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Speaker 1: Happy Wednesday, everybody. I hope all of you guys are

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Speaker 1: having an incredible week so far. We are going to

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Speaker 1: And then in the ensuing chaos, you know, they'd be pushing.

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Speaker 1: he is, and they were running a lot of a

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Speaker 1: lot of stuff out of Horns to get their best

432
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,040
Speaker 1: players in the right spots. They had a really interesting

433
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 1: action to start the game. Um that was a kind

434
00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,679
Speaker 1: of a cross screen action in Horns that flowed into

435
00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,439
Speaker 1: a double uh double high ball screen and Wendell Carter Jr.

436
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,000
Speaker 1: Just slipped it while Paula popped. Like we always talked

437
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,280
Speaker 1: about that double pick and roll. Someone slipped, someone's pop,

438
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,480
Speaker 1: someone pops, but you don't know who it is. They

439
00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,440
Speaker 1: both can shoot, they both can dive to the rim.

440
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,320
Speaker 1: Who's it gonna be? Well when Dell slipped it and

441
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 1: he was actually the first screen in the action and

442
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,760
Speaker 1: he was wide open and ended up throwing down a dunk,

443
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:56,119
Speaker 1: And like, uh, just in general, they they were um

444
00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,680
Speaker 1: running actions on a lot of their possessions down the floor,

445
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,680
Speaker 1: which is uncommon in the end yea. They were working

446
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:06,040
Speaker 1: with smart stuff to get Palo and advantage either curling

447
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 1: around screens or to get him switched on too smaller

448
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,600
Speaker 1: defensive players. They were just really well organized. They even

449
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 1: ran They even ran a two to one full court

450
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,320
Speaker 1: zone press for large portions of this game, which is

451
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,720
Speaker 1: almost unheard of at the NBA level. And it was

452
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 1: just a really smart little wrinkle from Jamal Moseley because

453
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,560
Speaker 1: what it ended up doing was it turned a lot

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Speaker 1: of Memphisis possessions into late clock possessions before they even

455
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: got across half court. Like they swing the ball back

456
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 1: and forth and methodically work their way up against the press.

457
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, there's eleven seconds on the shot

458
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,399
Speaker 1: clock and and John Muran's got the ball at the

459
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,080
Speaker 1: top of the key. You can't really run anything. It's like,

460
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,200
Speaker 1: go create a shot. You better, you better beat someone

461
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,199
Speaker 1: off the dribble, and and that was kind of an

462
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,400
Speaker 1: interesting dynamic. Now, I don't think you could ever run

463
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Speaker 1: that extensively over the course of the season because I

464
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,919
Speaker 1: think eventually teams would figure out how to beat your

465
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Speaker 1: press for dunks. So that's the one thing to keep

466
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,000
Speaker 1: an eye on. But I like the effort. I like

467
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 1: the effort, and who knows, maybe maybe it ends up

468
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Speaker 1: being something that they can lean on for large portions

469
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 1: of the season. But I did want to take a

470
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: second to shout out Jamal Moseley. The other thing that

471
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,679
Speaker 1: kind of just popped off the screen was just the

472
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Speaker 1: talent on this roster. Franz Wagner we're gonna talk about

473
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 1: here in a little bit, just do everything, big wing,

474
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: Pala Moncero another do everything, big wing. Wendow Carter Jr.

475
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 1: Was super impressive this game on both ends of the floor.

476
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,959
Speaker 1: Just flashes of jump shooting, heat window. Carter Jr. Really

477
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 1: really took this game home at the end. Like I said,

478
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,639
Speaker 1: both teams left their starters in and Wendell in particular

479
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: made every big play down the stretch of this game.

480
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 1: And then obviously Franz Vogner made two plays at the

481
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 1: end of the game. We're going to get to that

482
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Speaker 1: in a minute. But Bowl Bowl was out there looking

483
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,640
Speaker 1: like a good NBA basketball player. And then don't forget

484
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: Jalen Sucks is on this team. Although he's dealing with

485
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,160
Speaker 1: an injury right now. I believe the injury was less

486
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: severe than they originally thought, so I think that's good

487
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,640
Speaker 1: news on that front. Hopefully ends up coming back at

488
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Speaker 1: some point in the season. It is. This is a

489
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 1: team that is really fascinating and like and and Terence

490
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 1: Ross for for you know, for the record, is just

491
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: a really solid NBA two guard that can do a

492
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 1: lot of stuff on both ends of the floor, and

493
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: a really important pull up jumper off of a curl

494
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: at the end of this game. You obviously have Jonathan

495
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: Isaac potentially coming back into the picture if he can

496
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: ever get his ramp up going. This team has a

497
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: ton of talent, and so I know it's been a

498
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 1: long boring stretch of Orlando Magic basketball, but they're gonna

499
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,440
Speaker 1: be an interesting team, uh in a good league. Pass

500
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 1: watch this year. Uh. And for for starters, they they

501
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 1: came out the gates in this game and just kind

502
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,199
Speaker 1: of beat Memphis ass. They were up twenty three nine,

503
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Speaker 1: I believe at one point off of a trailing Window

504
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: Carter Junior three in the first quarter, and then it

505
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,359
Speaker 1: got close late in the game. John Conchard made a

506
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Speaker 1: three to tie the game at nine, and then from

507
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,400
Speaker 1: there it was the Window Carter Junior and Frons Wagner show.

508
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,639
Speaker 1: So uh, John Contrat makes a three to tie the

509
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: game at ninety five. They go down the floor, they

510
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 1: run one of their horn sets, and Window Carter Jr.

511
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: Just fakes a dribble handoff and and whips around to

512
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: his left and goes all the way to the rim.

513
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 1: Xavier Tilman kind of lunges too far to hedge on

514
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 1: the dribble handoff and when Dell just takes him right

515
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,160
Speaker 1: to the basket for an and one recurring theme down

516
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: the stretch of this game, Xavier Tilman really struggled defensively,

517
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: jumping out of position way too easily, offering too much help,

518
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 1: and Wendell Carter Junior made in pay, and that's what

519
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,120
Speaker 1: you want from a big. Bigs are trained to think

520
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 1: that they can help all over the place because typically

521
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,240
Speaker 1: biggs are unskilled offensively, so they can be roamers defensively.

522
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: If you're big, can consistently make teams pay for not

523
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,199
Speaker 1: guarding him or for helping off of him. It just

524
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 1: makes a lot of NBA defensive schemes struggled. So after

525
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,360
Speaker 1: he makes the free throw to put him up three, uh,

526
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,120
Speaker 1: John moreen gets switched on Window Carter Jr. And then

527
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 1: tries to drive to the basket on him and doesn't

528
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 1: even come close to making the layup because Wen Dell

529
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: just smothers him with his size. John More had a

530
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 1: really rough night in this game, in large part because

531
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 1: Window Carter Jr. Was bothering him at the rim and

532
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 1: then John Morien's jumper wasn't falling, and with these big

533
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: super athletic guard are these little super athletic cars, I

534
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: should say, when they're jumper fails them, teams can really

535
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 1: sag back on them and then a lot search to

536
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 1: fall apart for them. On the last play of the game,

537
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: when Franz Wagner picked John Moran, a big part of

538
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: why he picked him is he's able to continuously backpedal

539
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: and he knows Jaw is gonna drive because he doesn't

540
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: have confidence in his shot. It just makes you one dimensional.

541
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 1: It makes you a lot easier to guard. Um So

542
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 1: Magic had the ball up three, Franz ended up traveling

543
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,199
Speaker 1: on a post up Uh. Desmond Baine end up driving

544
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 1: and making a layup on Cole Anthony. Also, Cole Anthony

545
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 1: did not look great on either end of the floor

546
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: in this game. But then on the next possession, Franz

547
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 1: Wagner runs a pick and roll with Wendell Carter Jr.

548
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: And when Dell slips it once again, um Uh. Xavier

549
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: Tillman on this play like wildly hedged out on to

550
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,920
Speaker 1: Franz's right hand, even though it was like twenty six

551
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 1: ft away. From the basket, and he wasn't super aggressive

552
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,199
Speaker 1: shooting off the dribble in this game, although he did

553
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,720
Speaker 1: make a big one at the end and Uh Window

554
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: Carter Jr. Just slipped it, Franz hit him and he

555
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: made an easy, little like twelve foot jump shot. Once again,

556
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 1: Xavier told me he was just all over the place

557
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 1: in this game. But from there, Uh Dylan Brooks ended

558
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: up missing a three, and then Terence Ross got fouled

559
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 1: on the three. He made two out of three free

560
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: throws to put them up five. Jah ended up having

561
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: a crazy out of control drive where he lost control

562
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 1: of the basketball but then just threw up some junk

563
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: and it went in and he got an and one

564
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: brought it back to two. But on the last possession,

565
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,760
Speaker 1: the last sequence, Franz Woggner gets Brandon Clark on a

566
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Speaker 1: switch and he does that high hesitation with his right hand.

567
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,400
Speaker 1: And again I always tell young basketball players build your

568
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: offensive set out of high hesitations, because one, refs don't

569
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: call carries anymore, and two it's the perfect bridge move

570
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: that bridges all moves together. You can go from a

571
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: high hesitation into it in and out back into a

572
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 1: high hesitation into it through your legs, high hesitation, behind

573
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,120
Speaker 1: the back, high hesitation, or any combination to high hesitation.

574
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,959
Speaker 1: You could do it anywhere. And then most importantly, from

575
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,959
Speaker 1: a high hesitation, you can go up to a jump shot,

576
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: or you can just push the ball in front of

577
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: you and go to the basket. It's like the ultimate

578
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 1: bridge move. So Franz has Brandon Clark on an ice,

579
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: so does like a stutter step and goes into his

580
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,199
Speaker 1: high hesitation and then just pulls the ball back. And

581
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: when he pulls the ball back, Brandon Clark kind of

582
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: takes a defensive slide step to the left and now

583
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: there's like ten ft of separation and France just sticks

584
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: a cold blood at three from the top of the

585
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: key to put him up five. And then like I

586
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: told you, guys, Jaw forces the action back down on

587
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 1: the other end of the floor and immediately gets stripped

588
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: by France. So a lot of talent in this on

589
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 1: this team. They went out there and they whooped Memphis

590
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: ass in that game. They're gonna be a fun team

591
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 1: to watch in League pass. I I I think I

592
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: think that uh, I think that they're going to be

593
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: a team that is up and coming over the course

594
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: of the next few years. One last note on Palabun

595
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: Chair before we get out of here. He first of all,

596
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: he looks huge, which is not a big surprise. He

597
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: looks huge when I went to go watch him in

598
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 1: Summer League. Um, the size thing is legitimately going to

599
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: be a problem for teams. There was a really interesting

600
00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: play that Jamal Moseley ran which I thought was smart.

601
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: They cleared the right side for Palo, and Palo is

602
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: in the corner and then they had Cole Anthony go

603
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 1: and said a wide pinned down on Palo's man who's

604
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: guarding called Anthony John Moran Right, So, um, I can't

605
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: remember who it was that was guarding Um, that was

606
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: guarding Palo, but uh, they had to chase Palo over

607
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: the top of the screen, right, well, who's helping it's

608
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: John Moran. The guy who's helping on the curl is

609
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: John Moran. So uh, Palo's got his defender behind him

610
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 1: and he catches the ball and he just powered right

611
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: through jaw Um for an easy layup. And I'm just

612
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: sitting there thinking like I'm like, that's such an easy

613
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 1: basic action that the Magic can run to get just

614
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: about anything. They want around the rim, clear the side,

615
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 1: put pal Palo over there. Have your smallest guard goes

616
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,239
Speaker 1: set a wide pinned down, have him curl around it.

617
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: If the defender goes underneath the screen, he can pop

618
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 1: and he can get wide open ten fifteen footers all

619
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Speaker 1: game long, and if he chases him over the top

620
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 1: of the screen, he's just in a power through jaw

621
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: every single time. Actually, I think on that particular play

622
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: ended up drawing a goaltending called as the defender tried

623
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: to come over the top, which once again, when you're

624
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: chasing over the top of the screen, you're already out

625
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: of position. So it's just it's just a really it's

626
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 1: just a really interesting dynamic that Palo brings to this team.

627
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: Another size related thing, there was a play where Santi

628
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: Aldama tried to box him out underneath the basket, and

629
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: Pallo just buried him under the rim, jumped over the

630
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 1: top of him, grabbed an offensive rebound, and put it

631
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: back in for an and one plus the foul. So like,

632
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: he's just a he's a big dude who's skilled as

633
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: hell from all spots on the floor, and he's just

634
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: going to score the basketball easy for his entire NBA career.

635
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: It's almost like a big power forward version of Carmelo Anthony,

636
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 1: like a little bit bigger version of him, not as quick,

637
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: but bigger and has a little bit more of a

638
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: power game. His handle looks smooth and confident, especially when

639
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: he's given space by big defenders. He can get a

640
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: little bit loose with it when when he gets a

641
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: little congested around him, and then he transitions from dribble

642
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: to shot very smoothly, which is one of the most

643
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: underrated skills in basketball. The ability to go into a

644
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: shot from any spot on the floor. That's what That's

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Speaker 1: doesn't shy away from it, inflicts his size on people.

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Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite young players in the league.

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Speaker 1: I still think I'd like the I'm torn right now

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Speaker 1: Jade and Ivy's the best, because I'm so high on

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Speaker 1: But I think I lean Palo right now is the

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Speaker 1: best player in this class, all right. That is all

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Speaker 1: I have for today guys. As always, I sincerely appreciate

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Speaker 1: your support. Later this week, we're going to have um,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna hit on a couple of other teams that

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Speaker 1: do a breakdown of the Redeemed Team documentary, which I

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Speaker 1: have not actually watched yet, but it's on my list

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Speaker 1: to watch tomorrow morning, so we'll be covering that as well.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate you guys support and I

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Speaker 1: will see you next time. And the volume