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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up

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Speaker 1: straight Fire Famp. It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: June twenty one. I will start out by saying thank

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Speaker 1: you for the props on the fran for Schilla interview.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff leading up to the NBA Draft. It's pretty

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Speaker 1: clear we disagree on some players. I'm starting to come

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Speaker 1: around on Jaden Ivy. I spent a little bit of

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Speaker 1: Monday morning, I shipped the kids to camp with the wife,

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Speaker 1: and I'm I'm watching Jade and Ivy. I'm like this guy.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty explosive. His Russell Westbrook comparisons aren't bad. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people want to say John Morant, but the

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Speaker 1: way he explodes is a little more russ Ish. Although

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Speaker 1: I know Jaw is explosive. I'm starting to come around

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Speaker 1: on Jade and Nivy. But you know, you you sit

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Speaker 1: through the NBA Draft and then all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: that there's an impass between the Nets and he and

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Speaker 1: he may be looking to leave, and the Lakers and

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Speaker 1: Knicks are landing spots and folks, I had a good weekend. Right,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited summers here played a lot of basketball over

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Speaker 1: the weekend. I'm playing basketball this morning. I'm playing basketball Thursday.

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Speaker 1: We've got our our league returns this Sunday. Like, I'm

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Speaker 1: excited about the summer. And Rob texts me about Kyrie

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Speaker 1: Irving and I look at this. I'm like, all right,

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Speaker 1: let me quickly just see what WOA just spin on

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Speaker 1: it is. And Monday morning I go to Woads nothing,

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Speaker 1: the only one out there reporting that there's an impass

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Speaker 1: between the Nets and Kyrie and lo And behold, folks, Yes,

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Speaker 1: Shams was the only guy all Monday morning in early

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Speaker 1: afternoon on this Kyrie Irving story. So what does that mean? Well,

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Speaker 1: that means that Seam's got a hand out from Kyrie's

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Speaker 1: camp saying, hey, this is what's happening. I need you

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Speaker 1: to float Lakers and Knicks as landing spots because while

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Speaker 1: the Knicks are a dumb franchise and desperate, and the

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Speaker 1: So yeah, float them, and we'll try to leverage the

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Speaker 1: Knicks and lean on that. I'm sorry, the Nets will

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Speaker 1: want to say visibly angry, because I can't let like

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Speaker 1: York Jets. But I just I got fired up about this,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, why on earth would the Nets take

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Speaker 1: this guy? Seriously? One of my favorite sayings during COVID.

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Speaker 1: I I don't know who got it first and said it,

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Speaker 1: but we talked about on the pod. But Kyrie Irving

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Speaker 1: was a rebel without a cause. Remember he tried to

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Speaker 1: and of course Lebron's driving the charge to make the

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Speaker 1: Bubble happen and finish the season. Kyrie tried to say,

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Speaker 1: we shouldn't do this. There's too much going on in America.

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Speaker 1: And Kyrie Irving has just melted down since then. And

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Speaker 1: I'm sure COVID impacted people in different ways, shapes and forms.

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving clearly was one of them who was impacted

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Speaker 1: in a negative manner. Now, I have been holding onto

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Speaker 1: this for a while, waiting for Kyrie to try to

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Speaker 1: And again, I'm not a Kyrie Irving hater. I just

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Speaker 1: He's done some really nice things, obviously, but in regards

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Speaker 1: all started after he hit that game six, sorry, game

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Speaker 1: was six years ago. We're still giving Kyrie Irving credit

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Speaker 1: for something that happened six damn years ago. He hasn't

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Speaker 1: I'm starting to get agitated. I've got all these notes.

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Speaker 1: We know what happened with Brad Stevens. They're good, they

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Speaker 1: up how did Kyrie Irving do in that sweep against Boston?

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Speaker 1: find Jason no bounce back in the game three, must

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Speaker 1: can't we just admit Kyrie Irving is the most overrated

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Speaker 1: player in the league. And this is what really gets

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Speaker 1: Kye was like, yeah, come by my place, and it's

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Speaker 1: know that a certain length that maybe Kyrie will come

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Speaker 1: out and refute this. Steve Nash is two nights of

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving had his housekeeper or whoever was there. Finally,

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Speaker 1: nobody does. He's a loose cannon. Nobody has any idea

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Speaker 1: The guy's only thirty years old, right turn thirty back

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Speaker 1: in March. He's got a player option. Okay, Rob, I

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Speaker 1: what team in the NBA is giving him a long deal,

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan, it's all fallen apart. You got the coach fired,

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Speaker 1: me my long term deal that I want. What team

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Speaker 1: you can't just find guys like that. What do you

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Speaker 1: This is at the NFL. This is a disaster for Kyrie.

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Speaker 1: It's an embarrassment. More egg on the face of Kevin Durant,

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Speaker 1: right on the heels, of course of Steph Curry in

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Speaker 1: the Warriors winning the title, and Rob I challenge you

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Speaker 1: find me a team where Kyrie Irving legitimately has a

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Speaker 1: landing spot. You know what, Jason? You know you're recording

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Speaker 1: It's very ugly, backbiting, penny pinching. There is no financial

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Speaker 1: If I'm Brooklyn, I'm probably I'm not doing that, you know,

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Speaker 1: How are you not seeing the delusional nature that Lebron

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Speaker 1: would prefer to see, would be Kyrie in l A.

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Speaker 1: Sean's reported that, you know, one of the options would

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Speaker 1: be the Knicks. Whether this is a coincidence or not,

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Speaker 1: let you'd be to be the judge. According to Scoop

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Speaker 1: by Friend of the Show, the Knicks are in talks

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Speaker 1: about moving up to the number to pick in the

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Speaker 1: upcoming NBA Draft and a three team deal where they

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Speaker 1: would give up undisclosed players. Is it possible that they

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Speaker 1: move up to get the number to pick while also offloading.

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00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 1: I don't know whether it's evan for Julius or whatever

430
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Speaker 1: to open up the max cap space where they add

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving and the number number two pick this offseason.

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Speaker 1: So I will give you that the Knicks are dumb

433
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Speaker 1: enough and desperate enough, unlike the Lakers. Two give Kyrie

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Speaker 1: max steel they are and and he gets to stay

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Speaker 1: close to his jersey upbringing. I don't know. I don't

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Speaker 1: understand this number two pick thing. How are they getting

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Speaker 1: Why would okay See give up the number two pick

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Speaker 1: for julieh So here here's the tentative framework. Coordinate scoop.

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Speaker 1: The Knicks get number two, okay See gets number four

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Speaker 1: from Sacramento, a future Maths first round pick from New York,

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Speaker 1: and an unnamed player on an expiring deal which the

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Speaker 1: Knicks have a couple. The Kings would get number eleven

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Speaker 1: from New York, undisclosed Knicks players, and an additional future

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Speaker 1: Nick's first round pick. So conceivably, the Knicks could offload

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Speaker 1: three guys worth of contracts to free up cap space

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Speaker 1: to make a run at Kyrie Irving while also adding

447
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: the number to pick. Suddenly, the Nicks are legitimate option

448
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: if this is So somehow the Knicks come out of

449
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 1: this with the number two pick and Kyrie Irving and

450
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: everyone else in the video gets garbage cap space for

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. Theoretically. Oh, I didn't realize this. Julius Randall

452
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Speaker 1: had just signed a new deal, so he's making seven

453
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Speaker 1: and then twenty nine mill over the next four years.

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Speaker 1: He's not one of the expirings. Oh gosh, this Nicks,

455
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 1: what is this? Look at this garbage. I mean, Mitchell

456
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 1: Robinson is an expiring. It doesn't look like he's coming back.

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Speaker 1: I just I don't know that Scoopy love him. We've

458
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Speaker 1: had him on the pod. But somehow you're telling me

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Speaker 1: that the Knicks end up with the number two pick

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00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: and Kyrie Irving and all they have to do is

461
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,360
Speaker 1: unload some garbage. Well they also got unload a bunch

462
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Speaker 1: of picks to do it. But yeah, because in this scenario,

463
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Speaker 1: they'd be losing the Dallas first round pick, which is

464
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 1: remember was really valuable in the pois industrate and then

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Speaker 1: it ultimately was not. Um they'd be losing the number

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Speaker 1: eleven pick and additional first round picks. So if you

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Speaker 1: want to look at the chess checkers idea, here the

468
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Speaker 1: If you're Kyrie Irving, what do you need to do?

469
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,159
Speaker 1: You need to go to trusted media voices who are

470
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: going to get out your narrative that there are options

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Speaker 1: on the market, that I've got options. If the nets

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00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: are gonna push me, right and the nets aren't gonna

473
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: give me what I want and they're gonna push me,

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00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: I've got options. I could go to the next and

475
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: guess what. Look, here's how the Knicks could make it happen.

476
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,879
Speaker 1: Like Kyrie's operating out of a good playbook. But I

477
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: think anybody with a brain can see through it. That

478
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 1: it's thinly veiled and very suspect, Like this idea of

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Speaker 1: the Lakers, Rob it's just not happening. Just no, it's not.

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00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: But well, they don't have a they don't have the

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Speaker 1: assets and be why would he want to go back

482
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Speaker 1: to a scenario that he hated playing as a second

483
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: banana to Lebron Now he'd have to be the third

484
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 1: wheel because why would he want to leave a scenario

485
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 1: that he created it in his hometown? Like that's the

486
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: same argument. Nothing about Kyrie Irving makes sense, nothing right.

487
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 1: So if I were to tell you that the guy

488
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,119
Speaker 1: who thinks the Earth is flat also has an interest

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Speaker 1: in being the third option with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: Both of them sound a little bit crazy, so would

491
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 1: you make sense that they might be from the same guy.

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00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: But Rob the problem is the Lakers would then have

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Speaker 1: to back up the brinks for Kyrie Irving and give

494
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 1: him that big deal. Right now, you're putting yourself in

495
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,199
Speaker 1: real south. You could forget about the Jayson Tatum stuff.

496
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 1: You could forget about basically any future Lakers zion whoever

497
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,679
Speaker 1: hits the market, forget it because you're locked into Kyrie Irving.

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Speaker 1: Do you think the Lakers would do that? Yes? Why?

499
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,479
Speaker 1: Because I don't think that the Lakers front office thinks

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Speaker 1: logically the way you might, where it's like, hey, we

501
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: can keep assets, we can build out, you know, our

502
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: future as best as possible. And their eyes they think

503
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 1: we have Anthony Davis under contract in this situation, we

504
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: got Kyrie Irving under contract. We had two pillars, superstar,

505
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:21,719
Speaker 1: top whatever players wherever you want to call them. This

506
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: is a star driven league. We have two of the

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Speaker 1: biggest stars in the NBA on our team. That's the

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Speaker 1: way they operate. That's the way they've always operated It's

509
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: why they gave Kobe Bryant the worst contract in NBA

510
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 1: history coming off of torn achilles, because in their eyes,

511
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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what you're young picks looks like. It

512
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 1: doesn't matter what your young assets looks like. What matters

513
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: is do you have stars? And totally disagree. We just

514
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: saw two teams that are with homegrown talent get to

515
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: the finals, but the Lakers don't operate like that. They

516
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: traded all their homegrown talent for one guy, for Anthony

517
00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: Davis Man. You just remember, if Lebron stays with the

518
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: Lakers and everybody expects him to, and then they'll draft

519
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: Brawny in the late first second round, whatever, it will

520
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: be the Lebron Show. It will be a Lebron entertainment tour,

521
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: Lebron and his son together. Nobody will care about Kyrie Irving.

522
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: He has never ever been happy with that kind of situation.

523
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: It's gonna be all about Lebron in not this season,

524
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: but the following season. It's gonna be all about Lebron

525
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: and his son, the Ken Griffey Jr. And his Dad Tour.

526
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving ain't gonna want any part of that. If anything,

527
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: he'll upset the Apple Carts, so he'll be so angry

528
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: that he'll let go a wall and scuttle it and

529
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: just make it a total disaster. Fox Sports Radio has

530
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all

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Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and

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Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app. Search f s R

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00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: to listen live. I will also add, okay, that Sean's

534
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: trying to do work a little embarrassing for Sean's I

535
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: gotta be honest, tries to float the Clippers like bro

536
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Speaker 1: the l A Clippers. Oh I know why, Oh yes,

537
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: Steve Bomber. He's got a billion dollars. He's got I'm sorry,

538
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: billions of dollars. He's building a new facility. He doesn't care.

539
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: Kauai and Paul George, they haven't been able to break through.

540
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: All they need is Kyrie Irving. Here's a hot take

541
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Speaker 1: for you right now, at this juncture, I'd rather have

542
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson then Kyrie Irving. Reggie Jackson's gonna show up.

543
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,200
Speaker 1: He's gonna play hard. He ain't gonna be a quitter.

544
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: He's not gonna try to like change the world from

545
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: the locker room. He's gonna play basketball. Reggie Jackson. Give

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00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: me Reggie Jackson right now over Kyrie Irving and I

547
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 1: don't want to hear. What What is Reggie Jackson done

548
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 1: in the playoffs? I hate to break it to you, guys,

549
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: He's had great, better playoff numbers in the last two

550
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: years than Kyrie Irving. Go look him up. Actually, I

551
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,719
Speaker 1: should say he'd since they Reggie Clippers didn't make it

552
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: this year, I'll say the previous two years than Kyrie Irving.

553
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 1: Kyrie has always hurt, He's unreliable. I know you're laughing, Rob,

554
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 1: but Reggie Jackson is content being the third wheel. He

555
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: knows his role. I don't think Kyrie does. He's never

556
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: gonna get it well. I will say of the teams

557
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: that were floated out to me, the Clippers one seems

558
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: by far the most far fetched because unlike the Lakers

559
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: and the Knicks, they are not a star happy franchise

560
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: where they're like, hey, we just gotta get the next

561
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: superstar and figure it. No, they actually are run very well.

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00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: Like their roster. I think top to bottom, we talked

563
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 1: about this a few times, is probably the best in

564
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: the NBA. If there everyone's available, because you have the

565
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: top two guys in Paul George and Kauai, and then

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00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: they were able to get Robert Covington and Norman Powell

567
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 1: for nothing from the Pacers just because Balmber has so

568
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: much money doesn't care about playing luxury tax um. Let

569
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: me just say, I mean, I can't let you slide

570
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: on the Reggie Jackson. Uh take that you just had.

571
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 1: I'm pulling up right now as we're talking. Reggie Jackson

572
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: per game in the playoffs career or just in the

573
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: last season they made it one, he averaged seventeen point

574
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: eight points, three rebounds, three assists on forty eight percent shooting.

575
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: Mm hmm. In what world is that better than Kyrie

576
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: Irving the last two seasons getting you basically twenty two

577
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: and five and four on forty six shooting. We just

578
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: went over Kyrie. He shot Kyrie last year. I'm sorry,

579
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: last month or whatever it was two months ago, shot

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00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: and thirty one as a number two option. Reggie Jackson,

581
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: you just told me shot much better. I'm looking at

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00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: the Sun series Reggie Jackson against the Sons two years ago.

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00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: I guess this was the conference finals. Yeah, wait, what's it? Yeah?

584
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: Average twenty four and three shot forty six shot from

585
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: the field thirty six from three. That was I'm almost

586
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: certain Kauai was out and it was like the Paul George.

587
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:10,719
Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson. Yes, Reggie Jackson has not had a single

588
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: or his career anytime in his playoff career has had

589
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: a better playoff run than Kyrie's worst playoff run. Well,

590
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 1: no time out. I will look at the last playoff series.

591
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson played six games against the Sons, and you

592
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: stacked that against Kyrie sweep against the Celtics, and Reggie's

593
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: numbers are better. Yeah, but you're you're picking one series

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00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: did do the whole playoff run? Okay, fine, Let's look

595
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: at Reggie Jackson against the Jazz the series before. Reggie

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00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 1: Jackson in the closeout game had twenty seven in tennessis

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00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: he had twenty nine points in game two, twenty two

598
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: in game five, average eighteen and four assists, shot fifty

599
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: eight percent from the field from three. That's a pretty

600
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: damn good series that stacks up against anything Kyrie did.

601
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: You're trying to break the internet right now, say you

602
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: don't have that Reggie Jackson the Kyrie at this stage,

603
00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: not obviously Kyrie Irving's a more talented player, But Reggie

604
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: Jackson I would have now because I value a guy

605
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: who's going to show up, play hard, you know, talk

606
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 1: some trash when you need to, the biggest thing. You know,

607
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: it's role that he's I'm not. I don't know the

608
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson is a winning player, but we know Kyrie

609
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: Irving is not a winning player. And I don't care.

610
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 1: Six years ago he made one shot like stop um.

611
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: So yeah, the the Clipper stuff is nonsense. And this

612
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: idea that they'll package like Norman Powell, like hold On

613
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:32,720
Speaker 1: Kauai Leonard and Kyrie Irving coexisting in the locker room

614
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: playoff p and Kyrie Irving, I don't know. Give me

615
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: the order on that team. Who who's the first option

616
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: on the team? Option that that that you add Kyrie

617
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,839
Speaker 1: to any team and it is an absolute implosion. He

618
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,240
Speaker 1: has no options. I don't think he has any leverage

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00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 1: at all. And if the Nets really want to get

620
00:34:55,400 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: fun and freaky, say hey, Dame Lillard, any interest you

621
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: want to play with Kyrie? Hey, Sacramento, go go go

622
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 1: to the dregs of the league. Oh, by the way,

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00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: you said, what options do the Lakers have? I still

624
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,879
Speaker 1: maintain and I'm sure people will disagree that there is

625
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: a legitimate chance that Dame hits the trading block in

626
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: short order, and I mentioned it with fran Frachella. But

627
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: this idea that Portland's is like a player or two

628
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 1: away from contending is an absolute pipe drink. They are

629
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: not close to anything. And the more likely scenario with

630
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 1: the ownership in Flux New GM, that they straight up

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Speaker 1: and say, you know what, our best bet is not

632
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Speaker 1: to make it go this year, is let's go for

633
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,959
Speaker 1: the big seven ft three potential superstar next year's draft.

634
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,279
Speaker 1: And I know it's gonna be a rough year, but

635
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 1: guess what we'll figure out. What Afrety Simmons is, We'll

636
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,879
Speaker 1: pick up a bunch of picks for Dame and let's

637
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,839
Speaker 1: give it a shot. I don't know, Rob, I would much.

638
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: Who would you rather have Dame or Kyrie? Damn for sure? Yeah,

639
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: Dame can fit because they'll spot up shoot doesn't need

640
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: to dominate the ball. I think Dame is the perfect fit.

641
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,880
Speaker 1: I would give up the two future ones in a heartbeat,

642
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: and whatever else they wanted outside of Lebron and a

643
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: D for Dane. But you asked me about Kyrie. I'm not.

644
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: I'm not giving up any I'm not mortgaging any future

645
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: because Rob, you gotta have to pay him that five

646
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: year deal. And what do you think the odds are

647
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: he last five years in the league. A guy who's

648
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,280
Speaker 1: broken down all the time, a guy who goes a wall.

649
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 1: Zero faith in this guy? How do you have any

650
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: how do you how would you want him? Because I

651
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: want to win championships. I'm not won one title as

652
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: a robin to Lebron. That's fine year, but him a

653
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: D and Lebron is lethal. I mean, I'm not a

654
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: Utah Jazz fan. I'm not a Phoenix Suns fan where

655
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,800
Speaker 1: I'm just happy to be, you know, in the mix

656
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: every season. No, it's either we won the championship or

657
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: we didn't. And that's the difference between the Lakers and

658
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: everybody else. Like the Golden State. I know they just

659
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: won the championship, but their idea was, hey, we want

660
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: to win forever, like we want to be the Spurs.

661
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: We want to be contenders for a decade plus. That's great.

662
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: You know what I'd rather be. I'd rather say we

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00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: are the favorites the next two seasons and we'll figure

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00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: it out from there. That's what I'd rather think. Do

665
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 1: you think Kyrie makes them the favorites? Uh? Top three?

666
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: Probably in Vegas for sure. I think it'd be I

667
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: think it would be Um Golden State because they're defending chance.

668
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 1: I always be the favorites. I think the Clippers are

669
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: going to be up there, and I think if they

670
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: make this trade, the Lakers will be right there as well.

671
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: What about the healthy Bucks who like won the title

672
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: two years ago and then no Middleton and they lose

673
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: in seven to Boston. Maybe that maybe they cracked the

674
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: top three because they'll be coming out of the East.

675
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: They be prohibitive favorites in the East, and so you know,

676
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: yeah you just get, yeah, you get, but you get

677
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: better odds that way. But yeah, the Lakers will be

678
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: right there if they made that deal. I'll tell you

679
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 1: right now this if the like, I don't, I mean

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00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: I don't. I'm not ready to go as far as

681
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Speaker 1: saying like I would not go to Lakers games. Obviously,

682
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 1: I come on, go to Lakers games. I just it's

683
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: tough for me to root for Kyrie Irving, you know

684
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: how it's super tough to root against Steph Curry for anybody.

685
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: I think everybody likes Curry, it would be very difficult

686
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 1: to have to root for a malcontent miscreant like Kyrie Irving.

687
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, guys insufferable. I just I'm out on it.

688
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: If you couldn't tell already, I'm I'm kind of out

689
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: on it. Um, all right, I just spent about thirty

690
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 1: five minutes just you know, going after Kyrie Irving. Do

691
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 1: I feel a little bit bad? Do I need to

692
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 1: shower after that? Just? Maybe? Um? But obviously this is

693
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Speaker 1: a story we'll stay on. We'll try to get guests

694
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Speaker 1: as uh as time permits, but I think we'll probably

695
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 1: go back to a little draft hopefully. You know, we

696
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: have some clarity in the NFL too, Mr Deshaun Watson.

697
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: A lot of people are staying to say he's gonna

698
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: be suspended for the year. Two full years would be brutal.

699
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: I know last year wasn't a suspension. But we'll probably

700
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,400
Speaker 1: have some NFL stories coming up soon. But Kyrie Irving,

701
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Speaker 1: I think it's all garbage. I don't think there's any

702
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: shot of it. And I would put what what odds

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00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 1: would you give me on Kyrie Irving retiring from basketball? Rob?

704
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Speaker 1: Oh gosh, it has to be something big, but not

705
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 1: too big because it is possible. Yeah, where I was

706
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: thinking that was my head, and I wouldn't felt good

707
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Speaker 1: about it because I think that that is I think

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00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: it's more likely retired than he ends up with the Clippers.

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00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: I mean, he if he gets traded to like Orlando

710
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,439
Speaker 1: or something, he's not going. He says he's not gonna

711
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 1: want to play in some some place that he doesn't

712
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 1: want to go. He feels like he's a star. He

713
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: should give whatever he want. Um, Yeah, if you gave

714
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: me twenty to one hundred bucks, I'd probably do it.

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00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: You would be out some significant cash. If you love

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00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: you know that's all right. We'll stay on Kyrie Irving.

717
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: Um maybe and uh, you guys have a good one.

718
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Speaker 1: Talk to you to borrow