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Speaker 1: initiated went well, and anything anybody else did went poorly.

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Speaker 1: I want to give some credit to Miami before we

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Speaker 1: move on. You know, Miami's a that you just know

432
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Speaker 1: going into that game that they're not going to mail

433
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Speaker 1: it in right there. Well coat, they're disciplined from training

434
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Speaker 1: camp on their team that is committed to effort. I've

435
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Speaker 1: been low on Miami all year because I don't think

436
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Speaker 1: they have the top end talent to compete with some

437
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Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league. I think Jimmy

438
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,000
Speaker 1: Butler is probably like the sixth best player remaining in

439
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,160
Speaker 1: this playoff field, so I don't I'm not as high

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Speaker 1: on Miami as other people. But if there's one thing

441
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,000
Speaker 1: you could say about Miami, They're not gonna leave points

442
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Speaker 1: on the table. They're not gonna leave opportunities on the table.

443
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,600
Speaker 1: They are going to squeeze their sponge to get every

444
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Speaker 1: drop of potential success that that team can get out,

445
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,639
Speaker 1: whereas Phieley feels like the exact opposite of that. So

446
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,600
Speaker 1: credit to Miami. Credit Arry Spolstra. Jimmy Butler continues to

447
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,000
Speaker 1: be the best player in this series, even though I

448
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 1: think Joe and Beads a better player than him. Overall. Yeah,

449
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 1: like Jimmy has been the better player in the series.

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Speaker 1: He's been fantastic. That well, we we're not gonna get

451
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Speaker 1: into it right now, but I'm incredibly intrigued by a

452
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: potential Boston Celtics Miami Heat Eastern Conference Finals. I think

453
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,440
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a defensive slug fest for the Ages,

454
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Speaker 1: but we're not gonna get into that right now. Miami

455
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,000
Speaker 1: is an interesting team. But today the story is Philly.

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Speaker 1: Today the story is Philly in a too two series,

457
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Speaker 1: going into a game where Miami clearly approached it as

458
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Speaker 1: if it was a must win game, the opportunity to

459
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Speaker 1: swing the series, whereas Philly seemed to go into it

460
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Speaker 1: like it's cool. We got Game six in Philly, We'll

461
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Speaker 1: get him in Game seven, which guess why you're not

462
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Speaker 1: guaranteed to get Game six, which is exactly why you

463
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Speaker 1: have to treat Game five like a must win and

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Speaker 1: come out with the requisite effort. It's just embarrassing from

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Speaker 1: Philly down the line. Like I said, James Harden was

466
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Speaker 1: the best effort on the table on the team. I

467
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Speaker 1: gotta I have to be. I have to be very

468
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Speaker 1: critical of Joel Embiade today. And here's why. Because Joel

469
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Speaker 1: Embiide fancies himself as one of the best basketball players

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Speaker 1: in the world. Joel Embide thinks he deserved to win

471
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Speaker 1: m v P. Joel Embiide thinks that when you guys

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Speaker 1: are at the sports bar or at work, or wherever

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Speaker 1: it is that you're talking basketball, they think he thinks

474
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Speaker 1: that his name should come up first when you're ranking

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Speaker 1: basketball players. Here's the problem with that, Joel. There's an

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Speaker 1: expectation that comes with that the guy that you're piste

477
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 1: off got the m v P over you. There wasn't

478
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Speaker 1: a single moment in that series against the Warriors where

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Speaker 1: you felt like he wasn't caring that you that you

480
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: felt like he was mailing in the game. And I

481
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Speaker 1: get that he's injured. I get that he's banged up,

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Speaker 1: he's got stuff going on with this thumb, he's got

483
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Speaker 1: stuff going on with his face. But here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: Did anybody cut Steph Curry slack in two thousand sixteen

485
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Speaker 1: for playing on a spray knee? Did anybody cut Lebron

486
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,399
Speaker 1: slack for playing with back spasm and nietendan nitis in

487
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Speaker 1: two thousand fifteen? Did anybody cut Janice slack in two

488
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Speaker 1: thousand twenty or excuse me, in two thousand twenty one

489
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Speaker 1: last year when he sprayed literally inverted his knee in

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Speaker 1: the conference finals. Did anybody cut him any slack when

491
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Speaker 1: he fell down to zero to the Phoenix Suns in

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Speaker 1: the finals. No, because, again, no one's saying the injuries

493
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Speaker 1: aren't a factor, but everyone's dealing with stuff. Jimmy Butler

494
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,879
Speaker 1: missed a playoff game in this series with the stuff.

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Speaker 1: Everyone's banged up, Everyone's dealing with stuff, and no one's

496
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Speaker 1: gonna cut you slack for your stuff, especially when you

497
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Speaker 1: fancy yourself one of the best players in the world.

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Speaker 1: This is the standard that comes with being in that conversation.

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Speaker 1: Is there any chance in the world that in Game

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Speaker 1: five tomorrow you think Janice is gonna roll up into

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Speaker 1: Boston and lay down and just get beat. There's no

502
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Speaker 1: way I think Boston's gonna win big tomorrow. But I

503
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: know for a fact Janice is gonna come out like

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00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,679
Speaker 1: the Tasmanian devil, trying to do everything he can to

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Speaker 1: impact that game. And look, maybe that's the kind of

506
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Speaker 1: guy em beat is. Maybe he's the guy that some

507
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Speaker 1: nights he feels that some nights he does. And Chris

508
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,919
Speaker 1: Haynes talked about in the broadcast, he talked about going

509
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Speaker 1: up to him and shoot around, and in shoot around

510
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,479
Speaker 1: he said he was distancing himself from the team, not

511
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Speaker 1: talking to anybody. Very short, short spoken, wouldn't what would

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Speaker 1: would only make small talk with Chris Hayes, wouldn't elaborate

513
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Speaker 1: on anything. Chris Haynes went over to the coaching staff

514
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Speaker 1: and was like, is Joel sick? And they're like, no,

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Speaker 1: he's fine. So he was pounding today about who knows what,

516
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 1: pounding about the injuries. I don't know, pouding about the

517
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Speaker 1: m v P. I don't know. The guys from inside

518
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: the n b A on TNT certainly took their chance

519
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 1: to get all over and beat for uh for potentially

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Speaker 1: pouting about the m v P, which is Look, I'm

521
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Speaker 1: not gonna jump to that conclusion, but whatever it is

522
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: that's bothering you, there's no doubt that like these kinds

523
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 1: of things can have an effect on you mentally. But

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Speaker 1: here's the thing. All the guys at the top of

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Speaker 1: the league also are dealing with that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: And again, this is why I am so slow to

527
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Speaker 1: push guys above established guys at the top of the league.

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Speaker 1: This is why I want to see year in, year

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Speaker 1: out success. This is why I waited till Janice is

530
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Speaker 1: second dominant postseason before I put him as my guy

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Speaker 1: that I think is the best player in the world. Like,

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Speaker 1: we start looking at the Joel and beat stuff. In

533
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 1: his playoff career since two thousand seventeen two thousand eighteen,

534
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: he's twenty seven and twelve in the regular season, goes

535
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Speaker 1: down to twenty four and a evan in the playoffs.

536
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,640
Speaker 1: It's a pretty significant drop off. Twenty four points per game.

537
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Speaker 1: Is not a dominant offensive player in the NBA playoffs.

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Speaker 1: You know, Like, I'll cut you some slack for that

539
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: Boston series two years ago. You're overmatch. Ben Simmons was out.

540
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: You had no business losing to the Atlanta Hawks. Ben

541
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,479
Speaker 1: Simmons or not passing up on a dunk or not,

542
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: you have no business losing to the Atlanta Hawks if

543
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: you swap Janice for him beat in that series. Does

544
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,439
Speaker 1: anybody think that the Sixers are losing to the Atlanta Hawks.

545
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,920
Speaker 1: It's just this is the standard. We have to hold

546
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: the guys too at the top of the league. And look,

547
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: and it's not just about the scoring. Like and Bead

548
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: was embarrassingly bad on defense tonight, embarrassingly bad. I have

549
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: some clips on my Twitter feed you can look at

550
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: he's just like passively kind of waving at guys as

551
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: they come into the lane. He's not embraced. Miami can

552
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 1: cannot score against Philly and the half court when Joel

553
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: embiad is engaged as a ram protector. We saw that

554
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 1: in games three, in game four. But the mark of greatness,

555
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: the mark of being the best guy, is that you

556
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 1: do it in game five two. Maybe you miss shots,

557
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 1: maybe your field goal percentage doesn't look great, maybe you

558
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: have some sloppy turnovers. That kind of thing can happen

559
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 1: on a game in game out basis, But your effort,

560
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 1: you're attacking the basketball game that has to be the

561
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: same every single night, and if it's not, you can't

562
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: be in that conversation. And look, it's not over for

563
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,679
Speaker 1: Joe and Bide. I'm not trying to This isn't like

564
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: a James Harden situation where we have a decade of

565
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: evidence that this that this guy just kind of struggles

566
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: in these settings. This is that type of deal. But

567
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: what it is is get another playoff round where Philly

568
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 1: looks like they're probably gonna lose to a team that

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00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: they were very capable of beating, and their best player

570
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: doesn't seem to be doing anything about it. And again

571
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Speaker 1: it's like, maybe he goes into game six and he dominates,

572
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: and maybe he goes into game seven and he dominates,

573
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Speaker 1: and then you know what, I'll get up on here

574
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: and I'll credit him for dominating. But the type of

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Speaker 1: guy who would dominate Game six in game seven in

576
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Speaker 1: the series is the same type of guy that would

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00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: I'm in the game five tonight and attack the Miami Heat,

578
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 1: and he just didn't. It's just disappointing, Like you are

579
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 1: mad that you didn't get named m v P, but

580
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: the guy who got named m v P seems to

581
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 1: care more about his team winning playoff games than you

582
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: do at this point. That's a problem, man. And again,

583
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: I I understand the injuries, but it's just try to

584
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: convince Jimmy Butler, who missed a playoff game this year

585
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: with a sore knee, that you should be cut some

586
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: slack because of injuries. Try to convince Janice, try to

587
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: convince all these guys that have long dominant playoff runs

588
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: despite having a bad injury. It's part of the game.

589
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 1: Yours is not debilitating. Your lower body is fine, your mobile,

590
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: you can move, you can protect the freaking rim, which

591
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: is your job on this defense. It's just embarrassing, and

592
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: I'm just disappointed. I'm disappointed because you know, for a

593
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 1: guy who's as ambitious as he is to try to

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Speaker 1: be at the top, do you think he you think

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00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: he'd take out a little bit more seriously, But it

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Speaker 1: is what I'm sorry. I don't have more like in

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Speaker 1: the details X and O stuff to get into in

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Speaker 1: this game. I just don't think it's worth it. I

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00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: don't think it's worth it when you have a team

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Speaker 1: that comes in and mails it in like that. So

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Speaker 1: I mean, is a series over, No, But you'd be

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00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: stupid to pick anybody about Miami at this point, because

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00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: Philly is demonstrating to you right in front of us

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00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: that they don't want it as bad. So there you go.

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Speaker 1: It is what it is. But yeah, like I, at

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00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: this point, I think you have to pick Miami, and

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Speaker 1: I'm just disappointed in Joel Embid and I hope at

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Speaker 1: some point he understands that this kind of performance is

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Speaker 1: not okay if you're going to be considered one of

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Speaker 1: the top guys. Hi, it's Colin Coward. I started the

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Speaker 1: All right, let's take a few minutes to preview a

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Speaker 1: couple of game fives tomorrow that are gonna be really interesting,

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Speaker 1: one of which I think is going to be a

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Speaker 1: very good betting opportunity. We'll get to that here in

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Speaker 1: a minute. I want to start with the Bucks in

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Speaker 1: the Celtics. So I dove into a bunch of the

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Speaker 1: film and I dove into a bunch of the numbers

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Speaker 1: again this morning. I wanted to share with you guys

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Speaker 1: what I saw A lot of it is going kind

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Speaker 1: of as I expected based on the stuff that we

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Speaker 1: saw before the series. So the story of this series

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Speaker 1: that I've been harping on NonStop has been half court basketball.

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Speaker 1: Half court basketball is what wins NBA playoff series that

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Speaker 1: because for the most part, over the course of the series,

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Speaker 1: teams will figure out how to slow each other down

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Speaker 1: in transition and they all understand that that's where the

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Speaker 1: series is going to be won. So throughout this series,

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Speaker 1: in every one of the first three games, Boston was

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Speaker 1: the better half court team by a pretty significant margin,

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Speaker 1: and that has continued into Game four. Milwaukee actually had

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Speaker 1: their best half court offense game of the series. They

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00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: scored zero point nine four points per half court possession,

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Speaker 1: which is actually an okay number. It's not a great number,

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Speaker 1: but it's an okay number, and it's certainly a lot

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Speaker 1: better than they have been doing. As as a point

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Speaker 1: of perspective, that's almost twenty points per one hund possessions

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00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: better than they did in Game three. Okay, here's the problem, though,

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Speaker 1: Boston also had their best half core game of the series.

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Speaker 1: They scored one point zero nine points per one possessions

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00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: excuse me, per possession in the half court. So another

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Speaker 1: way to look at that To make it a little

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00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: bit simple for you guys, if we had a hundred

645
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: half court possessions, Boston was fifteen points better than Milwaukee

646
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: in the half court in Game four. That gap has

647
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 1: considerably grown larger each game in this series. It's been

648
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: the story of this series, and it's the reason why

649
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: it was so confident in Boston to begin with a

650
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 1: couple of other things that are not great if you're

651
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,239
Speaker 1: a Milwaukee Bucks fan. Boston finally didn't shoot well. They

652
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: shot on wide open threes in the first round. They

653
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: shot forty two wide open threes in the first three

654
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 1: games of this series, and they were only six for

655
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: seventeen in Game four, and it wasn't enough for Milwaukee

656
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: to get a win there. They finally got some of

657
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: that like shot value, shot result stuff to go their

658
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,959
Speaker 1: way and it didn't work. And when you factor in

659
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 1: that Milwaukee dominated on the offensive glass. They had a

660
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: thirteen to four offensive rebound advantage. That's nine xt your possessions.

661
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: I fe factor in they had a seventeen to eleven

662
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: points off a turnovers advantage. So they won a bunch

663
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: of these areas of the game that would theoretically put

664
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 1: you in a position to win. It just so happens that, hey,

665
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: guess what, Boston gets stronger as the series goes along

666
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,959
Speaker 1: as well. They had their best offensive game of the series,

667
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: and it was too much for them to overcome a

668
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: couple of the things. Boston. This is what's insane. Boston

669
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: in just the fourth quarters of this series is outscoring

670
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: Milwaukee by thirty two point three points per one hundred possessions.

671
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 1: That's an outrageous number. So a lot of stuff going

672
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: Boston's way in the metrics, stuff that I saw in

673
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: the film, and I'll if you guys go to my

674
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 1: Twitter feed, you'll actually see some clips that that demonstrate

675
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: exactly what I'm talking about. But the shots that Boston

676
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: was getting were wide open, like if you look at

677
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: you know, so, Milwaukee's up eight to seventy in the

678
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: late third quarter and Boston gets to stop runs out

679
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: in transition, there's a quick swing pass, swing pass to

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00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: Derek White. He's wide open in the corner. It is

681
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: a completely unguarded shot. The next possession down, Marcus Smarts

682
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: kind of working his way into the lane and both

683
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: uh Drew A, Drew Holiday, Ambrook Lopez are lingering around

684
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: the basket. Al Horford is standing at the free throw

685
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: line completely unguarded, and he makes it. It's a wide

686
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: open shot. I'm not really sure what else you could

687
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 1: expect to happen there. Then next possession down, it's Jayson

688
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: Tatum getting all the way all the way to the

689
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,239
Speaker 1: rim for a layout. Next possession down it's the one

690
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,320
Speaker 1: where al Horford gets the dunk on Janice where he

691
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: beats him on a close out and there's no backside

692
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: help and he dunks on everybody. Going into the fourth quarter,

693
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,320
Speaker 1: it's just open shot after open shot after open shot

694
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 1: for Boston Celtics players. That's why that's manifesting is a

695
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 1: plus thirty two point three net rating and fourth quarters,

696
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: Boston's shot quality is winning the day. Go on the

697
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: other end, for Milwaukee, there are some good shots in there,

698
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: but so much is reliant on Janice running people over

699
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 1: and getting into the rim, which fatigue is starting to

700
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: play a role in the series. Johannest is starting to

701
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: show some signs that he is getting tired as the

702
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: series is progressing. You know, there's it's a lot of

703
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: like Drew Holiday gets in the lane and picks up

704
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,359
Speaker 1: his dribble and he's completely swarmed by Celtics, but he

705
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: happens to know in the back of his head that

706
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 1: Brooke happens to be at the rim, and he turns

707
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: and throws a blind pass up at the rim and

708
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: brook Lopez catches it and dunks it. Again. Unbelievable basketball play,

709
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: but it's a low percentage play in the sense that,

710
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: like it required an unbelievable play from Drew Holiday to

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00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: get a basket. There, Janice working into the lane, pump, fake,

712
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: pump fake. Finally, Jayson Tatum gambles and he can work

713
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: in the lane and get a dunk or that beautiful

714
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: pass he had when he was on the left block,

715
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: and he works into the lane out of the post

716
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 1: and hits brook Lopez underneath the basket on a jump pass.

717
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: Like really impressive stuff, but it's hard. It's hard for

718
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:04,240
Speaker 1: Milwaukee to score, whereas the stuff Boston's getting is easy.

719
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: And generally, in a small sample size, you can beat

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00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: shot quality difference, right if just because you happen to

721
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 1: make them and they happen to miss them. But in

722
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: any sort of significant sample size, the team that's getting

723
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: the better shots is going to win, and Boston has

724
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: been getting the better shots to their credit. That's why

725
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 1: they went up bigg in that fourth quarter. That's why

726
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 1: I think they're going to win game Game five at home.

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00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: I believe Boston's a five and a half point favorite.

728
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 1: I would be on that side of the line. I

729
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,280
Speaker 1: think this game is gonna look a lot like Game too.

730
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: I think Boston's gonna come out in front of their

731
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: home crowd and have a little bit of a coming

732
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: out party in this series because in the series they've

733
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 1: been the They have them in the underdog, but they've

734
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: been the team playing from behind for the whole time.

735
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: This is their first opportunity to take a lead, and

736
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 1: I think they're going to do so. Moving on to

737
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: Grizz Warriors, so a couple of things. I I think

738
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: this is a really interesting betting opportunity. I think Golden

739
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: State's clearly going to win the series. I expect them

740
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: to close them out at six, but at home, especially

741
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: without Job, if they continue to play big, all of

742
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,760
Speaker 1: that length and size and athleticism, feeding on the energy

743
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: of that Memphis crowd, with the intensity and the urgency

744
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: of being down in the series three games to one,

745
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,919
Speaker 1: I think Memphis I think this is a buzz saw

746
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: type of game. I think this is a game that

747
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: won't necessarily be close. I wouldn't be surprised if Memphis

748
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: won by ten or fifteen points. I think it's a

749
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: good opportunity for Memphis to get one more game, not

750
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: an indicator of the series. Still think Golden State wins

751
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: the series. I just think this is a really tough,

752
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: closeout team, a closeout game to win against a really

753
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 1: good team. Golden State has won this series with their experience.

754
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 1: Their experience will obviously give them a chance, don't. It's

755
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: It's not one of those things where I'm counting Golden

756
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 1: State out. I just think this is an opportunity for

757
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: Memphis to get one more win. A couple of notes

758
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 1: that I wanted to hit on from Draymond Green's reaction

759
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:52,320
Speaker 1: to this series. So first of all, he talked about

760
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: I always like it when you hear these players mentioned

761
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: things that we specifically talk about on the show, because

762
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: one it's just as an Indica eight or that we're

763
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: doing the work, that we're in the weeds, that we're

764
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 1: watching the film, we're doing what needs to be done

765
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: to actually know what's happening. On the floor, and so

766
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: when you hear guys like Draymond come and say the

767
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: same thing, that's a good sign for us. It means

768
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: that we're doing our job right, which is what we're

769
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 1: supposed to do. So Draymond specifically shouted out rebounding in

770
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: this series, which is what I talked about, was a

771
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: huge indicator coming into this series. Memphis was one of

772
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 1: the most dominant offensive rebounding teams in the league, and

773
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: half course settings, I think they were rebounding thirty of

774
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: their own misses in the regular season, which is just

775
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 1: an absolutely insane number, and that was gonna be that

776
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 1: physical wear and tear raal element that I was worried about.

777
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 1: Would Golden State be able to hold up physically in

778
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 1: this series? And Draymond pointed out they've outrebounded Memphis in

779
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: all four games. That's an amazing accomplishment. And that's not

780
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 1: done with their You know that it's not a physical

781
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 1: mismatch for them that they're winning. It's straight up effort

782
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: and just giving a ship more than Memphis to win

783
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 1: that battle, because Memphis has the bodies to kill them

784
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: on the glass and they just haven't been able to

785
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: do so. A couple of specific guys that I think

786
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: have been huge, you know, driving forces of this, and

787
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: we talked about this on or show. I told you

788
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: guys Auto Porter Jr. And Andrew Wiggins and them in

789
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 1: their athleticism and size crashing from the wing while guys

790
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,839
Speaker 1: like Looney and Draymond have been stuck in box outs

791
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 1: underneath the basket. That's been a huge part of why

792
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: Golden State has been able to win some of this

793
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: rebounding battle. To give you an idea, with Auto Porter Jr.

794
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 1: And Andrew Wiggins on the floor in this series, Golden

795
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: State is grabbing sixty point two percent of available rebounds.

796
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: That's an unbelievable number. They're uh, they are uh gathering

797
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: forty point nine percent of their own misses. So that's

798
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 1: like every possession is basically one point five possessions almost

799
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: because they're getting all of these additional offensive rebounds. Just

800
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: a massive credit to those guys and the job they've

801
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: done fighting on the glass. And then, last but not least,

802
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:01,879
Speaker 1: Draymond mentioned another thing we talked about on the show,

803
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 1: and that's the job that Steph Curry's doing on Desmond

804
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: Bain now in Desmond Bain's defense, he's dealing with some

805
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,359
Speaker 1: back stuff. That stuff is no fun. But Steph has

806
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: always been an underrated defensive player, and he's done an

807
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: amazing job guarding Desmond Band in this series and removing

808
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: him from the series the way Draymond said he did

809
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,720
Speaker 1: has put a lot more of that shot making responsibility

810
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: on Jaw, which is part of what has caused Memphis

811
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 1: to struggle in this series whenever Jaw hasn't had the basketball.

812
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: So I'm still picking Golden State, still think they have

813
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 1: control over this series. I just think this is a

814
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: good betting opportunity. I think Memphis has a good chance

815
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: of winning Game five behind the strength of their size

816
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: and athleticism on their home floor. So again, plus two

817
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: point five for a team at home that has the

818
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: capability of beating Golden State like that, I think it's

819
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: a good bet. And then I would bet on Golden

820
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: State in Game six to close out the series. All right, Last,

821
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: but not least tonight, I want to complain about the

822
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Lakers because, as is always the case with

823
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: a ship show, any anything or person or company or

824
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,359
Speaker 1: any entity that is a ship show has a has

825
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: a remarkable ability to stay at top of mind because

826
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 1: they can't help themselves. They can't help but be a

827
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: ship show. Even when all of the you know, competent

828
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,720
Speaker 1: folks are doing competent things over here, they just always

829
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: find a way to jam their way into the conversation.

830
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,320
Speaker 1: And this time it was Genie Buss doing an interview

831
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: with Bill Plashki from The l A Times. And there

832
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: are two specific quotes from this interview that I wanted

833
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 1: to hit on that I thought were super interesting. We'll

834
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: hit him one at a time. So the first, this

835
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: is from Genie again, quote, I'm growing impatient just because

836
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: we had the fourth highest payroll in the league. When

837
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: you spend that kind of money on the luxury tax,

838
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 1: you expect to go deep into the playoffs. So yeah,

839
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: it was gut wrenching for me to go out on

840
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: a limb like that and not get the results that

841
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: we were looking for. I'm not happy, I'm not satisfied.

842
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 1: End quote. Now, I covered the Lakers for the last

843
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 1: two years, so I'm intimately involved with this, with this

844
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: disaster that has been and one of the big things

845
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: that I've talked about is that the Lakers have a

846
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: real chance to fix things this summer because you have

847
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: all you need in terms of a core foundation. You

848
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: have Lebron James and Anthony Davis. And let's pretend Lebron declined.

849
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,800
Speaker 1: I thought Lebron was the second or third best player

850
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 1: in the world this season. I thought he had an

851
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,360
Speaker 1: underrated season on a really bad team. But let's let's pretend,

852
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 1: for the sake of argument, that in his twentieth season

853
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: he'll be the seventh or eighth best player in the league,

854
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: which I think he has a chance to be better

855
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: than that, but let's let's pretend he's the seventh, right

856
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Speaker 1: best player in the league. Anthony Davis, when he's healthy,

857
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Speaker 1: is the probably the twelve or thirteenth best player in

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Speaker 1: the league. Right. So you've got two of the top

859
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Speaker 1: twelve or thirteen players in the NBA, and both of

860
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Speaker 1: them are two way players, and they represent your front court,

861
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Speaker 1: meaning like that's your foundational defensive you know, that's your

862
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Speaker 1: defensive foundation. Those two guys, you have an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: bring in a good coach. You have an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: make moves on the margins. You have two first round

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Speaker 1: draft picks that you can spend this summer in trades.

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Speaker 1: And in the Russell Westbrook trade situation, we've seen lots

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Speaker 1: of examples of pretty solid opportunities that have come up.

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Speaker 1: The Charlotte opportunity, potentially going after the likes of Gordon

869
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Speaker 1: Hayward and like Terry Rogier or even like a Mason

870
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Speaker 1: Plumberly if you wanted to get a backup center, there's

871
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Speaker 1: a bunch of options there that Indiana Pacers offer, centering

872
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Speaker 1: around uh, Buddy Healed and Malcolm Brogden. That's a decent opportunity.

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Speaker 1: So the Russell Westbrook trade it looks like it's materializing

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Speaker 1: into there might be some decent options there. Then that

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Speaker 1: you also have Taylor Horton Tucker and Kendrick Nunn. Taylor

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Speaker 1: Horton Tucker had a really bad year, but at his

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Speaker 1: salary number, which is right around ten million, there's gonna

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Speaker 1: be some team out there that sees some intrigue or

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00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: some value there. And Kendrick Nunn at five million is

880
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: a backup point guard. Obviously this year is really weird

881
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: with his knee issues, but that's a player that somebody

882
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 1: out there might want. And if you factor in the

883
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 1: two draft picks that they can attach to either of

884
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,800
Speaker 1: those trades, you have the ability to bring some talent

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Speaker 1: in and then in addition to that, you've got you

886
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: found some key rotational pieces last year on the fringes

887
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,360
Speaker 1: when you in Gabriel was a really interesting athletic forward.

888
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,360
Speaker 1: Stanley Johnson showed a lot of potential as a defensive

889
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Speaker 1: primary option. Austin Reeves, we've talked a lot about him,

890
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: is a really really solid defensive player who's great at

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Speaker 1: attacking closeouts and kind of a perfect fifth guy in

892
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Speaker 1: any lineup as a glue guy. So you've got a

893
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Speaker 1: core foundation here, but you have to make the right

894
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Speaker 1: trades this offseason, and you have to make the right

895
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Speaker 1: free agent signings. And what I talked about was the

896
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Speaker 1: only way that that's going to happen is if the

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Speaker 1: people in charge, and in my opinion, the three people

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Speaker 1: running the Lakers are Genie Bus, Rob Polinka, and Lebron James.

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Speaker 1: Those are the three people that have the most power

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Speaker 1: and influence in that organization. Those three people have to

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Speaker 1: all acknowledge and accept responsibility for what happened, because the

902
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Speaker 1: first step to fixing any problem is admit that you

903
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: were wrong. And the most disappointing thing over the course

904
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Speaker 1: of this last couple of months after the Lakers season ended,

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Speaker 1: is no one seems to be accepting responsibility. I've seen

906
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: hit pieces directed at Frank Vogel. I've seen hit pieces

907
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: directed at Russell Westbrook. Don't get me wrong, both of

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00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,760
Speaker 1: those guys deserve a lot of blame for what happened

909
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 1: this year, but the most blame falls on Genie busses Lap.

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Speaker 1: I'd argue she's first in blame. Rob Blink is second

911
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 1: in blame, and Lebron is third in blame. But those

912
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,399
Speaker 1: three are clearly the top three in blame. Lebron wanted

913
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook. It was a terrible idea. Rob and Genie

914
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: should have shut that down. If they had smart basketball

915
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Speaker 1: people running the team, they would have shot it down.

916
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Speaker 1: But they don't. They don't have smart basketball people running

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Speaker 1: the team. The smartest basketball people are Jesse and Joey

918
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: Buss and they just run the scouting department. That's why

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00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,479
Speaker 1: you keep getting Austin Reeves. That's why you keep getting

920
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,760
Speaker 1: Tylor Horton Tucker. So why you keep getting Kyle Kuzma,

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00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: So why you keep getting really quality players further down

922
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Speaker 1: in the draft or even undrafted. Those are the only

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Speaker 1: two smart basketball people in that front office. Rob Polinka,

924
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,840
Speaker 1: any GM worth, his salt would have immediately been like, Lebron,

925
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Speaker 1: I understand, he's your buddy. Terrible idea. Can't go that route.

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Speaker 1: But Rob Polynk is not a smart basketball guy. He's

927
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Speaker 1: an agent who was a friend of Kobe Bryant's who

928
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Speaker 1: got the job because Kobe Bryant went to Genie and said,

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Speaker 1: please give Rob the job. That's what happened, and Genie

930
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Speaker 1: Buss from the top down, her entire persona has consistently

931
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Speaker 1: been favor friends and family over the most quality qualified

932
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: person for the job, which is precisely how you end

933
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Speaker 1: up in a predicament where the guy in charge of

934
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Speaker 1: your basketball operations is not a really smart basketball guy.

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Speaker 1: There is a we talked a lot about this on

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Speaker 1: the show. There's a level of work diving into the

937
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: film being like literally addicted to watching basketball, not just

938
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Speaker 1: NBA basketball, but rural basketball in parts of the world

939
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Speaker 1: that that the quality is not great, and Rob Polynk

940
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: is just not That guy is more of a personality

941
00:46:57,719 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 1: than he is a grinder at this point. That's the

942
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Speaker 1: predicament that they're in, and what I see when I

943
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: see this quote, as I see Genie Buss taking responsibility

944
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:09,440
Speaker 1: for wanting to fix the problem, but not taking responsibility

945
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Speaker 1: for the problem. And that's precisely what's wrong, which is

946
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 1: exactly what has manifested. She's leaning on Phil Jackson. Now

947
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: she's leaning on Magic Johnson. Now. Magic Johnson literally decided

948
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Speaker 1: he had the brilliant idea, Let's take the basketball out

949
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: of Lebron James hands. We need more Lance Stevenson with

950
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: the ball. We need more Michael Beasley with the ball.

951
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 1: We need more Region Rondo with the ball, less Lebron

952
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: with the ball. Please. That was his grand idea. And

953
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:42,840
Speaker 1: then then we have Kurt Rambis too, like this is.

954
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 1: This was the other quote that Jeannie had defending Kurt

955
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Speaker 1: Rambis in this article. Quote. I know that there's been

956
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,520
Speaker 1: some unfair criticism of Kurt Rambis. I want to remind

957
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: people he's been involved in the NBA for close to

958
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 1: forty years, that he has been a part of championship

959
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 1: teams both as a player and assistant coach. He is

960
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:01,960
Speaker 1: someone I admire for his basketball knowledge. Guys, again, this

961
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:05,280
Speaker 1: is why I talked about how like I played college basketball,

962
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: that's a much lower level than the NBA, obviously, but

963
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:11,440
Speaker 1: that does not mean anything about me understanding the NBA.

964
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: There's any player in the NBA, any coach in the

965
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:20,200
Speaker 1: NBA that's playing basketball or being involved with basketball is

966
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 1: not the same as being in the weeds of basketball

967
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 1: right now. Kurt Rambis, at one point in time, was

968
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:32,000
Speaker 1: heavily involved in the NBA as a player. Then he

969
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:35,800
Speaker 1: tried as a coach and it went really poorly. Now

970
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 1: he's a special advisor to Jennie. Do you think Kurt

971
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:42,360
Speaker 1: Rambis is on league pass watching ten games a night. No.

972
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,839
Speaker 1: Do you think Kurt Rambis Kurt Rambis is hanging out

973
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: watching games in Europe. No. Therefore, he is not qualified

974
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Speaker 1: to make these decisions. You need basketball people that are

975
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 1: in the front office, that are in front of computer

976
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:02,000
Speaker 1: screens watching basketball NonStop, especially modern basketball, so they understand

977
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Speaker 1: why things are working. That's why Kurt Rambis allegedly went

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00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: into Frank Vogel's coaches meeting and literally said, quote unquote,

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00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 1: we need to play more DeAndre Jordan's If you watched

980
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,359
Speaker 1: any NBA basketball over the course of the last few years,

981
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:18,760
Speaker 1: you would know that's a terrible idea. He doesn't because

982
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 1: he didn't watch enough basketball. He should not be involved

983
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 1: in player personnel decisions. Into Genie Busses point, just because

984
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 1: you've been involved in the NBA doesn't mean that you're

985
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:33,120
Speaker 1: a smart basketball guy. It's not the case. There are

986
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 1: bloggers that never have picked up a basketball in competitive

987
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,080
Speaker 1: situations ever in their life who understand modern NBA basketball

988
00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 1: more than Kurt Rambis does. That concept has nothing to

989
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,720
Speaker 1: do with your playing experience. Ideally, you want both. Ideally

990
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,279
Speaker 1: you want someone who played in the NBA, coached in

991
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 1: the NBA and as a grinder. But those guys are

992
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: few and far between. They're hard to find. Most players

993
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 1: are done with their playing career and they want to

994
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: work less as they should. They worked too hard when

995
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: they were playing. But this whole thing just reeks to

996
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: me of yet another example of the Lakers refusing to

997
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: accept responsibility for why they're in their predicament, and it's

998
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:11,480
Speaker 1: exactly why. If you ask me, Jason, do you think

999
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:14,000
Speaker 1: the Lakers will get back into title contention next year?

1000
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 1: I say it's possible, but not likely because in order

1001
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,799
Speaker 1: for it to happen, you need competence. In hoping for

1002
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,399
Speaker 1: competence from this Laker front office as a fool's errand

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Speaker 1: all right, guys, that is all I have for tonight.

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Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate your guys support. As always, remember a

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Speaker 1: single night this week, so come hang out after the

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