoot, not because he couldn't shoot, because he

633
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: figured out what he needed to do to win the game.

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Speaker 1: If Bill Russell needed to make a three to win

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Speaker 1: the game, guess what he would have done. Bill Russell

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Speaker 1: is not losing games seven. And I've had this discussion

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Speaker 1: because we can. We can all talk about p E. R.

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Speaker 1: Pr ain't got nothing to do with Game seven, with

639
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Speaker 1: the game on the live. Give me Bill Russell, whoever

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Speaker 1: you want to put in a game last one in

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00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 1: Crossing eras Um a guy I am enamored with his game.

642
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: I love watching this guy play the game. And he

643
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 1: probably ain't even gonna be an All Star this year.

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Speaker 1: Zach Levin in Chicago, this dude is a freak and

645
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: he can shoot the three this year. He can sky

646
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,720
Speaker 1: up over anybody. He's eighty five plus from the line.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, you put him in that era with

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Speaker 1: Bob Couzy and those Celtics teams, and Zach Levine is

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Speaker 1: averaging what game be be real? B J. What is

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Speaker 1: zach Levine doing in the sixties. Well, I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: look at those I'm trying to see zach Lavine running

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Speaker 1: around doing the dunks he's doing in those in those

653
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: converse Conshoo, I saw a guy shot his set shots

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Speaker 1: back then, you know what I mean? Like like, like,

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Speaker 1: if I took zach Lavine now and put him in

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Speaker 1: that era, I get what you're saying. But if zach

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Speaker 1: Lavine grew up in the era, zach Lavine would have

658
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Speaker 1: been playing basketball the way they play basketball in that era,

659
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: and that's what makes it so challenging, that's what. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So if I just said this zach Levine and just

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Speaker 1: dropped him in that era, I get you. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: agree with you. If I put zach Levine and said

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Speaker 1: he grew up in that time frame and the way

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Speaker 1: that they played, No, So why b J And I'll again,

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Speaker 1: this is just a fun topic. Why do we only

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Speaker 1: do this in basketball? We don't say, hey Man bart

667
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Speaker 1: Starr was an awesome quarterback and leader in the sixties,

668
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Speaker 1: he could dominate today. We don't say, But Babe Ruth,

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Speaker 1: you put him in the lineup today, He's hitting sixty,

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Speaker 1: no problem. Um, we only seem to do it with basketball.

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Speaker 1: I don't totally understand it. Can you help me. I

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Speaker 1: just think the popularity of the game of basketball has

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Speaker 1: grown now to a place where more people. I think

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00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: the game now is as popular as it's ever been

675
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,720
Speaker 1: and is continuing to grow. And these type of arguments,

676
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Speaker 1: to me, is what makes it a beautiful sport. Because

677
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Speaker 1: when I watched and I watched Luca Donches, when I

678
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: watched Janice, and I watched all of these foreign players.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was fortunate enough to play with Tony

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00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 1: Kok coach, and I played with Bloody Debug. They brought

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00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: their own flair to the game, you know, like when

682
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,760
Speaker 1: I was coming up, you know, the New York City

683
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: players all had a certain way did they play. The

684
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Speaker 1: players from the West Coast had a way that they played.

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Speaker 1: I'm from Detroit. We had a way that we played.

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Speaker 1: And you would bring your little you know, your little

687
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Speaker 1: space to the game. Now when you watch the game,

688
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: like Luka Donches, you're going, okay, all right, I like that.

689
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Speaker 1: Like that's just that's his interpretation of the game, and

690
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: that's because it's popular. So the popularity of the game,

691
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Speaker 1: to me, is what makes these conversations to me with

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Speaker 1: passion is because everyone now around the world has a

693
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Speaker 1: way or they think they have a way of how

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Speaker 1: the game should be played. And when you see someone

695
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Speaker 1: from Brazil, when you see Leandro Barbosa played, he was like, Oh,

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Speaker 1: is that how they play in Brazil or is that

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00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,880
Speaker 1: just how he plays? You know what I mean? Like,

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00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: to me, that's what's that's the beauty of the game.

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00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: That's why I love the Olympics. It's because you see,

700
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:05,720
Speaker 1: you see, it's it's basketball. But France plays a little different.

701
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: In Serbia, in Spain and Argentina, and like like Genovali,

702
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: like God, everyone doesn't step through right, so you don't understanding,

703
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: you understand. So I think these conversations are great. It

704
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: is because the world is watching and there's some young

705
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: kid right now who is seeing something is going to

706
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: put another spin on the game. Like Steph Curry, like

707
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 1: no one ever thought to shoot like this, But he

708
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: was sitting on the sideline watching the NBA. I remember

709
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,919
Speaker 1: when he used to come to practice. When Dale his dad,

710
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: we played together a year or two in Charlotte. He

711
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: would bring his son, and I remember Steph and Seth

712
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: they would sit on the sideline. Well, clearly they weren't

713
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: watching what we were doing. They had their old they

714
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: had their own imagination and creativity, and now this is

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Speaker 1: what you get. So I think it's beautiful. I love

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00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: these arguments. I love the people that they care. But

717
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,359
Speaker 1: more importantly, it pushes us forward. I want to see

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00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 1: where the game is gonna go next. I want to

719
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 1: see the next Kareem Abdul Jabbar dribble the ball up

720
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,359
Speaker 1: like your kitch, shoot threes and with the sky hook.

721
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 1: This guy scored with thirty eight thousand points. Imagine this

722
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: guy would have three the guy by score a hundred thousands.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm excited for this. I'm excited to see

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Speaker 1: the big dipper with a with a with a three

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Speaker 1: point jump shot. All right, BJ, final question, maybe like

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Speaker 1: a minute or less. Uh, college basketball, everybody gets excited

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00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 1: about it after the Super Bowl. Your Iowa Hawkeyes. Uh,

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00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: they've hit the kids as of late, but they're still

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Speaker 1: projected as you know, an Elite eight type team. Yeah, you, Carza,

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Speaker 1: is this the best Iowa team since your nineteen eighties

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Speaker 1: seven group? And I had to look this up that

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Speaker 1: lost in the Elite eight. This is crazy hold up,

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Speaker 1: hold up. You guys were thirty five that year. You

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Speaker 1: faced a good UNLV team, Armand Gilliam, Gerald Pattio, Freddie Banks.

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Speaker 1: But you guys live by sixteen at half time. I've

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Speaker 1: got to go look it up. Watch Why are you why?

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Speaker 1: You gotta remind me? Said, I'm feeling good. You and

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Speaker 1: I we're going back and forth. This is what sports

739
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: talks are supposed to be. And then now now you're

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Speaker 1: hurting me. Oh man, Army Gilliam, you know that was tough.

741
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:25,919
Speaker 1: You know that that was but that was a great team.

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00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,280
Speaker 1: They had a great team and we were up six

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00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:32,880
Speaker 1: team in Seattle. I think this Iowa team is probably

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00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: the best team since that team. I think they are.

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00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: They have a great player, and the one thing is

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Speaker 1: in the n c A tournament you need great guard play,

747
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: you need great guard play. So they've kind of slipped,

748
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 1: but that's to be expected why because they have been

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Speaker 1: a marked team all year. They've been. This isn't like

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00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: Luca Garcia came in. He is the you know, he

751
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: he is like literally the best player probably in college basketball.

752
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 1: So he comes in and everyone is giving him and

753
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 1: that team their best shot. So Luca Garza and the

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00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: Iowa Hawk Eyes right now, they've taken on that challenge

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00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,919
Speaker 1: all year, and I think now they have an opportunity

756
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 1: provided that they give exceptional guard play. You gotta have

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00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 1: exceptional guard play to win. And but I agree with you.

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00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: I think this is the best team since those teams,

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00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: and I'm rooting for my Hawke Eyes and that they

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00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: could advance one step further and get to the excuse me,

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00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: get to the final four and um maybe win the

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00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: whole thing. Yeah, all right, b J Armstrong, everybody, um

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00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 1: NBA agent. He's a budding media star. He is a

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Speaker 1: former team manager Jordan's and he thinks Lebron is the goat.

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Speaker 1: That's that time. We need a show just for that.

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Speaker 1: You and I. You and I like it. VJ arms

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00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,280
Speaker 1: like a great BJ. Thanks a lot man. Thanks