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Speaker 1: Jason timp Happy Thursday, everybody happy? Trade deadline day, A

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Speaker 1: lot still up in the air. We are going to

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Speaker 1: react to any Lakers trades that come down as they happen.

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Speaker 1: We're going to start by talking about this James Harden

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Speaker 1: Let's get into some basketball. Let's start with this James

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Speaker 1: Harden trade. So, obviously, the the initial reaction is to

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Speaker 1: look at what Philly sent out, right, because they did

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Speaker 1: end up in louding Seth Curry, which was something that

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Speaker 1: I advocated for them to do, because, like I said,

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Speaker 1: role players. Now, the instant reaction, as is always the case,

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Speaker 1: especially on NBA Twitters, for people to overreact to including

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Speaker 1: draft picks. But for those of you who know Darryl Morey,

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Speaker 1: end of the first round then Darryl Morey, because historically,

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Speaker 1: So I do not feel like Darryl overpaid. I think

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Speaker 1: If you remember Darryl Morey in press conferences recently during

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Speaker 1: And so what he's weighing here is a crack at this,

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Speaker 1: rise up within them where where their competitive nature will

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Speaker 1: materialize that doesn't just go for Uss, that goes for

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Speaker 1: the whole team. You know, Lebron and a Dye weren't

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Speaker 1: very good last night, But like, maybe maybe Russ will

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Speaker 1: acknowledge the realities of the situation and undergo a change,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't seem likely. I I just Lebron said

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Speaker 1: time seeing what's on the other end of the fog.

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Speaker 1: And then refusing to go through any sort of roster

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Speaker 1: turnover is the equivalent of signing up for the fog.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, it's like punting the season. Genuinely confused.

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Speaker 1: I was prepared to come in today and talk about

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Speaker 1: new Lakers. It's prepared to talk about maybe a Terence Ross,

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Speaker 1: maybe and Eric Gordon's someone that would come onto the

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Speaker 1: wing here and make a huge difference because of the

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Speaker 1: short the talent shortcomings of this roster. And instead we're

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Speaker 1: playing Golden State on Saturday with the same guys, and

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be the same group that's probably gonna come

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Speaker 1: out and have the same lack of daisical nature, the

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Speaker 1: same lack of belief in what the coaches asking them

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Speaker 1: to do, and they're probably gonna get their butts kicked

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Speaker 1: because Golden State is a really good team who's really

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Speaker 1: well coached, who has an identity that they lean on,

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Speaker 1: and quite frankly, they don't have that same basketball chemistry

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Speaker 1: issue that the Lakers have. They fit, they great even

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Speaker 1: when guys are out of the lineup. So I'm disappointed

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Speaker 1: but it is what it is. Hope hopefully they'll hopefully

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Speaker 1: they hopefully they have some intel that we're that we're

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Speaker 1: not aware of. Anyway, That's all I had for today. Guys,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming to hang out. Like

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Speaker 1: I said, we will be back for our postgame show

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Speaker 1: on Saturday, immediately after the final buzzer against the Warriors.

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Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate your support and we will see

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Speaker 1: you in a couple of days. The volume