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Speaker 1: That girl is so dangerous. That girl is so dangerous.

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Speaker 2: That girl is so dangerous. Good morning, swiml and welcome

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Speaker 2: to the Nodks podcast on the Athletic Network. It's Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: March third. Bean Week continues today, but it's also Super

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Speaker 2: spring kicking off in some places summer right around the corner.

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Speaker 2: Go get those No Dunk shorts shorts. One of these

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Speaker 2: days we'll start playing basketball again. I promise you it

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Speaker 2: will happen. I actually bought a basketball, a new basketball.

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Speaker 4: You bought a basketball indoor outdoors, strictly indoor.

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Speaker 2: Now it's a both, it's a both. Third got it

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Speaker 2: at Costco nineteen ninety nine.

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Speaker 3: Wow, they got that ball.

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Speaker 1: They really truly have everything.

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Speaker 2: Luna had destroyed my old ball, so you know, I

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Speaker 2: haven't even taken it out of the box thing cardboard yet, though,

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Speaker 2: I'm waiting for what.

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Speaker 1: Oh we're talking, we're talking spaulting.

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Speaker 2: Seriously, this is a really nice ball for how cheap

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Speaker 3: Unboxing at some point.

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Speaker 4: Well you could already see the ball, but boxing every panel, man,

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Speaker 4: I got to see every little bit of pebble grain.

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Speaker 2: that used to work at the Turner and the Sixers

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Speaker 2: one here. We're gonna get to some of last night's games.

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Speaker 2: We might hit the Beach. Get us in the mood

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Speaker 2: for that Beach Depon podcast later today. Who got a

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Speaker 2: good question? I thought we could slip in, but first

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Speaker 2: all of these contests. We'll start with the Dunk Contest participants.

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Speaker 2: It was confirmed now we already knew this. It's Nick Rookie,

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Speaker 2: Obiitop and Blazer's Guard, Amthrety Simon's and Pacers High Flyer,

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Speaker 2: I just wanted to, well, I guess go full temper

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Speaker 1: Am I wrong? Was that too? That? That wasn't that

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Speaker 3: Yeah? That was a medium temperate boy.

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Speaker 4: You're saying let's just wait and see, fair enough, But

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Speaker 4: I mean Alex Crusoe also turned down the Dunk Contest.

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Speaker 4: There was a lot of no skis this year, which understandable,

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Speaker 4: But just like every single year at the Dunk Contest,

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Speaker 3: Doubt about it.

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Speaker 4: As I said on Happy Hour, it's gonna be great

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Speaker 4: They got the best coaches out there. The question is

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Speaker 4: Skeets who's gonna win, We shall see. It's usually one

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Speaker 4: of these smaller guys like I love Obi Toppin. I'm

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Speaker 4: Derek Jones Junior and the dunk contest. It looks cool

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Speaker 4: between the legs a lot. That's the thing us big

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Speaker 4: not necessarily the most cool. Vega's just jumping and spreading

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Speaker 4: Cashus Stanley, you can go watch his high school dunk contest.

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Speaker 3: He can fly. Anthony Simon's.

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Speaker 4: You don't think of him as a high flyer because

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Speaker 4: that guy can fly as well. There's gonna be great dunks,

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Speaker 4: and it'll be interesting to see all the All Stars

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Speaker 4: just standing around and basically watching these guys hot at halftime.

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Speaker 4: I'm setting my expectations low, hoping that they are exceeded.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Lee, let's get some predictions here. Why wait, right,

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Speaker 2: we know all these guys in these things. Now, who

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Speaker 5: I mean, I'll be excited if it's good, but it's

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Speaker 5: hard to get too pumped because well, I'm just saying.

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Speaker 5: I'm just saying that you can't. I don't think anyone's

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Speaker 5: other guys turned it downn't believe Alex Caruso turned down

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Speaker 5: the dunk count das come on, make it out there before.

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Speaker 2: Well hold on, hold on in his defense or some

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Speaker 2: You want to actually go to them win during a pandemic.

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Speaker 2: I think we do have to throw that on there,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean anyway, so you know, it's one of

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Speaker 3: They can't.

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Speaker 1: That's absolutely wrong me.

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Speaker 4: Nobody's ever done a seven twenty, that's the thing. Okay, Okay,

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Speaker 4: this dunk contest forever.

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Speaker 3: Somebody do a seven twenty. That's that easy.

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Speaker 4: If I really did not, How has nobody done a

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Speaker 4: seven twenty. I saw a guy do a seven twenty

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Speaker 4: in an and one mixtape tour nearly twenty years ago.

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Speaker 3: Somebody could do it.

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Speaker 5: it off stuff's hand, that's just an incredible dunk. Like,

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Speaker 5: I'm not sure how you can sort of top athletically

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Speaker 1: Right right. That's another thing, like people are like, where

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Speaker 1: are the big names? The big names? Well, come on,

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Speaker 1: hold on.

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Speaker 2: Zach Lavine and Aaron Gordon when they were doing this

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Speaker 1: They just were not You're just.

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Speaker 3: They were lottery picks. Though they were.

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Speaker 2: Now look at this, actually, hold on, forget the contest,

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Speaker 2: It should be called the Mountain Dew Beautiful Shooters of

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Speaker 1: Look at these beautiful shooters.

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Speaker 5: You've got, obviously Steph. Whenever Steph's in it, it's great

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Speaker 5: Yes, yes, I think that's the key here. Maybe Stephan

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Speaker 5: need to, Steph, we'll do it virtually somehow. I don't

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Speaker 5: last year now I can't remember, but Devin Booker held

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Speaker 2: Uh forgot they added for a lot of ball. God,

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Speaker 3: Was cool last year?

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Speaker 1: Was it? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I hit it? Who knows?

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Speaker 4: I remember liking it. That's the thing, all this All

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Speaker 3: Like Skins, you're one of the biggest Dunk Contest fans.

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Speaker 4: I know you couldn't remember if you do Diallo or

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Speaker 1: I got I got mixed up. You're not wrong.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, well that's right.

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Speaker 5: Six players, good shooters. I'm taking Steph. I mean, I

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Speaker 4: I need a little a little more from Lee here?

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Speaker 1: I'm a little disappointed we don't have the eight guys.

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Speaker 2: I get it why they're doing it. There's only six.

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Speaker 2: Let's speed this up. It's all in one mate, But

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Speaker 2: He's got to be top five still, maybe even top three.

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Speaker 2: So that's my only complaints with this. I love this event.

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Speaker 2: Do we know if the deep super ball is still

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Speaker 2: I got it. I just I love him in this contest.

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Speaker 2: Like you guys have talked about the mechanics, it's so flawless,

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Speaker 1: Like he's gonna be maybe a little pissed off too that.

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Speaker 2: He wasn't, you know, initially named an all starter game

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Speaker 1: Maybe holds that over the league he's my pick Booker.

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Speaker 1: Who you going, Trey?

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Speaker 2: Let's hear from all of you guys out there in

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Speaker 2: the stream team who are you backing?

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Speaker 1: So Lee?

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Speaker 2: You are ultimately going Curry? And then we have two

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Speaker 2: Bookers here? Okay, final one. It is the Taco Bells

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Speaker 2: Skills Challenge.

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Speaker 3: Here we go.

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Speaker 1: Only six guys get the started.

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Speaker 3: The Jewel of All Star Weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look at the list here we got. I guess

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Speaker 2: we're still doing the Guards versus Biggs, but I can't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so the guards are yes, uh, Robert Covington, Uh Luka,

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Speaker 2: Doncic and Chris Paul and then the bigs are Vooch

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Speaker 2: Sabonis and Julius Randall. Now Covington. A lot of people

435
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Speaker 2: are very confused. While he's in here. From what I

436
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Speaker 2: can tell, it's because he's the only current NBA player

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Speaker 2: who is a graduate of historically black college and university.

438
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Speaker 2: He went to Tennessee State, and that's going to be

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Speaker 2: a major part of All Star Night. You know, the

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Speaker 2: league had previously announced that scholarship funds will support black students. Uh,

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Speaker 2: there's gonna be like two point five million dollars from

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Speaker 2: the events in Atlanta going.

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Speaker 1: To uh HBCU.

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Speaker 2: So that's why I think, you know, Covington as a

445
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Speaker 2: representative is there, uh flying in to do this. But Trey,

446
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Speaker 2: how excited are you to see the skills? Taco bell Man?

447
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,359
Speaker 2: They just skills sticking around?

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Speaker 3: I cannot wait.

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Speaker 4: I am looking forward to the Skills Challenge more than

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Speaker 4: anything else from All Stars Sunday.

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Speaker 3: This is my new my new.

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Speaker 4: Bit, the guy who loves the Skill Challenge. I mean,

453
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Speaker 4: come on, six Hall of Famers have won this thing.

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Speaker 4: Three MVPs have won the Skills Challenge. Can you say

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Speaker 4: that about any other All Star event?

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Speaker 3: No, you can't.

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Speaker 4: Who doesn't love fundamentals? Who doesn't love seeing somebody throw

458
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Speaker 4: a pass through a circle? I mean, nobody ever puts

459
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Speaker 4: any flavor on it. Nobody ever does anything cool. Derek

460
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Speaker 4: Rose did a reverse dunk one time and it set

461
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Speaker 4: the building on fire. People were going crazy for that

462
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Speaker 4: Derek Rose dunk. It's gonna be another classic this year.

463
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Speaker 4: Nikolavucevic handling the ball, pulling up for three, Demonta Sabonis

464
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Speaker 4: hitting one off the back rim, bouncing it in off

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Speaker 4: the top of the shot clock. It's gonna happen, and

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Speaker 4: it's gonna be exciting. People are gonna be going nuts.

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Speaker 4: Gim me Chris Paul to win this thing. He's already

468
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Speaker 4: been at four times, he has never won. It's the

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Speaker 4: first time he's doing it in a decade. They're like, hey, man,

470
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Speaker 4: it's been ten years.

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Speaker 1: You ready.

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Speaker 4: He's like, yes, I've been practicing for ten years to

473
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Speaker 4: win the Skills Challenge. Chris Paul taking it home.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Okay, yeah, it's fifth time in this thing. Lee,

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Speaker 1: what's your favorite Taco Bells Skills Challenge moment of all time?

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Speaker 5: Someone in the stream team saying, last year Jason Tatum

477
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Speaker 5: hit a half. That's probably I don't remember it, but

478
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Speaker 5: someone just said that. That's That's about as deep as

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Speaker 5: my memory of this thing goes.

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Speaker 2: So I think a good one too, was when the

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Speaker 2: first year they did the bigs versus the Smalls. There

482
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Speaker 2: was some intrigue to that and the bigs one right,

483
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Speaker 2: was it the big towns or something or I think

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Speaker 2: I think, And that was like actually somewhat exciting. I

485
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Speaker 2: guess all the bigs could do it. Yeah, but it

486
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Speaker 2: sort of played out at this point. But who do

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Speaker 2: you like in this or are you going to be

488
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Speaker 2: watching this?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to take a full heel turn here

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Speaker 5: and take Nikola.

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Speaker 1: Give me the vouch. Yeah, why not?

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Speaker 5: I mean, honestly, it is hard to predict any of

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Speaker 5: these ones because if someone just has the right moment

494
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Speaker 5: on the right night, they can walk away as the

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Speaker 5: Taco Bell's Skills Challenge winner. So yeah, it does.

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Speaker 2: As we have said, like we could make this event

497
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Speaker 2: really reallying if we added actual Taco Bells eating into this.

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Speaker 2: You know, like you had to like dribble through the

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Speaker 2: cones and then eat a burrito and then then take

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Speaker 2: then throw the pass and then eat something else from

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Speaker 2: Taco Bell.

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Speaker 1: Like I love that idea.

503
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Speaker 2: And you can't get sick if you throw up, you're disqualified. Man,

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Speaker 2: there's something there I will take. Okay, we got Chris

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Speaker 2: Paul from.

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Speaker 1: Trey We got Boo. Yeah, this is so who does

507
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Speaker 1: who do I hate the most?

508
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Speaker 2: Or just like I guess I'll just go weird with

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Speaker 2: it and give me Covington. I mean maybe this guy

510
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Speaker 2: like been planning all week for this thing. He is

511
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Speaker 2: sort of like the odd man out with this. Again,

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Speaker 2: I explained why, but give me Robert Covington.

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Speaker 4: I've sort of been longer than that skeets if I'm

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Speaker 4: not mistaken. Covington was asked to be a replacement for

515
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Speaker 4: the twenty fifteen Skills Challenge way back when we were

516
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Speaker 4: talking six years ago, but he decided not to do

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Speaker 4: it to rest, so Alfred Peyton took his spot.

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Speaker 3: Finally gets the call six years later.

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Speaker 1: This guy as a man on a mission a lot

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Speaker 1: of skills Challenge.

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Speaker 3: This is going to be so good this year.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that. Okay, so there it is. Let's

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Speaker 1: hear it. Your predictions go ahead.

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Speaker 5: I'm just saying one tweak they could make to it.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if you guys follow lethal Shooter on

526
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Speaker 5: Instagram NBA Skills sort of, you know trainer he had

527
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Speaker 5: recently a triangle hoop right like, so it's like that,

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Speaker 5: which makes it so much harder to score. Maybe for

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Speaker 5: the Skills Challenge, they put that in there to say,

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Speaker 5: you know what, let's just see how long this takes.

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Speaker 5: Don't have to doesn't have to be a three pointer though,

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Speaker 5: maybe just like a midrange or a free throw even,

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Speaker 5: you know, just to mix it up a little bit.

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Speaker 4: So that's what we need for the Skills Challenge. Slow

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Speaker 4: it down at the end with the free throw on

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Speaker 4: a triangle.

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Speaker 5: Just saying I'm just saying, maybe add a little wrinkled

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Speaker 5: to it, because otherwise they do that they or they

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Speaker 5: used to do just a lay up from the start.

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Speaker 5: Remember like run to the hoop and last.

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Speaker 2: It's like you could take whatever shot you wanted.

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Speaker 5: To, right, I guess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

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Speaker 1: But they were just like taking the high percentage shot.

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Speaker 2: You know what, I would watch a free throw competition,

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Speaker 2: but the right people in it, I would, you got me.

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Speaker 2: There's something nerely maybe like pitch that to silver they

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Speaker 2: come up with the rules.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I took down two chains in a in a

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Speaker 5: game of bump down here.

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Speaker 1: And a maybe I just play knockout.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the thing, because that does get super competitive.

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Speaker 5: That's that's and that's what you want, because yeah, people

553
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Speaker 5: are like, I don't want to lose to this guy,

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Speaker 5: you know, and if he misses and you get a chance,

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Speaker 5: it's actually at least there's some competition in it, like

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Speaker 5: some real live competition, not like waiting for one guy

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Speaker 5: to finish and then you have to go and do

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Speaker 5: your thing.

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Speaker 2: And there's some strategy would bump too. It's like, are

560
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Speaker 2: you rushing your shot just to get it back to

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Speaker 2: put your layup in? Are you trying to hit the

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Speaker 2: other person's ball like some people allow that as long

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Speaker 2: as you use your ball to hit the other ball.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're yeah, you're right.

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Speaker 2: You know, you could throw celebrities in it with players,

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Speaker 2: really put anybody into it exactly.

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Speaker 5: I mean people are always trying to find a way

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Speaker 5: to get in, like you know, like an influencer in

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Speaker 5: the All Star weekend. It's like, you know, there's people

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Speaker 5: like me who think I could I can hit a

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Speaker 5: free throw against like anybody. You don't have to be

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Speaker 5: a super I'm just saying. I'm just saying like that

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Speaker 5: in that instance, right, anyone could just shoot that free

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Speaker 5: throw and you get lucky, you're in, So you know, Hey.

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Speaker 2: I got to ask you, and when you were playing

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Speaker 2: two chains, did you rip his chains off like you're

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Speaker 2: a dick in a men's league after you beat him?

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Speaker 5: No, I let just one of them, you're I let

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Speaker 5: mister Jans go that time.

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Speaker 4: Okay, But my question Lee, Obviously you're confident in your

581
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Speaker 4: free throw shooting. But if you're playing knockout, if you're

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Speaker 4: playing bump, are you trying to make the first shut

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Speaker 4: or are you chucking it off the glass so you

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Speaker 4: can follow up with a layout?

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Speaker 5: No, No, I'm trying to I'm trying to hit it

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Speaker 5: exactly right. I think. I think that's you know, it's

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Speaker 5: funny though, you know, I just here sort of bragging

588
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Speaker 5: about being good free throw shooter. When I was in Australia,

589
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Speaker 5: was out of school, and I gave a little speech

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Speaker 5: and we had a game of Bump and I got

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Speaker 5: knocked out, like almost straight away.

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Speaker 3: I missed.

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Speaker 5: I missed like my first two and then someone knocked

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Speaker 5: me out. I got knocked out by like a you know,

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Speaker 5: a year nine kid or something.

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Speaker 3: Any given Sunday, any given.

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Speaker 5: It could be your day, it might not be your day.

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Speaker 2: Well, let us know if you would like us to

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Speaker 2: pitch to the NBA A bump contest. I think Lee

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Speaker 2: should be the official for that too, like making sure

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Speaker 2: guys are behind the line, get the jersey like the

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Speaker 2: referee jersey.

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Speaker 1: On you would take it very seriously.

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Speaker 2: Okay, let's hear your predictions for All Star Sunday night,

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Speaker 2: and I will say now, plans are to do a

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Speaker 2: bit of a well, I guess, like a bonus NBA

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Speaker 2: Happy Hour. We're gonna do one on Thursday night too.

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Speaker 2: Come hang out with us halftime of the first game

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Speaker 2: on T and T. We'll fire up the live stream

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Speaker 2: on YouTube. But Sunday night, I think maybe we just

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Speaker 2: fire it up during the dunk contests, Like we'll wait

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Speaker 2: till halftime of the All Star Game and then fire

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Speaker 2: it up. We could watch the dunk contest dunk contest

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Speaker 2: together and comment in real time and get all excited

615
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Speaker 2: or crap on it if all the dunks suck unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: and then go into the second half. So that's the plan.

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Speaker 2: So make sure you subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube

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Speaker 2: so you know when we're going live there on Thursday

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Speaker 2: night and then on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna get to the games. As I promised.

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Speaker 1: But first a quick break to here from our sponsorship.

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Speaker 2: All right, last night's games, let's touch on selm them

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Speaker 2: at least first one Son's overcome Devin Booker's ejection to

624
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Speaker 2: hold off the Lakers one fourteen, one oh four.

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Speaker 1: Here come the Sun's tray. What's your big takeaway?

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Speaker 4: Well, y'all know that I'm practicing pure positivity in twenty

627
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Speaker 4: twenty one, so let me just say that I'm positive

628
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Speaker 4: that referees are the absolute worst. Come on, Devin Booker

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Speaker 4: ejected in about five seconds flat for throwing a hard bounce.

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Speaker 3: Pass to an official. Basically, this was a testy game.

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Speaker 3: Both teams were amped.

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Speaker 4: One technical is fine there, Nobody came to see a

633
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Speaker 4: referee throw somebody out of a game during the national

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Speaker 4: TV night. This was a huge game between the Suns

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Speaker 4: and Lakers. We just had Lebron tweeting about Devin Booker

636
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Speaker 4: saying he's the most disrespected player in the entire NBA,

637
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Speaker 4: and then Devin Booker gets disrespected with a ridiculous ejection

638
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Speaker 4: that was honestly just stupid. But the Sun's responded and

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Speaker 4: it wasn't just Chris Paul, who was definitely solid. It

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Speaker 4: was the big three of Mikhale Bridges, Daria Sich and

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Speaker 4: Abdul Nader. They showed up for the Suns. Bridges nineteen

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00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 4: six and five. He had a couple of threes, made

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Speaker 4: some nice hustle plays. He had a big dunk to

644
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Speaker 4: ice things. Nader had two blocks and two threes in

645
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Speaker 4: the second half. Shout out to the Illinois boy looking

646
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Speaker 4: good out there. But Dario sharch I thought was incredible.

647
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Speaker 4: Twenty one points, five rebounds, three assists. He had ten

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Speaker 4: in the fourth quarter, basically running things for the Suns

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Speaker 4: as a small ball five. He's been great playing small

650
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,080
Speaker 4: ball five for the entirety of the season. He's just

651
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,119
Speaker 4: got great patience, I feel like in the post when

652
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 4: you get him the ball, just like Jokic, just like

653
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 4: some of the other great post players. He really takes

654
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 4: his time, makes great decisions and is able to get

655
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 4: to the shots that he wants. Really impressive win by

656
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 4: the Suns to respond to Booker's ejection when it roll guys,

657
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 4: they're now the second seed in the Western Conference after

658
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 4: the win last night, and they got the second best

659
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 4: record in the league by win percentage. Good stuff from

660
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 4: the Suns.

661
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 2: Yeah Yeah, Lakers missing ad missing Kuzma, missing Markasol, so

662
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 2: they're short handed, but Lebron had a monster game. I

663
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,880
Speaker 2: said this week, though, the more I watch the Suns, man,

664
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 2: the more I'm starting to convince myself, like, damn, this

665
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 2: is a good, good team. Like they're a deep team,

666
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 2: like you said, they're getting contributions from a lot of guys.

667
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 2: Some nights it's crowd or some nights it's Sarach. You know,

668
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 2: Bridge has been very solid like you said, Trey, and

669
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 2: then you've got your star guys on a night when

670
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 2: one gets tossed out and Chris Paul really didn't do

671
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 2: a whole lot of anything, Like, they still get this.

672
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: Victory over a good Lakers team.

673
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 2: So you know, I don't think a lot of people

674
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 2: are gonna be like yep Son's going to the conference finals.

675
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 2: But man, the way they're playing right now, sure as

676
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,679
Speaker 2: I wouldn't want to match up against them in a

677
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 2: first round. Seriously, I don't think that's an easy win

678
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 2: for anybody. I don't care if they're ranked number two.

679
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 2: You know, the seventh seed is probably going to be

680
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 2: a good team, and probably maybe I've already been further

681
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 2: in the last couple of years in the playoffs, of

682
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 2: course than the Suns and are going to expect to win,

683
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 2: but that ain't gonna be easy. I love watching this team.

684
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 2: I thought that was really impressive, Victory Ley, especially when

685
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 2: Booker went out in the third quarter and you're like, oh,

686
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 2: that could be trouble. Your all star's gone or your

687
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 2: superstar is gone, and instead all these other guys contributed.

688
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm just glad the Suns won that because if

689
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 5: they lose that, then the conspiracy theorists are out. You know, Yeah,

690
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 5: the NBA is rigging it so that the Lakers win.

691
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 5: The Lakers are in a bit of a truck right now.

692
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 5: But they held firm and you mentioned though, those role players.

693
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 5: That's what's really important here for Phoenix is that those

694
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 5: guys can step up and you know, Okay, you lose

695
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 5: Devin Booker even though it's just an atrocious decision to

696
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 5: eject him for what they did, the other guys didn't

697
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 5: sort of just sook and pout on the side. They

698
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 5: were like, all right, we're just going to have to

699
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 5: go out there and do this ourselves. So getting good

700
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 5: contributions from a lot of people. DeAndre Ayton, there's sometimes

701
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 5: I think this guy can be really really effective like

702
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 5: in the post in the paint there. I'd like to

703
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 5: see him be a little more aggressive sort of consistently

704
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 5: throughout the game. That's I think one thing that's just

705
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 5: lacking from his game at the moment, but very impressive

706
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 5: one here for the Suns. So yeah, not much else

707
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 5: he can say. The one thing you know, we've seen,

708
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 5: like Shay Gilg just Alexander last year when he played

709
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 5: with Chris Paul sort of you know it just improve

710
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 5: as like as a player and sort of almost mimic

711
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 5: some of the moves that Paul made.

712
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:00,719
Speaker 6: Well.

713
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 5: Last night, at the end of the first half, Devin

714
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,719
Speaker 5: Booker drove down and rather than take a shot, did

715
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 5: the sort of cross court pass the Michale bridges in

716
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 5: the corner hit the three. I thought that was just

717
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 5: like a Chris Paul type of play, you know, the

718
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 5: way that he would go down there and you just

719
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 5: sort of assume this guy mid range is going to

720
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 5: pull up for that, but instead, whether it was a

721
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 5: design play or not, he saw his guy in the

722
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 5: corner and fired in the past right in the pocket

723
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 5: and he knocked it in. So those are the sorts

724
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,959
Speaker 5: of things that playing with someone like Chris Paul can

725
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 5: have an effect on Devin Booker. As great a score

726
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 5: as he is already, if Devin Booker can round his

727
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 5: game to become an even better playmaker as well, that's

728
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 5: just going to make him, you know, overall him better

729
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 5: and the Suns.

730
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, back to that Booker ejection, Trey, you said it

731
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 2: was the second one was because of the bounce pack

732
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 2: bounce pass sort of to the official there with a

733
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: little zip on. It was that confirmed by the officials

734
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 2: or by the league, because I saw all the reports

735
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 2: that it was just two technical fouls, two quick whistles

736
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 2: for talking or things that Booker said. Because you're right,

737
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 2: it did appear the second one was maybe just because

738
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 2: he threw the ball at the official, which was nothing like,

739
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 2: not even close to the Reddick one where at least

740
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 2: like he's sort of put some spin on it, chucking

741
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 2: across the court, you know, me trying to show up

742
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 2: an official wasn't like that at all. But I couldn't

743
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 2: also tell if it was just like Booker had said

744
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 2: something you shouldn't have said, and because he left sort

745
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 2: of really quickly too, you know, he didn't really have

746
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 2: any like complaints really in leaving the court, He's like, okay, bye, Yeah,

747
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 2: so I've said something.

748
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 4: That you're not supposed to say the basketball court. But still,

749
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 4: come on, man, everybody hears bad words from now to now,

750
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 4: and then we didn't hear it on the broadcast, so

751
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 4: I think it's fine.

752
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, I just like, like to eject a guy for

753
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 5: that is just absurd. Just it's a power play by

754
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 5: the officials to be like, well, you threw the ball,

755
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 5: and then because I saw Jay krowd are kind of

756
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 5: saying he was talking to me, so whatever he said,

757
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 5: you know, the referees just kind of interpreted as being

758
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 5: spoken to them and they just decided, yep, that that

759
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 5: warrants ejection. You're out of the game. I mean, it's

760
00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 5: just completely overreacting to a situation. I talk about how

761
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 5: the players are going to keep their cool, the refs

762
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 5: have got to keep their cool as well, and if

763
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 5: you are, you should be allowed to challenge like that

764
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 5: that call because the plans out for the entire game

765
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 5: and he did virtually nothing wrong. You know, he got

766
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 5: the T. Okay, you got a T. That's a warning.

767
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 5: It's like a yellow card in soccer. Okay, just letting

768
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 5: you know that wasn't You didn't need to throw the

769
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 5: ball like that, But then to eject him on top

770
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 5: of it just makes it makes a face out of it.

771
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: Yeah.

772
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 2: One other thing from this, with the Lakers losing, Lebron

773
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 2: reportedly is not going to play tonight. He's going to

774
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 2: take his first game off of the season. I think

775
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 2: they had a back to back situation, right, They were

776
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 2: supposed to play against to night, and I saw that

777
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 2: he will not be playing it. So that's a first

778
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 2: for him keeping track of such things. All right, He's

779
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 2: in an MVP race with this guy. This guy might

780
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 2: be at the top of the leader board. You'll Catch

781
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 2: triple double again leads the Nuggets to the one twenty

782
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 2: eight ninety seven victory over the Bucks, not close at all.

783
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 2: Thirty seven, eleven assists and ten boards. You'll Catch's fiftieth

784
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 2: career triple double lely in another really impressive win for Denver.

785
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,080
Speaker 5: It was a big takeaway on the second night of

786
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 5: a road back to back against the hot team. This

787
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,479
Speaker 5: one had blowout written all over it, and it was

788
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 5: just not the way I would have thought the Bucks.

789
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 5: Early on Yannis, their strategy appeared to be Okay, let's

790
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 5: just use Jarnis's athleticism to sort of exploit Jokich here,

791
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 5: and he just went dunking. He dunk like three times

792
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 5: within about a minute in that first quarter, and that's

793
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 5: what you felt like the Bucks were going to do, like, Okay,

794
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 5: we're just you know, Yarnis can just do this all

795
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 5: game and if they clamp down on him, then to

796
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 5: open up the corner for threes didn't really happen. And

797
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 5: then once that after that sort of little berth there,

798
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 5: the Nuggets settled down and the real story, as you

799
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 5: mentioned there, is just how dominant Nikolay Jokich was for

800
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 5: his team because Yannis defensively, I think is you know,

801
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 5: the same sort of size as Jokic, and physically and

802
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 5: athletically he can keep up with him. And Jokiic just

803
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 5: does that same thing where he sort of turns his back,

804
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 5: he sort of maneuvers him down and gets in the

805
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 5: paint and either scores or fires it out to a

806
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 5: guy on the perimeter. And then brook Lopez, who's another good,

807
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 5: big heavy defender. You think someone like him would at

808
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 5: least be able to sort of keep Kitch out of

809
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 5: getting to the position he wants to. But when brook

810
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,959
Speaker 5: Lopez just stood there, Yokich was just like, all right,

811
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 5: I'm just going to shoot this then, if you're not

812
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 5: going to do anything else, I'm just going to shoot.

813
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 5: And he was incredible. He had like two or three

814
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 5: dunks himself in the end too, Yo Kisch last night

815
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 5: talk about you. I Thinkyan has finished with eight, but

816
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 5: Yokich had a couple. But just you know, we've talked

817
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 5: about a lot the night before. He is in control

818
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 5: of the pace of his game and it doesn't really

819
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 5: matter what the defense throws at him. Yokich will just

820
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 5: wait and wait and wait, and if there's guy in

821
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 5: a better position, he'll find him. If not, he'll just

822
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 5: go into the pain. He'll sort of do that twirling,

823
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 5: spinning move where he goes in and floats it up

824
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 5: over his opponent and scores. He's got the three, He's

825
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 5: got the driveway Dad step back as well. I mean,

826
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 5: the versatility, versatility to his offensive game is just incredible.

827
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 5: And I saw you Tweak this morning skits that the

828
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,959
Speaker 5: Basketball Reference has him now as the number one rank

829
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 5: for MVP this season, and that is great. I Mean,

830
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,919
Speaker 5: the Nuggets still need to keep winning because obviously they

831
00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 5: didn't get off to a great start. Jamal Murray I

832
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 5: thought again was good loss. Not But that's what it's

833
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 5: going to come down to. If he plays like this

834
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 5: and I K winning, then he could actually win. Not

835
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 5: this year, because I.

836
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 2: Think it's the Nuggets record that's all that comes into

837
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 2: play with them winning it, because these are just unbelievab

838
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 2: numbers and that's not a knock on and b that's

839
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 2: not a knock on whoever else you want in the mix,

840
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 2: be at Harden or Lebron.

841
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 1: Of course, the number of guys.

842
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 2: But if the Nuggets are a top three team in

843
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 2: the Western Conference, let's say, and now they're twenty and fifteen,

844
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 2: you're obviously climbing the ranks there, then you know it

845
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 2: will be interesting. I mean, I think then the Sixers

846
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 2: have to keep pace with whatever their record is for

847
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 2: MB to win it. And then you'll get the whole

848
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,280
Speaker 2: argument of like you can see it now you've already

849
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 2: serned maybe a little whispers of it, like yeah, Jokic

850
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 2: does all that offensively, but let's not forget what EMBD

851
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 2: does defensively right and also puts up in monster numbers.

852
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 2: There will be a bit of a debate there I

853
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 2: think going on. But Jesus, yeah, he's won right now,

854
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 2: and it's not a surprise with again them picking up

855
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 2: the w's right ray.

856
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 4: Three straight wins, and last night I thought was the

857
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,919
Speaker 4: best win probably of the season for the Nuggets, coming

858
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,840
Speaker 4: on the second night of a bat back against the

859
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 4: Bucks team that was coming off five straight wins. To

860
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 4: hold Milwaukee under one hundred, just the third time this

861
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 4: season that's happened. Went to his zone the Nuggets did.

862
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 4: Giannis got a bunch of dunks early, and then the

863
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 4: Nuggets are like, hold on, hold on a second here,

864
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 4: let's stop this guy from dunking. They gave up a

865
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 4: lot of open threes. The Bucks just missed a lot

866
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,359
Speaker 4: of threes. But that's what happens sometimes when you get

867
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 4: out a rhythm once you see that zone. So yeah,

868
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,360
Speaker 4: I mean, Jokic now has twenty dunks this season. He

869
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 4: had fifteen the entirety of last year, eleven the year before.

870
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 4: He's in the best shape of his career. He's playing

871
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 4: the best basketball, and it's the most consistent. If they're

872
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 4: able to keep stacking these wins up like they have

873
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 4: and maybe having a lot of depth will be to

874
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 4: the benefit of the Nuggets come the second half of

875
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 4: the season, when games are really jammed up together.

876
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 3: I can see Yokic making a run at the MVP.

877
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 4: Obviously, he's at the table right now. It's just a

878
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 4: matter of getting the wins, you know. And with Lebron

879
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 4: sitting now, with Anthony Davis out, obviously the Lakers are

880
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,919
Speaker 4: taking a little bit of a step back if they're

881
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 4: in the top two.

882
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 2: Got a great case, yeah, I think so. All right,

883
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 2: we'll keep going here. The Hawks win in Nate McMillan's

884
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 2: coaching debut. They topped the Heat ninety four to eighty.

885
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 2: That final score, he'd only scored eighty points. He shot

886
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 2: thirty seven percent, and we're out rebounded forty seven to

887
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 2: twenty six, by far their worst margin of the season. Somehow,

888
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,720
Speaker 2: Atlanta had twenty three turnovers to only Miami's nine, and still,

889
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 2: you know, one pretty comfortably. Trey Young got to going

890
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 2: in the fourth, get thirteen straight late, finished with eighteen.

891
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 2: Some people are going to go, well, the Hawks got

892
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 2: their new coach in there. That's the new coach bump. Yeah,

893
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:30,800
Speaker 2: that does happen.

894
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 1: You know. Again, we talked about it.

895
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 2: Nate macmillan does get guys to play play hard on

896
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 2: the defensive end, gives them a bit of an identity

897
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 2: at least what he's searching for in his guys. But

898
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:41,840
Speaker 2: I'm not going to go overboard with this one. The

899
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 2: Heat would have lost, I think against anyone last night.

900
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,479
Speaker 2: It was pretty pretty ugly though. The Hawks, of course,

901
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 2: are going to be happy with that victory. They'll just

902
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 2: see what they do here in the next one. I

903
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 2: think they have the magic so obviously a winnable game

904
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 2: for Atlanta. But let's not you know, let's not go

905
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 2: crazy and say that Nate mc millan has sort of

906
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 2: solved everything and Pierce was holding them back. It was

907
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 2: a gross scheme. Man.

908
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: It was bad, like not.

909
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 2: Even like the Hawks beat all that well, but it's

910
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,360
Speaker 2: again we'll see moving forward here. But Atlanta fans are

911
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 2: of course going to be happy. I don't know if you

912
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 2: have anything to add their lead as you're cackling away.

913
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,440
Speaker 5: Well, honestly, it was Trey Young's like three threes in

914
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 5: about two minutes that put the lead to about ten

915
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 5: points there for the Hawks and the Heats offense. Jimmy

916
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 5: Butler didn't play, of course. The Heats offense. It just

917
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 5: looked like they came down and they were just like,

918
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,880
Speaker 5: does anybody have any idea? No one knew what we

919
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 5: were running out there, So that was the problem the Hawks.

920
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 5: I didn't think the Hawks defense was like, you know,

921
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 5: just super lockdown. It's just the Heat's offense was really

922
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 5: really ordinary. And Trey Young those shots that he hits,

923
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 5: when he hits them, they're great, they go in. You know,

924
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 5: you've seen him. Sometimes they take those that miss because

925
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 5: he takes them from so far back. But he had

926
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 5: a fairly quiet game up to that point. I don't

927
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 5: think he scored even the first quarter last night, but

928
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 5: came off the bench and won the game for his team.

929
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 5: So good win for the Hawks to get it in

930
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 5: Nate McMillan's and.

931
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 2: It was confirmed by all the great reporters at the Athletic.

932
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,439
Speaker 2: You know, there was some tension Trey Kirby with Trey

933
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 2: Young and Lloyd Pierce and that led to him maybe

934
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 2: being removed, right. I mean, by all accounts, they didn't

935
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 2: get along all that well, and once you start losing,

936
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 2: things really ramp up, and that maybe led to Pierce

937
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 2: being let go as well as the record.

938
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 4: Right, Yes, and as John Hollinger says, if there's a

939
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 4: coach that's let go in the middle of a season,

940
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 4: it means they were probably thinking about it before the season.

941
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 4: So once injuries happened with the Hawks, once they started

942
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 4: to take a downturn in the standings, it's not surprising

943
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,760
Speaker 4: that those issues would rear their heads.

944
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 3: But I love it.

945
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 4: I love a new coach bump. I love a new

946
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 4: coach camaraderie bump as well. You saw Trey Young and

947
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 4: John Collins celebrating together last night. You saw John Collins

948
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 4: doing the shivering ice tray as cold after Trey hit

949
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 4: those three threes. There's no way to make friends faster

950
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 4: than to get your coach fired and to immediately show

951
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 4: how much you love each other out there. Clearly, it's

952
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 4: not the players who are at fault here, it's got

953
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 4: to be the coach. A great win for the Hawks

954
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 4: last night. I like seeing on Yakakongo get in some minutes.

955
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 4: Nice to see Bogdan Bogdanovic back in the lineup. The

956
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 4: reason the Hawks did this when they did is because

957
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 4: we got the All Star break coming out here. They'll

958
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 4: actually be able to practice a little bit, learn some

959
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 4: things from Nate McMillan and get set for the second

960
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 4: half of the season. Does the new coach bump continue

961
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 4: for another couple of months. We shall see, But at

962
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 4: least the Hawks looked like they were on the same

963
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 4: page playing for each other.

964
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 3: Last night.

965
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 1: We also got weggie number twenty.

966
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 2: Eight for the season in this game. Yeah, we wanted

967
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 2: to get greedy. We asked for another one before the

968
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 2: All Star break. We got it immediately in this one.

969
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 2: And Heat broadcaster Eric Reed was on the call as

970
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 2: the home broadcaster for the Miami Heat. He's taking baby

971
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 2: steps to calling this a weggie. He's not quite her

972
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 2: there yet, but let's hear him on the call for

973
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 2: number twenty eight.

974
00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 5: You'res hero fakes the three now fires, that's all got

975
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 5: wedg yin.

976
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, the ball.

977
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 2: Will be a jump ball situation here. Okay, so boink

978
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 2: he rolls with again, right though I think last time

979
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 2: he said doink, didn't he I can't remember, but he

980
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 2: goes boink, But then did say the ball gets wedged in?

981
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: Now did he call it a wedgie?

982
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 3: No?

983
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: But he's again he's getting there. Eric Reid is learning.

984
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: So that's good.

985
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 2: Good to see right lately, I mean again, it could

986
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 2: be better, you know, I'd be happy with the Weggie call,

987
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 2: maybe a shout out to no dunks. But at least

988
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 2: he's getting there, and we got number twenty eight. That's

989
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 2: all it really matters.

990
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 5: We're just rolling here up to sixty four on track

991
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 5: fall for the season. This is just going to be

992
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 5: a remarkable season. Only a seventy two game season as well.

993
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 5: Imagine we did get an eighty two game season. Oh maybe, Sonny, Yeah, no,

994
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 5: it's okay. It's a slight progress down there, Eric Reid.

995
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 5: You know, usually he's got all the stats, so I'm

996
00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 5: surprised he didn't say that's a twenty eight to WIGI

997
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 5: the season.

998
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's amazing.

999
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 2: If you started, just fired up Legi track or dot

1000
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 2: com that umber twenty that's our fourth in the building

1001
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:10,399
Speaker 2: this year. From the right sing yeah, well again he's

1002
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 2: learning now. So we wanted one more when we got

1003
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 2: number twenty seven. We came on yesterday we said we

1004
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: got one more for the al Star break. That's now

1005
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 2: we got it. Do we get extra greedyly?

1006
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: Do we try? Do we ask the Legi gods for

1007
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: one more? Maybe even two? Should we just be happy

1008
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: with twenty eight.

1009
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,840
Speaker 5: There's a ton of games on tonight, and there's probably

1010
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 5: a ton of games on Thursday night as well. So

1011
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 5: I don't think we've been greedy by just saying, all right.

1012
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: Give us one more, just one more.

1013
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 5: It's like twenty games on still between one more, not.

1014
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: Not to just one more?

1015
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 2: Twenty nine fun number to head into the All Star

1016
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 2: break with. Maybe we get one in the All Star

1017
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 2: Game too, right, Wow, we got one in a we

1018
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 2: did a celebrity game once or was it like shoot

1019
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 2: around of a celebrity game.

1020
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1021
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 5: We got one in the All Star Game.

1022
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 3: Though, I think both.

1023
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 4: I think we got one in the All Star Game,

1024
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 4: maybe from Steph Curry. And we definitely had one in

1025
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 4: like warm ups of the Celebrity Game. We were like

1026
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 4: doing our show from the sideline that just happened in

1027
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 4: the background.

1028
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,719
Speaker 5: Hey, look Schuman's back. You know how I can tell

1029
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 5: I said there was lot twenty games left. Look at Shuman,

1030
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:14,919
Speaker 5: I gotta eat.

1031
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 2: Well you could have well, I mean you could also

1032
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 2: hashtag well, actually, Schumann back. Nineteen game schedule doesn't mean

1033
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 2: we're gonna have nineteen games. Other games from last night

1034
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 2: they did? These did happen John Morant. The Grizzlies pulled

1035
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 2: away early to beat the Wizards one twenty five, one eleven.

1036
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 2: Awesome John Moran game, probably the best of the season.

1037
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,720
Speaker 2: Trey Lyles and Dejonte Murray led the Spurs to victory,

1038
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 2: snapping the Knicks streak. And Kemba Walker this was the

1039
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,439
Speaker 2: first game on TNT twenty five from him looking pretty good.

1040
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 2: Celtics get the victory over the Kohiless Clippers by what

1041
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 2: did end up being in the end, by five. So

1042
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 2: anything from those three games, Trey that you wanted to

1043
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 2: touch on.

1044
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 3: Wild skeets.

1045
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 4: It's Bean Week and the bean of the day the

1046
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 4: Green Bean, because shout out to the Bean Town Boys

1047
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 4: three straight. A good one versus the Clippers last night.

1048
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 4: Like you mentioned, no Kawhi, but it's still a good

1049
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 4: wing because Kemba looked really good getting to his pull

1050
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 4: up threes, had a little bit more bounce, had the smile.

1051
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 4: But the thing that was really impressive to me forty

1052
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:18,320
Speaker 4: two points in the paint for the Boston Celtics. Thirteen

1053
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 4: of those came from Robert Williams, who I thought was

1054
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 4: a real difference maker last night, catching alley oops, just

1055
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 4: being at the rim. He ended up with eight rebounds,

1056
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 4: two of those offensive. When he's able to be an

1057
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 4: effective finisher, when he's able to stay on the court

1058
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 4: for a long time, it really helps the Celtics because

1059
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,080
Speaker 4: it opens up the three point game for them, just

1060
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,919
Speaker 4: having somebody who is able to put pressure on the rim,

1061
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 4: because this is a team that is kind of built

1062
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 4: from the outside d much like the Clippers are. You know,

1063
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 4: their guards, their perimeter guys are their best players. They

1064
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 4: like to take a lot of pull up jump shots.

1065
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 4: They need somebody to score in the lane. Last night,

1066
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 4: that was Boston rob Williams, as Lee once called him

1067
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 4: great stuff. To me, he is their best center, their

1068
00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 4: most impactful center at least, But it's just a matter

1069
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 4: of being able to be consistent each and every night.

1070
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:06,919
Speaker 4: Robert Williams isn't quite there yet, but when he plays well,

1071
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 4: the Celtics look great.

1072
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, anything to add from any of these games.

1073
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 5: Leally, No, that was one I watched pretty close as well,

1074
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 5: and I agree to Kemba Walker. I think it just

1075
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 5: makes such a difference to the Celtics when he's moving

1076
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 5: well and shooting the ball, stepping into those threes in

1077
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 5: the fourth quarter, it just relieves so much pressure on

1078
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 5: the offense for Tatum and Brown. Tatum is still not

1079
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 5: quite in his groove yet. He didn't have a great

1080
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,719
Speaker 5: game last night. But when Kember's out there, it's just

1081
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 5: somebody else who can get a bucket. And I think

1082
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 5: that's what's important here for the Celtics because they've been

1083
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 5: playing pretty bad. But they've just strung together three wins

1084
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 5: here in a row, gritty wins over the Paces, the Wizards,

1085
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 5: that one where the Wizards is completely blew it, but

1086
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 5: now against a legit good team in the Clippers. As

1087
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 5: you mentioned, no Kawhi Leonard. So that's all the Celtics

1088
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 5: need to sort of get back on track. Just get

1089
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 5: a couple of wins and get all their guys healthy again,

1090
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 5: because I think they're much better than what their record shows.

1091
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, no Kawai in this with the back spasms. If

1092
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 2: Kawai doesn't play in the All Star Game, you know

1093
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 2: backstay's tape, can't loosen it up, can't go. Who do

1094
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,439
Speaker 2: you think Lee the NBA would replace him with. Would

1095
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 2: it be Conley, would it be DeRozan being on a

1096
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 2: good Spurs team. And I'm not having a rap anyone else,

1097
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,439
Speaker 2: I mean Sga, I guess possible Fox.

1098
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's unlikely.

1099
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 5: I would say probably DeRozan first. I think I think

1100
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:21,800
Speaker 5: they probably give him because he has had a pretty

1101
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 5: good season, and the Spurs are quietly moving along as

1102
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 5: they always do, and the Jazz, already having two representatives,

1103
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 5: may just sort of favor the league to say, let's

1104
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 5: just give it. Let's get a Spur in there, and

1105
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 5: and DeRozan, a veteran, has been around a bit of

1106
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 5: a sort of respect bump, almost like to say, let's

1107
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 5: get this going. I mean Conley obviously, Yeah, Conley would

1108
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,759
Speaker 5: be the sentimental, sentimental pick.

1109
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 2: But yeah, I think all right, Trey, who would Who

1110
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 2: do you think the league would pick? I guess if

1111
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 2: Kawai said he couldn't play.

1112
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:52,880
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1113
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,800
Speaker 4: I guess it depends on if these guys have scheduled

1114
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 4: vacations yet or not. But I guess I guess I

1115
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:02,239
Speaker 4: think it's more likely that they that it would be

1116
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:04,640
Speaker 4: a replacement from another team like Leah Sam. We already

1117
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 4: got a couple of Jazz in there, so perhaps throwing

1118
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,279
Speaker 4: a bone to the Spurs and Damar.

1119
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 2: Okay, let's hear from everybody out there, who would they

1120
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 2: pick if kaw I can't go. I'm not I'm not

1121
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 2: reporting that or I didn't see that. I just you know,

1122
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 2: it's possibility with Kawhi, I guess all the time. Okay,

1123
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 2: let's hit the beach to get us in the mood here. Yeah,

1124
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 2: step it on the beach because we'll be uh doing

1125
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:35,719
Speaker 2: it officially later today on Wednesday. You can join us

1126
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 2: live on YouTube at three pm Eastern if you would like,

1127
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 2: or you can just listen to the podcast later. But

1128
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:42,839
Speaker 2: I know we have some good questions in that one,

1129
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 2: and I thought this was a good one from Larry Pips. Hey, guys,

1130
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 2: Happy bean week. Ah, thank you Larry. Quick question, if

1131
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:54,800
Speaker 2: the star players like Beale, Levine, Kyle Lowry, Vooch, et cetera,

1132
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 2: if they're not on the trade market, those star players,

1133
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,760
Speaker 2: what lower priced vets do you think would be moved

1134
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 2: at the deadline or you'd like to see move at

1135
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 2: least Again, that's from Larry. I thought that was a

1136
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 2: good one, Tray. As we start to inch closer and

1137
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,879
Speaker 2: closer to the trade deadline, take off the big big

1138
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 2: name guys, who's a possibility that you could see being moved.

1139
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: Well, this guy's a little bit of a name.

1140
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:19,360
Speaker 4: Guy Skeetze is actually a little higher priced than zach Lavine.

1141
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 4: But Victor Oladipo, I think could be the biggest name

1142
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 4: who has Movedhshash Malice Tash Malice mention it on What

1143
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 4: You Do Not Need to Know yesterday. Anyways, he mentioned

1144
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,839
Speaker 4: it yesterday. Now that Victor Oladipo has turned down an

1145
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 4: extension from the Rockets, it's time to trade him. Like

1146
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:44,879
Speaker 4: I said when they got him, the move was all

1147
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 4: about the picks. When it happened, maybe Oladipo would work

1148
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 4: out alongside Wall and Christian Wood there, but that obviously

1149
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,240
Speaker 4: has not been the case. Eleven straight losses for the Rockets,

1150
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,879
Speaker 4: Oladipo and would have played six games together. Doesn't feel

1151
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 4: like Victor Oladipo is the guy that can carry a

1152
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,880
Speaker 4: team anymore, at least not right now. He's got a

1153
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,760
Speaker 4: twenty one million dollar deal for the end of this season,

1154
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 4: he's not playing up to it. Like Brian Windhorse said,

1155
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 4: everybody knows that Victor Oladipo wants to play for the

1156
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 4: Miami Heat. Everybody wants to be the next Dwayne Wade.

1157
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 4: But why would the Heat give up any players when

1158
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 4: they know they're going to be able to get him

1159
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 4: come summertime. Maybe he helps for the playoff push, maybe

1160
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 4: he helps come a playoff time in the postseason. But

1161
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 4: I don't think it's likely that the Heat are going

1162
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 4: to want to give up anything when they know they're

1163
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,160
Speaker 4: going to be able to get him in just a

1164
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 4: few months time. Maybe the Knicks or the MAVs are interested,

1165
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 4: but it might be hard to find a deal for

1166
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 4: Victor Oladipo, which makes you think maybe it'll be a

1167
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 4: buyout or something along those lines. That's why it's more

1168
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 4: likely PJ. Tucker is the trade target from the Rockets.

1169
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 4: He's on an eight million dollar deal, a plug and

1170
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,399
Speaker 4: play guy who plays defense. He makes threes, he can

1171
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 4: guard both front court positions, and he ups your toughness quotient.

1172
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 4: The Celtics could swing a move for PJ. Tucker pretty easily.

1173
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,080
Speaker 4: The Raptors could do it, The Heat could do that

1174
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:00,760
Speaker 4: one as well.

1175
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:01,720
Speaker 3: I think PJ.

1176
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 4: Tucker will be moved because it seems like he's being

1177
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,680
Speaker 4: wasted there in Houston at this point.

1178
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. Somebody's getting moved from Houston again.

1179
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 2: I don't see how they couldn't be at this point.

1180
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,319
Speaker 2: Tucker is a great one. I see so many teams

1181
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:14,960
Speaker 2: I would want a guy like that, especially on the

1182
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 2: reasonable contract that he's on. You can make it happen

1183
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 2: pretty easily. Give up obviously some picks, you know, be

1184
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 2: at second round picks and a young prospect or I don't.

1185
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 2: I don't know, is PJ Tucker worked with worth a

1186
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:26,040
Speaker 2: first round pick?

1187
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: Probably not? Probably not.

1188
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 2: Depends how close you are, Yeah, spender, who you are,

1189
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 2: depends who you are. Okay, those are great ones, possible

1190
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 2: guys from the Rockets being moved.

1191
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 1: What about you, Lee?

1192
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 5: Well? JJ Reddick appeared to be out the door in

1193
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 5: New Orleans only a few weeks ago. That sort of

1194
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 5: talk is quiet and down a little bit. I wonder

1195
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,240
Speaker 5: if it will pick up a bit again now, given

1196
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:46,319
Speaker 5: that the Pelicans may make the playoffs, and you know

1197
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 5: he's a contributor on their team. But I think a

1198
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,840
Speaker 5: team like the Celtics, for example, could just use another veteran,

1199
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 5: another three point shooter out there, and they might be

1200
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:55,880
Speaker 5: tempted to just see what they can get f him,

1201
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 5: because they've got plenty of assets there to be able

1202
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 5: to acquire him, And I think for JJ Reddick as well,

1203
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 5: he would like to be in a situation for a

1204
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 5: team that is a little closer to contending than the

1205
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 5: Pelicans are right now. So you know, he's having a

1206
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 5: pretty much a career low season. This year hasn't really

1207
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 5: gone the way I thought it was going to go

1208
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 5: for him, especially being reunited there with stan Van. But

1209
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 5: I just wonder if someone will come along, and if

1210
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,480
Speaker 5: you're the Pelicans, if you can get some sort of

1211
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 5: asset in return for a vet who's you know, probably

1212
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:22,799
Speaker 5: not going to be there next season anyway, I think

1213
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,920
Speaker 5: you're probably going to do it. So I think I

1214
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:28,040
Speaker 5: think there'll be a few teams pretty interested in someone

1215
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 5: like JJ because he's been around forever and you just

1216
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 5: know at the end of the game you can have

1217
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 5: someone like him out of there on the floor to

1218
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 5: open it up and hit those shots.

1219
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:38,760
Speaker 2: I went with the poor man's JJ Redick from my answer,

1220
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 2: because I think Reddick he's still he still makes like

1221
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 2: he's a thirteen million dollar guy, right He's got a contract,

1222
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 2: so you're having to get some guys going back and

1223
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:47,719
Speaker 2: return outside of trade exceptions and stuff like that.

1224
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: So I went with Wayne Ellington, the man with the

1225
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:50,919
Speaker 1: golden arm.

1226
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:55,320
Speaker 2: I remember state names in the league, but it's pissed

1227
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 2: and shooting guard Wayne Ellington. If you don't even know

1228
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 2: who the hell I'm talking about. He's a vet, thirty

1229
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,800
Speaker 2: three year old guy. He started on fire this season

1230
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:03,799
Speaker 2: from three. The guy could not miss. Like through his

1231
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 2: like first fourteen or fifteen games, he was shooting fifty

1232
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 2: three percent from three on a ton of attempts. He's

1233
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:12,279
Speaker 2: cooled off since he's the he's the man with the

1234
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 2: bronze arm now.

1235
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:13,800
Speaker 3: But it's okay.

1236
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:15,960
Speaker 2: Bronze is still nice. It's not golden, but it's fine.

1237
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:19,319
Speaker 2: He's hitting a very respectable forty one percent from deep,

1238
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,640
Speaker 2: and he's a thirty eight percent three point shooter his

1239
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,840
Speaker 2: entire career, which has obviously been a long time. So

1240
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:26,920
Speaker 2: he's a floor spacer and he can be had a

1241
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 2: lot easier, maybe than a reddick Ley, I think, just

1242
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:31,239
Speaker 2: because he's a one year VET minimum guy, so you

1243
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:33,960
Speaker 2: can make it happen. Piston's obviously one of the worst.

1244
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:34,239
Speaker 1: Teams in LA.

1245
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 2: I don't know why they wouldn't want to get something

1246
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:38,280
Speaker 2: in return for him. We've seen them do it multiple

1247
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 2: times over the last couple of months with deals, so

1248
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:42,879
Speaker 2: there's something there. He's he's like an older one trick

1249
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 2: pony on an expiring contract. But contenders always talk themselves

1250
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 2: into those guys because it's more shooting, right, more depth,

1251
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,080
Speaker 2: more shooting, and you know, I could see like a

1252
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,640
Speaker 2: Celtics again, if like there's nothing there with Reddick, maybe

1253
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 2: a Sixers. I think the Lakers is really interesting too.

1254
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 2: I think when you look at last night's game, for example,

1255
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 2: not a lot of help on the wing there from

1256
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 2: like swingman like KCP, who's played well before of course,

1257
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:08,359
Speaker 2: especially down in the bubble, but he had a rough

1258
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,280
Speaker 2: one last night. Wesley Matthews went scoreless in twenty three minutes.

1259
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:14,440
Speaker 2: We're not a shooter like Wayne Ellington out there. He

1260
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 2: could be had for cheap. I think Piston's powered. They wondered,

1261
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 2: could you get Horton Tucker from the Lakers?

1262
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:21,759
Speaker 3: Now?

1263
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: Probably not.

1264
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 2: I agree, they're probably too high on him. I know

1265
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 2: everybody was so high on him in the preseason. Everybody

1266
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,800
Speaker 2: was all in on Horton Tucker. He's going to be

1267
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:35,440
Speaker 2: a future MVP. Yeah, unlikely, but maybe maybe the Mavericks

1268
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:39,279
Speaker 2: second round pick, And like, what's the guy's name wes

1269
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:43,160
Speaker 2: Uwondu something like that. Yeah, yeah, I mean I think

1270
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 2: the Pistons would be interested in that. For Wayne Ellington,

1271
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 2: if if the mass one another shooter, I think he

1272
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:49,320
Speaker 2: could be had. I think he'll be moved. Other guys.

1273
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:51,720
Speaker 2: You guys said two of them. I had Reddick Tucker,

1274
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,399
Speaker 2: George Hill. Maybe there's another Vet guy could be moved.

1275
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 2: Rudy Gay is interesting sort of where he falls in

1276
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 2: line with the Spurs obviously playing well they are, but

1277
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 2: you know he's not long term plans for them. Be

1278
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 2: Elitza is another name you always see. So we'll see

1279
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 2: some of these guys, you know, I think the more

1280
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:11,200
Speaker 2: this goes on, I'm outside of Oladipo. I mean, what's

1281
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:14,440
Speaker 2: star player is really going to be moved at the deadline.

1282
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 2: It's more these type of names, So just sort of

1283
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:18,240
Speaker 2: brace yourself for that, these sort of guys fringe.

1284
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 4: You guys, Yeah, I wonderful'll see any first round picks

1285
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 4: traded at the deadline, because when you look at the

1286
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:27,720
Speaker 4: contending teams here, the Sixers, nets Bucks, they've all traded

1287
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 4: a lot of first round picks. The Jazz, Suns, Lakers, Clippers,

1288
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:34,560
Speaker 4: they've all traded some of their first round picks. And

1289
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 4: these are the you know, once you're picking in the

1290
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 4: top or the last ten of the draft, that's when

1291
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,520
Speaker 4: you're looking to make a move that might actually help

1292
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 4: you for the postseason.

1293
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:43,960
Speaker 3: But if you don't got those.

1294
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 1: Picks, are you going to trade those picks?

1295
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 3: We will see.

1296
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 4: If it's going to be a cold market, it might

1297
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,320
Speaker 4: be a buyout kind of game come whenever.

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Speaker 3: That time is.

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Speaker 2: Sort of mid to late March. If I'm a betman,

1300
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 2: I say no first round pick is traded, I just

1301
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,320
Speaker 2: quite likely, yeah, yeah, because because like you said, a

1302
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 2: lot of these teams would be making moves to try

1303
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:02,800
Speaker 2: and help their chances to go for in the playoffs.

1304
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 1: Just don't have a lot of them.

1305
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,799
Speaker 2: There are handful teams to do, but not a lot.

1306
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:09,280
Speaker 2: All right, Beach step in later today three pm Eastern

1307
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 2: Live on YouTube. Leave time for tweeter the Night.

1308
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:19,280
Speaker 3: Tweet over Night Wow Twitter, Hey.

1309
00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:20,799
Speaker 2: Lee, before you get to your tweetl the Night were

1310
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:22,760
Speaker 2: you pissed that you didn't have tweeted the Night Honors?

1311
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 2: The other night when Magic Johnson was tweeting about Pascal

1312
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,359
Speaker 2: Siakam another.

1313
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:30,879
Speaker 5: He's having a sneaky good season, He's like he does

1314
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,440
Speaker 5: he just he must just read box scores or something. Magic.

1315
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:35,160
Speaker 5: It'd just be like, oh, this guy's heavy. And then

1316
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,080
Speaker 5: he just tells you what he's averaging. It's like, okay, great,

1317
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,279
Speaker 5: thank you Magic. That's great. No, this one doesn't come

1318
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 5: in from Magic Johnson. This one comes from the steinline.

1319
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:47,480
Speaker 5: Mark Stein. As James Harden's returned to Houston as a

1320
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:50,800
Speaker 5: Net looms on Wednesday, which is tonight, Rocket's owner Tilman

1321
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:54,640
Speaker 5: for Tita tells both Jonathan Fagen and Mark Berman Fox

1322
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 5: twenty six that the franchise intends to retire Harden's number

1323
00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 5: thirteen someday and that James Harden will always be a Rocket.

1324
00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:04,840
Speaker 5: So really, I just thought, you know, this could be

1325
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:08,040
Speaker 5: something we should talk about. I'll just quickly name other

1326
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,399
Speaker 5: Houston Rockets who have had their number retired, Yeah, Meing,

1327
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 5: Clyde Drexler, Calvin Murphy, Moses Malone, Akim Elaijuan Rudy, Tom Johonovich,

1328
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,919
Speaker 5: and Carol Dawson the general manager. But all those other ones,

1329
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 5: of course very well known, very you know, very well

1330
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:24,879
Speaker 5: connected to the Houston Rockets franchise, given that those guys

1331
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:28,920
Speaker 5: have all been retired. I think it's a no brainer

1332
00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:31,600
Speaker 5: that the Rockets want to retire James Harden's because despite

1333
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:35,800
Speaker 5: how things ended for him and the team there an MVP,

1334
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 5: you know, the conference finals. Obviously, they never made it

1335
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,160
Speaker 5: to the finals and never won the championship, but James

1336
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:44,799
Speaker 5: Harden was an incredible player for that franchise, and I

1337
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 5: think they just want to sort of, you know, end

1338
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:48,560
Speaker 5: on good terms and sort of as well send a

1339
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 5: little message around the league like, yeah, okay, you know,

1340
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 5: we didn't like how it ended here, but we're going

1341
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:56,360
Speaker 5: to take the high road here and recognize one of

1342
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:58,560
Speaker 5: the greatest players in our franchise's history.

1343
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the Titman leaking this because James Harden

1344
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 2: is playing his team tonight and is likely going to

1345
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,359
Speaker 2: put up forty twenty and fifteen on their heads. And

1346
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:13,759
Speaker 2: saying this, maybe, you know, maybe it takes Harden's you know, mindset,

1347
00:57:14,120 --> 00:57:15,840
Speaker 2: cranks it down a little bit. I don't need to

1348
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:18,680
Speaker 2: be so revengeful and just destroy this team tonight. So

1349
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:22,040
Speaker 2: it's a smooth move by Tilman there, But I don't

1350
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,320
Speaker 2: think it's gonna work. I think Harden's going to destroy

1351
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 2: them tonight. But I see what he's trying to do,

1352
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:30,680
Speaker 2: and this is no brainer. You eventually, Yeah, time heels

1353
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:33,000
Speaker 2: all and Harden is like one of the greatest players

1354
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 2: in your franchise history.

1355
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're going to retire his number. This isn't shocking

1356
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: by any means, Rachray, No, this is not shocking. They

1357
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 1: should do it.

1358
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:43,440
Speaker 4: At worst, James Harden is the third best player in

1359
00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 4: Rocket's history, So pretty easy call. I do like though

1360
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 4: that the stream team is getting pretty heated about Tracy

1361
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,720
Speaker 4: McGrady not having his number retired by the Rockets, which

1362
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 4: is a little surprising. But I'm having a hard time

1363
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 4: getting upset about it because I just found out about

1364
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,160
Speaker 4: forty seconds ago that Tracy Gradies Jersey has not yet

1365
00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 4: been retired by the Rockets.

1366
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:03,040
Speaker 3: Should it be?

1367
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:04,240
Speaker 1: Should have been?

1368
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 5: I don't know how long was he even there for

1369
00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:08,920
Speaker 5: in the It wasn't a long. I mean, Clyde Drexla

1370
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:11,400
Speaker 5: wasn't with the Rockets long. But of course he's connecting

1371
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:13,520
Speaker 5: the title, the team and the city and the and

1372
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 5: the championship there. But yeah, Tracy mcgreat, I mean they

1373
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 5: never go to have the first round of the playoffs.

1374
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 5: That's kind of he's you know, that's that's the sort

1375
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 5: of stigma that he carries around, which is kind of

1376
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:24,439
Speaker 5: play there.

1377
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 4: Five and a half seasons, three All Star seasons, and

1378
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:30,160
Speaker 4: I'm guessing he was probably All NBA for a.

1379
00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 3: Few of those as well.

1380
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:33,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's good, he was good.

1381
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:34,280
Speaker 3: He was good.

1382
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, but again, I mean, it's sort of what happens

1383
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:39,080
Speaker 2: is it was similar to the Bulls that we were

1384
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 2: talking about, would they retire Noah's jersey? Right, it's a

1385
00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:44,200
Speaker 2: little bit like we've had so much success as a

1386
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:47,680
Speaker 2: team prior to you that the bar is sort of

1387
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:51,160
Speaker 2: set very high. Championships obviously, like you know, uh, some

1388
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 2: of the best players ever in a keem Elijahon at least,

1389
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 2: and like you said, I mean, okay, Drexler is a

1390
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:57,320
Speaker 2: weird one there, but he rightly, he has the tide

1391
00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:59,920
Speaker 2: of the city. It's the it's tough to then sort

1392
00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:01,840
Speaker 2: of lower it a little bit, which is what you're doing,

1393
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:02,959
Speaker 2: which doesn't mean it's wrong.

1394
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: You can still honor these.

1395
00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 2: Guys, but I see what it's a little bit of

1396
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 2: a predicament for some of these franchises. I don't know,

1397
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:13,160
Speaker 2: I got I guess, I guess I would have thought

1398
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 2: his number was retired. As soon as you said yea

1399
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,040
Speaker 2: MGGS number was retired, I guess my mind immediately went,

1400
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,680
Speaker 2: I'm grading must be too, but not as there is

1401
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:21,640
Speaker 2: long not as much success.

1402
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,480
Speaker 1: I guess I was like, yeah, it's a good one.

1403
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:25,680
Speaker 1: I don't know, hard and no brainer though.

1404
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:26,160
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1405
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,360
Speaker 2: In fact, if Kilman really wants him to not like

1406
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:34,160
Speaker 2: kill them tonight, like do it tonight, retire as Jersey tonight, absolutely, yeah,

1407
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:39,200
Speaker 2: distract him maybe my chances yeah, exactly, Okay, good, good

1408
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:41,760
Speaker 2: sweet earlyly pick them results. Last night it was the

1409
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:44,760
Speaker 2: Hawks he game, and Miami was favored by three and

1410
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,520
Speaker 2: a half and the Hawks one, as we already talked about.

1411
00:59:46,560 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: So that's a victory for tasks.

1412
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:51,000
Speaker 2: He's two and oh, Trey one and one, Lee oh

1413
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:53,000
Speaker 2: and two because you had the Miami and so did I.

1414
00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:54,920
Speaker 2: So I'm one in one, very very early here in

1415
00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:56,400
Speaker 2: the month of March. Don't worry, Tray still has to

1416
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 2: pay off February's pick them loss. We'll get to that

1417
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:02,640
Speaker 2: in due time, probably after the All Star break. But

1418
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:07,600
Speaker 2: tonight's pickham game is Jazz sixers Utah on the road,

1419
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 2: favored by three and a half. Lee, Let's start with you.

1420
01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:13,200
Speaker 5: Really like, it's a tough one. The Jazz, you know,

1421
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:16,960
Speaker 5: had a couple of losses recently, and the six is

1422
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:19,920
Speaker 5: playing pretty well. I'm not sure about Tobias Harris playing tonight,

1423
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 5: but the Sixers I think have got enough in them

1424
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:26,160
Speaker 5: to be able to lose by three points at the worst.

1425
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 5: So I will take Philadelphia.

1426
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:31,120
Speaker 2: Okay, this is a nice matchup obviously, EMBIID versus Rudy

1427
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:34,320
Speaker 2: Gobert and be just talk some shit about owning Miles Turner.

1428
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:37,880
Speaker 2: I don't know how his bears against Rudy Gobert, no disrespect,

1429
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:40,120
Speaker 2: no disrespect owns.

1430
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:44,080
Speaker 5: Ever since you got into the league.

1431
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:48,560
Speaker 2: So I don't know what Gobert versus EMBIAD matchups have

1432
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:50,960
Speaker 2: gone like and who it favors in the past. If

1433
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:52,600
Speaker 2: somebody in the stream team Shuman, if you want to

1434
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 2: look that up for you, but Trey, well he does that.

1435
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:55,640
Speaker 1: Maybe who do you got?

1436
01:00:56,080 --> 01:01:00,600
Speaker 4: Schuman's busy he's tweeting out Tracy McGrady statistics. He missed

1437
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 4: a lot of games in two of the five seasons

1438
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 4: he played with the Houston Rockets. Also only thirteenth on

1439
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:08,040
Speaker 4: the all time scoring let's compared to James Harden, who is.

1440
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 3: Second that being said, give me the Sixers.

1441
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,960
Speaker 4: I feel like Embiid has these kind of games circled

1442
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,080
Speaker 4: on his calendar. I don't know the stats. I'm sure

1443
01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:19,800
Speaker 4: we'll get him from Schumann here pretty soon. But this

1444
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:22,240
Speaker 4: guy loves to see another all star center line up

1445
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:23,520
Speaker 4: against him, and then he loves to go out and

1446
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:26,640
Speaker 4: dominate that all star center. Sixers have been a little

1447
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:29,720
Speaker 4: bit better than the Jazz for you know, four days

1448
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:30,560
Speaker 4: or something like that.

1449
01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 3: So gimme Philly.

1450
01:01:31,840 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 2: Okay, let's find out who tass has before I make

1451
01:01:33,880 --> 01:01:35,400
Speaker 2: my pick, because that might decide where I go.

1452
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,160
Speaker 6: Tesk what you got, Oh, looking forward to this one.

1453
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:42,520
Speaker 6: Joel Embiid versus Rudy Gobert and the Sixers perimeter defense

1454
01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:45,480
Speaker 6: against the Jazz three point shooters. I think they can

1455
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,919
Speaker 6: cover them well enough out there, Jazz not playing as well.

1456
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,280
Speaker 6: Gimme Philly plus three and a half points.

1457
01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:54,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, that's why I waited. I guess I'll swerve.

1458
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:55,840
Speaker 2: I want to make it a little interesting. I'll take

1459
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 2: Utah to win by four or more. Three of you

1460
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 2: guys have the Sixers key close enough or maybe even

1461
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 2: get that victory. Task looking real smooth there, It had

1462
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:05,960
Speaker 2: a nice shave. And I only say that because I

1463
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:09,920
Speaker 2: just saw Tasks on the weekend and it was the

1464
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:13,600
Speaker 2: scruffiest bearded Task I've ever seen. He had let it

1465
01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 2: go for a couple of days and hadn't been using

1466
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 2: his Harry's I guess, and it was.

1467
01:02:18,600 --> 01:02:21,920
Speaker 1: It was like shocky. I was like, oh my god, okay, buddy,

1468
01:02:22,840 --> 01:02:25,600
Speaker 1: but now he's back to looking smooth, looking like a

1469
01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:28,680
Speaker 1: million bucks money millis for a reason. All right, let's

1470
01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:29,080
Speaker 1: call it there.

1471
01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:31,080
Speaker 2: We got another show coming up later today, as I said,

1472
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,480
Speaker 2: for about third or fourth time here on this podcast,

1473
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:35,560
Speaker 2: Beach Step and later today three pm Eastern live on

1474
01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:37,480
Speaker 2: YouTube it. I'll drop in your podcast feed as soon

1475
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:38,160
Speaker 2: as we can get.

1476
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 1: It up for you.

1477
01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:41,880
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1478
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:44,400
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1479
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:47,200
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1485
01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:03,240
Speaker 2: Dunks did Schumann chime in after his McGrady research with Gobert,

1486
01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:04,800
Speaker 2: Embiid or Sid?

1487
01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:06,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, he chimed in to say, what were you asking about?

1488
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,280
Speaker 1: Alright, well, get well, just we'll talk about it.

1489
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:14,400
Speaker 2: Maybe after either Embiid owns Gobert tonight or Gobert owns Embiid.

1490
01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:17,000
Speaker 1: We will find out in that Jazz Sixers game.

1491
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 4: Clipper Brose, you heard it here first, have a great time,

1492
01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:22,520
Speaker 4: turn up, Love you guys, awesome.

1493
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:24,200
Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us.

1494
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:27,960
Speaker 4: And remember, Joel Embiid has scored twenty point six points

1495
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:31,360
Speaker 4: per game in five career games against Joel Embiid in

1496
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:33,320
Speaker 4: which he is three and two.

1497
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:35,800
Speaker 1: Oh, Joel Emid versus Rudy Gobert's man.

1498
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:40,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, what did I saying?

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01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:41,280
Speaker 1: You said?

1500
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:44,880
Speaker 2: Joel Embiid has scored twenty six point whatever versus Joel Embiid.

1501
01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:51,280
Speaker 4: Sometimes the greatest opponent is yourself.

1502
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,240
Speaker 1: Now that's a quote to end with. Embrace the day

1503
01:03:54,240 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 1: of people.

1504
01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:04,120
Speaker 6: Every day, and and you happy every minute.

1505
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:09,680
Speaker 1: It's been so long that you're the fun I've waiting for.

1506
01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:14,280
Speaker 3: It's happened already.

1507
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 1: It's gonna be goody