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Speaker 2: Here's what I think happened. Joel Embiid has forgotten how

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Speaker 2: The credit actually should go to the Bulls defense, I

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Speaker 2: Crusoe sticking with Maxie, fighting over the screens. He made

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Speaker 3: I was in my stance, sliding my feet.

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Speaker 4: There you go.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely work last night skatzing, Oh great stuff. Tip of

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Speaker 2: Just a balanced scoring night for the Bulls. They had

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Speaker 2: going forty points for him. Maxi had twenty nine though

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Speaker 2: he kind of got out playing, I thought, despite having

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Speaker 2: Bulls have won six of their last nine. They beat

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Speaker 3: Pretty impressive. Oh man, I can't believe there's still eleven

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Speaker 4: They're so close to that play in tournament. They're so

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Speaker 4: close to it. They could have already looking at that. Well.

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Speaker 4: Kobe White is just incredible that he's grown this much.

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Speaker 4: We talked about Celtics. There's Porzingis, there's Horford, there's Chris

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Speaker 4: But yeah, the Sixers just didn't have any support fourteen

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Speaker 2: Everybody knows you can't touch knees tasks. Oh yeah, Tobias

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Speaker 2: there was a couple of little plays that just kind

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love this this line from Ziller this morning

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Speaker 3: Kobe White's not going to be an All Star, but

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Speaker 3: he's going to get mentioned in sentences like Kobe White's

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Speaker 3: not going to be an All Star, which is an

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Speaker 3: enormous step in the right direction for this team. It's

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Speaker 2: What about this?

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Speaker 3: Just on the periphery of Hey, he's having a pretty

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Speaker 3: good year year, not gonna make the All Star team,

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Speaker 2: He's playing that So he's an airin AFLALO All Star. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you get mentioned, but you're never actually gonna make the game.

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Speaker 2: They did have a graphic on the Bulls broadcast last

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Speaker 3: Oks, right, all right. I got the next pick here,

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Speaker 3: drafting from last night's games. Third pick overall, I will

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Speaker 3: go with the Minnesota Timberwolves picking up their ninth win

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Speaker 3: twelve oneh eight. The NBA their YouTube page, they blessed

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Speaker 3: that is like nothing. They're now twenty and five guys,

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Speaker 2: of the things you notice about the heat. It happened

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Speaker 2: in the finals last year. They looked way tiny compared

432
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,679
Speaker 2: to the Denver Nuggets, and I kind of thought that

433
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,920
Speaker 2: was the case in the second half here against Minnesota

434
00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,119
Speaker 2: as well. Also got Tyler hero back. He had a

435
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,360
Speaker 2: good first half, kind of struggled in the second half

436
00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,480
Speaker 2: before making a couple of baskets late. So the heat, Yeah,

437
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:49,480
Speaker 2: they're not great offensively, so getting hero back will definitely help.

438
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,440
Speaker 2: I think Havin Lowry out there would have helped as well,

439
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,359
Speaker 2: too much Jackrick Richardson in the fourth quarter. But a

440
00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:58,200
Speaker 2: really nice win for Minnesota. And yeah, the Edwards takeover

441
00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,800
Speaker 2: that was nice. Bank shot off the sick.

442
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,919
Speaker 3: Well, it's sort of cool because they get Rudy like

443
00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,719
Speaker 3: he did take over the game defensively because Bam, even

444
00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,200
Speaker 3: the shots he was hitting, You're right, and they were

445
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,760
Speaker 3: like bouncing off everywhere because Rudy's all over him. And

446
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,120
Speaker 3: then yeah, offensively, Anthony Edwards in this game sort of exploded,

447
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,960
Speaker 3: like he said, tast he'd had some sort of stinkers,

448
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,199
Speaker 3: but he was incredible. And again I just love like

449
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,399
Speaker 3: Nikile Alexander Walker like Goy chase his guys around picks.

450
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:23,920
Speaker 3: You know you can do that when you have Rudy

451
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Speaker 3: back there. That's the truth. Kyle Anderson I thought, really

452
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,119
Speaker 3: was a zone buster when the Heat went to that.

453
00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:30,680
Speaker 3: They're always going to throw that at you from time

454
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Speaker 3: to time. Picking his spots. He slows things down like Conley,

455
00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,840
Speaker 3: just the classic like Vet point guard. You know, the

456
00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,080
Speaker 3: Heat could have wished Kyle Lowry was doing that for them,

457
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,679
Speaker 3: probably a little bit more last night. But Miami just

458
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 3: to like zoom out. They're fifteen and twelve. They just

459
00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,160
Speaker 3: got Hero back. Bam. I think that was his first

460
00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 3: game in December. He had missed a decent chunk of time.

461
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,680
Speaker 3: You know, no Lowry in that one, okay, but they're

462
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Speaker 3: gonna be pretty happy with missing some of their best

463
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,679
Speaker 3: players for decent chunks here still above water. Still obviously

464
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,280
Speaker 3: in the playoff picture. They get everybody healthy and go

465
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,919
Speaker 3: in and figure out their rotation a little bit more

466
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,000
Speaker 3: and it tightens up. You know, they're still in Miami

467
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,800
Speaker 3: heat and no one's gonna want to play them come

468
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Speaker 3: playoff time.

469
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Speaker 4: They're ahead of last year's pace. Yeah, even though they're

470
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 4: seventh or eighth last year. Yeah, it's a team that

471
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Speaker 4: will play hard eventually. The Jimmy Butler three to try

472
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,679
Speaker 4: and tie it, he looked like he was just a

473
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Speaker 4: little off balance. Jimmy's never off balanced, so I was

474
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Speaker 4: a little surprised by that. But it was a Kylie

475
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,680
Speaker 4: Anderson defense. That big dude did have his hand in

476
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Speaker 4: Jimmy Butler's face, so it was a tough mate.

477
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Speaker 3: I love those Wolves throwbacks too, and I love how

478
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Speaker 3: those popular good. It looked really good. It looked cool

479
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,560
Speaker 3: on ant and even Carl and Rudy even looks great

480
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 3: in these things. Those are good jerseys.

481
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Speaker 4: Man.

482
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Speaker 3: All right, let's go uh, let's go another round here.

483
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Speaker 3: Task fourth pick overall.

484
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Speaker 4: Calves Rockets was an ot game. You may say, why

485
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,840
Speaker 4: do you got to talk about the Caves and rockets?

486
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,720
Speaker 4: Come on, it's a fine game. But there are other

487
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 4: good games. I'll tell you. This was a game. It

488
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,879
Speaker 4: was fun from the get go. We even had a

489
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Speaker 4: hack of Tristan Thompson effect. I interested tooption. I liked

490
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 4: Isaac Corro tied for the most assists on his game.

491
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 4: Sam Merrill was diving for the ball. Sam Merril, mister irrelevant.

492
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,320
Speaker 4: He was the last pick in twenty twenty and your

493
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 4: team has to dive and play hard. When a guy

494
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,520
Speaker 4: like Darius Garland broken jaw is out and was playing

495
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 4: a quarter with a broken john. He was spitting blood

496
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,359
Speaker 4: after the game, apparently in his last game, So you

497
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 4: gotta play hard at Sam Merrill. That man had a

498
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 4: career high nineteen points, a couple buckets in ot and

499
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 4: his old Utah friend, actually, Donovan Mitchell never played with

500
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 4: him in Utah, but apparently played against him because Sam

501
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,119
Speaker 4: Merrill born in Utah High School in Utah, went to

502
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,480
Speaker 4: Utah State. Donovan Mitchell said, this is what Sam duds,

503
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 4: this is who he is. I've been playing pickup games

504
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,359
Speaker 4: against him since he was at Utah State and I

505
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,120
Speaker 4: was with the Jazz. When hard work meets opportunity, it's

506
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,560
Speaker 4: a beautiful thing to see. This is what they're gonna

507
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 4: have to do without Mobley and Garland for probably two months.

508
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,920
Speaker 4: It's probably gonna last till February. We don't have those

509
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 4: two guys who are gonna have to have just hard work,

510
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 4: hard effect moves by Sam Merrill, guys like that diving

511
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 4: on the floor. He had five big threes and Isaac

512
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 4: Acro again, he's gonna be asked to be a playmaker

513
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 4: with the Rockets when they weren't hack interest in Thompson.

514
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 4: They're taking the ball out of Donovan Mitchell's hands when

515
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 4: he had a great night thirty seven. Other guys like

516
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,520
Speaker 4: Isaaca Corro have to create. It's not really his thing,

517
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 4: but he did that on this night. Six assists was

518
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 4: huge for them. They're two and zero since these two

519
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,560
Speaker 4: big injuries. You know, they're not huge wins, but the

520
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,879
Speaker 4: Rockets and the Hawks, if they can beat those types

521
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,440
Speaker 4: of guys, they're obviously going to grow, you know, within

522
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,439
Speaker 4: this locker room, within their team. So it was a

523
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,920
Speaker 4: good good win for them.

524
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Speaker 3: It helps quiet headlines like you see on ESPN where

525
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,200
Speaker 3: it says, is it the right time for the Cavaliers

526
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 3: to trade Donovan Mitchell? Right? Getting those wins despite the injuries,

527
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,120
Speaker 3: you know, you know we were touching on yesterday, other

528
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 3: podcasts we're talking about it. So if you want to

529
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,240
Speaker 3: quiet all that stuff you just racked together or some

530
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 3: quality wins. Donovan Mitchell plays well and that sort of

531
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 3: starts to dissipate, at least until you get closer to

532
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,360
Speaker 3: the trade deadline. But yeah, good victory, fun overtime game,

533
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 3: a lot of points. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

534
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 2: I was like checking the defensive ratings for both of

535
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 2: these teams, thinking they're both supposed to be defensive teams.

536
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 2: The Rockets they're second in defense, I think right now third, No,

537
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,359
Speaker 2: you're right, yeah, that's crazy. And then the Calves, you know,

538
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,879
Speaker 2: are supposed to be good to defense, and they kind

539
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 2: of struggled this year. But Mitchell has really put the

540
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 2: team on his back. I think these last couple of games.

541
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Speaker 2: Thirty seven last night set a career high with thirteen

542
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 2: assists in the previous win against the Hawks, also in

543
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,919
Speaker 2: a no defense game. But you'll take the win. What

544
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,919
Speaker 2: if free throws do? They'll win games? Shngun one for

545
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,680
Speaker 2: two at the line, tied it at the end of

546
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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. Had a dub there though. If he

547
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,200
Speaker 2: knocks them boats down, it's.

548
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 3: True, all right, Trey fifth pick overall, lots of games

549
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 3: still left.

550
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,679
Speaker 2: Nikola Jokic had his third triple single of the season

551
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 2: last night, and the Nuggets still crushed the Mavericks eight points,

552
00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,320
Speaker 2: nine rebounds, seven assists, and no fourth order minutes for

553
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 2: the Joker. It didn't matter because the Nuggets bench was

554
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 2: pretty special last night. They outscored the Mavericks sixty two

555
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 2: to thirty four. They had four reserves and double digits,

556
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 2: led by Reggie Jackson twenty points.

557
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 3: This guy is good.

558
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:13,400
Speaker 4: Wow.

559
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 2: Like Reggie Jackson out of the rotation for the Clippers

560
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 2: last season, they traded him to the Nuggets. He's kind

561
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 2: of barely around, plays a tiny little bit in the finals,

562
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,959
Speaker 2: But I guess a summer of watching Nikola Jokic partying

563
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 2: with horses built that chemistry because he looks good now.

564
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,960
Speaker 2: Murray was pretty special as well. It seemed like any

565
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,119
Speaker 2: time they needed to get a good shot, the Murray

566
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 2: Yokic two man game generated a good look. It just

567
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 2: wasn't Jokic scoring. There was definitely an athleticism advantage, I

568
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 2: thought as well. For Denver last night, they outscored the

569
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 2: Mavericks thirty two to eleven in fast break points, and

570
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,199
Speaker 2: that probably is understating things as well. Denver was just

571
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,160
Speaker 2: in transition the entire night.

572
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 3: Outside of Luca.

573
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 2: Twenty two points in the second quarter, Dallas didn't really

574
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,359
Speaker 2: make this one competitive. And then the bench just looked

575
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 2: incredible for Denver, which has been a question mark this season.

576
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 2: Will they be able to develop a bench with mostly

577
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 2: young guys and Reggie Jackson? The answer for last night

578
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 2: at least was yes. Zeke Naji was running wild.

579
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 4: Yeah, and Reggie Jackson, as you said, they got you

580
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 4: know a lot of headlines. Will the team be able

581
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 4: to do what they did last year without Bruce Brown

582
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 4: and without Jeff Green. Reggie Jackson looks incredible. He looks really, really,

583
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 4: really good. And nikolea Okic didn't have to do anything yesterday,

584
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 4: you know the all singles that that just means that

585
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,919
Speaker 4: Aaron Gordon is also stepping up. He also enjoyed the

586
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 4: horses with Nikolai in the off season, but he looked

587
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 4: bad for a huge start to this season, shooting twenty

588
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,959
Speaker 4: two percent from three. But I think somehow this Nikola

589
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 4: Jokic got a little cold, had a couple very bad nights,

590
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 4: kind of woke up Aaron Gordon and he looks entirely different.

591
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 4: But also when you get a poopy poopy game from

592
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 4: the mass They had two guys in double digits.

593
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,479
Speaker 3: That's it's gonna say. Nobody else helped Luca last night.

594
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 3: Now there's no Kyrie. I mean, I'm sure he would

595
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 3: have helped in the scoring department, but yeah, like and

596
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 3: no Lively. Yeah we know how important he is. Yeah,

597
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 3: there's nobody really contributing. Besides, you know, Dante Xi had

598
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 3: a good game but still only finished with eleven points.

599
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 3: On everybody else, I mean, Tim Hardaway Junior couldn't hit

600
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 3: a three. Grant Williams, nothing from him, Derek Jones Jr.

601
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 3: You goes on and on and on. So yeah, just

602
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 3: Luca versus the Nuggets there.

603
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it was okay in the second quarter, but

604
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 2: you know they played three other quarters. But Tim Hardaway

605
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 2: Junior did pass his dad on the all time three

606
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: pointers made list, so that's cool.

607
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 3: He's got that. Yeah, okay, I didn't know that. Good stuff,

608
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 3: all right. The final pick goes to me. I'm gonna

609
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 3: take the Knicks overcoming Lebron's triple double to uh hold

610
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 3: off the Lakers one fourteen one O nine. Before we

611
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 3: touch on the game, a few random things before they

612
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 3: tipped off. The Lakers honored their title in the inaugural

613
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 3: NBA In Season tournament. We got a new black and

614
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 3: gold sort of a medieval shaped banner there that's very

615
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 3: different from their other championship banners. We had a five

616
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 3: minute ceremony about twenty minutes prior to the game. We

617
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 3: had players and fans just sort of cheering politely, like

618
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 3: it was a little like little golf clap there as

619
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 3: it was unveiled beside the Minneapolis championship banners. That's where

620
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 3: they've put this thing, not with the l a big

621
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 3: goal championship banners. What did you think of the actual

622
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 3: design on this thing? And there is room to put more,

623
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 3: you know, years of it if you want.

624
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 4: I didn't realize that's a medieval shape banner, but it's

625
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 4: entirely true. Yeah, it could be a Game of Thrones type.

626
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, welcome shape. Yeah.

627
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 4: They got more championships than the Celtics now, so that's.

628
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 3: Interesting. It was all very subdue though, Uh this whatever ceremony.

629
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 2: Okay, here's what I didn't like. The lights looked.

630
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 3: Crazy that they were shining up.

631
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like multiple strobe lights. That was weird

632
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 2: to me. And then you're right. It was like light,

633
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,960
Speaker 2: polite clapping in the crowd. The music they were was

634
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 2: like so crazy triumphant, like coral the whole time.

635
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 3: That was a little.

636
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 2: Extreme to me. The contrast between the music that we

637
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 2: were hearing and then light seeing Lebron like, yeah, yeah,

638
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 2: we did it. That was funny, but great banner. Way

639
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 2: to put it there with the other ones from way

640
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 2: back when that you can't really call it into question

641
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 2: now right, You're like.

642
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 3: Sorry, it's history, it's officially history.

643
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 2: But now they got to win another one because it

644
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 2: all looks sat if they just got the twenty two

645
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Speaker 2: with all the.

646
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Speaker 3: All the rooms, yeah, where's the roost?

647
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's in season, tournament, huge label on there.

648
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 4: What if they changed that?

649
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 3: I know I thought that too. Will they change the

650
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 3: banner be a cup or something?

651
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, and they've got so much space for additional years

652
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 4: on there as well.

653
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 3: We'll see, we'll have to see. Also, we had a

654
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 3: massive dog sitting courtside at this game. Okay, I'm sure

655
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 3: you saw the photos going around. It's Brody the Golden Doodle.

656
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 3: He's extremely Internet famous. First time I'd ever heard of him.

657
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 3: But uh, this dog has like over six million TikTok

658
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 3: followers and yep, yep dog earns. The dog earns a

659
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 3: million dollars a year in branding deals. He's just a

660
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 3: big dog, and I mean he's cute, don't get me wrong,

661
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 3: but that's d w s. I don't know what's all

662
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 3: that about. It looks like gifts for everybody sitting court side.

663
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 2: That dog's too big to be sitting court side.

664
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 3: Fair fair.

665
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 4: Did the dog?

666
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 3: At one point? The owner I want to say, the

667
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 3: guy's name's Cliff, which all sounds more like a dog's

668
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 3: name than Brody if I'm thinking about it. But anyway,

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Speaker 3: Cliff had Broad up on his lap and he was

670
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 3: having them dance. It was pretty funny, good boy. But

671
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 3: then he was sitting between his legs. Oh yeah, are

672
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 3: you asking? Did the dog have his own seat? Yeah?

673
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 3: I want to know he did not good that dog.

674
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 4: That dog is huge.

675
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, I know. I don't think he did

676
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Speaker 3: at least.

677
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 4: Golden doodles are nice, though hypogenic, they don't shed, and

678
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Speaker 4: they're very nice. I actually was driving by an animal

679
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 4: hospital there was a van full of them, as like

680
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 4: eight week golden doodles, the tiny and they were on sale.

681
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 4: For two grand each, so we went and held them.

682
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 4: There's nineteen dogs, so they would have made a quick

683
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 4: thirty eight grand. People tried dogs. Come on, dogs, they're

684
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Speaker 4: designer dogs. They're notice the dog out of the back

685
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 4: of a van. Yeah, that's where they have That's where

686
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 4: they a cage. That's where they were sharing each other's relationships.

687
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 4: They got to know each other. But they grow to

688
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 4: be such a.

689
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 3: Huge Brody is massive, man. I fell down like a

690
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 3: weird rabbit hole, dog hole, whatever you call it, foxhole.

691
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 3: His only fears? I read an article about this dog.

692
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 3: Can you guess Brody the Golden Doodles only two fears?

693
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 3: I think one you can get. I think it's a

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Speaker 3: fairly classic dog fear. It's it's a not a fear

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Speaker 3: for my dog.

696
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Speaker 4: Fireworks.

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00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 3: No, but but you're on the you're on the right

698
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Speaker 3: path at the door. No, but think inside the house.

699
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 3: What's something that when you pull it out every once

700
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Speaker 3: in a while does make a lot of noise?

701
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 4: Dishwashing?

702
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 3: No, No, but cleaning, it's got to do vacuum. Brody

703
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 3: doesn't like vacuum cleaners and not a fan of plastic

704
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 3: garbage bags in the wind. Don't show this dog American beauty,

705
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 3: don't show anyone okay to the game. Jayalen Brunson and

706
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 3: Julius Randall, fresh off their winners of the NBA weekend,

707
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 3: they bawled out again. Brunton scored eleven of his twenty

708
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 3: nine in the fourth quarters and big threes, and Randall

709
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 3: twenty seven points fourteen boards. He probably hit the biggest

710
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 3: shot of the night was like three point thirty to

711
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 3: go rad Holdo home a three pointer. Who wasn't the

712
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 3: prettiest three point shot you're ever gonna see. That thing

713
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 3: hit a bunch of the rim, a little bit of

714
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 3: the backboard, but it drops, I mean eight did the like,

715
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 3: oh my god, come on man. But the Lakers had

716
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 3: cut the NIXT lead to four when he hit that,

717
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,879
Speaker 3: so that was a big shot. But both of these

718
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 3: guys played really well. And the other story from this

719
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 3: besides banners and dogs, Knicks starting center Jerco Simms. He

720
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 3: spreened his ankle on the opening tip. Thoughts through it,

721
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 3: played through it a little bit, but after three minutes

722
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 3: and a couple quick fouls, got removed from the game

723
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 3: and never returned. That meant it was Isaiah hart Isaiah

724
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 3: Hartenstein stepping up nine points, seventeen rebounds. He played almost

725
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 3: forty minutes. They had to play Taji Gibson. Yeah, I

726
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 3: hit no other bigs I saw, and he did a

727
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 3: great job, honestly, like inside bank with ad like I said,

728
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 3: seventeen boards. The Knicks out rebounded the Lakers fifty two

729
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 3: to forty one. So Hartenstein there was a good, good

730
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 3: game because yeah, no Mitchell Robinson of course, and then

731
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 3: Simms was out, so it was all him and a

732
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 3: little bit of Taj.

733
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. I saw a pregame Tibbs said, I'll play him

734
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 2: twenty straight minutes.

735
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 3: I don't care.

736
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 2: He's like the GOOFY mean, I'll do it. But Hardenstein's

737
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 2: on his way to becoming a Tibbs guy. Like he's

738
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 2: got contracts for years and years. At this point, he

739
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 2: might be the next Taj Gibson. It's like, hey, everybody

740
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 2: else is shart, Fine, you're going forty eight and.

741
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 3: He'll do it. Yeah, I'll do it.

742
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 2: It's a good, good quickly a nice game too. Twenty

743
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 2: points off the bench for him. He's kind of been

744
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 2: not as big of a part of the rotation for

745
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: the Knicks this season, hasn't really gotten too a rhythm.

746
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 2: I don't think yet this year, but he was nice

747
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 2: last night.

748
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 3: Good win here from the nick, especially because Lebron like

749
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 3: he started to do that whole thing. When it got

750
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 3: to the fourth corner, He's like, Okay, here we go,

751
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 3: and Lebron sort of activates. I think he scored or

752
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 3: assisted on fifteen of the lakers first nineteen points in

753
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 3: that quarter. But again they got very close, but Hunts

754
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 3: and Randall quickly did enough to hold them at bay.

755
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 4: Like the Pacers who went to the INN Season Tournament final,

756
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 4: the Lakers struggling a little bit since their appearance. Teams

757
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 4: get up for these teams. They're one and three since

758
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 4: the tournament.

759
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 3: I can't say this during an ad read, but are

760
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 3: you saying there's an N season tournament hangover?

761
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 2: You're telling me?

762
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 4: Why can't you say hangovery?

763
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 3: I just read the copy test.

764
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 4: It happens.

765
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 3: Get me in trouble.

766
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 4: You're in Las Vegas as the Pacers and Lakers were,

767
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 4: you might be hung low.

768
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 3: Yes, that's very true.

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00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 4: Teams definitely get up for the Lakers. And I mentioned Porzingis, Horford,

770
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,479
Speaker 4: Embiid Middleton as guys that sit out. Anthony Davis did

771
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 4: sit out a game against the San Antonio Spurs, so

772
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 4: that's part of why they lost. They did sit a

773
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 4: couple of guys. But Herdenstein would just wanted to play

774
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 4: against the Lakers. That's why he played so awesome. He

775
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 4: got up to play against him. That's a great performance.

776
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,479
Speaker 4: Almost forty minutes. Again, as we said there, nine and seven,

777
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 4: nine seventeen, A couple of steels, couple blocks.

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00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 3: Big, really weird I don't have in front of me here,

779
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 3: but really weird West Coast trip here for the Knicks,

780
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 3: like in terms of like who they're winning against and

781
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:08,720
Speaker 3: then who they're losing against.

782
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 2: It they lost to the Jazz, yeah, smoke, they lost

783
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,399
Speaker 2: to the Jazz, got smoked by the Clippers, right, beat

784
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 2: the Suns beat the Lakers.

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00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 3: Yeah right, right right, So just a strange one sort

786
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 3: of the nixt season there maybe in a nutshell. Okay, well,

787
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 3: those are the six games we're drafting. I know we

788
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:23,800
Speaker 3: had to leave five on the board.

789
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 2: You got the.

790
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,720
Speaker 3: Biggest snub, the biggest snub I can't.

791
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 2: Believe dropped to the fourth.

792
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,919
Speaker 3: We'll give you the biggest snub. How about how about

793
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 3: Hawks Pistons?

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00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 2: I know, for the k Cunningham had a great game

795
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: and it was close, only a single digit loss.

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00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Pistons, they lost by six in the end.

797
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 3: One four Yeah, kid with a forty three career high. Yeah,

798
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 3: twenty four. Now straight losses for the Pistons. That's a story, right,

799
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,439
Speaker 3: there should be a bigger deal in the sports world

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00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 3: if you're asking me, I didn't know the Raptors. I

801
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 3: could obviously play the homwork card. Didn't let miles bridges

802
00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 3: across the border denied them access, and uh, you know,

803
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 3: Scotty and Siakam had really good games. But otherwise I.

804
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 2: Think we got the top six.

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00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 4: I think.

806
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:09,479
Speaker 3: I mean yet, Sacramento kill the Wizards, Utah killed the Nets.

807
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 3: That's a really quality win for them. And that's about it. Okay,

808
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 3: see oh shay chat games. Wow, that's I was actually

809
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,760
Speaker 3: just thinking of the SGA. Stop on a goddamn dime

810
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 3: on Jared Jackson Junior. He just went running. I just

811
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 3: stops immediately. It's the jumper. Yeah, they dominated. John Morant

812
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 3: returns tonight for the Grizzlies.

813
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 2: They need him. They do need something.

814
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,839
Speaker 3: They do need some offense on that team for sure.

815
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 3: All right, let's take a break and when we come back,

816
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 3: we'll make some All Star picks at least when it

817
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 3: comes to the starters, don't go anywhere. Well that a

818
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 3: block was I think you should leave style there. That

819
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 3: was a chunky one. Holy moly. But that's all right.

820
00:38:58,480 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 3: We got some other things to talk about here. Hit

821
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 3: the button, subscribe, leave us a five star rating and review.

822
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 3: NBA All Start voting starts today. And I know what

823
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 3: you're thinking. Skeets are there three for one days where

824
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 3: my vote counts for three times the amount? Bet your

825
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 3: ass there are there six of them?

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00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:16,280
Speaker 2: This is stupid.

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00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 3: Did they kick it off? No they don't. It's the

828
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 3: first ones on Christmas.

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00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 2: Ah, yeah, of course. Yes.

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00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 3: Anyway, we thought it would be fun to make some

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00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 3: early picks for our ten NBA All Star Games starters.

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00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 3: Now your full ballot. It does compromise. Compromise comprises of

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00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 3: three front court players and two guards in each conference.

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00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 3: I had to like remind myself this is how we

835
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 3: do this, that we still do guards in front core

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00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 3: players at least for the All Star Game. Okay, yep,

837
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 3: just want to remind you guys that, and fans will

838
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,240
Speaker 3: account for fifty percent of the vote. Current Players Media

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00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 3: Panel they're twenty five percent each. But the fans have

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00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 3: a lot of power here, So let's get to uh,

841
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 3: let's get to some picks here. Who wants to get

842
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 3: a Star'll start in the Eastern Conference. Who you got

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00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 3: is your five guys on your ballot right now? Against

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00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 3: three front court, two guards?

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00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 4: Right? Conferences? I forgot about that. I just went, I

846
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,280
Speaker 4: just went, I want ten. I want ten starters.

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Speaker 2: They've always done conferences, They've always done, always done this.

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00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 4: But then they get down there and then they just

849
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 4: vote for guys. I mean, now they just pick guys.

850
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 4: I should say, we're going back classics, not me. I

851
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 4: guess I don't like it.

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00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 3: Okay, So hold on, you don't have five.

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00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 4: You've just went yeah, well, obviously Embad's there, obviously is there, Yes,

854
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,959
Speaker 4: obviously Haliburton is there. Okay, okay, uh, and Tatum needs

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00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 4: to be respected. The fifth one is the question, can

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Speaker 4: I jump in here?

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Speaker 3: Do you agree with those four?

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Speaker 2: Okay? Yes, I think the Eastern Conference front court is

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00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 2: the easiest positions to pick, and I think that those

860
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 2: are going to be the starters in the Eastern Conference

861
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 2: until one of those three gets hurt or one of

862
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 2: them leaves.

863
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:02,280
Speaker 4: The conference, Embiid and Tatum. Yeah in yes, yeah, I agree.

864
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 4: The backcourt, Hollie should get there. Will he slowed down

865
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 4: at a little bit, but uh, Haliburn should be there.

866
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 4: Who's going to join him? Is it Maxie or is

867
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 4: it Brunson for me.

868
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 3: Or Damian Willard? Possibility?

869
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 4: Definitely possible. His numbers are there.

870
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 3: Those are the three I had it down to.

871
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, so if you send Maxi or you send Damian Lillard,

872
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 4: you're sending a teammate. You could send Brunson just because

873
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 4: he's kicking butt and be the only New York Nick

874
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 4: who's gonna make it. But Maxi's got to get there,

875
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 4: so I'll take Maxi. Okay, although I do think Brunson

876
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 4: will make his first All Star Game here, this is.

877
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 3: Your ballot, man, go with whoever you want. Who'd you

878
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 3: go with?

879
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 2: I also think it's Tyree's time, Maxie and Haliburton backcourt.

880
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 2: Good for me, though, I do think when the time comes,

881
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 2: it will be Damian Lillard getting the start.

882
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, probably the honorary start.

883
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 2: That guy never got a chance to start when he

884
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 2: played in the Western Conference because he was behind so

885
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 2: many great guards.

886
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 3: Who oh yeah, that's a good. Did he not start? Yeah,

887
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 3: I mean a lot locked in. Yeah, yeah, Luca, Luca.

888
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,720
Speaker 3: When you look at the numbers between Maxi, Dame and Brunson,

889
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,919
Speaker 3: they're really similar, like really really close in just terms

890
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 3: of like your box score sort of like twenty six

891
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 3: points a game type numbers, you know, seven and four ish.

892
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 3: When you're looking at a lot of these guys, some

893
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 3: of them you're rounding up, some of them you're rounding

894
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 3: down a little bit. Brunson. I didn't realize he's shooting

895
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 3: forty six percent from three. Holy moly, that is damn

896
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,560
Speaker 3: good man. There's a case to be made it should

897
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 3: be Brunson over those two guys. I like that, And

898
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 3: really I started probably had him third until I started

899
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,800
Speaker 3: like looking at it going whoa. He's had some heaters

900
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 3: here recently with the fifty point game obviously bumping up

901
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 3: some of that. Can't go wrong with any of those three.

902
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 3: I'm with you, Trey, it probably will be Dame. I mean,

903
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,759
Speaker 3: the fan votes, like, look, we got angry with Knicks

904
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 3: fans last year saying you gotta vote for Brunson. You

905
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 3: gotta get this guy higher on this list. He's got

906
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 3: way way low numbers especially in a big market like

907
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 3: New York. So hopefully they come out droves, but it'll

908
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 3: probably be Dame. I think right now, I'm with you, guys.

909
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 3: I'm going MAXI right now. Twenty six seven and four

910
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 3: shooting forty percent from deep great percentages, obviously on one

911
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 3: of the better teams. It's tough stuff, man. You can

912
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,720
Speaker 3: only pick five, can only pick five in the East,

913
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 3: but you can pick five in the West. Who do

914
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:20,439
Speaker 3: you got there?

915
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: Uh?

916
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 4: Do I get a times three pick as you get

917
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,399
Speaker 4: when you make no no tanking. But that's what might

918
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 4: help Tyrese MAXI. His name is Tyrese. You might be

919
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:32,479
Speaker 4: voting for Halbert and.

920
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 3: Is cool?

921
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, it's good. Called by Trey. We'll go to

922
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 4: the West. Jokic has to be there, Shay Gills, Alexander.

923
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 4: I'm jumping petitions here. Luca will probably join shake Gil

924
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 4: just Alexander, which would bump Steph Curry. I hate that.

925
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 4: I hate that a.

926
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 3: Lot doesn't help in your teams under five hundred.

927
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not his fault.

928
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 2: I mean Curry will start vote.

929
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's the fan vote, sure, so so probably Shae Curry.

930
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 4: I suppose Luca's got to be there at some point,

931
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 4: but well, yeah, let's go shake Curry in the back court.

932
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,320
Speaker 4: Front court, Jokic, it's gonna be Lebron. I gotta say

933
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 4: if he will be there, And then the fifth one,

934
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 4: it's either it's probably Durant for me and yeah, wow, yeah.

935
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 3: No Timberwolves player and you're starting for five, are gonna

936
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 3: be upset? Yeah, it's tough to decide between Carl Anthony Towns.

937
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 3: Ant has a case, but there's so many great guards

938
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,879
Speaker 3: in the West, so it's much more difficult. I think

939
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 3: it's easier path for Kat to be honest, starting I

940
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 3: think they'll both make it. But who do you go

941
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 3: with your five right now on your ballot in the West.

942
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 2: I didn't even have Kat on my short list for

943
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 2: starting in the Western Conference. I think Jokic is really

944
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 2: the only lock as a starter for the front court.

945
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 2: And then you're choosing two out of four players Durant, Lebron,

946
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis, and I think Kawhi Leonard is making a

947
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 2: case here, and by the time we get even closer,

948
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 2: if he's playing the way he does now, you might

949
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 2: have him there for me. Right now, I would go Jokic,

950
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 2: KD and Lebron Okay, and then in the back court,

951
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 2: like I said, I think Curry and Luca will be

952
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 2: the starters because of fan vote, but I would personally

953
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 2: go for Shake Gel just Alexander with the thunder and

954
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 2: I put Luca in as my starter last night. But

955
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 2: then I woke up this morning, I remembered Anthony Edwards

956
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 2: was in takeover mode and the Timberwolves are in first

957
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 2: place in the Western Conference. So I'm going Shae and

958
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 2: Ant as my starters right now.

959
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 3: That's a fun backcourt there too. I did sort of

960
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,400
Speaker 3: the opposite. I went. I went with Jokich, that's a

961
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 3: no brainer. I went Karl Anthony Towns. He's averaging twenty

962
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 3: two nine and a half three assists. His shooting splits

963
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 3: are fifty one, forty two and ninety. This guy playing

964
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 3: twenty five games on the best team in the West.

965
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,399
Speaker 3: I wanted to, like, you know, give him a little

966
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:47,680
Speaker 3: love for that. Then I went Lebron. He's just at

967
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,800
Speaker 3: the point like a nineteen time All Star. Is he

968
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 3: any worse than he's been in the last couple of years. No,

969
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 3: He's shooting like the best three point percentage he's had

970
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 3: since his Miami days. He's still elite, so he's my

971
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 3: third starter in the front court. And then I went

972
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 3: Luca and Sga, so I bumped ant off. I went

973
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 3: with kat. I just thought it was an easier path

974
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 3: to get him in there. But then I started thinking

975
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 3: about It's like you could have a sick second starting

976
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:13,520
Speaker 3: five in the West. You could have Anthony Davis, Kawhi Durant,

977
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 3: and then yeah, you can have Anthony Edwards and Curry

978
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 3: or Fox or Booker who missed some games. But yeah,

979
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 3: ah man, it's a lot more, a lot more difficult,

980
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 3: it feels like to crack that starting five in the Western.

981
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 2: Conference, especially at the guard position. Yeah, I think your

982
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 2: guard position is the hardest position to make All Star

983
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 2: at right now.

984
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 3: All right, let's hear from everybody. Get your ballots. You

985
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 3: can just go do this yourself. Do it on the

986
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 3: NBA dot Com, do it on the NBA app. Can't

987
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 3: do it by Twitter anymore or x good. Yeah, probably good.

988
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 3: But I never believed that in the same place, same

989
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 3: same And then you get a lot of the like

990
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 3: Victor Wenmnyama. He's a big swiftie. Hey, swifty fans, come

991
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 3: on out and vote for Victor Wen Minyama. It's like,

992
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 3: what do we watch the games? Vote who you want?

993
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,319
Speaker 3: I guess, but like, all right, anyway, is he a

994
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:02,840
Speaker 3: big swifty?

995
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 4: I don't know.

996
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 3: I think I saw a tweet going around. Maybe it's

997
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 3: a lie though it's.

998
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 2: Not a Britney Spears fan though.

999
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 3: No, we know that. We know that, all right. Next

1000
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:11,840
Speaker 3: piece of news here from Sham's he tweeted yesterday, the

1001
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 3: NBA has delivered an invitation to mac McClung to participate

1002
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 3: in the twenty four All Star Slam Dunk Contest. McClung

1003
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 3: has an opportunity to defend his title put on a

1004
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,800
Speaker 3: show last year. He is the reigning G League Player

1005
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 3: of the Month, but he hadn't played in the NBA

1006
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 3: this season. What do you think about him coming back

1007
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 3: having not Let's say, of course, he does not make

1008
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 3: an NBA roster here leading up to the All Star

1009
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 3: Game in Indianapolis. Do you think you're fine with this?

1010
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 3: You don't like it?

1011
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,240
Speaker 4: But the guy barely played in the NBA last season.

1012
00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,320
Speaker 4: He played two games way after he won the Dunk Contest,

1013
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 4: but he saved the Dunk contest. It was a damn

1014
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 4: good show him and Tramer. If he got to the finals,

1015
00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 4: but McClung was the guy that will always remember. I'll

1016
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 4: always remember that dunk contest. But he hasn't played a

1017
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,359
Speaker 4: stinking game, so it feels a little cheaper a little.

1018
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 4: So somebody's just got assignment or bring him up. I

1019
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:12,359
Speaker 4: should say, play with the magic, you know, come hang

1020
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:16,879
Speaker 4: out a little bit. At the same time, it all

1021
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 4: depends who his second and third and fourth opponents are,

1022
00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 4: because he's a damn good dunker. The only way he

1023
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 4: shouldn't be there is if that foursome is awesome. It

1024
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 4: is fantastic? Is great? That's the question, and it could be.

1025
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 4: It definitely could be with Shade and Sharp, with potentially

1026
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 4: John Morant, but he was so good last year I

1027
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 4: got no problem with it in the end.

1028
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 3: Okay, you like the guy at least defending his title,

1029
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 3: wanting to go in it. I think he told someone recently,

1030
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:50,280
Speaker 3: I got a couple more dunks he's not seeing. He says,

1031
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 3: got more hair. I noticed he doesn't.

1032
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 2: Have more hair, right, And at least he's in the

1033
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:58,360
Speaker 2: NBA ecosystem. Like, I don't know what a Geeligue paycheck

1034
00:48:58,400 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 2: looks like, but there's a chance it's got an NBA

1035
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 2: logo on it, so I think it counts and he

1036
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 2: was good enough last year. But I also think he should,

1037
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 2: just like last season, get the honorary call up to

1038
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 2: the NBA so he can wear an Orlando Magic jersey

1039
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 2: rather than an Osceola Magic jersey or.

1040
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,440
Speaker 3: Something like that, or what about you tweeted about it

1041
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:20,279
Speaker 3: the classic Craig Hodges way back in the day, So

1042
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 3: he should run just a generic NBA jersey.

1043
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,279
Speaker 2: I should give him that. Yeah, but if you win,

1044
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:28,480
Speaker 2: if you win one of these, you should have the

1045
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 2: opportunity to defend it.

1046
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:30,279
Speaker 3: Yep.

1047
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,359
Speaker 2: And I think it means a lot to him because

1048
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 2: there's one hundred thousand dollars prize for winning the dunk

1049
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 2: contest and that's probably what he makes in the G

1050
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 2: League something like that.

1051
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, Okay, I guess my only other question off of

1052
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 3: this is is there you already You're already slipped in

1053
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 3: some names there, but anyone else you want to invite

1054
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 3: or you'd like to see try and battle this guy?

1055
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 3: I mean, there should be some NBA pride here. If

1056
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 3: this G leaguer is gonna try and win this thing,

1057
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 3: who would you like to see on this dunk contest.

1058
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:56,799
Speaker 3: Gotta have a Thompson twin. Oh.

1059
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 2: I'm guessing a Sar just because he is kind of

1060
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,919
Speaker 2: established himself. Probably gets an invite to the Rising Stars Game.

1061
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 2: But I bet they're both really good at dunking it.

1062
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:09,360
Speaker 2: I would also invite Shade and Sharp. He turned it

1063
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 2: down last year because he didn't get the invite, but

1064
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 2: he's been playing pretty well for the Blazers, so I

1065
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 2: think he should be in the mix because that guy

1066
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:17,120
Speaker 2: can fly.

1067
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 3: Yep.

1068
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 2: Then my dark horse pick is Jimei Hawkes Junior from

1069
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 2: the Miami Heat. You don't think of him as a

1070
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 2: leaper because he looks like a pirate, but he was

1071
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 2: a great in high school dunk contests. I think he

1072
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 2: had the third best vertical at the Combine this year

1073
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,000
Speaker 2: thirty nine inches, So he can get up and it'll

1074
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,920
Speaker 2: probably look cool with his hair flying around off there.

1075
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:37,400
Speaker 3: Absolutely would I agree with Sharp, that's a no brainer.

1076
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:39,120
Speaker 3: Love to see him go in it and win it.

1077
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:42,919
Speaker 3: Probably Anthony Edwards would still be a big, big name

1078
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 3: to go in this thing. Probably unlikely. John Moran's fascinating

1079
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 3: he returns tonight. Is it a part of his redemption tour?

1080
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:51,439
Speaker 3: I said I would never go in this thing unless

1081
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 3: I was getting a million bucks. Well, I changed my mind.

1082
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:57,080
Speaker 3: I'll try and win some fans back. That'd be awesome.

1083
00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 3: If he went in it probably very unlikely. I wouldn't

1084
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 3: even think the Grizzlies organization would want it. Having only

1085
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,359
Speaker 3: played well, I guess he will have played what two

1086
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 3: months by then?

1087
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 2: Two months? Yeah, okay, that's a decent amount of what

1088
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,359
Speaker 2: Star is signing up. Though, to lose to a GI League,

1089
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:13,919
Speaker 2: I know that's the problem.

1090
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,799
Speaker 3: H Yeah, you're right. It's almost like this is bad

1091
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 3: in a way. If you ever want to get the Stars, you.

1092
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 2: Gotta be pretty confident in you're dunky and though it

1093
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 2: is to be the guy who's a specialist in dunky.

1094
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,360
Speaker 3: Mm hmm. Well, let's hear from everybody out there. Tweet

1095
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:27,799
Speaker 3: at us at no dunk sink. Let us know in

1096
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 3: the stream team YouTube comments, who do you want to

1097
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:34,680
Speaker 3: see battle? Mac mcclunk. He has accepted the invitation, right.

1098
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 2: I think I think it was a foregunk conclusion.

1099
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,480
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, yeah, I don't think you decline it and

1100
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 4: say nay, it's no. He's got more dunks. He pulled

1101
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 4: out that high school Gates City Jersey last year. That's

1102
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 4: his high school name. He's got plans, and he said

1103
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,800
Speaker 4: last year when he walked off after that five forty

1104
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 4: dunk was nearly a seven twenty dunk, that he's got

1105
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 4: more dunks.

1106
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:57,719
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1107
00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I'm pretty sure he does. I do want

1108
00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:01,360
Speaker 4: to see shit and sharply, Yeah, that would be the

1109
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:01,879
Speaker 4: good one.

1110
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 3: Two flies man. Yeah, he's one of those rare dunkers.

1111
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,360
Speaker 3: Like I don't even care. I don't need all like

1112
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,319
Speaker 3: it's weird. I don't even need you to like do

1113
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 3: a five forty and go between legs and do it

1114
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:14,000
Speaker 3: like it just looks cool. Just jump as high as

1115
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:17,400
Speaker 3: you possibly can and duncan it looks it looks amazing.

1116
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:19,279
Speaker 3: But hopefully he goes in it all right. A couple

1117
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:21,919
Speaker 3: other pieces of news here, some trade rumor stuff. Sam

1118
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 3: Ammick at The Athletic he had a bunch of trade

1119
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 3: rumors in an article recently, and one of the things

1120
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:29,239
Speaker 3: that jumped out was Zach Lavine would be very amenable

1121
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 3: to a king's trade. And so I've got a lot

1122
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,240
Speaker 3: of people work in the trade machine and debating whether

1123
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,000
Speaker 3: the Kings should be aggressive and going for a player

1124
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:39,360
Speaker 3: like Zach Lathene what do you think.

1125
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,440
Speaker 2: Well, Lavine would be an upgrade at their two guard.

1126
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:45,959
Speaker 2: I mean, I guess he's maybe a three on that team,

1127
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 2: depending on who they ship out. You know, he does

1128
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:50,520
Speaker 2: a lot more with the ball than somebody like Kevin

1129
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:54,720
Speaker 2: Herder does. He can play a bigger chunk of minutes

1130
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 2: than a guy like Malik Monk can, I think. But also,

1131
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 2: the Kings run a system that's very like quick decision heavy,

1132
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,480
Speaker 2: and I don't think that's necessarily Levin's strong suit. It

1133
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,760
Speaker 2: would help getting another guy who puts pressure on the rim.

1134
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 2: I think he obviously is a good shooter. And maybe

1135
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:12,919
Speaker 2: if you're a Kings fan, you'd be super hyped about

1136
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 2: this because Zach Levine has had incredible games against the

1137
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,360
Speaker 2: Kings in the past. It's the fifth most points of

1138
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:22,160
Speaker 2: any team he averages against Sacramento. Also, you could say Zacramento,

1139
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,799
Speaker 2: which I think is exciting. Sure, But the big thing

1140
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,279
Speaker 2: of this to me is that Rich Paul is on

1141
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:29,480
Speaker 2: record saying, yeah, Zach Levine could maybe go back to

1142
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 2: the Bulls. We're not necessarily saying he's getting traded. There's

1143
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 2: still a pathway back if he wanted to. I don't

1144
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:37,960
Speaker 2: necessarily know if I think that's the case. But I

1145
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,040
Speaker 2: also thought this was a little bit of a rich

1146
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 2: Paul trying to drum up some more interest around the league,

1147
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,319
Speaker 2: saying we're not just laser focused on the Lakers here,

1148
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 2: even though everybody assumes that's where Levine ultimately wants to

1149
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 2: end up. I think Levine would help the Kings. They

1150
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:57,200
Speaker 2: played it pretty cool over the offseason, right They opened

1151
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 2: a bunch of cap space, and then they just kind

1152
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 2: of used it to run back Harrison Barnes. He's not

1153
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 2: looking great to start the season, so maybe they decide

1154
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 2: we shouldn't have punted on the off season. Let's try

1155
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,800
Speaker 2: something here at this transaction window.

1156
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:15,839
Speaker 4: And for the Chicago Bulls, because they're playing so well,

1157
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:18,560
Speaker 4: maybe if they don't get as much back for Zach

1158
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 4: Lavine right here right now, it won't be as bad,

1159
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 4: because what are they going to get back for him

1160
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:26,880
Speaker 4: right now? I did. I fired up the trade machine

1161
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 4: with the Kinks, and they have picks to offer. Absolutely,

1162
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:32,440
Speaker 4: that would I think be the juiciest thing. As you said,

1163
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:35,359
Speaker 4: he would take Kevin Herder's minutes. You know, I think

1164
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:39,240
Speaker 4: Herder would come back in a trade and Harrison Barnes

1165
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:42,600
Speaker 4: and a pick or two if you're asking a bunch

1166
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 4: that actually that the deal actually works Herder Barnes picks.

1167
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:52,960
Speaker 4: So how many is is Chicago settling on? They are?

1168
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 4: That's an interesting team, the Sacramento Kings, because, yeah, they

1169
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 4: had so much room. It looked like they're going to

1170
00:54:56,600 --> 00:55:00,680
Speaker 4: go after Kuzma was that was the biggest rumor. They've

1171
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:02,560
Speaker 4: somehow turned around their defense. They went to the playoff

1172
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:04,919
Speaker 4: last year against Cool State Wars. They're an incredible offensive team,

1173
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 4: one of the best offensive ever, and not a great defense.

1174
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 4: But they've had a better defense. They've sort of become mediocre.

1175
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,400
Speaker 4: And the Fox Levine backcourt that they would have along

1176
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:18,280
Speaker 4: with Keegan Murray, it's about to Sibonis in that starting lamp.

1177
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:22,400
Speaker 4: It's better. It's better, it's a guy you could rely on.

1178
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 4: That The Kings is interesting, I mean such a risk.

1179
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:28,040
Speaker 3: You can like, you can see why a team like

1180
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,239
Speaker 3: Sacramento would do this move, especially if that was all

1181
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,279
Speaker 3: really going in return. It's not a lot. But then

1182
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:34,919
Speaker 3: on the other hand, it's like you are locking into

1183
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:36,719
Speaker 3: a lot of money to Zach Levine, Yeah, how does

1184
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 3: he play with the flow of the system. Defensively too,

1185
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,400
Speaker 3: You're not great. You know, he's not amazing at that.

1186
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:45,799
Speaker 3: I don't know. It's like it's like this to me

1187
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:47,960
Speaker 3: is like the position when you're a team like the

1188
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:49,880
Speaker 3: Sacramento Kings. You were good last year, you want to

1189
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:54,200
Speaker 3: win playoff series. You have young talented stars in Fox

1190
00:55:54,239 --> 00:55:56,960
Speaker 3: and Sibonis and Keegan Murray on his way up. So

1191
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:58,680
Speaker 3: you're sort of like you're pushing in all the chips

1192
00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 3: in a weird way. But man, I can come back

1193
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:02,400
Speaker 3: to bite you in the ass too. For a player,

1194
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 3: depends how you feel about Zach Levine. Does he really

1195
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:09,640
Speaker 3: does he make them instrumentally better? I don't know. I

1196
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 3: don't I honestly don't know. I know, I'm not convinced

1197
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:13,520
Speaker 3: he does.

1198
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 4: At the start of his Bulls run, he obviously isn't

1199
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,880
Speaker 4: a great defensive player, but things were a looking great

1200
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 4: at the beginning with the Lonzo ball life. I think

1201
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,480
Speaker 4: just just it all depends on the team and the

1202
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:28,000
Speaker 4: structure that comes that he comes to, and with Fox,

1203
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,799
Speaker 4: Keegan Murray and the bonus that'd be playing with, I

1204
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,359
Speaker 4: think he would be hungry and happy and everything would

1205
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:36,279
Speaker 4: be would be solid, And.

1206
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 3: Like you said, if it's Barnes hurt her in a

1207
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 3: pick or yeah, maybe two. I'm sure they're gonna be like, no,

1208
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:41,920
Speaker 3: just one pick. Look at his contract.

1209
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,400
Speaker 2: I already owe one to the Hawks as well, so

1210
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:46,719
Speaker 2: they should not trade two picks for Zach Levine. But

1211
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:49,640
Speaker 2: I do think the contract is probably less of a

1212
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:51,919
Speaker 2: worry for a team like Sacramento.

1213
00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 3: That isn't a free agent destination.

1214
00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:57,160
Speaker 2: Right, Like, they're gonna be expensive once Keegan Murray finally

1215
00:56:57,200 --> 00:56:59,560
Speaker 2: gets to his extension, but that's probably about the same

1216
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 2: time when Levine's contract is coming off the books.

1217
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:03,239
Speaker 4: I don't know.

1218
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 2: It would be a risky move, and you only do it,

1219
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 2: I guess if you're like, we're a piece away from

1220
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:12,799
Speaker 2: winning a playoff series, right, right, right, It's a little

1221
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:15,840
Speaker 2: like trading for a Vucca, you know, Yeah, little Buci

1222
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 2: kind of move, Yeah, Liciucci.

1223
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:23,400
Speaker 4: It's when we're looking at all the teams that Zach

1224
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:26,680
Speaker 4: Lavine could potentially go to, it's just all about the

1225
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:30,640
Speaker 4: team that he goes. He's not necessarily taking an average

1226
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 4: team to a much better team. Uh, He's got to

1227
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,920
Speaker 4: go to a good team. He's got to go to

1228
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,320
Speaker 4: a good lineup, and I think the Kings have that

1229
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 4: right now. I think they'd want Drummond back as well,

1230
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:43,880
Speaker 4: just for a little size because they could use that

1231
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 4: in terms of when it.

1232
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,000
Speaker 3: Comes Okay, including him in a potential training.

1233
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:51,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you can get him thrown in, Yeah, no

1234
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:54,600
Speaker 2: problem there. Drummond is sweet man. That guy's funny to watch,

1235
00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 2: all right.

1236
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 3: Final piece of news here on Friday, Yeah, who's Jake

1237
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 3: Fisher reported that the Jazz are leaving teams with the

1238
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 3: impression that lowry marketing can be acquired in a trade,

1239
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 3: though it's unlikely a move will be made due to

1240
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:10,760
Speaker 3: the team's high asking price. Then we had Kevin m'connor yesterday.

1241
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:12,800
Speaker 3: He had a big article on a bunch of things,

1242
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 3: and within it was the marketing talk and he said,

1243
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:18,920
Speaker 3: koc talking to other teams, the asking price seems to

1244
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 3: be five ish first and or players of comparable value.

1245
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:28,000
Speaker 3: That's what it would take for trader Danny Ainge to say, yeah,

1246
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 3: we'll trade dear lowry market in. What do you make

1247
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 3: of these lowry market in trade rumors? And the idea

1248
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:38,840
Speaker 3: that he could be moved, could be acquired from a

1249
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:40,520
Speaker 3: team where he probably would fit with a lot of

1250
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:41,960
Speaker 3: squads with what he brings to the table.

1251
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, he can help with a little bit of rim protection.

1252
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,479
Speaker 2: He's obviously got good size, being right at seven feet

1253
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 2: and can shoot the ball as well. It's something that

1254
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 2: a lot of teams are looking for. Also still young,

1255
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 2: as Lowry Marketing even twenty seven yet thinks not quite

1256
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:58,760
Speaker 2: twenty six and two hundred and eleven days if we're

1257
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:01,720
Speaker 2: being specific. But if Danny Ainge is looking for five

1258
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,920
Speaker 2: first round picks, then I think Lowry Markinin can buy

1259
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 2: a home in Utah because he ain't getting traded for

1260
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,240
Speaker 2: five first round picks right at this point. But you

1261
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:10,040
Speaker 2: can understand why Ange would want to do it. The

1262
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 2: Jazz have taken a step back since they traded all

1263
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 2: their veterans to the Lakers last year. Market In though

1264
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:21,920
Speaker 2: he's not even twenty seven, he is older than a

1265
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 2: Keyante George, than Walker Kessler, the guys who are probably

1266
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 2: going to be on the next really good jazz team.

1267
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:31,400
Speaker 2: So trading Marketing ahead of time when you can get

1268
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 2: a lot more value, perhaps that's a smart move because

1269
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:37,680
Speaker 2: he's probably not going to be a Utah Jazz legend,

1270
00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 2: like he's not going to play ten seasons for the

1271
00:59:39,640 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 2: Jazz because Danny Ainge as soon as somebody's good enough

1272
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:44,600
Speaker 2: and the right offer is there, he will trade you.

1273
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:48,080
Speaker 2: So I saw Markanin was talking to who Sam amock

1274
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:50,120
Speaker 2: Oh over the Athletics saying how much he wants to

1275
00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 2: stay in Utah because Will Hardy actually took the time

1276
00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:55,200
Speaker 2: to figure out how to use this guy the way

1277
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:57,520
Speaker 2: he should be used. The other thing I took away

1278
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,480
Speaker 2: from this was that Sacramento in Atlanta are showing up

1279
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 2: in every single trade rumors, So somebody's making a move

1280
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:02,600
Speaker 2: one of those two teams.

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Speaker 4: It's all about what Danny Age thinks that this team

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Speaker 4: is going to become, because right now as they're constructed,

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Speaker 4: if you don't think they're going to be all that good,

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Speaker 4: then you trade Larry Markinen for hopefully a really great

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Speaker 4: draft pick. You're not getting five, there is absolutely no chance,

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Speaker 4: but for a low draft pick. If you don't think

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Speaker 4: what you've got in County George oh, Chaia Baji and

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01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 4: the Walker Kestler run, then you trade him. Although I

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Speaker 4: could see them keeping him around and being a good team.

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Speaker 4: Last year they were a solid team, thirty seven win team,

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Speaker 4: even though they traded Michael Conley and Jared Vanderbilt. Those

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Speaker 4: they you need Blue guys, it's all about what comes back.

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Speaker 4: Though I could understand him trading him. As Trey said,

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Speaker 4: he is twenty six and two hundred and eleven days

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01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 4: is it is moving up in age? What do you

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Speaker 4: think you're going to become right here, right now? You

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01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:58,200
Speaker 4: might want an incredible draft pick, but then it depends

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Speaker 4: on which team you're training him too, because you're might

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Speaker 4: not get a great draft pick. If you're trading him

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01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:06,760
Speaker 4: to a solid team, you might want to trade him

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01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 4: to somebody like the Pistons, or somebody ideally that's gonna

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Speaker 4: finish for a second, third, or fourth worst well.

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Speaker 3: Koc wrote that Larry Marketin's qualities seemed to fit for

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01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:21,280
Speaker 3: virtually every team, and then Koc listed like eight teams

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Speaker 3: where he could fit. He could be beside bam Adebio

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01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:26,960
Speaker 3: in Miami's front court. He could be a desperate influx

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Speaker 3: of shooting to help Detroit's young cores and be like

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Speaker 3: a star for them. He could replace Julius Randall in

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Speaker 3: New York. That got me opening my eyeballs. He could

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Speaker 3: fill open space in Golden State. He could operate the

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01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:38,920
Speaker 3: two man game with Tyrese Haliburton. He could mix in

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Speaker 3: with Houston's versatile core. He could thrive off the ball

1313
01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:45,680
Speaker 3: in New Orleans, or he could help complete Oklahoma City's core.

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Speaker 3: Koc listed eight teams there. I mean, it's a good

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01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,680
Speaker 3: chunk of the league, that lowry market in Terry, and

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Speaker 3: it all makes sense. You could see them saying, oh, yeah,

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01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:55,720
Speaker 3: we could add him and he could be a bit

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Speaker 3: of a difference maker to whatever squad. But yeah, if

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Speaker 3: Danny's saying five ish first round picks, that means Danny

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Speaker 3: wants three first round picks. Even that feels like a

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01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:07,200
Speaker 3: lot o. The guy was an all star. He's like

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01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:09,400
Speaker 3: come back even here recently, and they do look like

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01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:12,000
Speaker 3: a better team when he plays. So you could see

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01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,200
Speaker 3: maybe a team convincing themselves that, oh, he's the missing

1325
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 3: piece lowry market in Okay, then get aggressive with your offer.

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01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:20,640
Speaker 3: I mean, okay, so he's got a million picks. Of

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01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:22,640
Speaker 3: course they could do it. They could easily make a

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Speaker 3: move for him that I think would entice Danny Danny

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01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:26,960
Speaker 3: Ainge to do it. But I only wonder if this

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01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:29,240
Speaker 3: is a news story because of who the GM is

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01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:32,160
Speaker 3: for Utah, and like, if it's any other team, it's

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01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:34,680
Speaker 3: probably not a biggest deal because the guy's on record saying, yeah,

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01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:37,120
Speaker 3: anybody can be anybody could be traded. That's how I

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01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:37,840
Speaker 3: operate business.

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Speaker 2: Oh and Danny Ainge is in is at least in

1336
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:43,840
Speaker 2: the rumors for every single player that's ever available, and

1337
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:45,920
Speaker 2: then comes out after the trade deadline and tells you

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Speaker 2: how close he was to trade.

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01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:47,360
Speaker 4: Right for right.

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Speaker 3: So that will probably be the same here. Okay, we

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01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:51,520
Speaker 3: gotta take one more break. But when we come back

1342
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Speaker 3: tweeted the night looking at zones, don't go anywhere. Okay,

1343
01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:57,959
Speaker 3: we're back here. We gotta start wrapping up this bad boy.

1344
01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:02,720
Speaker 3: Let's get to tweet of the night threed out and

1345
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 3: n wow. Tweet the night is from our good friend

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01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:13,400
Speaker 3: Kirk Goldsberg, who always shares on Twitter the leading scorers

1347
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 3: by zone and then he asks you what jumps out.

1348
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:18,560
Speaker 3: So here it is to everybody joining us on YouTube,

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Speaker 3: the actual photo and I'll explain it just quickly for

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01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:23,880
Speaker 3: those listening to the podcast. Yeah, we got our leading

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01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:27,080
Speaker 3: scores by zone. He Kirk puts the photo of the

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01:03:27,120 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 3: player who scores the most per game in the position

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01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 3: on the floor. You know, Trey Young up top at

1354
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:36,000
Speaker 3: the three point line. You got Luca on that side. Wing.

1355
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:38,200
Speaker 3: You got tyresee on the other side, you got him

1356
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,120
Speaker 3: beat around the free throw line. That all makes sense,

1357
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:44,080
Speaker 3: and a bunch of other people, including Jimmy Butler's emo

1358
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:47,600
Speaker 3: hare in the sort of the dunkers spot or a

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01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 3: sort of baseline there on the one side. But anything

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01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:52,080
Speaker 3: that jumps out to you from our leading scores here

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01:03:52,120 --> 01:03:52,440
Speaker 3: early in.

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01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:56,520
Speaker 4: The season, Jimmy's hair obviously, I'm seeing o g Anobi

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01:03:56,560 --> 01:04:00,560
Speaker 4: in the corner. Yeah, great spot for him right there. Wait,

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01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:01,080
Speaker 4: it is a.

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Speaker 3: I guess it's not that surprising that Jimmy.

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01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 4: Hits it from that the old Russian spot in between

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01:04:07,560 --> 01:04:09,560
Speaker 4: the free throw line and the three point line on

1368
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:12,200
Speaker 4: the baseline. I thought that was Kevin Durant's territory, and

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01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:12,680
Speaker 4: it is on.

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Speaker 3: The other side. Jimmy operates there though, You're right, yeah

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01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 3: he does. He does.

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Speaker 4: Bug them. With Donovich having a great season for the Hawks, my.

1373
01:04:21,960 --> 01:04:24,920
Speaker 2: God, yeah, he's fourth in the league in three's right now,

1374
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:28,840
Speaker 2: he gets him up like crazy. But unfortunately for the Hawks,

1375
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,520
Speaker 2: three of their best players basically play the same position,

1376
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,720
Speaker 2: so it's kind of tough to keep Bugdanovic out on

1377
01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:37,240
Speaker 2: the court alongside Tree Young and Dejonte Murray. Because it

1378
01:04:37,280 --> 01:04:39,880
Speaker 2: really hurts your defense. The other thing that sticks out

1379
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:42,120
Speaker 2: to me is that it's pretty funny that Joel Embid

1380
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:43,840
Speaker 2: is the best guy at the free throw line and

1381
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 2: also shoots a ton of cross like. For the first

1382
01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:50,400
Speaker 2: I don't know, five or six seasons of Joel Embiid's career,

1383
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:53,680
Speaker 2: he was compared to Shack and he was compared to

1384
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:56,880
Speaker 2: hikeem Elijahwan, but as it turns out, his final form

1385
01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:59,480
Speaker 2: was Patrick Ewing. Because this guy is mister mid range

1386
01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:02,160
Speaker 2: at this point and it is so easy for him.

1387
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,680
Speaker 2: Just watching that Bulls game last night, and anytime Embiid

1388
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 2: wants to shoot a fifteen to eighteen footer, it's gonna

1389
01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:10,280
Speaker 2: be there and he'll shoot like what fifty seven percent

1390
01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:13,440
Speaker 2: or something like crazy from from midrage.

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Speaker 3: The only other thing of note to me was someone

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01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:19,439
Speaker 3: that wasn't on the graphic, No Sga at the sort

1393
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:21,440
Speaker 3: of free throw area, maybe not where Embiad is, but

1394
01:05:21,480 --> 01:05:23,840
Speaker 3: on the corners there where Kyrie leads the one zone

1395
01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:25,480
Speaker 3: on the one side, brandon Ingram on the other side.

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01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:28,000
Speaker 3: I feel like that's you know, Sga. You watch a

1397
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:30,520
Speaker 3: Thunder game, the guy's like hitting jumpers left and right

1398
01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:32,360
Speaker 3: from those spots, but gets to the rim a lot

1399
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:34,000
Speaker 3: as well, so maybe that's part of it. Obviously gets

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01:05:34,040 --> 01:05:36,320
Speaker 3: to the line too, But good stuff there from Kirk Goldsbery.

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Speaker 3: I always loved those. I like the work he puts

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01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:41,880
Speaker 3: into those fun little graphics. So it always blows my

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01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:45,480
Speaker 3: mind that Kirk Goldsberry. He capitalizes every word in his tweet.

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01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:49,840
Speaker 4: I don't know why.

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01:05:49,880 --> 01:05:52,440
Speaker 3: Title huh, sort of like a title, yeah, like this

1406
01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:54,720
Speaker 3: is a I believe he's a professor. Is he not

1407
01:05:55,120 --> 01:05:59,040
Speaker 3: the University of Texas or at least he was? I

1408
01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:02,600
Speaker 3: guess yeah. Maybe he's going with like a PowerPoint presentation

1409
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:06,000
Speaker 3: like I guess you would maybe title a lot like that. Interesting,

1410
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:08,320
Speaker 3: he's a real marrow.

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01:06:09,960 --> 01:06:10,560
Speaker 2: Oh man.

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01:06:10,600 --> 01:06:13,360
Speaker 3: All right, anyway, good stuff there, Kirk. Four games on tonight,

1413
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 3: John Moran's return. That's the first game on TNT. Grizzlies

1414
01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:20,680
Speaker 3: have Pelicans, that's intriguing. Celtics Warriors is the second game

1415
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,600
Speaker 3: on TNT. Also got Spurs, Bucks, Suns, Blazers. We'll be

1416
01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:25,640
Speaker 3: back here tomorrow morning to break those down. We're probably

1417
01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:28,000
Speaker 3: gonna hit the beach tomorrow too, So get your questions

1418
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,840
Speaker 3: in at no dunksinc on Twitter. Leave them in the

1419
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:33,680
Speaker 3: YouTube comments or email them in No dunks at the

1420
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:36,479
Speaker 3: Athletic dot Com do a little beach step in before

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01:06:36,480 --> 01:06:39,760
Speaker 3: we hit the holiday break, and on Friday, let's start

1422
01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:42,680
Speaker 3: pitching to this bad boy. It's a brand new edition

1423
01:06:42,760 --> 01:06:45,880
Speaker 3: of Squad, the show where we are the gms and

1424
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:48,400
Speaker 3: we do the drafting, and we got a fun one.

1425
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:52,600
Speaker 3: On Friday. We are drafting the worst Christmas ever. We're

1426
01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:58,000
Speaker 3: talking about the worst Christmas movies, songs, decorations, food, a

1427
01:06:58,040 --> 01:07:00,840
Speaker 3: bunch of other stuff. Jerome us for this one. So

1428
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:05,000
Speaker 3: a lot of fun. That's on Friday. Till then or

1429
01:07:05,160 --> 01:07:06,600
Speaker 3: till tomorrow. Cleverer bros.

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01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:09,600
Speaker 2: You heard it here first, have a great time, turn up.

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01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:11,440
Speaker 2: Love you guys, awesome.

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01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:13,840
Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us. I remember I've got another request

1433
01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:17,920
Speaker 4: for Kirk golds Ray. Let us know how Shay Gilgas

1434
01:07:17,960 --> 01:07:21,680
Speaker 4: Alexander has dropped his free throws per game by nearly three.

1435
01:07:22,280 --> 01:07:24,840
Speaker 4: It's a little surprising to me that it's dropped from

1436
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:28,040
Speaker 4: eleven to nearly eight. What stat could you look up

1437
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:32,080
Speaker 4: for that? What information? Obviously it's pretty easy, but you're

1438
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:34,800
Speaker 4: gonna come up with the fantastic insight as to what's

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01:07:34,840 --> 01:07:37,120
Speaker 4: happening there. I'm just a little surprised by that number.

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Speaker 3: He's still good giving some homework to the professor, not.

1441
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:43,520
Speaker 4: That I need to. I think I just gave myself

1442
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:46,440
Speaker 4: some homework, all right.

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Speaker 3: Embrace today people,