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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in episode one sixty. What's Right with Nick Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Diora is not here today, still doing graduation related revelry.

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<v Speaker 2>So she is out today. It is me solo once again.

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<v Speaker 2>But we have a ton to get to, so let's

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<v Speaker 2>get right to it. Here is what did not make

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<v Speaker 2>the cut for today's show. Wimby signing a Spurs jersey

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<v Speaker 2>even though he's yet to be drafted. That didn't make

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<v Speaker 2>the show. Jokic makes it back to Serbia in time

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<v Speaker 2>for to see his horse race. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what this last thing is. It just says on the

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<v Speaker 2>screen two normal guys doing normal stuff. I assume, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know that's what it was gonna be. It's

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant and Aaron Rodgers hanging out, working out together.

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<v Speaker 2>So I have a theory on this, and then we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to the actual show, should I. Yeah, I'll say it.

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<v Speaker 2>There used to be our younger listeners or viewers might

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<v Speaker 2>not know this, but Jim Rome when I was a

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<v Speaker 2>teenager and into my early twenties, certainly when I was

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<v Speaker 2>a teen, when I was driving around door to door

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<v Speaker 2>selling stakes, Jim Rome was the biggest sports radio guy

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. Made tens of millions of dollars, was

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<v Speaker 2>on three hundred plus stations. It kind of reinvented the

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<v Speaker 2>format took what Mike and the Mad Dog created and

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<v Speaker 2>turned it into the Jungle and the Clones and live shows.

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<v Speaker 2>So many of us oh so much to Jim Rome,

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<v Speaker 2>and when he was off, typically his fill ins were

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<v Speaker 2>just objectively bad. Now I say this as someone that

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<v Speaker 2>once filled in for Jim Room. Okay, so I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>throwing stones, and I don't know if this is the

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<v Speaker 2>truth or not, but it was a I just remember

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<v Speaker 2>it being a theory growing up that Rome would have

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<v Speaker 2>those people fill in because it made him look even

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<v Speaker 2>better in comparison, and it made the audience miss him

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<v Speaker 2>more when he was gone. So why am I telling

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<v Speaker 2>that twenty year old twenty five year old anecdote. My

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<v Speaker 2>theory to Kevin Durant, who's a little odd choosing to

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<v Speaker 2>hang out with Aaron Rodgers is that he then becomes

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<v Speaker 2>far and away the most sane, normal guy in the crew.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, oh, you guys think I'm a little weird, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't I bring my Kim Trails anti vax ayahuasca drinken.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta FaceTime me buddy to come hang out, And

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<v Speaker 2>then you might be like, oh, kd little odd social

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<v Speaker 2>media stuff. But aside from that pretty chill guy. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now to the actual show. Diora normally would read these questions,

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<v Speaker 2>I will Bradley Beal's going to Phoenix, and the producer's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone's clowning on the Suns forgetting Beal, But they got

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<v Speaker 2>an All Star for a sandwich. Who cares about cap

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<v Speaker 2>space if it nets them a title? All right? That

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<v Speaker 2>is right and wrong there, It is correct, who cares

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<v Speaker 2>about cap space if it nets them a title? The

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<v Speaker 2>problem is this, I do know. I feel this makes

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<v Speaker 2>the I know this doesn't make the Suns the favorites.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel it puts them in the top four

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<v Speaker 2>contenders going into next season. I think the Nuggets, the Bucks,

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<v Speaker 2>the Celtics, the Lakers all have to be ahead of them.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see what the Heat do. We'll see what the

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<v Speaker 2>Sixers do. The Sixers I'm more skeptical of. At best.

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<v Speaker 2>I think this puts them fifth or sixth. So you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>who cares about cap space if it nets them a title?

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<v Speaker 2>But if it doesn't, they are as locked in and

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<v Speaker 2>as handcuffed as any team in recent memory. And it

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<v Speaker 2>was not, in my opinion, the best use of the

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<v Speaker 2>asset of chrisp contract what they needed. So let me

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<v Speaker 2>talk about what I think they needed. Then I'll discuss

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<v Speaker 2>why this locks them in, because I don't think a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the audience understandably is fully versed on the

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<v Speaker 2>new CBA that kicks in in eleven days. So why

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<v Speaker 2>I What I think they needed was versatile, durable players.

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<v Speaker 2>They needed depth. Your scoring is taken care of with

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<v Speaker 2>KD and Booker. What you need is guys who can

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<v Speaker 2>play playoff minutes, So those guys aren't to play forty

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes a night, switch defensively, and play a lot

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<v Speaker 2>in the regular season. I don't apologize for my voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll try to fix it instead. You got a poor

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<v Speaker 2>man's version of Devin Booker when you already have a

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<v Speaker 2>rich man's Devin Booker, the actual Devin Booker, who the

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<v Speaker 2>last few years has not been as efficient and has

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<v Speaker 2>started to become injury prone for a team that cannot

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<v Speaker 2>handle more injury issues. Durant post Achilles has played thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five games fifty five games forty seven games. Booker had

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<v Speaker 2>been very durable throughout his career, but well pretty durable

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<v Speaker 2>throughout his career. Booker last year fifty three games, and

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<v Speaker 2>then Bradley Beal had back to back eighty two game

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<v Speaker 2>seasons since then, fifty seven sixty, forty fifty. So that

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<v Speaker 2>is a concern. Durant turning thirty five, Beal being what

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<v Speaker 2>I would consider an old thirty having been in the

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<v Speaker 2>league since nineteen, that's a bit of a concern. The

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<v Speaker 2>salary stuff is kind of outrageous. And so let me

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<v Speaker 2>give you what I mean by that. Next year, Kevin

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<v Speaker 2>Durant is the second highest paid guy in the league,

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<v Speaker 2>Bradley Beal is the sixth highest paid guy in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>The year after that. In so the season after next,

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<v Speaker 2>Durant is number two, Beal is number six, Booker is

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<v Speaker 2>number seven. The year after that, Durant is number three,

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<v Speaker 2>Booker is number six, Beal is number eight. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is your team. You are going to have no flexibility whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 2>And here is where the now listen. You can trade

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<v Speaker 2>Aighton and try to get some of those pieces for him,

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<v Speaker 2>But with the Nuggets winning the title, if you are

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<v Speaker 2>trying to win the title, certainly if you are trying

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<v Speaker 2>to win the West, you have to do everything with

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<v Speaker 2>an eye on what are we going to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to do against the Nuggets, Nikola Jokic specifically. You then

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<v Speaker 2>add to it the new CBA. So here is the

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<v Speaker 2>very cursory version of it. So you have your salary cap.

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<v Speaker 2>You then have the luxury tax number. You then have

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<v Speaker 2>and this is the phrase you keep hearing on podcasts

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<v Speaker 2>and on smart NBA shows, the second apron. If you

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<v Speaker 2>go above the second apron, your ability to build out

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<v Speaker 2>a roster is kneecapped. The Suns, by definition, with these

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<v Speaker 2>three guys on the roster are going to be above

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<v Speaker 2>the second apron. So what does that mean? Among other things,

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<v Speaker 2>you cannot combine salaries in a trade. So let's say

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<v Speaker 2>in a year, Durant is like, you know what, I

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<v Speaker 2>actually don't want to be here. I'm making fifty million

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<v Speaker 2>bucks and I want to go play somewhere else. In

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<v Speaker 2>the past, you could trade Durant for a twenty million

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<v Speaker 2>dollar player, a twenty million dollar player, a ten million

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<v Speaker 2>dollar player. What the Sun and some draft picks, what

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<v Speaker 2>the Sons did to get him will send you McHale

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<v Speaker 2>Bridges and Cam Johnson, et cetera. If you are a

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<v Speaker 2>second apron team, you can't you cannot do that. You

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<v Speaker 2>want to trade Kevin Durant. You gotta trade him for

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<v Speaker 2>someone making his money, which makes him untradeable because who

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<v Speaker 2>is making his money next year? The following people they're

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<v Speaker 2>you know, within his money. Staph embiid Lebron Joker Beale,

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<v Speaker 2>who's on his team, Karl Anthony Towns, Booker who's on

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<v Speaker 2>his team, Jimmy Butler, Paul George Giannis, Dame Kawhi. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the list. Those are either guys you that their teams

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't trade, or you wouldn't think it's a good enough

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<v Speaker 2>return for Durant. But that is not the biggest issue.

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<v Speaker 2>The biggest issue is what it does to you as

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<v Speaker 2>far as future flexibility. If you are a second Apron team,

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<v Speaker 2>you cannot trade a first round pick seven years out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's noteworthy because the Sons have already traded away all

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<v Speaker 2>of their picks for the next six years as is,

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<v Speaker 2>so they can include a first round pick in any trade.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't use cash to buy draft picks. Here is

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<v Speaker 2>the real penalizing part. If you are a second Apron

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<v Speaker 2>team in three of five years, so the Sons will

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<v Speaker 2>be a second Apron team this year seven years now

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<v Speaker 2>is the twenty thirty one drafts or whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 2>If they are a second Apron team two more of

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<v Speaker 2>the next four years after this year, their pick in

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<v Speaker 2>that draft is the last pick of the draft. The

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<v Speaker 2>thirtieth pick doesn't matter if they you know, at that

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<v Speaker 2>point Durant's out of the league. If everyone's moved on

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<v Speaker 2>worse than it does not matter. Your pick goes to thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't pick up players that were bought out to

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<v Speaker 2>fill out your roster. All of this stuff. So the Suns,

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<v Speaker 2>the Windorst article said. The Sun's logic was, we might

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<v Speaker 2>be a second Apron team as is, we might as

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<v Speaker 2>well blast through it because the penalties are the same

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<v Speaker 2>whether you're a dollar over or thirty million over. I

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<v Speaker 2>actually understand that. I just don't think it's intelligent deployment

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<v Speaker 2>of assets. I think they need more death. I think

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<v Speaker 2>they need more defense. And you know, Bill Simmons fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>years ago coined the phrase new owner syndrome. Has there

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<v Speaker 2>ever been a more glaring example of new owner syndrome

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<v Speaker 2>than a guy who took over a team five months ago,

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<v Speaker 2>in his first week on the job, traded four first

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<v Speaker 2>round picks and a couple players for Kevin Durant. A

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<v Speaker 2>couple months later, somehow got in a physical altercation with

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<v Speaker 2>Nikola Jokic. A couple weeks after that, fired his head coach,

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<v Speaker 2>seemingly has installed Isaiah Thomas as a shadow GM and

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<v Speaker 2>now has traded every other remaining asset aside from Ayton

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<v Speaker 2>for Chris Paul. I'm sorry for Bradley Beal and lockedown

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<v Speaker 2>him into this. So, and I'm gonna say one other

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<v Speaker 2>thing about the Suns. So, I just got rid of

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<v Speaker 2>my car and got a new car. I got rid

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<v Speaker 2>of my car because it kept breaking down, kept having issues.

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<v Speaker 2>If before I got rid of it, I had said

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<v Speaker 2>I'm driving cross country. If halfway along the trip the

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<v Speaker 2>car breaks down, that is not bad luck. Okay, that

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<v Speaker 2>is poor planning. If you buy a brand new car

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<v Speaker 2>and it breaks down, that's bad luck. The Bucks two

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, when they were defending their title, having Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Middleton get hurt right at the beginning of the playoff

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<v Speaker 2>run is bad luck. He had been durable, he had

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<v Speaker 2>been healthy, couldn't see that coming. That's bad luck. This

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<v Speaker 2>past year, having Chris Paul go down is bad planning.

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<v Speaker 2>The Suns next year. If Durant or Beal missed time,

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<v Speaker 2>that is not bad luck that is very foreseeable, and

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<v Speaker 2>that would be poor planning. So I I just I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think this works for Phoenix, and if it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>work immediately, it is a barren desert in Phoenix. No

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<v Speaker 2>pun intended for the remainder of the decade. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>to our producers, Diora is in the chat, she says,

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<v Speaker 2>so people watching on YouTube can chat with Diora and

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<v Speaker 2>if she has any interesting comments or questions, let's use

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<v Speaker 2>some of those in the sea blocks. Let's keep an

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<v Speaker 2>eye out on those, all right. There were some follow

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<v Speaker 2>ups here. The producer's right, is Katie's legacy sealed that

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<v Speaker 2>he could never win a ring, never win anything alone. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>very very very few guys ever win anything alone. I

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<v Speaker 2>do think, and I don't think Katie made them do this,

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<v Speaker 2>But it is an odd spot where once again KD

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<v Speaker 2>finds himself at the EPI center of the team with

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<v Speaker 2>the you know, the only big three or the most

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<v Speaker 2>stacked big three in the league. I think this got

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<v Speaker 2>him further from a ring than what they could have

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<v Speaker 2>done last one, with CP three likely not staying a

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<v Speaker 2>wizard for long. Where do you think he'll go ring chasing?

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<v Speaker 2>So here's the thing on Chris Paul. Maybe they buy

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<v Speaker 2>him out and he just goes and signs somewhere this offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>I do not think that is what Washington should do.

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<v Speaker 2>Washington gets no cap really for buying him out. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Washington should hold on to Chris Paul and see

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<v Speaker 2>if near the deadline someone wants him and will trade

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<v Speaker 2>for him. I do not think they should play him,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that would be better for Chris Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the best thing possible for Chris Paul would

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<v Speaker 2>be for a season to start in February. So he

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<v Speaker 2>goes to Washington. They tell him, you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>come in or we're gonna see if anyone wants to

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<v Speaker 2>trade for you. If not, we'll buy you out after

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<v Speaker 2>the deadline. But we're not going. Maybe we'll get a

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<v Speaker 2>little something for you and for Chris. I actually think

0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:50.720
<v Speaker 2>that's better. Brew on TV yesterday brought up Boston. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Boston makes sense. I think the Lakers make sense.

0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.240
<v Speaker 2>I don't think the Clippers make sense because I think

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<v Speaker 2>that is a doa team with a bat with a

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<v Speaker 2>toxic call, and I don't think you know, Denver has

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<v Speaker 2>their point guard, Milwaukee has their point guard Miami. Maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>but I would Obviously, I personally like seeing with the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think that could happen, but I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it's the overwhelmingly likely outcome. All right, Next rumors are

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<v Speaker 2>the Pelicans want to trade Zion to draft Scoop. Zion's

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<v Speaker 2>the top ten player when healthy, but he never is.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were genius sports owner Michael Jordan, would you

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<v Speaker 2>give Zion a second chance? I love Scoop, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I would do that now. The latest rumors are in

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<v Speaker 2>his you know, in his final master stroke of ownership

0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:48.680
<v Speaker 2>that Michael Jordan well that the Charlotte Hornets prefer Brandon

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<v Speaker 2>Ingram to Zion Williamson in that trade. You cannot trade

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<v Speaker 2>the number two pick for Brandon Ingram. I know he

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<v Speaker 2>was the number two pick once upon a time you cannot.

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<v Speaker 2>But now on a max contract and with Scoot Henderson

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<v Speaker 2>being the being available there, I wouldn't trade that now.

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<v Speaker 2>I would trade it for Zion. I still think we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a better than a fifty to fifty chance that

0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:15.280
<v Speaker 2>Zion gets right, and if he gets right, he's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the six or seven best offensive players in the

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<v Speaker 2>entire sport. If he gets right. We have never This

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<v Speaker 2>is not an exaggeration. We have never seen this volume

0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:35.920
<v Speaker 2>of scoring on sixty percent. No player in league history

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<v Speaker 2>has averaged fifteen points per game for their career on

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<v Speaker 2>better than sixty percent shooting. Zion is twenty six points

0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:52.439
<v Speaker 2>per game at better than sixty percent shooting. So I

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<v Speaker 2>would try to if I could buy low on Zion,

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<v Speaker 2>I would try to do that. Next. Draymond ops out

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<v Speaker 2>producers Right, your best friend opted out of his deal

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<v Speaker 2>with the Warriors, Draymond Greens noow, a free agent was

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<v Speaker 2>caught hanging with Lebron and France. Do you think he

0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:10.960
<v Speaker 2>should move in with de Monse in La? So listen

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<v Speaker 2>on the France thing. H Draymond, Lebron, Maverick and others

0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:30.720
<v Speaker 2>every summer rent a yacht and go on vacation around Europe.

0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:33.920
<v Speaker 2>I assume that's what's going on right now. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know for a fact, but I assume that's what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on right now. So that's not new. I do not.

0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:47.800
<v Speaker 2>Draymond and Lebron might be teammates one day, depending on

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<v Speaker 2>how long Lebron plays, But Draymond I knows this is

0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:57.760
<v Speaker 2>his last chance at a real payday. I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>why he opted out. Now, it doesn't necessarily mean he's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna make more than the twenty eight million this year,

0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:10.399
<v Speaker 2>but get a long term deal. Now it's more total money.

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond and I you know, I say only in quotes,

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<v Speaker 2>has only made one hundred and fifty five million in

0:22:17.920 --> 0:22:25.080
<v Speaker 2>his career, and by NBA star status, that's nothing. I mean,

0:22:25.080 --> 0:22:30.679
<v Speaker 2>it's nothing compared to some of his contemporaries. For some context, Clay,

0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:37.400
<v Speaker 2>who you can argue Draymond has been the more important

0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:41.919
<v Speaker 2>Warrior throughout his tenure. Clay has made two hundred and

0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:48.800
<v Speaker 2>twenty million. Guys like you know What's a guy that

0:22:48.880 --> 0:22:51.800
<v Speaker 2>Draymond does not have a lot of respect or admiration for.

0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Rudy Gobert has made one hundred and seventy two million

0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:06.040
<v Speaker 2>and has another one hundred and thirty million on the books.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't think Draymond's taking a discount. The Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>could only get him with a significant discount. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond likely is back with the Warriors next season. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that is the most likely outcome. All right, last,

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<v Speaker 2>John Moran officially spend a twenty five games. Seems like

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<v Speaker 2>the league's making example out of Jah, even though he

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<v Speaker 2>technically did nothing illegal. Is it fair to expect Joah

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<v Speaker 2>to be a role model for younger players when that

0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:38.600
<v Speaker 2>is not what he signed up for. Is this expectation

0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:42.479
<v Speaker 2>implied when players choose to go pro. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>the expectation is be a role model. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>don't be a dumbass. And there are things that you

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<v Speaker 2>get in trouble at work for that aren't illegal in

0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:04.760
<v Speaker 2>every workplace all the time, particularly if you get in

0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:09.359
<v Speaker 2>trouble for something once your workplace makes it very clear

0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:14.000
<v Speaker 2>this is unacceptable, and then you apologize, say you'll do better,

0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:17.719
<v Speaker 2>and then do the exact same thing again. I have

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<v Speaker 2>massive sympathy for Jah in that it seems like he

0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.360
<v Speaker 2>is going through a lot. I do not have sympathy

0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:26.959
<v Speaker 2>in that it's like, oh, what did he do? We

0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:30.800
<v Speaker 2>all know what he did. He was a dumbass, That's

0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:37.920
<v Speaker 2>what he did. Like it just spilled my delicious Starbucks

0:24:37.920 --> 0:24:42.720
<v Speaker 2>coffee all over myself, That's what he did. And so

0:24:45.359 --> 0:24:51.119
<v Speaker 2>here is my concern for Jah. And we've spent a

0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:52.720
<v Speaker 2>lot of time on in the past. We don't spend

0:24:52.720 --> 0:24:55.879
<v Speaker 2>too much more time on it's here. I do not

0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:59.080
<v Speaker 2>think the amount of games is gonna have any impact

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<v Speaker 2>on whether or not he changes his behavior. I think

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<v Speaker 2>even five games, twenty five games, fifty five games, he

0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:08.440
<v Speaker 2>lost forty million because of the first thing, he did

0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:11.679
<v Speaker 2>the exact same thing a month later. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>question is whether or not he thinks what he's doing

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<v Speaker 2>is actually a problem and wants to change his behavior.

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<v Speaker 2>I have concerns on both of those fronts. There was

0:25:20.520 --> 0:25:24.200
<v Speaker 2>a report yesterday that John people close to him feel

0:25:24.240 --> 0:25:27.960
<v Speaker 2>like think the NBA is out to get him and

0:25:28.160 --> 0:25:36.720
<v Speaker 2>singling him out. Uh, that to me is is problematic.

0:25:37.640 --> 0:25:40.520
<v Speaker 2>If John thinks he's being Yes, you are being singled

0:25:40.520 --> 0:25:43.320
<v Speaker 2>out because you're the only guy in the league of

0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:45.959
<v Speaker 2>four hundred and fifty guys that keeps showing up on

0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:50.800
<v Speaker 2>Instagram showing off pistols. Yes, you are being singled out

0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:57.920
<v Speaker 2>in that regard. And I know this is an uncomfortable analogy,

0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:02.840
<v Speaker 2>but I will use it again for the people that

0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:08.480
<v Speaker 2>just beat the drum on he's not breaking any laws. Guys.

0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:20.200
<v Speaker 2>If John Morant in March posted an you know, totally

0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:28.320
<v Speaker 2>two consenting adults a sex tape of himself to Instagram

0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:33.600
<v Speaker 2>and the league called him in and said, buddy, you

0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:37.640
<v Speaker 2>can't do that. You gotta sit down for a bit.

0:26:38.280 --> 0:26:41.400
<v Speaker 2>He then said, guys, I'm gonna go into some treatment.

0:26:41.960 --> 0:26:46.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm dealing with some stress. I have some issues making

0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:49.719
<v Speaker 2>some boar decisions. After the year, said I'm gonna do better.

0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:55.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna work on myself, and a month later posted

0:26:55.119 --> 0:27:00.919
<v Speaker 2>a new sex tape to Instagram. He would be in

0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:06.760
<v Speaker 2>a lot of trouble. It would not be illegal. It

0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:11.840
<v Speaker 2>would show horrific decision making, and you would wonder what

0:27:12.160 --> 0:27:16.600
<v Speaker 2>is he going through that is making him do these

0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:21.720
<v Speaker 2>types of things. Put it in that bucket. If we

0:27:21.800 --> 0:27:26.199
<v Speaker 2>want to have an actual debate about guns in America,

0:27:27.800 --> 0:27:32.000
<v Speaker 2>the either correct or incorrect interpretation of the Second Amendment,

0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:38.960
<v Speaker 2>the unequal application of laws, about who is and who

0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:43.440
<v Speaker 2>isn't penalized by the state or perceived as a threat

0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:46.719
<v Speaker 2>when they're carrying a gun. We can have all of

0:27:46.760 --> 0:27:53.080
<v Speaker 2>those discussions. None of them have anything to do if

0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:58.800
<v Speaker 2>you're being intellectually honest with the Ja Morant situation. Doora

0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:02.480
<v Speaker 2>just texted me that she's laughing out loud because I

0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:06.040
<v Speaker 2>spilled my coffee all over myself. Well, thanks, sweetheart, I

0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:10.560
<v Speaker 2>appreciate that. Michael Jordan's selling his basketball team. He was

0:28:10.600 --> 0:28:14.080
<v Speaker 2>the worst owner in the league for fifteen years. I

0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:18.919
<v Speaker 2>say that matters. Everybody says I'm a wild hater. We

0:28:19.040 --> 0:28:21.080
<v Speaker 2>discuss that and play a game of All in Her

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan sold his steak in the Charlotte Hornets this week,

0:30:03.520 --> 0:30:08.920
<v Speaker 2>and the rest of the media decided to just in

0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:14.360
<v Speaker 2>more Jordan deification. They're like, oh my god, can you

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<v Speaker 2>believe a guy bought a pro sports franchise decade plus ago,

0:30:23.080 --> 0:30:29.000
<v Speaker 2>sold it and turned a profit. What a brilliant businessman.

0:30:29.400 --> 0:30:34.960
<v Speaker 2>Oh only the goat. We see all these stories about people.

0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:39.880
<v Speaker 2>They're like, yeah, what happened? Why are you applying for unemployment?

0:30:39.920 --> 0:30:43.160
<v Speaker 2>They're like, oh, I just took a bath on owning

0:30:43.240 --> 0:30:48.040
<v Speaker 2>the Toronto maple Leafs. You gotta believe it, you know.

0:30:48.120 --> 0:30:50.440
<v Speaker 2>I used to be a rich man and then I

0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:54.320
<v Speaker 2>sold the Arizona Cardinals and now I'm out on the streets.

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<v Speaker 2>But MJ only MJ to all of a sudden, he's

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<v Speaker 2>got a billion? Can you belie? Leave it? That was

0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:08.960
<v Speaker 2>the other media's interpretation. Mine was a little different, which

0:31:09.200 --> 0:31:13.560
<v Speaker 2>was and I want to be crystal clear on this.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe when we are discussing who the greatest player

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<v Speaker 2>of all time is, I have this crazy belief that

0:31:29.520 --> 0:31:37.040
<v Speaker 2>the clock should start from the moment they're drafted, and

0:31:37.080 --> 0:31:42.360
<v Speaker 2>the clock should end the moment they play their final game.

0:31:44.440 --> 0:31:53.600
<v Speaker 2>That should be our landscape for the debate their NBA careers.

0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:59.480
<v Speaker 2>But I have been told for years that's not how

0:31:59.520 --> 0:32:05.680
<v Speaker 2>this works. And with Jordan it has been the ultimate

0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:11.400
<v Speaker 2>game of three card money, because just when it comes

0:32:11.440 --> 0:32:16.400
<v Speaker 2>to the playing career, it's not the playing career, it's

0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:20.920
<v Speaker 2>six for six, which would mean six four six, So

0:32:20.960 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 2>you had six opportunities and won all. They got all six.

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<v Speaker 2>So the greatest player of all time had a six

0:32:26.640 --> 0:32:31.920
<v Speaker 2>year career. Well no, no, no, he played fifteen. Oh okay,

0:32:32.000 --> 0:32:34.720
<v Speaker 2>so he had a fifteen year career. So are we

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<v Speaker 2>counting all of that? Well not really. Well what do

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<v Speaker 2>you mean, Well, the last two years don't count. Why

0:32:40.840 --> 0:32:43.959
<v Speaker 2>don't they count? Well, they just don't count. Oh okay,

0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:47.600
<v Speaker 2>that's fine. So when you say six for six, he

0:32:47.680 --> 0:32:50.840
<v Speaker 2>had six straight years of championships, is what you're saying. No, no, no,

0:32:51.840 --> 0:32:54.680
<v Speaker 2>well how what were there? Well there were eight, So

0:32:54.720 --> 0:32:56.640
<v Speaker 2>then why is it not six for eight? Well he

0:32:56.760 --> 0:32:59.400
<v Speaker 2>was retired the two years in the middle. Oh, he

0:32:59.480 --> 0:33:03.080
<v Speaker 2>was retired for two full years in the middle. Well no,

0:33:03.240 --> 0:33:07.920
<v Speaker 2>actually he came back one year. He came back one year. Oh,

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:09.840
<v Speaker 2>but he came back. But his team was so bad

0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:11.800
<v Speaker 2>without him. They missed the playoffs. No, no, no, they made

0:33:11.800 --> 0:33:16.760
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. Oh they did. Was he any good? Yeah?

0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:20.840
<v Speaker 2>Well he got MVP votes that season. He did. But

0:33:20.920 --> 0:33:22.760
<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs, did he like get hurt? No? No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>he averaged like almost forty a game in the series

0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:29.960
<v Speaker 2>they lost. They lost? Oh yeah in round two? Oh,

0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:32.160
<v Speaker 2>that team then winning won the title. No, that team

0:33:32.200 --> 0:33:34.800
<v Speaker 2>got swept. Wait, but he would have won the title.

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<v Speaker 2>But we don't count that year. No, no, no, it's not

0:33:37.440 --> 0:33:39.280
<v Speaker 2>fair to count that year. By the way, if I

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<v Speaker 2>told you about the double Nickolay dropped in Madison Square

0:33:41.640 --> 0:33:43.719
<v Speaker 2>Garden that year, that's still part of his legend. Let

0:33:43.720 --> 0:33:48.200
<v Speaker 2>me tell you about it. So that part the you

0:33:48.200 --> 0:33:52.600
<v Speaker 2>know that the entirety of his career, other than the

0:33:52.680 --> 0:33:55.880
<v Speaker 2>six years where they won rings, we don't count. Oddly,

0:33:56.000 --> 0:33:58.680
<v Speaker 2>it's a weird thing we do. I don't quite get it.

0:33:58.680 --> 0:34:03.000
<v Speaker 2>It's never made sense. But whatever. Here's the other part,

0:34:03.040 --> 0:34:08.040
<v Speaker 2>And this is where the ownership stuff comes in. And

0:34:08.600 --> 0:34:15.120
<v Speaker 2>everyone watching knows either if they are on the Jordan's

0:34:15.160 --> 0:34:19.680
<v Speaker 2>side of the argument, they have made this argument. If

0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:23.279
<v Speaker 2>they are on the opposite side of this argument, they

0:34:23.400 --> 0:34:28.400
<v Speaker 2>have heard people make this argument that when you are

0:34:28.520 --> 0:34:38.640
<v Speaker 2>arguing with someone who, like a religious zealot, believes Michael

0:34:38.719 --> 0:34:41.680
<v Speaker 2>Jordan is clearly an unequivocally the greatest player of all time.

0:34:42.400 --> 0:34:48.320
<v Speaker 2>You have heard the shoes brought up. You have heard

0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:53.239
<v Speaker 2>I mean, come on, if he's not the goat, then

0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:56.520
<v Speaker 2>how come his shoes are still the most popular saved

0:34:56.640 --> 0:35:06.439
<v Speaker 2>Nike reinvented shorts, commercialism. You have heard. I've heard about

0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:11.240
<v Speaker 2>the suits after the game, the shaved head, the mystique,

0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:19.040
<v Speaker 2>the aura, all of it has been part of the

0:35:19.160 --> 0:35:24.439
<v Speaker 2>giant stew that people used argue, Michael Jordan's the greatest

0:35:24.440 --> 0:35:33.799
<v Speaker 2>player ever, the whole story. It is under that pretense

0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:41.200
<v Speaker 2>that Michael Jordan being as far as on court performance,

0:35:41.280 --> 0:35:44.799
<v Speaker 2>not off, not Malfe's. It's not racism, not the things

0:35:44.840 --> 0:35:48.440
<v Speaker 2>we've had owners kicked out for. How good is your team?

0:35:48.719 --> 0:35:56.120
<v Speaker 2>The fact that the team he ran for fifteen years

0:35:56.800 --> 0:36:02.839
<v Speaker 2>was the worst team in basketball has to matter. You

0:36:02.880 --> 0:36:07.759
<v Speaker 2>want now, if you again, you want only the on

0:36:07.960 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 2>court stuff to matter, all sign up for that. But

0:36:11.239 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 2>all the folks who have argued, oh man, but the

0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:20.120
<v Speaker 2>threes are just an iconic shoot. All of that, and

0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:26.840
<v Speaker 2>you know you've heard these arguments. Well, then the fact

0:36:27.120 --> 0:36:30.600
<v Speaker 2>that you owned the team for fifteen years they won

0:36:30.760 --> 0:36:38.440
<v Speaker 2>three playoff games, zero series. Jordan's ownership tenure of the

0:36:38.480 --> 0:36:44.160
<v Speaker 2>Hornets is much like his playing career pre Pippin. Zero

0:36:44.360 --> 0:36:49.279
<v Speaker 2>series wins, three playoff game, no one playoff game win

0:36:49.440 --> 0:36:53.080
<v Speaker 2>before Pippin got there, zero series wins. That was it.

0:36:53.080 --> 0:37:00.680
<v Speaker 2>It's just longer. And lastly, again, if you want to

0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:07.560
<v Speaker 2>have an earnest, honest discussion, I ask you this. You

0:37:07.600 --> 0:37:10.040
<v Speaker 2>don't have to answer it right now. Just think about it.

0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:17.320
<v Speaker 2>If when Jordan took over the Hornets they turned into

0:37:17.360 --> 0:37:23.880
<v Speaker 2>a juggernaut, If he took over the team ran basketball

0:37:23.880 --> 0:37:30.080
<v Speaker 2>ops and and they ripped off a dynasty. Do you

0:37:30.600 --> 0:37:37.120
<v Speaker 2>honestly think folks would not be using that as part

0:37:37.280 --> 0:37:41.760
<v Speaker 2>of the argument as to more evidence that he's the goat.

0:37:43.400 --> 0:37:49.799
<v Speaker 2>Of course they would, of course they would. So I'm

0:37:49.960 --> 0:37:54.520
<v Speaker 2>just asking what's good for the goose, and if we

0:37:54.560 --> 0:37:57.160
<v Speaker 2>want to make it just about a basketball career, so

0:37:57.360 --> 0:38:01.680
<v Speaker 2>be it. I'd like that as I am sitting here

0:38:01.760 --> 0:38:05.799
<v Speaker 2>right now wearing Jordan's they are a dope sneaker, I

0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:12.239
<v Speaker 2>gotta tell you. But that's never been the rules. It's

0:38:12.280 --> 0:38:16.040
<v Speaker 2>never been how it's been argued. The producers follow up

0:38:16.080 --> 0:38:17.880
<v Speaker 2>with why are you holding him? Jay's bad for an

0:38:17.920 --> 0:38:20.960
<v Speaker 2>office decisions against him, but fine with Lebron forcing the

0:38:21.000 --> 0:38:24.120
<v Speaker 2>Westbrook trade. Well, that's another example of how insane this

0:38:24.160 --> 0:38:29.240
<v Speaker 2>stuff has become. Michael Jordan actually ran a team, owned

0:38:29.239 --> 0:38:33.720
<v Speaker 2>it and ran it and has skated for fifteen years

0:38:34.000 --> 0:38:38.120
<v Speaker 2>on them being the worst in basketball. Lebron plays for

0:38:38.160 --> 0:38:42.200
<v Speaker 2>a team and has gotten Lebron has gotten more criticism

0:38:42.719 --> 0:38:47.279
<v Speaker 2>as a shadow GM, then Jordan has gotten as the

0:38:47.520 --> 0:38:56.160
<v Speaker 2>actual GM. It's betch if everything matters the producers right,

0:38:56.360 --> 0:38:58.439
<v Speaker 2>shouldn't the fact that Space Jam one is way better

0:38:58.480 --> 0:39:02.320
<v Speaker 2>than Space Jam two be part of the conversation? Sure

0:39:03.040 --> 0:39:06.319
<v Speaker 2>for the folks that have that want to do that. I,

0:39:06.440 --> 0:39:11.719
<v Speaker 2>by the way, that was when if everyone is just

0:39:12.040 --> 0:39:18.839
<v Speaker 2>trying to wreckcon what actually happened when Space Jam two

0:39:19.120 --> 0:39:22.040
<v Speaker 2>came out and people can now say they were joking.

0:39:23.719 --> 0:39:29.680
<v Speaker 2>We all saw the tweets, saw the comments seemingly joking

0:39:29.800 --> 0:39:35.839
<v Speaker 2>on television about Space Jam one being so much better

0:39:35.880 --> 0:39:40.279
<v Speaker 2>than Space Jam two being further evidence we all saw it.

0:39:41.800 --> 0:39:48.200
<v Speaker 2>So that's it. Once again. I'm just the only fair

0:39:48.760 --> 0:39:53.080
<v Speaker 2>and honest, you know, media member left on this stuff.

0:39:53.120 --> 0:39:59.920
<v Speaker 2>It would it would appear no agenda, just an accurate

0:40:00.160 --> 0:40:04.000
<v Speaker 2>telling of the story. That's what you guys come to

0:40:04.040 --> 0:40:08.120
<v Speaker 2>me for all interfold Portland seems like they're sigma with

0:40:08.200 --> 0:40:10.160
<v Speaker 2>Dame for better or worse? Are you buying that? All

0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:13.240
<v Speaker 2>interfold of Portland's keeping Dame? You know what I'm folding.

0:40:13.760 --> 0:40:19.640
<v Speaker 2>I need to break them on the Dame stuff. He

0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:24.800
<v Speaker 2>is allowed to do whatever he wants, but it's become

0:40:24.840 --> 0:40:30.480
<v Speaker 2>a little tiresome at this point. There's seemingly some reporters

0:40:30.600 --> 0:40:32.879
<v Speaker 2>very close to him that keep saying he just wants

0:40:32.920 --> 0:40:36.080
<v Speaker 2>to be a Blazer, but maybe would do this. He said,

0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:37.960
<v Speaker 2>he wants to be a Blazer, but I'd go to

0:40:38.000 --> 0:40:42.319
<v Speaker 2>Miami or Brooklyn. I I like Dame a lot. I

0:40:42.320 --> 0:40:46.200
<v Speaker 2>think he's a great player, and he has to make

0:40:46.280 --> 0:40:49.840
<v Speaker 2>the choice. Do I want to be the man in Portland,

0:40:49.880 --> 0:40:52.440
<v Speaker 2>stay there for my entire career and not play in

0:40:52.480 --> 0:40:54.920
<v Speaker 2>a single relevant playoff game for the rest of it,

0:40:55.719 --> 0:40:58.360
<v Speaker 2>or go do something else. I won't judge him for either,

0:40:59.120 --> 0:41:04.280
<v Speaker 2>but there is I know there's a lot of people

0:41:04.280 --> 0:41:07.040
<v Speaker 2>that will kill James Harden if he chooses to go

0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:12.240
<v Speaker 2>to Houston. I'm not sure how big of a difference

0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:16.799
<v Speaker 2>this is at this point. Next, the Nuggets parade got

0:41:16.840 --> 0:41:18.680
<v Speaker 2>pretty wild for some reason. The Lakers with the butt

0:41:18.719 --> 0:41:20.719
<v Speaker 2>of the jokes all in her fold. Michael Malone is

0:41:20.719 --> 0:41:26.560
<v Speaker 2>a sore winner. Michael Malone. I Michael Malone getting drunk

0:41:26.600 --> 0:41:29.239
<v Speaker 2>and having fun. More power to him going on McAfee

0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:31.719
<v Speaker 2>and say, you know, make him taking a shot at

0:41:31.800 --> 0:41:35.600
<v Speaker 2>Lebron saying, you know, I might retire. When eight years ago,

0:41:35.719 --> 0:41:38.040
<v Speaker 2>when no one gave a damn about Michael Malone and

0:41:38.080 --> 0:41:40.880
<v Speaker 2>he got fired by the Kings, Lebron went out and

0:41:41.040 --> 0:41:43.920
<v Speaker 2>said at his media avail, Lebron at this point was

0:41:43.960 --> 0:41:49.919
<v Speaker 2>a four time MVP, two time NBA champion, and said, hey,

0:41:49.920 --> 0:41:52.960
<v Speaker 2>by the way, the King screwed up and firing my guy,

0:41:53.040 --> 0:41:55.520
<v Speaker 2>Michael Malone. They had a great coach and didn't know it.

0:41:56.400 --> 0:41:59.080
<v Speaker 2>And it's not like during that series Lebron was taking

0:41:59.160 --> 0:42:02.400
<v Speaker 2>any shots whatsoever. He was nothing but complimentary of the Nuggets.

0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:05.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't get that. Next toe faon Diggs miss started

0:42:05.840 --> 0:42:08.880
<v Speaker 2>mentoring Mini Camp, rumors are swirling. There's tension between Digs

0:42:08.880 --> 0:42:12.400
<v Speaker 2>and the organization all in her fold. Digs agrees with

0:42:12.480 --> 0:42:14.680
<v Speaker 2>Nick on Josh Allen, Oh, I'm all in on that.

0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:18.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's the organization. The organization paid him.

0:42:18.719 --> 0:42:21.719
<v Speaker 2>He got an issue with that quarterback, and their head

0:42:21.760 --> 0:42:26.160
<v Speaker 2>coach botched that. Their head coach said, I'm very very concerned.

0:42:26.280 --> 0:42:29.080
<v Speaker 2>After Diggs, you know, left the facility on day one

0:42:29.080 --> 0:42:31.399
<v Speaker 2>of Mini camp. He then was back on day two

0:42:31.880 --> 0:42:34.040
<v Speaker 2>and that coach was like, no, no, you guys blew it

0:42:34.040 --> 0:42:36.719
<v Speaker 2>out of proportion. They then canceled the third day of

0:42:36.719 --> 0:42:40.680
<v Speaker 2>mini camp. They got a real problem there. Next, Packers

0:42:40.680 --> 0:42:42.880
<v Speaker 2>depends it back to Ayi. Alexander called Jordan loved the

0:42:42.920 --> 0:42:45.120
<v Speaker 2>best quarterback in the league and love wish Bears fans

0:42:45.160 --> 0:42:48.120
<v Speaker 2>happy Father's Day. All in her fold. Rogers left ayahuasca

0:42:48.160 --> 0:42:51.319
<v Speaker 2>in the water in Green Bay. I'm gonna fold on

0:42:51.440 --> 0:42:55.080
<v Speaker 2>that specific thing. Uh. Oh wait, did I skip one? No,

0:42:55.120 --> 0:42:58.160
<v Speaker 2>I didn't skip one. The producer screwed up. Take that. Producers.

0:42:58.440 --> 0:43:00.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh that's the wrong thing on the screen. Uh, but

0:43:00.680 --> 0:43:03.240
<v Speaker 2>you're fine, Sorry about that. Uh. You guys are actually

0:43:03.239 --> 0:43:07.919
<v Speaker 2>doing a great job. But the here's what I will say,

0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Folks need to learn how to how to make compliments believable.

0:43:17.360 --> 0:43:20.440
<v Speaker 2>So I don't know if Diora is still watching, if

0:43:20.480 --> 0:43:28.960
<v Speaker 2>you are responding the comments, babe. Uh, But if after

0:43:29.080 --> 0:43:33.360
<v Speaker 2>Diora's fifth show, I looked to her and I said,

0:43:33.400 --> 0:43:36.560
<v Speaker 2>I got to tell you something. I think you are

0:43:36.719 --> 0:43:43.840
<v Speaker 2>the best podcaster in the world, it would so clearly,

0:43:43.920 --> 0:43:48.560
<v Speaker 2>on its face be ridiculous that any other compliment I

0:43:48.600 --> 0:43:52.759
<v Speaker 2>ever gave her would ring hollow. So Jayi Alexander saying

0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:57.000
<v Speaker 2>Jordan Love is the best quarterback in the league now

0:43:57.160 --> 0:43:59.840
<v Speaker 2>makes anything he ever says about Jordan Love for the

0:43:59.840 --> 0:44:04.240
<v Speaker 2>the the rest of the year just meaningless. So here's

0:44:04.320 --> 0:44:07.840
<v Speaker 2>all you gotta say. If you're a Gyere Alexander, I

0:44:07.880 --> 0:44:12.879
<v Speaker 2>gotta tell you Jordan Love's gonna surprise some people. He's

0:44:12.960 --> 0:44:18.200
<v Speaker 2>going to be very good this season. And I true

0:44:18.239 --> 0:44:19.600
<v Speaker 2>and if you really want to go over the top,

0:44:19.960 --> 0:44:24.279
<v Speaker 2>I truly believe one day he will be in a

0:44:24.320 --> 0:44:27.960
<v Speaker 2>discussion as the best quarterback in football. You guys might

0:44:28.000 --> 0:44:30.360
<v Speaker 2>think that's ridiculous. People would have thought it was ridiculous

0:44:30.400 --> 0:44:34.480
<v Speaker 2>with Aaron Just wait, give him time. He's gonna immediately

0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:37.839
<v Speaker 2>he's better than you think. Right now he's gonna say that.

0:44:38.160 --> 0:44:40.120
<v Speaker 2>But to say right now he's the best quarterback in

0:44:40.120 --> 0:44:44.920
<v Speaker 2>the league's outrageous. All right, last one, Chiefs finally got

0:44:44.920 --> 0:44:47.319
<v Speaker 2>their super Bowl rings. They are well, let's just call

0:44:47.360 --> 0:44:49.879
<v Speaker 2>them big all unfold. Super Bowl rings have gone too far.

0:44:50.400 --> 0:44:52.879
<v Speaker 2>Oh I'm folding on that. I love the super Bowl ring.

0:44:53.080 --> 0:44:56.640
<v Speaker 2>It's awesome. I do like the new thing with super

0:44:56.640 --> 0:45:00.279
<v Speaker 2>Bowl rings is the detachable like face that then has

0:45:00.400 --> 0:45:05.239
<v Speaker 2>more stuff on the inside. I think that's awesome. I

0:45:05.239 --> 0:45:08.319
<v Speaker 2>would just be terrified I would lose it, like lose

0:45:08.360 --> 0:45:11.120
<v Speaker 2>a piece of the ring. But and here's the part

0:45:11.200 --> 0:45:14.359
<v Speaker 2>that we can clip off, not necessarily for social but

0:45:14.480 --> 0:45:21.480
<v Speaker 2>just for me to send via text to the Kansity chiefs. Guys,

0:45:21.520 --> 0:45:26.000
<v Speaker 2>I kind of I kind of want to ring. It

0:45:26.080 --> 0:45:28.719
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to be like the diamonds, don't have to

0:45:28.719 --> 0:45:36.239
<v Speaker 2>be real, but I I do feel like when you

0:45:36.280 --> 0:45:43.959
<v Speaker 2>know your quarterback and Hall of Fame tight end Bear

0:45:44.080 --> 0:45:46.839
<v Speaker 2>hug me and lift me off the ground at the

0:45:46.880 --> 0:45:52.359
<v Speaker 2>parade and both say you were the only one who

0:45:52.400 --> 0:45:58.440
<v Speaker 2>believed in us, Like if we're if we're doing credit

0:45:58.560 --> 0:46:06.840
<v Speaker 2>for the Super Bowl, like the players are at seventy

0:46:06.960 --> 0:46:14.560
<v Speaker 2>five percent, Andy Reid and the front office are at

0:46:15.200 --> 0:46:24.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty four percent, The doubters and haters collectively are at

0:46:25.239 --> 0:46:33.720
<v Speaker 2>half a percent, The fans and supporters are at point

0:46:33.760 --> 0:46:41.360
<v Speaker 2>four ninety nine percent, and then me dropping banners, trolling

0:46:41.440 --> 0:46:48.360
<v Speaker 2>the bills, unwavering support. I think it's like point one percent.

0:46:49.600 --> 0:46:55.960
<v Speaker 2>And I think that you know, at least deserves consideration

0:46:56.880 --> 0:47:00.520
<v Speaker 2>for a ring. So all I'm saying, and I don't

0:47:00.560 --> 0:47:07.000
<v Speaker 2>know if Brett's watching, but I know mister Veach, Brett's

0:47:07.000 --> 0:47:13.000
<v Speaker 2>father is a die hard viewer of at least the

0:47:13.040 --> 0:47:17.480
<v Speaker 2>TV show, maybe the podcast. Yeah, maybe just consider it.

0:47:18.320 --> 0:47:23.040
<v Speaker 2>Just consider it. I'd wear it proudly. Quick break right back,

0:47:23.080 --> 0:47:31.719
<v Speaker 2>answer your questions. We'll try, all right, welcome back in

0:47:31.800 --> 0:47:34.920
<v Speaker 2>what's try to think? Right? Diora has texted in are

0:47:34.960 --> 0:47:37.560
<v Speaker 2>you taking shots at my podcasting skills while I'm not

0:47:37.560 --> 0:47:41.200
<v Speaker 2>there to defend myself? Baby, No, I am not taking shots.

0:47:41.239 --> 0:47:43.919
<v Speaker 2>What I'm saying is if I'd have called you the

0:47:43.960 --> 0:47:47.120
<v Speaker 2>best podcaster in the world, you would have known that

0:47:47.200 --> 0:47:53.200
<v Speaker 2>I was lying. People just need to understand how to

0:47:54.040 --> 0:47:58.360
<v Speaker 2>compliment in a way that feels good but also believable.

0:48:00.280 --> 0:48:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Just rush. She also wrote in evidently you don't deserve

0:48:02.960 --> 0:48:07.359
<v Speaker 2>a ring. That's not nice, by the way, speaking of

0:48:07.400 --> 0:48:10.680
<v Speaker 2>someone deserving something I had forgotten we even did this,

0:48:11.320 --> 0:48:15.520
<v Speaker 2>but we did before the playoffs. Another edition of out

0:48:15.560 --> 0:48:20.200
<v Speaker 2>Pick Nick where it was a confidence ranking. So you

0:48:20.320 --> 0:48:25.279
<v Speaker 2>ranked every team one through sixteen, and sixteen was your

0:48:25.320 --> 0:48:27.879
<v Speaker 2>most confident, one was your least confident, and you got

0:48:27.880 --> 0:48:31.839
<v Speaker 2>a point accordingly with every team game that team won.

0:48:32.400 --> 0:48:35.719
<v Speaker 2>So if the team that you picked number three won

0:48:36.520 --> 0:48:39.600
<v Speaker 2>one two games, you would get six points for them,

0:48:39.880 --> 0:48:43.080
<v Speaker 2>And if the team you picked at number sixteen won

0:48:43.520 --> 0:48:46.240
<v Speaker 2>ten games, you would get one hundred and sixty points

0:48:46.239 --> 0:48:51.560
<v Speaker 2>for them. We have the results. Third place was at

0:48:51.719 --> 0:49:00.920
<v Speaker 2>the kid Shim ninety. Second place was show Off and

0:49:00.920 --> 0:49:05.000
<v Speaker 2>and In something I simply did not believe and then

0:49:05.280 --> 0:49:10.160
<v Speaker 2>checked the archival data to make sure it was correct.

0:49:11.280 --> 0:49:19.440
<v Speaker 2>In first place in the out Picnic NBA contest Demonse.

0:49:21.000 --> 0:49:30.480
<v Speaker 2>Of all our entries, first place was Demonse. We had

0:49:30.520 --> 0:49:35.359
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and forty entries. Demanse won the whole thing,

0:49:37.040 --> 0:49:44.680
<v Speaker 2>just maddening. Congrats to him. And here's the deal. I

0:49:44.719 --> 0:49:50.800
<v Speaker 2>am deciding right now he gets a two hundred dollars

0:49:50.800 --> 0:49:58.239
<v Speaker 2>bonus for that if within twenty four hours of this

0:49:58.440 --> 0:50:06.720
<v Speaker 2>podcast happening, So by eleven thirty Eastern tomorrow he texts

0:50:06.719 --> 0:50:10.920
<v Speaker 2>me or calls me and says, where's my bonus? I

0:50:10.960 --> 0:50:13.920
<v Speaker 2>want to see if he's watching now. I did realize,

0:50:14.480 --> 0:50:22.319
<v Speaker 2>gosh darn it, I'm screwed here. His sister's watching. And

0:50:22.400 --> 0:50:28.759
<v Speaker 2>Deora is a tricky one, which is she likely now

0:50:28.800 --> 0:50:31.040
<v Speaker 2>will tell her brother give him a heads up, but

0:50:31.080 --> 0:50:36.440
<v Speaker 2>then make him cut her in on it. Uh. Deora

0:50:36.640 --> 0:50:41.120
<v Speaker 2>also yeah, just because she's texting me and trolling me

0:50:41.239 --> 0:50:44.680
<v Speaker 2>right now. So I'm gonna she's not here to defend herself.

0:50:44.840 --> 0:50:48.120
<v Speaker 2>Deora pulled a heck of a move yesterday. Keep in

0:50:48.120 --> 0:50:52.160
<v Speaker 2>mind it's late June. She calls me yesterday. She's like

0:50:52.760 --> 0:50:58.560
<v Speaker 2>Padre For those you know, remember on Christmas, some of

0:50:58.600 --> 0:51:01.880
<v Speaker 2>my gifts were, you know, money for some of my clothes,

0:51:02.000 --> 0:51:04.960
<v Speaker 2>websites that I go to that you didn't actually give

0:51:05.000 --> 0:51:06.719
<v Speaker 2>me the money, but you said I can spend one

0:51:06.760 --> 0:51:09.880
<v Speaker 2>hundred bucks here, two hundred bucks here. Do you remember

0:51:09.920 --> 0:51:12.480
<v Speaker 2>which ones I didn't use fully? Because I know I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't use all of them. And she knew damn well

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<v Speaker 2>that there was a zero percent chance I would possibly

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<v Speaker 2>remember that. And she knew damn well that my answer

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<v Speaker 2>would be just get just I trust you, Just get

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<v Speaker 2>yourself some nice And she just instantly texts me three

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<v Speaker 2>pairs of brand new new balances and said which one

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<v Speaker 2>do you like best, to which I did leave her

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<v Speaker 2>on red on. I just didn't respond. But she's a

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<v Speaker 2>tricky one all right. Time for fan questions, Von Tadium,

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<v Speaker 2>says DeAndre eight and to Boston for Robert Williams and

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<v Speaker 2>Mark is smart. I mean, that's that's a great deal

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<v Speaker 2>for Phoenix Boston. You can't do that deal. Can't trade

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Williams and Mark Smart for DeAndre and just can't

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<v Speaker 2>Joe s says, Lol, Nick, you used Kareem's college career

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<v Speaker 2>to say it was better than Jordan. Not quite. I

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<v Speaker 2>used Kareem's college career as evidence of two things. One

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<v Speaker 2>that if you wanted to make the argument who has

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<v Speaker 2>had the greatest basketball life, Kareem wins that hands down.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy went I think, undefeated in high school when

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<v Speaker 2>seventy nine into in college and then went and did

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<v Speaker 2>that win and did that in the NBA. So I also, though,

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<v Speaker 2>used Kareem's college career as evidence of if you think

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<v Speaker 2>it's the seventies, you don't remember how good is the company.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy was a thoroughly dominant guy from word go

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<v Speaker 2>And where I did use the non NBA profile on

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<v Speaker 2>Kareem and Lebron versus Jordan was I just asked people logically,

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<v Speaker 2>in the three guys for the goat debate, one guy

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<v Speaker 2>was the greatest amateur player ever, a no doubt number

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<v Speaker 2>one pick, one guy was the most hyped prospect ever,

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<v Speaker 2>a no doubt number one pick, and the other guy

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<v Speaker 2>went third in the draft. That's the point I made

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan Kwame asked, what's your view on no trade calls

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<v Speaker 2>and NBA contracts and what should a player do to

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<v Speaker 2>deserve one. I think you've got to be a generational

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<v Speaker 2>player of your era. The reason the Wizard's got nothing

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<v Speaker 2>for Bradley Beals because they wanted to move on from him,

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<v Speaker 2>but he could veto every trade, so he picked his

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<v Speaker 2>team and then also basically made it the trade that

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<v Speaker 2>smartly made that team as good as possible, where they

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<v Speaker 2>sell the eight and trade asset. I mean that's on

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<v Speaker 2>the Wizards, not on Beal. They didn't have to give

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<v Speaker 2>him one. Barf asked Nick, what's sense of pride in

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<v Speaker 2>watching your kids graduate? I'm I'm incredibly proud. I was

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<v Speaker 2>incredibly proud of Diora for what she did over the

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<v Speaker 2>course of high school, the person she's become, the trials

0:54:15.440 --> 0:54:20.799
<v Speaker 2>and tribulation she's overcome, how she's matured the fact that she,

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<v Speaker 2>unlike me, unlike her big brother, unlike her mom, unlike

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<v Speaker 2>anybody I know, made it through high school, all of

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<v Speaker 2>it without having one. You know, almost everyone has at

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<v Speaker 2>least one thing that happens in high school that you

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<v Speaker 2>look back on a decade later and You're like, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>that that could have been that either could have been

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<v Speaker 2>really bad or was really bad scary, you know, big

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<v Speaker 2>trouble at school, caught up with the cops, something bad.

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<v Speaker 2>I had. It happened twice in high school. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm not taking a shot at her brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Her brother got in some trouble in high school. Almost

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<v Speaker 2>everyone does it. The fact that Diora made it through

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<v Speaker 2>all of high school and it never happened, I told

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<v Speaker 2>her I thought was remarkable and really impressive. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>proud of all of that, proud of her for graduating

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<v Speaker 2>high school. I mean, at this if she hadn't graduated

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<v Speaker 2>high school, it's a calamity, Like graduating high school is

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<v Speaker 2>a is a is in today's day and age, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like a bare minimum. So I'm incredibly proud of

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<v Speaker 2>her a lot of things. And I was very emotional

0:55:42.520 --> 0:55:45.319
<v Speaker 2>watching her walk across the stage because it means she's

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<v Speaker 2>about to leave the house and become a real adult

0:55:47.719 --> 0:55:52.120
<v Speaker 2>all that stuff. But it's like, how proud of It's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like the teenage version of like are you

0:55:55.800 --> 0:55:59.400
<v Speaker 2>proud of your kid for taking their first steps? Or

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<v Speaker 2>just like well, this will be a disaster. If they

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<v Speaker 2>never do, I think that makes sense. Doora asks question

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<v Speaker 2>for Nick, how do you still get views without Door

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<v Speaker 2>on the show. I guess we'll find out. I will

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<v Speaker 2>see how the views are. Oh no, Diora says, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't stand you. I was paying for those with my

0:56:21.320 --> 0:56:23.560
<v Speaker 2>own money. About the shoes, and she thought I had

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<v Speaker 2>taken pictures of the what her Christmas presents were. Sorry, baby,

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<v Speaker 2>I love you. I hope you're back Thursday. See you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>One more thirty minute show today. I'm on with Colin

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<v Speaker 2>today around one fifteen. My show is then two to

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<v Speaker 2>two thirty and then we're back on regular times starting

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow because the UEFA the soccer stuff is over for

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<v Speaker 2>a bit. All right, talk to you guys later today

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<v Speaker 2>two o'clock on FS one. We'll try