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Speaker 1: Already made it happen earlier today? Yeah, we already did

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Speaker 1: a show. Then we took a quick bathroom break. We

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Speaker 1: number two, our first show. We let off pun intended

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Speaker 2: Well, only one guy's going to be joining the forty

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Speaker 1: If he does that, it's going to be difficult for

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, the more intriguing groups are in the Western Conference

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Speaker 1: still does. I think it still does. Again, Bobby Marks

432
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: broke it down with sixty five percent of players earned

433
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Speaker 1: under ten but like, yeah, it's a good chunk of players,

434
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Speaker 1: you know, make that four or five So that's like,

435
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 1: you know, ten percent, ten percent bonus, hello, and you're

436
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,159
Speaker 1: playing for it, you're playing hard for it. I assume

437
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,880
Speaker 1: like the group stage, as much as I say it's

438
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,280
Speaker 1: going to be juice, a little bit more juice to it.

439
00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 1: It's there, they're games they're regular season games. But I

440
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 1: think once you get to the coarter finals, especially the

441
00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,399
Speaker 1: semifinals in the finals, which is where the NBA is

442
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 1: making its money from sponsors and all that, more so

443
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, players will be playing for it. Yeah,

444
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,000
Speaker 1: to go down the line, five hundred K for each

445
00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,119
Speaker 1: player on the winning team, two hundred k for players

446
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,800
Speaker 1: on the second place team, and then I'm easily one

447
00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 1: hundred k for players on the losing semifinals teams. And

448
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,840
Speaker 1: even if you make the quarterfinals and you'll lose there,

449
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,280
Speaker 1: it's fifty thousand per player.

450
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Speaker 2: All you want to make the knockout stage.

451
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Speaker 1: You want to make the knockout stage, you get a bonus.

452
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Speaker 2: If I were making a company man case, I would

453
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Speaker 2: say that these in season tournament games are the most

454
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,280
Speaker 2: meaningful games on the schedule because they count twice. They

455
00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,840
Speaker 2: count for the regular season, and they count for the tournament,

456
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,080
Speaker 2: and you get paid for the regular season, and maybe

457
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,639
Speaker 2: you get paid for the tournament as well. These are

458
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,360
Speaker 2: the most important games on the entire schedule.

459
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Speaker 1: Taks, what a sell.

460
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 2: Just get me that NBA hat saw, because that's an

461
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,919
Speaker 2: NBA hat kind of take right there. But there are

462
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,200
Speaker 2: a few teams like in the bottom ten in team

463
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 2: payrolls this season, who you could see advancing. Sacramento twenty

464
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,560
Speaker 2: second in payroll right now. Twenty third are the Oklahoma

465
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 2: City Thunder if you want to get crazy, the Pacers

466
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 2: twenty ninth in the league. There are teams where five

467
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars per player, or even the twenty five

468
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,240
Speaker 2: to fifty thousand that you're getting just for advancing, that's

469
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Speaker 2: a big deal.

470
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Speaker 1: Totally, it totally is. And you know, moving over to

471
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,359
Speaker 1: the WNBA where we watched the Third Commissioner's Cup happen

472
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: just yesterday, the Las Vegas Aces hosting the New York Liberty,

473
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Speaker 1: and the Liberty came in there and took care of business.

474
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Speaker 1: It was a really fun game to watch in Las Vegas.

475
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: It was a great atmosphere, it was buzzing' and they

476
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Speaker 1: wanted to win that game. It was clear obviously the

477
00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 1: monetary bonuses are different in terms of percentage. But as

478
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Speaker 1: we had Sabrina merchant On, who covers women's basketball a

479
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 1: little earlier on July seventeenth on our pot, she said,

480
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Speaker 1: last year when the Aces won the n season tournament

481
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,720
Speaker 1: and then they won the finals, they celebrated like it

482
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Speaker 1: was eighty percent, like their in season tournament was like

483
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Speaker 1: eighty percent of their celebration of their final. That's a

484
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: high percentage. I don't know if we're going to get that.

485
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 1: But they had hats. That's the key. I think that

486
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: just shows you that this is an actual trophy. They

487
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: were playing for it because they gave them hats. The

488
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,960
Speaker 1: Liberty celebrating and Escue was balling. What'd you think of

489
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 1: the game?

490
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Speaker 2: That was a really fun game to watch it. I

491
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 2: thought that it definitely mattered to the players out there.

492
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 2: Kind of felt like a game seven. How sloppy. It

493
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,240
Speaker 2: started a lot of jitters out there. Neither team could

494
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 2: score for at least the first three minutes of the game.

495
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 2: It maybe even stretched into the fourth minute, but eventually

496
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 2: Rien Johannes kind of caught fire seventeen points for her

497
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 2: and then the other celebrations they were nice afterwards. We

498
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,159
Speaker 2: got merch, we got hats, we got shirts, we got

499
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 2: in beautiful cups handed out for the MVP, John Qwell Jones,

500
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 2: who was dominant inside. And afterwards you heard Brianna Stewart say,

501
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 2: this is the first piece of hardware we're bringing home

502
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 2: the Aces won the Commissioners Cup last year before going

503
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 2: on to win the championship. The Liberty or a team

504
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,040
Speaker 2: that just came to get this year whole bunch of

505
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 2: new players, so for them it was definitely significant to

506
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 2: get their first win here. A lot of WNBA players

507
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 2: are used to playing European schedules where they might have

508
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 2: more championships rather than just the big one at the end,

509
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 2: So maybe it's more built in to the game for

510
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,680
Speaker 2: the WNBA, But it looked like an intense game. It

511
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,399
Speaker 2: felt like a playoff game. Maybe it didn't feel like

512
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,200
Speaker 2: Game seven of the NBA Finals, but it felt like

513
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,919
Speaker 2: it really mattered to the Liberty and to the Aces totally.

514
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 1: And you bring up a European point, and that's a

515
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: good point. I heard Spears say this that there's an

516
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: European influence in an NBA game as well, and they

517
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 1: tend to care about it. And maybe not year one

518
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,359
Speaker 1: here as we get into October November, but as you

519
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 1: saw last night with the WNBA side of things, tell

520
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 1: people that are winning a trophy and you add a

521
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: little monetary bonus to it, which could rise as the

522
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,919
Speaker 1: years go on. In the NBA, everything seems to be rising,

523
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,639
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think it could matter. Maybe not year

524
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 1: one for this NBA Cup, although it's a great name.

525
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: I'd want to play for the NBA Cup if I

526
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 1: was in the NBA. But yeah, I think I think

527
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: we've got a future here. I think the giving games

528
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: in November a little bit more value makes a lot

529
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 1: of sense for the NBA in general.

530
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 2: Absolutely, the schedule dropped last night. I was talking it

531
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 2: over with Laura. She's like, why are they doing this?

532
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 2: I said, because people get bored with the NBA in November.

533
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 2: It's exciting when the season comes back. We've just got

534
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,600
Speaker 2: a handful of games per night as we're kind of

535
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,880
Speaker 2: getting our feet under us. Then once the season really

536
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,199
Speaker 2: kicks in, it just games every night and things can

537
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 2: kind of get lost. So this gives it a little

538
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 2: bit more weight, a little bit more spice. And if

539
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 2: the championship game turns out like the WNBA Commissioners Cup

540
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,639
Speaker 2: Championship did, people are going to be excited because that

541
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 2: was a back and forth game. The Las Vegas Aces

542
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,880
Speaker 2: crowd was definitely into it. And now looking forward, those

543
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 2: two teams are on a collision course for the WNBA

544
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 2: Championship as it goes further on. I think that's a

545
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 2: little bit more motivation for a team like the Aces

546
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 2: as well, saying, hey, they just took a regular season

547
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 2: game off of us, They just took the Commissioner's Cup

548
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 2: off of us. Now we got to bounce back and

549
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 2: take care of business come real playoff time. So I

550
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 2: think it gives us a little bit more spice in

551
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 2: November and December, and it could pay off further down

552
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 2: the line as well.

553
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: That's true. Yeah, the WNBA script couldn't be written any

554
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: better in terms of those two teams coming together playing

555
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 1: the Commissioner's Cup. They are the two headliner teams and

556
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 1: they actually play again tomorrow. I think they play on Thursday.

557
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 2: You got to get back to the regular season.

558
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: Back to the regular season. Yeah, it's a little different

559
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: in the WNBA because the tournament is ten games of

560
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 1: their forty game schedule, so it's a larger chunk than

561
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,359
Speaker 1: these ones will be in the NBA. But getting to

562
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: the traditional NBA schedule, we've got to talk about Christmas

563
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: Day games, we got to talk about Opening Night games,

564
00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: but we also got to take a break. We get

565
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: paid here too on no dunk, so we'll be right back.

566
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: All right, we didn't get your mushroom freestyle there in

567
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,199
Speaker 1: the ad that we that we had yesterday, Kenny Rogers

568
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: freestyle mushroom freestyle, I should call it, that's right. Yeah,

569
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 1: So if you need to go, you know, fulfill your

570
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: podcasting episode list, go on back August fifteenth. I don't

571
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 1: have the time code, but trade.

572
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 2: End of the eight block it to be the transitional period.

573
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: Things are a little light. Go back.

574
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 2: Do you think things are light because we're devoting two

575
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 2: blocks here to a schedule that we don't even have

576
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 2: the full schedule yet.

577
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: You know what I I Yeah, but welcome to I

578
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: guess for sure. That's I don't really like talking about

579
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: the whole NBA schedule. I like the key dates.

580
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw people saying, how come you're not doing

581
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 2: this for after we had the entire schedule out here.

582
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: Let me tell you. Let me tell you. The Atlanta

583
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,959
Speaker 1: Hawks play the Washington Wizards four times. The Toronto Raptors

584
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: play the Brooklyn Nets four times. Your your bet, I know,

585
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: I know the exact teams your your favorite team is playing, I.

586
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 2: Bet eighty two games every single team. Yeah, what matters

587
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 2: is the What matters is opening Christmas and a new

588
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 2: tempole the n season tournament. We're talking about the n

589
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 2: season tournaments? Yeah?

590
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, are we corporate shills we're not getting we're not

591
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: getting paid by the NBA.

592
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 3: Uh.

593
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: It's something to talk about. And that's why the NBA

594
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: did it, and that's why it's in November. I think

595
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: I think they did it right. So yeah, we got

596
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: some details on a few key dates, like Sham's was dropping,

597
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: some first week games, some some info there, but the

598
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: full release Thursday, August seventeenth. As you said, we got

599
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,959
Speaker 1: the real information on opening night Christmas Day, which we'll

600
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: get to, but let's start with opening night. We got

601
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: a Western Conference Finals rematch, the Lakers at the Nuggets,

602
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,719
Speaker 1: the Nuggets raising the banner, Lebron looking up at that thing,

603
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: and then they shall play. And then second game Suns

604
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: at the Warriors. Holy, that's Kdby. That's KD playing in

605
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 1: Golden State for the first time since leaving. If I'm

606
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:32,479
Speaker 1: not mistaken, and yeah, it just hasn't happened. Well, we'll

607
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: check as we talk here, but seeing those two games

608
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: is the only two games on the opening night's skeed.

609
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:38,719
Speaker 1: Did they get it right?

610
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean this is Barbenheimer two blockbusters. Right. It's

611
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 2: like the three biggest legends currently in the NBA right now, Lebron,

612
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, they're all playing and the best

613
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 2: player in the league is raising his first banner in

614
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,479
Speaker 2: Nikola Jokic. That's awesome. Like, you can't really get much

615
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 2: better than that. It's a little odd to me that

616
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 2: there's no Eastern Conference teams playing in this, but I

617
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: feel like that's probably somewhat related to the Nuggets being

618
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 2: in the Mountain time zone so they have to have

619
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 2: a little bit later start. You could easily bring in

620
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 2: and I don't know, the Celtics and have them play

621
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 2: against the Nuggets or start with a seven o'clock game,

622
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 2: But for the timing of the Nuggets them being the

623
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,239
Speaker 2: kickoff I think is huge. But yeah, this is going

624
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 2: to be a great start to the season. You got

625
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 2: a playoff rematch in the Nuggets and the Lakers. You've

626
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 2: also got a little bit of spice between Lebron and

627
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 2: Michael Malone.

628
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, is that a rivalry?

629
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 2: Can you have a rivalry between a coach and a

630
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 2: player because one guy fake retired and then another guy

631
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: made a joke about it, and then another guy made

632
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 2: a joke about joking about it. I don't know, but

633
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: it feels like there's a little extra spice. And you know,

634
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 2: the Lakers did get swept last season. People like to

635
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 2: tell you it was a close sweep. It'll be interesting

636
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 2: to see how much closer they get. I think you

637
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 2: probably would favor the Lakers this one, just because it's

638
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 2: hard to win on Ring Night. You're just waiting around

639
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 2: a long time. If you're the Nuggets, I wouldn't be

640
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 2: surprised to see LA take that win. But that's a

641
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 2: spicy matchup.

642
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: I would say if anyone has Ring Night experience, it's

643
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: Lebron James to try and get his crew going. But

644
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: I'm totally with you. It's great to see the Nuggets

645
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: get get a game. Obviously they have to because it

646
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: is Ring Night. Then they get one that we'll talk

647
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: about it on Christmas Day.

648
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 3: Now.

649
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: I do think they will get screwed with the time

650
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,239
Speaker 1: here because the Warriors are hosting another game. I think

651
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: the Warriors are gonna get the better time slot. The

652
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: Nuggets are going to go early. It's going to be

653
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: like a seven thirty eight o'clock Eastern, which is, you know,

654
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: since five point thirty six o'clock local's point and they're

655
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 1: not gonna like that. Maybe it'll be a little sloppy

656
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: to start, but yeah, four teams from the Western Conference.

657
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: As we just talked about with the nd season tournament,

658
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 1: the best teams are out West in general, like you know,

659
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: the bulk of them anyway, But it is a little

660
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: weird to see no Eastern Conference team and no third game,

661
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: which they occasionally do sometimes they still.

662
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 2: Put in on NBA TV or something like that. Yeah,

663
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 2: maybe even a League Pass game. Yeah, Like I feel

664
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 2: like the Orlando Magic always play on Ring Night, so

665
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 2: they might have a seven thirty tip. The true start

666
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,959
Speaker 2: at the NBA season Suns Warriors obviously is interesting too.

667
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 2: Kevin Durant versus Steph Curry, Chris Paul and Bradley Beal

668
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 2: both making their debuts for their new teams. I kind

669
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 2: of didn't even realize that this is gonna be Chris

670
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 2: Paul versus the Suns. Chris Paul was on the Suns

671
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 2: at the end of last season. It feels like a

672
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 2: lot has happened since then. But I guess a revenge

673
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 2: game for Chris Paul and interesting. Gonna obviously be really

674
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 2: exciting to see what a team built around three max contracts,

675
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 2: four max contracts and then eleven minimum contracts is and

676
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 2: the Suns meanwhile trying to integrate Chris Paul into the

677
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 2: Warriors ball movement system. That's gonna be interesting to see him.

678
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 2: We're getting it on the very first night I heard.

679
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: Speaking of the Suns and the Warriors, I heard on

680
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: a podcast that Kevin had not played in Golden State,

681
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: and I'm repeating that information here. As I said, didn't

682
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: think he went back there. I'm seeing a game here.

683
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: There's been one game since he left, years and years

684
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 1: years ago. It was February thirteenth, twenty twenty one. He

685
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,359
Speaker 1: was with the Brooklyn Nets, and he played in Golden State.

686
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: I guess it was a situation where there was less fans.

687
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: I'm looking at attendance numbers, doesn't seem like there's anything.

688
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 2: Probably still had COVID regulation.

689
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, so maybe it's playing in front of fans for

690
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: the first time for KD. But yeah, you can't wait

691
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: to see what that Sun's roster looks like in real

692
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: life instead of this paper. Like all those minimum guys.

693
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: As we've said, before high ceilings with a lot of

694
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: these names but some low floors, and that's why they

695
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: were minimum guys. So I can't wait to see what

696
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 1: that Maybe bull Bolls starting out there.

697
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,720
Speaker 2: The world is finally going to be introduced to Chimezi Metsu.

698
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 2: I'm predicting a big Metwu dunk on opening night.

699
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a possibility for sure, if they get up

700
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 1: and down. We call the Summer League game Trimisey Mettuu

701
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: was getting up and down for the Spurs maybe anyway, So,

702
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: and to just get a slightly slightly more geeky, the

703
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 1: NBA season is starting a week later this year that

704
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: that Tuesdays it's a week later, and the regular season

705
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,240
Speaker 1: ending a week later, so it's basically the same amount

706
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: of time. But I think they're trying to bump it

707
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: up a little closer to the NBA Draft, Like they're

708
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: just bumping the whole calendars so there isn't a gap

709
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: because last year there was like ten days between Game

710
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,800
Speaker 1: five of the NBA Finals and the in the in

711
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: the draft, and so I think they're just trying to

712
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: make it, you know, make sure we don't forget about basketball,

713
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: that's my guess. But that's why they're starting week later again,

714
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: ending the season a week later, and we get an

715
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: extra day in there for a leap year.

716
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 2: Wow, that's big time. I got to see there was

717
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 2: some game scheduled for February twenty ninth. That was one

718
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,320
Speaker 2: of the teases from Mike vorkanoff. We got a February

719
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 2: twenty ninth game coming. I think it's Heat versus Nuggets

720
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 2: if I'm not mistaken. Oh Man Fontigo Cummings tunes, he's

721
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 2: got a birthday.

722
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:02,320
Speaker 1: That's his birthday.

723
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 2: Tyre's Halliburton too. I think is the February twenty ninth.

724
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, I had it, couldn't pull it up for sure.

725
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:09,280
Speaker 1: That that is wild.

726
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,840
Speaker 2: Sometimes you just know two players who were born.

727
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: On Get your February twenty ninth leapier jokes ready. So

728
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: they moved back forward, back forward, whatever you want to.

729
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:20,920
Speaker 2: Call it, whatever you want to call it. I remember

730
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 2: when it was a big deal that they moved it

731
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 2: the other way when they started a couple of weeks earlier.

732
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 2: That way, they wouldn't have as many back to backs.

733
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 2: So I wonder how that's going to affect teams getting

734
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 2: back to backs, Like if the number per team is

735
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 2: going to go up. I guess we'll see when the

736
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 2: schedule is.

737
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: I think it'll be the same as last year, just

738
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: because it's basically the same amount of days. I think

739
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: because it later, it is one late week later. I checked.

740
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: I checked every calendar in my house to make sure

741
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: that they were all correct, and I was. I was

742
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: looking at the right ones. You get an extra day

743
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: for a leap year. Yeah, I think the finals just

744
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: being closer to the draft is the whole goal.

745
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we got a World Cup this year, so

746
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 2: maybe that's a point another week or another week to

747
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 2: rest in between. But there's the only next year. The

748
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 2: other thing I thought that was interesting. We haven't seen

749
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 2: the full schedule yet, obviously, but the way that the

750
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 2: quarterfinals work for the N season tournament m hm. The

751
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 2: quarterfinal final games are going to be played on December

752
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 2: fourth and fifth in a team's home arena. So each

753
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 2: team currently has two games labeled as TBD on their

754
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 2: schedule because they don't know which teams need to actually

755
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 2: be playing. Yeah, she's got two random days that are

756
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 2: gonna have no games, but we know we're having games

757
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 2: that day. That's odd to me.

758
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: It'll be cool though, I say, the NBA schedulers have

759
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: the worst jobs in the World's tough jobs. That's so

760
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 1: hard coordinating with your Taylor Swift concerts and like and

761
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 1: the other sports teams in each arena, Like, yeah, what

762
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: if Taylor Swift decides, Okay, I had four shows here,

763
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do a fifth one because I can sell

764
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: that one out too.

765
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 2: What do they do? What do they do that?

766
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: I mean, she's she's I think her schedule set. It's

767
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,240
Speaker 1: not like the NBA and season tournament. She's got places

768
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,800
Speaker 1: to go. She's got to go.

769
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 2: No tvds on the schedule.

770
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: Through ts has zero tvds. But you know, it's it's

771
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: tough gig. So you're right, there's there's two holes there

772
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: and they got and they plan around that because it

773
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: could be any four the quarterfinals. Yeah, yeah, four games

774
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: eight teams have to plan around that. That's man, That's

775
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: it's a tough gig. Yeah all right. So we also

776
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: got the five games happening on Christmas Day. Let's see them.

777
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,720
Speaker 1: That's a list. That's a list. Tray Bucks, Knicks, seventy

778
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 1: six or seat, Celtics, Lakers, Maverick Suns, Warriors, Nuggets.

779
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a shams report, and we don't have

780
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 2: the details of the timing of this, but just from

781
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 2: looking at at it and knowing where these teams are

782
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,279
Speaker 2: located in the United States, it seems like that's the order.

783
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 2: So five games, you know, we got a rank them test.

784
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 1: Let's do it.

785
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 2: To top five, top five, ton by top fine. Oh yeah,

786
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 2: top five Christmas games for the twenty three twenty four season.

787
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 2: You know, the five games that are gonna be making

788
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 2: the list. But I was debating do I go best

789
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 2: to worst or worst to best.

790
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: I'm a worst to best man, I can be sweet.

791
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 2: Well, I'm going best to words. Okay, I think it's

792
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 2: more interesting to talk about the worst games, so we'll

793
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 2: save that for a little bit more discussion. So my

794
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 2: favorite game looking at this schedule has got to be

795
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: the Dallas Mavericks versus the Phoenix Suns. We've got an

796
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 2: established rivalry. They met in the playoffs. We've had Booker

797
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 2: and Luka Doncic trash talking each other. We're adding Grant

798
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 2: Williams to the mix this year. He's already talked about

799
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 2: how he likes that there's already some animosity between these teams,

800
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 2: and he trash talks the entire game anyways, despite being

801
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 2: probably the third best dude on the Mavericks, I think

802
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 2: that will add a little bit to the rivalry this year.

803
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,280
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think that's gonna be a big game man, obviously.

804
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 2: I mean the Suns, that'll probably be one of the

805
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 2: biggest moment games they have on the calendar, at least

806
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 2: early in the season, so it'll be cool to see

807
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 2: them in the bright lights. And then, like I said earlier,

808
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,280
Speaker 2: I think the MAVs are going to be better this season,

809
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 2: so they should at least have the firepower to go

810
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 2: head to head with Phoenix. You think that's a crazy choice.

811
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: For the best I'm shocked, shocked, just because the MAVs.

812
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: If there's any question marks amongst these ten teams, yep.

813
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: I think it's the first time I can remember that

814
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: the NBA isn't worried about the Knicks on Christmas Day.

815
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: Knicks are just gonna be good.

816
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: We know that.

817
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,879
Speaker 1: Usually it's the Knicks. I'm not sure why. Yeah, it's

818
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: the biggest market, so we put them on there. But

819
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: they may be bad. The Bucks aren't going to blow

820
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: out the Knicks, so there's not anything to worry about. There.

821
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: I think the biggest questions are the Mavericks and the

822
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: seventy six ers. As you sort of said when we

823
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: were talking about the D season tournment, you never know

824
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: what the maps, You just never know.

825
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 2: That's absolutely right.

826
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: So that's why I'm a little surprised. But you're probably right.

827
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 1: Early in the season everyone will still be on decent behavior.

828
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: I say that, and who knows, You.

829
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 2: Never know, You never know, But I think the potential

830
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 2: for MAVs Suns to have fireworks is the highest. So

831
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 2: that's why for me it came in number one over

832
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 2: my number two pick, which I think could be the

833
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 2: best game head to head. The Warriors versus the Nuggets.

834
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 2: We're talking about the last two champions in the NBA.

835
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 2: Both teams have great starting lineups, questions coming off the bench.

836
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 2: Chris Paul will be in the mix this season. But

837
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 2: that's just two awesome teams going head to head, two

838
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 2: teams that have a lot of respect for each other

839
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 2: as well, who are both fighting to be the number

840
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 2: one team in the Western Conference. I think that that

841
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 2: has the potential to be like a Christmas Classic, but

842
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 2: I don't feel like they hate each other enough for

843
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 2: number one on my list.

844
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, you went rivalry yep. And also seeing the

845
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: Warriors and Nuggets and other spots on the schedule, the

846
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: opening day schedule and then some rumors about Opening Night. Yeah,

847
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: it made me start to think about other teams as well.

848
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: So Maricks and Sons, I get it. Yeah, I think

849
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: the Warriors and Nuggets. I probably would have pay them

850
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: number one Chris on Christmas, you mentioned Chris Paul. That's

851
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: two big games. It's got the Suns and the Nuggets.

852
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: Can't wait to see the rest of his schedule. I

853
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: guess he's going to play some other teams in the

854
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: NBA anyway, Maverick Sons, Warriors, Nuggets. Who you got number three?

855
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 2: Three? Slow Celtics and the Lakers. This one's for all

856
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 2: the old heads. This is a classic rivalry, the most

857
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 2: storied rivalry in the NBA. And we actually had a

858
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,799
Speaker 2: great Celtics Lakers game last year. That was the little

859
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 2: Bron driving to the hoop. He doesn't get a foul call.

860
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 2: The referees said they were going to have many sleepless

861
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 2: nights after missing that foul call on Lebron. Patrick Beverley

862
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 2: bringing the camera over showing them clearly you missed the

863
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 2: foul call. It was a spicy one last year. Beverly's

864
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 2: gone now, so maybe you're losing a little spice there.

865
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 2: We'll talk about Kristaps Porzingis a little bit later, But

866
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 2: I don't know. I just feel like I've seen the

867
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 2: Celtics for so many years. It just feels like this

868
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,399
Speaker 2: has been the same team time and time and time

869
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 2: again because it's been Brown and Tatum. But this is

870
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,719
Speaker 2: undeniably a team. A matchup between two of the best

871
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:03,399
Speaker 2: teams in the league.

872
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 1: I think that's the right spot. I think you put

873
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: them in the right spot. Now we have gone through

874
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 1: three games, five Western Conference teams involved in those games,

875
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 1: only one Eastern Conference team. East is down bad right now.

876
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: East is down bad right now. And that's why I

877
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about these last Yeah, four and five.

878
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 2: For me, currently fourth, I've got the seventy six ers

879
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 2: versus the Heat. I don't want to watch the Heat

880
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 2: in the regular season. I wish they didn't have a

881
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 2: Christmas game. If I'm being quite honest here, they don't

882
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 2: care about the regular season as much and their grindy

883
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 2: style there. They just play playoff basketball for the entire season,

884
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 2: and I don't know that I necessarily want to see that.

885
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 2: I do like Jimmy Butler versus the Sixers, always entertaining

886
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 2: who knows what Philadelphia will look like come Christmas time?

887
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 2: Whether it be a trade of James Harden, who knows,

888
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 2: We just don't know what that team is going to

889
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 2: look like. I would have much rather seen the seventy

890
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 2: six Ers versus the Bucks. That would have been my choice,

891
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 2: for the seventy six Ers to have a game and

892
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 2: the Bucks to have a game, seeing Giannis, seeing Joel

893
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,399
Speaker 2: Embiid go ahead to head against each other.

894
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: And you'd rather have the Heat not play at all.

895
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 2: That's right.

896
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: Who would get subbed in?

897
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 2: You don't have to make a game of it, But

898
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 2: of the I've got three choices for you. If they're

899
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 2: all Western Conference teams. Anthony Edwards versus the Knicks in

900
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 2: Madison Square, Garden would love to see. That would have

901
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,320
Speaker 2: been a huge moment for him. I would also have

902
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,360
Speaker 2: taken a chance on the Oklahoma City Thunder or the

903
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 2: Sacramento Kings getting a Christmas game. Kings would be tough

904
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 2: to have them play in New York because New York

905
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 2: always gets the very first game, twelve thirty pm Eastern Time.

906
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 2: That's nine thirty am for the Kings, so that sucks

907
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 2: for them. But Oklahoma City, I think they're Central time.

908
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 2: That's only an hour difference. Same with Minnesota. Grab one

909
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 2: of those teams who is pretty far east geographically and

910
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 2: let them play the Knicks and get the heat out

911
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 2: of here. So the last game for me, Bucks Knicks,

912
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 2: I'm just I don't know, I'm not excited for that game.

913
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 2: It's the first national in season game too, so they're

914
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 2: trying to hype up the Bucks versus the Knicks. I

915
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,240
Speaker 2: know we did see Giannis jump over Tim Hardaway Junior

916
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 2: in Madison Square Garden once upon a time, but it's

917
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 2: just not doing it for me. Those last two, the

918
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 2: two games involving the Eastern Conference, I can see why

919
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 2: they didn't put them on an opening night.

920
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:26,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with that. I think that'll be a

921
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: good game, though it may be.

922
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:31,240
Speaker 2: It was six Ers Knicks I think was the kickoff

923
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 2: for Christmas in the twenty two to twenty three season,

924
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 2: and that one was a really good game.

925
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Knicks are good. The Knicks are good,

926
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 1: they are the Heat. Yeah, they're both good. Teams the heat.

927
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 1: I think they will. They'll be ready and they'll play,

928
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: but who knows. Uh, one of those is going to

929
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 1: be the nap game.

930
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 2: One of those is gonna be the nap game.

931
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 1: You can't watch ten straight hours of basketball. One of

932
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: those those Eastern Conference battles. Unfortunately, it's gonna be a

933
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: little snooze, but they should be good games. I agree

934
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: with you on the list of teams that missed out

935
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. I think John Morant cost the Grizzlies

936
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: a Christmas Day game, and the fact that the Pelicans

937
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 1: aren't there shows you kind of the state of the Pelicans.

938
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 1: They should be there, but with what's going on with

939
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:22,399
Speaker 1: Zion injuries off court, that's the situation. No Wolves knowing. Okay, see,

940
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: was definitely a possibility. King's a good one, and I

941
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,640
Speaker 1: guess they don't want to put wemban Yama this early

942
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 1: on a Christmas Day game. It's a little too soon,

943
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 1: but I could see, you know, if there weren't great

944
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: storylines besides one Bean Yama, I could see him sneaking

945
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 1: in there. But now we're getting into like fifteen, sixteen,

946
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: seventeen teams. It's deep, and it's mostly Western Conference teams.

947
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Zion Williamson had a Christmas game his rookie

948
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 2: year and he missed it. So that's why they're not

949
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 2: putting the Spurs on because if by chance Webban Yama

950
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,280
Speaker 2: is not out there, nobody's gonna want to be watching

951
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 2: the Spurs on Christmas Day. No offense to the Spurs.

952
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: Uh, yeah, that's fair. Speaking of missing games and speaking

953
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: of tall guys missing games, some injury news. Right after

954
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: the break back with no dunks, it's time for tweet

955
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 1: X of the Night, tweet out the night.

956
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:19,720
Speaker 2: Wow.

957
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of barking on X. I'm not sure.

958
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: And if you're hearing, it's Hazel, right JD. Hazel the dog,

959
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,759
Speaker 1: the dog in the background. She was barking during no

960
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:35,560
Speaker 1: bunts as well.

961
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I had to bring her in here.

962
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:38,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, she was great in here.

963
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,879
Speaker 3: She was fine in here. Yeah, it's out there where

964
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:41,720
Speaker 3: she sees everything.

965
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: What do you think she's seeing.

966
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 3: Amazon Prime Prime trucks back and forth.

967
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: It's because they're gas Maybe she wouldn't be barking if

968
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 1: they were election because they're supposed to bring bring a

969
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: fleet yeah ribbons right, Yeah, exactly. Amazon was invested in

970
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: Ribbon to bring electric Amazon vehicles to the roads. It

971
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,839
Speaker 1: hasn't happened yet, so it's not the neighborhood cats.

972
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 3: Oh it could it definitely could be. Could be George

973
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:11,240
Speaker 3: taunting them.

974
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:13,360
Speaker 2: Classic George George.

975
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,759
Speaker 1: Too many cats out there. I gotta be honest, I'm

976
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 1: gonna worry when I get my car sometimes I'm gonna

977
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: run over a cat. Yeah, you gotta be careful because

978
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: they're under they're hanging out under cart. Yeah. That orange

979
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:24,840
Speaker 1: one is that George?

980
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:30,879
Speaker 3: The orange one is uh? I think that's Mikey. Yeah,

981
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 3: George is the long haired one. He's the king of

982
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 3: the street.

983
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: You don't mess with George, King of the street, Jungle

984
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: George George. Yeah. I thought you were supposed to put

985
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: s's in cats names because they like the hissing sound. Michael,

986
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:55,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if because that's what I thought. That's

987
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:56,760
Speaker 1: why my cat's name is Sushi.

988
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 3: I've never had Oh, okay, that's that's really smart.

989
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 1: That's what I've heard.

990
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 2: I've never had a cat, so I've never had a

991
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 2: cat with aness and it's name.

992
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, you've got cats, Oh, I have, I have boots.

993
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 2: Boots, it's s Yeah, big mister Bojangles, I guess had

994
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 2: an s Wilberg No, s Yeah, they like s's.

995
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: I think, what do I know? This is my first cat.

996
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,279
Speaker 1: We were calling her Shira, and then my mother in

997
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 1: law said, nah, we're calling her Sushi more of a

998
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: hard hard s rather than the she That's not what

999
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: she said, but she just didn't like Sheira. Anyway, tweet

1000
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: and I you won't like this either. You won't like

1001
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: this news. A couple of players missing the World Cup

1002
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: due to injury. Kristaps Porzingis has an injured planet fasciitis,

1003
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: as was reported by Bobby Manning and Kris stops Porzingis himself.

1004
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 1: He put it out in Latvian and used that translate

1005
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: it said the same thing, but it was too long

1006
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: for the screen, so we went with Bobby Manning and

1007
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,880
Speaker 1: an additional one. Jamal Murray is out four team Canada.

1008
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: Just before we jumped on it became official Canada Basketball

1009
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: releasing that he will be out for the entire tournament.

1010
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,440
Speaker 1: We knew he was going to miss all of the

1011
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:20,279
Speaker 1: pre limbs, all of the friendlies, but there was hope

1012
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:24,760
Speaker 1: that he'd come back. Unfortunately, these two guys in similar

1013
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,560
Speaker 1: boats tray where they're trying to make it back. They're

1014
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,920
Speaker 1: trying to make it back, but they're worried about the

1015
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:36,720
Speaker 1: NBA season. So for Celtics fans out there probably breathing

1016
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 1: a little sigh of relief. I imagine you.

1017
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 2: Think Celtics fans are breathing a sigh of reliefs Porzingis

1018
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 2: is hurt before the season starts, and he already signed

1019
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 2: an extension, and we just saw the first pictures of

1020
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:51,200
Speaker 2: Marcus Smart in Grizzlies gear yesterday, the same day that

1021
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 2: everybody found out about Kristaps Porzingis. I don't think that

1022
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:55,600
Speaker 2: was a sigh of relief you heard to us. I

1023
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 2: think that was a sigh of exasperation. I don't think

1024
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 2: Nuggets fans are worried at all. Imal Murray missed a

1025
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:04,480
Speaker 2: season and a half, then played the longest season of

1026
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 2: his career. Understandable that he would take the summer off

1027
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 2: to get his body right to try and defend the championship.

1028
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 2: That makes sense to me. He doesn't have a new injury.

1029
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,680
Speaker 2: Christaps Porzingis does have a new injury, which is why

1030
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 2: you see Knicks fans on Reddit saying makes sense. They

1031
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,279
Speaker 2: got to make sure he heals up so he can

1032
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,600
Speaker 2: get a fresh injury when the season starts. This is

1033
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,919
Speaker 2: I mean, it's just planner fascy iis wear and tear

1034
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 2: kind of injury, the thing that kind of heals with rests.

1035
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:33,560
Speaker 2: As Jay King and Josh Robbins reported, the Celtics are

1036
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 2: downplaying any concern over the issue. But when a seven

1037
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 2: foot three guy has foot problems, that is an issue.

1038
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:47,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's an issue. Brightside, it's hard to find a

1039
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:52,240
Speaker 1: braide chrisops Perzine's injuries and maybe I misheard that sigh

1040
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:55,759
Speaker 1: for exasperation. I'm with you. I'm with you. But it

1041
00:51:56,040 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: was decided in coordination with the Celtics team. So everyone

1042
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,279
Speaker 1: is having a look at this planner fasci itis, which,

1043
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:08,479
Speaker 1: as you said, it is something that is just rest

1044
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,680
Speaker 1: that is needed to heal it. It's not a knee,

1045
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,680
Speaker 1: it's not an ankle. It's not anything to do with

1046
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: the acl which he ended his All Star season with

1047
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 1: the next way back when but it does feel like, yes,

1048
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,520
Speaker 1: it will just be another injury, whether or not it's

1049
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,720
Speaker 1: the bottom of the foot. The planner fascian just that ligament.

1050
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: It's just a ligament that just needs repair, nothing happens.

1051
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 1: It just needs rest to connect your your four foot

1052
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:36,400
Speaker 1: to your heel and you're all good. But yeah, the

1053
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: joint decision, as Christap said on Twitter, it's between the

1054
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: coaching staff of the Latvia national team and the Celtics,

1055
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:51,399
Speaker 1: and it's just he's got to recover now. So yeah,

1056
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: they kept looking at it via MRI apparently and it

1057
00:52:55,360 --> 00:53:01,480
Speaker 1: ain't working. So I'm with you, But also, like it's August,

1058
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 1: so does it does it really matter? He should be

1059
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: in camp? I imagine if it was, if it came

1060
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 1: down to nine days from now when the tournament starts,

1061
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:13,520
Speaker 1: they made this decision right now, I imagine he'll be

1062
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 1: in camp. But yeah, it definitely feels like same old,

1063
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: same old.

1064
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 2: He's got a month and a half to rest, which

1065
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:23,920
Speaker 2: is good, but the Celtics lost Grant Williams. Robert Williams

1066
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 2: misses a chunk of time every single season. Al Horford

1067
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 2: is thirty seven years old, so his health could take

1068
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 2: a turn kind of at any point. Porzingis is a

1069
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 2: huge piece for this team and he was the shake

1070
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 2: up the team needed. There's already gonna be a feeling

1071
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:44,680
Speaker 2: out period going from Marcus Smart being a defensive leader,

1072
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 2: being the heart and soul of the team to now

1073
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 2: bringing in a new piece who needs the ball in

1074
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 2: a different way and who just plays a different style

1075
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:56,279
Speaker 2: of game. There are already injury concerns for Porzingis and

1076
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 2: the fact that he's now missing time in games that

1077
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,840
Speaker 2: he's been trying to play. It's worrying for the Celtics.

1078
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,399
Speaker 2: This could be a thing that he takes a month

1079
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:06,680
Speaker 2: and a half off and we don't hear anything about

1080
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 2: it again once the season gets here, or it could

1081
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,399
Speaker 2: be this sort of thing we hear about two months

1082
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,239
Speaker 2: into the season he has another flare up and he's

1083
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 2: got to take three weeks off. So I don't know.

1084
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 2: It's definitely worrying if you're the Celtics, especially since they

1085
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:21,880
Speaker 2: made the trade and they've already decided they're going to

1086
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 2: pay him going forward as well.

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Speaker 1: It's Cornette time maybe in Boston unfortunately. Yeah. Reading that

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00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:32,840
Speaker 1: thing on the Athletic by King and Robins, it was

1089
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:39,520
Speaker 1: best King Robins. Maybe they can collaborate there. It just yeah,

1090
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 1: they got the scoops, Yeah, thirty one scoops before the season,

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00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 1: an article each day. Yeah, it brought it into clear focus. Porzingis.

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Speaker 1: Horford is freaking thirty seven, as you said, even though

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00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,960
Speaker 1: he seemingly looks like he's twenty seven, and he continues

1094
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 1: to play every year, and we feel like, here comes

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00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 1: the drop off, Here comes the drop off, and we're

1096
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,480
Speaker 1: saying it in the postseason when the numbers did finally

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00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:08,879
Speaker 1: drop off. But also Robert Williams, who only played thirty

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00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: five games last year because they tried to bring him

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00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,920
Speaker 1: along slowly. Now they've got another guy in Christaps Porzingis

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Speaker 1: that they're gonna try and bring along slowly. They made

1101
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,920
Speaker 1: this deal to get a lot more length in the

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Speaker 1: front court, but you, as you mentioned, Grant Williams is gone.

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00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:25,000
Speaker 1: The positive is why they did it. Definitely makes sense.

1104
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:27,960
Speaker 1: The offense is gonna be awesome. They also just wanted

1105
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: a bit of a shakeup. They were willing to say

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00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:34,520
Speaker 1: Malcolm Brogden is in this deal. Oh, Malcolm Brogden is injured.

1107
00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:37,399
Speaker 1: Here's another guy who's injured. Yeah, we're gonna throw market

1108
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:40,959
Speaker 1: smart Boston Celtic blood Green in it because they wanted

1109
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: to change it up that bad. Luckily for them, Tatum

1110
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:47,719
Speaker 1: and Brown play every freaking game, so that's not worry.

1111
00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:51,520
Speaker 1: But yeah, the big man rotation. Literally, Luke Cornette's gonna

1112
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:54,400
Speaker 1: be starting games like you did last year because of

1113
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:59,520
Speaker 1: the Robert Williams situation. So yeah, great points, great stuff there,

1114
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 1: And from the Canadian side, this does take a little

1115
00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:05,640
Speaker 1: bit of juice out of this Canadian roster, undoubtedly, sha

1116
00:56:05,719 --> 00:56:07,640
Speaker 1: goes Alexander and him were supposed to be manning a

1117
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:12,799
Speaker 1: backcourt alongside Lou Dort and guys in the front court

1118
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: that that was supposed to be their hole. Maybe their

1119
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,319
Speaker 1: center spot was supposed to be their hole with Dwight

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00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:20,200
Speaker 1: Powell and Kelly Olinick. But those guys are gonna have

1121
00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:23,279
Speaker 1: to play more as this team goes big, and I

1122
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 1: guess Nikhil Alexander Walker steps in to this World Cup team,

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Speaker 1: probably into a starting lineup role. So he's played well,

1124
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Speaker 1: he looks good, so looking forward to the tournament even

1125
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:37,920
Speaker 1: if Jamal's not going to be there. But no worries there,

1126
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Speaker 1: You're just because he's been there, done that with injuries.

1127
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,759
Speaker 2: No worries with regards to his injuries, don't. I don't

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00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:46,719
Speaker 2: think so, because this to me seems more like let

1129
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:48,319
Speaker 2: me have a summer. Let me have a summer where

1130
00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 2: I'm not rehabbing an injury. Hopefully I'll be ready for

1131
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,440
Speaker 2: the Olympics, and hopefully Canada makes it to the Olympics.

1132
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:56,480
Speaker 2: It just gets a little bit tougher, and like you're saying,

1133
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:59,279
Speaker 2: I think Nikhil Alexander Walker is the guy who gets

1134
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 2: the big opportuny unity to have a role offensively shake Gilles.

1135
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,680
Speaker 2: Alexander needs to shoot it better from outside as well.

1136
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,399
Speaker 2: I would say, uh for team Canada, just because that's

1137
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:11,560
Speaker 2: something that Murray brings to the table that Shaye doesn't

1138
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 2: necessarily that perimeter threat to just catch fire from the outside.

1139
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 2: So uh, I don't know. Yokich isn't playing, you know,

1140
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,560
Speaker 2: he's not playing uh for Serbia. So not a surprise

1141
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 2: to me that Murray isn't playing as well.

1142
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: Could have also been tweeted the night was Nikolajkic and

1143
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:34,400
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon. Aaron Gordon is visiting Nicola okicch in Serbia

1144
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 1: and they're watching Yokic's horse together and hilarious stuff.

1145
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,280
Speaker 2: Ag was just as hyped as Yokic was.

1146
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:48,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's he was loving it. They're buds there, horse buds,

1147
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: horse buds. Yeah, he got I think Aaron Gordon got

1148
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:54,680
Speaker 1: to raise the horse Trophy, the trophy after.

1149
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 2: That to hoist the horse trophy. He could do. He

1150
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:04,640
Speaker 2: can do the the the Jokic Treble, win championship, win

1151
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 2: a horse championship, and then win these n season tournament.

1152
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 2: If he does it all in one calendar year, put

1153
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 2: him in the.

1154
00:58:09,560 --> 00:58:10,320
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame right away.

1155
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Speaker 2: A G.

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Speaker 1: That's great stuff. Yeah, I saw them walking around together.

1157
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:17,520
Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't know they were getting to

1158
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 1: the horse track. It was a great video. I really

1159
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:21,760
Speaker 1: enjoyed that. I'm trying to look to see because you

1160
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: bring up a good point about Jamal Murray could sit

1161
00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:29,040
Speaker 1: and Canada could still qualify because I do think there's

1162
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 1: two teams that are qualifying from the Americas. Yeah, okay,

1163
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:33,760
Speaker 1: so they could be the second place team in the

1164
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:37,440
Speaker 1: America's with their stacked roster. They just got to hope

1165
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,040
Speaker 1: they make it further than yeah, the other you know,

1166
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 1: the Mexican team and another America's teams Puerto Rico and

1167
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:47,040
Speaker 1: others Brazil.

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Speaker 2: I think is are they in the They're probably in

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00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 2: the Americas, I would imagine. I think they're seated pretty highly.

1170
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Speaker 1: Yes, I see them, they're there. Yeah, they should make

1171
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,560
Speaker 1: it to the next round with their group. So yeah,

1172
00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:05,320
Speaker 1: we'll be looking forward to that. Next Friday, that thing

1173
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 1: starts and we're watching some of the exhibitions including Greece

1174
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 1: Versus USA, Join us, Playback, dot TV, slash note docs,

1175
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,920
Speaker 1: it's free Join us twelve o'clock Eastern on Friday. We'll

1176
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:20,440
Speaker 1: be watching that game. We'll be back next week to

1177
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:24,800
Speaker 1: talk a little Hall of Fame, discuss the resumes and

1178
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:30,640
Speaker 1: whether guys like Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Rajen Rondo, Al Horford,

1179
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 1: Blake Griffin, guys like that. We'll get in looking forward

1180
00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:37,920
Speaker 1: to that. We'll talk soon, but for now, Clipper bros.

1181
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Speaker 2: You heard it here first, have a great time, turn up,

1182
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:44,560
Speaker 2: Love you guys awesome. Thanks for joining us. And remember

1183
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 2: they named a new species of snake after Harrison Ford.

1184
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:56,240
Speaker 2: What it's the tacomnodes, Harrison forty. This is a real thing.

1185
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:59,480
Speaker 2: They really named a snake after Harrison Ford. And his

1186
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 2: quote afterwards was, these scientists keep naming critters after me,

1187
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:08,000
Speaker 2: but it's always the ones that terrified children. I don't understand.

1188
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:12,080
Speaker 2: I spend my free time cross stitching. I sing lullabies

1189
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:14,560
Speaker 2: to my basil plants so they won't fear the night.

1190
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: How many things have been named after Harrison Ford?

1191
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 2: More than what I guess.

1192
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 1: When you said techno, whatever you said, you said it great.

1193
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:26,480
Speaker 1: Harrison forty. I thought maybe it just maybe just the

1194
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:29,560
Speaker 1: letters made it sound like Harrison Ford. But more than

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01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:31,080
Speaker 1: one creators named after.

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Speaker 2: Tech commenuites Harrison forty, the genus and species of a

1197
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:38,320
Speaker 2: new snake.

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Speaker 1: All right, I hope you sleep as well as Harrison

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Speaker 1: Ford's basil plants. Dude say next time,