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Speaker 1: Good morning, swirl and welcome to the No Dupes podcast

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Speaker 1: on the Athletic Network. It's Sunday, Yes, Sunday morning, July eighteenth.

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Speaker 3: What's up, everybody?

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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 3: Task?

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Speaker 1: Got my top shot, hot boy, he's got his F

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Speaker 1: Trey Kirby, I am not hearing you're muted.

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Speaker 4: Okay, now I'm unmuted. Sorry. I was getting very excited.

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Speaker 3: But he's all right, he's all right. It's not it's

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Speaker 1: Sorry, it's all right, got the international man of mystery

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Speaker 1: let's get into game. Five of the NBA Finals. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk Lillard a little bit. We'll talk Team USA

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Speaker 1: a little bit as well. But the Bucks edge the

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Speaker 1: Suns one twenty three, one nineteen. Another awesome game task

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Speaker 1: to take the three to two lead in the NBA Finals.

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Speaker 1: Where do you want to start? Do we start at

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Speaker 3: Well? I think the only way they get to the

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Speaker 3: end is with Drew Holiday playing the way he was.

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Speaker 3: I mean, this was a real Bucks team performance. I mean,

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Speaker 3: probably thinking that Drew Holly and Chris Middleton carry over

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Speaker 3: what they did without Yannis at the end of the

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Speaker 3: Eastern Conference Final. But we didn't see all three of

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Speaker 3: those guys work together like this until Game five. This

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Speaker 3: was easily their best game all together. Yanny's thirty two,

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Speaker 3: Chris Middleton twenty nine, and Drew Holiday twenty seven took

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Speaker 3: Once up three to two, now after trailing two, Oh,

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Speaker 3: It's like Yannis is a super Lebron. I mean, this

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Speaker 3: sitting courtside actually helped Yannison not Chris Paul Well, I

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Speaker 3: And everybody wondered, could this guy be the third star

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Speaker 3: while the Suns, even though you know, people look at

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Speaker 3: say you should have played Devin Moore. He was plus

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Speaker 3: Chris Paul was a step behind Drew Holliday and Chris Middleton.

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Speaker 3: Although his SAT line looks good, he wasn't superstar like enough.

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Speaker 3: If those three are playing the way they are in Middleton,

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Speaker 3: And you know, as decent as Chris was, even though

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Speaker 3: you needed a little more star, Parwer. You needed Chris

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Bucks Big three TK fifth trio in NBA

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Speaker 1: Finals history to record twenty five points on fifty percent

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Speaker 1: you know you had talked a lot about Drew Holiday TK,

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Speaker 1: how he needs to step up, he needs to be big,

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Speaker 1: rafters only where Yannis can go get it, ballsy move.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people are, you know, dribbling out the

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Speaker 1: And you're not great at the free throw line, as

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Speaker 4: That was incredible, the signature Big three game for the Bucks,

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Speaker 4: no doubt about it. Everybody did exactly like why the

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Speaker 4: Bucks have them there in the first place? Janis was

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Speaker 4: Yannis the guy is in another stratosphere right now. This

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Speaker 4: is an all time Finals performance we're seeing, and everybody

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Speaker 4: thought his season was over two weeks ago. It's still

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Speaker 4: wild to imagine that Giannis is making these plays off

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Speaker 4: funny stuff with regards to Chris Middleton on the Ferris

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Speaker 4: One for seven in the first quarter. I think he

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Speaker 4: went what eleven for sixteen the rest of the way.

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Speaker 4: And Drew Holliday I've said he's a two way player,

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Speaker 4: but you don't always see both sides on both in

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Speaker 4: a game last night, he was all over the place

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Speaker 4: one more free throw, it's basically Drew Holliday who gets

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Speaker 4: the tip and he starts that playoff almost at half court,

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Speaker 4: like Devin Booker is the guy who's supposed to be

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Speaker 4: blocking him out on the free throw line three point line.

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Speaker 4: I guess Yanna shoots the thing and he gets in.

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Speaker 4: It's a terrible miss, so bad that it was good

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Speaker 4: They went and iced it at the line and the

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Speaker 4: He was in his bag offensively and defensively and in

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Speaker 4: a hustle play way. You know, if you're gonna wait

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Speaker 4: get the absolute best performance from Drew Holiday, that's awesome, right,

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Speaker 4: Like that's the ultimate slow play right there. I mean

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Speaker 4: I was calling him Drew Bledsoe in the Net series.

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Speaker 4: He's been Drew Bledsoe sometimes in this series, but last

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Speaker 4: night he was Drew Holliday and it was great to see.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so far in the postseason, ly the Bucks are

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Speaker 1: seven to one when Drew scores over twenty, and then they're,

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Speaker 1: sort of average when he does it, but when he

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Speaker 1: to win. He's a hell of a bell whether But

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Speaker 1: what'd you think about the steel and open in this game?

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Speaker 2: Entirely just a remarkable play to get that steal clean

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Speaker 2: off Devin Booker too. He just I know, the few sons.

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Speaker 2: Fans are saying, oh, you got Ray, you know raped

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Speaker 3: He didn't.

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Speaker 2: It was a clean steal. But then how many players

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Speaker 2: legit in NBA history? Could you throw that lob to

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Speaker 2: outside of Yanna's There's not a ton really, because and

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Speaker 2: Yannis Dress addressed that in the postgame. He said, if

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Speaker 2: he misses that pass, it's all on Drew. It's like

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Speaker 2: bad pass, What are you doing? You should have gone

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Speaker 2: in to try to score or get the foul hold

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Speaker 2: also had to deal with Chris Paul basically shoving him

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Speaker 2: if he goes down after a player like that when

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Speaker 2: he's in mid air, who knows what could have happened

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Speaker 2: to Yannis. But he's just such a freak of nature

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Speaker 2: big flex and went crazy there. But you know, this

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Speaker 2: was all to say. The Bucks had this game fairly

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Speaker 2: comfortably too, I would say, for most of that second half,

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Speaker 2: and then they got a little bit sloppy. The Sun

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Speaker 3: Lucky he grab that rim, and lucky you grab that rever.

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Speaker 2: But I think Tassi made a good point. If Drew

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Speaker 3: How could they stop him there late? They they couldn't.

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Speaker 4: Totally totally right. First quarter is what it should be

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Speaker 4: than Chris Paul is right now, and especially in Game five.

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Speaker 4: Offensively he was there. Chris Paul really needs to take over,

430
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Speaker 4: like in that second quarter. He should be the guy

431
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Speaker 4: getting everybody involved. They shouldn't be a worse offensive team

432
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Speaker 4: when Chris Paul's running the show.

433
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Speaker 1: Yeah, what do you think about that?

434
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Speaker 3: Lee?

435
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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you looked at the Bucks score of this game,

436
00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,560
Speaker 2: you say DeAndre Ayton had twenty and ten, Chris Paul

437
00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,439
Speaker 2: had twenty and eleven, and Devin Booker had forty. The

438
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,280
Speaker 2: Sun shot sixty eight percent from three point rangs I

439
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,320
Speaker 2: shot fifty seven percent from the field that had eight

440
00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,800
Speaker 2: turn I was like, oh, they must have hadbsolutely pound

441
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,919
Speaker 2: at their opponent. But it's just so misleading because that

442
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,280
Speaker 2: first quarter the ball was moving around, and Booker talked

443
00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,240
Speaker 2: about it, and Chris Paul talked about it, and Monty

444
00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,359
Speaker 2: even talked about it, and you could see it in

445
00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,639
Speaker 2: that sort of second half as the Bucks sort of

446
00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,560
Speaker 2: you know, really built that lead and solidified it. It

447
00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,200
Speaker 2: felt like Phoenix didn't trust what had gotten them to

448
00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,000
Speaker 2: this point of the season, and that is that ball movement. Instead,

449
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,760
Speaker 2: it was kind of like, well, I guess Book is

450
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Speaker 2: going to go out there and do it. And he

451
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Speaker 2: did in the sense that he gave his team forty points,

452
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,560
Speaker 2: but it was almost like the Bucks are like, well,

453
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Speaker 2: if he's going to try to just you know, do

454
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Speaker 2: all the scoring, we can kind of roll with that

455
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,760
Speaker 2: because they're at their best. The Son's a bit like

456
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,920
Speaker 2: the Bucks when it and Bridges had a great shooting game.

457
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,800
Speaker 2: He just didn't get enough of the ball really himself,

458
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,359
Speaker 2: so they weren't sort of running what they have done

459
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Speaker 2: to get themselves to be such a good team. And

460
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Speaker 2: so that now is really what the question is going

461
00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,600
Speaker 2: to be for them in game six is how do

462
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Speaker 2: they approach that. Do they say, well, Book is great,

463
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Speaker 2: we know he can go out and get us forty

464
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Speaker 2: or instead, is it like we need to get that

465
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Speaker 2: ball moving around. I mean, I think they finished with

466
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Speaker 2: twenty three assists again, which is not a bad number.

467
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Speaker 2: It's not like it was only ten assists. So the

468
00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,480
Speaker 2: ball was moving, but a lot of that was sort

469
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Speaker 2: of front loaded. I think it was just when they

470
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Speaker 2: got out to that good start and maybe a bit

471
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Speaker 2: of complacency crept in. I'm not sure, but they did.

472
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Speaker 1: Skeetz.

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Speaker 2: As you mentioned there, that lead evaporated oh very.

474
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Speaker 1: So fast, and the point was like, well, did I

475
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Speaker 1: miss a couple of baskets?

476
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Speaker 3: The what the hell happened? Yeah?

477
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Speaker 2: And Yannis as well, you know, he was happy when

478
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,159
Speaker 2: it's like they're rolling right now. You know, he wasn't like,

479
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,919
Speaker 2: get me in, get me in. It was like the

480
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,439
Speaker 2: team's playing well enough without him. So again, that just

481
00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,760
Speaker 2: shows that he's all about winning. He doesn't he doesn't

482
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,600
Speaker 2: have to be the one who gets all the headlines

483
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,200
Speaker 2: and all the attention. And that's a great sign for

484
00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,880
Speaker 2: the Bucks that their leader just wants to win. It's

485
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,920
Speaker 2: not about, you know, give me all the stats and

486
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Speaker 2: all the highlights. I just want to win the game.

487
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Speaker 2: So this, you know, Mike Budenholz, he must be. I mean,

488
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,359
Speaker 2: if he hasn't got a burner account or do ready

489
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Speaker 2: to forget to go on Twitter, that he's going to

490
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Speaker 2: start them up in the next day or so because

491
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,920
Speaker 2: he has copped so much. Look, they played badly again

492
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Speaker 2: the Miami Heat, and I can't remember I don't think

493
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Speaker 2: any of us actually picked the Heat, but a lot

494
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 2: of us are like, I don't even know if they

495
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,000
Speaker 2: can get past the Miami Heat. Started off badly, ended

496
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 2: up really destroying them. Started off awfully against the Brooklyn Nets,

497
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Speaker 2: to the point where they were so close, like within

498
00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,159
Speaker 2: fifty seconds of being down three to zero in that series.

499
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,399
Speaker 2: They come out of that and then the Landhawks. I

500
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,400
Speaker 2: mean that was different that the Hawks got that first victory.

501
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,879
Speaker 2: I don't think we thought that it was like, you know,

502
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,879
Speaker 2: the Bucks can't come back, and they did. Obviously some

503
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 2: injuries came into play as well, but now they're in

504
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 2: a position as well after those first two games is

505
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Speaker 2: like the Bucks have got to do something very very

506
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,840
Speaker 2: quickly to turn this series around. And now they've turned

507
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,400
Speaker 2: it around so much. I mean the task You've usually

508
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 2: got the stat if you win game five, I know,

509
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,159
Speaker 2: it's around eighty two percent I think to go on

510
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Speaker 2: and win the series.

511
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Speaker 1: Twenty nine times in the NBA Finals, the game white five,

512
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Speaker 1: winner of a two to two series goes on to

513
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Speaker 1: win it.

514
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Speaker 2: So yeah, and after all, yeah, and after what we've

515
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Speaker 2: seen of these last two games, like I just feel

516
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 2: that Milwaukee understands, like we know how to score on

517
00:22:58,359 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 2: this team. And we know that, you know, it's not

518
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 2: just about Jannis having to do it all and a

519
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,440
Speaker 2: couple of times you know where he sort of gets

520
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 2: that little run up and he's going downhill and he

521
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,920
Speaker 2: just does a little zigzag. That's money for him anytime

522
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,720
Speaker 2: he wants it. So I got wipe the Tuesday not

523
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 2: it's going to be a mighty it's incredible.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you're setting it up nicely. I know we'll

525
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Speaker 1: do our deep dive, our Game six preview on Tuesday's

526
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Speaker 1: podcast in the morning the show. But you know, how

527
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 1: are you feeling tasked as someone who had Bucks and six?

528
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 1: Are they going to incredibly pull this off after losing

529
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Speaker 1: the first two and some of them in heartbreaking fashion

530
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Speaker 1: and possibly close it out? Or do we have more

531
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: basketball we played? I mean, the toughest thing to do,

532
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 1: of course, is to end the series. It's tightly contested

533
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 1: between these two teams. You know, they're both pretty damn

534
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 1: good teams. They both in Game five shot the lights out.

535
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Speaker 1: What's your gut say, is like, is it still going seven?

536
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,720
Speaker 1: Can the Bucks close it out on Tuesday night? What

537
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Speaker 1: do you say?

538
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Speaker 3: It feels like the Box have it. They feel super

539
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 3: confident with coach bud Is rolling out a lineup in

540
00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,439
Speaker 3: the middle of the game that hasn't played one minute

541
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 3: together throughout the whole year. They've never been on the

542
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 3: floor together. The super duper size lineup of brook Lopez, Jannistetokompo,

543
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 3: PJ Tucker, Oh No, who am I missing? Bobby Portis, Yeah,

544
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,360
Speaker 3: Middleton right, yeah, Brookie, Poorty, Middleton, Tucker, and Yan. It's

545
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,199
Speaker 3: like that's a manstrous lie. I just think that they

546
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 3: feel obviously super confident. I mean, the ball for the

547
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 3: Suns has to be in Chris Paul's hands way more

548
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 3: for them to win. We're talking about a team that

549
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 3: has two stars they're supposed to Those are the guys

550
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 3: that have to carry the team. And Chris Paul's playing

551
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 3: like just hanging out in the corner for much of

552
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 3: this game. And I'm going to bring it up because

553
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,719
Speaker 3: it needs to be brought up. I don't know if

554
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,440
Speaker 3: Chris Paul's one hundred percent, No one's a hundred percent.

555
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 3: But he's looking at his hand. He's looking at his

556
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,560
Speaker 3: left hand a lot, and he doesn't, you know, shoot

557
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 3: with his right hand. He doesn't usually dribble with this

558
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 3: right hand, but he doesn't go to the crossover. He's

559
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 3: looking at that hand anyway. I just think there's no excuses.

560
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Speaker 3: But I wonder if it's really bothering him. He's still

561
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Speaker 3: like you guys have said. I mean, it was a

562
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 3: good stat line. But if he's going to win this

563
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 3: series alongside his other star, he has to he has

564
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,040
Speaker 3: to carry them. He has to hold the ball. That

565
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,480
Speaker 3: is Chris Paul's job. I mean, he has to not

566
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Speaker 3: only those to get himself off, but to get everybody

567
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Speaker 3: else involved. It's not books thing. You know, Booker has

568
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 3: been better at it, and Trey said, you know, he

569
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,120
Speaker 3: has dropped off a little bit. But yeah, if they're

570
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Speaker 3: going to win Game six on the road, when the

571
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 3: Bucks are feeling pretty good as they should, it really

572
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 3: has to be more Chris Paul. I mean, I don't,

573
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Speaker 3: I don't don't we don't we know Michael Bridges and

574
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,000
Speaker 3: Jay Crowder or anybody on the branch isn't going to

575
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Speaker 3: take you to the Promised Land. It's just not going

576
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Speaker 3: to happen. Chris Paul has to be uh has to

577
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,280
Speaker 3: be better. So yeah, of course the Bucks have to

578
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Speaker 3: feel super duper good.

579
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Speaker 4: Right now when you go to the Steakhouse. You got

580
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 4: to get staked. Chris Paul stopped being catch up buddy,

581
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Speaker 4: and I think we need to see forty eight minutes

582
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Speaker 4: from Devin Booker in Game six. Can you imagine in

583
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 4: the takes if it was Mike Budenholzer who rested Giannis

584
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Speaker 4: for six minutes of the second quarter and the team

585
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 4: completely blew the lead. That's what happened for the Suns

586
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 4: last night. That was a major box job, I thought

587
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,679
Speaker 4: by Monty Williams, just resting Booker there as the offense

588
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 4: totally cratered and you lost the huge lead you had

589
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 4: just built. That was a tactical mistake, a weird challenge

590
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Speaker 4: late when the ball was out of bounds. I think

591
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 4: Giannis he stepped on the baseline right after he got bumped.

592
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,239
Speaker 4: Weird foul call challenge. I mean, they went through the

593
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Speaker 4: charade of icing Giannis, which did work, but you know

594
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 4: he's got to get the rebound at that point. Some

595
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 4: weird decisions from Monty Williams, And if that was Mike Budenholzer,

596
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Speaker 4: the takes would be flying right now. I want to

597
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Speaker 4: give you the Dwayne report real quick. Least nightly. It's

598
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Speaker 4: been a busy weekend over here, nine pm. Tip. Dwayne

599
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 4: started the game in bed, started the game in bed,

600
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Speaker 4: but then he heard who was it? Drew Holliday hit

601
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Speaker 4: the first bucket of the game. I think in this one, no,

602
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 4: the same as I gotta watch some of this one.

603
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 2: Bucks won the tip again, by the way, yeah yeah,

604
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 2: but the Sun scored first and the Box won, So I'm.

605
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 3: Not Bucks scored first eleven three. I'm looking at Drew

606
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 3: scared this guy, come on going.

607
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,719
Speaker 4: Dwayne wakes up. He's like, I gotta see part of it.

608
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,640
Speaker 4: But then, obviously things did not go well for Milwaukee

609
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 4: in the first quarter, so he went upstairs, said good

610
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 4: night to Laura, second night to Janna, came back down

611
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 4: shocked the game was closed, got back into bed. He's like,

612
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 4: things are going better when I'm not watching it, but

613
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 4: I hear him the rest of at least the first

614
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,680
Speaker 4: half sounds like things are going pretty good.

615
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 1: At wait, he's lying in bed listening to the TV

616
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Speaker 1: that you're watching the game in the other room, and

617
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Speaker 1: he's like, still reacting to it, Oh my god.

618
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,440
Speaker 4: Pretty much. He's loving the way it's going. Eventually fellas asleep.

619
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Speaker 4: I'm out on the porch having coffee this morning, knock

620
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Speaker 4: on the sliding door, thumbs up, draw his job. What

621
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 4: he tells me, I was thinking about googling who won

622
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 4: the game last night, but then I figured I just

623
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 4: asked so them Box pulled it out and now they're

624
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 4: thinking of extending their stay until Tuesday's game.

625
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 2: He doesn't want to rock the boat exactly.

626
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 4: Things are going well since they've been here.

627
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,119
Speaker 1: That's a good point. They went in a lot of

628
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Speaker 1: games since they made drip down from from the Midwest. Okay,

629
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Speaker 1: there's Wayne report.

630
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I like this.

631
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Speaker 1: I have to get him on the show for you.

632
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. I want to know if if there's any way

633
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 2: the bus can sort of overtake the Packers as his team,

634
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 2: because the Packers haven't won it for a while, and

635
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 2: you know, there's a bit of chaos I believe around

636
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 2: the Packers right now. Yeah. Yeah, so maybe uh maybe

637
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 2: he'll he'll change the instead of to go by.

638
00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, I used to do it. He's doing four arm rights, yeah,

639
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 4: Brett Farm Now he's gonna have to go thirty four

640
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 4: for Yannis.

641
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 3: If that's hilarious, that's good. Also, good news, Tray that

642
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 3: you're sitting out on your front front porch and enjoining

643
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 3: the front porch coffee from the get go amazing stuff.

644
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 3: You know what, when you.

645
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 1: Bought your house, somebody asked you can you imagine? You say,

646
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: I can imagine myself having a coffee here, and you're

647
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: actually following through on that respect.

648
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 4: Dreams become reality exactly, right.

649
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 2: Skates, he sorry has that WhatsApp chat going where everyone

650
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 2: was upset at the Bucks in six calls, like.

651
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: Right, been awfully client, I gotta yes, they have the thing.

652
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: It's great. Pointly didn't think of that. Yeah, they were

653
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: upset with the Bucks and six call after winning game three,

654
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: right after winning one game. Yeah, but they might be right,

655
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: and Tassi was you know, Tassy sort of dug their

656
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: heels at your heels in two with this thing not

657
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 1: being over after the first two games, I think we

658
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 1: all were saying that.

659
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 3: I was wishy washing. I was wishy washing. I mean,

660
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 3: the Suns looked so good in those first two games.

661
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 4: M M.

662
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 3: I know Yannis comes on late, but no, I thought

663
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 3: I thought the Sun's had this after two games for sure.

664
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 1: I sure didn't see Milwaukee winning three straight here. This

665
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: has been really impressive, and like again, it's like Middleton

666
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: is their closer, like he like he caps these games

667
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: because you can't. That's not honest. And it seems like

668
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: he's completely fine with that. You know he's gonna get

669
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: don't worry. I'm gonna get you thirty to forty and

670
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: basically ten to fifteen rebounds. And I'm gonna still set

671
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,479
Speaker 1: up guys. And I've become better at that. But I

672
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: can't be really given the ball in a close game

673
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: and operate, go to work, Go get a bucket, go

674
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,560
Speaker 1: hit a jumper, step back. It's just not him, of course,

675
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: but they got Middleton, and he's been doing it over

676
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: the last little bit. And of course True was awesome too,

677
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: don't don't get me wrong, especially throwing the upe. But yeah,

678
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: I don't know what to expect on Tuesday Night. I

679
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: still think it could go sevenly, I mean I really do,

680
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: because they're you know, who's to say the Middleton ferrist

681
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: Wield doesn't hit the bottom or it's down there and

682
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: he has a stinker. I mean he could uh and

683
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: seem for Drew. It's not that far fetched to see

684
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 1: this one's still going seven. Of course not I'm Thursday night, yeah.

685
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 2: Of course not. And and the bucks have to close

686
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 2: it out, and this is, you know, a tough thing.

687
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 2: Jannis was asked about it after the game, and he

688
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 2: was trying to just not get too far ahead himself.

689
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 2: I can't remember asked him about, you know, what's it

690
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 2: going to be like, you know, in front of your fans,

691
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 2: and he's like, well, let's just take it step by

692
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 2: step to get there first, you know, we've got to

693
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 2: rest and recover. And he wanted the burgers and French

694
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: fries after the game because he was hungry. He also

695
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 2: said he was dehydrated as well during the game.

696
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 3: You have to leave the podium because he was ramping

697
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 3: like crazy after the game and he had to leave

698
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 3: and then come back.

699
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 2: Maybe he so fostered before the game because he didn't

700
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 2: want to do it during the game, fastering for Bill.

701
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: I don't know, I was kicking a piss taking it right

702
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: before performing.

703
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, So maybe he was. Maybe

704
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 2: he was worried that, you know, if he drunk during

705
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: the game, he would have to leave the game at

706
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 2: some point, so he didn't drink, and that's why he's

707
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 2: getting dehydrated. So he can't win right now. He's either

708
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 2: you know, has to come out early to have a

709
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 2: pet or he's dehydrated throughout the game, so I'm not

710
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 2: sure how he figures that out.

711
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 4: But play with the catheter.

712
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, DA would have some advice for him.

713
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: For that, Trey, what do you think of again? We'll

714
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: do the deep dive on Tuesday's morning show, But of

715
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: a potential Game seven or is Milwaukee? Is this destiny

716
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: here that they're going to after a couple of years

717
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: losing four in a row to the Wraps and the

718
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: Toronto going on to win the title, that they're going

719
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: to do the exact same thing here and do it

720
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: again for the second time this postseason. Happened in the

721
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Net series.

722
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 4: That's a good call, first and foremost seen this question

723
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 4: a few times. Will Brandon Jennings be at five serve

724
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 4: in Game six? I should to Swiss Rivera. My sources

725
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 4: tell me that's the plan, is that he actually does

726
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 4: plan on being there. Actually told me this scheme. Oh

727
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 4: wow wow, yeah yeah, yeah, it was an Instagram source.

728
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 4: The most reliable of success. Are we going to Game seven? Baby?

729
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 4: I would guess yes. I think we're gonna get the

730
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 4: best performance we've seen thus far from the suns, and

731
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 4: I think that a lot of the reason we've seen

732
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 4: Phoenix struggling in these last three games that their bench

733
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 4: really has really been pretty bad. The second unit has

734
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 4: blown the lead almost every single time, and they just

735
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 4: haven't been nearly as good as the Bucks tiny second

736
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 4: unit and the blended things that they're throwing out there.

737
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 4: And I don't think that's gonna be a problem as

738
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 4: much for Phoenix. In game six, you're going out playing

739
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 4: your guys as many minutes as they can possibly handle, right,

740
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 4: like Chris Paul, Devin Booker, they should be playing forty

741
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 4: five plus maybe forty eight depending on how the things go.

742
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 4: So if that's the case, I think the starters can

743
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 4: play the starters a lot closer, in which case, sure,

744
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 4: we're gonna go back to Phoenix for game seven and

745
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 4: then we're gonna have another classic.

746
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 3: But it's strange though, definitely play your guys, which as

747
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 3: possible in Middleton. Yeah, forty two might jump up, But

748
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 3: the last three games for Chris Paul like teetering in,

749
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 3: like the thirty three, thirty four to thirty five minute marks.

750
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 3: It's it's strange he sits for.

751
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:16,359
Speaker 1: He's the soul why, Yeah, I know the season's down

752
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 1: to the final couple of games. Seriously, I'm with you.

753
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:21,879
Speaker 1: I do not think it's going to be that far

754
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: fetched that as soon as the series does end, be

755
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 1: it in six or seven on Thursday night, I think

756
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: we could get the my hand's been broken from Chris

757
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 1: Paul here or something along those lines. I don't think

758
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: it's that far fetched that think we get something like that.

759
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 4: Did he get hit on the hand or something.

760
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, last series, he came out of the last series

761
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 3: with apparently it was I don't know if it was

762
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 3: broken or something, but yeah, there was a report that

763
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 3: there's something going on with his left hand.

764
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: Yeah.

765
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 4: At the end of the day, it's forty one to

766
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 4: close out the series though.

767
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then he had an awesome Game one, So

768
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: that's your your in this series.

769
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 3: So it's weird.

770
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 4: But he's look, he's just playing bad. To me, he

771
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 4: just looks like he's not playing bad. In the the

772
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 4: intensity of Drew Holliday's defense is throwing them off and

773
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 4: getting picked up the entire time. And then when it's

774
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,439
Speaker 4: Jeff Teague out there, Jeff Tegue is just running into

775
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 4: him like Jeff Teague is put out there just run

776
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 4: into Chris Paul as much as you possibly can.

777
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, mine, Monty just isn't feeling Chris Paul for heavy minutes.

778
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 3: I mean, he's sitting for that second quarter for so long.

779
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 3: And maybe it's because he's old, but I mean, you

780
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 3: have so many days off. I think, yeah, Monty's not

781
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 3: trusting him. And on the other side, Coach Bud gotta

782
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 3: give him a little credit. Didn't trust Jeff Tigue in

783
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 3: that second half after his first half minutes, didn't play

784
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 3: him second in that second half. You know he's going

785
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 3: to some you know, the crazy big lineups and stuff.

786
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 3: And uh yeah, I think Coach Budd is somehow the

787
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 3: buttons he's pushing, they're all they're they're they're all working

788
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,439
Speaker 3: together right now. But yeah, obviously this is a close series.

789
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 3: In game six, it could be a different story. I

790
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 3: am going to make a change for Game six because

791
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 3: going back to that WhatsApp chat for a second, I

792
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 3: was watching the fourth quarter pretty close to my bed.

793
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 3: I was on my phone on a mobile phone actually

794
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 3: in my closet, watching on the game time app in

795
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 3: my closet after I showered, because Danielle asked me, Hey,

796
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 3: can you can you shower like before the game is over,

797
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 3: maybe at half or something, so you can just slip

798
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 3: into bed, so I don't go up and shower post

799
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 3: game and wake her up.

800
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: How much noise. Yeah, because you're a pre you're a

801
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: pre pre bed shower guy.

802
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 3: Most sometimes sometimes sometime weekends. Yeah, because I don't get

803
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 3: a workout in, just get sweaty and then uh, and

804
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 3: then I don't shower till the end of the day.

805
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 3: So I flew in there end of the third quarter,

806
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 3: and I had the Game Time app going in the

807
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 3: in the shower. No problem watching the game in the shower.

808
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,919
Speaker 3: I had a good time. But then I just sat

809
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 3: there sitting on my butt in the closet for the

810
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,399
Speaker 3: fourth quarter, and then the wat's app messages coming through,

811
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,360
Speaker 3: just blocking the entire screen. Basically I had to flick

812
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 3: get out of here, Dave Grisham, get out of here.

813
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 3: Dan Angele's I'm trying to watch a game here. But

814
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 3: people were people were pumped obviously seeing uh, you know

815
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 3: what the bucks were doing, and then the free throws,

816
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 3: and I would.

817
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 1: Be the conversation, Oh, I know exactly, like the Sons

818
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 1: have a chance to win this game. I mean it's

819
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 1: up in the balls in Booker's hands. He's got another

820
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: forty go in. They've somehow come back. They were down

821
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: like ten late. They're in it, and you know, amazing play.

822
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,839
Speaker 1: Like I think he went a little too far in there,

823
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: Joannis cut him off, Tucker obviously was there, and then

824
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,760
Speaker 1: Drew just perfectly timing it. He turns around and suddenly

825
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: Drew Holidays just picking his pocket and also like the

826
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 1: picking of the pocket there the steal. It just like

827
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: it perfectly went up in the air to two Holiday,

828
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: Like that thing could have gone anywhere, right, yeah, but

829
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: it just goes like perfectly right in stride for Drew

830
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 1: Holiday to go the other way anyway. Awesome play. But yeah,

831
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,720
Speaker 1: let's say Booker hits the fade away, hits the shot,

832
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: they win this game. They're you know, they're up. It

833
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: looks like they're gonna win the title. And we're talking about, uh,

834
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: these crazy lineups from Bud. We're talking about Giannis can't

835
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: come through at the free throw line. I mean he

836
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: was four of eleven rights.

837
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 2: He's last three.

838
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, we're talking about like, oh, they could have

839
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: closed the door and they did it. It's just amazing,

840
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: just one possession really just changes like a million narratives

841
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: in the blink of an eye, including with the WhatsApp chats.

842
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: Everyone suddenly changing there too.

843
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 2: Grish, I mean last night after the first quarter, I mean,

844
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 2: was he like, all right, you know it's over.

845
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm telling you, I'm telling me he's learning.

846
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: He's learning after watching basketball for twenty years that a

847
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: fifteen to sixteen point lead in the first quarter means

848
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 1: dick shit in this game, it doesn't. So no, because

849
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:38,879
Speaker 1: I watched the first half with them. I actually got

850
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: screwed by Atlanta traffic last night. I missed. I had

851
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 1: to rewatch a bunch of the start of the third quarter.

852
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: Thought I could get home from Midtown to my house

853
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: in fifteen minutes. You know, people are back, They're out

854
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 1: on the streets of Atlanta, and if you've ever been

855
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 1: in Atlanta, nothing moves quickly here. And there's about a

856
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 1: million car crashes because people can't drive. So yeah, it

857
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: was a I should have had it up on my

858
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: phone task so I can't encourage that much and don't

859
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,760
Speaker 1: encourage driving, so I couldn't find it on the radio.

860
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 2: I don't have serious so yeah, yeah, yeah, I think

861
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 2: there is the on the NBA app, but before that, oh,

862
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 2: never do they never find I could never find it

863
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 2: on the radio, which I hate it because sometimes you know,

864
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 2: for like earlier in the playoffs, if you're drive and

865
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 2: I will just put it on the radio because I

866
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 2: love listening to sport on the radio. Yeah, it's awesome,

867
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 2: but I found it very hard to find otherwise. I mean,

868
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 2: I'm streaming it through the app when I'm listening to

869
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 2: it on the radio.

870
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 1: So you think we should have a designated AM or

871
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: FM channel AM for basketball AM radio?

872
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 2: AM radio is the sport radio channel? Yes, we don't know.

873
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, so what what call it? Or number?

874
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 2: Do you want? Ninety three nine? But okay, yeah, seven

875
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 2: seven four yeah the round number, old mate. I'm just

876
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to there's a number in his try

877
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 2: a seven to seven four three. Ill load the sound

878
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 2: of some of the sound cricket. That's who I used

879
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 2: to listen to.

880
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 4: One thousand.

881
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 3: There's the Chicago first. Did start getting into how many guys,

882
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 3: how many teams have had three thirty points scores in

883
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,359
Speaker 3: an NBA Finals game? He just starts going that way,

884
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 3: and then he and then and then you go and

885
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 3: then he starts talking one.

886
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,320
Speaker 4: Thirty point scorer last night, anybody.

887
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 3: Got close, he was disappointed.

888
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,239
Speaker 4: Let him get to Let him get too before you

889
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 4: start asking about three.

890
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 3: I think half of the the fourth quarter, Wat's APT

891
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 3: messages were.

892
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 1: Like, well, he's got twenty seven.

893
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 4: We're gonna get there. It's gonna be three thirty four.

894
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:41,439
Speaker 2: Yeah.

895
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 3: And then he starts talking about finals MVP's youngest Finals

896
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 3: MVPs and I and I wanted to confirm this. He asked,

897
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 3: you know, who is the youngest finals MVP besides Magic

898
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 3: doing it? You know, with no Kareem in the lineup,

899
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,359
Speaker 3: and Kareem was injured, who is the second youngest guy?

900
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 3: And Trey Trey got it right, Although there's there's three

901
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 3: go ahead.

902
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: I actually don't remember seeing this, but was it Kawhi.

903
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 3: Kawhi is Yeah, second, he's really close to another former Spur.

904
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, Tony Pokh No, no, oh, Duncan.

905
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 3: Duncan Yeah, ah, nice Duncan. Then Magic again would be

906
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 3: the fourth youngest, and then oh wow, yeah, and then

907
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 3: Kareem with the Bucks, then Tony, then Duwayne Wade and

908
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 3: Dennis Johnson.

909
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 1: So there's a so there's a lot, I mean honest,

910
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: is gonna well, actually, let's do it to her before

911
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 1: we read Yeah, yeah, yeah, where Oh he was saying

912
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: if book He's saying if Booker and the sun was yeah.

913
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 3: See he was feeling that's that's Grish getting excited. We

914
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 3: got a fourteen point late, sixteen point late, it's over.

915
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,799
Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what. Yeah, you guys saw Jannis's

916
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 1: incredible quote heading into game five. Were you talking about

917
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: the past and the future and trying to live in

918
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: the moment, be present? That's a that's the opposite, opposite

919
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,399
Speaker 1: of my buddy Grish. He is definitely wanting to talk

920
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 1: about the future and the big narratives and what this

921
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: all means. Just tough for him to live right there.

922
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: And that's second of that game. But TK, as we

923
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: wrap up our game five, talk here Finals MVP power

924
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: rankings after five Where does it stand? At least top three?

925
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 4: Well, for the first time ever in the finals this

926
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 4: year's skeets. I actually made a written list, okay, so

927
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 4: I could have it written down forever. Here it is.

928
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 4: There's only one name on it.

929
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 2: WHOA.

930
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 4: The power rankings are Giannis. He is the clear cut

931
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 4: Finals MVP after five games. If you want to make

932
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 4: a power rankings list, you would add Chris Middleton at

933
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 4: number two. Okay, I don't think you're putting a third

934
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 4: person on the list. I didn't want a second person

935
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 4: on the list, but if you had to, I think

936
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 4: you're going with Drew Holliday. His defense on Chris Paul

937
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 4: has changed the series a little bit, and Chris Paul

938
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 4: was leading on the list early on after the first

939
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 4: two games, So turning him off and getting the game

940
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 4: going offensive, I think elevates Drew Holliday to number three.

941
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 4: Though I was I was thinking about throwing a bone

942
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 4: to Pat Conaton, as you know, like the Danny Green

943
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 4: sort of Finals MVP vote there leading the Finals in

944
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,280
Speaker 4: three pointers made, and he's been a difference maker almost

945
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 4: every time he's been on the court, starting in Game three.

946
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, not only just threes. It feels like it comes

947
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: up with a crazy tipote or a big rebound. Every

948
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: time the Bucks needed he's he has been fantastic for them. Yeah,

949
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: So back to radio for a second. Who's Hubie Brown

950
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: given to the Finals MVP two?

951
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 3: Like?

952
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: Could Middleton get it from from Huby?

953
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 2: I think it's possible. Yeah, Drew, Yeah, Drew you know,

954
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 2: he does love those hustle defense players as well. And

955
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 2: I think Drew is leading Middleton in that category because

956
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 2: he had that early one in the game where he stole.

957
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:48,800
Speaker 1: It, uh from Booker.

958
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 2: It was of book Yeah, and he was said he

959
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 2: just pulled up and hit a three in his face.

960
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 2: I mean, so yeah, I think I think Drew's probably

961
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 2: got the Hubie vote. I would say, hard to see

962
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 2: really who so yeah? I mean Brook Lopez just hasn't

963
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 2: had any moments.

964
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,879
Speaker 1: You know, it's the honest winning. I think I think

965
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 1: Tk's list is right. I think Bookers may be there

966
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: if the Suns, obviously, yeah, win this and seven and

967
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: I think you have the hell of a case to

968
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: win the thing. But we will see. All right, we

969
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,479
Speaker 1: will again do a deep dive on Tuesday's show. Let's

970
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: take our first break, and then we got some juicy

971
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 1: news to discuss. All right, back with No Dunks here.

972
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 1: Shout out to everybody joining us live right now on

973
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,399
Speaker 1: the stream team here on YouTube doing big numbers here

974
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: on a Sunday morning. So if you haven't already subscribed

975
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: to No Duks on YouTube and smashed that like button,

976
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: got some juicy I'll call it NBA News here, Damian

977
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: Lillard says reports that he has requested a trade are

978
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: not true. But but but but He went on to

979
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 1: say that he didn't think the Trailblazers are currently title contenders.

980
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 1: Quote this is Dame. If you look at our team

981
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 1: as it is, I don't think you can say this

982
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:57,440
Speaker 1: is a championship team with a new coach. End quote

983
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: that's Lillard, Lely you go for what do you make

984
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: of this? You know true? Hoop was saying, Damian Lillard's

985
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: going to request a tree. Now Deem shut that down.

986
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: But man took some shots. I think Neil ol Cherry and.

987
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 2: The Blazers absolutely and I don't think Damian Lillard really

988
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 2: shot this down completely. I think he fired a couple

989
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 2: of bullets up in the air and was just like,

990
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 2: that's good enough because.

991
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: He just shot the gun in the air and now

992
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:23,439
Speaker 1: these bullets are at a four.

993
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, basically he did. He shot a water pistol at

994
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,359
Speaker 2: at at this report really because he said right now,

995
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 2: I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Going to

996
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 2: do that to me is not someone saying it's not true.

997
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 2: And this is coming by Henry Abbott as well. His

998
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 2: True Hoop website a very reputable name in the business.

999
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 2: So for him to go out there and say that

1000
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,880
Speaker 2: Lillard will last for a trade in the near future,

1001
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,799
Speaker 2: hedging a little bit of course on the time there.

1002
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 2: I don't think he would put that out there if

1003
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 2: he didn't have very good information saying that this is

1004
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 2: what Lillard is starting to think about it. And again

1005
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 2: in that article written by Brian Windhorse, there there's so

1006
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 2: many more little nuggets of information coming from lil that

1007
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 2: it's like I might be actually asking for a trade.

1008
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 2: I think not only is the team perhaps not really

1009
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 2: a contender in Portland, but all this stuff that's come

1010
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:16,280
Speaker 2: out recently with how Neil o'sha went with a private

1011
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 2: investigator to talk to find out about the Chauncey Billups

1012
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 2: incident from back in nineteen ninety seven. That looks terrible

1013
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,439
Speaker 2: now on old Shae. I'm not going to go into

1014
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 2: the details right now, but if you're a basketball fan,

1015
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 2: I'm sure you've read about it that the private investigatort

1016
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:33,839
Speaker 2: was very, very questionable with his social media use. And

1017
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 2: I think these sorts of things for Lillard are all

1018
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 2: sort of coming together where he's like, I'm not sure

1019
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 2: I want to be a part of this organization because

1020
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 2: A I don't think we're going to be a championship contender,

1021
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 2: and B I'm not sure you know this has been

1022
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 2: handled the right way with how they've hired Chauncey Billups.

1023
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 2: So I think there is definitely some smoke there, and

1024
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 2: I'm very interested to see how the next month plays

1025
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 2: out of though Lillard will be in Tokyo for most

1026
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 2: of that for the Olympic, so this is I'll be

1027
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 2: I would say lill had being in a Blazer's uniform

1028
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 2: next season about seventy thirty at this stage. That's my guests.

1029
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 4: Well, wait, which is the seventy.

1030
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 2: Seventy is Portland? Yes?

1031
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, Trey, what'd you make of this?

1032
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 4: It just seems to me like Damian Lillard is in

1033
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 4: a tough spot right now because we saw the way

1034
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,919
Speaker 4: that the end of this season went down. They lost

1035
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 4: to the Nuggets missing their second best player. Meanwhile, the

1036
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 4: Blazers were almost the healthiest they had been the entire season.

1037
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 4: Like a terrible way to end the season. The offseason

1038
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 4: doesn't seem to have gone much better for Portland, and

1039
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 4: if Dame hadn't been the guy who was most adamant

1040
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,880
Speaker 4: about staying in one place and being committed to the

1041
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 4: grind and trying to win a title for a small

1042
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 4: market team. Nobody would blame him for wanting out because

1043
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,520
Speaker 4: that's kind of what kind of how things work in

1044
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 4: the NBA right now. Right Like, you play for your

1045
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 4: team for a long time, and if you're not able

1046
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 4: to actually be a championship contender, eventually you're gonna look

1047
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 4: for somewhere where you can. But if you've kind of

1048
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 4: made your reputation on saying I'm not leaving, it's tough

1049
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 4: to ask to leave. So right now, he's putting pressure

1050
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,719
Speaker 4: on niel O'Shea or maybe the Blazers ownership to say

1051
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 4: neil o'she, you're out of here, And maybe he's just

1052
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 4: saying to nil O'shee, if you're the guy, I don't

1053
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 4: know how likely that is. We need to try something

1054
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 4: new because running CJ. McCollum and use of Nurkic as

1055
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 4: the number two and three that ain't gonna cut it

1056
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,880
Speaker 4: in the Western Conference again next season. So I'm sure

1057
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 4: we're gonna keep hearing from Lillard he's going to the Olympics,

1058
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 4: where he's gonna be a major part of Team USA.

1059
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 4: He's gonna be asked about this all the time until

1060
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 4: something has happened, even if what he wants to be

1061
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 4: doing is talking about playing Olympic basketball.

1062
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, to me, Tas, I think Lillard was making it

1063
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: pretty clear yesterday or a couple of days ago, whatever

1064
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 1: it was. You either take a big swing right now

1065
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 1: and like we we take a different direction with this roster.

1066
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: So whatever that means, you know, trading McCollum, trading Nurkice,

1067
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: or you know you're gonna have to start looking at

1068
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: trading me, it's gotta be one of the other. Like

1069
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,239
Speaker 1: we're doing some things differently here. Now, that's how I'm

1070
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: reading into what he had to say. Obviously all the

1071
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: reports coming from True Hoop and others.

1072
00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 3: But what about you, Yeah, I'm with you. I think

1073
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:18,320
Speaker 3: he's spent a decade there, And yes, exactly what Trey said.

1074
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 3: If it wasn't for him saying I want to be here,

1075
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 3: I want to be here. I want to be here,

1076
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,200
Speaker 3: I want to be here, we probably wouldn't be, you know,

1077
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 3: all riled up about it. And you know, he took

1078
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 3: some of the indirect heat from Chauncey Bilbs for saying

1079
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,480
Speaker 3: he liked Chauncey Billips, and I think that's sort of

1080
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 3: worn on him. You know. You know people have tried to,

1081
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 3: you know, tried to get him out of there, tried

1082
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 3: to to to you know, make Dame a part of

1083
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,040
Speaker 3: the Chauncey Billips story. When he just said he liked

1084
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 3: Chauncey Billips, I think that's bothered him. And you know,

1085
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 3: the bigger thing is that they have it won. So

1086
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:51,880
Speaker 3: he's thirty one. You know, they need they need to

1087
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,360
Speaker 3: make a move. That's That's really what it comes down to.

1088
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,359
Speaker 3: I doubt Chauncey Billbs is turning this team around from

1089
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,879
Speaker 3: a twenty ninth ranked defense to middle of the pack

1090
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 3: type defense with the same personnel. There's personnel problems. And

1091
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 3: if Olsha doesn't change that, then Dame take that seventy

1092
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 3: and make that, you know more like forty sixty forty

1093
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:17,399
Speaker 3: Portland sixty. God, they gotta make a big move. They

1094
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:17,719
Speaker 3: have to.

1095
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, he is not okay with the status quo. It's

1096
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 1: no doubt about that, Lillard, but he also said he

1097
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,840
Speaker 1: expects to be in a Blazer's uniform next season. He

1098
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:27,799
Speaker 1: wants to finish his career in Portland. He set all this,

1099
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:30,800
Speaker 1: and of course he's acknowledging his chances or his desire,

1100
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 1: I guess to win a championship. But it ultimately is

1101
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 1: going to come down to is that which one is

1102
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:37,279
Speaker 1: he going to desire more? Is it just to stay

1103
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,279
Speaker 1: in Portland or is it to win a championship. He

1104
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: wants it to happen there, but if he has no

1105
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:43,439
Speaker 1: trust in the GM and the direction of the team,

1106
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: then to me Lee, he's saying, well, then eventually I'm

1107
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:47,839
Speaker 1: going to have to do what I want to do

1108
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 1: to win a title. And if you can't do it

1109
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,279
Speaker 1: here and you can't put the pieces around me that

1110
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:53,719
Speaker 1: I think to help our chances to get there, be

1111
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: it a coach and the players, then peace out. But

1112
00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,359
Speaker 1: for right now, I'm just telling you, pressures on, get

1113
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: your shit together and make a move like this will

1114
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: not be the same Blazer's team, whether it's Deem is there.

1115
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: And that's a whole other question, like should they ate now,

1116
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: like cash it on Deem? That's fascinating, Like do you

1117
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: just like, Okay, we don't love our chances to get

1118
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 1: a second or third star here with the pieces we

1119
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 1: have to put with Dems, so do we just take

1120
00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 1: our completely different director. But anyway, he is saying we

1121
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,360
Speaker 1: got to do something, and this is going to be

1122
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: a different team. I think at the start of next year,

1123
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,120
Speaker 1: I think Dean will be there, but there's gonna be

1124
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:28,920
Speaker 1: some drastic changes.

1125
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know Lillard as is. Look, he's gotten

1126
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 2: into it a bit with Paul George in the past

1127
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,120
Speaker 2: on social media and said, you know, you're always out

1128
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 2: there chasing, you know, off the grind and all that,

1129
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 2: and Lillard I think is very careful to make sure

1130
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 2: that he's not seen to be ring chasing himself, you know.

1131
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:45,880
Speaker 2: I think that's just part of who he is. He

1132
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,320
Speaker 2: doesn't want to be that guy. But you don't also

1133
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:50,879
Speaker 2: want to be too stubborn and too loyal for your

1134
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 2: own good. If it ain't happening in Portland, Lillard can

1135
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 2: go somewhere else, and I don't think anyone would realistically

1136
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 2: hold it against him because he's given so much to Portland.

1137
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,399
Speaker 2: He's brought them, you know, as far as he can

1138
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 2: bring them. So if there's an opportunity for him to

1139
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 2: go somewhere else and play with some better talent and

1140
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:09,800
Speaker 2: win that championship, I think he should do whatever he

1141
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 2: can to get there because otherwise, you know, Kevin Garnett

1142
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:16,359
Speaker 2: talked about it, he spent too long in Minnesota, you know,

1143
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 2: and that loyalty that we always talk about. Teams will

1144
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 2: trade you when they think you're past your best and

1145
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 2: they can get better return for you. And I think

1146
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 2: if you're Lilard, you should be starting to think that

1147
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 2: same way yourself. It's like, okay, you know, I can't

1148
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 2: do any more here. They haven't got much wiggle room either,

1149
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 2: like with their salary cut. That's the problem because Lillard

1150
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 2: earned so much and McCollum's earning a ton and I

1151
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,280
Speaker 2: think it's nurkic. You still got a year, I believe

1152
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:42,720
Speaker 2: on his deal. So it's not like a free agent

1153
00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:44,399
Speaker 2: is sort of just there that they can go and grab.

1154
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,799
Speaker 2: It's not a great free agent class anyway. So the

1155
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 2: only way is really going to come as if they

1156
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:53,760
Speaker 2: trade CJ for some incredible haul in return. Other than that,

1157
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 2: this Blazer's team is probably going to look very similar

1158
00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:59,120
Speaker 2: next season. And if it is, then they're not a

1159
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:00,359
Speaker 2: legit title can tender.

1160
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:05,200
Speaker 1: Would you wouldn't hold it against Lillard at all if

1161
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: he came out tomorrow and says trade.

1162
00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:09,239
Speaker 2: Me like I want on here, Like no, I wouldn't, No,

1163
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:11,800
Speaker 2: I wouldn't. It's the same with a Kevin.

1164
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: Called me for like ten years. How you don't want

1165
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:14,759
Speaker 1: to be treated and you can bring a title there

1166
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:15,719
Speaker 1: and you're the guy to do it.

1167
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 2: Yep.

1168
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:18,600
Speaker 1: So what you just had a change of heart. You're

1169
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,239
Speaker 1: allowed to change your mind get in the first round

1170
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:21,399
Speaker 1: because you weren't that good either.

1171
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 2: Look I look, if look, look, if Damian Lillard did

1172
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:26,759
Speaker 2: something like Vince did to get out of Toronto where

1173
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:29,600
Speaker 2: he basically just quit on the team, then it's a

1174
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:32,719
Speaker 2: different story. But Lillard, Lillard has gone out there and

1175
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 2: fought and scrapped and done everything he can. Right, and

1176
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 2: he's been there. What ten years has he been in

1177
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:39,320
Speaker 2: the league now, I think it was twenty.

1178
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:40,759
Speaker 3: Years eleven finish nine years.

1179
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 2: This will be his I think Lillard has given absolutely everything. Now,

1180
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 2: you know, he also took that massive contract they offered him,

1181
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,920
Speaker 2: so he was understanding that, like, Okay, he got his

1182
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:52,840
Speaker 2: money and he's got I think three years left on

1183
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 2: that deal.

1184
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:54,920
Speaker 1: So can you win a title with Lillard as your

1185
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 1: best player at this point of his career.

1186
00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:00,800
Speaker 2: I think he can yeah, but he needs again, CJ

1187
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:02,919
Speaker 2: is the second best player and then it's a big

1188
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,480
Speaker 2: drop off after that. That's the problem. But you know,

1189
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 2: I just don't I wouldn't be like, I know Blazers

1190
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 2: fans would be furious, it'd be burning his jerseys if

1191
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 2: he said trade me off, because that's the normal reaction

1192
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 2: from the team fan base. But when Kevin Durant left, Okay, see,

1193
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:19,200
Speaker 2: I know it was different because he was a free

1194
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 2: agent and he joined you know, the best team ever

1195
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:26,200
Speaker 2: in terms of regular season success. Like it's like, but

1196
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:28,480
Speaker 2: he gave so much to your franchise, it's fine for

1197
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 2: him to move on. Because again, if an offer came along,

1198
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,960
Speaker 2: Let's say, hypothetically the Bucks said we want Lilid, we'll

1199
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:36,960
Speaker 2: give you Yarnis. You know, the Blazers would get rid

1200
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:40,520
Speaker 2: of Lilard in two seconds. So yeah, so the point

1201
00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:42,320
Speaker 2: I'm trying to make that obviously wouldn't happen. But the

1202
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,080
Speaker 2: point I'm trying to make is the team would move

1203
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:46,240
Speaker 2: on if they felt they were getting better in return.

1204
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 2: So I wouldn't be I wouldn't hold it against Lillard

1205
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 2: for being like, all right, let's see what's out there

1206
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:54,239
Speaker 2: for me and Lillard's at about that point of his

1207
00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 2: career right now, where you know, he's probably not going

1208
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 2: to get any better. This is his absolute maximum that

1209
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 2: you could get in terms of a trade hold back too.

1210
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:04,040
Speaker 2: So if he goes, if he goes to the front

1211
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 2: office and says, all right, you trade me and let's

1212
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:09,080
Speaker 2: see what massive return you can get for me, I'll

1213
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 2: be happy with that. You know, then I would be

1214
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:14,720
Speaker 2: fine with it. But you know, I know fans are crazy.

1215
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 2: They'll be like, ku Lee Little is a Blazer for life.

1216
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:20,640
Speaker 2: But he doesn't have to be.

1217
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 1: Right right right, No, it's fascinating and we're gonna this

1218
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 1: ain't gonna go away for sure, Yeah, until moves are

1219
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 1: made and then we see it on the floor and

1220
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:31,880
Speaker 1: and if they can get back I guess to the

1221
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:33,879
Speaker 1: Western Conference finals. I mean they've lost in the first

1222
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 1: round TK what for in the last five seasons.

1223
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:40,799
Speaker 4: And the other one was a conference finals appearance, right yeah, yeah, right,

1224
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:42,800
Speaker 4: very weird exactly.

1225
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,480
Speaker 1: It's just yeah, on one hand, you're like, my god,

1226
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 1: if you traded Damian Lillard for whatever you got back

1227
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: a bunch of picks, maybe some young guys, You're like, well,

1228
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:56,320
Speaker 1: you're gonna be worse, But then you can sort of say, well, yeah,

1229
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,640
Speaker 1: but can we really be much worse, because like, could

1230
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:00,360
Speaker 1: we still be a playoff team and still lose in

1231
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: the first round. Maybe It of course depends on who's

1232
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 1: coming back.

1233
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 4: I mean, it depends on who is coming back. But

1234
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,279
Speaker 4: my guess is if you trade Lillard, that's not the

1235
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:11,480
Speaker 4: only move. It's probably a complete rebuild if Lillard is

1236
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,520
Speaker 4: on the move. So the Blazer surely would rather catch,

1237
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,920
Speaker 4: would rather keep him, Which is why the names are

1238
00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:19,920
Speaker 4: going to be hearing until it happens. Is CJ. Mcollum

1239
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,000
Speaker 4: for Ben Simmons, Like these are the two guys who

1240
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 4: seem to be in the crosshairs for both of their

1241
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:29,280
Speaker 4: franchises right now. Obviously McCollum and Simmons both have big contracts,

1242
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:32,120
Speaker 4: so they can bring a big contract back. Is that

1243
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 4: enough for Damian Lillard Ben Simmons? I mean, Lillard then

1244
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 4: would not have to handle the ball quite as much.

1245
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 4: I don't think he's a massive off ball thread. I

1246
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:42,400
Speaker 4: think that's somewhere where Damian Lillard can improve. You know,

1247
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,800
Speaker 4: he gets compared to Steph Curry all the time. Nobody

1248
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,880
Speaker 4: is Steph Curry away from the ball and that's somewhere

1249
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 4: where certainly Lillard could step his game up. The defense

1250
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:55,800
Speaker 4: would be better with Ben Simmons there instead of CJ. McCollum.

1251
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,520
Speaker 4: You would actually have somebody who could occasionally guard one

1252
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:01,160
Speaker 4: of the myriad good guards who are in the Western Conference,

1253
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,600
Speaker 4: which would probably help. But then you're also taking on

1254
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:07,319
Speaker 4: the Ben Simmons problems that and everything that will come

1255
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:08,840
Speaker 4: with that eventually in the playoffs.

1256
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 1: I don't know, just a couple of comments here. Lee

1257
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: Ruddock says, if you Lee Lillard is a Blazer fan

1258
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:17,160
Speaker 1: for life. We got Josh saying Lee Lillard is a

1259
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:21,840
Speaker 1: Blazer for life. This guy says, f uh dot you

1260
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:23,440
Speaker 1: Lee Lollard is a Blazer for.

1261
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 4: Lollard, Lee Lollard.

1262
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,440
Speaker 1: Anyway, Yeah, we'll be talking about this, I'm sure some

1263
00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 1: more here in the upcoming months.

1264
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:37,960
Speaker 2: Uh.

1265
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 1: Well, Lillard's on TSA. He's still there for now. They're

1266
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,400
Speaker 1: still going to be going to the Olympics, but got

1267
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,360
Speaker 1: some changes. As our final piece of news nugget, center

1268
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:50,040
Speaker 1: JaVale McGhee and Spurs forward Keldon Johnson have taken the

1269
00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:52,920
Speaker 1: open spots on tm USA's twelve man roster for the

1270
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:56,120
Speaker 1: Tokyo Olympics. The two replaced Kevin Love, who with drew

1271
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:00,160
Speaker 1: because he wasn't at his quote absolute peak performance or

1272
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 1: his words, not mine, and Bradley Beal, who was forced

1273
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 1: to drop out of the Olympics after entering the health

1274
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: and safety protocol earlier this week. So Javeail McGhee and

1275
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,120
Speaker 1: Keldon Johnson, who I saw people that I thought were

1276
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: pretty die hardish basketball fans asking.

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Speaker 2: Who are Twitter?

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Speaker 1: My surprise a little bit, But yeah, Trey, you are

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Speaker 1: American here. What do you think of these additions to

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Speaker 1: your squad?

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Speaker 4: Team USA more like Team WHO. Essay, I've never been

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Speaker 4: the blinky guy harder than when I saw Javail McGee

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Speaker 4: was added to the Team USA roster in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 4: What you know he protects yeah, twenty twenty one. Yeah right, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I'm still the twenty twenty Olympics as far as I'm concerned.

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Speaker 4: If you're looking at him as a player type, he

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Speaker 4: protects the rim, he doesn't need the ball. He's got

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Speaker 4: international experience. I personally once saw him win an inter

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Speaker 4: squad scrimmage between Team Usays with a sudden death tip

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Speaker 4: in during overtime because they didn't want to play a

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Speaker 4: full overtime. That's good stuff. But he's played six hundred

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Speaker 4: minutes this year total. That's very strange to me that

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Speaker 4: JaVale McGee would be the guy that they call in,

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Speaker 4: especially after Greg Popovich said they wanted somebody who was

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Speaker 4: in shape. Six hundred minutes of NBA basketball and not

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Speaker 4: much in the playoffs strange. And then yeah, Kelvin Johnson,

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Speaker 4: if you look at him as a player type, a

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Speaker 4: role player, he defends, he rebounds, he had a big

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Speaker 4: beef this year. He attacks the hoop, and another big

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Speaker 4: part of this is that he already has had a

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Speaker 4: solid camp for Team USA, and of course he's in shape,

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Speaker 4: which was not a problem for javal McGee. Nonetheless, excellent stuff,

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Speaker 4: but this feels like the biggest homer pick since Greg

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Speaker 4: Popovich's last homer pick when he took Derek White over

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Speaker 4: Darren Fox in twenty nineteen. Meanwhile, Trey Young is basically

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Speaker 4: out here tweeting, I'm not sure why they didn't pick me.

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Speaker 4: I would be fine with like literally either one of

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Speaker 4: these guys, Kelvin Johnson or Ail McGee and then Trey Young. Right,

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Speaker 4: But right now with the team here, it's like major

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Speaker 4: what are we running here vibes from Team USA, So

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna be operating at a nine on the worried

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Speaker 4: scale until the end of the Olympics. This I don't

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Speaker 4: know this team. I'm I'm just not getting good vibes

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Speaker 4: from this team. Something weird is gonna happen. I don't

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Speaker 4: know if that means a bronze or what task.

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Speaker 1: What do you think?

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's a there's seriously a weird level. I'm

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Speaker 3: not in the worried nine out of ten. I'm more

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Speaker 3: of the strange nine out of ten situation because guys

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Speaker 3: are dropping off like crazy. But when it comes to

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Speaker 3: the fit of these guys, I think it's totally fine.

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Speaker 3: I think Kelda Johnson at least is practicing there. They

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Speaker 3: didn't just pick him off, you know, the scrappy. They

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Speaker 3: didn't go to San Antonio to his house. Knock knock, knock, Hey,

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Speaker 3: can you come out here. He's been called up from

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Speaker 3: you know, from the from the second team to play

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Speaker 3: with these guys. And he's a guy who will get

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Speaker 3: the ball and b line it for the hoop, straight

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Speaker 3: line drive. He's he's the Corey mcgaett he had this team.

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Speaker 3: He's not going to be asked to do anything but

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Speaker 3: drive to the hoop, take it hard to the hole,

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Speaker 3: and go board. Yeah, he's he's a guy who can

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Speaker 3: help out the centers if he does play with the rebounding.

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Speaker 3: He's rebounds way bigger than his size. And that's that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's not going to be asked to do anymore.

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Speaker 3: And you kind of just want that's what we've been

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Speaker 3: asking for. A ball mover. Let the other guys score,

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Speaker 3: Let the other guys do their thing. Do JaVale McGee

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Speaker 3: think you know, in a if you look at and say,

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Speaker 3: Jerval McGee, sure, then maybe, just maybe because he doesn't

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Speaker 3: play all season long, he is a guy who knows

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Speaker 3: how to stay in shape when he's not playing, and

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Speaker 3: maybe he isn't shape. Maybe they know that, and I

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Speaker 3: would assume that they know that before giving him the

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Speaker 3: call up. He's going to be the third center. He

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Speaker 3: is going to be the guy that, yeah, comes in,

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Speaker 3: mops up, doesn't do anything but play some d and

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Speaker 3: moves on. So it's really it's on the other guys

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Speaker 3: to me to be great, But it is, you know,

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Speaker 3: it's a couple of role players that they've added and

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Speaker 3: as long as they stay in those rules of role players,

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Speaker 3: then I think it will be it'll be fine. And then,

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Speaker 3: you know, the weird part getting back to that is

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Speaker 3: that there's still guys to come from the finals. There's

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Speaker 3: still three dudes to come from the finals when the

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Speaker 3: game start in a week with them, Booker, Middleton and

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Speaker 3: Drew Holiday, and obviously they'll be in game shape. But

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Speaker 3: how will they gel with the other guys? That's that's

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Speaker 3: the real question.

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Speaker 1: Lee, anything to add. Must be feeling good about your boomers'

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Speaker 1: chances here to meddle.

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Speaker 2: And what about the opals? Also getting's team, Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we might sweep the basketball medals actually in Tokyo. Now

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Speaker 2: we might get gold in both. So no, look, Jervail,

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Speaker 2: Look he was out of the league, I don't know

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Speaker 2: five years ago, completely out, and the Warriors picked him

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Speaker 2: up and he actually rehabilitated his reputation in Golden State,

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Speaker 2: picking up a couple of those championships by sort of

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Speaker 2: growing up, maturing and understanding a role. And he did

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Speaker 2: the same thing with the Lakers. He played well, So

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Speaker 2: he's a you know, he's certainly not the player he

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Speaker 2: was when he was a bit of a clown. In

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Speaker 2: his early days, but just to sort of wreak a

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Speaker 2: little bit of desperation that the Mighty USA he has to,

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Speaker 2: you know, pull in Javail McGee to play for their

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Speaker 2: basketball team.

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Speaker 1: So I don't get why Kevin Love was ever on

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01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:15,760
Speaker 1: this team sort of begin with what was going on.

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Speaker 1: They literally were like just like, let's see if you're

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Speaker 1: in shape, Like, let's see how you're feeling.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's injured. I That's what it comes down

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Speaker 3: to him. And we say Javal McGee is going to play.

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Speaker 3: I don't think he's really going to play. I think

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Speaker 3: he's going to be there to to be a raw,

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Speaker 3: raw guy and emergency break glass in case I like,

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Speaker 3: like he has been the last couple of years. Really

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Speaker 3: probably right, he's the third center.

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Speaker 1: We'll see Draymond Green and Bam are the other centers

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Speaker 1: on this team. It could be minutes there for Javal McGee,

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Speaker 1: for sure. There's a lot of big dudes. We've talked

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Speaker 1: about national squads. There's some giant seven foot guys, and

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Speaker 1: Javail is a big guy. So we'll see what he

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Speaker 1: can give him. He's for now on this team, and

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Speaker 1: again the Olympics start in well, what at this point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Ben Friday Night, Ben Gulliver is already out

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Speaker 2: there in Japan. He's ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, Oliver on the scene. You getting get buying

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Speaker 1: him some lego while you're there.

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Speaker 2: Uh that we've been exchanging a few messages. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 2: So yeah, he's uh, he's looking at other and of

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Speaker 2: my stories and thinking it's pretty cool. So maybe we'll

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Speaker 2: come here together. There's a couple of dudes and just's.

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Speaker 1: Leg and that's pretty cool. You're looking at his stories.

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Speaker 1: He's in Tokyo. You're going, that's pretty cool man to

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Speaker 1: swap spots.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah we could.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, then Ben Gulliver would suddenly have a family that

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Speaker 1: he would have all right. So yeah, we'll see with

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Speaker 1: Team USA how they fare with the Olympics starting next week. Okay,

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Speaker 1: still got tweeted the night. Got some fun, fun photos

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Speaker 1: and videos to show you guys, But one more break

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Speaker 1: to hear from our sponsors. Time for tweet of the night.

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Speaker 3: Tweet over night.

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Speaker 1: Wow, I actually have a bunch of tweets for you guys,

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Speaker 1: a lot of them coming by way of at CJ zero.

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Speaker 1: We purposely avoided talking about the Phoenix Suns fans there

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Speaker 1: at the start of this show, because that who features

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Speaker 1: prominently in our tweet of the night, Matt Ufford retweeting

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Speaker 1: with a funny caption a CJ zero video it was

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Speaker 1: one hundred and two degrees in Phoenix today, but nothing

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01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:22,960
Speaker 1: was stopping the Duke of Scottsdale from wearing his velow tonight.

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01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:27,160
Speaker 1: Yet that that Jack guy in that I guess purple

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01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:32,800
Speaker 1: maroon velvet jacket busting at the seams. Perfect measurements from

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Speaker 1: Indo Chino on that one.

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Speaker 4: So I also saw somebody say that this was Guy

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Speaker 4: Fieri in the darkest timeline if he never won Food

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Speaker 4: Network's ne'st the biggest star.

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Speaker 1: It's really good. So that was one good fan. We

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Speaker 1: got more again at CJ zero. We've got the green.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that wave, Oh yeah, I mean that's that's great.

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Speaker 2: He got that green wig and he's bringing the energy

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Speaker 2: in a motion. That's if you're gonna go green wig,

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Speaker 2: you might as well go like this. Credit for that

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Speaker 2: guy ten out of ten.

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Speaker 1: Okay, but probably the fan in Phoenix that got the

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Speaker 1: most attention during Game five definitely the most camera time. Yeah,

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01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:13,120
Speaker 1: what was that the money man? This guy counting one

1438
01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:15,440
Speaker 1: hundred dollars bills, I think tasks. While Jannis was at

1439
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Speaker 1: the line, they went back to him a couple of times.

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01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:22,480
Speaker 1: Were you a fan of this of this strategy?

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01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,960
Speaker 3: This is Merrika baby for no reason. Let's show this

1442
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:31,360
Speaker 3: guy counting money. I mean it's it's hilarious when he

1443
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:35,280
Speaker 3: hits the basket. That's the funniest. When the money man

1444
01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:38,160
Speaker 3: gets deflated, that's right that he should have to.

1445
01:06:38,080 --> 01:06:39,960
Speaker 1: Like give Yannis one hundred dollars or something.

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01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's just weird, like he pulls up the

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Speaker 3: same ten bills every single time and count the same bill.

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Speaker 1: It's bit he was leaning into it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but you're counting man, keep going like you've still

1450
01:06:52,440 --> 01:06:54,080
Speaker 4: got the bills in the hand. He always gets to

1451
01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:56,600
Speaker 4: whatever ten or twelve, whatever the last number is, and

1452
01:06:56,640 --> 01:07:00,959
Speaker 4: then just hits you with a I love the mix

1453
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:04,960
Speaker 4: of he's wearing the Lee Ellis Western Conference championship shirt.

1454
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 4: That was hilarious as well. But I love him taking

1455
01:07:07,800 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 4: it to the next level, Like it's fun to do

1456
01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:12,600
Speaker 4: the counting during games one and two, but you got

1457
01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:14,439
Speaker 4: to go to the next level when you come back

1458
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:16,840
Speaker 4: for game five. This is taking it to the next

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Speaker 4: level too. Good too good.

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Speaker 3: I mean he could be smart, you know, like like

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Speaker 3: people who want to show that they've got a lot

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Speaker 3: of money. You put the hundreds on the outside and

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Speaker 3: you make a big fat stack by putting the fives

1464
01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:31,840
Speaker 3: and the ones on the inside, Like you you could

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Speaker 3: screw it people.

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Speaker 1: What do you think? Lee?

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Speaker 2: I'm just like confused as to how this bit ends

1468
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:41,000
Speaker 2: with him, Like you're just keeping the money yourself, Like

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01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:44,520
Speaker 2: you've either got to be betting with somebody exchanging that

1470
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:46,360
Speaker 2: might even if it's a fix. You know, just have

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Speaker 2: your friend there who's like, all right, I'll take that

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01:07:48,120 --> 01:07:50,320
Speaker 2: bet and there's ah right, I lost. You take it

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01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,120
Speaker 2: if he misses. But if you're just counting money.

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Speaker 1: You sound like a real money mellis right.

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Speaker 2: I'm just like, like, I mean, photo that Western Conference

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01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:03,840
Speaker 2: shirt by the way for him, I mean, was that

1477
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:06,240
Speaker 2: a freebie? But old money man's got the money out,

1478
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:09,280
Speaker 2: so he's running the free shirt and then he's out today.

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01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:13,800
Speaker 4: I thought that wretch saving non essential get your shirts

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01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:15,440
Speaker 4: for free and stat cash.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just was confused. I thought, Okay, this is

1482
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:20,160
Speaker 2: something new, where's it going? And then it just didn't

1483
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:22,200
Speaker 2: go anywhere? And I'm like, oh yeah, you didn't think

1484
01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:24,599
Speaker 2: this one through. I don't think you just well, maybe

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Speaker 2: he didn't think he was going to get on camera.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. But like all this sort of stuff

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Speaker 2: is like, what though, what you didn't win, you didn't lose.

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Speaker 2: You're You're in exactly the same spot whether or not

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Speaker 2: Yannis made the free throw or miss. So what was

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01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:37,679
Speaker 2: at stake for you?

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Speaker 1: You're overthinking it right now. I'll tell you that.

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Speaker 2: Let's go with the green week next time.

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Speaker 1: I actually know, I actually have the true tweet of

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Speaker 1: the night. I saw it this morning. I thought it

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01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:50,719
Speaker 1: was great. It was Yannis posing looking at the camera

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Speaker 1: and the caption from at by Demon Gardner when my

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Speaker 1: wife asks me to open a jar and I get

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Speaker 1: it on the first turn, Its air it into your

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Speaker 1: soul looking like a badass TK because he got that

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Speaker 1: jar of pickles open.

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Speaker 4: You got that jarra pickles. I bet Jannis is actually

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Speaker 4: very good at opening things. Oh, I don't know. I mean,

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01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:19,599
Speaker 4: is there a point of too much hand at some point?

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01:09:19,640 --> 01:09:20,960
Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying? You honest, we know has

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01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:23,960
Speaker 4: monster hands. What if he's trying to open a tiny

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01:09:24,040 --> 01:09:26,320
Speaker 4: jar of corner stone pickles or something like that, and

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01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:28,200
Speaker 4: he says, hand gonna wrap around the whole thing. He

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01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:31,400
Speaker 4: can't get a grip. I'm unsure, but I would be

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01:09:31,439 --> 01:09:33,240
Speaker 4: willing to risk it with the honest. Hey, man, can

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01:09:33,280 --> 01:09:35,840
Speaker 4: you open literally anything? Can you open this thing of

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01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:37,320
Speaker 4: garlic stuffed olives? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Sure, have one if you want, all right, Yeah, I

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01:09:40,920 --> 01:09:43,960
Speaker 3: think the jars get the jars. He just has fun

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Speaker 3: with it. I mean it's too easy for him. I

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Speaker 3: think I think he just puts like the heel. He's like, okay,

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Speaker 3: you want to open that. He just puts like the

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01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:56,360
Speaker 3: heel of his visa, his hand like he's I'm like

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Speaker 3: a Bernard King when he came into the studio and

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01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:00,559
Speaker 3: he showed us how to spin on a desk, like

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Speaker 3: he just does that. He's like, I don't. My hand's

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01:10:02,680 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 3: too easy to open the star I love.

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Speaker 1: Just like wraps one finger like that like a pop

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01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:11,639
Speaker 1: pops it like that. Anyway, great tweet there from by

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Speaker 1: David Garner. That was a that was a cool look there.

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01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:18,280
Speaker 1: That was after the actually what was that place after that? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: The oop there, the value oop by the box. All right,

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Speaker 1: Well we're running long here on a Sunday morning. I

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Speaker 1: forgot it was Sunday for a second. Guys, keep your

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Speaker 1: team on a Sunday morning. Again, there was a lot

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Speaker 1: of you here today. Really appreciate fun comments. We'll end

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Speaker 1: with a little clipper.

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Speaker 4: Bros. You heard it here first, have a great time,

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Speaker 3: You could stay boo every day and.

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Speaker 1: Dad be happy every minute.

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Speaker 3: It's been so long that your funna. Wait, it's happened already.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be grey.