WEBVTT - How To Fix The Utah Jazz

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Hottest the Hottest India podcast out here.

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<v Speaker 1>I said what I.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, it's the Heat Chick, Heat Check Check. It's on

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<v Speaker 2>this episode of the Heat Check. I am all fired

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<v Speaker 2>up about what the hell is going on in you

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<v Speaker 2>saw Baby. It's Friday. So let's get into the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>futures market.

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<v Speaker 3>This time Defensive Player.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the Year.

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<v Speaker 3>And we also got a lot of news.

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<v Speaker 2>Popping from around the league with updates on Chris Paul

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<v Speaker 2>and Scott Foster's beat, two more dysfunction in Detroit to

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<v Speaker 2>Marcus Morris, ricochet shot at a dozen Hall of Famers,

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<v Speaker 2>and one sentence, Oh boy, so much to get into.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, watch that is t.

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<v Speaker 2>Baby, It's a lit tomorrow. Let's go William Let's drop

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<v Speaker 2>that generic ass beat that should be Rihanna. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>wanting to talk about this. I just didn't have the

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<v Speaker 2>right data. I didn't have as much time, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>bed injuries.

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<v Speaker 3>We had young guys coming in and out of the lineup.

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<v Speaker 2>But last year one of the funnest stories at one

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<v Speaker 2>point this team was number one in the West. People

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<v Speaker 2>forget one of the fun stories in the NBA was

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<v Speaker 2>the Utah Jazz everybody was pumping their tires. Ooh, Danny Ainge,

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<v Speaker 2>trader and trader, Danny, Oh, just fleecing Tim Connolly, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>Minnesota Termorwolves.

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<v Speaker 3>You guys are fucking idiots.

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<v Speaker 2>I was one of those people. I was one of

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<v Speaker 2>those ones.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody was like, Oh, they fleece them.

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<v Speaker 2>Rudy Gobert, four picks, all these players, all these guys

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<v Speaker 2>that are gonna be all stars, Walker Kessler.

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<v Speaker 3>YadA, YadA, YadA.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone on earth was certain that this was the worst trade,

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<v Speaker 2>not just in history of the NBA, but maybe in

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<v Speaker 2>all sports. The Jazz played out the season as one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most exciting teams in the NBA, while the

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<v Speaker 2>t Wolves tanked to the point where most people thought

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<v Speaker 2>that they were gonna have to blow up the ship.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people thought that Karl Anthony Towns had

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<v Speaker 2>to go. There's no way that Rudy Gobert and Karl

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns would work. How was the spacing gonna work

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<v Speaker 2>where they Anthony Edwards back? Oh my god, what a

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<v Speaker 2>difference a year makes, Really a quarter of a year. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>the Timberwolves are now the best team in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>They have the number one ranked defense, Rudy Gobert is

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<v Speaker 2>miles ahead of anyone in the league for defensive Player

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<v Speaker 2>of the Year. Chris Finch said this about Rudy. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the best I've ever seen him play. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the best I've seen him play on both ends

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<v Speaker 2>of the ball. Rudy dominated of it. Oh Monfrey boj

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<v Speaker 2>in another win over the San Antonio Spurs the other night,

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<v Speaker 2>and now people are looking at like the trade may

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<v Speaker 2>be a win for not the Utah Jazz, but for

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<v Speaker 2>the Timberwolves out in Utah has checking on them for

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<v Speaker 2>a second. This year has been not so fun, not

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<v Speaker 2>a fun story. They are awful seven and fourteen, one

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<v Speaker 2>game out of fourteenth place in the West. No one

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<v Speaker 2>expected the Jazz to be a contender this year. Of

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<v Speaker 2>course we know that, but a lot of people thought, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>this might take a step forward, maybe they're in team right.

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<v Speaker 2>They had an a plus draft keyante George Bryce sensibon

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<v Speaker 2>number nine pick Taylor Hendricks, who I haven't seen one

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<v Speaker 2>minute of yet. The Jazz who started four and eleven

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<v Speaker 2>before their star player Lori Markt went down.

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<v Speaker 3>And the puzzling thing is.

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<v Speaker 2>That they've gotten worse as the season has gone along.

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<v Speaker 2>They lost by fifty to the MAVs the other night,

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<v Speaker 2>who are also struggling themselves this season, and after which

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<v Speaker 2>Will Hardy had this.

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<v Speaker 1>To say that that was an absolutely horrendous performance from

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<v Speaker 1>start to finish. That was a masterpiece of dog shit.

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<v Speaker 1>I really don't know how to describe that game.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I think you did it pretty well. A masterpiece

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<v Speaker 2>of dog shit from start to finish. Wow. I these

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<v Speaker 2>new coaches, we brought it up last episode too, this

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<v Speaker 2>new DNA of coach. They're not holding back.

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<v Speaker 3>So what's happening?

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna be.

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<v Speaker 2>Believer, of course in roster construction. That's the key to

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<v Speaker 2>success in my opinion, and to me, this roster is confusing.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, they're breaking in a rookie point guard

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<v Speaker 2>in Kiante George. I like rookie Kyante George.

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<v Speaker 3>He's one of my favorite young kids in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been successful so far, really good assistant turnover ratio,

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<v Speaker 2>long athletic, can get to his spots. The problem is

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<v Speaker 2>Kante George right now, at least right now, cannot shoot.

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<v Speaker 2>They have three other guards who can shoot but can't pass,

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<v Speaker 2>especially Colin Sexton. He does not like to pass at all.

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<v Speaker 2>He keeps getting minutes over oshayok Baji. Why I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>They have forwards and Markingen and Olenik who can hit

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<v Speaker 2>a three, but they struggle to defend. John Collins and

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<v Speaker 2>Walker Kessler is the front line of this team, both

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<v Speaker 2>solid but right now unspectacular players. And the bench has

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<v Speaker 2>no replacements when they're hurt in foul trouble or off

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<v Speaker 2>the court. So I mean, not great. Obviously not great.

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<v Speaker 2>The biggest problem is that they have young, talented players

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<v Speaker 2>who who can't find time on the court. Why, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. Here's an astounding fact. Well, I actually kind

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<v Speaker 2>of do know. Here's an astounding fact. Two players selected

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<v Speaker 2>in the first round of the twenty twenty three draft

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<v Speaker 2>average two minutes or less per game this year, and

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<v Speaker 2>they both play for the Jazz. Two two players selected

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<v Speaker 2>in the first round of the twenty twenty three draft

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<v Speaker 2>only average two minutes or less, and they're both Jazz players.

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Hendricks was drafted ninth top ten player. He has

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen DMPs. He averages two minutes per game. Bryce sens

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<v Speaker 2>the ball twenty eighth overall twenty DMPs, played two minutes

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<v Speaker 2>in one game that is bizarre. Why are they on

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<v Speaker 2>milk cartons? Where are they makes no damn sense considering

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<v Speaker 2>that if they had played the kids this year, their

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<v Speaker 2>record would probably be no different than it is right now.

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<v Speaker 2>You should be developing these young guys and not playing

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<v Speaker 2>dudes who clearly are not.

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<v Speaker 3>The future of this team.

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<v Speaker 2>We are at quarter of the way through the season

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<v Speaker 2>and it looks like the Jazz are going to have

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<v Speaker 2>to go into tank mode again, which is not where

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<v Speaker 2>Danny saw them going and not where I, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>saw them going either at the start of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>But since they suck and it doesn't look like things

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<v Speaker 2>will get better this season, here's what I would do

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<v Speaker 2>if I was part of the Danny Ainge cabal. Trade trade, trade,

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<v Speaker 2>trade them all garage sale. All the young guys stay,

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<v Speaker 2>all the non young guys go. And I don't mean

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<v Speaker 2>young like Colin Sexton. I mean young like Keyontay George.

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<v Speaker 2>You start with the players who are in the way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, we don't have space for you. Aka THHT

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Horton Tucker one of the great developer blockers of

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<v Speaker 2>all time. He just gets in the way wherever he goes.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lakers considered him untouchable. At one point, he stopped

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<v Speaker 2>trades from happening that they probably needed to make. And

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<v Speaker 2>now he's flamed out in two cities. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>He's only twenty three, but for some reason, it feels

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<v Speaker 2>like he's been in the league a decade. Not gonna lie.

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<v Speaker 3>Someone's gonna take a flyer on him.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you when he's good, like he was against Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 2>he put up twenty five points in twenty nine minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>He's very good, but mostly THHT not so good.

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<v Speaker 3>He is a thirty eight percent shooter.

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<v Speaker 2>From the floor in general, and a twenty eight point

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<v Speaker 2>seven percent lifetime shooter from three. Can play some defense,

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<v Speaker 2>but let's be honest, THHT is kind of chubby.

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<v Speaker 3>He can play a.

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<v Speaker 2>Little defense, but that's just because he's He's gonna be's

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<v Speaker 2>in thick body. He can evolve into a role player somewhere,

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<v Speaker 2>but in Utah, I'm sorry, you have to go number

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<v Speaker 2>two player. We gotta get rid of Colin fucking Sexton,

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<v Speaker 2>the young bowl, the baby bull in a China shop.

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<v Speaker 2>They said when he was in Cleveland, this was gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be a max contract kind of guy. And now what

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<v Speaker 2>are you. You are a roadblock, stealing minutes from players

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<v Speaker 2>who helped this team in the future while not helping

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<v Speaker 2>them win in the present. His minutes and his points

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<v Speaker 2>per game have fallen for four consecutive years, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is for a reason he is now getting eighteen minutes

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<v Speaker 2>a game off the bed. Those minutes should be going

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<v Speaker 2>to Bryce Sensible, or maybe to Josh Christopher or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>even to Johnny Jaza. Since he can score, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>he could help a contending team. I don't know. Worst case,

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<v Speaker 2>you can send him to Washington. Put his one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>because obviously he is great for that team. Because he's

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and twenty two point four, defensive rating is

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<v Speaker 2>so bad it's going to keep him from getting real

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<v Speaker 2>minutes anywhere else. Number three, I'm sorry Kelly Olinock, but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to go to I like him.

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<v Speaker 3>I like Kelly Olinock.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a tough, gretty kid. He can help a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of teams like Boston. He helped them already, maybe he

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<v Speaker 2>can help them again. He can shoot a three, he

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<v Speaker 2>can defend, he can rebound. But you know what, he's

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<v Speaker 2>a fine locker room guy, but not a locker room

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<v Speaker 2>guy for this locker room.

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<v Speaker 3>He's not going to disrupt a contender.

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<v Speaker 2>He is one hundred percent of vibes, dude for a

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<v Speaker 2>young team like Orlando. But I'm sorry, Kelly Olinic, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they already have one of those. His name is Joe Ingles.

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<v Speaker 2>I suspect that Kelly Olynic's trade value is greater than

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<v Speaker 2>people know, But I'm sorry, dude, you have to go.

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<v Speaker 3>Those are the three trades that would open this team.

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<v Speaker 2>Up a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>In the short term, it might be worse.

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<v Speaker 2>I still do not care.

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<v Speaker 3>Then in the off season, you want to see what

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<v Speaker 3>the trade value.

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<v Speaker 2>Is for John Collins. If you don't get what you want,

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<v Speaker 2>hold on him for another year, especially since the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four draft is stacking up to be not so great,

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<v Speaker 2>which is why the fact that they only have one

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<v Speaker 2>first round of this year is fine.

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<v Speaker 3>It's awesome. It should be a high one because it's

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<v Speaker 3>their own pick.

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<v Speaker 2>They have three in twenty twenty five, two in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six, and four in twenty twenty seven, and then

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<v Speaker 2>should have.

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<v Speaker 3>More after trading thht Sex than an Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, this is the only way forward in Utah.

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<v Speaker 2>It has to be you have to embrace the tank.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that's not what Danny Ainge likes to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He likes to retool. I'm sorry it doesn't feel like

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<v Speaker 2>retooling is a possibility here. There's people on Reddit who

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<v Speaker 2>are worried that Lori Markening could be on the draft,

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<v Speaker 2>on the chopping block. That's how bad things are right now.

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<v Speaker 2>This rebuild could take a couple of years, longer than

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<v Speaker 2>Trader Danny would like to But the future is still

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<v Speaker 2>looking bright ish in Utah, even if the present is

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<v Speaker 2>what did he say, a masterpiece of dog Shiit