WEBVTT - Propaganda Machine Working in Brooklyn and Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 1>You're you're listening to the Hottest, the Hottest podcast out here.

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<v Speaker 1>I said what I said, it's the heat Chat, The

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<v Speaker 1>Heat Chat.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever.

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<v Speaker 3>Known a couple maybe they got married a little too early,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, right out of college, and you kind of

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<v Speaker 3>knew when they were together, like, I'm not sure how.

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<v Speaker 2>Long this is gonna last.

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<v Speaker 3>And you start finding out hearing whispers right that they're

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<v Speaker 3>on the verge of divorce and maybe even one of

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<v Speaker 3>them moved out. You're like, oh, yeah, Cheryl's living with

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<v Speaker 3>her sister right now. Oh yeah, what's John doing? I

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<v Speaker 3>think eating a lot of potato chips, just kind of

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of hanging out, building this fantasy team on

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<v Speaker 3>the waiver wire. He seems okay, but he doesn't look okay,

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<v Speaker 3>and then so it's like done right, He's just like done.

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<v Speaker 3>And then, for some reason, some unforeseen circumstance, they get

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<v Speaker 3>back together and they declare on social media, everything's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>They've got they're holding hands, they're making posts. They're kissy, kissy.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you look and you zoom in, because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>a zoom in girl, like you take the photo, you

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<v Speaker 3>screen capet. This is what you do screen capet and

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<v Speaker 3>then you zoom right in, zoom into their eyes, see

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<v Speaker 3>what's going on back there, the eyes of the windows

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<v Speaker 3>to the soul. And you look and you're like, Cheryl's

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<v Speaker 3>still hurting, she's not happy. John looks like he's ready

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<v Speaker 3>to cry.

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<v Speaker 2>This is bad. He's gray, he's gained ten pounds.

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<v Speaker 3>This is not gonna work out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Katie and Nash right now. That's who that is.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's what Nash said when literally everyone was like, hey, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>how are you dealing with the aftermath of a star player,

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<v Speaker 3>the one that considered you his Yoda not only asking

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<v Speaker 3>out to not be with you anymore, but the only

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<v Speaker 3>way that he would stay is if you were fired,

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<v Speaker 3>like actually fired.

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<v Speaker 2>You had to go in order for him to be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, We're good. Yeah, there's nothing's changed. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 2>have a long history with Kevin. I love the guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Families have issues. We had a moment, and it's behind us.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what happens.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a common situation in the league. Pause is it

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<v Speaker 3>is that a common situation in the league is I

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<v Speaker 3>don't recall many instances of this occurring in this manner.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't remember remember another player saying he would only

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<v Speaker 3>stay the duration of his brand new contract if his

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<v Speaker 3>head coach was fired, not only his head coach was fired,

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<v Speaker 3>but his GM was fired. Which do not make any

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<v Speaker 3>mistake about it. Is what Kevin Durant said to Josie

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<v Speaker 3>when they had a meeting in Paris or London or

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<v Speaker 3>wherever that meeting occurred. Nash must go, Sean Marks must go.

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<v Speaker 3>These dudes are chaos, and I'm not trying to have

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<v Speaker 3>all that. Of course, though the unforeseen circumstances take place,

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<v Speaker 3>Trader Danny does Trader Danny things. He quote unquote fleeces

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<v Speaker 3>the Minnesota Timberwolves in the deal for Rudy Gobert, making

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<v Speaker 3>it impossible to get back anything reasonable because no team

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<v Speaker 3>is going to give you what Rudy Gobert commanded.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's for Kevin Durant. These are crazy price.

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<v Speaker 3>So if Rudy Gobert gets five first round picks, what's

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<v Speaker 3>Kevin get ten?

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<v Speaker 2>We're not giving you.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't even think the CBA allows ten first round picks.

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<v Speaker 3>So it blew up the trade market, and then it

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<v Speaker 3>made Katie impossible to trade, so they had to make.

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<v Speaker 2>The best things.

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<v Speaker 3>So, like these divorces, it's always money it's always money.

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<v Speaker 3>So Cheryl and John they reunite, and now we get

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<v Speaker 3>to see their asses on Twitter and social media trying

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<v Speaker 3>to tell us and convince us that everything is fine.

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<v Speaker 3>Durant said he wanted out because of a quote uncertainty

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<v Speaker 3>around last year's team and all the drama surrounding Kyrie

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<v Speaker 3>Irving and James Harden caused the situation where we were

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<v Speaker 3>quote all hurt. What he didn't point out, though, much

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<v Speaker 3>more important to me, is that the fact that Steve

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<v Speaker 3>Nash played them, I don't know, forty five to forty

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<v Speaker 3>eight minutes per game, just draining his batteries to the brink,

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<v Speaker 3>to the point where in Game seven of the Milwaukee

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<v Speaker 3>Bucks series he an airball in overtime.

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<v Speaker 2>You never seen that.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you ever seen a wide open three airball by

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<v Speaker 3>Kevin Durant in a clutch moment?

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<v Speaker 2>Not me, he was absolutely gassed.

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<v Speaker 3>Or the fact that Steve Nash had trouble figuring out

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<v Speaker 3>what his lineups really were, who was on this roster,

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<v Speaker 3>basically getting out coached multiple times in his very short career.

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<v Speaker 2>He's basically, let's be honest, he's a Stepford coach. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>all a little Teddy Ruckspin doll.

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<v Speaker 3>You just pull the string and all the right little

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<v Speaker 3>things come out of I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I love Kevin.

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<v Speaker 3>It gets like, no, are you a human being, because

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<v Speaker 3>there's no chance that a real human being would feel

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<v Speaker 3>like everything's fine. He's just programmed. He's just programmed with

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<v Speaker 3>like little sound bites. We're not trading James Harden. We're

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<v Speaker 3>committed to James. It's like, dude, you're a liar. You're

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<v Speaker 3>lying to everyone. You're really good at it. Of course

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<v Speaker 3>he's gonna say everything's all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Moving forward.

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<v Speaker 3>Ben Simmons Steve Nash very high on him as well.

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<v Speaker 3>He's coming into the camp in the best shape of

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<v Speaker 3>his career, proclaiming he is happy to play the what

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<v Speaker 3>the center position? Yeah, Ben Simmons is gonna play center

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<v Speaker 3>for the Brooklyn Nets.

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<v Speaker 2>One.

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<v Speaker 3>I told the world he wasn't a point guard. He's

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<v Speaker 3>so far from a point guard. He's actually a center, folks, Like,

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<v Speaker 3>that's how much of a point guard He's not, Like,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't just go ahead and play center or point guard.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not where we're at. And even in position in

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<v Speaker 3>this basketball that's not where we're at right now. And

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<v Speaker 3>of course right now, Ben Simmons is being told by

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<v Speaker 3>Teddy Rucksbin aka Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>Nash, Hey, you don't have to shoot at all.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't have to shoot not only do you have

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<v Speaker 3>to shoot any threes, you don't have to shoot any

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<v Speaker 3>jump shots at all, not one.

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<v Speaker 2>Just be you just lean in to the things you do. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>We're fine. And you know who else said that. Brett

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<v Speaker 2>Brown said that right before he was fired.

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<v Speaker 3>Brett Brown said that for Philadelphia seventy six ers, and

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<v Speaker 3>those chickens came home to roost.

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<v Speaker 2>Nash said on media, he does not meety day.

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<v Speaker 3>He does not give a flying fuck if Ben Simmons

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<v Speaker 3>ever shoots a jumper, because.

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<v Speaker 2>Why Ben Simmons' versatility is so unique. That's what makes

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<v Speaker 2>Ben great. I don't care if he ever shoots a

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<v Speaker 2>jump shot.

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<v Speaker 3>He's welcome to, but that's not what makes him special,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's not what we need. He's a great compliment

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<v Speaker 3>to our team. Are you serious, Steve Nash? He's got

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<v Speaker 3>to shoot jump shots. We've got fives like Brook Lopez

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<v Speaker 3>out here shooting threes. Yanna shoots threes. You're telling me

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<v Speaker 3>he's not gonna shoot one jump shot if he's playing.

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<v Speaker 2>The four or the five.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, you can get away with not shooting many jumpers,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess, But Nash says he could still also play

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<v Speaker 3>the point guard position. Also, Kyrie quickly said he willingly

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<v Speaker 3>gave up over one hundred million dollars to not be vaccinated.

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<v Speaker 3>So congratulations to him or whatever that means in terms.

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<v Speaker 2>Of whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>Ethos that he's living by. I'm happy for Kyrie that

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<v Speaker 3>he stood by his guns. Also, TJ. Warren will not

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<v Speaker 3>be out, will not be back until at least November.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know which franchise is the most dysfunctional. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't tell it. Is it Phoenix? Is it Boston?

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to say Brooklyn's Number one, wouldn't blame you.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean their former owner was a part of the

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<v Speaker 3>fucking kremlin. I don't know. I won't argue with anyone

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<v Speaker 3>dealer's choice. Choose whoever you want.

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<v Speaker 2>They all have their own little, unique.

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<v Speaker 3>Special wrinkles that make them some variation of completely dysfunctional.

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<v Speaker 3>Lots of shit popping out in Lakerland.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, Number one, just the first one on the list.

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<v Speaker 3>Lebron James is investing in professional pickleball leagues.

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<v Speaker 2>Cool? If I have to if I have to start.

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<v Speaker 3>Betting on pickleball or thinking about a new sport because

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<v Speaker 3>it comes to this like boiling point, where the world

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<v Speaker 3>somehow gives a shit about something we didn't care about

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<v Speaker 3>a decade ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's it for me. I think I'm hanging

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<v Speaker 3>up my shoes. I think I'm hanging up my microphone.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's it. Patrick Beverly is saying that he's

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<v Speaker 3>as good as of a three point shooter as Steph Curry.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me say that again. Patrick Beverly is claiming he's

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<v Speaker 3>as good of a catch and shoot three point shooter

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<v Speaker 3>as Steph Curry. Check the stats, he says, and Kendrick

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<v Speaker 3>Nunn seems to become the spokesperson for the entire team.

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<v Speaker 3>I joke, I will continue to say until it becomes

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<v Speaker 3>until Kendrick Dunn gets healthiest. You can't really judge this

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<v Speaker 3>Slaker team until Kendrick Nunn is fully healthy. It's been

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<v Speaker 3>twelve months, we still haven't seen it. Until he's fully

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<v Speaker 3>integrated back in.

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<v Speaker 2>The lineup, we don't know what they could be. Who knows.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe they're a contender. And right now, though there's two stories,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to highlight. Because the propaganda machine is fully

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<v Speaker 3>humming in Lakerland. One ad is trying to pitch us

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<v Speaker 3>that he's gonna play eighty two games this year. They

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<v Speaker 3>call him a paper skin and bones of glass.

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<v Speaker 2>They call him a disney, they call him street clothes.

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<v Speaker 3>Anthony Davis, eighty two games for someone who has a

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<v Speaker 3>reputation of not playing any games is rich. Here's where

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<v Speaker 3>I remind you that the last time Anthony Davis played

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<v Speaker 3>anywhere close to eighty two games was his last year

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<v Speaker 3>for the New Orleans Pelicans twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been five years.

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<v Speaker 3>That's four major five major surgeries and injuries ago.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what he said.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so excited. I've got goosebumps just thinking about this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Me too, Ad, I can't wait to watch this Doves

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<v Speaker 3>or fire, I can't wait. I'm looking forward to a

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<v Speaker 3>healthy year and doing what I know we can do.

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<v Speaker 3>I went into this summer focusing on strengthening my body.

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<v Speaker 2>Pause.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember in the offseason when he hadn't touched a basketball

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<v Speaker 3>for like three and a half months, and then he

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<v Speaker 3>got bullied by the internet to touch a basketball. Also,

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<v Speaker 3>every summer when you're as injury prone as you are,

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<v Speaker 3>should be focusing on strengthening your body. So this is

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<v Speaker 3>a new one for him. I have to be on

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<v Speaker 3>the court and be at my best to put us

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<v Speaker 3>in position to be our best. I'm ready to do

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<v Speaker 3>that just now. Huh, just after you missed the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 3>he says. He says, I'm ready to do it now.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad that, finally, five years later, you're committed to

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<v Speaker 3>being healthy. I want him to be healthy. I really do,

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<v Speaker 3>because I want to be able to say that the

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<v Speaker 3>Lakers aren't good even when Anthony Davis is fully healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I want. I want to be able to say,

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<v Speaker 2>point blank period. I have the data.

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<v Speaker 3>Ad played sixty five games, bron played seventy five games,

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<v Speaker 3>Russ was traded for who, I don't care, Buddy healed,

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<v Speaker 3>and this team was still an eight seed.

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<v Speaker 2>I still want to be able to do that because

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's like.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, we can't really can't really judge him, can't really

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<v Speaker 3>fully know what Rob.

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<v Speaker 2>Plink was envisioning. Because injuries unforeseen. They're not unforeseen.

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<v Speaker 3>They happen every year with street clothes. Anthony Davis, Now

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<v Speaker 3>I know why it Clutch sports hates me. I'm always

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<v Speaker 3>saying he's hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>It is what it is. He is a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what Ad says.

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<v Speaker 3>He says the reason he played so poorly because I

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<v Speaker 3>remember he couldn't shoot last year either when he was healthy.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a bad jump shooter. So there's now a

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<v Speaker 3>new reason that he was shooting poorly. This is what

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<v Speaker 3>he has to say. A lot of people don't know this,

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<v Speaker 3>but since January, I was battling a wrist injury. It

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<v Speaker 3>was tough for me to shoot how I wanted to shoot. So,

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<v Speaker 3>on top of all of the other injuries ankles, knees,

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<v Speaker 3>lower extremity issues, we now have a wrist issue to

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<v Speaker 3>start thinking about as a possible re injury as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that what you're saying, Ad and Matt stopped you

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<v Speaker 3>from shooting, which is probably one of the things that

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<v Speaker 3>makes you very unique as a big man. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 3>disclosing that eight months later. Appreciate that. Of course, He

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<v Speaker 3>says that injury is now fixed and Ad is looking

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<v Speaker 3>forward to being the lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one option. They said this last year. I have

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<v Speaker 2>this in my notes from last year.

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<v Speaker 3>AD's willing to take the ball bull by the Horns.

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<v Speaker 3>AD's ready be the number one option. Lebron James is saying,

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<v Speaker 3>take the reins, take the rains. Don't call me a cynic,

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<v Speaker 3>but I'll believe it when I see it. I believe

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<v Speaker 3>it when I see it. Second Laker story really quickly

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<v Speaker 3>relates with Russell Westbrook. Very strange offseason with Russ. He

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<v Speaker 3>fires Thad Bouchet, his agent because Thad says, listen, you

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<v Speaker 3>got to be able to do whatever you need to do,

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<v Speaker 3>and Russ wants out and he's telling them, listen, you

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<v Speaker 3>should just stay the course. You can't be switching teams

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<v Speaker 3>and getting buyouts and taking the minimum because at that

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<v Speaker 3>point you're now a minimum player. Right, everyone thinks he's

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<v Speaker 3>getting traded. We're speculating all the places that Russell Westbrook

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<v Speaker 3>could end up.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it Indiana to take a buyout, which would have

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<v Speaker 2>been hilarious.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it going to be a place like Oklahoma City

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<v Speaker 3>where old stars come to be rejuvenated for multiple multiple picks.

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<v Speaker 2>But no one has had.

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<v Speaker 3>The career and their skills besmirched more in the last

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<v Speaker 3>year than Russell Westbrook, by the way, an MVP, and

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<v Speaker 3>you could never hold it against him. If people if

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<v Speaker 3>he was salty when people basically said, hey, how do

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<v Speaker 3>you feel about everyone thinking you're trash?

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<v Speaker 2>But this is what he did.

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<v Speaker 3>He has been doing what Robert Sarro should do, which

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<v Speaker 3>is looking inward and fixing himself after Russell Westbrook has been,

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<v Speaker 3>I would say, very difficult to deal with from a

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<v Speaker 3>media perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what he had to say.

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<v Speaker 3>When they asked him a very disrespectful but also relevant question.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Russ, you said you've bought it, your buying into

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers. Do you think the Lakers are buying into you?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think the Lakers?

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<v Speaker 3>Once you hear when you look at Russell Westbrook's eyes

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<v Speaker 3>when he's looking at that media member, he's about to

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<v Speaker 3>rip his head off, and then he realizes, Russ, everything

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<v Speaker 3>you do right now is going to be evaluated and scrutinize.

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<v Speaker 3>Chill the fuck out, don't kill him, go back into

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<v Speaker 3>personal development mode.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, whether that they want me here or not,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't really matter. Honestly. My job is to be

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<v Speaker 1>a professional, show up to work like I've always done

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<v Speaker 1>thus far, do my job the best way I know

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<v Speaker 1>how to, and that's it. I Mean, we all have

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<v Speaker 1>jobs that sometimes people at our jobs don't like us,

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<v Speaker 1>so don't want us there, as you guys probably can

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<v Speaker 1>attest to in any other job across the world. And

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<v Speaker 1>as a professional and as a working man, I have

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<v Speaker 1>to do my job and do it the best way

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<v Speaker 1>I know how.

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<v Speaker 3>Pr class what that? I can't believe that. I saw

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<v Speaker 3>that and I was like, that's Russell Westbrook. Classy move.

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<v Speaker 3>He's now said he's willing to come off the bench.

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<v Speaker 3>He's willing to do whatever Darwnham wants from him. He's saying,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care whether you want me here or not.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm making my forty something million dollars and you guys

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<v Speaker 3>will like that and take it. And considering how he's

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<v Speaker 3>been depicted I think as a very salty, sort of sharp,

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<v Speaker 3>prickly human, think that's pretty awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether things work out with him or l in La

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<v Speaker 2>it gets not.

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<v Speaker 3>They're already Rob Plink is already saying he's willing to

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<v Speaker 3>We didn't even talk about the fact that that Lebron

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<v Speaker 3>James basically forced the Lakers to trade those first round

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<v Speaker 3>picks in order to sign his extension. It was a

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<v Speaker 3>tit for tat move. If you don't get rid of

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<v Speaker 3>those two first round picks. I'm not signing with you.

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<v Speaker 3>And Rob Plink came out during media day and said, listen,

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<v Speaker 3>we're getting rid of it.

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<v Speaker 2>We're trading those picks. We're trading them. Why why are

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<v Speaker 2>we trading them now? Why are we committed?

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<v Speaker 3>Because Lebron is committed to us and we owe that

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<v Speaker 3>to him. So if those picks aren't getting Russell Westbrook

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<v Speaker 3>out the door for some sort of peace, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know what that is.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But we'll have to see if he's happy living in

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<v Speaker 3>the end of the bench making forty million dollars and

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<v Speaker 3>they keep those two first round picks and they go

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<v Speaker 3>out and get Kyrie Irving in free agency. I tell

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<v Speaker 3>you what, as much as I hate the Lakers, they

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<v Speaker 3>could get good real fast. They're just not gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>good now. Somebody tried to say, oh, if the Lakers

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<v Speaker 3>are fully healthy, are they a five seed.

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<v Speaker 2>No, they're not. They are a bad team.

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<v Speaker 3>And I hope that Anthony Davis is healthy enough for

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<v Speaker 3>us to find out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all the time that we offer the heat check.

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<v Speaker 3>We will be back Monday with a new episode for

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<v Speaker 3>those who have missed it. We have three interviews with

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<v Speaker 3>Jerry West, all different, all interesting. I love the last

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<v Speaker 3>one where he was basically Rainman just giving me player names,

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<v Speaker 3>and I just give him player names and he just

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<v Speaker 3>gives me a full evaluation and breakdown. We also have

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<v Speaker 3>an interview with Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, which

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<v Speaker 3>was very rare, very special.

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