WEBVTT - Headlines & Himmy!

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<v Speaker 1>Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines, So

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat Check. The Heat Check was just crazy, the

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<v Speaker 1>best podcast covering all the drama around the association. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get into a few stories getting around the name.

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<v Speaker 1>See what's popping. Number one, James Harden is back in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations to James. Let's start in Philadelphia. They are always

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<v Speaker 1>a dumpster fire, as we know, looking pretty good though

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<v Speaker 1>without James they have not come close though, to resolving

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<v Speaker 1>this situation. Turns out, the Sixers are very mad that

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<v Speaker 1>the Clippers told them that Terrence Man was untouchable, only

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<v Speaker 1>to find out that he was able to be touched.

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<v Speaker 1>They offered up Man, uh like an order for Drew Holliday,

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<v Speaker 1>and now Daryl Morey is upset. As for Harden has

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<v Speaker 1>not played one game. He is now back with the

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<v Speaker 1>team kind of. He tried to get on the team

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<v Speaker 1>plane and they turned him away and said, once you

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<v Speaker 1>go back to the facility, work yourself out a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't you go work with the training staff. Huh,

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<v Speaker 1>your fat ass needs it. Huh. Don't be getting on

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<v Speaker 1>our plane distracting our players when we're on a road trip.

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<v Speaker 1>This is nuts, right, This is absolutely insane. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be on the bench soon. I think he might have

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<v Speaker 1>been on the bench for the Portland game in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna keep a close eye on this. At any moment,

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<v Speaker 1>anything could happen. I don't know, like maybe Harden taking

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<v Speaker 1>all of Tyrese Maxi's minutes just holding the ball. Who knows.

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<v Speaker 1>Moving forward. Next news story, Nikola Jokic tells Chet Holgren

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<v Speaker 1>he needs to get his weight up. We moved to Chet.

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<v Speaker 1>He's at a great start to his rookie season. Got

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<v Speaker 1>hurt Summer league last year, missed the whole first season

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<v Speaker 1>with a hurtfoot monster game against the Cavs sixteen thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>and two ran into the buzzsaw known as Nicola Jokicic

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<v Speaker 1>and even though he had nineteen points, he pulled down

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<v Speaker 1>just four boards, zero blocks, zero steals. After the game,

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<v Speaker 1>Jokic had this to say about Chet. He's a really

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<v Speaker 1>talented guy. But this is his first year. He's still

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<v Speaker 1>learning everything. I think he needs to be a little fatter,

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest, But yes, he has that talent that

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<v Speaker 1>is unique. A little fatter. You didn't need to say fatter, right, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't need to do all that. Dude has been

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<v Speaker 1>trying to gain weight since he was thirteen years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Chet Holmgren has wet dreams about having your Nicola Jokicic's

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<v Speaker 1>metabolic rate, which is slow. This is just an insane story.

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<v Speaker 1>Reminds me of seven to six Sean Bradley back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day he was trying to gain weight in the offseason.

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<v Speaker 1>He was seven six two forty five s I wrote

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<v Speaker 1>this in ninety three. He's eating butter drowned baked potatoes

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<v Speaker 1>and Jurassic sized t bones, fist thick cheeseburgers and ridiculously

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<v Speaker 1>chubby fries, double chocolate cakes, Trippler triple decker dagwoods. Just

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<v Speaker 1>for breakfast. Every day Bradley would get up, try to

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<v Speaker 1>down the pancakes, the eggs, the cereal, the milk, the juice,

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<v Speaker 1>and the calorie dense power milkshake. Then he would go

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<v Speaker 1>home to his four hour workout, throw up in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of it, come home, throw up again, and get

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<v Speaker 1>more food down before going to sleep. He was a

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<v Speaker 1>puking machine, so fam was taken in ten thousand calories

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<v Speaker 1>a day, and after that torture of an off season,

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<v Speaker 1>when he was done, he was still two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five pounds, did not gain a single pound. Chest's

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<v Speaker 1>not thrown up eight times a day to not gain anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you that. So if you chat Holmgren's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have a body type like Nicole Jokic without some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of performance altering like mechanism, you're fucking outrageous. As for Chet,

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<v Speaker 1>he was stoked playing with Jokic. He says, you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>take it to heart, figure out what you can do

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<v Speaker 1>to be better. Yeah, Chet, get your weight up, be fatter,

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<v Speaker 1>drink a gallon of protein shakes, and maybe, just maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be able to compete with Joki. That's insane. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>move forward. Houston in the headlines, Houston, we still have

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<v Speaker 1>a problem. I wanted to really like this Houston team.

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<v Speaker 1>I said they were my league past team of the year,

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<v Speaker 1>And boy, does it look like that is starting out

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<v Speaker 1>a bit shaky. I love you, may Udoka, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of swag, so many photos throwing up the shaker. But

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<v Speaker 1>turns out you can change your coach and not really

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<v Speaker 1>the roster, and things will still stay the same even

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<v Speaker 1>if you've got the sw I guess defensive minded coach

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA, you still could be a loser. Unfortunately

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<v Speaker 1>for the Rockets, they got rid of the chuckleheads, but

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<v Speaker 1>they did not get rid of all the chuckers, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>because they are zero in three in very winnable games.

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<v Speaker 1>At least two of three were winnable. But it's not

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<v Speaker 1>just that they're losing, it's how they're losing. That's very strange.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh well, not really strange. They have been doing this

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<v Speaker 1>before Emai Udoka when it was Steven Silence. They're losing

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<v Speaker 1>by an average of fifteen points. They've lost to Orlando,

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<v Speaker 1>who missed the playoffs last year, San Antonio, who was

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<v Speaker 1>in last place and had the number one overall pick.

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<v Speaker 1>They lost to Golden State, which makes sense, and just

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<v Speaker 1>like that, they're in last place again. And the reason

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<v Speaker 1>that they're losing they're shooting thirty percent from three, but

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<v Speaker 1>worse fifty five percent from the free throw line. Fifty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to check that twice. Fifty five. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know how that's possible. Alprin Shangun is the bright spot.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a nominee, did not even get an honorable mention,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was a nominee for the HEMMI Award. He

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<v Speaker 1>is averaging twenty eleven and six and a half. We

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<v Speaker 1>were wondering if you emy Udoka would love him, and

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<v Speaker 1>he does. Leading scorer, leading rebounder, and unfortunately the leading fowler.

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<v Speaker 1>He is averaging five fouls a game. Chucking folks is

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<v Speaker 1>a disease and it takes a long time to leave

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<v Speaker 1>the bloodstream. Dame time heads to Miami and Tyler Hero

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<v Speaker 1>could give two bucks quick note about Damian Lillard and

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<v Speaker 1>the Buck's taking on the Miami Heat coming up tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>When Tyler Hero, who was at the center of the

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<v Speaker 1>rumors about the Heat trading for Dame, he was asked

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<v Speaker 1>if he had any motivation extra and he said this,

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<v Speaker 1>never spoke to Dame a day in my life, probably

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<v Speaker 1>never will. You never spoken to Dame, really like you

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<v Speaker 1>never spoke to Dame. Lollard the consensus, nice guy. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't think you and Dame would have ever dapped each

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<v Speaker 1>other up as guards. These are lies. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what stings worse the fact that you were rumored in

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<v Speaker 1>every Heat trade as the centerpiece of the Dame trade.

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<v Speaker 1>The Blazers absolutely did not want you, or three that

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<v Speaker 1>you're lying about it because Pat Riley lied to the

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<v Speaker 1>world about never putting you in a trade talk. I

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<v Speaker 1>would be salty too. You removed your profile, you remove

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Heat from your profile, and it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even need to. Tyler's having a good start to

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<v Speaker 1>the season. He's gonna want to put buckets on Dame.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll probably shoot thirty percent from three, the Heat will

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<v Speaker 1>lose by eight, and Dame will have fifty Heat fans

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy that last segment. Let's talk about the Hemmy Awards.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is him? He's him? That's what the kids always say.

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<v Speaker 1>Kimmy of the Week award goes to the player who

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<v Speaker 1>is him. We had a lot of choices. There were

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<v Speaker 1>some good players this week. We could have gone with

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<v Speaker 1>Dane Lillard. He absolutely crushed the Bucks debut, crushed my

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<v Speaker 1>heart for a big time parlay, helped the NBA get

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<v Speaker 1>the highest ratings in six years for an opening game.

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<v Speaker 1>He personally beat the Sixers down the stretch on the

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<v Speaker 1>way to thirty nine points. I think he scored the

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<v Speaker 1>last fourteen on his own and in the fourth quarter

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<v Speaker 1>convinced Giannis to tell him he is him. In Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 1>is now Damian Lillard's team. I wanted it, but no,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not the him. He's not the himmy I really

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to give to Jalen Durhan making a statement for

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<v Speaker 1>most improved player under Monni in Detroit. They're winning games.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaging eighteen fifteen and three, three blocks in a

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<v Speaker 1>steal in his first three games. Himmy numbers, himmy numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend. But the Hemmi of the week goes too boom.

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<v Speaker 1>Luca fucking don chicch the man who comes into the

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<v Speaker 1>season once again dogged by injuries, got a cashtrain. He

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<v Speaker 1>don't care condition questions, He don't care. Kenyon Martin says

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<v Speaker 1>that all real NBA players know that Luke is the

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<v Speaker 1>second best player on the MAVs. And what did he

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<v Speaker 1>do in Week one? I don't know. Forty one twelve

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<v Speaker 1>and nine in wins against the Spurs and the Nets.

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<v Speaker 1>He had forty nine points in the opener, no turnovers.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty fucking good numbers for a guy who's like, not

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<v Speaker 1>even the best player on his team. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie is averaging twenty five and six so far, a

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<v Speaker 1>half of the HIMMI, And congratulations to Luca. I have

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<v Speaker 1>dogged the MAVs. But if he puts out forty every night,

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna be very, very tough to beat. That's all

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