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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball guys. So, you know

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Speaker 1: the Sacramento Kings, right, whatever we want to say about

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Speaker 1: them defensively, and I'm very fascinated by how well they've

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Speaker 1: every single position in the way, that can present a

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Speaker 1: For instance, Davion Mitchell. Davion Mitchell is a guy who

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Speaker 1: that dynamic one way or another. One other specific thing

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Speaker 1: Steph work really hard. You could tell on his last

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Speaker 1: then there's a Kings player, another great athlete that's shooting

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