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Speaker 1: Um This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello and

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Speaker 1: welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Straight Fired. Wednesday, January seven,

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Speaker 1: Big night in Sports Last night, No, it was not

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Speaker 1: We spent a time at dinner talking about whether or

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Speaker 1: a certain kind. That's where we are as a failing

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Speaker 1: out football season ending, we're pivoting to the NBA. But

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Speaker 1: of course it was a slow Tuesday night in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to Bradley Beale, who had a moment there

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Speaker 1: on the bench Tuesday night. You're gonna see a lot

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Speaker 1: I'm still waiting for some Matt Stafford stuff to come in.

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Speaker 1: No Deshaun Watson news as of now. Um, but you

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Speaker 1: know this is a weird NBA thing that I've been seeing. Okay,

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Speaker 1: usually a big Christmas sport the NBA, And I just

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Speaker 1: I gotta confess I'm not I keep telling myself, Jason,

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Speaker 1: don't check your mentions on Twitter, Jason, don't always check

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Speaker 1: Facebook messages. And I accidentally did that on Tuesday. All

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Speaker 1: three And for some reason, the hate for Lebron and

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Speaker 1: And it's Wow. The more success Lebron James has, the

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Speaker 1: It's one of the most bizarre things I've seen in

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Speaker 1: even people who don't like Tom Brady right, why he

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Speaker 1: and he's in the Super Bowl and he's forty three.

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Speaker 1: This guy Brady is incredible, even if you don't like him.

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Speaker 1: And you guys know me, I'm a Jets fan, not

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Speaker 1: It's incredible even and and this dovetails into a little

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Speaker 1: He's unstoppable. You would watch when Barry Bonds stepped to

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Speaker 1: up on Lebron saying he was gonna win not six, No,

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Speaker 1: saying people want to protect their era. Most of the

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Speaker 1: just want to protect their era. And Charles Barkley obviously

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Speaker 1: Alonzo ball situation. Have you robbed you? I don't know

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Speaker 1: how dialed in you are to Alonzo. But the New

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Speaker 1: Orleans Pellkins have the second worst record in the West

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Speaker 1: and that was not supposed to happen. With David Griffin

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Speaker 1: coming in. Everybody loves him. I mean the guy worked

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Speaker 1: at ESPN. Of course everybody is going to say nice

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Speaker 1: things about him and Brandon Ingram's making the leap. Zach

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Speaker 1: Low wrote like seven thousand words on Brandon Ingram, who

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Speaker 1: has been very good. And the Pelicans have five wins.

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Speaker 1: Um another year, another season. They can't stop anybody. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this team is going nowhere fast. And I had heard

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Speaker 1: Alonzo was on the trade block over the summer or

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Speaker 1: the off season. It didn't happen, and I mean he

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Speaker 1: just turned twenty three, Rob, I I gotta ask you

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Speaker 1: this over under All Star Games, a Lonzo Ball will

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Speaker 1: make in his career one and a half under. Oh god,

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Speaker 1: but that's not I don't mean to slight Lonzo bog

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Speaker 1: By the way, I know, but that's the thing. Here's

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Speaker 1: how it works. Now. If you don't say something glowing

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Speaker 1: about somebody you're about, you're bashing, And if you say

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Speaker 1: something nice, you're ball washing him, right, ball wash a lot,

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady, of course, of course, yeah, Tom Brady, A

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Speaker 1: Lonzo ball was the second pick in the draft. And

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Speaker 1: I don't know, does Magic Johnson bear some responsibility for saying, hey, man,

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Speaker 1: don't take all my records. Um. I think that his dad,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna go that route, would play more responsibility

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Speaker 1: into it, because he sold a bill of goods to

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Speaker 1: every single media member who was willing to talk to him.

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Speaker 1: And that was the fault of of people like me

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Speaker 1: and you versus more than you know, the dad's fault,

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Speaker 1: because we kept putting a microphone in his face. You know,

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Speaker 1: we were so well have eyes, right, but we saw

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Speaker 1: a Lonzo he was good. But I'll remember I was firm, dear,

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Speaker 1: and Fox was a better prospect in my eyes. Now

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Speaker 1: he doesn't want anything either, um, but yeah, and it's

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Speaker 1: like it's not to say that Alonzo's I still think

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Speaker 1: he's a good player, can be a good player. It's

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Speaker 1: just you know, wait, wait, wait, time out, time out.

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Speaker 1: Good he's a good player right now? I think that

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Speaker 1: Rob g Let me give you his career numbers. Ready,

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Speaker 1: you said he's a good player. Career numbers only a

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Speaker 1: hundred seventy four games in. He just turned twenty three

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Speaker 1: career shooting percentage, nine career three point percentage, thirty three

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Speaker 1: career free throw percentage. Rob even if you look at

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Speaker 1: this year, he's shooting from three percent from the free

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Speaker 1: throw line. Is he a good player? You don't become

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Speaker 1: the youngest player in NBA history to post a triple

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Speaker 1: double and not and just be a dogshit player. I

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Speaker 1: didn't saying as bad as his current numbers. He this

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Speaker 1: is like it's not a perfect comparison, but this is

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Speaker 1: the one that that makes sense right ahead immediately. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's certain guys that just get put in positions that

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Speaker 1: are set up to fail. And the one that always

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Speaker 1: sound out to me in the end NFL because it's

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Speaker 1: probably the most recent is Josh Rosen. Josh Rosen was

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Speaker 1: drafted number ten. He got thrown in there. His rookie

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Speaker 1: season behind arguably the worst offensive line in the league,

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Speaker 1: got destroyed, and immediately his coach gets fired. They bring

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Speaker 1: in a new guy who gets the number one pick.

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Speaker 1: He wants a different quarterback, They take him. They send

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Speaker 1: Josh Rosen over to Miami again, terrible weapons and Ryan

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Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick who's not a starting quarterback in the NFL, but

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Speaker 1: is a high quality backup and can win you five

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Speaker 1: to eight games on any given season because he's just

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Speaker 1: a professional quarterback. So if you're gonna and then Brian

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Speaker 1: Flores is there and he decides, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: develop guys, I want to actually win because I want

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Speaker 1: to build a winning culture. So of course you're gonna

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Speaker 1: go with the guy who's a seasoned veteran. Never really

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Speaker 1: gave Josh Rosen a chance to succeed Lonzo Ball when

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Speaker 1: he was with the Lakers in the beginning his his

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Speaker 1: first season. He was fine, Like he he he did

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Speaker 1: all the things that that you see l a that

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Speaker 1: you hoped he would do. You know, the jump shot

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Speaker 1: but he was defending at a high level. He was,

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Speaker 1: you know, moving the Ball sharing at high i Q,

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Speaker 1: you know, doing a lot of good things, and then

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Speaker 1: Lebron shows up. Well. Instantly, everything that Lonzo Ball does

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Speaker 1: well becomes a moot point because Lebron does all of

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Speaker 1: them better. So there's no reason for him to be

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Speaker 1: used in the way that makes the most sense. So

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Speaker 1: he gets traded to New Orleans. New Orleans has Drew Holiday.

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Speaker 1: Of course, you're if you have a choice between which

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Speaker 1: of these point guards you want to run your show,

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Speaker 1: You're gonna go with Drew Holiday, who's a borderline all

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Speaker 1: stllar every year. You're not gonna go with the young guys,

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Speaker 1: So that that's the problem. Then stan Van Gundy comes

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Speaker 1: in and David Griffin, who, by the way, shout out

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Speaker 1: for all those draft picks that doesn't do ship for you.

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Speaker 1: When you know your team sucks. You know who cares

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00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: well of those draft picks. He decides, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I got Zion Williamson, I got Brandon Ingram a Lonzo Ball.

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna add a

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Speaker 1: traditional big to clog up the lane for all these

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Speaker 1: guys and get Steven Adams. I'm gonna trade for Eric

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Speaker 1: Bledsoe another point guard when I already have a point

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00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: guard on the roster. It's like he's not being given

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Speaker 1: the keys to do exactly what's gonna make him good.

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Speaker 1: It's it's kind of like what's going on with Ben Simmons.

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Speaker 1: It's like, what do you think is going to happen

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Speaker 1: when you're not accentuating his strengths. You're trying to fit

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Speaker 1: him into this this square peg, round hole, and you're

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Speaker 1: asking him to be a disappointment in that in that sense,

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Speaker 1: all right, so I'll push back on the Ben Simmons.

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Speaker 1: I think he was third team All NBA. Um, but

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Speaker 1: are you saying the best version? I'm seeing the best version?

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00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: We haven't yet. But this is also a guy who,

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Speaker 1: along with Jimmy Butler and Reddick and Be nearly beat

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Speaker 1: the Raptors a couple of years ago in the playoffs. Again,

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Speaker 1: Alonzo is really young, hundred seventy four games into the career.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, Rob g at some level, you've got

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Speaker 1: to if you awesome, you are going to elevate those

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Speaker 1: around you. Like take DeShawn Watson, Okay, loses his awesome receiver,

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Speaker 1: Terrible offensive line coaches fired. Um, you know, no running game.

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Speaker 1: They didn't win a lot this year, but he was incredible. Statistically,

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, surrounded by Heaping Manure, was a statistically a

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Speaker 1: top six quarterback in the NFL this year. He was

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Speaker 1: off the charts and you can see, oh, man, get

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Speaker 1: this guy some help. You're gonna win. We haven't seen

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Speaker 1: that from Lonzo. I'm not saying we can't. I just

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Speaker 1: I mean, can the guy makes six of his free throws?

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Speaker 1: Is that too much to ask? I mean, rob g

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Speaker 1: shooting from deep within. I just I haven't seen it. Um,

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Speaker 1: maybe you know, uh my my NBA comp for him.

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Speaker 1: I had an NBA comp for Trey Young being um

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Speaker 1: Mike Bibby, and I think Trey Young, you know, obviously

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00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: was a much better score last year than Bibby. But

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Speaker 1: at least Baby knew his role, he knew what to do.

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Speaker 1: Like Trey Young's fighting for his role. He's like, I'm

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Speaker 1: a star, I get buckets. And then he's got like

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Speaker 1: guys around him who could score, and they're like, oh,

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Speaker 1: you don't play any defense and we're not winning. Like

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Speaker 1: Trey Young has gotta change his game. Like at some point,

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Speaker 1: Lonzo has to adapt. And I think The best comparison

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Speaker 1: for him for me is uh Andre Miller, who believe

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Speaker 1: it or not, played seventeen seasons in the NBA, never

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Speaker 1: made the All Star Game. But he was a really

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Speaker 1: good player. He was not like a below average guy. Now,

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Speaker 1: Andre Miller ended up I think top fifteen and assists

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Speaker 1: and he was on a lot of playoff teams. One

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Speaker 1: year led the NBA and assists. Um. Funny side note.

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Speaker 1: I was playing in a tennis tournament in l A

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Speaker 1: two years ago and I go to tell my score

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Speaker 1: a win of course, to the scorers table, and there's

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Speaker 1: this huge guy in front of me, and I'm like, man,

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Speaker 1: I hope I don't have to play this guy. He's

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Speaker 1: jack In. Look at the arms on this guy. My gosh,

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Speaker 1: you get everything at a net. And I instantly started scouting,

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Speaker 1: like how would I beat this guy? He turns around

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Speaker 1: and it's Andre Miller, the NBA point guard. I'm like, oh,

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Speaker 1: what's up? You know? Um? And luckily I didn't have

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Speaker 1: to play him. He got knocked out. I made the

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00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: semifinals loss to the eventual champ. You don't really care,

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Speaker 1: but um, I got crushed by the eventual champ. But

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00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 1: he killed everybody didn't lose his set to anyone and

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Speaker 1: now way off topic. But I played him tougher than

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Speaker 1: anyone else. Did you trust me on this? Um? I

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Speaker 1: think if Alonzo has the career of Andre Miller, if

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Speaker 1: he can stick around for seventeen years, if he can

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Speaker 1: um make a lot of money and pass the ball

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Speaker 1: and make shots when need be, I think that's a

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Speaker 1: good career and and a funny side note, And I'm

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Speaker 1: not bashing uh Alonzo ball here. So I got a

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Speaker 1: buddy who lived across the street from him. Alonzo was

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Speaker 1: renting a house near us, and you know, apparently he

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Speaker 1: was super nice in the neighborhood to all the young

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Speaker 1: kids who obviously know Alonzo ball. Um, I'm not bashing him,

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00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: but Rob, the fact of the matter is his younger brother,

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Speaker 1: LaMelo is already a better player than him. And you

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Speaker 1: know we talked about player efficiency rating. Your kitch is

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Speaker 1: one and beat his two. Among the fifty five sixty

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Speaker 1: six point cards, Alonzo player efficiency rating fifty and everyone

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Speaker 1: below him um plays many fewer minutes. He plays a

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Speaker 1: lot of minutes. Uh fifty five out of sixty six

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Speaker 1: point cards. LaMelo Ball, By the way, twenty three out

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Speaker 1: of sixty six point cards, ahead of Jamal Murray, Dennis Shrewder,

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Speaker 1: like LaMelo Ball who's nineteen, is playing really well? Um,

632
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: I would say, and Rob feel free to push back.

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00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: Best case scenario right now for Alonzo is he goes

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00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 1: to a good team and it's like a backup point guard,

635
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: the way like Jason Williams ak White Chocolate was with

636
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 1: the Miami Heat when they on the title. I think

637
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: it was weighed in two thousand six, UM, and they

638
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: had like Mario Chalmers starting and Jay will came off

639
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 1: the bench. Remember Sean Livingston with the Warriors. He was

640
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,879
Speaker 1: like that second unit guy fifteen to twenty minutes a night.

641
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: He was going to be a professional. He was gonna

642
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: make some shots, distribute the ball, play defense like that.

643
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Speaker 1: I think is probably a Lonzo's future. Is that too harsh? Now?

644
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Speaker 1: I'll look for a team. But you tell me, is

645
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: that is that too critical of an assessment? I would

646
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: say yes, because he's so young. I mean, if you

647
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,919
Speaker 1: were to look just two guys out top of my head.

648
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: Paul George his second season was getting twelve points and

649
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: five rebounds a game, shooting right. He was also like

650
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: the end of the lottery guy. I think, yeah, exactly.

651
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler took him until he was twenty five to

652
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: average more than thirteen points a game, and even the

653
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: season before he averaged thirty nine percent shooting from three. Like, like,

654
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 1: they're there, and I know that we, you know, as

655
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: like me and you were part of the problem because

656
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: we expect, you know, because of what Luca dodch Is did,

657
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 1: we expect guys to just pop right away. No, I've

658
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: adjusted expectations for thats and definitely, but the thing is

659
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 1: that he kind of did pop early in his career.

660
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 1: He he was doing things. He was on Sports Center

661
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: getting a couple of triple of doubles. You I think

662
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: he averaged like ten seven and seven as a rookie

663
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: on a dogshit team, which you know, if you want

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Speaker 1: to compare him to his brother, who I think is

665
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: definitely the more talented to you know, he's averaging right

666
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: now eleven six and six, So they're kind of there

667
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: at that point in their careers. They were the same guy,

668
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: but Alonzo was a better defender. So what if Alonzo

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00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,959
Speaker 1: can get to say the Utah Jazz, I'm just looking

670
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: at their depth chart. Jazz a thirteen and four. Good team, quinnsider,

671
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: great coach. Right, there's no pressure for Alonso there. Okay,

672
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 1: they got a starter Mike Conley. They don't really have

673
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: a backup point guard. Jordan Clarkson is like instant offense

674
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: off the bench. You don't pass with the second unit.

675
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: He is just jacking. You get Alonzo, you get some

676
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: step ability in the second unit. Um. I don't even

677
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: think Alonzo will have the career of Ricky Rubio. Oh damn, Okay,

678
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,760
Speaker 1: well you know what that wrong again? You're taking shots

679
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: at guys who have nothing to do, Like rick is

680
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:19,280
Speaker 1: mining his own business in Utah, chilling, listening to whatever.

681
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: He's mining his business, and you're taking shots at him. Um, No,

682
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,439
Speaker 1: you know what, that's not a shot. Like I Ricky

683
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: Ruby is a good player, but I don't think he's

684
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: ever been at all. No. Um, he had a lot

685
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: of hype coming in Roum who also never been an

686
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: All Star. C J McCollum. And I'm just saying, like,

687
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: if if the barometer is being an All Star, I

688
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: mean you you said it yourself at the top of

689
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: the show. You know, the league has more talent probably

690
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: than ever top to bottom like there's this is just loaded,

691
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: especially in the Western Conference. Um the team that I

692
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: think I would love to see him go to. And

693
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: this was actually floated out as one of the trade

694
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 1: partners by Sham Serna and the the column he wrote

695
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: about Lonzo about a Lonzo being mentioned in trade talk

696
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: is the Golden State Warriors because he can He plays

697
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 1: exactly like Draymond Green, but as a point guard, he

698
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: does all the little things it takes to win. He

699
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: moves the ball. He's not going to be pounding it

700
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: because you know, we're trying to set up Steph Curry

701
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: for a bunch of threes. So he could be like

702
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: Andrea a Guadala in that offense. He he could do

703
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: all the same things. Yeah huh, learning behind a pro

704
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 1: like Steph, I don't Draymond might break. Look what the

705
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: Warriors did to Andrew Wiggins. Suddenly there was a column,

706
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: I think in the Athletic saying, look at how much

707
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins has come along since his days in minister

708
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,399
Speaker 1: I haven't noticed is he playing well? He's always been

709
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: the same kind of guy to me. He gives you

710
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: numbers but doesn't really affect winning. But you know, suddenly

711
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 1: you're in that culture and Steph Curry, you know, carries

712
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 1: you to a couple of wins. And Draymond Green for

713
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: all the talk about him being a bad player, because

714
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,399
Speaker 1: what is it, pool single, I think that's what uh

715
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: Charles Barkley called him because he doesn't scored, doesn't put

716
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: up a city. He's like three three and three or

717
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: something like that. But he helps teams win. So yeah,

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00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: he's a winning player, right, And I think if you

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00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: get Alonzo Ball in the right system, he's gonna be great.

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Speaker 1: Well great, great, it's a bad word to use. He's

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00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: gonna be not as a starter, right, not as a

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00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: starter with with that team. He could have had the

723
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: trade a weak for Kelly Hubra. That's the that's what's

724
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: being floated out there. Oh that's disgusting. No way, you

725
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: wouldn't trade him Kelly. Kelly is struggling. But come on,

726
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: it's if the Pelicans. What they're trying to do is

727
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: just stack up draft picks, because David Griffin has convinced

728
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: you guys that if he has twenty eight draft picks,

729
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: he's gonna, you know, have a great team eventually. I

730
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: don't know, I it would be fun if Michael Jordan's

731
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Speaker 1: would trade for Alonzo so they could have the brothers.

732
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: But I'll say they pick up Lee Angelo. Okay, now

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Speaker 1: I'm now I'm excited. You see l A. East, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I just I look at that Charlotte team.

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Speaker 1: They're they're interesting to me. Gordon Hayward's planned with aiculously

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Speaker 1: well he was like a third team All NBA or

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00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: this year. I'm t team Gordon Hayward. Um. But you

738
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 1: look at their depth chart, their stacked to guard. You know,

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00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: they got Rogier Graham, LaMelo Ball, they got one of

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Speaker 1: the Martin. Oh, they got both Martin twins from Nevada,

741
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: Cody and Caleb. They're they're all right. I don't know

742
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 1: why Malik Monk is he is he suspended for drugs?

743
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. But the Hornets issue is they actually

744
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: have too many guards. They need to remove some of them,

745
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: not get another one. That's their problem. Yeah, all right, anyways,

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00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 1: we've prattled on long enough about a Lonzo Ball. I

747
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: still can't believe you think he's a good player right now.

748
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 1: That's just stunning to me. Rong. Don't just read the

749
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 1: box scores. You gotta watch the games. I'm not. I'm not.

750
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the stats. Looking at that. I just said,

751
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: don't read the box scores. You say, I'm not, I'm

752
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: looking at stats. It's kind of the same thing, but

753
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:47,400
Speaker 1: the efficiency no. I mean, listen, every time I watch

754
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 1: he's like splitting time with Bledsoe or um. He's in

755
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 1: a unit where he doesn't have like an opportunity to

756
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: do much, and I don't see him making an impact

757
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 1: at the defensive end like he was supposed to be,

758
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: this all tool guy. And I haven't seen any of

759
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: them other than the occasional Sports Center highlight that they

760
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 1: jam in there because they know that a Lonzo has

761
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: like seven million Instagram followers. So if they're like a

762
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: Lonzo on the graund maybe they'll watch us to see

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00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: the highlights. Do you want to know? How does sound

764
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:22,359
Speaker 1: very outre efficiency ratings? Are? You know who's a who's

765
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: ahead of Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving at number

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Speaker 1: eleven and it's cancer and it's cancer played Chris Boucher.

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00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: He's been great. He's number fifteen, ahead of Lebron j Okay,

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00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: here's a good one. Uh, Lebron James is eighteen you

769
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 1: know who's right ahead of him. I don't believe in COVID,

770
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: Michael Porter Jr. So come on, Michael, Michael. That's the

771
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,879
Speaker 1: whole point of PR. PR is an outdate. It's not

772
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: the end all be all, definitely not. But it's not

773
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,359
Speaker 1: like points per game or rebounds or assist that doesn't matter.

774
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,879
Speaker 1: That doesn't really tests what someone doing. Efficiency numbers are better.

775
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 1: You just brought up Gordon Hayward. You know who he's

776
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: behind a player efficient rating. He's by Jordie Clarkson. He's

777
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: number forty, and we just and I agree with you.

778
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward has been great this season. Well he's got

779
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 1: to do everything on that. Charlotte Jeremy Jeremy Grist been

780
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:19,760
Speaker 1: playing great in Detroit. Have you It's like the number

781
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 1: one options. I'm not even kidding, Like, come on, man,

782
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: you gotta take this kind of stuff into account. See,

783
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: I'm doing fantasy, so I see the box scores every night,

784
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: and Jeremy Grant's putting up numbers. Um, the problem is

785
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: they have nobody. Blake Griffin's on his way out there

786
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: trying to trade Derrick Rows. Anyways, all right, we've gone

787
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: on too long. Um, rob g Any final thoughts besides

788
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 1: a Lonzo, where's Bradley Bell getting traded the team that

789
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: the Lakers are playing tonight? I think he goes to Philly.

790
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: I think Ben Simmons that's the deal that gets made.

791
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: Oh that's spicy. I'll double down on that. So all right,

792
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: thank you for listening. That's a lot of NBA talk, booth.

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00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: I gotta get back to NFL tomorrow. Maybe college basketball

794
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Speaker 1: next week, anyone. Anyways, everybody take care out there. We'll

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