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Speaker 1: Welcome to this league uncut rule of twenty four hour

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Speaker 1: NBA News. This's you, Chris Hans.

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Speaker 2: It's time, work's time, It's so time.

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Speaker 1: This league uncut is underway and on fire.

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Speaker 2: This should be a good one.

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Speaker 1: Friends, Welcome in to the long awaited return of this

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Speaker 1: league uncut. Yes, we are back, and back just in time.

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Speaker 1: After Wednesday. On Wednesday this week, the NBA was hit

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Speaker 1: with a legit, no holds barred, true blockbuster trade. Damian

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Speaker 1: Lillard shipped from Portland to Milwaukee in a three team

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Speaker 1: and then Thursday followed with the next blockbuster. Chris Haynes,

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Speaker 1: star of this very podcast, with a very detailed behind

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Speaker 1: the scenes inside look at how this trade came together

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Speaker 1: how Damian Lillard, with very little chatter about the Milwaukee Bucks,

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Speaker 1: ended up being sent to Wisconsin to now partner with

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Speaker 1: Jana Santetakumpo and form one of the stariest star duos

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Speaker 1: in this league. I think if you've already read Chris's story,

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Speaker 1: you understand why we did not do an emergency immediate

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Speaker 1: reaction pod Wednesday after the trade. Chris obviously needed to

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Speaker 1: report out that story, and if you haven't read the story,

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Speaker 1: I urge you to read it, but we're going to

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Speaker 1: get into tons of it here, mister Haynes, good evening,

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Speaker 1: recording this late Thursday night. And you threw a lot

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Speaker 1: at us today, sir.

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Speaker 2: Well Stein, there was a lot. I'll tell you this.

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Speaker 2: You said, I threw a lot at you. There was

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Speaker 2: still a lot of meat left on the bone. Still

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Speaker 2: a lot of meat left on the bone.

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Speaker 1: Let's well, hopefully we'll get into so, hopefully we will,

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Speaker 1: we will, hopefully we will reveal some of that in

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Speaker 1: this forthcoming discussion.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's that time again. It seems like Stein

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Speaker 2: will glad to be back man.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no question, And look, it was it was. It was,

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Speaker 1: you know, a source of curiosity I think around the

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Speaker 1: league that how would Portland? Was Portland really treating Media

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Speaker 1: Day as a deadline? How motivated were the Blazers to

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Speaker 1: get this done and make a Dame trade before Media Day,

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Speaker 1: before the season started so they could truly move on.

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Speaker 1: And as we've come to learn that after a very

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Speaker 1: quiet second half of July and a very quiet August,

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Speaker 1: things really did heat up in the back half of September,

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Speaker 1: and the Blazers were determined to get this thing done.

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Speaker 1: Before the new season started. And one of the many

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Speaker 1: very interesting revelations in your piece is that when Damian

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Speaker 1: Lillard and Joe Cronin, the Blazers general manager, when they

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Speaker 1: met on September fifth, as it was becoming apparent to

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Speaker 1: Damian Lillard that a trade to his preferred destination of

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Speaker 1: Miami was not going to materialize, Damian Lillard, as you've

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Speaker 1: reported tonight, offered to rescind his trade request and go

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Speaker 1: that the Blazers were going ahead with trading him. And

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Speaker 1: in your story you talk about how Dame realized at

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Speaker 1: that point he wasn't going to Miami. He didn't nowhere

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Speaker 1: he was going yet, but he knew he wasn't going

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Speaker 1: to Miami. And most of the league twenty eight teams

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Speaker 1: media day is Monday. Dallas and Minnesota because they're playing

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Speaker 1: Minnesota's media day was today, Dallas's media day was Friday,

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Speaker 1: And now Portland has its deal and has its fresh start.

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Speaker 1: But just just take us take us from there, I

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Speaker 1: guess just I mean that was you have a lot

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Speaker 1: actually offered to rescind the trade request and stay a

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Speaker 1: Blazer for the short term to give them more time

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Speaker 1: to make a trade, and the Blazers turn that down.

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Speaker 2: Wow, Yeah, I mean it just got really ugly behind

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Speaker 2: the scenes. And you know, a lot there was a

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Speaker 2: this journey, I should say, and I just couldn't bring

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Speaker 2: he he made an effort to say, you know, he

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Speaker 2: And he you know, he was shocked to hear that

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Speaker 2: like a few days after It was like literally the

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Speaker 2: and he went to the facility and he went for

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Speaker 2: and he had just got had his his new house built.

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Speaker 2: and you know, he said everybody was receptive. Man. You know,

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Speaker 2: you know, he didn't know. And he has a quote

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Speaker 2: so it just got to it. It just got to

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Speaker 2: a lots time. There's a lot in there. I forgot

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Speaker 2: a lot of ship that that that's in the story.

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Speaker 2: that's what led us to to Dame and Johannest teaming up. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just that's going to be a spectacular pairing.

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Speaker 1: I think you you reported earlier this week about how

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Speaker 1: I always call you the world's foremost damologist. Do you

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Speaker 2: I'm going to be candid with you. I was on

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Speaker 2: That's that's what he kept saying. And he was talking

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Speaker 2: You know, that's that was what he was thinking. And slowly,

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Speaker 2: this life's changing news and they're they're just they're just

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Speaker 2: And slowly, I will say so, I would say probably

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Speaker 2: But like as the day went on Star, he got

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Speaker 2: know he's ready, He's all in now. Like when it

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Speaker 2: and I'm like, damn, Like they got Brooke Portos. You know,

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Speaker 2: they got Malik Beasley out there. You know, Milik Bezy's

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Speaker 2: so you know, he just started thinking looking at the roster.

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Speaker 1: I hope, I hope, I hope Dame is the first

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Speaker 1: player to do two interviews on this podcast. Look, I like,

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Speaker 1: I love this move for Milwaukee and it is definitely risky.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Drew Holliday is a fantastic player who you

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Speaker 1: Portland fielding all kinds of interest because everybody knows the

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Speaker 1: Blazers want to trade Drew Holliday now, and Milwaukee doesn't

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Speaker 1: win a championship without him, and there's definitely going to

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Speaker 1: be a hit on the perimeter defensively. But like this is,

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Speaker 1: you know, Yannis has been so vocal this summer with

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Speaker 1: quickly and make a trade for Damian Lillard. I mean,

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Speaker 1: But as you said, the Bucks still have a lot

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Speaker 1: of defensive minded players on that team. This trade moves

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Speaker 1: Chris Middleton to third Star rather than second Star, which

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Speaker 1: I think helps him. But most of all, the Bucks

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Speaker 2: mood is. But there are people that I follow, and

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Speaker 2: you know, I get notifications when they respond to a tweet,

428
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Speaker 2: and so I've kind of checked out the vibe and

429
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Speaker 2: the narrative in the field since that story has gotten out,

430
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Speaker 2: And you know, it's a mixed mixed, a mixed bag.

431
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,919
Speaker 2: I guess you know another thing. And you know you

432
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,960
Speaker 2: talked about Dames, Stan, you talk about Dames. Thank you

433
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:45,199
Speaker 2: letter Man. He thanked everybody, everybody. He named all the

434
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 2: beat writers in Portland. He the training staff, people behind

435
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 2: the scenes with the team that people wouldn't even know

436
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,439
Speaker 2: their names like he he this is really thoughtful and

437
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,199
Speaker 2: he worked a long time on it, and I was

438
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Speaker 2: waiting for him to drop that. Even Thank Neil O'sha

439
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 2: who was the former GM who got fired a few

440
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 2: years ago. For cause, and you know they didn't have

441
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 2: the best relationship. You know, towards the end of O'sheat's

442
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 2: tenure with the Portland Troublazer, he even thanked him. He

443
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 2: did not think however, Joe Cronin and you know, even

444
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 2: in my story, you know, he taught to you know,

445
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 2: again I mentioned Ray, but he was at the facility

446
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,880
Speaker 2: and Joe, Joe wouldn't didn't address him, didn't say anything

447
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 2: to him. You know. Also in my story, and this

448
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,679
Speaker 2: has gotten some attention. You know, he was he was

449
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 2: asked to sit out the final ten games of the

450
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: regular season last year to help the team improve their

451
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Speaker 2: draft odds. Dame doesn't like sitting out, that's not him.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's going to get a lot of attention. I'm

453
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 1: real curious to see what the league does with that,

454
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 1: because that is you know, teams are always you know,

455
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Speaker 1: accused of sitting guys to tank at the end of

456
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Speaker 1: the season. Obviously, we had the situation in Dallas where

457
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: you know, the MAVs were dinged seven hundred and fifty

458
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: thousand for what happened in their last few games of

459
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Speaker 1: the season when you know, basically they held out a

460
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 1: slew of guys on it from the second to last

461
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,959
Speaker 1: game of the season because they were clearly trying at

462
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Speaker 1: that point to hold on to the number ten pick,

463
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Speaker 1: which they did hold on to and was a huge

464
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Speaker 1: part of their draftne And look, the reality is Portland

465
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Speaker 1: has done this two years in a row, two years

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Speaker 1: in a row. After the All Star Break, they've they've

467
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Speaker 1: taken this course to try to play for a pick.

468
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Speaker 1: And but but your story is shining a major spotlight

469
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Speaker 1: on it with that passage.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know, multiple teams operate like that.

471
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Speaker 1: Yep, no question. It's by no means just Portland, just Dallas.

472
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Speaker 1: But all I'm saying is the league when it's when

473
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Speaker 1: when a spotlight gets on a situation, that's typically when

474
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Speaker 1: the league feels the need to step in. So I

475
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Speaker 1: wonder you know, and I'm trying to scroll here to

476
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Speaker 1: get to this here. This is what you wrote. This

477
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: is this is in Chris's peace. According to sources, Portland

478
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Speaker 1: had asked Lillard to sit out the final ten games

479
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty two to twenty three regular season

480
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: to help the franchise improve its lottery odds. He was

481
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Speaker 1: told the higher the draft pick, the better chance they

482
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Speaker 1: had using the pick to facilitate a trade for a

483
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Speaker 1: proven veteran player. He reluctantly acquiesced to being shut down,

484
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: citing a quote calf injury end quote. Portland went one

485
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: to nine to finish the season and would go on

486
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: to win the number three pick and select Scoot Henderson,

487
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: a promising young point guard the team planned to keep.

488
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: So again, when it when it is spotlighted in that manner,

489
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Speaker 1: I don't think we've heard the last of this.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see, we'll see. But it's just that I

491
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 2: think covering, you know, covering the Portland Trail Blazers and

492
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,239
Speaker 2: covering Damian Lillard. You know, he's arguably regarded as you know,

493
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 2: the the best Trailblazer of all time, and not just

494
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 2: talent wise or even even accomplishment wise, just what he

495
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 2: meant to that organization. He repped them like no other

496
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 2: player has repped that city, in that organization, and he

497
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 2: wanted and the things start. The thing that hurts with

498
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 2: him is, you know, his his words are genuine, they're real.

499
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 2: He wanted to win there. He did everything he could

500
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 2: to try to recruit some of the best players out there.

501
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 2: He just could not get players to come to Portland

502
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 2: like he tried. He tried, you know, just think, you know,

503
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 2: think about Yiannis. Somebody like Giannis Yannis wanted to play.

504
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 2: Dame was the guy he really wanted to play with.

505
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 2: You know, had they been in a in another city,

506
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 2: some other attractive market, they they probably would have connected

507
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 2: somewhere else. But it was just it was hard, and

508
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 2: Dame didn't mind it being hard. He wanted to stick

509
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 2: it through all he All he asked was that the

510
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 2: organization tries to do what they can to have that

511
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 2: same level of commitment to reach the promise land that

512
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Speaker 2: he had. And over the last couple of years, he

513
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 2: you know, he finally realized that they weren't on the

514
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,479
Speaker 2: same page. And so that's what and I brought all

515
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 2: that stuff up about the you know, him sitting out

516
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 2: the regular season and you know, with the promise that

517
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 2: they would use that that pick that high picked to

518
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 2: go after a veteran guy, which they did, and they

519
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 2: they kind of told everyone right away that they were

520
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 2: keeping that pick. So you know, that's why he felt mislayed.

521
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 2: And that's what, you know, a culmination of those things

522
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 2: of what led to him asking out in the first place.

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00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: So in my story today, which wasn't even a fraction

524
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: as good as yours, but I did earlier today kind

525
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: of try to break down the trade in terms of

526
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: looking at the five teams that I most closely associated

527
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: with this trade. Obviously, you've got the three that actually

528
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: did the trade, Milwaukee, Portland, and Phoenix. And then the

529
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: two teams who were the most talked about suitors until

530
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: Dame actually landed in Milwaukee, and that would be Miami,

531
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: the team he wanted to go to, and then Toronto,

532
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: which their interest in Dame has it really did generate

533
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: the most media coverage over the past week until the

534
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: actual trade came to fruition. So in that piece, I wrote,

535
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: and I'm certainly I don't think I'm the only one

536
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: saying this, that Portland will be judged on how it

537
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: really did in this trade. I think we have to

538
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: see what happens with Drew Holliday and what they get

539
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: for holiday to fully gauge the package and you know

540
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: how much what kind of you know, we need to

541
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: know the full return before we can we can try

542
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: to grade what they've done here. But look, Dame himself,

543
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: in his in his thank you farewell said you know,

544
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: he acknowledges that he he definitely broke some hearts in

545
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: Rip City by asking to be traded and trying to

546
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: get to Miami. And you know, he asked the question,

547
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: will he will you know, will he be forgiven? He will? Right?

548
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: I mean Blazers fans will, I mean, they will get

549
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 1: past this, don't you think?

550
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, time, time, heels, time hills, all wounds, that's part

551
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 2: of it, you know. I mean it's rare that a

552
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 2: franchise player stays with that team the duration of his

553
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 2: career is rare.

554
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: But you know me, I'm a bas I'm a basketball

555
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: romantic who roots, who roots for these things. So I

556
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: mean I did, I really did. I would have loved

557
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: to have seen it worked out and that he could

558
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: have stayed there and you know, tried to try to

559
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: win that championship there. But I mean the situation he's

560
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: going to, I mean, is is is as fascinating as

561
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: it gets it.

562
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 2: You know, I told him Stein, I was like, man, like, yes,

563
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 2: I know you won in Miami and for many ways,

564
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 2: for many, for many reasons, I won in Miami.

565
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,400
Speaker 1: To yeah, you are going to get your You're going

566
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 1: to get your little new apartment in on South Beach.

567
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: And now are you are you gonna become a part

568
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: Are you becoming a part time Milwaukee resident? Is that

569
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: part of this trade?

570
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 2: I'll say this. I'll be in Milwaukee this weekend. I'll

571
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 2: say that.

572
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 1: So are you? Have you switched to Bucks Media Day?

573
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 2: Now? Yes?

574
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 1: Bucks me break news. Chris Haynes is covering Bucks. What

575
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 1: were you supposed to do initially?

576
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 2: Lakers?

577
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: Look at that. That's the big that's Thursday's trade, Lakers

578
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: media day for Bucks Media Day, Chris Haynes.

579
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 2: I gotta be there. I gotta be there. You know,

580
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 2: we weren't.

581
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't blame you before.

582
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 2: So we had about we had about you know, we

583
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 2: had about seven reporters all dispersed out to the I

584
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 2: would say, probably what the juiciest what's going to be

585
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 2: the juiciest media days? You know, whether that storylines or

586
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 2: just star players that you have to go cover. We

587
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 2: didn't have Milwaukee. We were not scheduled to be in Milwaukee.

588
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: And so when really, even even after all all of

589
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: Giannis's comments this.

590
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 2: This summer, no, well, yeah we weren't. Yeah, we were

591
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 2: not scheduled. We weren't scheduled to be in Milwaukee. So

592
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 2: I've been reassigned. So I tell you so, I don't know.

593
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 2: I don't want to give too much because you know

594
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 2: that I don't think that would be right. But there's

595
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 2: a team that's going to get left out this equation,

596
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:16,240
Speaker 2: and I have a pretty good idea what team that's

597
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 2: going to be. So I'll say this so before I'll

598
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 2: probably get myself in trouble. It was so well, I

599
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 2: I was gonna I didn't give it too much, but uh,

600
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 2: you know, we were going to be in Memphis, Sacramento, Philly, Lakers, Sons,

601
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 2: Golden State, Boston. Those are the teams. So out of

602
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,240
Speaker 2: those teams, who do you think is probably getting getting

603
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 2: yanked now that I'm going from l A to Milwaukee.

604
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 2: I don't know, but.

605
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:53,720
Speaker 1: It's Memphis, Memphis, Sack, Philly, Boston Lakers, and who else?

606
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 2: War Warriors, Sacramento.

607
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: I already had sacriment and and and yeah, the defending champs.

608
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: You probably need to cover Denver Warriors, Memphis, I'm gonna sack, Philly,

609
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: Boston Lakers. I'm gonna say Sack is gonna get bumped off.

610
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 2: I don't know your.

611
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 1: Hometown Kings oh Man, Is Mike Brown gonna be upset?

612
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: Mike Brown is not. Mike Brown is going to be

613
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: downloading this pod Friday morning. He is going to be

614
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: calling you.

615
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 2: I was with Mike yesterday. Last night we went with

616
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 2: a comedy.

617
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 1: So last night I'm not liking the King's chances. That's

618
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 1: all I'm saying. Let's let's talk about the basketball for

619
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: a second. Mhm. Is Milwaukee the favorites in the East?

620
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: Now they are?

621
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:55,439
Speaker 2: For me? Yeah, favorites in the East? Yeah, for sure?

622
00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 2: For sure. Stein he didn't it didn't lose my much.

623
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 2: They didn't. They didn't. They didn't. You know, you can

624
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 2: make the case they didn't lose much at all. You know,

625
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 2: Like Dame is ready, like Dame is going to be

626
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 2: And it's crazy, I noticed to be true, but to

627
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 2: hear Dame tell me, you know, it's in the story,

628
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 2: you know, to have a He's he's thrilled to have

629
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 2: the opportunity to play with somebody better than him. And

630
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 2: I've never heard him say that before. Like, and we know,

631
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 2: you know, Giannie is a two times or three time

632
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 2: MVP two time Believe right, two times in.

633
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: Two time regular season, one time in the.

634
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 2: Final Yeah, and you know, I mean, you know that stuff,

635
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 2: but it's like it kind of really hits you, like Dame, like, dang,

636
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 2: this is something different. And so no, they're the favorites, man,

637
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 2: and Dame is going to spread that floor. They're going

638
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 2: to have so much room to operate. Yannest is going

639
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 2: to be able to do his thing, Chris Milton's going

640
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,879
Speaker 2: to get so many open shots. It's going to it's

641
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 2: going to be chaos. It's going to be chaos. They're

642
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 2: definitely the favorites in the East and too, I would

643
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 2: I would say probably even the favorites in the entire league.

644
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: Well, look, I mean, they're losing Holiday is going to

645
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: be a big blow and there's no question that that's

646
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: going to change this team in a dramatic way. But

647
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 1: I I am a believer that what Dame brings offensively,

648
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: how dynamic he is offensively, is going to offset some

649
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: of what they're losing defensively, because that that's thing. Giannis

650
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,359
Speaker 1: and Dame are going to co carry this team and

651
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: neither one has ever had that opportunity to co carry

652
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: a team, and that should make them incredibly dangerous. And

653
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: when when the Bucks have flamed out in the playoffs.

654
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: Offense grind you know, offense in the grindy conditions of

655
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,800
Speaker 1: playoff bastball. That's been the problem.

656
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 2: Yep, you're right right.

657
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: And Philly, Philly, with Harden still there, crazy uncertain what

658
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: we're gonna see out of the Sixers. Miami, they didn't

659
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 1: trade for Bradley Beal. They we were told at the

660
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 1: time they were saving all their best chips for Lillard.

661
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: They didn't get Dame Lillard. Now the Heat will tell

662
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: you they didn't have a chance to get Dame Lillard,

663
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: and Dame's agent Aaron Goodwin has gone on record is

664
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: basically saying the Heat didn't even have a chance to

665
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: properly negotiate. But whatever the circumstances, the Heat have lost

666
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: Gay Vincent, they've lost Max Strus, and they weren't able

667
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: to make a big trade. They've taken a step back.

668
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 1: And Boston there's a lot of uncertainty, you know, there's

669
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 1: a lot of They they made a bold move too

670
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,880
Speaker 1: to bring in Porzingis, but moving on from Marcus Smart

671
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: and Grant Williams, you know they're gonna be going through

672
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: a transition too. So the East is there for Milwaukee's

673
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 1: taking for sure.

674
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,320
Speaker 2: For sure, I'm excited to see it all, excited to

675
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,959
Speaker 2: see that all play. And obviously, you know that's Dame

676
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 2: is my guy. I'm very happy for him. And that's

677
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 2: what I was trying to say early on, is you know,

678
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 2: I know, you know, I told him, I know Miami

679
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 2: was your your spot, but you probably ended up in

680
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 2: the best scenario possible. When you're talking about just basketball,

681
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 2: that team, from top to bottom, they are stacked great

682
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 2: role players, Jay Crowder, Malik Beasley, Bobby Portis, you know,

683
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 2: you got the Lopez Twins, like Chris Miller, like this

684
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 2: is a you know, he teams back up with his

685
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 2: former teammate pet Conneton you know who started off in Portland.

686
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,359
Speaker 2: They're going to be really good, really really good. And

687
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 2: so I'm happy that he's going to have the opportunity

688
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 2: to actually play on the big stage.

689
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: Let's talk before we go, and look, this is just

690
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: podcast one of this is this is a trade with

691
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: so many, such far reaching impact. We're gonna be talking

692
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: about this trade for months and in different ways. And look,

693
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: if you're I mean you're going to Milwaukee, I'm gonna

694
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 1: want to hear all about that trip as soon as

695
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: soon as we can pin you down in a corner

696
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: after that one, because you're going right to you know

697
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: you're going to be there from from day one of

698
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,399
Speaker 1: that thing. Like we said Portland, we got to take

699
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: a step back and it'll be easier to assess how

700
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: the Blazers did in this trade when we know exactly

701
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: what they get for Drew Holiday. So let's look at Phoenix,

702
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: a team that you know very well. How do you

703
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: you know Phoenix's involvement here to ship out Ayton, to

704
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: bring in use of Nurkics, to basically turn aighton into

705
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 1: three or four contracts to address their depth. What do

706
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: you think about what the Suns did here in participating

707
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: in this?

708
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 2: And didn't we do a pod? Uh? You know I'm

709
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 2: getting old. I'm forty two now. We did a part.

710
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 2: We did a pod on Phoenix's potential involvement last week?

711
00:42:55,080 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 2: Did we not? Man? Did we we are click at

712
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 2: allso of this stuff?

713
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: I don't think I think you are. I think I

714
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: think you imagine this.

715
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,760
Speaker 2: Maybe you saw last episode.

716
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,720
Speaker 1: Producer, Ryan, did we talk at length about Phoenix jumping

717
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,440
Speaker 1: into this? I don't think we did this?

718
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 2: Ryan, Our producer.

719
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: Last episode, No, last episode was the Tylu interview.

720
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 2: Prior to that was the last episode Wow.

721
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: Prior to that it was you did a little bit

722
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: on the Yannis reaction, and then before that it was

723
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: Mark Spears. I think, I think, I think, I think

724
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: this was one of your many media appearances away from

725
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:43,920
Speaker 1: this podcast.

726
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 2: You know, I don't do many appearances outside.

727
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 1: I saw a Sacramento radio station got you on the

728
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: air recently.

729
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 2: Was that? Yeah, I did. I did do that? You

730
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 2: got me there? Did I say anything about that there? Yeah?

731
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 2: I did. I did. That's what it was. I talked

732
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 2: about it there. Okay, so Phoenix was thank you, producer, Ryan.

733
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 2: You know, when you got two old heads up here,

734
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 2: sometimes the youngsters have to jump in and remind us

735
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 2: where we left off.

736
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 1: At one old head and one senior citizen.

737
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 2: Oh man, oh speaking of senior citizens, Din, just realize, man,

738
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 2: you know, I've been playing basketball four days a week.

739
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 2: I'm in two basketball leagues. My left knee has been

740
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,839
Speaker 2: killing me over the past month, and I'm not good

741
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 2: with going in getting checked, but it's just it been

742
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 2: killing me. I mean, it's not like really stopping me

743
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 2: one hundred percent from doing what I gotta do. But

744
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 2: it's just pain I gotta go through. I've never had

745
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 2: a surgery, never had anything like that before. So I

746
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 2: decided to get checked out this week, get the knee

747
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,479
Speaker 2: X ray. I thought I was gonna need an mri

748
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:56,919
Speaker 2: X ray. Revealed that I've lost cartilage in my left

749
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 2: knee and I'm experiencing our for arthritis and it's not

750
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 2: bone to bone in that left and I have a

751
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 2: little bit of cartless left. And he said, he said,

752
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 2: what you can do? He says, really nothing you can

753
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 2: do to repair it, but you can go get those

754
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:20,719
Speaker 2: PRP injections or stem cell injections or get steroid injections.

755
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 2: And I'm like, wow, this is what has come to

756
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,800
Speaker 2: and so I'm actually thinking start. He was like, So

757
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,839
Speaker 2: I called Jared Jefferies, you know who is a works

758
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,720
Speaker 2: in the front office of the different Nuggets. I covered

759
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 2: him in Portland because I remember he got PRP injection

760
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 2: when he was in Portland. And so I'm on the

761
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 2: phone with him and I was like, Hey, what would

762
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 2: you recommend? He said, no, get the stem cell injection.

763
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 2: He's like, you make enough money where you can go

764
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 2: to Europe and go get that and I'm like, okay,

765
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 2: so how much does that cost? He said about fifteen

766
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 2: twenty thousand. I'm like, man, you I'm like, you crazy man,

767
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,280
Speaker 2: And then I start thinking I'm crazy, Like I'm actually

768
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 2: thinking I'm athlete, Like this is like this procedure is

769
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 2: necessary for me.

770
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: You need to get you need you need to go

771
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:10,360
Speaker 1: to Germany and get one of these. Well, don't you

772
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: want to bring don't you want to bring the media

773
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 1: game back? This summer? You didn't bring the you didn't

774
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: bring the media game back.

775
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's that's that's I can. I can tolerate

776
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 2: in the game once a year, you know what I mean? Like,

777
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 2: I'm actually really contemplating going to Mexico or going to

778
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 2: Germany to get some type of procedure as if I

779
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 2: got to play eighty two games.

780
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna do a pod on that too

781
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: if you do that. But yeah, you before you answer

782
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 1: this son's question, can you still dunk?

783
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 2: Yes? I can still dunk. I can still do just.

784
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,400
Speaker 1: Making sure just making sure that half, making sure that

785
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 1: half of this podcast duo can still throw one down.

786
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll prove it to you if you need be.

787
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 2: But yeah, with the Suns like they were waiting for

788
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 2: the Portland trail Blazers contacted them a few weeks ago,

789
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,800
Speaker 2: might have been a little bit earlier than that, and

790
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 2: they threw out different scenarios of of what they might

791
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 2: be able to give Phoenix in return for DeAndre Ayton,

792
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 2: and Phoenix was always they were always, i would say,

793
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,720
Speaker 2: looking to n load Ayton, but they were very open

794
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 2: to moving Ayden, and they just felt like a use

795
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 2: of Nurkic bringing him on board because he's a guy

796
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,840
Speaker 2: who who can initiate the offense from the top of

797
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 2: the key, dribble hand off, you know, give you pick,

798
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 2: could be nice, big screens at the top, one of

799
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,320
Speaker 2: the greatest screener, one of the greatest screeners we have

800
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 2: in this league. It's very underrated skill that he has

801
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 2: and nobody really knows about him, and he just works

802
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 2: well with better players. And eighton is a guy who

803
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 2: is looking to to continue ascending in his talents in

804
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 2: the skill set once more of a role, and I

805
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 2: don't think he's going to get that. And I think

806
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 2: the Suns felt like they didn't know if Ayton will

807
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:12,319
Speaker 2: would accept favorably a more diminished role that centered primarily

808
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 2: on the defensive end. And so but one thing I know, Phoenix,

809
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 2: they they are they did want a point guard. I

810
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 2: know Phoenix gave Portland a list of names that would

811
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 2: suffice because they were they were not going to do

812
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 2: a Nurkic for Aydon swap. They wanted other pieces in return.

813
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:34,399
Speaker 2: And so you know, I don't think Phoenix is done,

814
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 2: you know, trying to find that backup point guard. That's

815
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,360
Speaker 2: that's still something they lack on that squad. But I

816
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 2: was told that Phoenix was very interested in Kyle Lowry

817
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 2: and and I think that's why Dame always held out

818
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 2: hope that Portland at last minute will go back to

819
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 2: Miami with some potential offer on the table. And that

820
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 2: is something that was seeing Kyle Lowry to Phoenix, Phoenix

821
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:09,440
Speaker 2: give Ayton to Portland, Nurkis to whatever, and so it

822
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:11,919
Speaker 2: just never panned out. But no, I like to move.

823
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 2: You know, I know Nurk is happy to be. He

824
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 2: loves the sun, and so I know that guy really good.

825
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 2: He loves the sun. So you get a lot of

826
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,880
Speaker 2: sun in Phoenix, So I know I know he's ecstatic

827
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 2: about that opportunity.

828
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 1: All right, Everyone, like I said this is just our

829
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:33,759
Speaker 1: first kind of look at this massive, massive trade. That

830
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: because again, because Chris Haynes is the world's foremost damologist,

831
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,600
Speaker 1: this is by no means the last time that we're

832
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 1: going to put this trade and it's zillions of angles

833
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: under the microscope. We're gonna keep talking about it, keep

834
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 1: looking at it. And Yeah, if Chris Hanes is going

835
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 1: to Milwaukee for the first you know, the first, the

836
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 1: very first words of the Honest and Dame era, I mean,

837
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm already curious about what you will

838
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:06,359
Speaker 1: learn and hear on that trip.

839
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:10,400
Speaker 2: He's going to be I'm actually going to go a

840
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 2: little bit earlier now. So the books announced that they're

841
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 2: having a welcome rally, right yeah, on Saturday, and so

842
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 2: you'll be.

843
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 1: There for that too.

844
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:22,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna be there for that.

845
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 1: Go to Carsons for me.

846
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, I went. I went the last time I was there.

847
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 2: And you like phenomenal, phenomenal, steak phenomenal, you know through

848
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:34,320
Speaker 2: your mouth.

849
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:38,280
Speaker 1: Go to Carsons. Text me a picture. I will be jealous.

850
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: I love Milwaukee, I really do. It's one of my

851
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:46,160
Speaker 1: It's one of my sleeper cities. Yes, growing I always

852
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: have a good time when I go to Milwaukee. All right, everyone,

853
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,960
Speaker 1: like I said, that does it for this edition of

854
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:56,359
Speaker 1: this league uncut. But the season is basically here. All

855
00:50:56,520 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: thirty teams will be back to work as a Monday day,

856
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Speaker 1: so we will be back to our twice a week

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Speaker 1: podcast frequency very very soon, and you will be getting

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Speaker 1: all kinds of stories about Chris's travel, Chris's knees, Chris's

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Speaker 1: rec league stats, which I'm going to be working to obtain.

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Speaker 2: Let's keep it at knee style, knee singular not plural.

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Speaker 2: Don't say knees.

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Speaker 1: Are you playing well? Are you at least playing well?

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Speaker 2: Sty I just finished a league in which I averaged

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Speaker 2: twenty three points a game in this league? How many

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Speaker 2: say it will man?

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Speaker 1: How many assists?

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'll give my five or six assists, you know

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Speaker 2: what the yeah, I'll look for my teammates. I look

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Speaker 2: for my teammates. Stein, But it really hit me Steyn,

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Speaker 2: like I'm really I'm facing a little bit of depression

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Speaker 2: because there's only there's only so much longer that I

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Speaker 2: have left to dunk the ball. And I really like that,

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Speaker 2: I really hold that dearly to be able to I've

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Speaker 2: been doing. I've been dunking the ball since I was fifteen. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I can't dunk it like I used to anymore. But

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Speaker 2: time is catching up. Starn timeout a time. It captures everybody,

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Speaker 2: and right now it has my need.

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Speaker 1: Man, you are all over the place, all right. I

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Speaker 1: think we did it. This was a good first effort

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Speaker 1: in our attempts to capture all things Dame Lillard to

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Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Bucks. We will be back soon with more.

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Speaker 1: The season is here, this league uncut back in your

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Speaker 1: podcast app wherever you get your podcast, Apple, Spotify, you

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Speaker 1: name it, it's there. Please if you would be so

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Speaker 1: kind to give us a five star rating, we would

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Speaker 1: be hugely appreciative. And like I said, we will be

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Speaker 1: back soon with more of this league uncut. And yes, everyone,

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Speaker 1: let's rejoice the NBA's seventy eight season has arrived and

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Speaker 1: that I'll do it for us. See you next time.

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Speaker 1: This league and cuttage an iHeartRadio Production put a lock up.

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Speaker 1: Chris Haynes and Mark Stein