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Speaker 2: Hello and welcome to Fox Sports Saturday. I am here

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Speaker 2: with Nikki Ka so much to discuss today, Nikki, we

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Speaker 2: got a jam packed show for you all to do.

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Speaker 2: We have a jam pack show. NICKI and I were

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Speaker 2: both at Dodger Stadium for at last night, for what

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Speaker 2: we would consider a fantastic game. Some of you may

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Speaker 2: disagree with us, but we are going to get to

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Speaker 2: that a little bit because New York Sports has a

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Speaker 2: lot going on this weekend, a lot, and we are

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Speaker 2: going to start the NBA Eastern Conference Finals game six tonight. Nikki,

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Speaker 2: do we think we're going to seven? I mean, I

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Speaker 2: think if the Pope and Kylie Jenner have anything to

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Speaker 2: Timothy shalla May. It's like kind of it's so bizarre

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Speaker 2: to me that this is like my favorite story in

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Speaker 2: sports right now. Kylie Jenner and Timothy Shallamey at NIX Games.

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Speaker 2: They're so fun.

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Speaker 3: The aura those two have is incomparable. It is It's

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Speaker 3: it's captivating, honest.

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Speaker 2: This is captivating and incomparable.

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Speaker 3: If anything, give us one more game of this series

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Speaker 3: so we can get more court side visuals of them.

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Speaker 2: Well, the Knicks are undefeated when Kylie's in the house,

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Speaker 2: so that may not be the only reason they were

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Speaker 2: able to force a Game six. Though also a really

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Speaker 2: good defensive performance by the Knicks, probably their best of

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Speaker 2: the series. It's gonna be a good game site. Interestingly,

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Speaker 2: both of these teams six and two on the road

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Speaker 2: to feels home court advantage seems like a big deal,

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Speaker 2: but not the only deal. What do you think is

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Speaker 3: I'm thinking because I'm wanting a Game seven. I really

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Speaker 3: hope we get more of this series, and I think

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Speaker 3: it's interesting if you wonder how the Knicks can replicate

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Speaker 3: that defensive effort.

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Speaker 2: That they had in Game five. The problem being, Halliburton had.

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Speaker 3: A terrible Game five right after we were waxing poetic.

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Speaker 3: We were given all the mount Rushmoores to tyrese Halliburton's

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Speaker 3: Game four performance. He gave us a dud in Game five,

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Speaker 3: and if I were a bet and girl, I would

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Speaker 3: think that he's going to bounce back fabulously in Game six.

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Speaker 2: I would also think that as well. That's that's a

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Speaker 2: very fair point. Now here's the question chicken or the egg?

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Speaker 2: Did he have a bad game five because or game four?

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Speaker 2: Because you know game five because he had a bad

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Speaker 2: Game five? Yeah, Or was the Knicks defense just that good?

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Speaker 2: It's my chicken or the egg?

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Speaker 3: Right, And that's where and that's where his greatness comes

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Speaker 3: into question, right because of all all of those hot

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Speaker 3: takes that we were throwing about his performance in game four.

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Speaker 3: You know, Tyrese Haliburton has arrived, he's not overrated. And

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Speaker 3: then is is he going to bounce back?

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Speaker 2: Or is the next defense really going to take a stand?

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Speaker 3: And I have to say I have been increasingly intrigued

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Speaker 3: by what Tibbs is doing with his lineups, because he

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Speaker 3: by by being forced to, he's adapting.

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Speaker 2: And I'm interested to talk.

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Speaker 3: To people later in the show who know Tibbs is

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Speaker 3: you know, philosophy intimately, but I'm really really interested to

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Speaker 3: see what he has in his bag of tricks tonight.

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Speaker 2: And then also Nie Smith, right.

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Speaker 3: When you're talking about the Pacers performance too, he was

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Speaker 3: he's got one for eight just sixteen minutes, and he's

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Speaker 3: you know, the PACER's best option to defend Brenson. So

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Speaker 3: if he's off the floor because he can't contribute offensively

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Speaker 3: I think there's a very clear path that the Knicks

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Speaker 3: can keep this one alive.

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Speaker 2: I think there is a clear path as well. But

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Speaker 2: I have a question for you, because I get to

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Speaker 2: this point, for any sport this deep in the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: you are you are down to your best teams. I mean,

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Speaker 2: this is the point where the team that's kind of

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Speaker 2: been scrappy and has kept it going like that's not

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Speaker 2: the team that's going to get to the finals. Are

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Speaker 2: the Pacers just a better team than the Knicks.

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Speaker 3: The way they're playing certainly is thrilling, and their offensive

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Speaker 3: output is you know, besides what we saw in Game

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Speaker 3: five has been the better And I think I think

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Speaker 3: when you look at the depth of that team and

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Speaker 3: But it's been so fun watching Karl Anthony Townes having

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Speaker 2: So with those two characters.

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Speaker 3: Involved, and then you know, you look at the scrap

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Speaker 3: you're talking about, the scrappiness Josh Hart. It might be

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Speaker 3: look up in Miriam Webster the definition of scrappy and

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Speaker 3: there you find Josh Hart.

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Speaker 2: I someone please do that. Actually, yeah, prove that to

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Speaker 2: but his name the Wikipedia page. Okay, that's fair that Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that'd be great. Look up scrappy. I mean he's got heart.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I oh my god, I had to you

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Speaker 2: what I'll give it to you. Thank you.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, if someone asked me my MBA comp, I would

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Speaker 3: say Josh Hart where it's like maybe not not fit,

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Speaker 3: is it cle an NBA, you know, specimen or like

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Speaker 3: like the outside yourself short.

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Speaker 2: I was just thinking.

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Speaker 3: I was like, you know what that that his style

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Speaker 3: play resonates with me where maybe not the skill, maybe

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Speaker 2: I love that. Yeah. Not to make this about me,

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Speaker 2: of course, we've got to think. I mean, I think, listen,

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Speaker 2: if you suit up for the Knicks tonight, that entire

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Speaker 2: game becomes about you. Want to I want to say

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Speaker 2: that that Nikki next, I think that that if that

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Speaker 2: bit about the possession game, because that is going to

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Speaker 2: be a big key to tonight. It had been pretty

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Speaker 2: even around the series. Nick's had twelve more shooting opportunities

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Speaker 2: in Game five, which was probably very much the difference

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Speaker 3: I think that's absolutely a key. I think it first

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Speaker 3: and foremost. You're talking about a PACER's offense which had

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Speaker 3: scored more than one hundred and twenty points per one

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Speaker 3: hundred possessions in eight of their last fourteen games, and

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Speaker 3: then Game five they scored ninety four points on ninety

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Speaker 3: seven possessions. So that was the Pacers' worst offensive game

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Speaker 2: That's why you.

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Speaker 3: Look at, you know, the time, the opportunities they have.

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Speaker 3: you know there's something to that.

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Speaker 2: Do we think and I know that this is not

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Speaker 2: the game plan, but I feel this is fun to

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Speaker 2: talk about. Do we think the Knicks celebrity fans are

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Speaker 2: going to travel besides, besides Timothy and Kylie, we don't know,

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Speaker 2: do we think the rest of them going to travel?

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Speaker 2: It's been kind of fun, I dare say, as a

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Speaker 2: Laker fan and Angelino, they've been kind of more fun

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Speaker 3: I envision a private jet where Ben Stiller walking with

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Speaker 3: his arm around Timmy, Kylie at Timmy's side. You got

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Speaker 3: Spike Lee trailing behind them.

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Speaker 2: Sounds like an episode of Vanourage and.

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Speaker 3: Anne Hathaway's already on the PJ. Okay, and who else

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Speaker 3: am I missing?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Apparently Miles Teller was sitting right next to him.

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Speaker 3: I was dying because on the broadcast they like didn't

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Speaker 3: and Kylie Miles is right next. I envision this celeb

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Speaker 3: Avengers crew boarding a PJ, touching down in Indy and

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Speaker 3: showing up to uh, It's Gamebridgefield House right, No, yes, yes, Cambridgefield.

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Speaker 3: I lose track of all these names, but yes, I

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Speaker 3: saw my answer long story short.

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Speaker 2: Yes, what about you? Yes? Well, first of all, I

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Speaker 2: love everything you just described. Sounds like the beginning of

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Speaker 2: either an Avengers movie or a new revamp season of

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Speaker 2: Entourage that focuses solely on celebrity sports fans, which also

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Speaker 2: give us a special Yeah, if you guys want to

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Speaker 2: start that, excuse me, we'll be consulting Slash executive producers

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Speaker 2: on this show. We've got the TM though trademarked here. Yes,

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Speaker 2: we do this entroage just celebrity fans. I know, I

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Speaker 2: think it'd be really fun. I do think it's but

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Speaker 2: it's part of it. It's the interactive part of it.

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Speaker 2: And this is I think, you know, in football, people

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Speaker 2: got kind of annoyed with the Taylor Swift thing. I

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Speaker 2: don't really understand that. I think it's fun. I think

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Speaker 2: it brings a relatability. I think it brings a whole

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Speaker 3: But wait, Also, Tracy Fersall, we got to give a

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Speaker 3: huge shout out to our girl, Taylor Swift.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we do Big day for Taylor yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Yay For those of you who don't know, Taylor Swift

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Speaker 3: now finally owns all the rights to her Master's, her

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Speaker 3: life's entire work. Previously withheld from her from our arch

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Speaker 3: nemesis as Swifty Scooter Braun, but she was able to

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Speaker 3: buy was the final two albums I write.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna be honest with you. I'm as Swifty

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Speaker 2: who loves the songs. I'm not as swifty. That's as

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Speaker 3: I had to get well versed in this for news

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Speaker 3: breaking news yesterday at my nine to five. But no,

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Speaker 3: it is a it is a cool accomplishment. So sidebar aside,

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I have another metap question for you.

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Speaker 3: So far, these playoffs we've kind of seen.

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Speaker 2: I want to say, like, I don't want to say

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Speaker 3: New era of NBA, right because it's not like we're

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Speaker 3: getting the Golden State Warriors or I mean, I guess

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Speaker 3: the Celtics were out earlier. But as we're paying attention

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Speaker 3: to more fan bases and the Knicks are lasting longer

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Speaker 3: and you're seeing more of their you know, celeb fans

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Speaker 2: Had a lot more fun. Yeah, I have two Right,

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Speaker 2: it's not the same old trope.

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Speaker 3: It's and and maybe you know it's recency bias, but

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Speaker 3: just looking at this final four, I mean obviously you've

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Speaker 3: got the small market presence with Minnesota, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City,

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Speaker 3: but just having the Knicks in the group chat, I

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Speaker 3: want I want them to stay.

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Speaker 2: I you know I do too, And it's it's funny

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Speaker 2: because they are the Knicks and they are the New

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Speaker 2: York Kicks, but there is something about this team part

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Speaker 2: of what I think, being so long since they've been here,

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Speaker 2: but there's something about them that kind of feels like

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Speaker 2: the upstart Nicks, right and in a way that I

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Speaker 2: know because they're in New York market you wouldn't think,

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Speaker 2: but there's something about them and this I do think

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Speaker 2: this playoffs has been really fun. I have been as

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Speaker 3: And to your point, the Knicks fan base and the

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Speaker 3: If you guys know me, should we give a disclaimer

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Speaker 3: Our parents have been taking us to Dodger games since

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Speaker 3: And naturally the World Series run, yes, was something phenomenal

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Speaker 2: It sure has been depleted. So let's say you looks

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Speaker 2: really quick at last night Dodgers win eight to five.

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Speaker 2: this was a World Series rematch. I don't think the

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Speaker 2: Okay, buckle up, buckle up, and that's what the Dodgers

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Speaker 2: They're at LANDONNAC and they're starting Land and Knack in

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Speaker 2: And here's those platitudes. Here's the thing with the Yankees

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Speaker 2: Even without Mookie Betts, who is going to be out

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Speaker 3: So I was at the game as a fan last

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Speaker 3: My friend and I we got the we didn't choose

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Speaker 3: which gay. You know, it was fun, fun for a moment,

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Speaker 3: It all harkens back to that comedy of errors fifth

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Speaker 3: I was working that game. And when I work baseball games,

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Speaker 2: So I go hang out in the bleachers a lot

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Speaker 3: Okay, So there I was wearing you know, clandestine colors,

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Speaker 3: Watching the Yankees make one error after the next, all

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Speaker 2: Bring up a yo. So I have to admit something

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Speaker 2: but the day has come so long, story short, Cody

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Speaker 2: Belincher's my favorite baseball player pre show. It was Cody.

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Speaker 2: you guys. I was actively rooting against him last night,

434
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Speaker 2: and I feel terrible. I mean it hurt, it actually hurt.

435
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Speaker 2: It felt it felt wrong, but also felt right like

436
00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:43,960
Speaker 2: I had no choices on the Yankees. Now I just

437
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Speaker 2: I have no choice, But it was it was really

438
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Speaker 2: tough because I've maintained this whole time that, oh, well,

439
00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,000
Speaker 2: I'll always root for Cody when he comes up to bat.

440
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,760
Speaker 2: I just want the Dodgers to win. I was actively

441
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Speaker 2: rotting against him. I also I said things that were

442
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Speaker 2: maybe not that nice, like he struck out and I

443
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,240
Speaker 2: was like, there's my belly. I mean it was. It

444
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,679
Speaker 2: wasn't great, and I'm not proud of it, but I

445
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,760
Speaker 2: feel I had to get off my chest, and I

446
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Speaker 2: appreciate you letting me. I accept that.

447
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Speaker 3: I think that'd be an interesting study to see for fans,

448
00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,639
Speaker 3: like what is the franchise that's the point of no

449
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 3: return right right? Like when you know it's fun for

450
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Speaker 3: fair when you attach yourself to a player, root for

451
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Speaker 3: their success, root for their success. I heard a lot

452
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Speaker 3: of Pats fans rooting for Tom Brady oncet to Tampa Bay,

453
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Speaker 3: But like, what's that one franchise that you make the

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Speaker 3: jump to and then it's like, I'm sorry, this is

455
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Speaker 3: where we part ways?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you hit that. I think it's a Yankees,

457
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 2: but yeah, we also be the Giants, I think in

458
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,880
Speaker 2: that sense. Watching the Yankees kind of crumble again.

459
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Speaker 3: Last night, I was like, they're They're not they don't

460
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Speaker 3: have what it takes, and the Dodgers live rent free

461
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Speaker 3: in their heads.

462
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Speaker 2: I think that they could go out and nail tonight. Yeah,

463
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Speaker 2: I think you nailed it. So with that, we are

464
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Speaker 2: going to go to the Great Martin Weis because there

465
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Speaker 2: are some things going on in sports that isn't the Dodgers.

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Speaker 6: Kniekes, Well, let's start with the Dodgers. How about that

467
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Speaker 6: the Dodgers. Mookie BET's going to be out for at

468
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Speaker 6: least a few weeks.

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Speaker 7: I'm sorry this weekend series, but hopes to be back

470
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Speaker 7: in a few days.

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Speaker 6: It's a lot different.

472
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Speaker 7: After fracturing the tip of his second left toe Wednesday

473
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Speaker 7: night at home, walking to the bathroom.

474
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Speaker 6: And the dark, Mookie turned the lights on.

475
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Speaker 7: The Florida Panthers forward AJ greer status for the series

476
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,240
Speaker 7: opener against the Oilers remains uncertain for head coach Paul Maurice.

477
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Speaker 7: Greer missed Game four of the User Conference Final and

478
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Speaker 7: was only on the ice for four minutes to twenty

479
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Speaker 7: two seconds a Game five due to a lower body

480
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Speaker 7: and just injured Houston Astros as they a Hitor Yard

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Speaker 7: on Alvarez.

482
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Speaker 6: The turn has been delayed.

483
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Speaker 7: He's missed twenty five games due to a muscle strand

484
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Speaker 7: in his right hand, but Astros GM Dana Brown said

485
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Speaker 7: that a follow up imaging reveals that Alvarez also has

486
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Speaker 7: a small fracture in his right hand that is presently

487
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Speaker 7: sixty percent healed. Brown says Alvarez will now return in

488
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Speaker 7: the near future Major League Baseball. The Chicago Cubs with

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Speaker 7: a two nothing lead over the Reds top of the

490
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Speaker 7: ninth inning.

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Speaker 6: Top of the fifth inning, the Blue Jay's lead the

492
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Speaker 6: a six to five.

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Speaker 7: Bottom of the second inning, Oriels with they won nothing

494
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Speaker 7: lead over the White Sox, and bottom of the second inning,

495
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Speaker 7: the Brewers lead the Phillies Ford to nothing.

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Speaker 6: That game is on FS one.

497
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Speaker 7: Cardinals Rangers scoreless on the top of the second same

498
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Speaker 7: story for the Angels and the Guardians. Atlanta has a

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Speaker 7: one nothing lead over Boston and the bottom of the

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Speaker 7: second inning.

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Speaker 6: Bottom of the first the Mets with a three to

502
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Speaker 6: one lead over the Rockies. Giants Marlin scoreless. Top of

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Speaker 6: the second inning.

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Speaker 7: Same story there for the Tigers and the Royals, and

505
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 7: an Al Central matchup. Bottom of the second the Astros

506
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Speaker 7: with they won nothing lead.

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Speaker 6: Over the Rays. Later tonight we will.

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Speaker 7: Have Game six of the Eastern Conference Finals in the

509
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Speaker 7: NBA Indiana trying to close this thing out with a

510
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Speaker 7: three to two series lead, Nicks trying to keep their

511
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Speaker 7: series alive.

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Speaker 8: Back to you, guys, coming to you live from the

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Speaker 2: We are very excited to be joined now by senior

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Speaker 2: NBA writer for The Athletic Fred Katz. Fred Welcome, and

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Speaker 2: MG Highbred Hi Hybrid.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I'm so excited to chat with you

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Speaker 3: ahead of what is a highly anticipated Game six in

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Speaker 3: the Eastern Conference Finals with a team you know near

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Speaker 3: and dear to your heart. But my first and most

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Speaker 3: important question to you, as someone who's been boots on

532
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Speaker 3: the ground, how much riz does Timothy Shallow may have

533
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Speaker 3: in person?

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Speaker 2: Easily most important question.

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Speaker 4: When I agreed to come on this show, I was

536
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Speaker 4: a hundred percent certain that the welcome would not be

537
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Speaker 4: your normal radio hit, and I'm glad to know that

538
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 4: I was absolutely correct. How much do the I in person?

539
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 4: Do you know what I have to say? I have

540
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,639
Speaker 4: so little riz in person. I don't even know if

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Speaker 4: I'm qualified to detect in person RIZ, so I couldn't

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Speaker 4: even answer.

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Speaker 3: Okay, okay, fair, fair, But all right, then then riddle

544
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Speaker 3: me this. Give us a vibe check on the streets

545
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 3: of New York right now. You you have grown up there.

546
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 3: You know this fan base like the back of your hand.

547
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 3: You spend a couple of seasons covering the Knicks. What's

548
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Speaker 3: what's the pulse of this city? Like when the Knicks

549
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 3: are actually doing something?

550
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 4: Well, it's really the only team in New York that

551
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 4: is kind of universally agreed upon, because in every other

552
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,439
Speaker 4: major sport there is another team that out weighed it.

553
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,720
Speaker 4: You know, the Yankees can't be the biggest thing in

554
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,919
Speaker 4: town because large percentage of the New Yorkers are Mets fans,

555
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,879
Speaker 4: and all the Mets fans hate the Yankees, and the

556
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,919
Speaker 4: Giants can't be the biggest thing in town because the

557
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 4: you know, a large percentage of and they hit the Giants,

558
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 4: and the Knicks are kind of the one organization in

559
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 4: the city that people kind of all agree upon and

560
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 4: kind of unite the city. And so when the Knicker

561
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 4: at this level, there's definitely a buzz that I wouldn't

562
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 4: say is equivalent for any other team in New York

563
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 4: when where they're kind of this far in the playoffs.

564
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,159
Speaker 2: I have a vibe check as well, but it's on

565
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 2: the other side, and that is with the Pacers. They

566
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: come home sorry night for Game six for them, how

567
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 2: much pressure is on them? Like the Knicks are kind

568
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Speaker 2: of now the underdog and they're fighting, Like, how much

569
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Speaker 2: pressure here is on the Pacers. How much pressure is

570
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,960
Speaker 2: on Halliburton to really bounce back from the game he

571
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 2: had the other night?

572
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Speaker 4: I would say a pretty good amount. I mean, look,

573
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Speaker 4: if you look at the way that a series is

574
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Speaker 4: supposed to swing, team is up three one and going

575
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Speaker 4: on the road to play Game five, like home team

576
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 4: is supposed to win that game. They're supposed to go home,

577
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Speaker 4: protect home court and win that game. And the team

578
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Speaker 4: that is now up three to two is supposed to

579
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Speaker 4: come back home, and they're supposed to protect home court too.

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Speaker 4: I thought I thought Indiana got a from playing their

581
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Speaker 4: game a little bit in Game five. They spent so

582
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Speaker 4: much of the first four games of the series really

583
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 4: attacking Jalen Brunson, attacking Karl Anthony Towns, putting those guys

584
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Speaker 4: into actions, you know, the two offense first All Stars

585
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 4: for the Knicks, and I thought they had a lot

586
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Speaker 4: of success doing that. Knicks defended much better in Game five,

587
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 4: Bronson defended much better in Game five. Out of the

588
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 4: Pacers kind of got away from their offense a little bit,

589
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 4: but Halliburton got a little passive that normally doesn't happen.

590
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 4: Two games in a row with them, and we'll see

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Speaker 4: how they come out on their home court, because if

592
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 4: they don't have then they're going on a road game seven,

593
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 4: which they won last year. They played at road game

594
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Speaker 4: seven in New York last year and they won got game,

595
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 4: so they can do it. But a road game seven

596
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Speaker 4: is never the preference, right fred.

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Speaker 3: I want to bring you back to a tweet you

598
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 3: had from about a year ago. It was before Game five,

599
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Speaker 3: and you tweeted regarding the Knicks locker room. There was

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Speaker 3: an epic fart that loosened up the locker room a

601
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Speaker 3: lot before the game. I'm not going to say who

602
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 3: it was, but the loud but proud nature of it

603
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 3: definitely helps, you know, loosen the guys up.

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Speaker 2: Do you think that's.

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Speaker 3: All it will take for the next locker room to

606
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Speaker 3: loosen up heading into a do or die game?

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Speaker 2: Six?

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Speaker 4: I don't know. It's a different it's a different locker room.

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Speaker 4: They say it's a different they say it's a different year.

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00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 2: Okay, okay, different years, different.

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Speaker 4: It's a different locker room. I would say, just like

612
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 4: the gas in the moments past.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, okay, you've been asked this before, Okay.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and uh and and you know, I think I

615
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 4: think it's just a little it's a little different. But

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Speaker 4: I don't know. Maybe I didn't expect that to be

617
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Speaker 4: the vibe changing moments that it did, so I certainly

618
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Speaker 4: didn't expect that to become the talk of the NBA

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Speaker 4: world for forty eight hours. I certainly didn't expect the

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Speaker 4: guy who did it to be telling me that he's

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Speaker 4: asking me if he should use that moment to get

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Speaker 4: an endorsement with Pepto, which is an actual thing that happens.

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Speaker 4: The real thing that happened, so.

624
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Speaker 2: Opportunity.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well okay, Well, on another tone, I guess you've

626
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 3: covered TIBs now and you've seen how he approaches his lineups,

627
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Speaker 3: the minutes, the workload that he expects from guys. What

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Speaker 3: can you say about the evolution in his philosophy in

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Speaker 3: which he's approached this series with.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I will say I think he is

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Speaker 4: a He is incredibly principled as a coach, and I

632
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 4: think everybody knows that. And there are things that he

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Speaker 4: believes that he just believes is the right way to

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Speaker 4: operate as a coach. And all that being said, I

635
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Speaker 4: actually think he's less rigid than people make him out

636
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Speaker 4: to be. You know, for example, in the Boston Series,

637
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Speaker 4: he totally revamped their defense in the Boston Series in

638
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Speaker 4: Round two. They went into that series with a completely

639
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Speaker 4: different defensive identity than they had all seasons, switching on

640
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,239
Speaker 4: pick and rolls and garden the perimeter totally differently. They

641
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 4: look like a completely different team schematically against Boston, and

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00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 4: that defense worked, and it was a big reason why

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00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 4: Boston's ball movement fell off, why Boston started settling for

644
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Speaker 4: bad shots because of the types of coverages that they

645
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Speaker 4: were running, which is stuff that they did not see

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Speaker 4: during the regular season. And kids has his stuff. He's

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Speaker 4: going to play his guys minutes. I mean, for what

648
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 4: it's worth, the whole roster's healthy. I mean, the minute

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Speaker 4: thing has not been a problem this year. If anything,

650
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Speaker 4: it's helped them win because the good players are playing

651
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Speaker 4: more minutes. So you know with Tibbs, you're going to

652
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Speaker 4: get the stuff that you know you're going to get.

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Speaker 4: But I do think, like schematically, he is more open

654
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Speaker 4: and more evolved than people kind of put him up to.

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Speaker 2: All right, before you go, we know that you have

656
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Speaker 2: an affinity and he's a baseball head. Okay, the same head.

657
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 2: What are your feelings on the Yankees, Nikki and I

658
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 2: just wax poetic on how they don't play good fundamental baseball,

659
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Speaker 2: They're not going the World's Series and the Dodgers are

660
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 2: a far dominant team. To summarize, what are your respond.

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Speaker 4: I feel like this is just trap stopping. This isn't

662
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Speaker 4: this isn't even a question. I mean, I mean, look,

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Speaker 4: I I just I watched that team this year and

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Speaker 4: I'm like, man, if only they had Garrett Cole's like

665
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 4: if they Garrett Cole, they being such a pole, I

666
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 4: gotten hurt. They needed such a good spot because Redown's

667
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 4: been great, and Free has been great, and Judges just otherworldly,

668
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Speaker 4: and you know, the guys who are place Soto have

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Speaker 4: been really good, and the American League's not very good.

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Speaker 4: So they might go to the World Series again this year.

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Speaker 4: And the Dodgers have to deal with the NL West,

672
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Speaker 4: which is unbelievably difficult. So on top of the fact

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Speaker 4: they have to deal with the Mets and whatever else,

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Speaker 4: the Phillies, everything else you need. In the NL, the

675
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Speaker 4: Yankees have like you know, the Tigers and maybe a

676
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Speaker 4: couple others, but the American League is way weaker. The

677
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 4: AL East is way weaker. Like Yankee should win that division,

678
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Speaker 4: So maybe the word will be easier. Who knows. Maybe

679
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Speaker 4: I'll be calling in to you guys later and I'll

680
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Speaker 4: be like, hey, how.

681
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 2: Are the DoD and we'll tell you they're doing great.

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Speaker 2: We love celebrating their second World Series. Fred, thank you

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Speaker 2: so much for joining us today.

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Speaker 3: By Fred st Hey have some green beans in Oklahoma

685
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Speaker 3: City for me.

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Speaker 2: Okay, all right, you guys, we will be right back

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Speaker 2: with your dues and your don'ts. This is Fox Sports Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Don't listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: All right, We are coming to you live from the

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio studios, and it is time for the

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Speaker 2: dues and the don't.

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Speaker 6: Highlighting the dudes.

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Speaker 5: I love that and putting a spotlight on the don't.

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Speaker 1: The subject brings me no joy.

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00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 4: That's insane.

696
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Speaker 5: Next time for the dues and the dots in sports.

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Speaker 2: Well, Nikki, I have have a few dues and one don't.

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna start with one of my dues, and

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Speaker 2: that is due root for a game seven in Eastern

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Speaker 2: Conference Finals. It's game seven's when you're not a fan

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Speaker 2: of either of the team. By the way, they're amazing

702
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 2: if you're stretched it out. But let's stretch it out.

703
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Speaker 2: So that is going to be my first do to

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Speaker 2: root for a game seven. Let you go next my don't.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be some advice to uh sepon dicks.

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Speaker 2: That was mine.

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Speaker 3: Don't don't be acting out on a boat and letting

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Speaker 3: cameras record you.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmm. Don't don't be anywhere in sight of a

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Speaker 2: bag with things substance. I think this is it. Maybe

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Speaker 2: do show up to otis, do show up to OTAs

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Speaker 2: you can avoid this all together. That is a good one.

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Speaker 2: My next do do invest in a night light. As

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Speaker 2: Martin mentioned, Mooki bed I mentioned it briefly. Mookie Bets

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Speaker 2: Uh stubbed his toe into a wall at home the

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Speaker 2: other night it was dark. Uh, invest a night light.

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Speaker 2: We are never too old for one. Get one that

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Speaker 2: makes you happy. It could be simple, it could be themed.

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Speaker 2: But now poor Mookie Bets's toe is in pain.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's one of those motion censored ones. Right, you

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Speaker 3: get up a little becuzle of motion. Nightlight comes on,

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Speaker 3: lights up the floor.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you're Gucci. That is the night lights. So that's

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Speaker 2: just a PSA to all of our listeners here and

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Speaker 2: the nightlight.

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Speaker 3: Okay, okay, okay, I can say this or two, I'll

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Speaker 3: say this, do that.

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Speaker 2: On the West, in terms.

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00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 3: Of the NBA landscape, I don't see the Eastern Conference

730
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Speaker 3: generating any title contend well, any champion in the foreseeable future.

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Speaker 3: Not with how deep and dominant Oklahoma City is looking

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Speaker 3: at this age.

733
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Speaker 2: And I know it's a new season every season, but.

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Speaker 3: The West is stacked and I'm really intrigued to see

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Speaker 3: how these finals actually pan out. Is it going to

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Speaker 3: be a thunder gentleman sweep. That's kind of where my

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Speaker 3: gut inclination is leaning to.

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Speaker 2: And then you think about just how young the Thunder are,

739
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 2: how many picks they have, and the other teams in

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Speaker 2: the Western Conference.

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00:35:55,560 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 3: Luka Dancic on the Lakers, Cooper Flag going to the MAVs,

742
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Speaker 3: Wemby and San Antonio.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be cool with Cooper on the Lakers in

744
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 2: a few years, though, It's gonna be awesome. That's what

745
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 2: the script has written, right, That's what the script has written.

746
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Speaker 2: I have a duke. Do listen to Nikki for your headline.

747
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Speaker 2: If the Thunder sweet a thunder gentleman's sweep, a gentleman's

748
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 2: gentleman's sleep, I mean, that's amazing, right, that's a good

749
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 2: So do write that down if you are a newspaper

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Speaker 2: or or right digital outlet, right right right, I'm I'm

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00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 2: gonna say, don't get got.

752
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 3: There's a lot of AI out there, guys, a lot

753
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 3: of AI videos I'm falling for.

754
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 2: I did you see the Python one no where?

755
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, there's a video out there on X and

756
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 3: that that snake.

757
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 2: I was like, oh my god, that thing exists and

758
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 2: it was fake.

759
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 3: Another another meme I got got by was a fake

760
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 3: newsbreak that the Dodgers were going to run back their

761
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 3: World Series gold laced uniforms, not gold lace like gold.

762
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 3: They have gold yeah, old lettering on them in Game

763
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Speaker 3: two against the Yankees.

764
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 2: And I was like, oh my god, that is so petty.

765
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 2: But it turns out that was a fake report. Too

766
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Speaker 2: bad though, Yeah, I know, too bad. I got got.

767
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 2: You did get got. But however, there are the Dodgers.

768
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Speaker 2: Do do you look at that report and consider that

769
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Speaker 2: that would be amazing?

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Speaker 4: All right?

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00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 2: I have another do And this kind of goes off

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Speaker 2: our previous guest was talking about the Yankees don't have

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Speaker 2: much much competition the al I'm going to disagree do.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna make this a do and a don't do.

775
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 2: Root for the Tigers. Don't discount the Tigers. The Tigers

776
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 2: have potentially probably the best pitcher in baseball, Jack Flaherty,

777
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 2: love him having a great season. They are a fun team. Again,

778
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 2: we are so early, but I know it's wild, right, don't.

779
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 2: I mean? It is wild hout earlier. But don't discount

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00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 2: the Tigers because Detroit sports are having a moment and

781
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 2: I think we are going to see them far into October.

782
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 3: And I'm gonna say, do catch a game watching the

783
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,359
Speaker 3: Women's College World Series. It's on all weekend and if

784
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 3: you want to see dingers, if you want to see drama.

785
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 3: Day one of the wcws out there in Oklahoma City

786
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 3: had two walk off home runs back to back in

787
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 3: different games, and that's the theater.

788
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,880
Speaker 2: As any sports fan, you should want to celebrate.

789
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 3: And the athletes are phenomenal, so great storytelling out there

790
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 3: in the WCWSA, and high drama too.

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Speaker 2: I have I'd like to piggyback on your step On Diggs.

792
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 2: I just think generally, I'm going to make this generally

793
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 2: beyond just step on Digs. Do have an awareness of

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00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 2: your surroundings. Right you are and you are a celebrity,

795
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 2: and you are an athlete. People are filming, We're all filming.

796
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 2: Nikki and I have filmed multiple times in the studio

797
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 2: for social media in the last hour. Keep an eye

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00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 2: on what is going on around you. Perhaps don't be

799
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 2: doing things that you don't want films in public, but

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00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 2: keep an eye on things that are going around you.

801
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 2: And don't forget. Don't forget where you are and who

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00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 2: you are.

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Speaker 3: My last question is going to be my last due

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00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 3: is actually a question?

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Speaker 2: Okay, okay?

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00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 3: Do I think Aaron Rodgers is gonna end up in Pittsburgh?

807
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 2: Don't bet on it? There we go? Actually, I mean

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00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 2: I do think he is gonna I just felt like

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00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 2: that felt goo good. But I think he probably is

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00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 2: gonna end up in Pittsburgh because let me tell you

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Speaker 2: the biggest do of Arab Rodgers's life seems to be

812
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 2: do create as much drama as possible around yourself and

813
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 2: to stir up the pot. Don't don't let them think

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00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,400
Speaker 2: you're coming, do make them wait. I mean, there's so

815
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Speaker 2: many things he is a do and don't segment on himself.

816
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 2: But yes, I do think that he is going to

817
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Speaker 2: end up on this dealers. How it's gonna go that

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Speaker 2: I I can't promise you is gonna go well, but

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Speaker 2: I do think he's gonna end up there. He wants

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Speaker 2: to play. That's where he is the ability to go.

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Speaker 2: They need themselves the quarterback. So the answer to your

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Speaker 2: question is yes.

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Speaker 3: Only time will tell what that man Speaking of another

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Speaker 3: ota missing drama, you know him skipping out for e

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Speaker 3: Jet flash share a parent.

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Speaker 2: Yes, right for sure maybe do go to o Tier's.

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Speaker 2: There's that just generally do go to Otia's. All right,

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Speaker 2: you guys, we will be back here. You are listening

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Speaker 2: to Fox Sports Saturday.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: We are broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studios,

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Speaker 2: and we have spent a lot of time talking about

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00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 2: the Eastern Conference Finals. But the West team for the

834
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Speaker 2: finals is set. It is the Oklahoma City Thunder. As

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Speaker 2: we have mentioned, Nikki, you have spent quite a bit

836
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Speaker 2: of time in Oklahoma City. You know this team so well.

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Speaker 2: It would love for you to start by telling us

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Speaker 2: what does this mean to the city, right right? Absolutely no.

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Speaker 3: And I began my my broadcasting career covering a professional

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Speaker 3: team in Oklahoma City. The first pro team I covered

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00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 3: was the Thunder and it was the twenty sixteen playoff push.

842
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 3: I arrived in the middle of April to Oklahoma City.

843
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 3: I've never really experienced life in the Midwest, Southwest, whatever

844
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 3: you want to call it over there, and I quickly

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Speaker 3: learned just how much of a thrill and how important

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00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 3: this franchise is to that area and that fan base.

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00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 3: Right because you think about it prior to the Thunder

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Speaker 3: arriving in two thousand and eight, two thousand and eight,

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Speaker 3: I want to say, I hope it's not two thousand

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Speaker 3: and nine.

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Speaker 7: But.

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Speaker 3: There were the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys,

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00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 3: and it was all very divided, right, the one collegiate

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00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 3: fan base against another. And here come the Thunder, the

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00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 3: first time this city can truly unite against for one team.

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00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 3: So these fans love them some Thunder. And it's been

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00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 3: well documented that young team Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James

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Speaker 3: Harden going to the finals on such an early timeline.

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00:41:58,640 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 2: They didn't get back Sam.

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00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 3: Press the trades away, James Harden considered one of the

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Speaker 3: you know by outsiders for reasons that James Harden trade

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00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 3: was one of the worst.

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Speaker 2: In the fabric of the NBA at the time.

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Speaker 3: Of course, obviously we've had much more recent trades, but

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Speaker 3: I'm giving a little quick history lesson.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 3: So, as as I arrived in twenty sixteen, this team,

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Speaker 3: it's Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant and they're up three

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Speaker 3: to one on the in the Western Conference Finals over

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Speaker 3: the Golden State Warriors.

871
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 2: Well, what happens in Game six?

872
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 3: Clay Thompson goes off in Oklahoma City forty one points.

873
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 2: I think it was eleven threes.

874
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 3: Just this series goes back to the Bay and the Warriors.

875
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 2: Went it all and to that point.

876
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 3: I remember someone sitting in the building with me at

877
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 3: that time and I was like wide. I like, oh

878
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 3: my gosh, this is what covering like a team that

879
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,439
Speaker 3: meets a small market team really feels like. And someone

880
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 3: looks at me and they're like, this franchise will never

881
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 3: be back in the Western Conference Finals again. And that

882
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 3: was even before they knew Kevin Durant was officially leaving.

883
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 3: Because after that series, KD goes to the Warriors, the

884
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 3: fabric of the NBA changes, and long story short, obviously, Presty.

885
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 2: Has been amassing draft picks.

886
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 3: He's built this young core and we saw them, you know,

887
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 3: make a little playoff push last year and they were

888
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 3: so young, and then this year it's like they're winning

889
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 3: at this incredible clip, sixty eight wins, I think, and

890
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 3: they to get to this point to win a Western

891
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 3: Conference finals, to be back in the NBA Finals and

892
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 3: have this young group of guys that are so in

893
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 3: lockstep with each other about who they're playing for and

894
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 3: what they want to accomplish together. Alex Caruso is one

895
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 3: of the oldest guys on the team at thirty one

896
00:43:58,640 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 3: years old.

897
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's incredible. And then you have Shay

898
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 2: Gilges Alexander.

899
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 3: I mean, so anyways, what this moment means for this

900
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 3: market is a lot and fans there who I know,

901
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 3: who I've come to stay friends with, are really celebrating

902
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 3: the return of the Thunder. And also it's a really

903
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 3: it's a team that there's a lot of joy behind it,

904
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 3: not angst about hey is one of our star players.

905
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 2: Going to leave right right? So I'm really happy.

906
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 3: And the Thunder by far and away look like the

907
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 3: most dominant team remaining.

908
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 2: It could be a different.

909
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 3: Story when we see them head to head with the

910
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 3: Pacers and the Knicks, or the Knicks in a seven

911
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 3: game series.

912
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 2: But it's exciting. Well that was going to be my question.

913
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 2: Do you feel and because I feel that they are,

914
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:47,839
Speaker 2: but yeah, I think you have even more of an

915
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 2: inside look at this. Are they the favorites no matter

916
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 2: who wins, whether it's Spaces, whether it's the Knicks. Is

917
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 2: this the Thunder's finals to lose?

918
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,399
Speaker 3: I think so from what we've seen and the way

919
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 3: this team has won, not only by their margin of

920
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 3: victories at home, they have an incredible home playoff record.

921
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 3: I think they've only lost one game at home that atmosphere.

922
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 3: They're going to have home court advantage in the finals.

923
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 3: It's their defense that really like they can just shut

924
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,560
Speaker 3: you down, and they can do it in different ways.

925
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 3: And then when you're led by Shay Gilgess Alexander in

926
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 3: terms of not only the league MVP, the Western Conference

927
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 3: Finals MVP, who I know people have a bone to

928
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 3: pick with how he scores in terms of getting to

929
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 3: the free throw line a lot. But a leader like that,

930
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 3: I think obviously it's going to be a matter of

931
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 3: their role players rising to meet the moment. Chet Holmgroun,

932
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 3: you know, he has been on an arc right or

933
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,360
Speaker 3: like on the rise, I want to say.

934
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 2: In his career, but his health is crucial.

935
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 3: And then so you just never want to say, like, oh,

936
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:02,720
Speaker 3: sign sealed delivered Thunder Final champs. But I mean it's

937
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 3: I think they've they've shown to be the most dominant

938
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:07,359
Speaker 3: so far.

939
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 2: All Right, more hypotheticals, because we talked about earlier. This

940
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 2: is sports Radio, and this is what we talked about.

941
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:15,800
Speaker 2: Latitudes and hypotheticals. So let's pretend the thunder win SGA

942
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 2: is dominant. So he becomes now the league MVP, the

943
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:23,080
Speaker 2: Western Conference Finals MVP, and the Finals MVP. Is that

944
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 2: solidify him as the face of the NBA right now?

945
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 3: His personality is I want to say, there's a I don't.

946
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:38,280
Speaker 3: He's not an Anthony Edwards, and I would contend Anthony

947
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 3: Edwards could.

948
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,720
Speaker 2: Be the face of the NBA.

949
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 3: I think Shay could solidify a status as a superstar.

950
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 3: I mean, he is a superstar, but when you win

951
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 3: it all there, it's indubitable, right like It's so I

952
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 3: think the face of the league is interesting because I

953
00:46:57,440 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 3: think there's a lot of personality component that comes with

954
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 3: being like, hey, does your mom know who Shay Gil

955
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 3: just Alexanders? And chances are I don't think casuals who

956
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 3: don't follow the sport are going to know the names

957
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 3: of these young stars are It's.

958
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,880
Speaker 2: True my mom does know who Ann Edwards.

959
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 3: Is exactly right, and you've seen Anne Edwards in a

960
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,439
Speaker 3: Netflix movie with Adam Sandler, right, And so I think

961
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 3: Aunt might have a little bit more of that like

962
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:29,480
Speaker 3: one two punch okay terms, But that's the point you

963
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,879
Speaker 3: make like, if he wins it all, is he going

964
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:34,359
Speaker 3: to become a household name, right or how far away

965
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 3: is he from becoming that. It's interesting because Jason Tatum,

966
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 3: we saw him have that moment last year, but he's

967
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 3: still just not front and center when it comes to

968
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 3: You saw the programming the you know, the TV gods

969
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 3: had this year, and yeah, Celtics were featured because they

970
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,720
Speaker 3: were the raigning champs, but it's like still like Lebron

971
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 3: James and Steph Curry were the headliners of like Christmas

972
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 3: Day matchups and stuff like that. So I'm very intrigued

973
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 3: to see how prevalent and widely celebrated SGA can become

974
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 3: with a championship in his resume.

975
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 2: All right, let's talk a little and this is looking ahead,

976
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,400
Speaker 2: but since since right now we have the Thunder and

977
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:19,880
Speaker 2: that's all we have in the West that's left in

978
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 2: this obviously, so we look ahead the next season and

979
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 2: you see some of these other teams the West to

980
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 2: the Timberwolves. The Warriors are interesting in terms of what

981
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,839
Speaker 2: do they do, where do they go? The Lakers, I've

982
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 2: always felt the Luca trade was to get them as

983
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 2: far as they got them, but then they were things

984
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 2: have to happen this saf seasons. Yeah, they didn't complete roster,

985
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 2: and then it's more about the future. So as you

986
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 2: look ahead of these teams, and you talked earlier about

987
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:46,319
Speaker 2: the dominance of the West, Now what excites you and

988
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:47,600
Speaker 2: what worries you.

989
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 3: I'm very intrigued to see what Lebron James is going

990
00:48:54,680 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 3: to do in terms of you know, he deserves his money,

991
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,879
Speaker 3: but the Lakers need to add value around him if

992
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 3: he wants to make that push to a championship, you know,

993
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 3: and obviously Luca is now the focal point of the

994
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:17,320
Speaker 3: Lakers plans moving forward. I'm wondering when Lebron is he

995
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 3: going to announce his retirement I or a tour like

996
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 3: you know, is that something that could be on the horizon.

997
00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 2: I don't know.

998
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 3: I want to see I don't want to see Steph

999
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,399
Speaker 3: Curry bounce out of the playoffs earlier than we need to.

1000
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 3: I love watching that man play. And the West is

1001
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 3: just then you look at the San Antonio Spurs, the

1002
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:44,120
Speaker 3: Houston Rockets, young and scrappy. There's all these teams that

1003
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 3: are so stacked. Where's Yannis gonna go?

1004
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 2: This is a great question.

1005
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 3: I feel that his future. I mean, he won Milwaukee

1006
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 3: a championship, so where is his next step? The Bucks

1007
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 3: don't have promising options when it comes to reconfiguring the

1008
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:06,360
Speaker 3: roster around him. So and then the Celtics obviously tragic

1009
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 3: tragic injury.

1010
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 4: Mm hmm.

1011
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 3: So how do they how do they look at the

1012
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 3: next two? Yeah, it's there's a lot of questions. It

1013
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 3: seems to me the West is by far and above,

1014
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:22,759
Speaker 3: way more you know, talent, like if I'm if I'm

1015
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 3: a superstar looking too, you know, stake acclaim I'm going east, right,

1016
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,880
Speaker 3: because then the path is a little bit easier to

1017
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 3: those Eastern Conference finals. But the future of the NBA,

1018
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 3: I think it's there's a lot of parody.

1019
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:38,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's true. I think there is a

1020
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 2: lot of parody, which is always great. It's great for

1021
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:42,759
Speaker 2: any league when there is parody. We've seen it kind

1022
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:45,160
Speaker 2: of somewhat in the NFL these last couple of years,

1023
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 2: and it is always really fun when there's with parody

1024
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 2: in any league. But you bring up a great point

1025
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 2: about the Celtics. The West is interesting, you Steph Curry.

1026
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 2: I mean, i I'm interested to see what do the

1027
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 2: Warriors do how does this work out? You know, obviously

1028
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 2: he was injured and that perhaps they would have gone farther,

1029
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 2: but I do think the Timberwolves were the better team.

1030
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,440
Speaker 2: So some of these superstars, as we start to talk

1031
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,000
Speaker 2: about new faces of the league, some of these superstars

1032
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 2: are not maybe not right away, but kind of sunsetting,

1033
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 2: you know, into retirement and you see these new guys

1034
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,319
Speaker 2: step up, which is really fun in any sport. Are

1035
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 2: we going to get a.

1036
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:24,640
Speaker 3: Ratings conversation if it's Pacers Oklahoma City and the finals,

1037
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:29,439
Speaker 3: probably I'm not looking forward to hearing it because they're

1038
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:33,360
Speaker 3: too young, fun teams, right, they are yet full stop,

1039
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:38,360
Speaker 3: and I don't want to hear about how nobody nobody's

1040
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 3: interested in these finals. And then I don't want to

1041
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,760
Speaker 3: hear about how the NBA is rigged, like I don't

1042
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 3: you know.

1043
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,279
Speaker 2: I mean, it's fun to say, right, but it's not.

1044
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 2: It's like the NBA isn't the NFL isn't there. It's

1045
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 2: just it's not for the thing, you know, the thing

1046
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:54,440
Speaker 2: that Dallas did get the first pick. They get the

1047
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,800
Speaker 2: first okay, and he's going to be a Laker in

1048
00:51:56,840 --> 00:52:00,800
Speaker 2: about four to five years. Can't wait. It it's interesting

1049
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 2: on the radcing, you know, people say about teams teams

1050
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,120
Speaker 2: are doing really well, they're well, they haven't played anybody

1051
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:08,960
Speaker 2: you play who's on the schedule. The end of the day,

1052
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 2: the teams in the finals were the two best teams

1053
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,439
Speaker 2: who beat all the other teams and all the other

1054
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:18,440
Speaker 2: superstars to get to the finals. So isn't Scott Foster

1055
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:24,279
Speaker 2: refing ten night's game? Oh you really have a fun

1056
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 2: with this now?

1057
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:25,279
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1058
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 2: No, no, no, I love Seriously, I'm a sucker for

1059
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 2: any conspiracy theory.

1060
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 3: Do you have one that your full hard, wholeheartedly or

1061
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:34,640
Speaker 3: are kind of leaning into.

1062
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:37,319
Speaker 2: Doesn't have to be sports related. I'm gonna be honest

1063
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:41,320
Speaker 2: with you. I am not a conspiracy theorist. Okay, I know,

1064
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,319
Speaker 2: and it's through each other. Yeah, because I hear one

1065
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:47,319
Speaker 2: and I'm like, oh, really, I see it. You're like, oh,

1066
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 2: oh that totally, which means, see, this is why it's

1067
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:53,840
Speaker 2: good if you do that. It's a good conspiracy theory

1068
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 2: because some of them you would hear and be like,

1069
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 2: no chance, that can't possibly be true. But if you

1070
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,880
Speaker 2: hear when you're like, oh, yep, I see it. I

1071
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 2: am not a conspiracy theorist. It's probably maybe the most

1072
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,479
Speaker 2: on fun sports thing about.

1073
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,719
Speaker 3: Wait, we should have a segment next time where I

1074
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 3: pitch you conspiracy theories that I found on the.

1075
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 2: Dark web, not dark web, not dark web.

1076
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 3: Sorry to get a turn on the internet and like

1077
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 3: reddit reddit theories, and I'll tell you compelling like why

1078
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 3: people have their compelling points?

1079
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,960
Speaker 2: Okay, and see if I can convince you. Okay, so

1080
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 2: they can convince you, I'll present it to you. Do

1081
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 2: you have one that you can present to me in

1082
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:38,800
Speaker 2: seven seconds? That's putting me on the spot. No, okay,

1083
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 2: I mean you could present to me the Mavericks first

1084
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:43,600
Speaker 2: pick in the draft thing? Oh okay, but I still don't.

1085
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:47,000
Speaker 3: Let me paint you a world in which the Dallas

1086
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 3: Mavericks inexplicably trade away their generational superstar to Los Angeles.

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00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 3: Who's in Los Angeles, Lebron James? What does the league

1088
00:53:56,080 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 3: need ratings? And what do the Mavericks just have to

1089
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:03,000
Speaker 3: get a couple of months later in return with a

1090
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 3: was it one point seven percent chance?

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00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 2: Okay, if you were going to pitch me one, you're

1092
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 2: doing a good job. But I still don't they got

1093
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:14,799
Speaker 2: the first pick in the NBA draft. I this is lag.

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00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:18,400
Speaker 2: It's the most compelling. Yeah, however, NBA. NBA is not ragged,

1095
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:20,800
Speaker 2: NBA is not rigged. It's not. But you did a compere,

1096
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:24,520
Speaker 2: you did a compelling job. Well, we will be right back.

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00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:26,440
Speaker 2: This is Fox Sports Saturday. Nikki in the break is

1098
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 2: probably going to try to convince me even further so, Tracy,

1099
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:33,800
Speaker 2: as I was telling you, this is Fox Sports Saturday.

1100
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:39,400
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Speaker 2: Tune into Countdown presented by bet MGM every Saturday and

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00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,080
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Speaker 2: art iHeart Radio app. I love this song, Hey love

1109
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 2: that shout out. Shout out to the booth, Thank you

1110
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:12,640
Speaker 2: booth killing it, killing it. As always, we are going

1111
00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 2: to talk a little bit of dumb WNBA and then

1112
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 2: a lot of Dak Prescott something interesting this week. But first, Nikki,

1113
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,200
Speaker 2: you've been spending a lot of time with the Sparks

1114
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 2: covering them. A lot of injuries going on right now

1115
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,880
Speaker 2: in the WNBA, right right, First.

1116
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 3: Of all, it's the start of the season these WNBA.

1117
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,120
Speaker 3: The WNBA is undergoing a period of expansion, right. They

1118
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:33,920
Speaker 3: just added the Golden State Valkyries.

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00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,120
Speaker 2: Very exciting, very exciting.

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Speaker 3: But to make a roster, to make a team, it's

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00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:42,040
Speaker 3: cutthroat in this league. They only carry twelve roster spots.

1122
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 3: And then on top of that, the format of the league,

1123
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:51,000
Speaker 3: the training camps are very very abbreviated, and a lot

1124
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 3: of the athletes have opted to play, you know, in

1125
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 3: overseas leagues in unrivaled three on three basketball during the

1126
00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 3: offseason because that's where they make the money, right, And

1127
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:03,000
Speaker 3: I think we're going to see a shift and the

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00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 3: way player salaries are negotiated coming up as they negotiate

1129
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 3: with team owners.

1130
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 2: But it has struck me.

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00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 3: I mean, the Sparks early on two key players, one

1132
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 3: inconcussion protocol, one going down for about six weeks already,

1133
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:22,360
Speaker 3: Cameron brink out for nearing a year now. She'll be

1134
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 3: making her turn soon, which is very exciting. But it's

1135
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 3: not just within the Los Angeles Sparks.

1136
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 2: You look across the.

1137
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 3: League, Caitlin Clark going out with a hamstring injury, Paige

1138
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,839
Speaker 3: Becker's a rookie going down, and so I just think

1139
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 3: it's something to note this early on in the season,

1140
00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:45,320
Speaker 3: maybe seven games now for the Sparks, and it's a conversation.

1141
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:49,319
Speaker 3: My broadcast team is having keep an eye out on it.

1142
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 3: But other than that, I think this league is retaining

1143
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:56,320
Speaker 3: the momentum that we saw with the surge of interest

1144
00:56:56,600 --> 00:57:00,680
Speaker 3: from Caitlin Clark's arrival last year. I think fans who

1145
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 3: came to watch her play have noticed that the quality

1146
00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:08,560
Speaker 3: of play in the w is excellent, and these athletes

1147
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 3: who have been there for years putting in the work,

1148
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,840
Speaker 3: laying down the foundation, are are there to meet the

1149
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 3: moment of the interest. And I think you're seeing that

1150
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 3: from brand interest too.

1151
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 2: So it's really fun.

1152
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:21,479
Speaker 3: One of the things I've absolutely loved is seeing these

1153
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 3: women lean into the fashion opportunity that comes with the

1154
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:29,440
Speaker 3: tunnel walks, because it's like, Okay, NBA guys, Okay, NFL guys,

1155
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:32,439
Speaker 3: hold hold my beer, right, I'm good, I'm gonna slay

1156
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 3: boots down. And I think that the partnerships we're seeing

1157
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:42,240
Speaker 3: evolve for women as commercial entities is really cool. So

1158
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 3: all in all, the seasons very young. The Minnesota Links

1159
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,760
Speaker 3: are just on a tear. New York Liberty, those two

1160
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:51,680
Speaker 3: teams are in the finals last year, so it's early.

1161
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:55,280
Speaker 2: But yeah, just a couple of you know, that's talking

1162
00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:58,560
Speaker 2: around the W. I love that's talking around the W.

1163
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:01,240
Speaker 2: I love that. I like that a lot. Well, we're

1164
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 2: going to talk something very different, but it came up

1165
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:08,320
Speaker 2: and I think it should be addressed. The new Cowboys

1166
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:11,720
Speaker 2: head coach Brian schottenhiber Heimer said this week he believes

1167
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 2: ten year veteran quarterback Dak Prescott is thirty one years old,

1168
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 2: still in a developmental phase. And I actually think I

1169
00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:23,400
Speaker 2: do know what he meant. But when it comes to

1170
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:25,920
Speaker 2: Dak Prescott, you kind of have to use your words

1171
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 2: carefully because Cowboys fans and football fans, they're like one

1172
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 2: extreme or the other. On Dak Prescott, he's either the

1173
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 2: guy and the greatest and he hasn't got enough help

1174
00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:38,000
Speaker 2: and he hasn't had good coaching, or they are never

1175
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:40,720
Speaker 2: gonna win a fluttled like a playoff game, let alone

1176
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 2: a super Bowl with Dak Prescott.

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00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 3: Stream and if you're either you know, a Cowboy fan

1178
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:46,600
Speaker 3: or you hate the Cowboys.

1179
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:49,720
Speaker 2: Yes, like also that that is I think that is true.

1180
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:52,560
Speaker 2: But to say he is still in the developmental phase

1181
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 2: at this point his career is slightly Here's what I

1182
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:00,720
Speaker 2: think he met. What I think I think he met

1183
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:04,080
Speaker 2: was its early and OTAs and you know they're coming

1184
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:07,439
Speaker 2: back and figuring things out and how is his team

1185
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:09,160
Speaker 2: going to work. I'm giving him the benefit of doubt.

1186
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:10,840
Speaker 2: That may not be what he meant, but calling it

1187
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:14,720
Speaker 2: the developmental phase basically just gave well Us and all

1188
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 2: sports radio fodder for months. To Tracy, I'm going to

1189
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:19,040
Speaker 2: give you an example.

1190
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:22,120
Speaker 3: Like, I have laundry that needs to be folded and

1191
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,560
Speaker 3: put away in my room, and I've been i've been traveling,

1192
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:28,480
Speaker 3: I've been procrastinating. But when I walk into my room

1193
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 3: and I see those piles of clothes, I say, we're

1194
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 3: in a developmental phase.

1195
00:59:33,680 --> 00:59:37,000
Speaker 2: That's what I'm gonna start throwing out there. That's gonna

1196
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:39,520
Speaker 2: be That's gonna be my you know hall past. Right now,

1197
00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 2: we're in a developmental phase. You know what, every time

1198
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:47,600
Speaker 2: I got groceries to make dinner and instead decide to

1199
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 2: door dash Uber Eats I am going to say, you

1200
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:54,480
Speaker 2: know what, I'm in a develop mental face.

1201
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 3: Every time you've been in a situationship and you ask

1202
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 3: the man, what are we, he goes, We're in a

1203
00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:00,000
Speaker 3: developmental face.

1204
01:00:00,680 --> 01:00:03,280
Speaker 2: Okay, that's gonna be the new that'll be the new one.

1205
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:08,000
Speaker 2: That's gonna be the new mutual party of ways consciously

1206
01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:12,480
Speaker 2: uncomfortable uncoupling. We are now in the developmental face. But

1207
01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:16,120
Speaker 2: this brings up something that we had a long time

1208
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 2: till football season actually starts.

1209
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:20,960
Speaker 3: I just kind of feel like everyone's feeling like football

1210
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 3: season's already here.

1211
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 2: Well we're because I think we're we're so desperate for football.

1212
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:31,920
Speaker 2: Has a sports society that as humanity. I try to

1213
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:35,160
Speaker 2: make it sports humanity, but maybe just humanity humanity generally

1214
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:40,520
Speaker 2: that any football seems like football. But what do we

1215
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:43,320
Speaker 2: think because I say this developmental phase thing is going

1216
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:46,520
Speaker 2: to follow Dak Prescott the entire season, do you think

1217
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,360
Speaker 2: by the time the season starts, we've moved on or

1218
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:50,560
Speaker 2: do you think this is he has one bad game

1219
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:52,880
Speaker 2: as big well or an interception. Well, you know, Dak

1220
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,440
Speaker 2: is in the developmental face. I think that's going to

1221
01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 2: stay throughout the season.

1222
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:59,840
Speaker 3: I also think anytime Stefan Diggs has a terrible game,

1223
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 3: will be re seeing that video of him on the

1224
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:09,000
Speaker 3: boat with the ladies and the substance he should not

1225
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 3: be with.

1226
01:01:09,560 --> 01:01:14,280
Speaker 2: So I think the Internet keeps its receipts. The Internet

1227
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:18,600
Speaker 2: is still posting the Giant's boat photo from the bye

1228
01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,640
Speaker 2: weekend in the playoffs several years ago, where they after

1229
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:24,160
Speaker 2: that photo things have just gone terribly, but the Internet

1230
01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:27,080
Speaker 2: is still posting that photo. So I think that Stephan

1231
01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 2: Diggs photo is going to have legs from now until eternity.

1232
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:33,600
Speaker 2: So is my developmental phase one hundred percent. I am

1233
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:36,919
Speaker 2: using this developmental phase thing about ordering food basically from

1234
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:38,600
Speaker 2: now until the end of time. There we go. But

1235
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:40,080
Speaker 2: you know what else I like, from now until the

1236
01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:42,920
Speaker 2: end of time. Martin Weiss and his sports updates it.

1237
01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:47,280
Speaker 7: Bottom of the eighth, thenning the Blue Jays with an

1238
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 7: eight to five lead over the age George Springer with

1239
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,520
Speaker 7: two home runs the Orioles.

1240
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:53,600
Speaker 6: Behind the Jackson Holiday home run.

1241
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:55,680
Speaker 7: I've afforded nothing lead over the White Sox, and the

1242
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:57,680
Speaker 7: top of the sixth, top of the fifth, thinning the

1243
01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:58,880
Speaker 7: Brewers pounding in the Philly.

1244
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:01,040
Speaker 6: This one's on FS one, twelve to one.

1245
01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:04,200
Speaker 7: The score Milwaukee in the League Cardinals with a two

1246
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:06,680
Speaker 7: to nothing lead over Texas top of the sixth inning,

1247
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:10,000
Speaker 7: top of the fifth, the Angel doubling up Cleveland four

1248
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:12,840
Speaker 7: to two. Top of the sixth inning. Here the Braves.

1249
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:15,920
Speaker 7: They extended their one lead over Boston to five nothing

1250
01:02:16,560 --> 01:02:19,080
Speaker 7: bottom of the seventh. Then in the Mets added on

1251
01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:21,840
Speaker 7: to their lead over the Rockies at seven to one

1252
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:25,160
Speaker 7: now and to the fifth ending the Miami with they

1253
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:28,040
Speaker 7: won nothing lead over San Franciscom Tigers in the ward

1254
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:30,480
Speaker 7: scoreless at the top of the six bottom of the

1255
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:33,920
Speaker 7: fifth inning the Rays and the Astros Tampa with a

1256
01:02:34,040 --> 01:02:37,560
Speaker 7: four to three lead. Speaking of the Astros, jord On

1257
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:40,600
Speaker 7: alvarez return to action delayed. He's missed twenty five games

1258
01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:42,880
Speaker 7: due to a muscle string in his right hand. Astros

1259
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 7: GM Dana Brown said a short time ago that follow

1260
01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:49,760
Speaker 7: up imaging revealed that Alvarez has a small fracture in

1261
01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:52,640
Speaker 7: the same hand, but it's nearly sixty percent healed, so

1262
01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:55,920
Speaker 7: he should be returning in the near future. Same story

1263
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:58,680
Speaker 7: form Mookie Betts hope that he will be back shortly.

1264
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:01,280
Speaker 7: He suspected to miss at least this weekend series against

1265
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,480
Speaker 7: the Yankees after fracturing the tip of his second left

1266
01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:07,560
Speaker 7: toe at home on Wednesday night after walking to the

1267
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:11,280
Speaker 7: bathroom in the dark. Florida Panthers forward Aj Greer status

1268
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 7: for the series opener and the Oilers remains uncertain, per

1269
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:16,240
Speaker 7: head coach Paul Maurice.

1270
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 6: He missed Game four.

1271
01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:19,960
Speaker 7: Of the Eastern Conference Final, but was on the ice

1272
01:03:19,960 --> 01:03:22,520
Speaker 7: for only four minutes twenty two seconds in Game five

1273
01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:26,080
Speaker 7: due to a lower body injury. And we are what

1274
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:28,920
Speaker 7: is it about two and a half hours away from

1275
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:31,760
Speaker 7: Game six of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Knicks

1276
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:34,360
Speaker 7: and the Pacers. The Pacers trying to clinch get to

1277
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:37,480
Speaker 7: the finals, the Knicks trying to keep at least one

1278
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,840
Speaker 7: more the season alive for at least one more Game

1279
01:03:40,280 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 7: three to two. Indiana leads that series. Ladies, Back to.

1280
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1282
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Speaker 3: it is my pleasure to welcome on a very special guest,

1291
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Speaker 3: host and producer. He covers the Oklahoma City Thunder. He

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01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:27,920
Speaker 3: hosts one of my favorite, i'd say local podcasts in

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Speaker 3: the NBA, Down to Dunk. And it's a full circle

1295
01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:34,800
Speaker 3: moment because when I first started covering the NBA, Andrew

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Speaker 3: little intimidated. He's like, let's just compare Thunder players to cereals.

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Speaker 3: So we were once upon a time comparing Kyle Singler

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Speaker 3: to what cereal he would be on the Thunder roster.

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Speaker 2: But Andrew, and what was it? Andrew, do you remember

1301
01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:51,000
Speaker 2: what do you think we called him at the time.

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Speaker 9: I mean, he had to be like grape nuts or

1303
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:54,520
Speaker 9: something right.

1304
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Speaker 3: That I think is period right on by Andrew. It's

1305
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:05,400
Speaker 3: been so fun watching, you know, the success of this

1306
01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:09,080
Speaker 3: Thunder team, the growth and the interest around the Thunder

1307
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:12,360
Speaker 3: a new era definitely from where we were talking about

1308
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 3: Kyle Singler.

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Speaker 2: So first of all, how is.

1310
01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:18,920
Speaker 3: This kind of whole reset, rebuild and now you're in

1311
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:20,000
Speaker 3: the NBA Finals.

1312
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 2: Momentum felt like to.

1313
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:25,040
Speaker 9: You, it's been it's been wild because I think I

1314
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:29,120
Speaker 9: saw stat recently that teams once they kind of bottom out,

1315
01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:32,600
Speaker 9: it usually takes them six years to get back to

1316
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:37,680
Speaker 9: like playing in the playoffs again, and so like think

1317
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,840
Speaker 9: about Detroit, Like the Detroit Pistons.

1318
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:41,080
Speaker 4: Are probably like a great example of that.

1319
01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:43,480
Speaker 9: It's taken them about six seasons to get back to

1320
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:46,080
Speaker 9: the playoffs and like now they're a relevant team. It

1321
01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:49,200
Speaker 9: took the Thunder five years and they're in the NBA

1322
01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:52,400
Speaker 9: Finals now, which is just mind blowing. Like this is

1323
01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:56,000
Speaker 9: it's very uncommon for and so many things had to

1324
01:05:56,040 --> 01:05:56,400
Speaker 9: go right.

1325
01:05:56,480 --> 01:05:56,640
Speaker 5: You know.

1326
01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:59,480
Speaker 9: They obviously the Paul George trade that got them Shay

1327
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:02,000
Speaker 9: Gills out Xander and all those draft picks one that

1328
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,920
Speaker 9: became Jalen Williams was kind of a once in a

1329
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:08,720
Speaker 9: lifetime type of deal that propelled them here. But they

1330
01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:11,320
Speaker 9: made so many other good decisions throughout. You know, hiring

1331
01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:14,240
Speaker 9: Mark Degnault as a coach was not a guy that

1332
01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:17,040
Speaker 9: was really on anybody's radar as an NBA head coach.

1333
01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:19,840
Speaker 9: And you know, press but press he knew what he

1334
01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:22,280
Speaker 9: had in him. You know, that's really worked out and

1335
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:25,959
Speaker 9: then you know, getting some luck and getting chet and

1336
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:29,080
Speaker 9: like there's been a lot of good fortune along the way,

1337
01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:33,080
Speaker 9: but it's been like careful planning and good fortune and

1338
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:37,280
Speaker 9: just like great organizational culture that has gotten to them

1339
01:06:37,320 --> 01:06:40,400
Speaker 9: to this point. I don't you would say, like, oh,

1340
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:42,240
Speaker 9: I don't think anyone could replicate this, Like the Thunder

1341
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:45,240
Speaker 9: done this twice now, which is just insane in the

1342
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:49,080
Speaker 9: lifetime of this franchise. So basically have just like Lightning

1343
01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:51,360
Speaker 9: strike twice. But like the more you kind of dig

1344
01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:54,200
Speaker 9: into it, and like it does seem like it seems like, oh,

1345
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:58,360
Speaker 9: this is crazy luck. But the more that I've become

1346
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:01,120
Speaker 9: just more familiar with the inner workings at the front

1347
01:07:01,120 --> 01:07:05,320
Speaker 9: office and stuff like that, this is no accident. Like

1348
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:09,320
Speaker 9: this is one of the best run franchises in sports,

1349
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:12,600
Speaker 9: and they have a great ownership group, you know, headed

1350
01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:15,480
Speaker 9: by Clay Bennett, and then San Presti is one of

1351
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:18,680
Speaker 9: a kind when it comes to a sports executive, and

1352
01:07:18,720 --> 01:07:23,040
Speaker 9: he's done just a ridiculous job, you know, forming this team.

1353
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:25,640
Speaker 2: Well, if Lightning was going to strike twice, it would

1354
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:30,560
Speaker 2: be for the Thunder. Sorry, I mean you said it

1355
01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:33,919
Speaker 2: as like I have no choice or no way, no way.

1356
01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:36,080
Speaker 2: Thank you for that, But I do have an actual

1357
01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:38,080
Speaker 2: question now that I feel I can pat myself on

1358
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:40,439
Speaker 2: the back for that. Is there a story, a local

1359
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:42,480
Speaker 2: story with a thunder that you think the national media

1360
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:44,480
Speaker 2: is missing or not making as big a deal about.

1361
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:47,480
Speaker 4: Oh, great question.

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01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:52,640
Speaker 9: I love getting into the nitty gritty what people are

1363
01:07:52,680 --> 01:07:57,200
Speaker 9: not well people are missing. Honestly, I think that's the

1364
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:01,880
Speaker 9: biggest thing that has gotten them to this point, outside

1365
01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:05,960
Speaker 9: of their best players, is the fact that they have

1366
01:08:06,080 --> 01:08:09,800
Speaker 9: Cason Wallace and Alex Cruso coming off the bench. Those two,

1367
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:14,280
Speaker 9: they're They're just an absolute menace, and they both defend

1368
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:18,479
Speaker 9: point guards through centers. They both defended Jokich at times,

1369
01:08:18,520 --> 01:08:21,280
Speaker 9: they both defended Julius Randall at times, they both defend

1370
01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:24,240
Speaker 9: you know, Anthony Edwards. Like the they come off the bench,

1371
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,599
Speaker 9: and they make a huge difference there. Their net rating,

1372
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:29,400
Speaker 9: I think skyrockets like a plus thirty when those two

1373
01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:34,360
Speaker 9: are in the game, and their best lineups include both

1374
01:08:34,400 --> 01:08:37,160
Speaker 9: of those guys, and so I do think that those

1375
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:41,080
Speaker 9: two are a huge reason. And it's funny because you

1376
01:08:41,160 --> 01:08:45,000
Speaker 9: have Alex Caruso who's won an NBA championship with the Lakers.

1377
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:47,800
Speaker 9: He's kind of he's been around the NBA for.

1378
01:08:47,720 --> 01:08:48,320
Speaker 5: A little while.

1379
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:52,240
Speaker 9: Cason Wallace is in year two and he's kind of

1380
01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:56,080
Speaker 9: like the perfect understudy to Alex Caruso. Like they have

1381
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:59,840
Speaker 9: like the same basketball DNA. You now both kind of

1382
01:09:00,320 --> 01:09:02,760
Speaker 9: not really primary point guards, but they both make really

1383
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:05,920
Speaker 9: good and smart decisions with the ball. They're both just

1384
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:09,519
Speaker 9: outrageous defenders for their size. They both love to guard up.

1385
01:09:10,520 --> 01:09:13,160
Speaker 9: They are very very similar in the way that they

1386
01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:15,400
Speaker 9: approach the game, and the fact that you have both

1387
01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:18,639
Speaker 9: of them, I think is one of like it's one

1388
01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:21,960
Speaker 9: of the secrets to their success because a lot of

1389
01:09:21,960 --> 01:09:24,439
Speaker 9: times when and especially in this playoffs and in this

1390
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:27,400
Speaker 9: NBA where there's not a ton of quality depth across

1391
01:09:27,400 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 9: the league, there's not a lot of times where the

1392
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:33,760
Speaker 9: bench guys come in and you're I think the fan

1393
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,920
Speaker 9: base gets excited. But like that's certainly the case in Okay.

1394
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:39,240
Speaker 9: See when Caruso in case and Wallace come off the bench,

1395
01:09:39,280 --> 01:09:42,120
Speaker 9: there's a pop in the arena every single time. So

1396
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:45,400
Speaker 9: I think that's probably something that's going a little bit underrated,

1397
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:47,120
Speaker 9: and it's and it's hard to like you have the MVP,

1398
01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:49,880
Speaker 9: you have a guy who's taken number two who's kind

1399
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:52,439
Speaker 9: of like a freak, and you have Jalen Williams, and

1400
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:55,280
Speaker 9: like obviously all the attentions on them, but like there's

1401
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:57,000
Speaker 9: there's these two guys coming off the bench that are

1402
01:09:57,040 --> 01:09:59,320
Speaker 9: a pretty huge secret to their success.

1403
01:10:00,439 --> 01:10:01,280
Speaker 2: And Andrew.

1404
01:10:01,320 --> 01:10:03,040
Speaker 3: I mean, you look at the type of leader Shay

1405
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:04,760
Speaker 3: Gilgos Alexander.

1406
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:07,360
Speaker 2: Is and it it all seems genuine.

1407
01:10:07,439 --> 01:10:11,440
Speaker 3: You know, every every act, every quote, every the group.

1408
01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:12,759
Speaker 2: Interviews after wins.

1409
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:16,160
Speaker 3: It can seem a little cheesy at times, I think

1410
01:10:16,160 --> 01:10:19,760
Speaker 3: for people who aren't, you know, in the depths of

1411
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:23,920
Speaker 3: covering this team, But what is the chemistry like from

1412
01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:26,439
Speaker 3: what you've observed firsthand.

1413
01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:28,800
Speaker 9: It's pretty genuine.

1414
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:29,320
Speaker 4: You know.

1415
01:10:29,360 --> 01:10:32,519
Speaker 9: I do think that people kind of look at them

1416
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:34,960
Speaker 9: from afar and see them as kind of being goofy

1417
01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:38,519
Speaker 9: and he's even real and what's going on here? But

1418
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:41,240
Speaker 9: I mean, I can assure you that even like when

1419
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:46,479
Speaker 9: the cameras aren't on, like Shay with his leadership, he

1420
01:10:46,600 --> 01:10:49,439
Speaker 9: brings like a lightness with him everywhere he goes. He's

1421
01:10:49,479 --> 01:10:53,920
Speaker 9: he's be bopping around everywhere, He's talking to everybody. He's

1422
01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:56,200
Speaker 9: he's pretty serious a lot of times when he's at

1423
01:10:56,240 --> 01:11:00,320
Speaker 9: the podium, But and you think, like, probably it's Jalen Willis.

1424
01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:02,559
Speaker 9: It's the one that's kind of bringing like this goofiness

1425
01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:06,559
Speaker 9: to the group. Like Shaye does that too. He kind

1426
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:09,080
Speaker 9: of sets the tone that way. He's obviously a very

1427
01:11:09,120 --> 01:11:12,800
Speaker 9: serious worker. But I think that there's like a tie

1428
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:15,400
Speaker 9: between he and Mark Deagnell for sure, and that they

1429
01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:22,439
Speaker 9: both are brilliant individuals, but they also have what a

1430
01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:24,840
Speaker 9: lot of like truly brilliant people don't have, and it's

1431
01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:28,840
Speaker 9: that they have like outrageous and good people's skills. And

1432
01:11:28,920 --> 01:11:30,920
Speaker 9: I think, yeah, they've got charisma for sure. And I

1433
01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:34,240
Speaker 9: think that that those two in the way that they work,

1434
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:38,360
Speaker 9: has really tied this team together in a real way.

1435
01:11:38,439 --> 01:11:41,200
Speaker 9: I think everyone is genuinely happy for everybody. You know,

1436
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:44,880
Speaker 9: after they won Game five and everybody's celebrating on the court,

1437
01:11:45,400 --> 01:11:48,800
Speaker 9: you could just see how genuinely happy everybody was, from

1438
01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:50,960
Speaker 9: like the ball boys all the way up to Sam

1439
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:54,760
Speaker 9: Presty on the court, and like it was just really

1440
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,559
Speaker 9: cool to be a fly on the wall and see that.

1441
01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:00,320
Speaker 9: There's I mean a lot of times Olim City is

1442
01:12:00,320 --> 01:12:03,439
Speaker 9: like accused of being like a college atmosphere, and like,

1443
01:12:03,560 --> 01:12:05,560
Speaker 9: look look at the way that the fans behave and

1444
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:08,719
Speaker 9: all this stuff, and watch this team and how young

1445
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:12,240
Speaker 9: they are and everything. But I do think that they're

1446
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:15,280
Speaker 9: doing their best to build that that camaraderie here. And

1447
01:12:15,280 --> 01:12:19,760
Speaker 9: it starts with Shay, and it's it's pretty genuine, you

1448
01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:21,120
Speaker 9: know from everything that I've seen.

1449
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:23,760
Speaker 2: Well, Andrew, we are going to end this interview with

1450
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:26,639
Speaker 2: how we began it. What cereal is? Shay?

1451
01:12:28,479 --> 01:12:29,080
Speaker 4: Good question?

1452
01:12:29,240 --> 01:12:33,800
Speaker 9: Okay, so I have been I mean, like, the the

1453
01:12:33,800 --> 01:12:36,719
Speaker 9: best cereal is cinnamon Toad's crunch.

1454
01:12:36,760 --> 01:12:37,719
Speaker 4: It's always been the case.

1455
01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:42,200
Speaker 9: Right now, I'm a little bit, I'm I'm kind of

1456
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:46,320
Speaker 9: on a raisin brand crunch kick. Okay, it's I mean,

1457
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:48,599
Speaker 9: that's it's a really good one. Actually, that's that cerial

1458
01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:50,639
Speaker 9: has more sugar than Cinnamon Too's crunch.

1459
01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:53,240
Speaker 2: WHOA, it's really breaking news.

1460
01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:54,720
Speaker 4: Honestly, want to.

1461
01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:56,880
Speaker 9: Stay away from to be It's it's a it's a

1462
01:12:56,920 --> 01:12:59,160
Speaker 9: big trap. Honestly, you think you're doing something good for

1463
01:12:59,240 --> 01:13:02,880
Speaker 9: yourself and it's destroying you. So I guess I won't

1464
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:05,120
Speaker 9: do that one.

1465
01:13:05,439 --> 01:13:05,960
Speaker 4: I will.

1466
01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:08,320
Speaker 9: I guess I will leave back to cinnamon toast crunch.

1467
01:13:08,360 --> 01:13:12,679
Speaker 9: It's just it's just genuinely the best, just like it's

1468
01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:15,760
Speaker 9: the fastball of cereals, Like you just know what you're

1469
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:17,439
Speaker 9: getting and it's very good.

1470
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:21,200
Speaker 2: And that's Shay Andrew. Thank you, we love it. Thank

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01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:24,799
Speaker 2: you so much for joining us here Today, you guys,

1472
01:13:24,920 --> 01:13:26,880
Speaker 2: we will be back with your field good Stories of

1473
01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:32,519
Speaker 2: the week. This is Fox Sports Saturday coming. We are

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01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:35,560
Speaker 2: coming to you live from the Fox Sports Radio studios

1475
01:13:35,760 --> 01:13:38,400
Speaker 2: and we have one of my favorite parts of the show,

1476
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:41,600
Speaker 2: the feel good Stories of the Week. We like to

1477
01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:46,479
Speaker 2: leave you guys smiling and feeling good. Hence they're being

1478
01:13:46,479 --> 01:13:49,000
Speaker 2: called the feel good Stories of the Week. So, Nikki,

1479
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:51,000
Speaker 2: I'm actually gonna start with one if you're if you're

1480
01:13:51,040 --> 01:13:54,320
Speaker 2: okay with that. So had some friends over for Memorial Day,

1481
01:13:54,439 --> 01:13:58,040
Speaker 2: including their daughters who are getting very into baseball, including

1482
01:13:58,040 --> 01:14:00,439
Speaker 2: their four year old, and we had the Dodger game

1483
01:14:00,479 --> 01:14:02,880
Speaker 2: on and it was six to two and she kept saying,

1484
01:14:02,880 --> 01:14:06,000
Speaker 2: they're not changing the score, and we explained that we

1485
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:08,080
Speaker 2: didn't want them to change the score because the Dodger's

1486
01:14:08,120 --> 01:14:10,840
Speaker 2: up six to two. Will Smith hits a solo home run,

1487
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:15,320
Speaker 2: and she explains, with some trepidation, they're changing the score.

1488
01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:17,640
Speaker 2: And they changed the score. They changed the score, but

1489
01:14:17,680 --> 01:14:19,559
Speaker 2: then she was worried because we told about and so

1490
01:14:20,120 --> 01:14:22,360
Speaker 2: now we're using that they change a score. But it

1491
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:25,559
Speaker 2: was just really fun because here is this like young

1492
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:30,519
Speaker 2: girl who is sitting watching baseball, cultivated, captivated, wants to

1493
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:32,960
Speaker 2: know the rules, wants to understand, and it was just

1494
01:14:33,320 --> 01:14:35,559
Speaker 2: it was really fun. It warmed my heart. And now

1495
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:38,080
Speaker 2: going forward, I'm going to be saying, either they changed

1496
01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:40,280
Speaker 2: the score or they did not change the score. You

1497
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:43,040
Speaker 2: know what, She's going to be sitting in my chair soon. Yeah,

1498
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:45,160
Speaker 2: I better watch out. But I love that.

1499
01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:48,320
Speaker 3: I love that, And she's going to have great awareness

1500
01:14:48,360 --> 01:14:50,120
Speaker 3: of the game too, to be locked in.

1501
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:52,920
Speaker 2: That's awesome, that's fantastic. It was really cute.

1502
01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:55,559
Speaker 3: I'm going to use changing the score and developmental stage

1503
01:14:55,720 --> 01:14:59,439
Speaker 3: from okay here on out moving forward. Yep, my feel

1504
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:02,559
Speaker 3: good story is is something that I saw in the

1505
01:15:02,640 --> 01:15:06,840
Speaker 3: w NBA. So on the Sparks there's veteran Kelsey Plum

1506
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:10,280
Speaker 3: who is just tearing it up in a new role

1507
01:15:10,560 --> 01:15:13,160
Speaker 3: in the Sparks uniform. She came to be a leader,

1508
01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:15,439
Speaker 3: but she also has a rookie on the team, Sarah

1509
01:15:15,479 --> 01:15:19,719
Speaker 3: Ashley Barker out of Alabama and she noticed her rookie,

1510
01:15:20,720 --> 01:15:24,080
Speaker 3: Kelsey Plum noticed her rookie at training camp was wearing

1511
01:15:24,120 --> 01:15:28,400
Speaker 3: some Sabrina Ironescu shoes and it looked pretty pretty worn out.

1512
01:15:28,720 --> 01:15:31,479
Speaker 3: And she goes they call each other say and KP.

1513
01:15:31,640 --> 01:15:33,840
Speaker 3: She goes, has, hey, get yourself some new shoes.

1514
01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:34,360
Speaker 2: What are we doing?

1515
01:15:34,439 --> 01:15:36,920
Speaker 3: And I think the rookie, you know, it's like I tried,

1516
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:39,320
Speaker 3: I tried, They're taking too long to get here.

1517
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:41,240
Speaker 2: So what did KP do? Well?

1518
01:15:41,560 --> 01:15:45,040
Speaker 3: She hit up iron Escu, who then sent her multiple

1519
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:51,280
Speaker 3: colorways or sent Sarah Ashley multiple colorways, and Kelsey Plum.

1520
01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:53,360
Speaker 2: Documented this all on social media. And I think I.

1521
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 3: Think that's a sisters looking out for sisters, you know.

1522
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:58,680
Speaker 3: And I always love it when you get an in

1523
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:03,720
Speaker 3: any league, veteran rookie kind of support, where I think

1524
01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:07,200
Speaker 3: sometimes it can be a little bit cutthroat, and rookies,

1525
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:09,840
Speaker 3: you know, are coming in with this confidence of like,

1526
01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 3: hey I got to figure it out, especially in the

1527
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:14,280
Speaker 3: W So I think that was a good feel good

1528
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:16,800
Speaker 3: moment for those those teammates.

1529
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:18,880
Speaker 2: I love that. I love that. I want to go

1530
01:16:18,920 --> 01:16:21,679
Speaker 2: back to something. Andrew was saying our previous guests about

1531
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:23,400
Speaker 2: how it could take a team when they hit rock

1532
01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:25,760
Speaker 2: bottom in the NBA six years to just get back

1533
01:16:25,760 --> 01:16:27,600
Speaker 2: to the playoffs and kind of what we're seeing. So

1534
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:30,080
Speaker 2: I brought this up earlier, but I want to talk

1535
01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:32,719
Speaker 2: a little about the Detroit Tigers because I think Detroit

1536
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:37,120
Speaker 2: sports had had a really rough rough go I mean

1537
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:40,760
Speaker 2: really or rough. It's been hard times. It has been

1538
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,120
Speaker 2: hard times, and we are seeing quite the glow up.

1539
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:47,519
Speaker 2: And the Tigers are interesting because last season they were

1540
01:16:47,520 --> 01:16:49,479
Speaker 2: good and then they kind of struggled towards the trade

1541
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:52,960
Speaker 2: deadline and they trade away Jack Flaherty. He's now back.

1542
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:55,559
Speaker 2: But now you look at this team and I know

1543
01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:57,320
Speaker 2: we're early. I think they're the best team in the

1544
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:00,120
Speaker 2: American League. They have the best pitcher to read school ball.

1545
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:03,679
Speaker 2: You heard it here first. I'm going with it. Scoo

1546
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:05,440
Speaker 2: Ball is incredible.

1547
01:17:05,680 --> 01:17:05,880
Speaker 4: To me.

1548
01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:08,280
Speaker 2: It's like, I mean, this is going way back and

1549
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:11,400
Speaker 2: dating myself a little, but watching him is like watching

1550
01:17:11,439 --> 01:17:14,439
Speaker 2: Greg Maddox. It's like a master and so one just

1551
01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:17,040
Speaker 2: knows how to pick apart battle. So that to me

1552
01:17:17,160 --> 01:17:18,880
Speaker 2: is a feel good story of the week for the

1553
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:22,200
Speaker 2: city of Detroit. I think it's just really fun to

1554
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:25,720
Speaker 2: watch and those fans deserve it. And you were up

1555
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:28,400
Speaker 2: in San Francisco too recently, right, I was up in

1556
01:17:28,439 --> 01:17:28,680
Speaker 2: the Bay.

1557
01:17:28,720 --> 01:17:31,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah for forty nine ers. Yeah for yeah Otia.

1558
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:33,200
Speaker 3: What's the vibel like up there?

1559
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:35,800
Speaker 2: That is there's another feel good story of the week.

1560
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:38,719
Speaker 2: The vibe is great. You have the contracts are done,

1561
01:17:38,840 --> 01:17:42,200
Speaker 2: the extensions are done, no drama. Here's what's pretty cool

1562
01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:45,000
Speaker 2: about the vibe up there right now. There is a fresh,

1563
01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:48,920
Speaker 2: youthful energy in that building that hasn't been there in

1564
01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:52,680
Speaker 2: a while, and they needed that. They desperately needed that.

1565
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:55,439
Speaker 2: Brock Party mentioned it last week at his press conference.

1566
01:17:55,560 --> 01:17:58,599
Speaker 2: I mean, brock Party is a field good story, right, Millennia, Right,

1567
01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:02,120
Speaker 2: But he's he mentioned it. And you know when I

1568
01:18:02,160 --> 01:18:04,960
Speaker 2: went to rookie Mini camp, guys get drafted and they

1569
01:18:04,960 --> 01:18:07,559
Speaker 2: go to rookie Mini camp. Of course they're excited, everyone's excited.

1570
01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:09,880
Speaker 2: But there was something about everybody that we talked to

1571
01:18:10,360 --> 01:18:13,240
Speaker 2: that I was like, this appears different, this feels different,

1572
01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:16,200
Speaker 2: and they needed it. You know, those previous teams, and

1573
01:18:16,240 --> 01:18:18,679
Speaker 2: I've said this many times, were built to win super Bowls.

1574
01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:21,519
Speaker 2: They didn't win super Bowls, and that that era is

1575
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:24,519
Speaker 2: over that I don't know how I feel about windows.

1576
01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:26,720
Speaker 2: Maybe that window is closed, but that doesn't mean the

1577
01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:31,280
Speaker 2: window is closed, and the vibe up there is really good,

1578
01:18:31,479 --> 01:18:34,439
Speaker 2: and I think Rock Party to go back on that.

1579
01:18:34,520 --> 01:18:37,960
Speaker 2: He comes in to his press conference after signing this

1580
01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:40,479
Speaker 2: massive deal, you know, last pick in the draft, who's

1581
01:18:40,479 --> 01:18:44,040
Speaker 2: now franchise quarterback. He comes in his forty nine or

1582
01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:48,360
Speaker 2: sweats and a baseball hat and is just rock Party.

1583
01:18:48,400 --> 01:18:51,240
Speaker 2: And he was asked the biggest purchase he would make,

1584
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:53,640
Speaker 2: and he said his wife would get annoyed at this,

1585
01:18:53,680 --> 01:18:57,200
Speaker 2: but he really wants a bass boat. And I was like,

1586
01:18:57,320 --> 01:19:00,000
Speaker 2: this is the beauty of rock Party because he will

1587
01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:02,519
Speaker 2: always just be Brock Party. And that's fantastic.

1588
01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:04,760
Speaker 3: That's a feel good moment, and I'll give you one

1589
01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:08,320
Speaker 3: more feel good moment. Shay Gil just Alexander following winning

1590
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:12,200
Speaker 3: the Western Conference Finals winning Western Conference Finals MVP, saying

1591
01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:15,479
Speaker 3: that the most incredible thing about this year has been

1592
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:18,080
Speaker 3: having his son because he can look at his son

1593
01:19:18,160 --> 01:19:22,719
Speaker 3: and say, basketball truly doesn't matter because his son loves

1594
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:25,920
Speaker 3: him no matter what he does. You know, he has

1595
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:29,559
Speaker 3: no clue. He's sitting there, baby smiling, has no clue.

1596
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:32,400
Speaker 2: His dad just won the Western Conference Finals, right, and

1597
01:19:32,439 --> 01:19:33,880
Speaker 2: I thought that really hit home.

1598
01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:36,719
Speaker 3: It's really cool to see someone excelling in all stages

1599
01:19:36,760 --> 01:19:39,719
Speaker 3: of life, their career, on the court, as a father,

1600
01:19:40,280 --> 01:19:42,760
Speaker 3: you know. So by all accounts, Okay, see you feel

1601
01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:43,679
Speaker 3: good story as well.

1602
01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:47,080
Speaker 2: I agree with that. I love that. You guys, we

1603
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:50,000
Speaker 2: have had so much fun with you. Say so it's over.

1604
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:53,080
Speaker 2: It's it's just about over. Not don't feel good about that.

1605
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:54,880
Speaker 2: I'll tell you that right now. But this was a

1606
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:58,240
Speaker 2: ton of fun and we loved, loved, loved being with you.

1607
01:19:58,280 --> 01:20:02,679
Speaker 2: But it's not over coming. Up next on Fox Sports Saturday,

1608
01:20:02,920 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 2: we have Steve Hartman and Martin Wise to continue all

1609
01:20:06,880 --> 01:20:10,040
Speaker 2: the fun on your airwaves. You guys, so enjoy it

1610
01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:16,760
Speaker 2: and go Dodgers and enjoy enjoy Game six tonight. You

1611
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:18,519
Speaker 2: actually joy Game six night. You guys root for that

1612
01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:20,240
Speaker 2: Game seven. It's gonna be a lot of fun. I

1613
01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:24,400
Speaker 2: can't wait. I'm thinking we're getting Nicks thunder NBA Finals.

1614
01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:25,880
Speaker 2: I kind of feel like like that too. Have you

1615
01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:26,759
Speaker 2: heard it here first