WEBVTT - Hour 1 – The NBA Playoffs Have Finally Begun!

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<v Speaker 2>basketball yesterday. Over the weekend, the Pacers are a sneaky

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<v Speaker 2>good team. I know they're facing a banged up Bucks

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<v Speaker 2>team without Dame Lillard, but they win nuggets and overtime

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<v Speaker 2>over the Clippers. The Knicks, I thought they were going

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<v Speaker 2>to lose to the Pistons, and then there was a

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one to nothing run and the Knicks survive Game one,

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<v Speaker 2>the Timberwolves over the Lakers. And then yesterday the Thunder

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<v Speaker 2>beat the Grizz by fifty one points, the largest game

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<v Speaker 2>one victory margin of victory in NBA history. Fifty one

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<v Speaker 2>points the largest in a playoff game since twenty fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're watching the game, and I felt bad for

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Breen, he's the play by play voice, and I'm going, Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have to do some Phil You're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>to tell some stories with Richard Jefferson here and Doris

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<v Speaker 2>Burke because this game is gonna get out of hand early.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lakers somehow were surprised at the physicality of the Timberwolves.

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<v Speaker 2>I never understood that. I don't know if I'd ever

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<v Speaker 2>admit that where I go. Yeah, dang man, they play physical.

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<v Speaker 2>Luca played well, but the rest of the team didn't

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<v Speaker 2>hold up there under the bargain, and Minnesota came after

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<v Speaker 2>them and didn't let up.

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<v Speaker 3>And picked up the victory there.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, you can't lose games at home, can't,

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<v Speaker 2>not first round, can't. And you can't be surprised at

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<v Speaker 2>the physicality of a team there, but they were. But

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<v Speaker 2>Luca did have a respectable game, but you know, Minnesota

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<v Speaker 2>had a balance to attack here. Oh, Colaoma City, they're

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<v Speaker 2>a cute story. They're no longer a cute story. They're

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<v Speaker 2>a real story. And I think sometimes we get caught

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<v Speaker 2>up and he goes, oh that team out there, and no,

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<v Speaker 2>Oklaoma City, Oh look at them. How many wins do

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<v Speaker 2>they have. They went sixty eight and fourteen. They dominated.

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<v Speaker 2>You got some other players on that team. I know

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to have the MVP in shay Jalen Williams

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<v Speaker 2>is a rising star. Ched Holmgren maybe a future Defensive

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<v Speaker 2>Player of the Year winner. They got a really good bench.

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<v Speaker 2>The Thunder no longer a cute story. They're a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>They are. They're a real problem. And sometimes you'll see

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<v Speaker 2>teams I mentioned this with Houston. Houston lost to Golden State.

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<v Speaker 2>There are certain teams that go into the playoffs and

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost like it's a fact finding mission. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>a school trip. You're like, let's go see what that's like. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go into the playoffs and see what that's like,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we can kind of collect our thoughts and

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<v Speaker 2>then get ready to go into next season. Now, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to say that they're not going to beat

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<v Speaker 2>Golden State. I will be surprised if they beat Golden State,

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<v Speaker 2>only because of Golden State has been there. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if you look at just Steph Curry, Steph has more

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<v Speaker 2>playoff games than the entire roster. Then you throw in

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<v Speaker 2>Draymond Green, then you throw in Jimmy Butler, then you

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<v Speaker 2>throw in some of these bench guys, then you throw

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<v Speaker 2>in Steve Kerr. It's an incredible advantage for them. And

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<v Speaker 2>you saw with Steph and Playoff Jimmy, they're probably the

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<v Speaker 2>best tandem in the NBA. And I thought, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Luca and Lebron the way they were playing at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the regular season, and I would probably still

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<v Speaker 2>side with them. But probably the general consensus is Steph

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<v Speaker 2>and playoff Jimmy the best tandem. But the Cabs rolled,

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<v Speaker 2>they beat the Heat, but the Warriors beating the Rockets.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not surprised at that at all. It's just different basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's certain teams. Oklahoma City, they were on a

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<v Speaker 2>fact finding mission last year, then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>you go, Okay, what did we learn? Go down through

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<v Speaker 2>history a lot of times you have to lose to

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<v Speaker 2>learn how to win. What does it take? What do

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<v Speaker 2>we do, what didn't we do? What do they do

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<v Speaker 2>better than us? And I think that's what you're seeing

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<v Speaker 2>with Okacie Cleveland, big question mark there. They were great,

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<v Speaker 2>best team in the East during the regular season. The

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<v Speaker 2>general consensus is what the Boston Celtics, and rightfully so,

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<v Speaker 2>that team is so deep. It feels like everybody can

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<v Speaker 2>shoot a three. You could probably get the trainer out

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<v Speaker 2>there and he might be able to be respectable from

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<v Speaker 2>three point range. Everybody and then an oh, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Derek White, you know Olympian. See that's the dangerous part

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<v Speaker 2>of this. When Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum aren't great

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<v Speaker 2>but they're great, that's when you win championships.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, Marvin, have we ever disrespected a team like the

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<v Speaker 4>Boston Celtics, And I don't mean that like purposefully, but

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<v Speaker 4>we didn't talk about them at all all season long

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<v Speaker 4>and they were the defending champs with the best starting

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<v Speaker 4>five in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>But it might be a compliment that we've just taken

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<v Speaker 2>them for granted, that there's certain players and certain teams

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<v Speaker 2>that they get elevated and then we go, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 2>told that story. Now let's move on, because that's really

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<v Speaker 2>we're in the storytelling business.

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<v Speaker 3>What's the story you're telling about the Celtics this year?

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<v Speaker 5>Man?

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<v Speaker 2>Can if the good Rod Deep Ross, how about Peyton Pritchard?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I mean, you just we run out of

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<v Speaker 2>ways to describe somebody, and a lot of these teams

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<v Speaker 2>you don't look at where they are in the playoff seedings.

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<v Speaker 3>The same thing with San Antonio.

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<v Speaker 2>People would get caught up in oh man, are you

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the number one seed and have home

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<v Speaker 2>court advantage.

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<v Speaker 3>Spurs didn't care.

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<v Speaker 2>They were like, we used the regular season to get

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<v Speaker 2>ready for the postseason. Certain teams are like, we used

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<v Speaker 2>the regular season to make the postseason. Boston uses the

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<v Speaker 2>regular season just like the Patriots, Like they used the

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<v Speaker 2>first three or four games of the regular season for

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<v Speaker 2>their training camp, like this is our preseason, and then

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<v Speaker 2>they use the regular season to get ready for the postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a compliment to them. All Right, Seaton's not

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<v Speaker 2>here today, So I'm guessing, Todd, are you doing the

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<v Speaker 2>poll question? I do have the odds to win the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA Championship? OKAC is your favorite, Then it's the Celtics,

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<v Speaker 2>and then a distant third the Cabs. Really distant fourth

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<v Speaker 2>is the Warriors, and then even further down the list

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<v Speaker 2>is the Lakers. It does feel like it's a two race,

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<v Speaker 2>two team race. But the Cavaliers. Cavaliers are a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of fun. And I was watching last night. You might go,

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<v Speaker 2>who's this guy who's lighting up the Miami heat Ti Jerome.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Ty Jerome played for Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when he was playing, and McLevin and I went

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth because he goes, this Virginia team isn't good.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, man, this they can shoot, they can shoot.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ti Jerome, who's that? I said, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>who he is, but I know he can shoot. All

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, Ti Jerome pops up and you go,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be damned. It took a while, but he had

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of games this year that got on the

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<v Speaker 2>radar and I went that dude and they went at

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Hero last night. It was not nice. It was

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<v Speaker 2>not nice. That's where you needed parental guidance because I'm going, damn.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody wanted Tyler Hero guardian last night.

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<v Speaker 3>But Ti Jerome went at him. And you know they

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<v Speaker 3>did a great job. Great job.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, Pault, I had to look up Ti Jerome. I

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<v Speaker 6>couldn't lie to you. He's been on four teams in

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<v Speaker 6>six years. He's played six seasons and only started ten games.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, wow, but he can shoot. He can.

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<v Speaker 2>He got some buckets. He had twenty eight points and

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<v Speaker 2>the win. That's the most by any Cavalier in their

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<v Speaker 2>first NBA Playoff game since Kyrie had thirty against the

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<v Speaker 2>Celtics back in twenty fifteen. Stat of the day, sat

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, that past stat of the day, stat

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<v Speaker 2>of the day.

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<v Speaker 3>Here comes that what stat of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, Thank you, Will Ferrell. Stat of the day brought

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<v Speaker 2>to you by Panini America. And you try not to

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<v Speaker 2>get caught up in one loss, you know, I like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Ja Moran says, you know, we won't play this way

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<v Speaker 2>next time around against Oka. See wow, stop the presses.

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<v Speaker 2>You won't play that badly. You're gonna play a little better.

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<v Speaker 2>It's almost one of those where he could say, if

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<v Speaker 2>they lose by fifteen, see I told you we weren't

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<v Speaker 2>gonna play that bad. We're improving here. But that was

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<v Speaker 2>there was no pulse. Yeah, the body that there was

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<v Speaker 2>no pulse. There was a corpse. But sometimes you'll have

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<v Speaker 2>these big blowouts and then you know, these teams flip

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<v Speaker 2>this switch on you, and maybe you have that with Memphis.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see it, just because I think, OKAYC knows,

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<v Speaker 2>let's be great. We were great, Continue to be great.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't take anybody for granted, and don't be surprised the

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers were surprised.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what surprises me. Wait a minute, guys, come on, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, and it's not like Memphis is Minnesota is Memphis Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 2>They can play for a title, and that's where you

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<v Speaker 2>just you can't be goofing around here. Take something for granted, Yes, Mark.

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<v Speaker 4>Lakers, Hey, this is the team that beat the Denver

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<v Speaker 4>Nuggets last year in the playoffs. They took Yokij out.

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<v Speaker 4>So why are we surprised that nas Reed and Julius

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<v Speaker 4>Randall are being physical with them? Did they not see

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<v Speaker 4>the Scotland report?

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<v Speaker 2>But then JJ Riddick says hey, and Lebron said that, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we were kind of surprised at their physicality. They should

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<v Speaker 2>be no surprises right now. You've played together long enough.

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<v Speaker 2>You got you know, Luca playing well. And I really

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<v Speaker 2>think that they have a chance to play, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>for in the Western Conference finals. I mean, I really do.

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<v Speaker 2>But it comes down to defense. But I didn't think

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<v Speaker 2>physicality was going to be the difference. But it was

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<v Speaker 2>all right, uh poll questions don.

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<v Speaker 3>We're gonna roll with this one from PAULI. I think

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<v Speaker 3>the Thunder will win the NBA title.

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<v Speaker 7>Sure too early.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, y'all, sir, or too early.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I don't think they're better than the Celtics.

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<v Speaker 7>Think.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they're a great team.

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<v Speaker 2>This is one of those where they don't get a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of publicity, just like the Cavs didn't get a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we the media steers you where they want

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<v Speaker 2>to steer you. They guide you. So when you turn

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<v Speaker 2>on ESPN or Fox, they're going to guide you to

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<v Speaker 2>where the Lakers are. They're going to guide you any.

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<v Speaker 3>Place else maybe the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe they're going to guide you to well, Memphis because

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<v Speaker 2>Jaw's in trouble. Where else are they guiding you? Therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>you really don't have a unless you watch these games.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have a good opinion, a strong opinion on

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<v Speaker 2>a team because you're like, oh, okay, see I see

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<v Speaker 2>the highlights. Yeah, all right, SGA and he's really good.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's all you know. And then you'll see some

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<v Speaker 2>of these other teams and you'll go, oh, wow, I

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<v Speaker 2>was watching the Pistons, man, they're pretty good. It's because

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<v Speaker 2>the media will hold your hand and take you where

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<v Speaker 2>they want to because that's where the stories are. And

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<v Speaker 2>we do a disservice to some of these other teams

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<v Speaker 2>that play really well. And that's why I'm glad Sga

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<v Speaker 2>is getting recognized because he has been great and players

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<v Speaker 2>will say this, and they've said this, Jokers the best

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<v Speaker 2>player in the game. But they're happy that Sga is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the MV pick, like he deserves to

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<v Speaker 2>win the MV pick because of what the team did

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<v Speaker 2>during the regular season. So that'll give you a sense

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<v Speaker 2>of the players know. But is anybody talking about the

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<v Speaker 2>Indiana Piecers. The WNBA team in Indiana gets more headlines,

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<v Speaker 2>credit attention than the Pacers do. The Pacers are a

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<v Speaker 2>really good team, but once again, the media does not

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<v Speaker 2>guide you there. The only member of the media who

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<v Speaker 2>does is Pat McAfee because he's in Indianapolis. But there

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<v Speaker 2>will be some interesting stories that come out. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't watched Detroit, yes they did blow the lead

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<v Speaker 2>the Knicks twenty one to nothing run. But Kate Cunningham

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<v Speaker 2>is real. He is a real star.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, Pauling, I didn't want to bring this up so early,

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<v Speaker 6>but I was watching thunder Grizzlies. I'm just looking at

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<v Speaker 6>that all the Grizzlies players and I'm like, oh, Scotty

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<v Speaker 6>Pippen Junior is on the team, and I think he

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<v Speaker 6>got the start for the Grizzlies. He spells his first

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<v Speaker 6>name s c O T T Y. His father, Scottie

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<v Speaker 6>Pippen Senior, spells it s c O T T I

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<v Speaker 6>E m hm. That blew my mind. I always thought

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<v Speaker 6>if you named your son after you, that exact same

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<v Speaker 6>spelling of the name.

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<v Speaker 3>Back to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, thank you, Paul break it down, Yeah, it's worth

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<v Speaker 2>break breaking into programming. Who no, young, you can do it.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess who.

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<v Speaker 8>Stell of the day, style of the day, start of

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<v Speaker 8>the day, stell of the day. This is the stele

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<v Speaker 8>of the day.

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<v Speaker 3>Paulie, would you stay on that story please? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I E?

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<v Speaker 3>Or why with Scottie Pippen Junior the third Now it's

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<v Speaker 3>in your head though? Is he junior? No, it's gone?

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<v Speaker 3>Is he? Is he junior?

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<v Speaker 6>He is Scottie Pippen Junior. But it's s c O

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<v Speaker 6>T T Y again.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, his father's I E E E.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, yes, I gotta tell you.

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<v Speaker 5>I found that kind of interesting as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that Paul mentioned, that's not a good sign. No

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<v Speaker 3>it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>No. Oh, Fritzy. Fritzy sent this to me. He was

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<v Speaker 2>a hey, Luca's number is seventy seven. I go, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>And do you realize seventy seven days after they traded Luca,

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<v Speaker 2>the Mavericks were eliminated from the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 5>Fascinating.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I go, okay, my thing numerology, I know it is.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, love, I know. But did you notice that

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<v Speaker 3>no one responded to you as well?

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<v Speaker 5>Totally ignoring I didn't get a k or a thumbs

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<v Speaker 5>up or a smiley thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I I was way too busy for somemary.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what I was doing, but I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>I was way too busy to then, you know, very

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<v Speaker 2>nice respond to your seventy seven seventy seven?

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, Paul, I have an update on the Scottie Pippens

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<v Speaker 6>Scotty Pippen junior story.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't you hold it during the commercial cars? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because this is going to keep people in their cars,

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<v Speaker 2>drive you around.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be in in a minute. I gotta find him out.

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<v Speaker 3>Scott it pep ben Okay, let's take a break here.

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<v Speaker 3>Mel Kuiper.

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<v Speaker 2>A little bit later on, as Todd calls him Mel

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<v Speaker 2>hyper and he has got to be ready to go

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<v Speaker 2>here draft week. Although with me and Mel, I've known

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<v Speaker 2>Mel for gosh, thirty five years, almost forty years. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if he's ever changed as far as his delivery,

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<v Speaker 2>like the volume, the level that he is at. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the way he always is, speaking fast and nobody gets

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<v Speaker 2>in more words in a sentence in a short period. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Fritzy does pretty well, but Mel Kiper we'll talk to

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<v Speaker 2>him a little bit later on as well. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll take a break, we'll get phone calls. Operator Tyler

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<v Speaker 2>sitting by, and we'll settle on a poll question as well.

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<v Speaker 2>think about the history of ESPN, now there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>distinct voices in the history of ESPN, Dick Vintown, Chris Berman,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can throw mel Kiper in there. Not traditional

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<v Speaker 2>broadcasting voices, but the impact that they've had. And mel

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<v Speaker 2>is rapid fire. He's been a machine gun ever since

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<v Speaker 2>I've known him. With all that information, he has too

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<v Speaker 2>much information. And Dicky V glad he's feeling better. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>his delivery, and then Chris Berman his delivery as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll talk to Mel Kuiper draft expert coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>Before the break. We were teasing you that's a term

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<v Speaker 2>in the business to keep you with your radio tuned

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<v Speaker 2>into us or your TV on. Scottie Pippen and Scottie

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<v Speaker 2>Pippen Junior one Scottie Pippen s c T T I

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<v Speaker 2>E Pippen the original and then his son Scotty sc

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<v Speaker 2>O T T. Why Pippin junior? But if they're junior

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<v Speaker 2>and senior, then why the difference?

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<v Speaker 3>Pauli. And now we go to the name for an.

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<v Speaker 2>It go The motto of our news team is fast

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<v Speaker 2>and wrong is still fast.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go to the neucer, Pauli, Dan.

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<v Speaker 6>We had to quickly look into the story. Scotty Pippen

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<v Speaker 6>Junior is on the Memphis Grizzlies. His name on his

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<v Speaker 6>birth certificate is not scott it's Scotty s c O

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<v Speaker 6>T T. Why his father, Scottie Pippen always went by

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<v Speaker 6>s C. O. T. T.

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<v Speaker 3>I E.

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<v Speaker 6>Going back to the NBA draft, Dan, were you at

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<v Speaker 6>the draft with Pippin?

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<v Speaker 2>I was interviewing Pippin when he got traded for Olden

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<v Speaker 2>Polonies and they changed hats. They were sitting in the

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<v Speaker 2>bleachers and all of a sudden somebody said, wait, you

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<v Speaker 2>just got traded. And then all of a sudden, Olden

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<v Speaker 2>Polonies and Scottie Pippen changed hats and it went from

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<v Speaker 2>what Seattle to the Bulls Bulls to Seattle.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, so on during that draft when the commissioner, David Stern,

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<v Speaker 6>your buddy announced Scotty Pippen being drafted out of I

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<v Speaker 6>think Central Arkansas. Here's how it sounded.

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<v Speaker 10>The Seattle SuperSonics select Scott Pippen of Central Arkansas.

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Pippen from the University of Central Arkansas, Scott Pippen Scott.

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<v Speaker 6>I went back and checked, Scott Pippen is not his name.

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<v Speaker 6>His birth certificate says Scott.

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<v Speaker 3>Why.

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<v Speaker 6>Scotty Pippen from the Bulls se Ott why? During college

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<v Speaker 6>he noticed that people ignored the why, and he thought

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<v Speaker 6>by going with Ie, they notice it and call it

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<v Speaker 6>by his own name, Scotty more often did not work

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<v Speaker 6>on draft night. When he had a son, he decided

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<v Speaker 6>to name him the same as him, se Ott. Why

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<v Speaker 6>so Scotty Pippen, by design, misspells his own first name.

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<v Speaker 2>Hmmm, back to you, Okay, clears that a lot? Yeah

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<v Speaker 2>it does, Yeah, it does. By the way, best and

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<v Speaker 2>worst of the weekend? What you saw that you like,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to your phone calls. It's draft week. There's

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<v Speaker 2>still a lot of questions here. It feels like cam

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<v Speaker 2>Ward's going number one. Then all of a sudden it

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<v Speaker 2>gets interesting. And boy, for the life of me, one

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<v Speaker 2>of my best sources just is not coughing up information

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<v Speaker 2>here because I keep saying, you got to help me here.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on with the Browns? And he said, Mum's

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<v Speaker 2>the word, Mum's the word. And I said, okay, Abdul Carter,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, I don't know Travis Hunter.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>So you got the second pick, and that really is

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<v Speaker 2>going to shape the draft if they would take you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Travis Hunter or they I don't think they're taking a quarterback,

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<v Speaker 2>Shador Sanders. Are they open to a trade? I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>they are, But who wants to go up there? And

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<v Speaker 2>who are they going to get that might not be there.

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<v Speaker 2>There's almost like a hey, we didn't get Travis Hunter,

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<v Speaker 2>we got Abdul Carter, or we didn't get Abdua Carter,

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<v Speaker 2>we got Travis Hunter. Like it feels like that is

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<v Speaker 2>where the Giants are now, Okay, they do work out

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<v Speaker 2>Shador Sanders, and everybody's looking at the timing of that.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't read much into that. I think they wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to have their own day with him, and they got it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think why not let other teams think that you're

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<v Speaker 2>interested in Shadoor? But I think that that's what's curious

0:22:30.520 --> 0:22:34.200
<v Speaker 2>about that is the game that's being played. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>the Giants, you already have a couple of quarterbacks, are you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're sure about Shador Sanders, then you take him.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't buy into this, Hey, maybe he'll be there

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the first round. If he's the

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<v Speaker 2>guy you want, then draft him. We'll trade back into

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<v Speaker 2>the first round. I don't buy that he's either your

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<v Speaker 2>guy because if you're going to trade back into the

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<v Speaker 2>first round, if you're the Giants, that's the guy you

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<v Speaker 2>want your quarter you're going to be your future quarterback,

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<v Speaker 2>then make sure you get him if you really feel

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<v Speaker 2>that good about him. But you know, you're starting to

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<v Speaker 2>look at and mel Kiper does the best players, he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't go. That guy should go here like Ashton Genty.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got as a top five talent, but that doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean he's going in the top five. Now I think

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<v Speaker 2>that he's probably going to the Raiders, which I think

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<v Speaker 2>all along we felt that it's like the Steelers. Are

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<v Speaker 2>the Steelers taking Jackson Dart If Shador Sanders is there,

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<v Speaker 2>are they going to I've also told this about Aaron Rodgers. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>once again, I'm going to say this as it was

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation, not a report. It was conversation because I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 2>so what's Aaron Rodgers waiting for? And I was told

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<v Speaker 2>by a source. Now this is just his thought on this,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is he doesn't want a situation like what

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<v Speaker 2>happened in Atlanta with Michaelis Junior Kirk Cousins. They sign him,

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<v Speaker 2>he's ready to go, and then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like wait a minute, here, Rogers, I think wants

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<v Speaker 2>to play two years. If he's going to play, wants

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<v Speaker 2>to play two years. You don't want to go into

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<v Speaker 2>a situation and once again, this is just a source

0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:21.280
<v Speaker 2>and his thoughts on this, that Rogers doesn't want to

0:24:21.320 --> 0:24:24.080
<v Speaker 2>sign with Pittsburgh and then Pittsburgh takes a quarterback in

0:24:24.119 --> 0:24:28.719
<v Speaker 2>the first round, whether that's Jackson Dart, Shador Sanders. Because

0:24:29.040 --> 0:24:31.840
<v Speaker 2>Rogers this happened to him in Green Bay with Jordan Love.

0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:35.359
<v Speaker 2>He's thinking he's getting a wide receiver. All of a sudden,

0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:41.919
<v Speaker 2>he's getting another quarterback. And I think, granted at Rogers age,

0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:46.120
<v Speaker 2>he has no real power in this situation where hey,

0:24:46.520 --> 0:24:48.960
<v Speaker 2>I'll sign, but you can't take a quarterback in the

0:24:48.960 --> 0:24:51.760
<v Speaker 2>first round. And once again, this is just conversation that

0:24:51.840 --> 0:24:55.560
<v Speaker 2>I had on Saturday, whether it's true or not, whether

0:24:55.600 --> 0:24:58.760
<v Speaker 2>it comes to fruition, because we're all wondering what's Rogers

0:24:58.800 --> 0:25:01.560
<v Speaker 2>waiting for. And the only thing I can think of,

0:25:02.000 --> 0:25:04.280
<v Speaker 2>and I've said this for weeks, is he would wait

0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:07.920
<v Speaker 2>until after the draft. At first, I thought, hey, he's

0:25:07.960 --> 0:25:11.800
<v Speaker 2>going there, he's interviewing, he's spending six eight hours, and okay,

0:25:12.760 --> 0:25:15.800
<v Speaker 2>I think that's more of a I want to come in,

0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:18.040
<v Speaker 2>I want to see everybody. I want to talk to everybody.

0:25:18.480 --> 0:25:20.560
<v Speaker 2>I want to see what you do in the draft. Now,

0:25:21.000 --> 0:25:24.320
<v Speaker 2>once again, this is not a report. It's just reading

0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:27.359
<v Speaker 2>into this and trying to figure out what is the

0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:31.240
<v Speaker 2>storyline here, what's the logic? And I try not to

0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:34.200
<v Speaker 2>use that with Aaron Rodgers, like what's the logic here?

0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:38.159
<v Speaker 2>But if you say, all right now, I know what

0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:41.119
<v Speaker 2>I have here, who I have here. I've spoken to

0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:44.360
<v Speaker 2>the coach, I've spoken to the GM, spoken to ownership here,

0:25:44.920 --> 0:25:47.440
<v Speaker 2>all right now, let me see what you do in

0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 2>the draft. Because if I'm Aaron Rodgers, are you getting

0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:54.800
<v Speaker 2>somebody who's going to help me? If I'm your quarterback?

0:25:55.800 --> 0:25:58.520
<v Speaker 2>Are you going to draft my replacement? And I'm not

0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:02.119
<v Speaker 2>even there to be replaced yet? And I think what

0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:05.920
<v Speaker 2>happened to Kirk Cousins in Atlanta is something that Aaron

0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:08.439
<v Speaker 2>Rodgers is probably at least aware of.

0:26:08.920 --> 0:26:11.960
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, pulling, but it seems counterintuitive based off what you're

0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:15.040
<v Speaker 6>saying there. If Aaron Rodgers tells the Steelers, I don't

0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:17.200
<v Speaker 6>know what I'm doing, they have to look at a

0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:20.680
<v Speaker 6>quarterback with the twenty first pick of the draft. If

0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:24.440
<v Speaker 6>somehow he agreed to terms with them today, he could say, well,

0:26:25.080 --> 0:26:27.560
<v Speaker 6>we're going to support the offense, but the twenty first

0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:29.960
<v Speaker 6>pick correct and he would have some type of yeah,

0:26:29.960 --> 0:26:30.200
<v Speaker 6>but he.

0:26:30.160 --> 0:26:33.120
<v Speaker 3>Had power in Green Bay and they took his replacement.

0:26:33.960 --> 0:26:34.800
<v Speaker 3>This is different.

0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:38.120
<v Speaker 2>I think he's just saying, if I'm going to play,

0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:41.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to play for you guys, but I want

0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:45.200
<v Speaker 2>to make sure that if you're drafting a quarterback, then

0:26:46.000 --> 0:26:48.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe I'll just retire. I think he's still

0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:52.960
<v Speaker 2>holding out hope of whatever happens in you know, training camp,

0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:56.000
<v Speaker 2>first couple of weeks of the season. Can I come

0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:59.160
<v Speaker 2>in and you know, lead the team to the promised Land.

0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Can I come in and let's just say the Rams,

0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:07.119
<v Speaker 2>something happens to Matthew Stafford, because that's a playoff caliber,

0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:10.040
<v Speaker 2>super Bowl caliber team, then all of a sudden, I

0:27:10.080 --> 0:27:12.960
<v Speaker 2>can just come in, come to the rescue because we're

0:27:13.000 --> 0:27:17.560
<v Speaker 2>all trying to figure out what is happening, what's logical

0:27:17.720 --> 0:27:20.240
<v Speaker 2>to happen in this situation. And that was the only

0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:22.159
<v Speaker 2>thing that I could come up with with Aaron is

0:27:22.600 --> 0:27:25.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm waiting to after the draft, and he probably wants

0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:28.440
<v Speaker 2>to wait as long as he can because maybe Pittsburgh

0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:31.119
<v Speaker 2>isn't the ideal place for him, but he's.

0:27:31.040 --> 0:27:32.600
<v Speaker 3>Run out of options.

0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:36.040
<v Speaker 2>It's like, who would have thought that Bill Belichick wouldn't

0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:37.879
<v Speaker 2>have an option to coach again. And what did I

0:27:37.960 --> 0:27:40.840
<v Speaker 2>say to you on this show? He will not coach

0:27:40.880 --> 0:27:46.040
<v Speaker 2>in the NFL again, Whether that's true or not. He

0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:48.520
<v Speaker 2>went to college and nobody thought he was going to

0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:51.560
<v Speaker 2>go to college. I didn't think he was going to college,

0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:53.359
<v Speaker 2>but I didn't think he was going to be welcome

0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:56.240
<v Speaker 2>back to the NFL because that's not the way the

0:27:56.320 --> 0:27:57.640
<v Speaker 2>NFL is now here.

0:27:57.680 --> 0:27:59.720
<v Speaker 3>You go, Bill, do whatever you want.

0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:04.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Marvin, does Aaron Rodgers have any more college eligibility left?

0:28:06.040 --> 0:28:09.679
<v Speaker 2>I don't think, so go back and maybe play for Carolina,

0:28:10.760 --> 0:28:16.320
<v Speaker 2>play for Belichick. Well, who knows in the transfer portal.

0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:18.960
<v Speaker 2>And here's another thing to keep an eye on. I

0:28:19.000 --> 0:28:24.840
<v Speaker 2>know Tennessee had this situation with their quarterback and when

0:28:24.880 --> 0:28:29.680
<v Speaker 2>we get to July, the nil like things are changing

0:28:30.520 --> 0:28:32.800
<v Speaker 2>and the amount of money you can get, you better

0:28:32.840 --> 0:28:36.879
<v Speaker 2>get it now before July because it gets capped. That's

0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:42.880
<v Speaker 2>why you probably have that situation where their quarterback said,

0:28:43.360 --> 0:28:47.600
<v Speaker 2>I went from two to four million dollars and they

0:28:47.640 --> 0:28:50.680
<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden said to Niko, you know we're

0:28:50.680 --> 0:28:54.040
<v Speaker 2>gonna pass Josh Hipel, Yeah, We're gonna pass. And then

0:28:54.240 --> 0:28:57.000
<v Speaker 2>UCLA reportedly is going to bring him in which I

0:28:57.040 --> 0:29:00.480
<v Speaker 2>found interesting that UCLA is spending some money now that

0:29:00.520 --> 0:29:02.680
<v Speaker 2>you're in the Big ten and you got to step.

0:29:02.440 --> 0:29:03.280
<v Speaker 3>Up a little bit here.

0:29:03.640 --> 0:29:07.080
<v Speaker 2>They maybe you're going to bring him in, but they're

0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 2>going to cap it in July, and you're gonna have

0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:13.200
<v Speaker 2>these kids who are going to say, I think I'd

0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:15.760
<v Speaker 2>like a little bit more money. And then it's going

0:29:15.840 --> 0:29:18.800
<v Speaker 2>to be up to these you know, gms of these

0:29:19.360 --> 0:29:22.840
<v Speaker 2>college teams. Now, the fact they have general managers in college,

0:29:22.920 --> 0:29:27.680
<v Speaker 2>it's wild. They're all doing it. You know, you had

0:29:27.720 --> 0:29:30.680
<v Speaker 2>an athletic director. Now you gotta have a GM of

0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:35.040
<v Speaker 2>your football team, but nil and the amount of money

0:29:35.040 --> 0:29:38.640
<v Speaker 2>that you can get and these players this is their

0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:40.480
<v Speaker 2>last cash grab.

0:29:40.640 --> 0:29:41.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Pauline, Yeah.

0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 6>When I that story broke last week, I saw it

0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:46.520
<v Speaker 6>and I think the shocking part was that Tennessee has

0:29:46.560 --> 0:29:49.280
<v Speaker 6>a quarterback who leads them to ten wins and they

0:29:49.320 --> 0:29:51.880
<v Speaker 6>don't pony up. You know, I guess the kid didn't

0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 6>go to practice. Nico Amalieva, he just didn't go to practice.

0:29:55.400 --> 0:29:58.120
<v Speaker 6>He wanted his two million to be four million. And

0:29:58.200 --> 0:30:01.160
<v Speaker 6>it was almost weird to see an SEC team they say, no,

0:30:01.600 --> 0:30:04.760
<v Speaker 6>we're gonna, We're gonna you blink. We're not gonna blink,

0:30:05.280 --> 0:30:06.480
<v Speaker 6>and they let him go. It was it was a

0:30:06.520 --> 0:30:07.120
<v Speaker 6>weird story.

0:30:07.280 --> 0:30:10.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but I get it, you know when you say

0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:14.960
<v Speaker 2>nobody's above the program, because if you're the coach man,

0:30:14.960 --> 0:30:16.720
<v Speaker 2>they gave him they doubled his salary.

0:30:17.840 --> 0:30:20.080
<v Speaker 3>Well maybe I should do that and.

0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 2>Then somebody, you know, everybody has an exaggerated worth, you

0:30:26.800 --> 0:30:29.520
<v Speaker 2>know when we think how valuable, Well, they can never

0:30:29.560 --> 0:30:32.400
<v Speaker 2>live without me, and uh it's like, you know, I

0:30:32.440 --> 0:30:34.760
<v Speaker 2>found that out at ESPN quickly when I left. They'll

0:30:34.800 --> 0:30:38.400
<v Speaker 2>never replace me. And it's like, uh, hey, yeah, they

0:30:38.240 --> 0:30:42.280
<v Speaker 2>they they replaced me, They replace everybody. And I think

0:30:42.320 --> 0:30:45.280
<v Speaker 2>that's what Josh Heipel said, no, not going to do this,

0:30:45.680 --> 0:30:48.160
<v Speaker 2>and he's done a great job in turning this program around.

0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:51.800
<v Speaker 2>And I think that's where you have to have. These

0:30:51.840 --> 0:30:54.640
<v Speaker 2>are the standards, these are the requirements. This is who

0:30:54.680 --> 0:30:58.880
<v Speaker 2>we are. But you know, these players holding you for ransom.

0:30:59.640 --> 0:31:03.320
<v Speaker 2>If one does it, you've just opened up the door.

0:31:03.440 --> 0:31:07.280
<v Speaker 4>Yes, Marvin, So going further with the nil contracts, are

0:31:07.320 --> 0:31:09.760
<v Speaker 4>they going to say to themselves, Hey, if we get

0:31:09.760 --> 0:31:11.880
<v Speaker 4>to the playoffs, you cannot ask this is the contract,

0:31:11.920 --> 0:31:13.960
<v Speaker 4>this is the money you're going to get you cannot

0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:16.600
<v Speaker 4>go in into next season ask for any more money

0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:18.680
<v Speaker 4>than the money we're giving you going forward.

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:23.040
<v Speaker 2>You know, all of those things sound logical, like that's

0:31:23.080 --> 0:31:26.240
<v Speaker 2>what you if you have a contract, standard contract. This

0:31:26.280 --> 0:31:28.960
<v Speaker 2>is the contract. This is what you're getting paid. No

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:35.600
<v Speaker 2>negotiations here, even if you exceed expectations. But I mean,

0:31:35.680 --> 0:31:38.200
<v Speaker 2>imagine if Travis Hunter was staying one more year at

0:31:38.200 --> 0:31:42.280
<v Speaker 2>Colorado and he says, you know what I want this,

0:31:44.120 --> 0:31:47.040
<v Speaker 2>I want five million, seven million dollars. What if Cooper

0:31:47.080 --> 0:31:48.160
<v Speaker 2>Flag stayed another year.

0:31:48.280 --> 0:31:48.600
<v Speaker 3>Dude.

0:31:49.200 --> 0:31:52.200
<v Speaker 2>There's certain players that could ask for this and get this,

0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:56.640
<v Speaker 2>but there's only a couple of those. But these kids,

0:31:57.000 --> 0:31:59.760
<v Speaker 2>and what happens is you get the parents, You get

0:31:59.800 --> 0:32:04.080
<v Speaker 2>an agent. Now all of a sudden, they're gonna get

0:32:04.120 --> 0:32:06.640
<v Speaker 2>you more money. Hey, I'm gonna get your more money. Hey,

0:32:06.760 --> 0:32:08.920
<v Speaker 2>if you can't get us more money, we'll get another agent.

0:32:09.000 --> 0:32:11.800
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is what's going on. It's not just

0:32:11.880 --> 0:32:15.520
<v Speaker 2>the kid who's asking for money. The parents are the

0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:18.920
<v Speaker 2>agent is promising. Then all of a sudden, you're like,

0:32:19.120 --> 0:32:22.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is like Aau all over again, where

0:32:22.280 --> 0:32:24.600
<v Speaker 2>it's like, oh my god, here come the parents again.

0:32:25.000 --> 0:32:28.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm all for you get what you're worth. If somebody

0:32:28.080 --> 0:32:31.360
<v Speaker 2>pays it, you're worth it, and if you want to

0:32:31.400 --> 0:32:34.400
<v Speaker 2>ask for that money. But I do think there have

0:32:34.600 --> 0:32:37.800
<v Speaker 2>to be guidelines. They have to be bumpers that say

0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:41.640
<v Speaker 2>this is what you know, this is what this contract means,

0:32:42.120 --> 0:32:45.959
<v Speaker 2>this is what you must live up to. Because you know,

0:32:46.000 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 2>we have these players who sit out bowl games. Well,

0:32:48.120 --> 0:32:50.080
<v Speaker 2>I understand if you're sitting out a bowl game, that

0:32:50.160 --> 0:32:52.360
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean anything. Are we going to get to the

0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:54.920
<v Speaker 2>point where you get a player who decides to set

0:32:54.960 --> 0:32:57.640
<v Speaker 2>out a bowl game where your team's in the playoffs

0:32:57.840 --> 0:33:00.640
<v Speaker 2>And the answer is yes, that'll happen.

0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:04.240
<v Speaker 3>Yes, Tom, I can't see it ever happening.

0:33:04.280 --> 0:33:06.280
<v Speaker 5>But just like something would be performance based, you'd have

0:33:06.360 --> 0:33:08.320
<v Speaker 5>to get everything in writing. But if you keep asking

0:33:08.400 --> 0:33:10.720
<v Speaker 5>for more and more money, shouldn't it also work both ways?

0:33:10.760 --> 0:33:12.440
<v Speaker 5>If you don't live up to your contract, you know,

0:33:12.480 --> 0:33:14.440
<v Speaker 5>we're not going to take money away from you. You know,

0:33:14.440 --> 0:33:15.720
<v Speaker 5>I don't know how that would sit with people. But

0:33:15.720 --> 0:33:16.880
<v Speaker 5>if you think about it, why is it aways have

0:33:16.960 --> 0:33:18.600
<v Speaker 5>to be you're giving me this, but I want this

0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:20.720
<v Speaker 5>if I hit these spots. What if you don't reach

0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:23.240
<v Speaker 5>the minimum levels of what the expected of you couldn't

0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:25.080
<v Speaker 5>you also say, then you're not gonna get We're not

0:33:25.080 --> 0:33:26.760
<v Speaker 5>going to give you all the money we agree to.

0:33:26.880 --> 0:33:29.160
<v Speaker 3>Well, why don't we do that with other sports?

0:33:29.520 --> 0:33:29.840
<v Speaker 5>Maybe?

0:33:29.880 --> 0:33:31.600
<v Speaker 2>Why are we just doing it for the college kids.

0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:34.280
<v Speaker 2>Why don't if the Mets say to Juan Soto, hey,

0:33:34.320 --> 0:33:36.600
<v Speaker 2>if you don't do this, then we're taking away, you know,

0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:38.200
<v Speaker 2>seventeen million dollars.

0:33:38.560 --> 0:33:41.320
<v Speaker 5>Hey, these are the incentives, and these are their decentives

0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:44.520
<v Speaker 5>for if you've got good luck, never good good luck

0:33:44.640 --> 0:33:45.440
<v Speaker 5>trying to get that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's take a break. We'll get the phone calls coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>what's on your mind today?

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<v Speaker 10>Good morning mister Patrick. Hope and the boys had a

0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:20.400
<v Speaker 10>great break. Well, you know, I was, you know, throughout

0:35:20.560 --> 0:35:23.520
<v Speaker 10>I think the first quarter of Saturday's game, I was like, man,

0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:27.000
<v Speaker 10>my bet, the weekend's gonna be awesome. I can't wait

0:35:27.080 --> 0:35:29.360
<v Speaker 10>to get on the air and say the best of

0:35:29.400 --> 0:35:32.279
<v Speaker 10>the weekend was this. And then the second, third, and

0:35:32.320 --> 0:35:37.799
<v Speaker 10>fourth quarter were played and it's just embarrassing. It was

0:35:37.960 --> 0:35:41.759
<v Speaker 10>just embarrassing to sit there, like by midway through the fourth.

0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:43.840
<v Speaker 10>I'm like, what am I gonna say was the best

0:35:43.840 --> 0:35:46.879
<v Speaker 10>of my weekend? You know, Like the Dodgers go two

0:35:46.920 --> 0:35:49.520
<v Speaker 10>out of three in Texas, that's a big whoop, you know,

0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:53.239
<v Speaker 10>but it's like, like, truly, honestly, I was embarrassed. It

0:35:53.440 --> 0:35:56.279
<v Speaker 10>was shocking to see the Timberwolves going there and not

0:35:56.480 --> 0:35:59.080
<v Speaker 10>just beat us by five. They slapped the hell out

0:35:59.080 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 10>of us for three and a half quarters and did

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<v Speaker 10>not let up.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm worried for tonight.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm gonna sit back and just pray the entire time,

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<v Speaker 10>and you know, hopefully we do not embarrass us once again.

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<v Speaker 3>Joy have a great week. Thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope the Lakers aren't surprised at the physicality of

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<v Speaker 2>Minnesota Pistons at the Knicks tonight, Clippers at the Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 10>Uh?

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<v Speaker 3>Eric and Wisconsin? Hi Eric, what's on your mind today?

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<v Speaker 7>Good morning, gentlemen, And I say that lightly. Hope you

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<v Speaker 7>gentlemen had a great Easter weekend. Have you guys ever

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<v Speaker 7>had a best and worst and had such distain for

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<v Speaker 7>both teams? Let's start with my best, the Boston Celtics.

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<v Speaker 7>They just put the entire NBA on notice. We are

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<v Speaker 7>still the raigning champions. You're gonna have to come take

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<v Speaker 7>this out of our dying hands. My worst of the weekend,

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<v Speaker 7>the Pittsburgh still is. And I'm going to preface this,

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<v Speaker 7>gentleman with saying.

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<v Speaker 11>I'm an old school cow boys say and I am

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<v Speaker 11>a lifelong hater of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but I had

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<v Speaker 11>such respect for them and the way they went.

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<v Speaker 7>About business with Rocky Blyer, ELC and Swan and the

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<v Speaker 7>gentleman that how can they let Aaron Rodgers hold them hostage?

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<v Speaker 7>It just perplexed me, Fellows to the point. And I'm

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<v Speaker 7>a bed written cancer fear our cancer patient and I'm

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<v Speaker 7>sitting here and I'm just it just makes me scratch

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<v Speaker 7>my head when I can move my hands. How such

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<v Speaker 7>a proud franchise have a loud this gentleman and go

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<v Speaker 7>back to the great soldiers?

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<v Speaker 3>What have you done for me lately?

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<v Speaker 7>I can't think of the last good year that Aaron

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<v Speaker 7>Rodgers had. It's almost like the Green Bay Packers had

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<v Speaker 7>foresight to see what he was going to become. I'm

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<v Speaker 7>a love for you during to comment on it. I'm

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<v Speaker 7>just gonna sit back and listen as I changed scratching

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<v Speaker 7>my head.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you Eric, Thank you. Help you feel better after

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<v Speaker 2>getting that off your chest. Look, I've said this about

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<v Speaker 2>the Steelers set a deadline, and you're the Steelers. They

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<v Speaker 2>obviously didn't, but he did come in. And I have

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<v Speaker 2>to look at both sides of this. Do the Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>want him? How much do they want him? Do they

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<v Speaker 2>want flexibility here? Not getting locked in? If let's say

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<v Speaker 2>Shadoor Sanders falls in their lap?

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<v Speaker 3>What are they going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson Dart? What if Kirk Cousins becomes available? You got

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<v Speaker 2>to wait until the draft is over. And at first

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<v Speaker 2>I thought Aaron was going to make up his mind.

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<v Speaker 2>That I realized and I'm just told he'll be after

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<v Speaker 2>the draft. I think Aaron wants to see what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Steelers want to see what happens. And maybe, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Tomlin is just being quiet because he doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to tell us anything. Aaron's not really saying mine. It

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<v Speaker 2>feels like there's almost this gentleman's agreement of I like you,

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<v Speaker 2>I like you, I don't know if I love you.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I want to go all in

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<v Speaker 3>on this.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether that's from Aaron's side to the Steelers side, feels

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<v Speaker 2>like more from aaronside. But I just don't think Aaron

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<v Speaker 2>wants to go into a situation where what Kirk Cousins

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<v Speaker 2>went in, you know, found himself in in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, Mark, Now Aaron Rodgers actually signs with the Steelers,

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<v Speaker 4>what are your realistic expectations, because I'd be furious if

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<v Speaker 4>I was a Steelers fan and it'd be all this

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<v Speaker 4>for you to go nine and eight.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I'm going to expect maybe ten wins, maybe eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the problem is they got you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback play wasn't great. Well, actually defense wasn't great, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think and those they lost what four of their

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<v Speaker 2>last five? I mean, they could have easily won eleven

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<v Speaker 2>or twelve games. Then all of a sudden, do you

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<v Speaker 2>keep your quarterback? Do you keep ross? If they win

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<v Speaker 2>twelve games, I don't know how close it was where

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<v Speaker 2>they and they got rid of everybody. They got rid

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<v Speaker 2>of both of their quarterbacks. So they clearly have a

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<v Speaker 2>direction they want to go in. And I felt all

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<v Speaker 2>along that's through the draft. But if you can get

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Rodgers, and let's say you get Aaron Rodgers for

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<v Speaker 2>two years and you developed somebody Okay, then maybe they'll

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<v Speaker 2>find their quarterback of the future.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, paul I mentioned this before, but the Steelers on

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<v Speaker 6>December first had ten wins. The Baltimore Ravens on December

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<v Speaker 6>first had eight wins. They both Steelers lost their last four,

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<v Speaker 6>Ravens won their last four.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they had an opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>Ye, So, but that's a really tough division. The Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>didn't make the playoffs, and you know, is that going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen three years in a row? The Ravens, they're

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<v Speaker 2>still going to be good? How good can the Browns

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<v Speaker 2>be respectable? And then if you're the Steelers, you're like,

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<v Speaker 2>where do we fit in here?

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<v Speaker 7>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>I think they fit right in there. But a window

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<v Speaker 2>of opportunity closing rapidly. Coming up, we'll talk some playoff basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Haynes, Senior NBA Insider. Final hour of the program,

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<v Speaker 2>mel kiper Draft expert will stop by as well more

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<v Speaker 2>phone calls on a Monday Best and Worst of the

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<v Speaker 2>Weekend Hour two right after this