WEBVTT - Jared Greenberg Joins The Heat Check!

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<v Speaker 1>All right, finally, we have a special interview with Jared Greenberg.

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<v Speaker 1>Jared is a reporter for TNT and NBA TV and

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<v Speaker 1>joined my other show bet MGM tonight along with my

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<v Speaker 1>co host Nick Ash. You great interview, so let's get

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<v Speaker 1>into it.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we bring on Jared Greenberg NBA on TNT

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<v Speaker 2>and there are teams that obviously do care when we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the N Season Tournament. I love what we've

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<v Speaker 2>seen so far from it. Some of the courts are

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit much, but that's maybe they'll work some

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<v Speaker 2>of those kings out. Now we're getting ready, obviously for

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<v Speaker 2>the knockout stage, the quarterfinals, and now we've had some

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<v Speaker 2>teams eliminated. What has been the early I guess returns

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<v Speaker 2>that you've heard from people in terms of whether it's teams, players, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>and how that N Season Tournament is felt.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thanks for having me, guys, just a long time

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<v Speaker 3>to talk.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, have me on. I know we got to

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<v Speaker 1>have you on more often.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go. Let's go on me. I heard this pays

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of money, so I'm excited relationship with you guys. Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I listen, I'm fired about the N Season Tournament is

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<v Speaker 3>it is it perfect? No, do they need to make tweaks? Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>But I've been somebody who's been trying to argue with

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<v Speaker 3>people for it feels like two decades that the regular

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<v Speaker 3>season is important in the NBA. It is, there's and

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<v Speaker 3>we've lost some of that integrity. It's been watered down,

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<v Speaker 3>and the complaints that I've heard about it are just

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<v Speaker 3>to me mind boggling. It's just the skit off my

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<v Speaker 3>law and mentality of Ooh, change is hard and change

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<v Speaker 3>is not good. No, Like this is fun. Tuesday night,

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<v Speaker 3>I was on the ari I host our our whip

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<v Speaker 3>around show it's called crunch Time on the NBA APP.

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<v Speaker 3>And the fact that we not only had meaningful basketball

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<v Speaker 3>with team's playing hard, but over the last ten years

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<v Speaker 3>we've had trouble getting guys on the court for regular

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<v Speaker 3>season games. Now I got Jason Tatum in the fourth

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<v Speaker 3>quarter up by thirty trying to maintain a thirty point lead.

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<v Speaker 3>If you don't like that, like, that's great, And people

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<v Speaker 3>are saying that's not basketball. Who said that's not basketball?

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<v Speaker 3>And why does that person fifty years ago get to

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<v Speaker 3>dictate what how weapons? Now? It was great to see

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<v Speaker 3>games being played for forty eight freaking minutes in November.

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<v Speaker 1>When did we get to the point where unwritten rules

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<v Speaker 1>were a thing in the NBA. This isn't Major League Baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard Devin Booker. He was like that, I would

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<v Speaker 1>love this every single night because to me, it feels

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<v Speaker 1>like sitting your starters in the fourth quarter actually makes

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<v Speaker 1>really really bad teams seem more good or mediocre than

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<v Speaker 1>they are, which gives these GMS coaches and players cover

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<v Speaker 1>for really just how terrible they are and the accountability

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<v Speaker 1>that's lacking.

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<v Speaker 3>No question. I mean, you guys talk about the betting aspect.

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<v Speaker 3>We do that too on crunch time on the NBA

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<v Speaker 3>app all the time, where you know, you think you

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<v Speaker 3>know what the you feel good about the bet you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to place, but then a coach, whether he's on

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<v Speaker 3>the winning or losing side, decides to pull his starters

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<v Speaker 3>midway through the third quarter because he's waving the white flag,

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<v Speaker 3>and now that affects everything that you thought all day

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<v Speaker 3>about the bet you're going to place on the game.

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<v Speaker 3>So I agree, you know, this is not baseball, And

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<v Speaker 3>that's one of the things that I love about Adam Silver,

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<v Speaker 3>the commissioner of the NBA, who has said from almost

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<v Speaker 3>his first day on the job that just because something

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<v Speaker 3>has been done since nineteen forty seven does not mean

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<v Speaker 3>that's the way it has to be done moving forward,

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<v Speaker 3>whether that's an eighty two game regular season, whether that's

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<v Speaker 3>our playoff format, whatever it is, and injecting a little

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<v Speaker 3>life into the regular season, to me, there is absolutely

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<v Speaker 3>no negative about it, And if you want to argue it,

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<v Speaker 3>I'd love to go to war with you on that argument.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the NBA has always been willing to try new things,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that's what makes the league great because

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<v Speaker 2>if he just gets stale, right, people get bored. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they're just Sometimes you've got to at least give these

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<v Speaker 2>types of things the shot talking to Jared Greenberg bet

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<v Speaker 2>MGM tonight. So with the early thing that I've kind

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<v Speaker 2>of noticed with this too, when you talk about like

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<v Speaker 2>games being played forty eight minutes, and thank god too,

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<v Speaker 2>because there's nothing worse than when a prop dies in

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth quarter because all the starters are sitting and

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<v Speaker 2>you're just going I was on the right side, and

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<v Speaker 2>now I'm screwed because Jokic played twenty seven minutes and

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<v Speaker 2>the Nuggets won by thirty five. But you know, there

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<v Speaker 2>are some younger teams where it feels like this tournament

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<v Speaker 2>maybe does mean a little bit more to them than, say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a team that's got their eyes on an

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<v Speaker 2>NBA title. Now that may be perception, that may not

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<v Speaker 2>actually be the case, but that's kind of the early

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<v Speaker 2>feel that I'm getting from a team like the Pacers,

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<v Speaker 2>who obviously plays the Celtics in a few days and

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to kind of start seeing I think a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more of a sample size of what this

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<v Speaker 2>tournament looks like when it's all said and done. Does

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of feel that way for you too, where

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<v Speaker 2>some of these young teams this is their chance to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of take that next jump, knowing that, Okay, if

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<v Speaker 2>we're being honest, we're not an NBA title contender yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but maybe we can sneak in and win this tournament.

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<v Speaker 3>Right Yeah, nick, I thought that there would be two

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<v Speaker 3>different approaches to the nd season tournament, and the first

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<v Speaker 3>is what you're talking about young teams who are a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit more hungrier, who haven't won anything, so winning

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<v Speaker 3>something for the first time in an NBA Cup would

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<v Speaker 3>be cool then maybe valued more than an older team.

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<v Speaker 3>But I also think that there are teams like the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 3>like the Suns, who can't afford to wait until January

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<v Speaker 3>or February to figure out who they are. It might

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<v Speaker 3>be too late, so to play some pressurized games. I

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<v Speaker 3>think this early in the season is good for you.

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<v Speaker 3>It's good for the players, it's good for the coaching

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<v Speaker 3>staffs to figure out what rotations, what lineups look like.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I think it's really great for front offices. Listen,

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<v Speaker 3>if the Lakers bomb out on Tuesday Night against the

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<v Speaker 3>Phoenix Suns or vice versa, then Rob Polinka and James

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<v Speaker 3>Jones in the front offices for LA and Phoenix are

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<v Speaker 3>going to have to look in the mirror and say,

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<v Speaker 3>we just played a pressurized simulation playoff game and this

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<v Speaker 3>group is not ready for it. What can we do

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<v Speaker 3>between now and maybe the trade deadline or you know,

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of free agents that are out there, not

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<v Speaker 3>that there is that many, but what can we do

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<v Speaker 3>around the edges to get our team prepared for April

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<v Speaker 3>and May basketball?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think about the Magic and why they've

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<v Speaker 1>become so potent defensive magic? Jared I took him to

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<v Speaker 1>won the division and boil boy bet MGM keeps giving

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<v Speaker 1>me cash out options, and I'm no coward. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>taking it.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I wouldn't take it either. I've I've loved the

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<v Speaker 3>Magic for a while this If you've been a true

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<v Speaker 3>diehard Magic fan, you've been on the fun bust that

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<v Speaker 3>they park outside of Amway Arena, then then you would

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<v Speaker 3>know that this has been a slow churn, a slow burn, right,

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<v Speaker 3>It's taken a long time. They really swung and missed

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<v Speaker 3>at a lot of draft picks. They made some really

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<v Speaker 3>questionable draft picks over the last few years. But Franz

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<v Speaker 3>Wagner is probably the best player in the NBA that

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<v Speaker 3>casual NBA fans are not talking about. Paulo ban Caro

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<v Speaker 3>is sensational. They are so freaking big on their front

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<v Speaker 3>line with Wendell Carter and you know, obviously he's dealing

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<v Speaker 3>with some issues, but Carter, Wagner, Isaac and Betadze who's

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<v Speaker 3>come in out of nowhere and filled in thank Caro. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>and the fact that there's deep in the guard rotation,

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<v Speaker 3>like their guards even I don't you know, Cole Anthony's

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<v Speaker 3>had some really good games, thirty point game the other night,

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't even think sugs and folks are gelling

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<v Speaker 3>to that point that they can be that good. But

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<v Speaker 3>it's been It's all about patience, right And Jamal Moseley,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if you guys have ever spoken to him,

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<v Speaker 3>but he is one of the coolest guys. Like I

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<v Speaker 3>just feel like he connects with his players and it

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<v Speaker 3>just makes sense that they're ready listen again, like you said, Nick,

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<v Speaker 3>like the Pacers, they're not a team that's gonna win

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<v Speaker 3>a championship this year, but they're a team that I

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<v Speaker 3>thought was going to be a lock for the play

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<v Speaker 3>in Tournament. Right now, I'm excited to see the Magic

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<v Speaker 3>battle with teams that are gonna take it easy in

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<v Speaker 3>February and March and they're gonna put pressure on them

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<v Speaker 3>to make the top six in the Eastern Conference.

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<v Speaker 1>Yea.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it just takes one season for all these young

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<v Speaker 2>players to just click at the right time, and it

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<v Speaker 2>really feels like that's starting to happen with the Magic.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other side of things, there's the Warriors, who

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<v Speaker 2>at this point might be struggling to get into the

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<v Speaker 2>play in Tournament. This continues the way that they look

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Obviously, look, they're older, we know they've had,

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<v Speaker 2>dealt with some injuries, the Draymond's suspension. Like, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot going on. It's an eighty two games schedule. Klay

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<v Speaker 2>Thompson's not worried. That's fine. He probably shouldn't be with

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<v Speaker 2>all the success they've had in the past. But when

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<v Speaker 2>you watch the Warriors right now, do you see a

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<v Speaker 2>team who's at this point maybe just a fringe playoff

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<v Speaker 2>team at best.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. You know, to me, some of their roster construction

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<v Speaker 3>decisions have been questionable over the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 3>I understand why they went out and got Chris Paul

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<v Speaker 3>because their bench unit was just so bad. And let's

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<v Speaker 3>not kid ourselves, Nobody in the Warriors organization, if they're

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<v Speaker 3>taking a live detector, thought he would come in and

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<v Speaker 3>start as many games as he had. He has that

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<v Speaker 3>and they kind of placated him, saying we'll figure it

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<v Speaker 3>out in training camp. That's garbage. He came in because

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<v Speaker 3>they had no one to control the second unit last

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<v Speaker 3>year and the second unit was the worst second unit

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<v Speaker 3>all of basketball. But to me, as bad as that was,

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<v Speaker 3>their bigger issue is they can't rebound the ball. They've

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<v Speaker 3>got no consistency behind Draymond. Steve Kurr does not trust

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<v Speaker 3>Jonathan Kuminga, who now is obviously dealing with some things.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, they they just don't have enough. They

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<v Speaker 3>not put enough attention on their other weaknesses, like you know, defense,

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<v Speaker 3>like they're they're they're playing the post. And to me,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Wiggins is starting to come on, he's playing

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<v Speaker 3>a little better. But yeah, the whole Wiggins Clay thing

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<v Speaker 3>has to resolve itself. And now you know, with Gary

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<v Speaker 3>Payton's going to be out, he might be alcohol year

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<v Speaker 3>with his calf injury. You know this, it's just it's

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<v Speaker 3>devastating for them. But but I'm not as down on

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<v Speaker 3>them as I think some people are, just because I

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<v Speaker 3>believe in Steph Curry and what Steph Curry did. What

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think people are appreciating enough is what Steph

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<v Speaker 3>Curry did in the first month of the season with

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<v Speaker 3>as bad of a supporting cast as he had, should

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<v Speaker 3>make him one of the top three m VP candidates.

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<v Speaker 3>Now he won't last there if this continues, but he

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<v Speaker 3>has been just so superb. But we saw it the

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<v Speaker 3>other night. You know, if Clay and Wiggins can hit

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<v Speaker 3>big shots and the decision by Steve curR to take

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<v Speaker 3>Moses Moody out of the game. I don't. I'm curious.

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<v Speaker 3>He probably hit his prop. I would imagine that game

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<v Speaker 3>because of how hot he was. But how do you

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<v Speaker 3>take a guy on a heater off the court when

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<v Speaker 3>all you need is other guys other than Steph that

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<v Speaker 3>can score.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, now, Clay and Wiggs feel like they're kind of

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<v Speaker 1>turning on each other to talking about who should be

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<v Speaker 1>sitting and coming off the bench. We have just about

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<v Speaker 1>a minute. I wanted to get your thoughts on what

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<v Speaker 1>team right now is waiting in the weeds, kind of

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<v Speaker 1>hanging below the radar that you think has the potential

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<v Speaker 1>to be dangerous, say like a Pelican, Say like a

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<v Speaker 1>Clippers or a Caves or Timberwolves.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I love the Timberwolves right now. I think the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that they're playing defense the way they are, they're

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<v Speaker 3>consistently through the first month of the season, been top two,

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<v Speaker 3>top three, and Anthony Edwards is a bona fide superstar.

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<v Speaker 3>I did not think he would be this good, particularly

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<v Speaker 3>this quick. And the way they've gotten Cat and Rudy

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<v Speaker 3>Gobert on the same page remarkable. They get McDaniels back

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<v Speaker 3>into the lineup in the next few weeks. This team

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<v Speaker 3>is going to be a big problem in the West.

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<v Speaker 2>Jared Greenberg, NBA on TNT NBA TV. You see him everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>You know the face, you know the name. Love having

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<v Speaker 2>you on, man. I appreciate the time spitting.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, guys. Righteous.

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<v Speaker 2>He brings up a good point too, about like young

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<v Speaker 2>team or like older teams, kind of testing out what

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<v Speaker 2>they are, what you're like in a playoff scenario. That's

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<v Speaker 2>it's almost like a preseason playoff. I think that's another

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<v Speaker 2>really good way to.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at it.

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