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Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What

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Speaker 1: is up straight Fire? Fam HiT's me Jason McIntyre Straight

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Speaker 1: Fire for Tuesday, May second. I'm recording this just after

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Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets storm back. Oh my goodness. Listen, the

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Speaker 1: kids were asleep. I'm watching the game downstairs. I'm getting

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Speaker 1: some texts from the wife. Can you keep it down,

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Speaker 1: because you guys know, I'm invested in the Denver Nuggets.

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Speaker 1: I have futures on the Nuggets to win this series.

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Speaker 1: I said the Nuggets would beat the Suns. You know,

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Speaker 1: I like KD, but I'm not a huge fan of

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul if you know my history, and I was

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Speaker 1: going bonkers as the MVP, mister Jokic. Now it's funny.

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Speaker 1: I'll talk about the MVP in a second. Over in

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Speaker 1: the third quarter keeps them in the game as the

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Speaker 1: you know, Nuggets are starting to fade here, Devin Booker

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Speaker 1: taking over and Jokicz just carries them. And then, folks,

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Speaker 1: you know, listen, if you're a Phoenix Suns fan, look away.

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul injures is growing late third quarter, and honestly,

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Speaker 1: that changed the game. It was not the same game

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Speaker 1: after that. The Suns offense was a joke. In the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, Nuggets poured on and win by ten, cover

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Speaker 1: the spread. Interestingly, I didn't have Nuggets in this one,

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Speaker 1: but they go up to nothing and now Chris Paul's

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Speaker 1: groin injury hanging in the balance. It does not look

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Speaker 1: good for the favored Phoenix Suns. Remember it just started

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. In the West, it was the Suns because

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Speaker 1: they got KD and in the East it was the

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Speaker 1: Celtics and the Bucks were also there. But folks, something's

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Speaker 1: wrong with Boston. We'll talk about the Celtics shortly. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what happened after the two nothing lead against Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: The Boston Celtics have become allergic to defense. Nobody could

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Speaker 1: get a stop and James Harden went off, I know

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Speaker 1: on the Herd. Cowherd's been kind of bagging on. Harden said, oh,

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Speaker 1: he's a nice third option. You know, he's a role player,

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Speaker 1: James Harden, And like lind, nobody disagreed with him. You know,

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Speaker 1: Harden struggling to finish at the rim. The numbers were

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Speaker 1: there in the first round series against Brooklyn. He struggled

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Speaker 1: to finish at the rim and Harden went for forty five,

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Speaker 1: including the game winning step back. Three Celtics stunned by

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Speaker 1: the Sixers in the Garden won nothing without Joel Embiid.

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Speaker 1: I'll get in my little dig on the MVP here.

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Speaker 1: So Tuesday night, I think the league is expected to

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Speaker 1: announce the MVP of the league. A lot of people.

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Speaker 1: There's some straw poll the ESPN. Does a lot of

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Speaker 1: people think that Joel embid is gonna be the winner.

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Speaker 1: I found it just a little ironic that on a

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Speaker 1: a half point underdog Sixers stunned Boston without the MVP.

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Speaker 1: That in the Lake game, Nicola Jokic puts Denver on

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Speaker 1: his back, finishes with thirty nine sixteen and five, thirty

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Speaker 1: nine sixteen and five, and Denver takes it to nothing

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Speaker 1: lead on Phoenix. Who's the real MVP? Folks? Listen, I

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Speaker 1: was on the Yoki strain this year. I know a

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Speaker 1: lot of people, including Daryl Morey, get very very feisty

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Speaker 1: when the media doesn't give all the accolades to him.

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Speaker 1: Beat I'm not saying they're better without him, but clearly

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Speaker 1: Monday night they played great without him, I said, this

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Speaker 1: would probably happen in Boston, a little bit of a letdown,

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Speaker 1: But I need to start with the Phoenix Suns. Folks,

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Speaker 1: you probably didn't stay up on the East Coast for

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Speaker 1: this one. Devin Booker was incredible and then he wasn't

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Speaker 1: and he started to get upset. Late in the game,

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Speaker 1: went toe to toe with Kentavious Colwell Pope aka JCP.

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Speaker 1: I think it was KCP. It might have been Bruce Brown,

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Speaker 1: but nevertheless, Booker got in his face. He was unhappy. Listen,

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Speaker 1: Devin Booker has a little Memphis Grizzlies in him, you know,

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Speaker 1: that whole like Dylan Brooks, JA Morant nonsense, there is

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Speaker 1: one of the biggest chirpers in the league. CP three

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Speaker 1: and Devin Booker go to the final. So d book

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Speaker 1: you know, is now a made man. He's a first

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Speaker 1: a little wrong, premature even to say Jamal Murray's in

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Speaker 1: And that is not a crazy thing to say, but

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Speaker 1: this is why Denver's dangerous. Michael Porter Junior zero minutes

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Speaker 1: to defend Devin Booker. Now struggle guarding Booker obviously, but

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Speaker 1: of control, in the open court. But he did a

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Speaker 1: solid job on KD. And folks, listen, I know it's

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Speaker 1: early to talk legacy. We're in the second friggin round. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we didn't litigate Michael Jordan's greatness in the second round

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Speaker 1: of the nineteen ninety seven play. We just weren't doing that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there was obviously no internet, no podcast like it.

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Speaker 1: Well there was internet, but it wasn't like social media.

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Speaker 1: Let me amend that so you know, the yahoos don't

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Speaker 1: come after me. There was no social media after every

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna point out. You know, I'm a Kevin

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Speaker 1: basketball or you know, he'll give you props for a point. Listen.

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Speaker 1: KD logged a lot of minutes. Four minutes. He was

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Speaker 1: want KD playing point guard ten of twenty seven shooting.

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Speaker 1: He was hounded at times by Bruce Brown, who is

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Speaker 1: a feisty defender. I thought he was good plus twelve.

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Speaker 1: Bruce Brown was in twenty four minutes, KD ten or

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Speaker 1: A lot of fouls, a lot of complaining to the refs,

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Speaker 1: We've now seen two straight fourth quarters where Denver put

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Speaker 1: you don't really know what someone's made of until they

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Speaker 1: handle adversity. Well, this is the real adversity for the

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Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns one nothing down to the Clippers, Eh, you know,

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Speaker 1: Then Kawhi plays in Game two and then he's done,

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Speaker 1: Cameron Payne one of seven oh for four from deep

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Speaker 1: He was over five in twenty five minutes. Josha Kogi.

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Speaker 1: He tries really hard twenty two minutes. How is it

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Speaker 1: You get zero rebounds, zero steals, zero blocks, Like, what

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Speaker 1: lineup for Game three. Listen, Sons probably get it done

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Speaker 1: in game three, right, you guys don't when they go home?

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Speaker 1: You obviously bet first half Sons is going to be

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Speaker 1: I just think this Chris Paul injury is massive. Now,

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Speaker 1: It's obviously not as big as the Embiid injury. Joelle

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Speaker 1: Embiid totally missed his Game one. He was listed as

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Speaker 1: takeaway on if Philly can win this series. Every time

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Speaker 1: I watch this game, all I'm seeing is Boston doing

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Speaker 1: nothing defensively. What was an elite defensive team this year

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Speaker 1: Sixers made seventeen threes. I mean, what's his name, Melton,

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Speaker 1: I guess, was a little concerned given the lack of

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Speaker 1: interest that he saw from the Warriors in Game six. So,

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Speaker 1: according to the Athletic, Curry told the team he believed

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Speaker 1: in them, that they had enough to win. He asked

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Speaker 1: for their trust and then are you ready for this?

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Speaker 1: He implored them to put all of their feelings aside,

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Speaker 1: which this is the Athletic sources with knowledge of the

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Speaker 1: locker room felt was directed at Jordan Poole, Jonathan Kuminga,

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Speaker 1: and other guys who might have been unhappy for reasons

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Speaker 1: such as playing time and role and lock in. So

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Speaker 1: put aside the feelings, lock in on the unified mission.

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Speaker 1: This is really legendary stuff from Steph Curry. Anyone who

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Speaker 1: wanted to remain in their emotions, stay home, anyone who

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Speaker 1: was ready for their vacation, do not get on the

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Speaker 1: bus for Sacramento. But anyone who did get on the bus,

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Speaker 1: Curry took that as a signature of approval, a binding

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Speaker 1: agreement to be on board with the mission. And if

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Speaker 1: they did that, if they got on the bus, he

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Speaker 1: promised he'd deliver. Now, listen, we've heard some pretty epic

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan moments in his career where whether he would

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Speaker 1: just belittle the hell out of somebody or got in

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Speaker 1: their head or got in their face, punch somebody at practice,

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Speaker 1: he had his moments. I know this was only the

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Speaker 1: first round, but he's thirty five. He said all this

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Speaker 1: and then dropped fifty on the King's head in their building. Folks,

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Speaker 1: that's the stuff dreams are made of. Honestly, that is

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Speaker 1: the kind of thing you dream about. These moments. You

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Speaker 1: dream about them like I want to be that guy

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Speaker 1: and you know, not to bring up my men's league again,

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Speaker 1: but ahead of the championship two weeks ago, we felt

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Speaker 1: so good, guys, we felt so friggin good. We had

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Speaker 1: I watched pretty much all their games because they're on YouTube,

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Speaker 1: and we diagrammed them perfectly. We knew everything they were

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Speaker 1: gonna do. We wanted to know who wanted to go right,

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Speaker 1: who wanted to go left. We're gonna funnel them. And

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Speaker 1: we played an incredible defensive game. We had it all diagnosed,

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Speaker 1: we were all on board, we had the game plan ready.

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Speaker 1: Everybody's fired up, you know, we had the text chain,

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Speaker 1: and then the game time comes and we just missshots

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Speaker 1: and I guess we're not. We're not Steph Curry ability

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Speaker 1: to drop fifty in hostile territory. Now, listen, it was

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Speaker 1: a great game. I've talked about it now if I

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Speaker 1: don't need to go into it. But like I shouldn't

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Speaker 1: even admit this, so gosh, I'm such a This is

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Speaker 1: very dorky. I don't care. I'm a Steph Curry fan.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know if you guys saw it, but

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Speaker 1: when Curry was at Game seven, before the game and

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Speaker 1: after the game, he was wearing this hoodie and I

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Speaker 1: couldn't really tell what was on it. It didn't look

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Speaker 1: like there was any design, and I like that. I'm

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Speaker 1: not out It's the reason I don't wear any Nike

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Speaker 1: gear because the big swoosh. I'm not out here promoting Nike. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm not a promotional kind of guy. But

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Speaker 1: I look closely at the sweatshirt. I zoom in and

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Speaker 1: then in letters around the breast area, like the left

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Speaker 1: breast where there might be a pocket, it says trophy hunting.

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Speaker 1: I was like, that's cool as shit. And then I

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Speaker 1: went online. I found the sweatshirt the hoodie, and I

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Speaker 1: was like, oh, hopefully there's not something stupid on the

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Speaker 1: back plane back. It's like perfect for what I want. Now.

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Speaker 1: The price is a little exorbitant, but your boy bought

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Speaker 1: one anyway, Yes I did. I copied Steph Curry's podium

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Speaker 1: gear from Game seven, just because I'm a nerd. It's

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Speaker 1: a trophy hunting sweatshirt. I did look up the business.

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Speaker 1: It's like a black owned business. Pretty cool. I like

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Speaker 1: donating to a cause. A little over priced, but they

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Speaker 1: got curried to wear it, and I guess they knew

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Speaker 1: other people would be shopping, so I scoop one up,

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Speaker 1: It'll be delivered, and maybe I'll wear it to Game

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Speaker 1: three if I could get to the crypt for Lakers Warriors.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go against conventional wisdom and everything I like,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go ahead and say I think the

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Speaker 1: Warriors win and cover Game one four and a half.

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Speaker 1: I think they can cover that. You know, again, the Lakers,

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Speaker 1: they they faced a Grizzlies team that just didn't have

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Speaker 1: all their dudes. Like everything Memphis lived off the offensive glass.

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Speaker 1: They lived inside Jaw drives, floats up a shot, go ahead,

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Speaker 1: try to block it. If you miss the block, We're

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Speaker 1: scooping up the board and scoring like That's how they operated.

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Speaker 1: Even Luke Canard in the game game six, you could

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Speaker 1: see like they had unlocked something with Bain and Jaw

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Speaker 1: and Luke Cannard and he was gonna be integral and

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Speaker 1: then he hurts the shoulder, hes out like it's a

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Speaker 1: beat up Memphis team, unless you want to say fatigue

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Speaker 1: is an issue for Curry or Draymond, Like I think

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Speaker 1: this is a Golden State team with some young pups

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Speaker 1: like Moody can Go, Jordan Poole, who he had a

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Speaker 1: rough series. I know a lot of Jordan Poole haters

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Speaker 1: out there. One of the guys on my men's league

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00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: team that was like the fourth reference of the men's

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00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: league team, basically our best scorer is a huge Warriors

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Speaker 1: fan and cannot stand Jordan Poole. A lot of guys

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Speaker 1: can't stand though. And it's weird because in the open court,

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Speaker 1: you just know he's not looking to pass. He's looking.

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Speaker 1: He knows he can beat anybody off the dribble. He's

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Speaker 1: too quick and he's gonna go to the hoop. But

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Speaker 1: the problem was he was driving into the teeth of

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Speaker 1: the defense and throwing up junk. That's definitely not gonna

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Speaker 1: work against the Lakers, and I think the Steve Kurr

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00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,399
Speaker 1: will have a quick hook. Now they're gonna need pool.

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Speaker 1: I could personally guarantee you I'll have one game with

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Speaker 1: at least twenty in the series. He will he will

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Speaker 1: not be as poor as he played against the Kings.

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Speaker 1: I remember Malik Monk video of that Malik Bunk getting

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Speaker 1: in his head like before the game, telling him guard me,

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Speaker 1: guard me, and Jordan Poole's like, what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: Like Jordan Pool was a little rattled in that series.

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Speaker 1: You know, Malink Monk and the arm Fox were very,

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Speaker 1: very good, and Jordan Poole was a liability. Now, what's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen when he's on the floor and Lebron's on

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Speaker 1: the floor. Lebron, Lebron, come on over here, come on,

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Speaker 1: let me get him in the pick and roll. And

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Speaker 1: Lebron would do that to Luke Canard. Thing is, if

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Speaker 1: you've watched The Warriors long enough, you know people have

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00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,239
Speaker 1: been going after Curry this way for years. So what

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Speaker 1: do they do Curry as he's going out for the pick,

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Speaker 1: We'll switch with another defender, so it'll be like Andrew

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Speaker 1: Wiggins and then Curry will rotate out. They're like two,

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Speaker 1: They're good at this. They've been together for too many years.

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Speaker 1: They know what's coming. They're gonna be ready for it.

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Speaker 1: And I like the Lakers. I root for them. I'm

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Speaker 1: a huge Lebron fan. I just I think this is

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Speaker 1: a tough series for them. I don't know how if

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Speaker 1: Lebron polls this off, oh my gosh. I just think

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Speaker 1: it'll be a very tall order. And I think Game

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Speaker 1: one goes to the Words, So I'd lay the four

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Speaker 1: and a half with Golden State, and a little reluctantly

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Speaker 1: I would lay the six and a half with the Knicks,

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Speaker 1: but I like the heat team total under a hundred

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Speaker 1: if you can find it any lower, wonderful. All Right,

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Speaker 1: that is a lengthy Tuesday morning podcast. Obviously, we'll be

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Speaker 1: back tomorrow with a heavy breakdown of Lakers Warriors and

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Speaker 1: you know, Nick's Heat. If it's interesting, talk to you

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Speaker 1: then