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Speaker 1: But that's later in the show. We'll start with some

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Speaker 1: of the games from last night are big takeaways. I

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Speaker 1: think the most shocking victory last night or game was

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Speaker 1: the Wizards winning their fifth straight what as they held

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Speaker 1: off the Lakers one twenty seven, one twenty four in overtime.

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Speaker 1: Tray My man, what's your big takeaway from this one?

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Speaker 3: This is a weird game, skeets. I don't know which

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Speaker 3: is more surprising, the Wizards winning five straight or that

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Speaker 3: the Lakers have lost three straight. They've lost four or

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Speaker 3: five somehow both of these are true. Obviously, no Anthony

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Speaker 3: the Lakers were still up by seventeen in this one.

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Speaker 3: It was an early third quarter lead. You know how

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Speaker 3: I feel about first half leads. If you're getting a

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Speaker 3: seventeen point lead in the first two minutes of the

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Speaker 3: half lead, but close enough. Nonetheless, the Lakers took their

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Speaker 1: Had a chance to win.

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Speaker 3: Lebron had an and one at the rim with a

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Speaker 3: few seconds left, but Lee It's the loneliest place on Earth,

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Speaker 3: missed the free throw that would have given the Lakers

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Speaker 3: then it was just Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook. The

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Speaker 3: Wizards scored twelve, six of them were from Beal, six

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Speaker 3: of them were from Westbrook. They had thirty three and

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Speaker 3: thirty two respectively. It's the Wizard's fifth straight win for

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Speaker 3: the first time since March of twenty seventeen. What else

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Speaker 3: are you taking away from this one? I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I'm also not super worried about the Lakers not playing

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Speaker 3: especially in that overtime when it just ended up being

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Speaker 3: Beal or Westbrook getting Mark Gasol on a switch had

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Speaker 3: as long as he's healthy come playoff time, no worries

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Speaker 3: for the Lakers. But right now the Wizards, they're up

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Speaker 3: to thirteenth in the Eastern Conference. Sounds like it's still bad.

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Speaker 3: They're only three games out of tenth. They made a

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Speaker 3: starting to turn around a little bit here. Really, Hatchamura

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Speaker 3: had a really good game last night. Berton's is finding

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Speaker 3: so I don't know. Maybe they're going to be trying

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Speaker 3: to get into this wildcard tournament. We shall see. People

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Speaker 1: In the Eastern Conference. Yeah, I don't think they were

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Speaker 1: thing you said it there with no ad, are you

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Speaker 1: worried about the Lakers? Most people are going to be like,

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Speaker 1: come on, no, but we are here in this narrative

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Speaker 1: now and he's even being asked about it. Lee Lebron

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Speaker 1: James and how many minutes he's playing at you know,

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Speaker 1: this point in his career, his eighteenth season, being one

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Speaker 1: of the older guys in the league, he has logged

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Speaker 1: forty plus minutes four times this month. And you know,

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Speaker 1: early in the year. Maybe that was because they were

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Speaker 1: winning a lot of games he was playing some of

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Speaker 1: his less minutes over the last couple of years, Lebron

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Speaker 1: just come off the bubble like whatever. It was seventy

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Speaker 1: loss to the Wizards. All of these minutes adding up.

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Speaker 1: I think since the start of the month, he's averaging

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Speaker 1: so again, he's been asked about it, like, is there

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Speaker 1: brushes it off and says, come on, I'm here to

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Speaker 1: play basketball, right, you know. It's all part of maybe

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Speaker 1: the MVP narrative and all that, but maybe there's some

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Speaker 1: truth to it. I don't know. I know he's I

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Speaker 1: know he's not human, but this is not a good

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Speaker 1: thing I think for the Lakers, that he's having to

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Speaker 5: On the surface, yes, I agree, it doesn't look good

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Speaker 5: when Lebron has to play heavy minutes in February. This

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Speaker 5: is usually the month he cruises long oh January, but

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Speaker 5: of course the season started a bit lighter. But I'm

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Speaker 5: just not gonna put anything into it, really, because we

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Speaker 5: just know Lebron really does know how to manage his

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Speaker 5: body and how to manage his season. He never runs

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Speaker 5: out of gas in the playoffs when it really counts,

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Speaker 5: so yes, he's playing a few extra minutes now, and

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Speaker 5: obviously Davis is not. Their Shrewd is also out right

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Speaker 5: minutes to go around. But they just keep going to

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Speaker 5: overtime as well. They went to a couple with the

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Speaker 5: Thunder and the Pistons and now the Wizards as well,

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Speaker 5: So really all the Lakers have to do is just

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Speaker 5: close these games out. And as we saw, they were

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Speaker 5: up huge last night against the team they should easily

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Speaker 5: Wizards are on a bit of a hot streak right now,

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Speaker 5: so they fought back. But it's Lebron James. We know

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Speaker 5: just too much about him and his career that you

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Speaker 5: never ever sort of write him off or think that

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Speaker 5: things are going to catch up with him, because they

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Speaker 5: just don't. You know, He's just an incredible player and

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Speaker 5: he's proven that year in year out, and his teams

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Speaker 5: tend to go on a bit of a slump like

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Speaker 5: this at some point as well, and that's all it

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Speaker 5: really is. They will shake this off. I mean, we've

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Speaker 5: talked about it all the time. The Lakers don't need

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Speaker 5: the number one seed in the Western Conference. They barely

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Speaker 5: even need home court advantage. I would certainly prefer it,

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Speaker 5: but right now, this is nothing to panic abat. With

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Speaker 5: a Lebron James team, He'll be fine. They'll be back.

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Speaker 5: But yes, if you look at the buck scores and

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Speaker 5: see those minutes, I think that's probably a few more

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Speaker 5: than you would like your thirty six year old to

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Speaker 5: He'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they were also the Lakers. This is sort of

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Speaker 1: was like this little bad streak here, and I know

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Speaker 1: it's paired with Ad not being in the lineup and

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Speaker 1: even truder there. It was sort of inevitable right because

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Speaker 1: they were playing with fire. You know, weeks prior we

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Speaker 1: kept coming on here to saying, ah, Lakers sort of

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Speaker 1: played like crap for three quarters, didn't have much defensive effort.

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Speaker 1: Then they just turned it on. Lebron did his thing

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Speaker 1: We kept saying it was like a broken record. It

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Speaker 1: the ball's gonna bounce the wrong way a couple of

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Speaker 1: these nights, and you know the shots aren't gonna fall.

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Speaker 1: I thought Lebron last night, visibly just watching was either

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Speaker 1: just tired maybe or just couldn't give a damn because

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Speaker 1: the effort he was putting, and I put effort in

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Speaker 1: air quotes on the defensive end league, I mean, it

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Speaker 1: was just there was just no helping. It was like

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that was part just fatigue or

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Speaker 1: just not giving a damn. Probably a bit of both.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, they were always going to eventually start losing

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Speaker 1: some of these games, is what I'm getting out here,

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Speaker 1: because of how close to those other ones were, and

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Speaker 1: they just kept pulling it out of their ass, pulling

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Speaker 1: out of their ass. Well, you run out of you

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Speaker 1: run out of rabbits to pull out of your ass,

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Speaker 1: as the saying ghostly.

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Speaker 5: Well, he for sure he lost Westbrook on that last

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Speaker 5: one where Westbrook got the end one that was kind

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Speaker 5: of his man, and he had that lazy sort of

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Speaker 5: didn't really fail, didn't really stop the guy. Well, sorry,

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Speaker 5: he did foul. He just didn't really wrap the guy up,

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Speaker 5: which he should do. And then he came down and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're still waiting to hear how severe Gordon Hayward's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, apparently they were piping in some noise as well.

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Speaker 3: Make it realistic for your team and for the opposing team.

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Speaker 3: But that was some scary stuff from the Jazz. They

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Speaker 3: lee on fire. In the fourth they made eleven threes.

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Speaker 3: That's how many of the Hornets made the entire game.

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Speaker 3: they're title contenders. They've been the best team in the

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Speaker 1: Yep, take your pick.

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Speaker 3: If they're gonna actually do it in the playoffs, that's

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Speaker 3: always going to be the question. But it's always fun

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Speaker 1: Crazy. Yeah, I think this is already the third time

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Speaker 1: It was the Blazers and the Suns, two great teams

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Speaker 5: I mean they've been playing very good basketball recently, and

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Speaker 1: the best, you know, perimeter win guys, so you're hoping

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Speaker 1: you can put him on on these other guys that

432
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Speaker 1: are just scoring machines and try and slow them down

433
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. You know, eight and obviously still working

434
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Speaker 1: on his game defensively, but love his athleticism rolling. I

435
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Speaker 1: love this team. They're fun to watch, man, They're really

436
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Speaker 1: really fun and I've always been a Devin Booker fan,

437
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Speaker 1: so it is nice to see them pick up some

438
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Speaker 1: w's here. But if you.

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Speaker 5: Have the playoffs with today, they would actually take on

440
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Speaker 5: the Blazers now, assuming the Blazers are at full strength,

441
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Speaker 5: even if the Suns have home court. I mean, would

442
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Speaker 5: anyone pick them to beat the Damian Lillard Blazer's playoff team.

443
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Speaker 5: I mean I wouldn't in that situation, just because we've

444
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Speaker 5: seen Lillard in the past. He always steps up his

445
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Speaker 5: game in the playoffs, and just again for the Suns

446
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Speaker 5: to get there and then have to get past someone

447
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Speaker 5: like that, I think it'd be tough, even with Chris Paul,

448
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Speaker 5: So you know, I think this game in itself was

449
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Speaker 5: very impressive, but come playoff time, completely different story, especially

450
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Speaker 5: when the Blazers would be at full strength assuming everyone's healthy.

451
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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I get that for sure. For sure. I

452
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Speaker 1: think it's all matchups, absolutely who they're getting, because I

453
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Speaker 1: think i'd, you know, like, if the Sons were playing

454
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Speaker 1: the Nuggets in a first round serious, I mean, that's

455
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Speaker 1: maybe a bit more of a toss up right now.

456
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Speaker 1: With the way the teams are playing, Spurs, I think

457
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Speaker 1: pretty similar. You're eight Blazers, I thought. I think some

458
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Speaker 1: people would pick Phoenix in that. So yeah, we'll see

459
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Speaker 1: tons of season left. But watch the Signs if you can.

460
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Speaker 1: They're really damn good right now. Finally, the other games,

461
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Speaker 1: I'll just run through them here. Kobe Wait and your Bulls.

462
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Speaker 1: Trey score twenty four handed. The Rockets are eighth straight loss.

463
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Speaker 1: The Rockets can't win when Christian Wood is not playing.

464
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Speaker 1: He's their best player by far. It's it's insane and

465
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Speaker 1: a nice game from Kobe White and the Bulls. That's

466
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Speaker 1: just like a good like, Hey, that's a nice just

467
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Speaker 1: go get it, take care of business type of win. Uh,

468
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Speaker 1: you know, you're trying to prove that you are a

469
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Speaker 1: playoff team that you're in the mix in the East,

470
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Speaker 1: and I know everybody's in the mix in the East,

471
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Speaker 1: but you gotta get victories like that to help your chances.

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Speaker 1: They are the number eight seed right now, skeets. They're

473
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, are in in the balls. Are two

474
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Speaker 1: back a blowout against the team that they should blow out,

475
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Speaker 1: and now we're barely talking about them. Yeah, they're two

476
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Speaker 1: back right now.

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Speaker 3: That's maybe go on like an eight game losing streak here.

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Speaker 1: And then and then you can say they're back again. Yeah,

479
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Speaker 1: well the Heat are coming here. They pulled away to

480
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Speaker 1: beat the Thunder one ow eight ninety four. Yeah, we

481
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Speaker 1: had Tray sneezing on yesterday's show and you got a

482
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Speaker 1: little cough there you all right there? Pick up? Yeah, okay, okay.

483
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Speaker 1: I just like how it looks if you're watching on

484
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Speaker 1: the stream, and this is what it looks lightly it doesn't.

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Speaker 5: Look I would go to the single shot of you.

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Speaker 6: Then you look like Taizon day jog liter, Baboo boobye chocolate, the.

487
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Speaker 1: Heat pull away to beat the thunder. Speaking of Ray

488
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Speaker 1: and one Away ninety four, that was the finale of

489
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Speaker 1: their road trip. That was I was watching a lot

490
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Speaker 1: of that one too good game. He put down the

491
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Speaker 1: clamps and rolled to victory. And then the Mavericks defeated

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Speaker 1: the Grizzlies one O two ninety two. So a couple

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Speaker 1: of things off. This Dallas game one of the maps

494
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Speaker 1: I forgot. I hadn't played in a while, right because

495
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Speaker 1: of severe weather down in Texas. They hadn't played, I

496
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Speaker 1: don't think since the fourteenth, so it had been like

497
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Speaker 1: a week. Good defense from them, especially right from the jump.

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Speaker 1: They held Memphis the thirteenth first quarter points sort of

499
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Speaker 1: sort of took control of the game and just you know,

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Speaker 1: kept them at bay. I continue to fall for Jalen

501
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Speaker 1: Brunson's game. I love this guy. He's good man. He's

502
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Speaker 1: really really solid. Nineteen points, seven boards, three assists, one

503
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Speaker 1: stealed in twenty eight minutes of action, seven to eleven

504
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Speaker 1: from the floor, a couple threes. He just pushes the

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Speaker 1: ball for him. It's sort of like a nice difference

506
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Speaker 1: to Luca, who is, like, you know, when Luca gets

507
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Speaker 1: it and he cleans up the rebound, so he's got

508
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Speaker 1: the ball in his hands loft times, like he's not

509
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Speaker 1: like like he doesn't push it, push it push it,

510
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like he's a he's a Lebron,

511
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Speaker 1: Like I'm more in control. I'm gonna look ahead, I'll

512
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Speaker 1: find the guy streaking like he'll pass it. Obviously one

513
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Speaker 1: of the best passers in the game, but he just

514
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Speaker 1: doesn't like go where Brunson's complete opposite, right, He's just

515
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Speaker 1: like that speedy little guy, and that's good. The a little

516
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Speaker 1: different change in tempo there. Tim Hardaway Junior, my guy,

517
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Speaker 1: we're still waiting on that fifty burger, but you know

518
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Speaker 1: it's coming. One of these days. It'll come. He had

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Speaker 1: the three ball going. When he scores, the Mavericks win ley.

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Speaker 1: You know, they've won six of their seven games this

521
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Speaker 1: season when he scores twenty plus and usually when he's scoring,

522
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Speaker 1: that means he's just hitting threes, because it feels like

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Speaker 1: that's sort of all he does. It just is it

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Speaker 1: feels as simple as that. With the Mavericks, if Tim

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Speaker 1: Hardaway Junior has it going from three point land, then

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Speaker 1: they got a pretty good chance to win the game.

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Speaker 1: But coming up this morning here sort of the breaking

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Speaker 1: news is Porzingis might be on the trade block. The

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Speaker 1: Mavericks might be looking to move him he didn't play

530
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Speaker 1: in last night's game. I think he was a late

531
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Speaker 1: scratch with lower back issues. But there are reports that,

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Speaker 1: you know, because of MAVs defense and how sort of

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Speaker 1: pissports looked at times, Porzingis can't really seem to guard

534
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Speaker 1: anybody spoke being you know, seventy three giant, would they

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Speaker 1: look to move off from Porzingis. Well, let's go to

536
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Speaker 1: you first again. These were sort of this was happening.

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Speaker 1: I saw it this morning. Maybe it was going around

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Speaker 1: late last night. But Porzingis on the block. Because you

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Speaker 1: think there's any truth to.

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Speaker 5: This, yes, I do, and I think the MAVs would

541
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Speaker 5: be wise to see if there is any interest out there,

542
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Speaker 5: because there's a couple of issues. Offensively, he's very good.

543
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Speaker 5: He can shoot and score from from virtually anywhere because

544
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Speaker 5: he's got that great range and length. But defensively he

545
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Speaker 5: isn't very good, and he hasn't really been able to

546
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Speaker 5: sort of establish himself as a super quality, reliable defender.

547
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Speaker 5: But also just on top of that, it's just whether

548
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Speaker 5: or not he can stay on the court for long periods.

549
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Speaker 5: You know, he's in and out of lineup a lot.

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Speaker 5: We know he's coming off an acl injury he's had,

551
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Speaker 5: and he just seems to miss games from time to time,

552
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Speaker 5: you know, for a variety of injuries, and that happens

553
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Speaker 5: to a lot of guys. But at his height and

554
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Speaker 5: his size, maybe it's going to be tough for him

555
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Speaker 5: throughout his career just to stay on the court. So yeah,

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Speaker 5: I you know, we talked about this. I think when

557
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Speaker 5: I was going through my Beal trade phase there, I

558
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Speaker 5: sort of assumed that Porzingis was off the table, and wrongly,

559
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Speaker 5: so I thought the MAVs may as well just at

560
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Speaker 5: least see what the interest is from the rest of

561
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Speaker 5: the league, because you know, it's you know, they got

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Speaker 5: him there to pair him with Luca as a younger

563
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Speaker 5: player and hopefully they could grow together. They sort of

564
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Speaker 5: compliment each other, but he just hasn't really been able

565
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Speaker 5: to establish that, largely because he just can't stay on

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Speaker 5: the court, I believe. So, yeah, I think the Mavericks,

567
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Speaker 5: they gave him the big contract, they'll be if someone's

568
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Speaker 5: interested and they can get some you know, a decent

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Speaker 5: player or a draft pick, high draft pick and return,

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Speaker 5: I think they would be more than willing to entertain that.

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Speaker 3: What do you think, Tree, I was surprised to see

572
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Speaker 3: the reports today and also surprised to see that Kristaps

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Speaker 3: Porzingis was second team All Bubble just last season. We've

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Speaker 3: seen Kristaps Porzingis be good on the Mavericks, but we've

575
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Speaker 3: also seen him not quite live up to the expectations

576
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Speaker 3: that were alongside of him, because, like you're saying, Lee,

577
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Speaker 3: he can score. He can score from a bunch of places.

578
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Speaker 3: He's getting twenty points per game, but everybody gets twenty

579
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Speaker 3: points per game these days. And he doesn't necessarily punish

580
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Speaker 3: the defense the way that you would hope from your

581
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Speaker 3: number two guy, because you can switch on to him

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Speaker 3: and you're getting the fade away from Porzingis, and his

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Speaker 3: fade away is honestly not good enough. He doesn't have

584
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Speaker 3: the Dirk Noavinski fade away at this point. That's what

585
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 3: he should add. He's never going to be a post

586
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Speaker 3: up guy, but this man should be able to shoot

587
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Speaker 3: a seventeen foot or over literally anybody. Yeah, but the

588
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Speaker 3: Mavericks are out two first round picks to the Knicks

589
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Speaker 3: on this one, so they want to do everything they

590
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Speaker 3: can to not have to give those picks away. I

591
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Speaker 3: think they're both protected top ten right now, which doesn't

592
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Speaker 3: seem likely that the Mavericks would get there. But if

593
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Speaker 3: Porzingis goes out for another extended period of time and

594
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Speaker 3: you're left with basically just luka, they're leading the MAVs.

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Speaker 3: Maybe with the way the standings are all bunched up

596
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Speaker 3: so here, they could somehow end up in the bottom ten.

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Speaker 3: I don't necessarily know, but I don't know it. It

598
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Speaker 3: doesn't seem it seems too early to be moving on

599
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Speaker 3: from Porzingis to me, But also it feels like the

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Speaker 3: right time, just because you don't have a lot of

601
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 3: time to wait these days. You know, Doncich is obviously

602
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 3: one of the best players in the league. He's gonna

603
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Speaker 3: be contending for the MVP over the next couple five

604
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Speaker 3: seasons at least, so he's in his prime. This is

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Speaker 3: the window for the MAVs to win now, and Porzingis

606
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Speaker 3: as the number two guy, doesn't seem to be pushing

607
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 3: the needle in the right way. Maybe he needs a

608
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Speaker 3: full season of health and then we can really tell,

609
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Speaker 3: but that seems to be a problem so far.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, again, this was sort of like late breaking news

611
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Speaker 1: here in the morning. This Porzingis rumor for us so

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Speaker 1: we'll leave it there. But if you have a good

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Speaker 1: who says no porzingistal, send it in, tweet it in

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Speaker 1: at no dunk sink, let us know in the comments.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we can circle back to this on tomorrow's show

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Speaker 1: or show later this week talking about possible porzingis steals.

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Speaker 1: Orly you could just get to work too, man, I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know how this bad boy works. Now with all

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Speaker 1: your field trades. You could anger up anger some more

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Speaker 1: fan bases with your trades.

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Speaker 5: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that is, that's the rumor, whether you believe it,

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Speaker 1: whether there's a you know, there's some smoke to that fire.

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Speaker 5: Yes, I like how it was reported the Mavericks of

625
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 5: quietly tested interest, like everyone was reporting it. So that

626
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 5: wasn't that quiet.

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Speaker 1: It could have been a little quieter. Yeah, yeah for sure. Okay, well,

628
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Speaker 1: we're gonna get to talking or predicting. I guess I

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Speaker 1: could call it All Star snubs because they're naming the

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Speaker 1: reserves tonight. But first quick word from our sponsors. All right, tonight,

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Speaker 1: the reserves for this season's All Star Game revealed on

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Speaker 1: T and T Okay. The starters voted on by the fans,

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Speaker 1: the players in the media, whereas the NBA head coaches

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Speaker 1: they select these reserves. So if you're gonna get upset

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Speaker 1: with anyone after tonight, it's the coaches you gotta be

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Speaker 1: upset with. So we made and debated our picks on

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Speaker 1: Friday's Drop podcast. Go back and listen to Friday's Drop again.

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Speaker 1: That's where we all made our selections. East and West.

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Speaker 1: Our seven reserves in some cases sort of eight because

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Speaker 1: we all had a d. But then we were, you know,

641
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Speaker 1: picking the injury replacement. Lee shocked everyone taking Gordon Hayward

642
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,919
Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference. That had everyone a buzz. But

643
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: ahead of tonight's announcement, I thought we could get ahead

644
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 1: of tomorrow morning's headlines right because it's gonna be all

645
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: about the snub. So let's play a little fill in

646
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: the blank, and Trey I want you to go first.

647
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 1: We'll start with the East. Fill in the blank. Tonight's

648
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: Biggest Eastern Conference All Snars All Star snub will be blank.

649
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 3: Biggest Eastern Conference All Star snub will be Nikolavuvic. Zero

650
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 3: buzz for Nick Vucovich right now. But that's because the

651
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 3: Magic aren't even where they've been for the past couple

652
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 3: of seasons, so it kind of looks disappointing. You know,

653
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 3: they are just thirteen and eighteen. But as we've talked about,

654
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 3: that puts you in the mix in the Eastern Conference.

655
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 3: And Vucevic has been incredible this season. It hasn't been

656
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 3: his fault that the Magic have been bad. There's been

657
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 3: no Jonathan Isaac for the whole season, no Markel Folts

658
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 3: for the majority of the season. Aaron Gordon has missed

659
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 3: half the season as well. Probably the three best playmakers

660
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 3: there for the Magic, which could be death for a

661
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 3: big man who's not really a ball handler. You know,

662
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 3: Vouch isn't bringing the ball up, going between his legs

663
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 3: making plays for everybody. But he has been an efficient,

664
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 3: effective scorer so far this season. He's at twenty four

665
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 3: points per game, that's eighteenth in the league, eleven rebounds

666
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 3: per game that's sixth in the league, shooting incredible percentages

667
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 3: forty eight from the field forty from three point eighty

668
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 3: three at the line. They're in that mess of teams

669
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 3: that are at the very least trying to get into

670
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 3: this playoff play in tournament. But the Magic are the

671
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 3: only team that has zero All Star buzz. You look

672
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 3: at all these other teams ahead of them that are

673
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 3: having mediocre seasons. The Knicks have Julius Randall, he'll be

674
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 3: in the mix. Zach Lavine is in the mix. Gordon

675
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 3: Hayward and LaMelo Ball are in the mix. There for

676
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 3: the Hornets, you got two from the Heat as well,

677
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 3: Bam out of Bayo and Jimmy Butler starting to build

678
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 3: a little bit of a case here. And then Trey

679
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 3: Young obviously is there with the Atlanta Hawks, they're at

680
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 3: thirteen and seventeen, just a half game ahead of the Magic.

681
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 3: Obviously Beale is starting the game. You don't have to

682
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,959
Speaker 3: be on a good team this year to make an

683
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: All Star team. You just have to be putting up

684
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 3: some big numbers. Booch is putting up big numbers. But

685
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 3: the Magic have even less buzz somehow than they usually have.

686
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 3: You know, they've really fallen away from the national consciousness.

687
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 3: Not that they were ever there, but at least they've

688
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 3: been a playoff team in the past couple of seasonsoch

689
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 3: has been balling he's not gonna make the All Star team.

690
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 3: People aren't gonna be that mad about it. We're not

691
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 3: going to be making love in the snubs, But I'm

692
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 3: fine with Itoch. Just like Skeets is gonna support every

693
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 3: single guard who plays in the NBA, I will support

694
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 3: every single big man in the NBA.

695
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, you gotta go to bat for your guys. That's right,

696
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: rightoch is Uh, that's a good pick. I don't see

697
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: him making it tonight. And he's got incredible numbers. He's

698
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: got the best numbers of his career, and he's already

699
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: been an All Star, obviously in the same conference. But

700
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: you're right on a team at the magic of the

701
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,840
Speaker 1: time that we're maybe a little bit better than they

702
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: are right now. They have no guards. Let me like,

703
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: there's everybody's out for the magic and he's still putting

704
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: up all these incredible numbers. So vouch Island, Yeah, that

705
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: will be one of the names that will be hearing

706
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 1: tomorrow morning. Where are you gonna go leave? Pick somebody

707
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: else to keep this interesting?

708
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 5: Well, I'll stay with a big man.

709
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: Uh.

710
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 5: And a guy who really should be in, but he

711
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 5: may be of a looked somewhat is Demante Sebonas. I

712
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 5: think from the Indiana Paces now numbers alone, he gets

713
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 5: in for sure. He's twenty one points twenty and a

714
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,719
Speaker 5: half a game, eleven and a half, six eleven and

715
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 5: a half rebounds a game, and five and a half

716
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 5: assists a game, shooting well, and the Pacers started the

717
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 5: season really well, and it was almost like maybe the

718
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 5: Pacers get two All Stars. But then they did have

719
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 5: a little bit of a cool off patch there where

720
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 5: they lost six or seven, And just because of the

721
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 5: way that he plays on the Paces, I just wonder

722
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,719
Speaker 5: if that sort of counts against him a little bit,

723
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 5: that they do. They just get overlooked. You know, they're

724
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 5: not a flashy team. They're a solid team. He's not

725
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 5: a flashy player. He's a very solid player. And I

726
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 5: just sort of think he was there last season and

727
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 5: some people thought he wasn't even deserving last season, when

728
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 5: I thought he was so. And then in that front

729
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 5: court on the reserves, I have Jason Tatum as a lock.

730
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 5: I have Julius Randall as a lock. I think he

731
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 5: gets in because it's on the Knicks. You know, It's like, hey,

732
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 5: it's the Knicks, and Julius Randall's basically putting up those

733
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 5: same numbers there. And the team has improved so much.

734
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 5: The Pace is still fourth in the eeast, but it's like, yeah,

735
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 5: it's the paces, you know what I mean, Like, it

736
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 5: doesn't it doesn't sort of jump off the page actually

737
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 5: like that. So I wonder if that counts against him

738
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 5: as well. And then he is up against guys like

739
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 5: Vucevic Chris Middleton as well. Chris Middleton and the Bucks

740
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 5: have called off, but Middleton's kind of got that respect vote,

741
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 5: I think from the coaches. Bam Adebayer, I mean the

742
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 5: heat left there run a little bit late, but he

743
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 5: could get in as well. Maybe Jimmy Butler. I mean

744
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 5: he's been good in the last week at the right time,

745
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 5: he was very good. Gordon Hayward was good. Some people

746
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 5: think Gordon Hayland's worthy of it all. So I just

747
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 5: think in that front court slash wild card spot, Sabonis

748
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 5: is the sort of guy you know a lot like Vutevic. There,

749
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 5: it's like, oh, he's doing great, he's putting out great

750
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 5: numbers and the team's actually doing better than the Magic,

751
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 5: but it just doesn't stand out, so he may may

752
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 5: not get the recognition he deserves.

753
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: Yep, it's going to be interesting again. I think Vouch

754
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: is on the outside looking in. Sabonis man, I can't

755
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: decide what's going to happen tonight, bam Adebayo. I can't

756
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: decide what's going to happen tonight. I don't think Jimmy's

757
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: gonna ultimately be there because he missed too many games.

758
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: But you brought up all those other names too, like

759
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: you know, Middleton and stuff like that, and like who

760
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: gets the nod? I mean it could be very very close.

761
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: My answer for this, you know, tonight's biggest Eastern Conference

762
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: All Star snub will be I'm cheating a little bit.

763
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Ben Simmons and or Tobias Harris. I

764
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: could see after tonight's reserves are announced both of these

765
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: guys not being on the roster, but or maybe one

766
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 1: of them, and if there's only one of them, that's

767
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: gonna be a bit of a snub for the other guy.

768
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: The Sixers, it is a weird East, don't get me wrong.

769
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: But they are the best team in the East right

770
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: now as of tonight. As of today, right now, they're

771
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: twenty and eleven, so I think they're a half game

772
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: up right on the Bucks, so they're number one with

773
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: the bang. But it's very possibly they only have one

774
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: All Star and that's fine. I mean, Joel Embiidi's starting,

775
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: but maybe Simmons doesn't make it. There's a lot of guards.

776
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: As we've gone through Tobias Harris, I think his chances

777
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: are very tough, very very tough. And that's a bit

778
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: of a shame because a lot of people and I

779
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: can't remember where you guys had them had him in

780
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: orn Nott, but Christon right is a bit of a

781
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: lock for a lot of people I've seen. I keep

782
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: seeing like a lot of as the forwards when you

783
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: talk about reserves, like Tatum and Middleton are just in there,

784
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 1: and then you start like going, okay, is it randall

785
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: sa bonus bam and all that. But if Middleton is

786
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: in there and Tobias Harris is not, it's sort of

787
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: wild to me because go look at their numbers. I

788
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 1: keep bringing this up. They're basically the exact same player,

789
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: and they have basically the exact same record, and they're

790
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 1: obviously like the second or third best player on their team.

791
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: So it's like, you know, why the love or why

792
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: the support for Middleton and very very little for Tobias Harris.

793
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: That's where I'm just left scratching my head a little bit.

794
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to get in, and that's

795
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: going to be a bit of a snub Simmons Lee.

796
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gets in or not, because

797
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 1: is Simmons like the Rudy Gobert of the East, you know,

798
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 1: whereas the numbers are not going to blow you away.

799
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: I either're sixteen, eight and eight, that's really really good,

800
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: but it's more of his defensive impact, right, just like

801
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: Gobert in the in the West, and you respect that

802
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: and you're like, wow, game changer on that end. I

803
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: think the same could be said for Simmons, especially as

804
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: a perimeter player, which is pretty wild.

805
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 2: But does that.

806
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 1: Get the recognition from the coaches when you've got big

807
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,359
Speaker 1: game scorers like Trey Zach Lavine I do have as

808
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 1: a lock Jillen Brown. Of course, now he's not a starter,

809
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: so you know Harden's going to be picked.

810
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 2: I don't know.

811
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: I think the Sixers after tonight could maybe just have

812
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: Jowell and Beid as an All Star despite having the

813
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: best record in the Eastern Conference. You agree, disagree with?

814
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, Simmons, I think is the interesting one because of

815
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 5: the numbers, The pure raw numbers are just not as

816
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 5: big as some of those other guys getting twenty three

817
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 5: to twenty five a game, even though you know Simmons

818
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 5: does more for his team in terms of the defensive impact,

819
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 5: and he gets, he assists, and we just know he's

820
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 5: not a huge scorer of the ball. But he has

821
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 5: been there the last two years. And the fact that

822
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 5: the Sixers have the best record, I sort of feel

823
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,919
Speaker 5: that that will help his case, that people will be like, yeah,

824
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 5: Tobias Harris, we thought he was an all start a

825
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 5: couple of years ago and the Clippers when he was

826
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 5: with Doc Rivers that he didn't quite make it. Now

827
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 5: is in Philadelphia. He wasn't all that good last season.

828
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 5: He's had a better season, but I think Simmons is

829
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 5: still the second best player and more deserving of those two.

830
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 5: But Harris, again, in that sort of glut of forward's

831
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 5: front court, whatever you want to call it, there in

832
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 5: the Eastern Conference, he's in the mix. I just don't

833
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 5: see him getting in. Certainly I don't se him getting

834
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 5: in over Ben Simmons, but maybe who knows, who knows

835
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 5: what I mean? Get rid of positions, just make it

836
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 5: seven players.

837
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: Well, they sort of do get rid of positions. Let's

838
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: be honest. When it comes to the reserve, Yeah, they

839
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 1: don't care all that much. I wonder, like, it's funny

840
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: you say that. You reminded me like maybe Simmons because

841
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: he's made a last couple we know his impact on

842
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: both ends. He's just when he's out there, they're just

843
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: a better team. Does he start to get like the

844
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry respect vote, you know what I mean? Like

845
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 1: Lowry was sort of like, you know, not even those

846
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,760
Speaker 1: type of numbers over the last couple of years at times,

847
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: but you just knew, like, oh, the Raptors were good

848
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: because of Lowry, not this year as much. It's probably

849
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,280
Speaker 1: Vanvleet's team now. And he might be a snopprit right aloud,

850
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: but it's like, yeah, he's just the coaches know, like, no,

851
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: come on, he's a He's instrumental to their success. So

852
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: he's an All Star tray you I think have Simmons,

853
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: h Kremia Irmrom making one.

854
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 3: No, I have him just barely on the outs.

855
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: But he's just in that mix of players who you know,

856
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: pick four of them and any of them could make it.

857
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 3: But I think the easiest way to make an All

858
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 3: Star team is to have previously made an All Star team,

859
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 3: like you're saying, yeah, so yeah. I mean, obviously, if

860
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 3: you're a coach and you're looking at the Sixers, you're

861
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 3: planning for Joel Embiid number one, and then you're telling

862
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 3: your guards be very careful around Ben Simmons. The guy's

863
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 3: one of the best perimeter defenders on the planet. So yeah,

864
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 3: I think that Simmons certainly has a little bit more

865
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 3: respect from the coaches than Tobias Harris. You know, his

866
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 3: stats are similar to Chris Middleton, but I don't really

867
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 3: think his case is similar at all. Middleton's been the

868
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,760
Speaker 3: go to guy in the fourth quarter for the Bucks,

869
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 3: and he's done a pretty good job up until recently.

870
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,280
Speaker 3: You know, during the start of the season he was money,

871
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 3: no doubt about it, and he's still shooting well. But

872
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 3: I think Simmons, Simmons seems to be having a little

873
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 3: bit of a chance here to be making it. With

874
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 3: the defensive Player of the Year Buzz and the Sixers

875
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 3: obviously playing incredibly well so far this season. We've also

876
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 3: seen a couple of nice scoring games from Ben Simmons recently,

877
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 3: which is a good time to time your case so

878
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 3: I wouldn't be surprised if Simmons made it. I've got

879
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 3: him on the outside looking in, but just barely.

880
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 1: All right, let's hear from you guys with that one

881
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: filling the blank there in the stream. Team biggest Eastern

882
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 1: Conference All Star snub will be blank. After tonight, let's

883
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: go to the West. I'll start with you, Ulie. Fill

884
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: in the blank. Tonight's biggest Western Conference All Star snub

885
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: will be who.

886
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 5: I think the biggest snub in the West will be

887
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 5: Brandon Ingram because last season he was an All Star

888
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,760
Speaker 5: and he is putting up incredibly similar numbers this season.

889
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 5: But I think two factors go against him. The Pelicans

890
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,359
Speaker 5: have been a little bit disappointing right now, coming out

891
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 5: at the start of the season. He's been good, but

892
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,839
Speaker 5: they are thirteen and seventeen right now. But I think

893
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 5: the biggest factor going against him is that he's being

894
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,919
Speaker 5: overshadowed by a Zion Zion. I think has done enough

895
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,760
Speaker 5: to get in, but I just don't see the Pelicans

896
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 5: getting two front court players there simply because of the

897
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 5: rec And you know, I think Ingram again based on

898
00:38:58,760 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 5: you know what he did last year to get it

899
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 5: versus this year, it's the same. But then you look

900
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,280
Speaker 5: at the also the other front west court. I believe

901
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 5: these three are locks, Rudy Gobert, Paul George and Anthony Davis.

902
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,879
Speaker 5: Now Davis may not play, of course, and then it's

903
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 5: someone like I think DeRozan will probably get in over

904
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 5: Brandon Ingram as well. I think the Spurs, you know,

905
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 5: they've been quietly just you know, chugging along there at

906
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 5: sixteen eleven. I think he's their All Star if they

907
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:26,399
Speaker 5: get one. So for me, Ingram, you know, he's been good.

908
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 5: I think he's been very good. He certainly started off

909
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 5: the season I thought better than Zion, but Zion lately

910
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,320
Speaker 5: has started to really improve. You know, he's leading the

911
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 5: team in scoring. And it's just very, very difficult to

912
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 5: see them getting both in. I mean, Zion's not a lock,

913
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 5: but no.

914
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: I actually think tonight Zion Williamson will not be named.

915
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: You think, yeah, as an All Star reserve because I

916
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: think Anthony Davis, you know, takes his spot, and then

917
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,720
Speaker 1: I have a feeling that Zion will be the injury replacement.

918
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: That's what my gut says. But yeah, yeah, but you're right,

919
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:53,800
Speaker 1: and Brandon Ingram. I don't think it's going to be

920
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: there after tonight and your RAI. He's got in, you know,

921
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: really incredible numbers. Compares well to last year's when he

922
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: was an All Star. But they've disappointed and Zion probably

923
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: has gone above him in the pecking order, and I

924
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: think that's fair. But he'll be included in the snub list, Trey,

925
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 1: who are you going with this one?

926
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 3: Similar to the Pelicans only getting one All Star, I

927
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,839
Speaker 3: think the Suns are only getting one All Star. So

928
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 3: based on Devin Booker having an incredible game last night,

929
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 3: Chris Paul is my big snub in the Western Conference.

930
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 3: I don't know if last night counts in the voting,

931
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 3: but if it does, that was a great case for

932
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 3: Devin Booker. They're both worthy All Stars, but there are

933
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 3: a lot of worthy All Stars, especially in the Western

934
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 3: Conference this year. Chris Paul, no doubt instrumental to the Suns.

935
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 3: He's been clutch again. But he's at sixteen to five

936
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 3: and eight, which is great, which is great for your

937
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 3: second guy, but he just got to the team. He

938
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 3: helped raise the Sun's ceiling, he helped raise the Sun's floor.

939
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 3: But this is still Devin Booker's team. He's leading the

940
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 3: team in scoring. He's obviously their go to guy, and

941
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 3: he's the guy you think of first when you think

942
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 3: of the Suns. I think he is a Locke Devin Booker.

943
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 3: And I think Chris Paul, despite the fact that he

944
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 3: has had a great season, he's just gonna be made.

945
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 3: Maybe he gets the Legends pick. You know, remember we

946
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 3: had that legends here for Dwayne Wade and Dirk Novitski.

947
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 3: They're basically like, we need to get these guys there.

948
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 3: We just want to see him hanging out. They need

949
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 3: to do that again. Maybe that's how Chris Paul gets

950
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,959
Speaker 3: in this year. But uh, I don't think the Sons

951
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 3: are getting too And I think Booker is the guy.

952
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: I think you're right. I agree with that one too.

953
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of deserving especially guards in

954
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: the West, that are not gonna make this team because

955
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: there's just not enough spots. And people are gonna be

956
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: going like, oh, well, you know, Chris Paul, Dearn Fox

957
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, like these guys have been amazing seasons.

958
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,399
Speaker 1: Where are they. I'll add one more to the mix,

959
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: Shay Gilders Alexander He's not gonna make it. I don't

960
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: think tonight. I have been surprised seeing him on some

961
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: people's lists. I know you mentioned that, Tray. There have

962
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 1: been some others out there like saying, look at what

963
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,879
Speaker 1: he is doing in OKCU, putting up twenty three points

964
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 1: per game, you know, six and a half assists, five board,

965
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 1: shooting fifty percent from the floor forty from three. He's

966
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 1: their only true offensive threat on OKC. But that thunder

967
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: twelve and nineteen record sure doesn't help his chances. I

968
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: think all of this is good for me winning my

969
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 1: bet with TK, you know, moving into next season, I

970
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: got one more year of hopefully getting SGA in And

971
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: if he plays like that and they're more of a

972
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: five hundred team, then then then we were maybe talking

973
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: and he's in there next year. But I just wanted

974
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: to read you the listeners and everyone joining us on

975
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: the stream team, the eight guys who played with SGA

976
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 1: last night versus Miami. I don't know how many of

977
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: you out there are watching OKC games again. I watched

978
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: a lot of this one. It's Shay Gilds Alexander than

979
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 1: these eight guys. It's pretty wild when you think of

980
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: this team now now Dort, all right, all caplocks, exclamation

981
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 1: mark Dort. We all love Dort. Of course. One of

982
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 1: the best defensive players in the game. He's a streaky

983
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,560
Speaker 1: offensive player. He had a rough rough night last night,

984
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 1: one of eight from three, three to fifteen from the floor.

985
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 1: But he's there. Okay, everybody knows Dort. Then these are

986
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: the other seven guys. Tao, don't call me Theo maladone. Okay,

987
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:52,959
Speaker 1: A lot of people if I showed you his photo,

988
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: you'd have no idea who he is. Darius Basley, a

989
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: whole lot of WEEKD skates. Do you think that.

990
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 3: Flaky Salt could be a good nickname for Taoe Maladonal,

991
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 3: Flakey Salt.

992
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,839
Speaker 1: Maladon, I like it a lot, Yeah, Darius Baisley, Okay, now,

993
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 1: young guy, we were giving away his top shot moments,

994
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: the Hot Boys or the Top Shot Hot Boys the

995
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 1: show we did last week. So like, okay, if we're

996
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: giving away moments, I mean, prices are going through the

997
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: roof here with everything. So that tells you all you

998
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,760
Speaker 1: need to know about him right now, Isaiah Roby, Okay,

999
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,799
Speaker 1: he's starting. These are the starters I just gave you.

1000
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 1: By the way, Kendrick Twill, Williams, Hamadu Diallo, Mike Muscala,

1001
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 1: and Justin Jackson. That's the team right now. Lee. My

1002
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 1: point is SGA has done really well this year with

1003
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: not a whole lot. And now I know there's like

1004
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,919
Speaker 1: Horford and there's George Hill, they're not playing there. Those

1005
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: are some It's a young team. There's a bunch of

1006
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: who's who on that team, and I'm just Sea does

1007
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: not have a ton of help around him. So for

1008
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: him to put up the numbers and he's doing at

1009
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: the efficiency he's doing it at is really impressive. In

1010
00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: a third year situation, he could vary, but be like

1011
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,720
Speaker 1: other guys we've talked about in years prior, your bookers

1012
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Oh, big numbers, but like not

1013
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,239
Speaker 1: the greatest percentages and you're on a crap team. You

1014
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: can't really see the scene for SGA. So that that's wild.

1015
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: I just like that cot me by surprise some of

1016
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: those names, you know what I mean. Yeah, I mean

1017
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: he's a very good player.

1018
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 5: He's a very good player, But it's all about the

1019
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 5: talent you have around able to really maximize that and

1020
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 5: to see the value that he can he can bring

1021
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 5: but when Sam Prest he made the trade, he was like, yeah,

1022
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 5: give me that young player. I think I think it

1023
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 5: was just Alexander's pretty good and it'd be interesting to

1024
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 5: see what his future holds, because you know, they've got

1025
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 5: all the draft picks there out in Okay see, but

1026
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 5: now you've got to turn them into something. You know,

1027
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 5: you can't just keep running out these sort of lineups

1028
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 5: and these sort of teams, especially when you're a small

1029
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 5: market like the Thunder. So they need that, you know,

1030
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 5: they need to cash in on those draft picks and

1031
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 5: be back to being a big, you know, competitive team again,

1032
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 5: because they were for a lot of years there. And

1033
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 5: it's not really the free agent destination either. Have choiced

1034
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 5: for a lot of players.

1035
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: No, no, it's not. No, it's not. But you know,

1036
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: you take Horford and George Hill off that team, My

1037
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: god are they young. But I actually had forgotten about

1038
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,320
Speaker 1: Justin Jackson too. I was like, oh, yeah, Justin Jackson,

1039
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: he's to play for the Mavericks. I remember getting excited

1040
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,879
Speaker 1: about him when for like a couple of weeks there

1041
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 1: when he was there, and then he's like the eighth

1042
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,800
Speaker 1: guy on the Thunder right now, and they're basically tanking.

1043
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, they're gonna get some great draft picks here,

1044
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,319
Speaker 1: So you're right, Lee, if they can capitalize, you got

1045
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 1: a building block in SGA. There's no doubt about that.

1046
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: The guy looks like a could be a star in

1047
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 1: this league, and already maybe is. He's on the borderline.

1048
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: So good stuff there. He won't be making it. He'll

1049
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: be a snub, but I will not cry tomorrow. We'll

1050
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: just have to roll it over one more year, TK

1051
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 1: and I don't make it exciting. That's good, that's what

1052
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: we want, right, That's right. It'd be almost disappointing if

1053
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: he got in. It'll make it better for next year. Okay,

1054
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,800
Speaker 1: we got tweeted the night still, but first our final

1055
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:46,799
Speaker 1: break to hear from our sponsors. Lee, have you ever

1056
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 1: considered shaving your arms? No way? Yeah?

1057
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 3: Whoa look at these babies, man, you're gonna need more

1058
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:00,839
Speaker 3: than five blades for those.

1059
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: We wait for Harry to get up to six seven. Ye,

1060
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Speaker 1: get on those, Robin Williams arms, all right, curious?

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Speaker 2: Slow you down in the pool, man, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's all right. Let's get to tweet of the night.

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Speaker 2: Tweet of the night. Wow, oh man, what you got

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00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 2: for tweeting. Yeah, struggling this morning. Why I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I don't like going on Twitter at night. I follow Well,

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00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 4: here's the problem. There's a bunch of problems with me

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00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 4: doing tweeter the night. Number one, I don't follow enough

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00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 4: NBA people, so it's hard to find something that's NBA related.

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00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:49,840
Speaker 2: But that does sometimes it doesn't need to be.

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Speaker 4: It doesn't, but I like it to be because it

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00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 4: is a show about the NBA.

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Speaker 1: Is it though? Is?

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00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, You're right.

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Speaker 4: I'm also Another problem is that I'm very succeptible to

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00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 4: falling down rabbit holes, so I get distracted very easily.

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Speaker 4: Task sent me a tweet from Mark Jillette this morning

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Speaker 4: asking his Twitter followers what's the best music venue in America?

1078
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 4: It's pretty simple. It's House of Blues and Who's Houston.

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Speaker 4: That's where we all went to see flow Rider that

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00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 4: time for Chuck's fiftieth birthday. Sad was awesome in there

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00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:28,360
Speaker 4: case closed. Then I considered maybe playing the the audio

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Speaker 4: recorded on Mars that they released. I mean, it's very exciting,

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Speaker 4: don't get me wrong, wind Sock maybe next time, NASA just.

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00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 2: It's literally what the sound is the gust of wind

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Speaker 2: on a microphone.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we could send treys you know orange thing.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, how much money they spent on that and didn't

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Speaker 5: put on Somebody forgot it.

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Speaker 4: Hey, but if they if they had a wind sock,

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Speaker 4: you wouldn't have heard the wind, right, so there would

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Speaker 4: only be of the rover itself. So I guess you

1092
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 4: know that's fine. I also ended up literally five minutes

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Speaker 4: before the show. I was very deep into a video

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Speaker 4: essay about the dinner scenes in all of the Steven

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00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,680
Speaker 4: Spielberg movies that he's made, and how he uses the

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Speaker 4: dinner table as a device, And I'm like, what we

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Speaker 4: be doing this? The show is about to start here,

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00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 4: so it's not good anyway. This is the tweet I

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Speaker 4: went with. It's basketball related, barely. Tim bon Temps. He

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00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:37,239
Speaker 4: tweeted about Jack Armstrong, saying Jack Armstrong is delightfully insane,

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00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,439
Speaker 4: which makes him very fun listen during Raptors games. This

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00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 4: is one hundred percent true. We love Jack and gourmet spud.

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00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:46,520
Speaker 4: This is the tweet.

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Speaker 2: He basically doubles down and.

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00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 4: Confirms Tim's tweet, saying Jack calling a game makes it

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00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:57,479
Speaker 4: five to ten percent more enjoyable. It's been so fun

1107
00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 4: to listen to the chemistry between him and Devil and

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00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 4: develop over the years. They are like a seasoned comedy duo.

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00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 4: Now also one hundred percent true. I just wanted to

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Speaker 4: include this tweet because, you know, shout out to Jack Armstrong,

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00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,240
Speaker 4: shout out to the NBA, but it's an NBA related tweet,

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Speaker 4: and shout out to Gourmet Spudd. He's one of my

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00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:20,359
Speaker 4: favorite followers on Twitter. He's consistently funny. So let's bring

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00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 4: some attention to uh, to Spud and get him some followers,

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00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,080
Speaker 4: get his followers up on this.

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00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:31,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, titos, Yeah, it's good tweet that was from the

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00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: other night. For sure. I agree with that tweet from

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00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,239
Speaker 1: Tim too, And it's true. I listened to a lot

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00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:38,280
Speaker 1: of Raptors games and we of course are big fans

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Speaker 1: of big fans of Jack, Devlin and Leo if I'm

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00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,320
Speaker 1: of course, but Jack and Devlin, I mean, they really

1122
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: are like that comedy duo is the best way to

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00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 1: explain them. And they've just worked on their bits. They

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00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: worked on their material over the years. They know what

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00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:54,000
Speaker 1: works what doesn't. Jack go into commercial break is always

1126
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 1: gold like it's funny every time, and he's got his catchphrases,

1127
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:00,040
Speaker 1: get the garbage out of here and all that. I

1128
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,880
Speaker 1: think it's like it's gone to another level too, I

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00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 1: think during the pandemic because those two guys they're in

1130
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 1: Toronto right, Like, they're not traveling, so there's like no

1131
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: fatigue from you know, all the flights and stuff like

1132
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:15,360
Speaker 1: that and all the hotels. They're just there in Toronto.

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00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 1: They get together at the arena and just watch basically

1134
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 1: like we're watching a television screen and then are just

1135
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 1: like cracking jokes like man, stop.

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00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:26,440
Speaker 4: It's a It's like it's like our happy hours. I

1137
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 4: think sometimes they even forget that people are watching, you know.

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Speaker 1: One percent, a hundred percent they are. They're having some

1139
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: fun this year and what yeah, you should be anyway.

1140
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,480
Speaker 1: They make for a for a good listen, a good

1141
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 1: watch listen, whatever you want to call it, all right,

1142
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: gourmet spud, Tim Bontemps, Jack Armstrong, Devlin, Hello, get I

1143
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,399
Speaker 1: love that video you shared it the other day. I think, yeah,

1144
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:51,319
Speaker 1: the video I forgot what you took a video with

1145
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: Jack Armstrong down at the fortress here. Yeah, and we're

1146
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,759
Speaker 1: all with somebody does like his little spiel, right, I

1147
00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,520
Speaker 1: think we all did a drop to get that garbage

1148
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 1: out of here? Right? Is that way we earn yeh yeah,

1149
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:01,840
Speaker 1: we did that.

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00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:02,320
Speaker 2: Hello.

1151
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 5: And then he said he said, I'm hanging with the Stata,

1152
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 5: so have about a little hello. And then he says,

1153
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 5: get that coffee, Jetty.

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Speaker 1: You were all yelling at that, right, all right? Tweeted

1155
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: that good stuff. Jay, you found a good one there.

1156
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, we got there in the end, we sure did.

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00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,279
Speaker 1: Okay, pick them results from last night, the very rare

1158
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: four man all backing the same team doubles and all

1159
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 1: getting it right. I mean, usually when we all back

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00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: one team, it's an l for everybody. But not last night.

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00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: Bulls hammer the Rockets. They only had to win by

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00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: two for crying aloud, So that was well done, gentlemen.

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00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: Everybody taking Chicago. I'm ten and six, Lee's nine and seven,

1164
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: tass Is eight and eight, Tray seven to nine, very

1165
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 1: very very close. So tonight's game Boston Dallas Celtics favored

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00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 1: by one and a half. This is a back to

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00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 1: back situation for the Mavericks. Interesting game. So what did

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00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:55,840
Speaker 1: we say we were going to do here? Let's just

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00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,720
Speaker 1: go first to test. Let's find out who task was picking.

1170
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,719
Speaker 1: Because Tray's in last. He gets to pick last. So

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00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: let's find out from tasks what his selection is.

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Speaker 2: Well, uh yeah, no, come back to task and it's

1173
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:10,840
Speaker 2: not okay.

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00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 5: So yeah, okay, okay, uh poor tough one there. I'll

1175
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 5: take the Celtics. I give you the self.

1176
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:30,080
Speaker 1: Well the one time we could really use you, goingwers

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00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 1: every other time? Answer Jesus, stretch.

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Speaker 5: It out a little close line, close line. Celtics not

1179
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:46,879
Speaker 5: playing their best basketball. You know, the Mavericks good win

1180
00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 5: last night, but you know, on a back to back

1181
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 5: and against the team you know again, they should have

1182
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:52,320
Speaker 5: beaten the Grizzlies.

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00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:53,319
Speaker 1: Pausing is not.

1184
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:55,640
Speaker 2: Sure if he'll I'm ready.

1185
00:52:57,040 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 5: Play, but I'll take the Celtics to win by two points.

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00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,560
Speaker 1: Great, great breakdown. Let's find.

1187
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 2: The Celtics are alternators round up, so they're gonna round

1188
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 2: up themselves a win after a loss.

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00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: What my god, it's going crazy down there in the

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00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:24,640
Speaker 1: basement at five in the morning testing the Celtics. Look,

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00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:28,800
Speaker 1: I'll make things interesting, I think. Okay, give me the

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00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:30,839
Speaker 1: Dallas Maverick cause I don't want to sell picking the same team.

1193
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:32,239
Speaker 1: So let's find out who trade. Though. Tray is the

1194
00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 1: one trailing, so he might have to switch it up, Trey,

1195
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 1: where do you want to go?

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00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:40,880
Speaker 3: Bean town boys versus the horse meat Sandwiches'll be tough, Bud.

1197
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 3: I think I'm going with the beans here. Back to

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Speaker 3: back for Dallas. Got a little controversy with the Porzingis

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Speaker 3: trade rumors it's gonna affect him. They're gonna lose by

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Speaker 3: more than two.

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, wow wow. Okay, I'm the only one taking Dallas.

1202
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna regret this. I can see it already, like

1203
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,840
Speaker 1: I could have played the super super conservative and just

1204
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 1: at my lead. But we'll make it interesting. I'm Dallas.

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00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: Everybody else's Celtics to win by two. Good luck, gentlemen. Okay, fun,

1206
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,919
Speaker 1: fun show. Let's call it there, Guys, Emails your NBA

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Speaker 1: get that momentum going again. Let's get on the march

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Speaker 1: All right, All Star reserves announced tonight, so we will

1224
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Speaker 1: be back for sure on tomorrow's daily show. Uh, talking

1225
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:05,799
Speaker 1: about the snubs and the big surprises and all that.

1226
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Speaker 1: In addition to all the games that are on tonight.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a correct me if I'm wrong. I

1228
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,959
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of games on once again. Yeah,

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00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: it's like a ten or eleven game night, So we'll

1230
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,040
Speaker 1: break down as many as we can enjoy them. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you tomorrow. Clipper bros.

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Speaker 2: You heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up,

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Speaker 2: Love you guys awesome.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us, and remember forget red Rocks. Forget

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00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:32,359
Speaker 3: the Gorge, forget CBGB's. The best music venue in all

1236
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 3: of America is the House of Blues in Houston.

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Speaker 1: We saw flow right there, flow.

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Speaker 2: Right, and.

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Speaker 1: I don't remember that say the bathroom. Embrace the day

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Speaker 1: of people.

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00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 4: You could stay every day, I'd be happy, every man.

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Speaker 1: It's been so long, you're no fanna playing for.

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Speaker 6: It's happened already.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be grip me