WEBVTT - The Drop | Selecting The 10 NBA All-Star Starters

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<v Speaker 1>it's a drop. We got Worse of the Week task.

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<v Speaker 1>You got some nominees for us or just one biggie?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, we got a few, but okay, there are also

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<v Speaker 4>biggie even amongst themselves.

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<v Speaker 7>They're big men. That's what we're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting. Interesting, Okay, that's Worse of the Week. We got

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<v Speaker 1>rapid firefun near the end, and we will touch briefly

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<v Speaker 1>on last night's games. We'll fly through those only four

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<v Speaker 1>on but I teased it.

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<v Speaker 5>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Friday. We know that NBA All Star voting is open.

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<v Speaker 1>You can start casting your votes filling out your ballots

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<v Speaker 1>for the starters on NBA dot com. On the NBA app,

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<v Speaker 1>you can get crazy and tweet in your favorite players too.

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<v Speaker 1>Up to ten names a day. Got to include the

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<v Speaker 1>hashtag NBA All Star if you do that. But why

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<v Speaker 1>don't we do it ourselves?

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<v Speaker 6>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't we debate who should be right now? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>late January, who should be the ten starters for the

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<v Speaker 1>All Star Game?

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<v Speaker 6>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Whether we're not we even have an All Star game.

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<v Speaker 1>We still don't know, but we're naming them. So this

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<v Speaker 1>should be fun. So tax you're going to get a started.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to start in the Eastern Conference. Who are

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<v Speaker 1>your five All Star Eastern Conference starters? Got to keep

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<v Speaker 1>in mind you need two backcourt spots, three front court spots.

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<v Speaker 1>You let us know and then we'll see or not

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<v Speaker 1>figure out whether we agree or disagree. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the fu guys that I ended up with

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<v Speaker 4>could actually be the starters win it. When they are announced,

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<v Speaker 4>whether or not there's a game, there will be starters

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<v Speaker 4>and reserves announced. And I picked mine in the the

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<v Speaker 4>order I thought of them. All Right, that's where I'm

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<v Speaker 4>gonna go with here. It ended up it ended up

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<v Speaker 4>being three bigs and two littles, But this is the

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<v Speaker 4>way I thought of mine. This was the you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the order of how they deserved it, or the ones

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<v Speaker 4>that deserved in my opinion. So first I thought, Joel

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<v Speaker 4>Embiid done. He's you know, he's just prominent in my mind.

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<v Speaker 4>He's killing it all over the place. He's having his

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<v Speaker 4>best year. He's having his best year shooting threes, but

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<v Speaker 4>he's not taking a ton of them. He's having his

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<v Speaker 4>best year shooting from the mid range. He's just phenomenal

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<v Speaker 4>MVP candidate. And I thought Kevin Durant, he's kind of

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<v Speaker 4>back to normal, maybe better than normal. His percentages are

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<v Speaker 4>anyway second in the NBA and scoring thirty p p g.

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<v Speaker 7>All right.

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<v Speaker 4>So those are two big men spots, yep. And then

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<v Speaker 4>the third one was also a big men for me.

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<v Speaker 4>It's Giannis who's got to be there. We debated when

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<v Speaker 4>we were debating a lot of basketball last night whether

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<v Speaker 4>it could be de Matta Sabonis in one of those spots.

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<v Speaker 4>Dematas Sabonis is almost assuredly going to be an All Star,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's a heck of a compliment to be amongst

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<v Speaker 4>that conversation, to be amongst the conversation with him, B

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<v Speaker 4>Durant and Giannis. For Sabonis, that's great, I'll be Jannis

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<v Speaker 4>is averaging twenty seven to ten and a half and

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<v Speaker 4>five and a half assists, and those numbers are drop

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<v Speaker 4>off from last year, that's true, but that's how good

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<v Speaker 4>he fricking is. So those three guys are my forwards,

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<v Speaker 4>my backcourt. And the fourth man I thought about was

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<v Speaker 4>Bradley Beal thirty five points per game, even though his

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<v Speaker 4>team is stinky. We can debate that. I think he

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<v Speaker 4>is deserved of an All Star appearance. And the last guy,

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<v Speaker 4>I guess this is where it gets controversial. It's Jalen

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<v Speaker 4>Brown twenty seven points per game, eighth in the NBA

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<v Speaker 4>career high field goal percentage three point percentage, keeping the

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<v Speaker 4>Celtics afloat while Jason Tatum was out. Now the debate

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<v Speaker 4>there at the guard spots probably James Harden. But I

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<v Speaker 4>couldn't give it to a guy who showed up late

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<v Speaker 4>for camp. I didn't seemingly want to be there, was

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<v Speaker 4>parting it up. It's impossible to give it to him,

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<v Speaker 4>I think. And plus he played in the Western Conference.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't really Oh, oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Talks that James hard and oh he's back, he's back.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, Yeah, we lost you there at the end when

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<v Speaker 6>you were telling us a little bit about James Harden. MM.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, for me, there's no chance you put him in

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<v Speaker 4>the All Star Game to start. But I'm I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>all high and mighty.

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<v Speaker 7>I can't. I can put him in as a reserve.

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<v Speaker 4>That's cool with me. I've got rules, but not like

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<v Speaker 4>steadfast rules. Okay, he can be a backup. Zach Levine's

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<v Speaker 4>probably in that conversation, but I'm happy with Himbie Durant, Janis,

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<v Speaker 4>Bradley Beal, and Jalen Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, what do you think lea of tasks five guys there?

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<v Speaker 1>As he just went through them again, Embi, Jannis Katie

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<v Speaker 1>and then the guards. I think it is a little

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting maybe than the three forward spots for starters.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just talking starters here. He's got Jayalen Brown and

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley Beal, two guys you love. So what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think of that?

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<v Speaker 7>Right?

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<v Speaker 8>And I've got exactly the same five, And I thought

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<v Speaker 8>I thought Bradley Beal would probably be one that does

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<v Speaker 8>cause a little bit of a conflict here between us

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<v Speaker 8>because he's having such a great individual season, but the

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<v Speaker 8>Wizards completely stink. And so do you rewarded guy who's

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<v Speaker 8>putting up leading the league and scoring at thirty five

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<v Speaker 8>a game over other guys, you know, like a Zach

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<v Speaker 8>Lavine who's not having as good a numbers as Bradley Beal,

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<v Speaker 8>but his team's having much better success.

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<v Speaker 5>And I know that is someone who trade.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, the Bulls are back We've heard that all

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<v Speaker 8>season long, but I ultimately did choose Beale because I

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<v Speaker 8>think it's like, it's hard to leave a guy out

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<v Speaker 8>averaging thirty five a game. And with Jalen Brown, I

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<v Speaker 8>think he has not only improved his statistical numbers, he's

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<v Speaker 8>just taken that leap this season to become a legit

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<v Speaker 8>star player.

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<v Speaker 5>He was unlucky.

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<v Speaker 8>I think I had him last year actually to make

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<v Speaker 8>the All Star team, and he didn't. I think this

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<v Speaker 8>year he definitely will. I think Tatum is probably the

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<v Speaker 8>other one who would have really been hard to keep

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<v Speaker 8>out of the starting lineup if he hadn't missed a

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<v Speaker 8>few games here. You know, I don't know exactly who

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<v Speaker 8>we would have replaced because embiid Giannis and Kevin around

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<v Speaker 8>are all having great seasons, but it certainly would have

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<v Speaker 8>made it more a better conversation, but I ultimately left

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<v Speaker 8>him out. Now he'll make the reserves, no question about it.

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<v Speaker 8>So yeah, I have exactly the same five, and I

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<v Speaker 8>think bal and Brown are deserving. I think there are

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<v Speaker 8>other guys absolutely deserving of those spots, But for me,

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<v Speaker 8>it came down to just think I think Brown's legit

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<v Speaker 8>as a superstar and I think that Bradley bial at

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<v Speaker 8>thirty five points a game, it's hard to keep him

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<v Speaker 8>out of the starting lineup.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think, TK Beal? Is he in there?

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty five points per game? It's nice. The numbers are impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>His team's three and eleven. They stink. Are we gonna

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<v Speaker 1>hold out against him?

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<v Speaker 6>They stink. The only time you ever see Bradley Bial

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<v Speaker 6>is he's scoring a whole bunch of points, this team

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<v Speaker 6>is losing.

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<v Speaker 1>And he looks sad.

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<v Speaker 7>Get him out of here.

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<v Speaker 6>I got Trey Young replacing Bradley Beal. That's my only change.

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<v Speaker 6>Trey Young. His numbers aren't what Bradley Beal's are unless

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<v Speaker 6>you're looking at the W column, and then they're a

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<v Speaker 6>lot higher. The Hawks had a lot of hype coming

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<v Speaker 6>into this season, and it's basically been their team from

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<v Speaker 6>last year that's been doing it. They're playing at five

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<v Speaker 6>hundred ball. He's Trey Young as a eleventh in scoring

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<v Speaker 6>in the league. He's fourth and assists. I just think

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<v Speaker 6>he's had a little bit more impact on the league

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<v Speaker 6>than Bradley Beal has. All we ever talk about with

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<v Speaker 6>him is scoring about a whole bunch of points, losing

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<v Speaker 6>and should he be traded? That to me is not

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<v Speaker 6>necessarily all star level. So yeah, give me Trey Young.

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<v Speaker 6>I had a Bradley Bial easily.

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<v Speaker 1>What's ironic about that, though, is if Bal is selected,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if the fans want him, and of course

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<v Speaker 1>he gets the twenty five percent of the media vote

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty five percent of the who's the final one

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<v Speaker 1>the players? Right, they have a little bit of saying this,

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<v Speaker 1>do I have that?

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<v Speaker 4>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>I can never remember that. Beal making it if he

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<v Speaker 1>as a starter, would be sort of similar to Trey

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<v Speaker 1>Young right last year making it as a starter on

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<v Speaker 1>a team at last year at least when the Hawks

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<v Speaker 1>were like underperforming, didn't have a ton of wins, but

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<v Speaker 1>he was putting up those monster numbers and that was

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<v Speaker 1>the big debate where Trey Young got his first selection.

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<v Speaker 1>But sort of similar here with Bill. So you have

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Young over Bial, but no problem with Jayalen Brown

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<v Speaker 1>as the other guard. And the bigs are the three

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<v Speaker 1>that Testa started us off with.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think that those four are locks.

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<v Speaker 5>To me.

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<v Speaker 6>In the Eastern Conference, you got to have a Celtic

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<v Speaker 6>in there. Jalen Brown has been the most consistent Celtic

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<v Speaker 6>you know, Kemball was out at the start of the season.

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<v Speaker 6>Tatum obviously missed a little bit of time with COVID nineteen.

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<v Speaker 6>So Jalen Brown's been carrying the team and he's been awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I can't disagree with where you guys are going.

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<v Speaker 1>The beal is interesting because there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>other guards and I think it's not just Trey Young

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<v Speaker 1>in the mix, he said, Zach Lavine, you know, Harden

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<v Speaker 1>is still James Harden and is still one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best players in the game. Kyrie Irving has got to

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<v Speaker 1>be in the conversation.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>He's only played twelve games. Lee, you might hold that

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<v Speaker 1>against him. Colin Sexton, your boy, incredible numbers on a team,

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<v Speaker 1>impressing a lot of people at five hundred the Cavs

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<v Speaker 1>are he's only played thirteen games. And then the big

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<v Speaker 1>Braga doga Malcolm Brogden. You know, as we've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit before as a potential guard. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think he's starting. I don't think he's on that

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<v Speaker 1>level of some of these other guys, But does he

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<v Speaker 1>get in there? And then I say all that to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the point back to beial, is it possible

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley Beal, Like, we have him starting in this game,

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<v Speaker 1>but is it possible he doesn't even make the team

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<v Speaker 1>because of all these guards I just listed, Like, at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the day, if he doesn't get selected

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<v Speaker 1>as a starter, is he a guaranteed lock from the

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<v Speaker 1>coaches task? Yep, he's a reserve. He's in there. He's

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<v Speaker 1>leading the league in scoring. I don't care if his

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<v Speaker 1>team sucks. I'm not I'm not one hundred percent sure

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<v Speaker 1>that's the case.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it's totally true.

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<v Speaker 4>Trey Young got in last year as a starter, right,

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<v Speaker 4>so it would be hard I think for coaches to

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<v Speaker 4>look at the standings and pick a guy at the bottom.

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<v Speaker 4>That's kind of the stance that coaches taken. That's why

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a little surprised that Tray Kirby is taking that stance.

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<v Speaker 4>Usually he's not a coach man. Usually he's an offense man.

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<v Speaker 7>He's trying.

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<v Speaker 4>Bradley Beal's putting up like nine more points a game

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<v Speaker 4>than Trey Young, So I thought you'd be in Bradley

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<v Speaker 4>Beal's corner.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm in his corner. He's an All Star, no doubt

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<v Speaker 6>about it, but he shouldn't be starting I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>he's leading the league in scoring, but it does not

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<v Speaker 6>matter at all. I mean, James Harden couldn't lead the

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<v Speaker 6>league in scoring every single season, and it's a debate

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<v Speaker 6>about if he should be a starter for the All

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<v Speaker 6>Star Game his team was winning games. I don't think

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<v Speaker 6>it's a I mean, beal, that's cool, man, Like, that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 6>I like to see the points.

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<v Speaker 8>I do.

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<v Speaker 6>I like to see the highlight, but every single highlight

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<v Speaker 6>ends with him like this.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I don't think that's not his fault at all

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<v Speaker 4>to me. To me, that's not his fault. I mean

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<v Speaker 4>Trey Young is he hasn't had an overwhelmingly great season.

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<v Speaker 4>He's been good enough, but he you know, he hasn't

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<v Speaker 4>been great. He just he hasn't played up to his

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<v Speaker 4>capabilities either. So yeah, like Levigne should be in the conversation,

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<v Speaker 4>I think Trey should be in the conversation.

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<v Speaker 7>But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>Bial The thing they got going for them is that

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<v Speaker 4>they haven't played a lot of games, which is kind

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<v Speaker 4>of dumb to say, because they've had so many guys

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<v Speaker 4>out that maybe they can, you know, make their record

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<v Speaker 4>kind of look respectable before the coaches have to check

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<v Speaker 4>a box, so maybe that they have that going for them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>they are horrendous. They are very bad, and they've got

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<v Speaker 4>like eight guys playing for them every single night. So

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<v Speaker 4>it's a it's it's the worst situation in the NBA,

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<v Speaker 4>I think in terms of, you know, the COVID situation

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<v Speaker 4>and guys just being in and out of the lineup.

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<v Speaker 1>Something tells me Beale will get a lot of fan

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<v Speaker 1>votes because people want to free him from Washington and

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<v Speaker 1>he's top of mind, always go on for forty and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five every night.

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<v Speaker 6>And they're over estimating how many Wizards fans there are.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think Bradley Beal is like a beloved Heightens guy.

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<v Speaker 6>He hasn't even really been touching All Star starter status

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<v Speaker 6>in the past, especially amongst the fan votes.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, that's a good point.

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<v Speaker 1>So so you think it'd be more likely that Trey

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<v Speaker 1>Young han't gotten the vote of course last year by

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the fans and stuff like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>still the Hawks are decent that he's more likely just

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<v Speaker 1>pull in more votes. Yeah, that's true, that's possible.

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<v Speaker 4>I think Bradley Beal had that interview last year with

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<v Speaker 4>Chris Haynes where he was extremely angry that he was

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<v Speaker 4>I think somewhere like tenth amongst guards in All Star voting.

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<v Speaker 7>It was back.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's way down there in terms of popularity. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>he's number one in le Allis's heart, there's no doubt,

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<v Speaker 4>but he's down there in terms of guards like Trey Young.

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<v Speaker 7>Yet I'm around it.

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<v Speaker 1>I just feel like I keep seeing like Sports Center tweeting,

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<v Speaker 1>like another awesome game from Bradley Beal, and Trey said,

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<v Speaker 1>like sad look on his face, and everyone's like free

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley Bial Free Bradley Bill free blow. But yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean it's going to translate into votes for sure. Well.

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<v Speaker 8>The other thing is as well, he's not just putting

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<v Speaker 8>up horrific numbers on bad shooting splits or anything like

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<v Speaker 8>he's forty eight percent from the field, thirty seven percent

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<v Speaker 8>from downtown, ninety percent basically from the line, and getting

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<v Speaker 8>the five rebounds of five assists and a steal in

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<v Speaker 8>a half a game. So he's he's it's not like

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<v Speaker 8>he's putting it up on just horrid percentages where no

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<v Speaker 8>one else is doing anything at all because all the

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<v Speaker 8>defense is coming to him. So he's having an efficient season,

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<v Speaker 8>it's just the Wizards themselves stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>So do you think Hardin and Kyrie sort of, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>wash each other out too with their potential, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>likelihood of starting this game at.

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<v Speaker 8>Least, Yeah, I think it would be tough to have

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<v Speaker 8>both of them in and Kevin Durant on that team.

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<v Speaker 8>I think with James Harden, I think it's fair to

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<v Speaker 8>only take into account his time in Brooklyn so far

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<v Speaker 8>to this point and now his numbers from He's played

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<v Speaker 8>seven games for the Nets and he played eight for

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<v Speaker 8>the Rockets, and his numbers are pretty much identical. But

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<v Speaker 8>I just think you have to discount out those first

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<v Speaker 8>games in Houston because he just his attitude and his

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<v Speaker 8>body language just wasn't there.

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<v Speaker 5>But out of the two he and Kyrie, because Kyrie.

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<v Speaker 8>Just kind of took some time off as well, I

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<v Speaker 8>think that probably hurts Kyrie's chances. So Harden's probably slightly ahead,

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<v Speaker 8>but I just feel they could both still get in

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<v Speaker 8>because they're both star players. But I feel it would

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<v Speaker 8>be tough to have three Nets guys. If the Nets

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<v Speaker 8>are only sort of middle of the pack in terms

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<v Speaker 8>of win losses in the Eastning Conference.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Bean Town Boys were crazy. I think if

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Brown is not selected as a starter over like

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<v Speaker 1>another net like like you're saying, like a hard inner, Kyrie,

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<v Speaker 1>I think Jaalen Brown has a really good chance to

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<v Speaker 1>actually get in there as a starter, which is damn impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>If that happens, Zach Lavine, I would just love the

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<v Speaker 1>bulls Tray. I know they are back, but if they

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<v Speaker 1>were ten and seven right now instead of seven and ten,

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<v Speaker 1>oh man, it would be very very easy. I think

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<v Speaker 1>to go like guys scoring twenty seven a game on

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable shooting percentages and you'd be like, oh, yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>in right now. But I don't know there's a record obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>does leave a little bit left to be desired.

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<v Speaker 6>Unless you're three and eleven, then you can be a starter.

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<v Speaker 6>I can't believe it. I can't believe that you guys

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<v Speaker 6>are the ones who are supporting Zach Levine for an

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<v Speaker 6>all star starter case. But I love to hear it.

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<v Speaker 6>He was going to be my guy that I'm backing

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<v Speaker 6>as a potential underrated guy who needs a little bit

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<v Speaker 6>of love. You saw a tweet from Dwayne Wade last

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<v Speaker 6>night saying, get Zach Levine in the All Star Game.

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<v Speaker 6>He needs to be there. Twenty seven, five and five.

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<v Speaker 6>He's fifth in the league in scoring fifty forty eighty

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<v Speaker 6>seven percent from the free throw line. The final piece

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<v Speaker 6>of the Bulls being back will be having an All Star.

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<v Speaker 6>So yeah, I definitely think Zach Levine is an All Star.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't have him as a starter. You're right. If

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<v Speaker 6>they're ten and seven, perhaps he is. If they would

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<v Speaker 6>have won one of those maybe two of those games

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<v Speaker 6>when they lost four in a row by a combined

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<v Speaker 6>eleven points. If he makes one of those step back threes,

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<v Speaker 6>has a couple of more game winners under his belt,

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<v Speaker 6>then you maybe have him as a starter. But definitely

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<v Speaker 6>I got him in as an All Star when it's

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<v Speaker 6>reserved time.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So we mostly agree Embiid Yannis Katie as

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<v Speaker 1>the frontcore players, and then Jalen Brown. We all have

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<v Speaker 1>and then it's either beal because you're just like man

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five points per game. I don't care if his

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<v Speaker 1>team stinks or TK gone with the other tray in

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Young. Right now, let's get to that question that

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<v Speaker 1>you just sort of pitched there too, Trey. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to dream big here, Lee I'll go to you first,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, go to bat for a guy in the

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<v Speaker 1>East who's underrated that deserves some consideration. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>talking starters here, just like moving forward that you want

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<v Speaker 1>to go to bat four and say this guy deserves

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<v Speaker 1>a look for actually making the team when the coaches

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<v Speaker 1>make their selections, who you got.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm going with the.

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<v Speaker 8>Sex Man because it started out all a bit of

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<v Speaker 8>fun and games there with the Cavs, and they got

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<v Speaker 8>off to a hot start. But and he has missed

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<v Speaker 8>a few games. They only played thirteen games, but he's

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<v Speaker 8>scoring twenty five point two points a game on fifty

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<v Speaker 8>two percent shooting and forty seven percent from downtown and

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<v Speaker 8>getting for assists the game. Now, the Caves themselves are

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<v Speaker 8>nine to nine, okay, so their record isn't great, but

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<v Speaker 8>it's been more than just a sort of flash in

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<v Speaker 8>the pan here from Sex and he's been playing really

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<v Speaker 8>good basketball. And you know again that that record is

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<v Speaker 8>better than I think a lot of us expected to

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<v Speaker 8>have the Cleveland Cavaliers in at this point of the season.

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<v Speaker 8>I thought they were going to be way worse than

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<v Speaker 8>they are. But does he get in over someone like

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<v Speaker 8>Malcolm Brogden who's putting up nice numbers himself at twenty

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<v Speaker 8>three points a game on forty six percent shooting and

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<v Speaker 8>seven assists a game. But it's the Paces and the

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<v Speaker 8>Pacers are having a better season in terms of win

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<v Speaker 8>losses than the Cleveland Cavaliers. But because Brogden doesn't stand out,

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<v Speaker 8>doesn't have a lot of highlight plays, does that hurt

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<v Speaker 8>his case and help someone like a Sexton who has

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<v Speaker 8>been you know, the prettiest kid in school at the

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<v Speaker 8>moment this year because it's like, wow, I look at

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<v Speaker 8>the cars, it's a great story. They're great fun to

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<v Speaker 8>ok there from sax Land, you know, And so do

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<v Speaker 8>the coaches go, well, listen. I think Brogden is one

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<v Speaker 8>of those guys who's been overlooked probably the last season

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<v Speaker 8>or two, and he deserves to get in. Or do

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<v Speaker 8>we just go with someone who's like having a fun

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<v Speaker 8>season and catching a few more eyes in, someone like

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<v Speaker 8>Colin Sexton. So I think they're both deserving, but I

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<v Speaker 8>don't think they both get in because again you're going

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<v Speaker 8>to have someone like, you know, Zach Lavine, I think

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<v Speaker 8>is a pretty much a lock for an All Star

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<v Speaker 8>Berth at this point, I'd be shocked if he didn't

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<v Speaker 8>make it. And then you've got someone like Ben Simmons

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<v Speaker 8>as well. I mean Ben Simmons on his team, you

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<v Speaker 8>know he's going to be in consideration as well, even

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<v Speaker 8>though he doesn't have those huge numbers, but his team's very,

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<v Speaker 8>very successful and they're winning a lot. And then again

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<v Speaker 8>we've got the hardened Kyrie situation. So I think when

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<v Speaker 8>you break it all down, someone like a Sexton or

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<v Speaker 8>Malcolm Brogden is going to miss out. Though at this

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<v Speaker 8>point of the season where we sit today, I think

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<v Speaker 8>both are deserving. But I just wonder does Brogden being

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<v Speaker 8>on the paces hurt him because it's just kind of

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<v Speaker 8>overlooked and he's not a flashy player.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you can lock that in that you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>one of those guys, be at Brogden or Sexton, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe even both are not ultimately selected. So yeah, that'll

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<v Speaker 1>hurt because they've both had really good years and surprised

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people. In Sexton case. Okay, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>good one.

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<v Speaker 6>So the Eastern Conference, though, like Leah saying, Harden and

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<v Speaker 6>Kyrie will probably make the game spoiler alert, they're still

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<v Speaker 6>All Stars, even if the way that he James Harden

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<v Speaker 6>left Houston was distasteful. Kyrie Irving taking a couple of

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<v Speaker 6>weeks off distasteful. There's still going to be All Stars.

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<v Speaker 6>Like you guys are saying, Zach Lavine likely a Locke.

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<v Speaker 6>There's not a lot of guard spots left out there,

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<v Speaker 6>so I kind of think Sexton and Brogden might be

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<v Speaker 6>left in the cold because they both got big men

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<v Speaker 6>All Stars on their team as well. Boner, no doubt,

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<v Speaker 6>is an All Star you guys are talking about potentially

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<v Speaker 6>as a starter. I think you can lock him in,

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<v Speaker 6>and I think Andre Drummond is the guy that's going

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<v Speaker 6>to get in from the Cleveland Cavaliers. He's leading the

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<v Speaker 6>league in rebounding. He's been very entertaining. He had the

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<v Speaker 6>clip where he just stopped playing for a little bit,

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<v Speaker 6>held the ball there. He's been grabbing that big beef,

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<v Speaker 6>and he has been instrumental to the Cavs turnaround, cleaning

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<v Speaker 6>up on defense, running the court, making plays here and there.

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<v Speaker 6>I think that Boner and Drummond are both going to

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<v Speaker 6>definitely be making the All Star team, which makes it tough.

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<v Speaker 6>It makes it tough for to get two All Stars

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<v Speaker 6>from the Caves and the pacers. Once you start adding

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<v Speaker 6>things up.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you got All Stars, and you're really you're driving

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<v Speaker 4>home two nicknames this year. It's hard to drive home

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<v Speaker 4>two nicknames. Got Beef and Boner, I mean Boner, Beef,

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<v Speaker 4>Beef and Boner at this.

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<v Speaker 3>In the same breath.

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<v Speaker 4>It's gonna be tough. One's gonna make the All Star

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<v Speaker 4>team for sure. I'll nickname all starts. One will be

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<v Speaker 4>appearing at All Start weekend, probably here in Atlanta that

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<v Speaker 4>they're seemingly gonna have, which is nuts.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's more likely Boner's in over Beef. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not convinced Drummond, despite the monster numbers, you made a

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<v Speaker 1>great case TK, but you know, I go through some

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<v Speaker 1>other bigs like bam Is Bam a Locke. I know

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat stink, but he was already an All Star.

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<v Speaker 1>That always helps with the coaches too. They sort of

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<v Speaker 1>like just to run it back. And it's not like

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<v Speaker 1>he's gotten worse. If anything, he looks even more impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe these numbers are not gonna wow you, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's a twenty what nine and six guy and he's

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<v Speaker 1>been there. Their only real rock there on the Heat

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<v Speaker 1>with Butler playing missing, so many games and then Tatum

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<v Speaker 1>like we said, that's a forward. Yeah, I just don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I start, you start running out of spots, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I'll go to bat for my guy here who I

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<v Speaker 1>think will be in the mix, who I've compared before

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<v Speaker 1>already to Chris Middleton. It's Tobias Harris, who's having a

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<v Speaker 1>really incredible season. Now you brought up Ben Simmons. That's

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<v Speaker 1>interestingly because it's like, is Simmons even the second best

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<v Speaker 1>player on the Sixers right now? Or does Tobias Harris

0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:14.040
<v Speaker 1>deserve that? Now Simmons brings it out eventively, but that

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<v Speaker 1>defensive you know, they don't care about the that in

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<v Speaker 1>the All Star Game so much. But Tobias Harris twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven and three, his shooting splits fifty two from the floor,

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<v Speaker 1>forty six from three to eighty two at the line,

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<v Speaker 1>and his numbers again compare him to Middleton really really close.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're the best team in the East, are

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<v Speaker 1>you a lock to get two All Stars? In that case?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we've seen it with the Bucks before, like

0:23:36.600 --> 0:23:39.000
<v Speaker 1>Middleton making it and deservedly so in my mind. With

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<v Speaker 1>Giannis over a couple of years, last couple of years,

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<v Speaker 1>so I think the case is being made for Tobias

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<v Speaker 1>Harris over Simmons and then over some of these other

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<v Speaker 1>bigs that were maybe thrown out there. If the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>have the number one record in the East for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>for sure, what do you think, Lee?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, No, that's the thing.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, sometimes a team can be a good team

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<v Speaker 8>and not have that clear cut number two option. And

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<v Speaker 8>that's the thing, like if you look at the imagine

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<v Speaker 8>they got three All Stars with a superior an inferior

0:24:04.640 --> 0:24:06.400
<v Speaker 8>record to the Sixers, and the Sixers only got one.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, because that is also possible. Yeah, you know,

0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:11.280
<v Speaker 8>Ben Simmons may miss out from the guard spot because

0:24:11.280 --> 0:24:13.280
<v Speaker 8>he doesn't put up those huge numbers even though he's

0:24:13.320 --> 0:24:15.479
<v Speaker 8>got you know, he's averaging about eight rebounds, eight assists,

0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:17.800
<v Speaker 8>and you know, a dozen points a game. But he

0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:20.920
<v Speaker 8>he is their second best player, even if Harris is

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<v Speaker 8>you know, perhaps had a little bit of better of

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<v Speaker 8>a run here, and certainly he's been better under Doc

0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:27.480
<v Speaker 8>Rivers than he was under Brett Brown there Harris, So

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<v Speaker 8>it's one of those weird things. I mean, if Simmons

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<v Speaker 8>was nearly to be traded this season and then to

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<v Speaker 8>get overlooked for an All Star birth to one of

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<v Speaker 8>his teammates. I mean he would he'd probably not be

0:24:38.000 --> 0:24:39.520
<v Speaker 8>too happy with all that right now, even though we

0:24:39.520 --> 0:24:41.320
<v Speaker 8>wouldn't take it out on Tobias Harris, but he would

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<v Speaker 8>just feel pretty much slighted and snubbed. I think, so, yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>it's you know, drummer. Drummond is also another very very

0:24:48.200 --> 0:24:50.879
<v Speaker 8>interesting case because he is just putting up monster numbers

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<v Speaker 8>and he's been a two time All Star and he's

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<v Speaker 8>never done in back to back years.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of like, you know, he has.

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<v Speaker 8>These huge numbers, that's All Star numbers you're in, but

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<v Speaker 8>then it's kind of like it doesn't really contribute to winning.

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<v Speaker 8>But this season it has been and he's been doing

0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:06.000
<v Speaker 8>so much more for his team. So, uh yeah, I

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<v Speaker 8>can't wait till we get into the reserves and the

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<v Speaker 8>nitty gritty because this season just feels different as well,

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<v Speaker 8>doesn't it. They just it just doesn't seem like it

0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:15.600
<v Speaker 8>has in the past. Like the Raptors today, I don't

0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:16.600
<v Speaker 8>think they get any old stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>They get they get nobody for sure.

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<v Speaker 8>But by the time we make the reserve selections, if

0:25:21.280 --> 0:25:22.639
<v Speaker 8>they go on a bit of a run, I mean

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<v Speaker 8>it might be Fred van.

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<v Speaker 6>Vleet, I mean joby, Yeah, yeah, I mean yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't believe we went twenty five minutes to start

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<v Speaker 4>this podcast without talking about I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Think I don't think they get anybody lee even with

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<v Speaker 1>a run. I don't I'm gonna Beckham. I don't think

0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:39.199
<v Speaker 1>it's lowry anymore of vi in Vleet. I could hear

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<v Speaker 1>your case for him? Oh gee, maybe does he have

0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:44.360
<v Speaker 1>the best case of the four of them. Maybe it's

0:25:44.440 --> 0:25:46.120
<v Speaker 1>not happening. They don't deserve one either.

0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.119
<v Speaker 7>Really no, no, they're not getting one. Let's not.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, but if you're taking Drummond on pure like

0:25:51.480 --> 0:25:55.720
<v Speaker 1>massive numbers on a five hundred team, great, what about Vucevic?

0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:00.560
<v Speaker 5>God man, I'm being.

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<v Speaker 1>Serious here though. If you're like goo to make a

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<v Speaker 1>case for eighty, you can make the exact same case

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<v Speaker 1>for Vooch, who's been an All Star, who's putting up

0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:08.600
<v Speaker 1>even better numbers than he ever has twenty four, eleven

0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:11.480
<v Speaker 1>and four on really good shooting numbers, two fifty, forty

0:26:11.480 --> 0:26:13.439
<v Speaker 1>four and eighty two the splits, you know, a pr

0:26:13.480 --> 0:26:15.200
<v Speaker 1>of twenty five that's one of the tops in the league,

0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:18.200
<v Speaker 1>like the Magic Are you know a five hundred is

0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.880
<v Speaker 1>team eight and eleven, Well, five hundred ish team.

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<v Speaker 6>You cannot bring up a record if you're putting Bradley

0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:27.959
<v Speaker 6>Beal in your starters, do not care what any other

0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:30.480
<v Speaker 6>team's record is, right starting a guy that's three and eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm just saying I think Vooch is right there

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<v Speaker 1>with Adn't. I don't know what do you think tests I.

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<v Speaker 4>Think the guy who gets the sort of snowball effect

0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:43.040
<v Speaker 4>from the last couple of seasons. Because the Milwaukee Bucks

0:26:43.080 --> 0:26:45.400
<v Speaker 4>are still good as Chris Middleton, I think he's still

0:26:45.440 --> 0:26:47.840
<v Speaker 4>gonna make it. His numbers are better this year and

0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:50.959
<v Speaker 4>they're still in the second seed, even though we kind

0:26:50.960 --> 0:26:53.639
<v Speaker 4>of overlooked them. They've got a great point differential. I

0:26:53.760 --> 0:26:57.400
<v Speaker 4>think he'll get in over any second sixer, over Ben

0:26:57.440 --> 0:27:00.400
<v Speaker 4>Simmons or Tobias Harris. I think he would get there.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think they are gonna the coaches are gonna

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<v Speaker 4>look at bam Adebayo real hard and heavy over somebody

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<v Speaker 4>like Andre Drummond because BAM's numbers are real good compared

0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:15.000
<v Speaker 4>to last year. He's up like four plus points per game,

0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:17.520
<v Speaker 4>his percentages are up, He's having a career year and

0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.359
<v Speaker 4>he had. He doesn't have Jimmy Butler's weight hanging him hanging,

0:27:21.440 --> 0:27:23.600
<v Speaker 4>you know, bringing him down. Because Jimmy Butler isn't making

0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:26.160
<v Speaker 4>the All Star team. He's been out three weeks almost here.

0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:29.240
<v Speaker 4>That's a lot of weeks in this shortened season. So

0:27:29.600 --> 0:27:31.960
<v Speaker 4>I think the yeah, that what will come down to

0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:36.399
<v Speaker 4>is probably like a Bam Drummond for me, And I

0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:37.720
<v Speaker 4>think BAM's you know, he's just.

0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:40.159
<v Speaker 7>He's a number one.

0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:42.000
<v Speaker 4>He's a better player. I guess that's why he probably

0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:43.800
<v Speaker 4>gets in. But yet, you know, other coaches have to

0:27:43.840 --> 0:27:47.560
<v Speaker 4>game plan for him, and Colin Sexton maybe takes away

0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:49.880
<v Speaker 4>a little shine from Andre Drummond while the Heat don't

0:27:49.920 --> 0:27:52.920
<v Speaker 4>have another guy to take away Bam shines. So yeah,

0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:56.720
<v Speaker 4>I know, Chris, I know, Chris Middleton isn't the sexy name,

0:27:56.800 --> 0:28:01.000
<v Speaker 4>but man, the guy keeps doing it and he lacka man. Yeah,

0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:03.560
<v Speaker 4>everybody talks about him on every broadcast. He is doing

0:28:03.640 --> 0:28:09.160
<v Speaker 4>this fifty forty ninety. But yeah, when when the boxer check,

0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:11.919
<v Speaker 4>when fans are voting, they probably don't vote Chris Middleton.

0:28:12.000 --> 0:28:14.560
<v Speaker 4>It's like a Bradley Beale situation. Not real high on

0:28:14.640 --> 0:28:17.840
<v Speaker 4>the ballots, but coaches respect that man, and he's become

0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:20.680
<v Speaker 4>more of a number one scorer on the Milwaukee Bucks team,

0:28:20.680 --> 0:28:22.560
<v Speaker 4>even though he doesn't lead the team in scoring, not

0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:25.760
<v Speaker 4>even close to Jannest, but is their ball handler at

0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:27.040
<v Speaker 4>the end of the games a lot of the time.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's move over to the West, Trey, we're

0:28:29.880 --> 0:28:32.680
<v Speaker 1>gonna give you this one, your five All Star Western

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:36.600
<v Speaker 1>Conference starters A getting two guards, three forwards. Where you're going,

0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:40.960
<v Speaker 1>big guy, let me do this task Melis style.

0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:42.960
<v Speaker 6>I'll tell you I hadn't thought of it this way,

0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:45.120
<v Speaker 6>but I like it. Mellis style. Right here, I'll tell

0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:47.640
<v Speaker 6>you as I thought of them. Who should be the

0:28:47.680 --> 0:28:50.880
<v Speaker 6>All Stars? Number one, Lebron James. I think he's gonna

0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:52.600
<v Speaker 6>make it this year. I got him as a starter.

0:28:52.760 --> 0:28:54.400
<v Speaker 6>I think he'll do all right in the fan though

0:28:54.480 --> 0:28:58.280
<v Speaker 6>he's one of my forwards. Number two that I thought about,

0:28:58.440 --> 0:29:02.800
<v Speaker 6>perhaps controversial. Steph Curry, Okay, I just want him in there.

0:29:02.880 --> 0:29:06.120
<v Speaker 6>I mean, he's obviously not having an MVP season. The

0:29:06.240 --> 0:29:08.720
<v Speaker 6>Warriors haven't been great. They've had some ups and some downs,

0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:10.720
<v Speaker 6>but come on, Steph Curry still an All Star for me.

0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:14.120
<v Speaker 6>Then I got Kawhi Leonard as my third guy. I

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:16.560
<v Speaker 6>thought about fifty forty ninety. He is at twenty five

0:29:16.600 --> 0:29:19.480
<v Speaker 6>points per game. The Clippers are balling. Sorry, we talked

0:29:19.520 --> 0:29:21.920
<v Speaker 6>about OG before we got to the Clippers, but we

0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:24.320
<v Speaker 6>had to do the Eastern Conference then the Western Conference.

0:29:24.560 --> 0:29:28.120
<v Speaker 6>Nikola Jokic is my biggest of big men also starting.

0:29:28.200 --> 0:29:31.840
<v Speaker 6>He's an MVP candidate and the last guard. I was

0:29:31.920 --> 0:29:33.960
<v Speaker 6>working hard to keep him out. If I'm being completely

0:29:34.040 --> 0:29:36.200
<v Speaker 6>honest here, I could have gone for Damian Lillard, I

0:29:36.200 --> 0:29:39.120
<v Speaker 6>could have gone for Donovan Mitchell, but the Donk Man,

0:29:39.240 --> 0:29:42.040
<v Speaker 6>the guy's at basically a triple double right now. He's

0:29:42.040 --> 0:29:45.040
<v Speaker 6>been playing MVP basketball since the second week of the season.

0:29:45.480 --> 0:29:47.880
<v Speaker 6>The Mavericks have just been kind of decimated by health

0:29:47.920 --> 0:29:50.840
<v Speaker 6>and safety protocols. They're not making shots, but don Chech

0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:56.440
<v Speaker 6>is still performing out there. So that's my five steph Luka, Kawhi, Lebron,

0:29:56.560 --> 0:29:57.479
<v Speaker 6>and Nikola Jokic.

0:29:57.960 --> 0:30:01.320
<v Speaker 1>Those are the exact five guys I ultimately decided on too,

0:30:01.560 --> 0:30:03.760
<v Speaker 1>And like you said, I was the exact same way

0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:06.520
<v Speaker 1>with Luca, just because I was like, Ah, is there

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:09.240
<v Speaker 1>anyone else that's deserving of that other guard spot? And

0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:11.960
<v Speaker 1>I was like, no, there's not there really isn't. And

0:30:12.040 --> 0:30:15.520
<v Speaker 1>it's funny with Curry, I think you could throw Lebron

0:30:15.560 --> 0:30:18.320
<v Speaker 1>in there, and Yo honis in the East. These guys

0:30:18.360 --> 0:30:23.120
<v Speaker 1>are all having like down years for them really, you know, statistically,

0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:27.240
<v Speaker 1>but they're still like all NBA incredible seasons and it's

0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:29.600
<v Speaker 1>like there's still no brainers for starting an All Star Game,

0:30:29.760 --> 0:30:32.000
<v Speaker 1>like the three of those guys, these are not. It's

0:30:32.120 --> 0:30:33.880
<v Speaker 1>amazing to me when you look at the numbers that

0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:36.240
<v Speaker 1>all three of them have right now, and it's like

0:30:36.320 --> 0:30:38.720
<v Speaker 1>a again, it's like a bad year for them over

0:30:38.760 --> 0:30:40.960
<v Speaker 1>their last couple. It's just sort of like mind blowing.

0:30:41.040 --> 0:30:43.440
<v Speaker 1>But I got them in there too. Leally, is there

0:30:43.440 --> 0:30:45.000
<v Speaker 1>anyone else you want to make a case for it

0:30:45.080 --> 0:30:46.960
<v Speaker 1>to be starting in the West, Well.

0:30:46.920 --> 0:30:49.120
<v Speaker 8>I want to make a case for Donovan Mitchell because

0:30:49.120 --> 0:30:51.480
<v Speaker 8>his team is doing so well, but I don't think

0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:55.479
<v Speaker 8>he's had a better season than Steph Curry or don

0:30:55.640 --> 0:30:57.720
<v Speaker 8>chicch in terms of pure you know numbers there. But

0:30:58.120 --> 0:31:00.960
<v Speaker 8>I just think the Jazz playing obviously the best basketball

0:31:01.160 --> 0:31:03.800
<v Speaker 8>right now, and in fact, they've got themselves to the

0:31:03.880 --> 0:31:06.320
<v Speaker 8>top of the Western Conference with the Lakers having dropped

0:31:06.320 --> 0:31:08.520
<v Speaker 8>a couple of games there lately, so the Jazz having

0:31:08.560 --> 0:31:11.440
<v Speaker 8>won ten straight fourteen and four, you know, great defense.

0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:13.600
<v Speaker 8>Mitchell obviously missed their last game, but prior to that,

0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:17.720
<v Speaker 8>I mean he's balling. But his numbers, again, they're sort

0:31:17.760 --> 0:31:20.040
<v Speaker 8>of middle of the road numbers, you know, in terms

0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:22.880
<v Speaker 8>of in terms of when you're compared, like like he's

0:31:22.920 --> 0:31:26.480
<v Speaker 8>only averaging twenty three point four points a game, five assists,

0:31:26.520 --> 0:31:28.200
<v Speaker 8>and four and a half rebounds. So it's not like

0:31:28.320 --> 0:31:30.920
<v Speaker 8>he's out there just torching teams by himself. But that's

0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:33.200
<v Speaker 8>the Jazz Is way, isn't it. You know, they have

0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:36.360
<v Speaker 8>team players, you know, Rudy Gobert. I think Mitchell and

0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:40.040
<v Speaker 8>Gobert ultimately both make the team, but trying to get

0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:43.360
<v Speaker 8>them into the starting lineup stuff. Jokic absolutely deserves to

0:31:43.400 --> 0:31:45.560
<v Speaker 8>be in there. Of course, Lebron is as well, so

0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:48.680
<v Speaker 8>Kawhi and the Clippers. I mean, they've been a little

0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:50.720
<v Speaker 8>bit off the radar lately because they haven't been playing,

0:31:51.160 --> 0:31:53.280
<v Speaker 8>and Paul George is also having a very good season,

0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:54.960
<v Speaker 8>So I think I think George and Kawhi make it.

0:31:54.960 --> 0:31:56.760
<v Speaker 8>I think Kawhi probably gets that starting not but you

0:31:56.800 --> 0:31:58.560
<v Speaker 8>could probably make a case for Paul George is her

0:31:58.600 --> 0:32:00.400
<v Speaker 8>guard is he a fourd who knows he's.

0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:00.760
<v Speaker 2>A four.

0:32:02.080 --> 0:32:02.600
<v Speaker 3>Unfortunately?

0:32:02.720 --> 0:32:04.560
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, he's a forward. I was trying to game the

0:32:04.600 --> 0:32:07.400
<v Speaker 6>system last night. I was trying to move Kawhi Leonard

0:32:07.560 --> 0:32:09.920
<v Speaker 6>up to my second guard there with Steph Curry so

0:32:10.000 --> 0:32:13.040
<v Speaker 6>I could get go Bear and Jokic in the starting lineup.

0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:15.800
<v Speaker 6>We've been going too long without these big guys. Now

0:32:15.840 --> 0:32:18.480
<v Speaker 6>we're thrown out two huge guys in the starting lineup.

0:32:18.680 --> 0:32:22.520
<v Speaker 6>No more Lebron jumping center. We want the giants, but

0:32:22.640 --> 0:32:24.720
<v Speaker 6>you'll get you at the point guard spot. There you

0:32:24.800 --> 0:32:26.440
<v Speaker 6>go the guard.

0:32:26.640 --> 0:32:30.240
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Yeah, it's interesting, like of the five that Trey

0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:32.600
<v Speaker 1>you know through out there to start, and I agree

0:32:32.640 --> 0:32:35.520
<v Speaker 1>with Yeah, Paul George is a is a big omission

0:32:35.560 --> 0:32:38.520
<v Speaker 1>because he's played incredible basketball so far. But it's tough

0:32:38.560 --> 0:32:41.120
<v Speaker 1>with Kawhi there and then Anthony Davis tests right, I

0:32:41.160 --> 0:32:43.440
<v Speaker 1>mean it's a It's like, I'm not saying he should

0:32:43.440 --> 0:32:45.479
<v Speaker 1>be in these five starting I think he'll be an

0:32:45.520 --> 0:32:48.200
<v Speaker 1>All Star, but like, that's pretty wild that he's that

0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:50.200
<v Speaker 1>he's not in the mix. He's having a bit of

0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:52.920
<v Speaker 1>a down year all things considered for him. Is that

0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:53.440
<v Speaker 1>fair to say?

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:56.560
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's headed himself. He said you know, he told

0:32:56.680 --> 0:32:59.880
<v Speaker 4>Chris Webber in a long diatribe last week when he

0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:01.960
<v Speaker 4>got the mic, and Chris Webbers said, how do you

0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:03.920
<v Speaker 4>feel going into this year? And he just he just

0:33:04.040 --> 0:33:05.680
<v Speaker 4>talked and talked and talked like he was in the

0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 4>chair like I'm just just don't have my flow. It

0:33:07.960 --> 0:33:10.760
<v Speaker 4>can't find it. And so it's okay not to be

0:33:11.040 --> 0:33:14.680
<v Speaker 4>as good as Jokic, Lebron and Kawhi to start this season.

0:33:14.840 --> 0:33:18.560
<v Speaker 4>Those guys are phenomenal. The guard spots are where I

0:33:18.720 --> 0:33:20.680
<v Speaker 4>differ a little bit, as Steph Curry I got in there.

0:33:21.280 --> 0:33:23.120
<v Speaker 4>I guess the guard spot is where I differ. I

0:33:23.120 --> 0:33:27.160
<v Speaker 4>would take Dame over Doncic at this point. Dacic's numbers

0:33:27.640 --> 0:33:31.040
<v Speaker 4>solid as always, but he told us he wasn't in

0:33:31.120 --> 0:33:35.479
<v Speaker 4>great shape and his three point percentage shows that shooting

0:33:35.560 --> 0:33:37.680
<v Speaker 4>it it's bad. Yeah, he's just and he had to

0:33:37.800 --> 0:33:40.720
<v Speaker 4>sit a little bit. Dame's numbers are phenomenal, shooting on

0:33:40.840 --> 0:33:44.280
<v Speaker 4>good percentages, and so I would still take him scoring

0:33:44.400 --> 0:33:48.640
<v Speaker 4>more than Luca. You know, if Dallas had some better

0:33:48.680 --> 0:33:51.000
<v Speaker 4>players around Luca, his record could be better. That would

0:33:51.000 --> 0:33:53.880
<v Speaker 4>help out. Same with Dame in a crazy way, although

0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:55.480
<v Speaker 4>they're you know a little bit about five hundred, a

0:33:55.520 --> 0:33:58.200
<v Speaker 4>bit better than the MAVs. I think Dame's been there

0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:00.480
<v Speaker 4>night in and night out, and so I would take

0:34:00.520 --> 0:34:05.160
<v Speaker 4>him over Luca, who Yeah, he's freaking phenomenal. But I've

0:34:05.200 --> 0:34:08.080
<v Speaker 4>got standards in the in the Eastern Conference. James Harden,

0:34:08.320 --> 0:34:10.520
<v Speaker 4>you come into camp fat. You can be a reserve,

0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:12.799
<v Speaker 4>but you can't be a starter. Luca, you come into

0:34:12.840 --> 0:34:15.799
<v Speaker 4>camp just a little bit Chubb. You can't be a starter.

0:34:16.239 --> 0:34:18.279
<v Speaker 4>You can be a reserve. Nothing wrong with that.

0:34:18.440 --> 0:34:18.560
<v Speaker 6>Man.

0:34:18.600 --> 0:34:20.359
<v Speaker 4>You're coming off the bench this year, and that'll teach

0:34:20.400 --> 0:34:22.720
<v Speaker 4>you to come into camp healthy.

0:34:23.480 --> 0:34:26.800
<v Speaker 1>I think it's there for the taking for that spot,

0:34:26.960 --> 0:34:29.640
<v Speaker 1>that second spot. In terms of the fans for Luca

0:34:30.360 --> 0:34:32.160
<v Speaker 1>or Dame, Like if one of them just goes on

0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:35.240
<v Speaker 1>a monster monster run here and their team gets some victories,

0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:36.960
<v Speaker 1>I think like that's up in the air. That one

0:34:37.080 --> 0:34:38.839
<v Speaker 1>is tough. You know, people love Dame. Of course Luca

0:34:38.880 --> 0:34:41.480
<v Speaker 1>gets the votes too. There's a huge you know, swelling

0:34:41.520 --> 0:34:43.960
<v Speaker 1>and support for him too. But it's it's there. I

0:34:44.000 --> 0:34:46.680
<v Speaker 1>think Curry, you can sort of lock in again despite

0:34:46.719 --> 0:34:49.279
<v Speaker 1>having sort of a weird down year. It's not it's not.

0:34:49.400 --> 0:34:51.200
<v Speaker 1>I mean, he didn't play last year. Because he was injured,

0:34:51.200 --> 0:34:52.520
<v Speaker 1>but the year before that and the year prior to that,

0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:54.719
<v Speaker 1>but yeah, we will see. All right, let's get to

0:34:54.760 --> 0:34:56.480
<v Speaker 1>the final question here and I'll get it started. Is

0:34:57.080 --> 0:34:58.399
<v Speaker 1>it's the same thing as we did in the East.

0:34:58.560 --> 0:35:01.920
<v Speaker 1>Underrated West player that deserves some consideration. Do you have

0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:03.399
<v Speaker 1>any idea where I'm going to go with this one?

0:35:04.239 --> 0:35:06.200
<v Speaker 1>You know, I gotta start doing it. I got I

0:35:06.400 --> 0:35:09.160
<v Speaker 1>gotta strum up the support, even if it doesn't pay

0:35:09.239 --> 0:35:11.360
<v Speaker 1>off for this year. I gotta start thinking ahead for

0:35:11.440 --> 0:35:13.040
<v Speaker 1>next year with that bet that Tray and I have.

0:35:13.560 --> 0:35:18.800
<v Speaker 1>It's Shay Gildess Alexander, who Look, if I'm being honest,

0:35:18.920 --> 0:35:21.160
<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be tough for him to actually make the team,

0:35:21.680 --> 0:35:24.760
<v Speaker 1>but he's deserving. He is really putting up incredible numbers

0:35:24.800 --> 0:35:26.480
<v Speaker 1>on a team that surprised a lot of people. Twenty

0:35:26.520 --> 0:35:27.840
<v Speaker 1>two and a half points per game, five and a

0:35:27.880 --> 0:35:30.359
<v Speaker 1>half boards, six and a half assists, fifty percent from

0:35:30.400 --> 0:35:34.239
<v Speaker 1>the floor, thirty eight from three great and okay, see

0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:36.279
<v Speaker 1>is I still I think they're eight and nine right now?

0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:36.440
<v Speaker 3>Now?

0:35:36.440 --> 0:35:38.560
<v Speaker 1>They're currently tied for tenth, a little too low. If

0:35:38.600 --> 0:35:40.399
<v Speaker 1>the Thunder could go on a run right now, that'd

0:35:40.440 --> 0:35:42.719
<v Speaker 1>be great timing to help his chances, you know, get

0:35:42.800 --> 0:35:45.120
<v Speaker 1>up to fifth or six. But I was thinking about it.

0:35:46.520 --> 0:35:50.919
<v Speaker 1>It's not that far fetched actually that he could could

0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:53.879
<v Speaker 1>make it this year. Gonna be difficult. Here's what I mean. Curry,

0:35:53.960 --> 0:35:57.520
<v Speaker 1>Luca and Dame Locks. That's three guards that are in

0:35:58.239 --> 0:36:01.319
<v Speaker 1>Whether you're starting Curry and Luka or you're starting Kurran Dame,

0:36:01.400 --> 0:36:03.400
<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter. The three of them are in there. How

0:36:03.440 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 1>many guards are gonna be on the team? Five or six?

0:36:05.520 --> 0:36:05.680
<v Speaker 7>Right?

0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:09.120
<v Speaker 1>You gotta hope six if SGA's gonna get in there,

0:36:09.200 --> 0:36:12.640
<v Speaker 1>because then you go, all right, Harden's in the East. Good,

0:36:12.840 --> 0:36:14.879
<v Speaker 1>he's out of here, Westbrook, don't worry about him. Means

0:36:14.880 --> 0:36:16.680
<v Speaker 1>he's the East. He's not gonna make it anyway. Klay Thompson,

0:36:16.719 --> 0:36:18.760
<v Speaker 1>of course, is injured all year, and then CJ McCollum

0:36:18.800 --> 0:36:21.799
<v Speaker 1>getting injured is that's a bummer of course for him.

0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:23.440
<v Speaker 1>I think he would have been a no brainer to

0:36:23.480 --> 0:36:26.239
<v Speaker 1>make this team for the first time. He's gonna missed

0:36:26.280 --> 0:36:28.960
<v Speaker 1>a lot of games because he's out like four weeks

0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:32.320
<v Speaker 1>right at minimum, So he's probably out now again, unfortunately,

0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:34.720
<v Speaker 1>but that opens up a spot maybe for an SGA.

0:36:35.040 --> 0:36:37.560
<v Speaker 1>So who's he battling Donovan Mitchell. You guys said who

0:36:37.600 --> 0:36:40.600
<v Speaker 1>you could make the case for starting, and then it's

0:36:40.719 --> 0:36:44.120
<v Speaker 1>like Jamal Murray he hasn't had that great a year.

0:36:44.239 --> 0:36:48.440
<v Speaker 1>Demart rosen AD's Derozen like year, but he always gets overlooked.

0:36:49.040 --> 0:36:53.439
<v Speaker 1>John Morant, No, he played like five games. Devin Booker guy,

0:36:53.480 --> 0:36:57.200
<v Speaker 1>obviously I love too. He's good. He has not wowed

0:36:57.239 --> 0:36:58.480
<v Speaker 1>a lot of people. I would say this year. This

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:01.360
<v Speaker 1>is not Bubble Booker twenty three points per game. But

0:37:01.440 --> 0:37:03.200
<v Speaker 1>the Suns have like come back to earth a little bit.

0:37:03.680 --> 0:37:05.640
<v Speaker 1>You ain't getting any guards from the Pelicans or the Wolves,

0:37:05.840 --> 0:37:08.160
<v Speaker 1>and then the Rockets are interesting with Wall and Oladipo.

0:37:08.200 --> 0:37:09.560
<v Speaker 1>So I guess I'm saying all of that to say,

0:37:09.640 --> 0:37:13.120
<v Speaker 1>like there's maybe that one spot if the thunder or

0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:16.480
<v Speaker 1>like you know, plus five hundred, the SGA could maybe

0:37:16.600 --> 0:37:18.759
<v Speaker 1>do it, maybe maybe do it. But then you got

0:37:18.800 --> 0:37:20.680
<v Speaker 1>the coaches having to select a young young guy like

0:37:20.760 --> 0:37:22.840
<v Speaker 1>him over a guy that's already made it in a

0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:25.759
<v Speaker 1>Booker or maybe even in Ola depot or something like that.

0:37:25.960 --> 0:37:28.600
<v Speaker 1>So I'll go to bat for him, and I just did.

0:37:28.719 --> 0:37:32.040
<v Speaker 1>But uh, I think that BET's gonna carry over. Traded

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:33.000
<v Speaker 1>next season.

0:37:32.960 --> 0:37:34.200
<v Speaker 6>And it ain't happen in this year.

0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:36.440
<v Speaker 1>That's why it's gonna get really interesting next year.

0:37:36.800 --> 0:37:39.719
<v Speaker 6>Get in line, SGA, Mike Conley I think would be

0:37:39.840 --> 0:37:43.040
<v Speaker 6>chosen like ahead of SGA as well. And yeah, like

0:37:43.080 --> 0:37:45.080
<v Speaker 6>you're you're counting down all the guards and the numbers

0:37:45.120 --> 0:37:46.919
<v Speaker 6>and stuff, but on the bench it doesn't matter. Paul

0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:48.640
<v Speaker 6>George can be a guard and a forward then, so

0:37:48.719 --> 0:37:50.879
<v Speaker 6>he might be taking that kind of spot as well.

0:37:50.920 --> 0:37:52.520
<v Speaker 6>It's just tough out there. It's tough.

0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:53.040
<v Speaker 1>Great point.

0:37:53.280 --> 0:37:55.720
<v Speaker 6>I'm not committed to who I'm standing for yet Skeets,

0:37:55.800 --> 0:37:59.640
<v Speaker 6>but there's a chance it's gonna be Zion Williamson. I

0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:01.880
<v Speaker 6>don't know if he's really an All Star. I don't know,

0:38:02.000 --> 0:38:05.120
<v Speaker 6>but he's the best paint scorer since Shack and I

0:38:05.200 --> 0:38:07.080
<v Speaker 6>love it. It looks like you're watching the new Charles

0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:09.520
<v Speaker 6>Barkley out there, the way he slices in between guys

0:38:09.760 --> 0:38:12.239
<v Speaker 6>finishes at the rim. Obviously he's not playing defense and

0:38:12.280 --> 0:38:15.680
<v Speaker 6>the Pelicans aren't winning, but there was a Pelican All

0:38:15.760 --> 0:38:18.279
<v Speaker 6>Star last year. Perhaps they're able to snag another one

0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:19.799
<v Speaker 6>this year. I don't know if it would be Zion

0:38:19.920 --> 0:38:23.600
<v Speaker 6>over brandon Ingram, but I'm preparing myself to be making

0:38:23.680 --> 0:38:26.040
<v Speaker 6>Zion Williamson cases come February in March.

0:38:26.960 --> 0:38:28.640
<v Speaker 1>Okay, what about U, task, who are you going to

0:38:28.680 --> 0:38:28.920
<v Speaker 1>bat for?

0:38:29.320 --> 0:38:31.279
<v Speaker 4>Well, you know, I want to be in your corner

0:38:31.320 --> 0:38:33.040
<v Speaker 4>there skeets. I want to get in the Canadians corner.

0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:35.320
<v Speaker 4>I think what the photoshop boys have got to do

0:38:35.560 --> 0:38:37.919
<v Speaker 4>is they gotta gotta make us a video. You gotta

0:38:37.920 --> 0:38:40.120
<v Speaker 4>we gotta develop. You know, Trey's been doing a little

0:38:40.200 --> 0:38:43.800
<v Speaker 4>video work. I think if you can get SGA's initials

0:38:43.840 --> 0:38:45.800
<v Speaker 4>on a screen and then you know, you do a

0:38:45.840 --> 0:38:49.280
<v Speaker 4>little whirldly twirly effect and all of a sudden asg

0:38:49.920 --> 0:38:52.160
<v Speaker 4>materializes SJA All Star.

0:38:52.280 --> 0:38:53.799
<v Speaker 1>Whoa pretty good?

0:38:54.200 --> 0:38:57.200
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, come on, coaches, get behind that tick tick boom.

0:38:57.320 --> 0:39:00.399
<v Speaker 4>He's been great. But yeah, I it's it's weird.

0:39:00.560 --> 0:39:00.680
<v Speaker 6>You know.

0:39:00.719 --> 0:39:04.040
<v Speaker 4>I'm a huge Ion Williamson fan. Not because he's on

0:39:04.120 --> 0:39:06.440
<v Speaker 4>my fantasy team, not because Luca's on my fantasy tea.

0:39:06.440 --> 0:39:08.719
<v Speaker 4>I'm just I just love watching Zion. But can you

0:39:08.760 --> 0:39:12.800
<v Speaker 4>bring Zion and Brandon Ingram? I know, but you know

0:39:12.960 --> 0:39:16.839
<v Speaker 4>it's like Brandon Ingram is the best player on that team.

0:39:17.280 --> 0:39:19.919
<v Speaker 4>Zion is probably getting the most hype on that team.

0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:23.400
<v Speaker 4>But Uh, it's yeah, you get one if you're on

0:39:23.440 --> 0:39:25.200
<v Speaker 4>the bench. The West is just tough, you know. The

0:39:25.360 --> 0:39:26.960
<v Speaker 4>the Jazz, I think can only get.

0:39:28.560 --> 0:39:30.200
<v Speaker 7>It's crazy, it's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we finish your thought. Were you gonna say they

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<v Speaker 1>only get one?

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<v Speaker 5>Now?

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<v Speaker 7>Go bar?

0:39:35.800 --> 0:39:36.440
<v Speaker 1>Last year didn't they?

0:39:36.480 --> 0:39:40.560
<v Speaker 4>I know, but I'm thinking about yeah, I'm thinking about Yeah.

0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:42.920
<v Speaker 4>It's hard to have two reserves from the same team though,

0:39:43.160 --> 0:39:46.200
<v Speaker 4>you know, unless you're a top, top team, it just

0:39:46.280 --> 0:39:49.279
<v Speaker 4>doesn't happen a lot. And so h yeah, those two

0:39:49.280 --> 0:39:51.839
<v Speaker 4>will get there. That's why Mike con League is highly

0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:55.760
<v Speaker 4>unlikely to make it, even though he might win the Defensive.

0:39:55.400 --> 0:39:56.000
<v Speaker 7>Player of the Year.

0:39:57.960 --> 0:40:01.000
<v Speaker 4>But yeah, it's and they're and they've snuck into the

0:40:01.040 --> 0:40:04.240
<v Speaker 4>one seed now with the Lakers dropping down, so they

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<v Speaker 4>should they should get two.

0:40:05.440 --> 0:40:07.399
<v Speaker 1>With a bullet lee, what do you think?

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<v Speaker 8>Well, Conley again, he is playing really good basketball considering

0:40:11.520 --> 0:40:14.200
<v Speaker 8>last season. It took him some time to really figure

0:40:14.239 --> 0:40:16.400
<v Speaker 8>out his way there at Utah, but he has been

0:40:16.440 --> 0:40:18.399
<v Speaker 8>great for them. But it is very difficult to see

0:40:18.440 --> 0:40:21.279
<v Speaker 8>the Jazz getting three. They're absolute luck forgetting the two

0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:24.399
<v Speaker 8>if they continue playing the way they have lately. But yeah,

0:40:24.440 --> 0:40:26.440
<v Speaker 8>to get that third one in I'm just not prepared

0:40:26.440 --> 0:40:29.440
<v Speaker 8>to take or dismiss c J McCollums chances just yet.

0:40:29.440 --> 0:40:31.319
<v Speaker 8>I know he is out a month, he's been out

0:40:31.360 --> 0:40:33.520
<v Speaker 8>for about a week already. If he was to come

0:40:33.560 --> 0:40:36.120
<v Speaker 8>back a little bit early, then he's still got plenty

0:40:36.160 --> 0:40:38.520
<v Speaker 8>of time to make it, because his actual numbers are

0:40:38.600 --> 0:40:40.680
<v Speaker 8>incredible this season. I mean, he's having a career high

0:40:40.719 --> 0:40:43.399
<v Speaker 8>season at twenty seven points a game on forty percent

0:40:43.480 --> 0:40:46.800
<v Speaker 8>shooting and forty four percent on threes, five assists, four rebounds.

0:40:47.680 --> 0:40:50.840
<v Speaker 5>He's been awesome, and he's kind of like Mike Conley.

0:40:50.880 --> 0:40:53.360
<v Speaker 8>He's kind of been, you know, on the periphery for

0:40:53.400 --> 0:40:54.920
<v Speaker 8>a couple of seasons, but you haven't been able to

0:40:54.960 --> 0:40:55.680
<v Speaker 8>make a strong case.

0:40:55.800 --> 0:40:56.160
<v Speaker 3>This year.

0:40:56.160 --> 0:40:58.719
<v Speaker 8>It's like he has got a very strong case individually

0:40:59.080 --> 0:41:01.839
<v Speaker 8>in terms of his numbers. So I think there's still time.

0:41:01.880 --> 0:41:04.560
<v Speaker 8>He's played thirteen games to this point. You know, if

0:41:04.600 --> 0:41:06.880
<v Speaker 8>he was to come back and a little bit early

0:41:07.400 --> 0:41:09.759
<v Speaker 8>then and pick up exactly where he left off, then

0:41:09.800 --> 0:41:12.919
<v Speaker 8>I think he does give himself a strong case. Of course,

0:41:12.960 --> 0:41:16.360
<v Speaker 8>then you've got do two blazers deserve it if their numbers,

0:41:16.360 --> 0:41:19.880
<v Speaker 8>if their win losses are are low, and again probably

0:41:19.960 --> 0:41:22.279
<v Speaker 8>not you're probably only getting one out of here and

0:41:22.400 --> 0:41:25.560
<v Speaker 8>Damian Lillard. But maybe if Lillard was to get himself

0:41:25.600 --> 0:41:27.600
<v Speaker 8>as a starter, then it certainly makes it a little

0:41:27.600 --> 0:41:30.000
<v Speaker 8>bit easier for CJ there to make it as a reserve.

0:41:30.120 --> 0:41:34.919
<v Speaker 8>So I think he's deserving, and more so over him

0:41:35.080 --> 0:41:37.840
<v Speaker 8>than over a shake Gilder Alexander in terms of just

0:41:37.920 --> 0:41:40.080
<v Speaker 8>the season they've had to this point. But it really

0:41:40.200 --> 0:41:42.919
<v Speaker 8>just depends on how many games and how long CJ

0:41:43.160 --> 0:41:45.359
<v Speaker 8>is out, because if he's out too long, then he's

0:41:45.440 --> 0:41:47.680
<v Speaker 8>just out of the he's out of the conversation. But

0:41:47.719 --> 0:41:49.799
<v Speaker 8>if he can come back early, I think he's still

0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:50.239
<v Speaker 8>got time.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, let's hear from you guys out there, who

0:41:52.760 --> 0:41:55.600
<v Speaker 1>are your ten All Stars that should be starting in

0:41:55.640 --> 0:42:00.520
<v Speaker 1>the game as of January twenty ninths here. You know

0:42:00.640 --> 0:42:02.400
<v Speaker 1>it's early, but that's what we gotta start doing. You

0:42:02.440 --> 0:42:04.120
<v Speaker 1>gotta start filling out your ballots and the you got

0:42:04.160 --> 0:42:07.160
<v Speaker 1>those double days coming up, the double vote days where

0:42:07.160 --> 0:42:09.480
<v Speaker 1>your vote counts twice, so those are important. Who will

0:42:09.560 --> 0:42:11.279
<v Speaker 1>hit those? Will it be the Tray young fans with

0:42:11.320 --> 0:42:14.200
<v Speaker 1>the Bradley Beal fans really taking advantage of those double

0:42:14.239 --> 0:42:17.120
<v Speaker 1>down points days. We'll find out, but let us know

0:42:17.160 --> 0:42:20.399
<v Speaker 1>in the comments who your ten All Star starters are.

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<v Speaker 7>It's a quarter.

0:42:21.360 --> 0:42:23.239
<v Speaker 4>A quarter of the season is done for some teams.

0:42:23.280 --> 0:42:26.279
<v Speaker 4>It's not super early, right, it feels like usually we're

0:42:26.280 --> 0:42:28.320
<v Speaker 4>talking about it even earlier.

0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:29.400
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, no, we are.

0:42:29.520 --> 0:42:32.640
<v Speaker 1>I think actually I think I checked last night. I

0:42:32.719 --> 0:42:34.960
<v Speaker 1>went through our old notes to figure out when we

0:42:35.080 --> 0:42:38.440
<v Speaker 1>started doing this, and I think it almost was the

0:42:38.640 --> 0:42:41.399
<v Speaker 1>exact time. Well but hold on, that's what we would

0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:42.919
<v Speaker 1>have started the season.

0:42:42.600 --> 0:42:45.200
<v Speaker 4>A lotolgically, undoubtedly.

0:42:45.400 --> 0:42:49.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, but it is strange. It feels like, well,

0:42:49.239 --> 0:42:52.000
<v Speaker 1>it's also weird because we don't even know if we're

0:42:52.000 --> 0:42:54.640
<v Speaker 1>having an ul Star game. If you're impossible, there still

0:42:54.800 --> 0:42:57.239
<v Speaker 1>is no game, So it's like like sort of I

0:42:57.320 --> 0:42:59.120
<v Speaker 1>guess almost like why wait at that point?

0:42:59.200 --> 0:43:01.839
<v Speaker 6>But we'll just be an All Star happy hour. They'll

0:43:01.840 --> 0:43:04.360
<v Speaker 6>all get on a zoom together, live stream it on YouTube,

0:43:04.400 --> 0:43:06.040
<v Speaker 6>and just have some laughs with their buddies.

0:43:06.600 --> 0:43:09.440
<v Speaker 1>Of all the All Stars we named, which one is

0:43:09.560 --> 0:43:11.680
<v Speaker 1>most likely to suffer from trapped wind.

0:43:14.960 --> 0:43:19.239
<v Speaker 6>Oh, that's a tough question. Who Lebron? Honestly, you know,

0:43:19.360 --> 0:43:23.319
<v Speaker 6>like he's an older guy, so I imagine he has

0:43:23.360 --> 0:43:26.000
<v Speaker 6>the class and the tack to keep him in just

0:43:26.120 --> 0:43:27.319
<v Speaker 6>kingly farts.

0:43:28.080 --> 0:43:29.919
<v Speaker 5>Answer, Lee, my guess soul.

0:43:30.160 --> 0:43:33.239
<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, well we didn't mention it as an at

0:43:33.280 --> 0:43:36.799
<v Speaker 1>the Star, but okay, fair enough, good, good, good good, Okay,

0:43:36.800 --> 0:43:41.440
<v Speaker 1>So let's hear your ted storters as of today. Okay, quickly,

0:43:41.560 --> 0:43:44.120
<v Speaker 1>last night, four games on, I'm gonna fly through the

0:43:44.239 --> 0:43:46.760
<v Speaker 1>games and then Trey, you can give us a takeaway

0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:49.359
<v Speaker 1>from wherever you want to go. Oladipo had twenty five

0:43:49.400 --> 0:43:51.359
<v Speaker 1>points as the Rockets beat the Blazers one O four

0:43:51.440 --> 0:43:54.520
<v Speaker 1>one on one. Sons snapped a three game skid. They

0:43:54.560 --> 0:43:57.160
<v Speaker 1>needed this one. They rolled over the Warriors one fourteen

0:43:57.239 --> 0:44:03.879
<v Speaker 1>ninety three, Clippers rally Trey from eighteen down to top

0:44:04.000 --> 0:44:07.279
<v Speaker 1>to heat. Another rough loss from Miami. Clippers win one

0:44:07.320 --> 0:44:09.560
<v Speaker 1>O nine to one five without Kawhi and PG again

0:44:09.920 --> 0:44:13.000
<v Speaker 1>and then the Lakers without ad Lebron played, but no

0:44:13.080 --> 0:44:16.319
<v Speaker 1>Anthony Davis. They fell to the Pistons one oh seven

0:44:16.440 --> 0:44:19.920
<v Speaker 1>ninety two. Nice win there for Casey and the Detroit Pistons.

0:44:20.000 --> 0:44:22.560
<v Speaker 1>So again there's the four games where you want to go.

0:44:22.640 --> 0:44:24.000
<v Speaker 1>What was your big takeaway from last night?

0:44:24.280 --> 0:44:26.960
<v Speaker 6>All our featured game of course, skeets. I don't know

0:44:26.960 --> 0:44:29.960
<v Speaker 6>about you, guys, but I was paying great attention to Rockets.

0:44:30.000 --> 0:44:33.640
<v Speaker 6>Blazers definitely remember what happened. But the Wow Era, it's

0:44:33.680 --> 0:44:35.960
<v Speaker 6>off to a great start for the Rockets, the first

0:44:36.160 --> 0:44:39.200
<v Speaker 6>time that Victor Oladipo wait, I should probably say it

0:44:39.320 --> 0:44:43.280
<v Speaker 6>in letters order, Wall, Oladipo, and Wood they all started

0:44:43.320 --> 0:44:46.560
<v Speaker 6>together the wow Era, and they all actually played pretty well.

0:44:46.600 --> 0:44:49.920
<v Speaker 6>Twenty five for Victor Oladipo, twenty two and twelve for

0:44:50.040 --> 0:44:53.399
<v Speaker 6>Christian Wood, and twenty points and six assists for John Wall.

0:44:53.719 --> 0:44:56.080
<v Speaker 6>They look good. They've been the best defense in the league,

0:44:56.160 --> 0:44:58.600
<v Speaker 6>as you saw going around on Twitter last night, since

0:44:58.640 --> 0:45:01.000
<v Speaker 6>the James Harden trade. Their play hard. They've got a

0:45:01.040 --> 0:45:04.239
<v Speaker 6>bunch of guys with chips on their shoulders. But that

0:45:04.400 --> 0:45:08.680
<v Speaker 6>kind of got people angry last night. Pacers fans in particular.

0:45:08.960 --> 0:45:12.279
<v Speaker 6>After the game, Victor Oladipo was interviewed. He says, going

0:45:12.320 --> 0:45:14.719
<v Speaker 6>through my career, it just feels like people keep kind

0:45:14.760 --> 0:45:16.919
<v Speaker 6>of quitting on me. But it's a part of life

0:45:16.960 --> 0:45:19.160
<v Speaker 6>and I embrace it. Obviously he's using the way the

0:45:19.200 --> 0:45:22.880
<v Speaker 6>things ended with the Pacers as motivation fair enough, but

0:45:23.000 --> 0:45:25.959
<v Speaker 6>also allegedly he turned down a twenty five million dollar

0:45:26.080 --> 0:45:30.279
<v Speaker 6>extension to stay in Indiana, So who quit on who here?

0:45:30.400 --> 0:45:32.560
<v Speaker 6>I just think it's a very weird way to approach it.

0:45:32.880 --> 0:45:35.239
<v Speaker 6>So basically, go out there and diss your fans, to

0:45:35.320 --> 0:45:37.440
<v Speaker 6>dis the fan base that was there in Indiana that

0:45:37.560 --> 0:45:40.560
<v Speaker 6>has been supporting you since college. I didn't love that.

0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:43.040
<v Speaker 6>I didn't love that from Victor Oladipo. He's a great player,

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:44.760
<v Speaker 6>he seems to be on his way back. He's playing

0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:48.640
<v Speaker 6>for a big deal come summertime. But very strange, very

0:45:48.760 --> 0:45:51.839
<v Speaker 6>Paul Georgie to me and Victor Oladipo. He's not even

0:45:51.880 --> 0:45:54.400
<v Speaker 6>on Paul George's level, which I mean, I've had my

0:45:54.440 --> 0:45:56.600
<v Speaker 6>concerns with Paul George's level, but I don't know. I

0:45:56.760 --> 0:45:58.759
<v Speaker 6>just did not like this from Victor Oladipo, the way

0:45:58.800 --> 0:46:00.640
<v Speaker 6>he's making it seem like the Pacers were the ones

0:46:00.680 --> 0:46:02.759
<v Speaker 6>who gave up on him, when it really felt like

0:46:02.800 --> 0:46:05.120
<v Speaker 6>the Pacers were doing everything they could to build around

0:46:05.200 --> 0:46:08.399
<v Speaker 6>Victor Oladipa only to see Demonta Sabonis explode as a star.

0:46:08.560 --> 0:46:10.880
<v Speaker 6>I don't know if that angered Victor Oladipo, that the

0:46:10.920 --> 0:46:14.239
<v Speaker 6>team kind of centered itself around Sabonis, but it didn't

0:46:14.360 --> 0:46:16.840
<v Speaker 6>end well in Indiana, and he's running in their faces.

0:46:17.080 --> 0:46:19.919
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it was a little weird lely, especially like poor

0:46:19.960 --> 0:46:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Pacers fans, like they've sort of gone through this before.

0:46:22.040 --> 0:46:24.560
<v Speaker 1>As Trey said, with Paul George, it's like they love them,

0:46:24.600 --> 0:46:26.839
<v Speaker 1>they love them, they want them around. He's our star guy.

0:46:27.040 --> 0:46:28.879
<v Speaker 1>He leaves and then he sort of turns around and goes,

0:46:28.920 --> 0:46:30.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, like, did they really want me there? They

0:46:30.600 --> 0:46:32.560
<v Speaker 1>didn't love It's like the Pacers was like, what, yes,

0:46:32.719 --> 0:46:35.800
<v Speaker 1>we did we we really really wanted you here and

0:46:36.160 --> 0:46:39.080
<v Speaker 1>we loved you. So I could see why with Oladipo

0:46:39.880 --> 0:46:41.480
<v Speaker 1>saying this last night at the end of the game

0:46:41.560 --> 0:46:43.359
<v Speaker 1>on the broadcast, that they would be a little upset. Though,

0:46:43.360 --> 0:46:45.200
<v Speaker 1>I wonder if it's just one of those classic sort

0:46:45.239 --> 0:46:49.640
<v Speaker 1>of like athlete cliche throwaway lines of like I've been

0:46:49.680 --> 0:46:51.840
<v Speaker 1>doubted in my whole life, you know, like they just

0:46:51.920 --> 0:46:53.879
<v Speaker 1>you know that type of thing. It's possible, too.

0:46:53.840 --> 0:46:54.440
<v Speaker 3>Right, I mean it is.

0:46:55.160 --> 0:46:56.640
<v Speaker 4>He didn't play for the Magic, he didn't play for

0:46:56.680 --> 0:46:58.600
<v Speaker 4>the Thunder before that. He could be talking about those

0:46:58.640 --> 0:47:01.440
<v Speaker 4>situations too. Rights csarily just talking about the Piecers.

0:47:01.760 --> 0:47:03.640
<v Speaker 1>No, he's saying every step of the way, it sounds like,

0:47:04.000 --> 0:47:07.319
<v Speaker 1>so he's including the piecers. Yeah, Yeah, so Piecers fans

0:47:07.320 --> 0:47:08.480
<v Speaker 1>are saying, don't include us.

0:47:08.800 --> 0:47:11.040
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and that's the biggest step honestly, right, Like that's

0:47:11.040 --> 0:47:13.120
<v Speaker 6>when Victor Oladipa really established himself.

0:47:14.440 --> 0:47:17.560
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, And the fact that they did reportedly offer him

0:47:17.560 --> 0:47:20.759
<v Speaker 8>that extension shows that, like, hey, we did think you

0:47:20.840 --> 0:47:21.840
<v Speaker 8>were a part of this future.

0:47:21.960 --> 0:47:24.040
<v Speaker 5>So you know, it's weird.

0:47:24.640 --> 0:47:27.239
<v Speaker 8>He had an All Star, he became an All Star

0:47:27.360 --> 0:47:31.279
<v Speaker 8>there and in Indiana, I think unquestionably he was their

0:47:31.320 --> 0:47:33.799
<v Speaker 8>sort of franchise player before he got injured, and they

0:47:33.840 --> 0:47:36.439
<v Speaker 8>wanted to keep him. So it does seem a little

0:47:36.440 --> 0:47:38.040
<v Speaker 8>bit off that he's taking shots at them and the

0:47:38.120 --> 0:47:41.520
<v Speaker 8>team when all they really did from certainly from the

0:47:41.560 --> 0:47:43.520
<v Speaker 8>outside from what we could see, from what I could see,

0:47:43.880 --> 0:47:45.800
<v Speaker 8>they supported him and tried to tried to get the

0:47:45.840 --> 0:47:48.640
<v Speaker 8>best out of him, and injuries sort of slowed him down,

0:47:48.719 --> 0:47:50.680
<v Speaker 8>and then they just thought, all right, he's not a

0:47:50.719 --> 0:47:52.040
<v Speaker 8>part of the team. He doesn't want to be here,

0:47:52.120 --> 0:47:53.960
<v Speaker 8>so we'll trade him again.

0:47:54.200 --> 0:47:56.440
<v Speaker 1>Was that actually all a depot taking a shot?

0:47:56.719 --> 0:47:56.879
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

0:47:56.880 --> 0:47:58.759
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think where we're maybe reaching a little

0:47:58.760 --> 0:48:02.120
<v Speaker 1>bit our Piecers fans being a little sensitive about what

0:48:02.280 --> 0:48:04.759
<v Speaker 1>he said. Again after a game last night, after having

0:48:04.800 --> 0:48:07.200
<v Speaker 1>a good game in a victory on a national televised game.

0:48:07.320 --> 0:48:09.520
<v Speaker 1>And yeah, with the as Tree said, like with this

0:48:09.800 --> 0:48:12.800
<v Speaker 1>first like real full squad there in Houston, Houston Rockets,

0:48:13.120 --> 0:48:16.759
<v Speaker 1>We're tim Yeah, it's going to be good, like right

0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:19.719
<v Speaker 1>with this squad, I don't know, I'm not sure.

0:48:19.760 --> 0:48:21.399
<v Speaker 8>But John Wall sort of said the same thing about

0:48:21.440 --> 0:48:23.120
<v Speaker 8>the Wizards. He said, you know, I wanted to be

0:48:23.200 --> 0:48:25.680
<v Speaker 8>somewhere I was wanted, and they gave him that massive

0:48:25.840 --> 0:48:28.880
<v Speaker 8>extension as well, you know, and basically just traded him

0:48:28.880 --> 0:48:30.520
<v Speaker 8>at the end. It was like, all right, sure, we'll

0:48:30.600 --> 0:48:33.080
<v Speaker 8>trade you. He asked to be out and they traded

0:48:33.120 --> 0:48:35.560
<v Speaker 8>him for Westbrook. So yeah, I think sometimes the players

0:48:35.600 --> 0:48:37.200
<v Speaker 8>just get a little bit caught up in their own

0:48:38.880 --> 0:48:40.640
<v Speaker 8>get in their way a little bit, because if a

0:48:40.680 --> 0:48:43.799
<v Speaker 8>franchise is giving you all that money, I mean, that's

0:48:44.000 --> 0:48:46.640
<v Speaker 8>that's really their strongest way of saying, we want you

0:48:46.680 --> 0:48:47.560
<v Speaker 8>to be a part of this team.

0:48:47.600 --> 0:48:49.160
<v Speaker 5>We believe in you, and you know, so.

0:48:49.840 --> 0:48:50.239
<v Speaker 1>I like this.

0:48:50.440 --> 0:48:53.200
<v Speaker 4>I like this bond that they all have. They're all

0:48:53.360 --> 0:48:57.719
<v Speaker 4>sort of feel like we're outsiders that our teams didn't want.

0:48:57.840 --> 0:49:00.560
<v Speaker 4>I think they can bond over that all the you know,

0:49:00.680 --> 0:49:02.560
<v Speaker 4>John Wall did want to be in Washington. They told

0:49:02.640 --> 0:49:05.560
<v Speaker 4>him at the end, Yeah, we're trading you. They told

0:49:05.640 --> 0:49:08.600
<v Speaker 4>him two weeks before. You're sticking around. Oladipo, you know,

0:49:08.760 --> 0:49:13.359
<v Speaker 4>got moved. Whatever you think of that, Christian Wood has

0:49:13.400 --> 0:49:17.560
<v Speaker 4>been released let go multiple times. DeMarcus Cousins can even

0:49:17.560 --> 0:49:18.319
<v Speaker 4>be part of that crew.

0:49:18.320 --> 0:49:18.840
<v Speaker 7>I think that's a.

0:49:18.840 --> 0:49:21.319
<v Speaker 4>Bond that they all have, like it's us against the world. Yeah,

0:49:21.719 --> 0:49:24.759
<v Speaker 4>we're going to show you guys, and uh, you know

0:49:25.040 --> 0:49:26.239
<v Speaker 4>this one time it worked.

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<v Speaker 7>I think.

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<v Speaker 4>Oladipo is the number one guy. I loved Victor Olidipo

0:49:32.120 --> 0:49:34.360
<v Speaker 4>pre injury and he's still a very good player. But

0:49:34.600 --> 0:49:36.359
<v Speaker 4>they have to use Christian Wood a little bit more,

0:49:36.400 --> 0:49:36.680
<v Speaker 4>I think.

0:49:36.719 --> 0:49:37.960
<v Speaker 7>I mean, he is there the.

0:49:38.000 --> 0:49:41.000
<v Speaker 4>Guy who didn't undergo a major surgery amongst all those

0:49:41.040 --> 0:49:43.560
<v Speaker 4>four guys, and he should be utilized a ton.

0:49:43.840 --> 0:49:44.200
<v Speaker 7>They should.

0:49:44.280 --> 0:49:46.360
<v Speaker 4>They should have hammered a Blazers team that you know

0:49:46.480 --> 0:49:49.600
<v Speaker 4>doesn't have CJ. McCollum, and yeah they got hot shooting

0:49:49.680 --> 0:49:52.000
<v Speaker 4>from the outside. Going back and watching a little bit

0:49:52.040 --> 0:49:55.560
<v Speaker 4>of that game, but Christian Wood should be killing Anna Scanter.

0:49:55.719 --> 0:49:59.320
<v Speaker 4>He's their best player. He should be scoring a bajillion points.

0:49:59.320 --> 0:50:01.239
<v Speaker 4>And that's the worry I for Christian Wood. Is that

0:50:01.400 --> 0:50:04.040
<v Speaker 4>now with a backcourt and Oladipo Wall cousins when he

0:50:04.080 --> 0:50:07.000
<v Speaker 4>comes in, Is he gonna get enough playing time because uh,

0:50:07.480 --> 0:50:09.680
<v Speaker 4>not playing time touches. I guess the word is because

0:50:09.960 --> 0:50:12.600
<v Speaker 4>his usage rate should go up, but it's not.

0:50:14.040 --> 0:50:15.719
<v Speaker 1>Is that your big takeaway task from a sort of

0:50:15.760 --> 0:50:16.120
<v Speaker 1>these games?

0:50:16.160 --> 0:50:16.600
<v Speaker 7>Yeah? I think so.

0:50:16.680 --> 0:50:19.279
<v Speaker 4>I think Christian Woods, yeah, he is. He is their star,

0:50:20.080 --> 0:50:22.080
<v Speaker 4>even though they've got a lot of star potential, and

0:50:22.239 --> 0:50:24.319
<v Speaker 4>those guys all want to prove they're great. John Wall,

0:50:24.360 --> 0:50:26.800
<v Speaker 4>I think they could. They could make magic him and

0:50:26.960 --> 0:50:29.720
<v Speaker 4>him and him and Christian Wood can make magic together.

0:50:29.800 --> 0:50:32.800
<v Speaker 4>It could be him in gore tat times. Ten Just

0:50:33.000 --> 0:50:36.319
<v Speaker 4>roll with Christian Wood down the lane, roll with the Wood.

0:50:37.239 --> 0:50:40.360
<v Speaker 1>Do it lay anything from these games last night? Let

0:50:40.440 --> 0:50:42.560
<v Speaker 1>me throw actually something at you. You know, we've been

0:50:42.600 --> 0:50:45.319
<v Speaker 1>saying it all season long, like Pistons are the worst

0:50:45.320 --> 0:50:46.759
<v Speaker 1>team in the league. Pistons are the worst team in

0:50:46.760 --> 0:50:48.160
<v Speaker 1>the league. I'm not sure we can keep saying that.

0:50:48.239 --> 0:50:49.719
<v Speaker 1>And I know it's not just because of the victory too.

0:50:49.800 --> 0:50:52.759
<v Speaker 1>Even in their losses. Casey has these guys playing their

0:50:52.800 --> 0:50:56.920
<v Speaker 1>asses off, and I don't think they're the worst at all. Actually,

0:50:57.000 --> 0:50:58.200
<v Speaker 1>I think there are a couple of teams that are

0:50:58.239 --> 0:50:59.880
<v Speaker 1>much worse than Detroit Pistons. Would you.

0:51:01.480 --> 0:51:03.440
<v Speaker 8>Much worse? I mean, the Wizards are worse than them.

0:51:03.520 --> 0:51:05.520
<v Speaker 8>I would say the Timberwolves. So they've obviously got some

0:51:05.600 --> 0:51:09.800
<v Speaker 8>injuries as well. The Pelicans have more wins than the Pistons.

0:51:09.840 --> 0:51:12.200
<v Speaker 8>I think they're probably better. The Kings also have more wins,

0:51:12.280 --> 0:51:14.600
<v Speaker 8>but I don't have a lot of faith in them. Okay,

0:51:14.680 --> 0:51:17.160
<v Speaker 8>Wolves and Wizards, Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, I mean the

0:51:17.239 --> 0:51:19.319
<v Speaker 8>Pistons are still tough to watch. But I will say

0:51:19.400 --> 0:51:21.120
<v Speaker 8>last night's game, it was a bit of a throwback

0:51:21.160 --> 0:51:24.799
<v Speaker 8>Blake Griffin game. He looked great, and also they were

0:51:24.920 --> 0:51:27.160
<v Speaker 8>Lakers were without Anthony Davis on the second night of

0:51:27.239 --> 0:51:29.640
<v Speaker 8>back to back out of Bruce Thigh. Hadn't dropped two

0:51:29.719 --> 0:51:31.879
<v Speaker 8>games in a row wall season. They lost the night before.

0:51:31.920 --> 0:51:35.120
<v Speaker 8>They're in Philadelphia, and this wasn't as though Lebron just

0:51:35.200 --> 0:51:36.840
<v Speaker 8>decided to take the night off either. He was on

0:51:36.920 --> 0:51:38.400
<v Speaker 8>the court with two and a half minutes to go.

0:51:38.800 --> 0:51:40.880
<v Speaker 8>So the Lakers were trying to win this game. They

0:51:41.000 --> 0:51:42.719
<v Speaker 8>just got they They actually got out played by the

0:51:42.760 --> 0:51:45.480
<v Speaker 8>Pistons last night, So yeah, good good win for Detroit,

0:51:45.600 --> 0:51:48.399
<v Speaker 8>But you know, are they the worst team? I mean, well,

0:51:48.640 --> 0:51:51.120
<v Speaker 8>how come they came up for a game against the

0:51:51.160 --> 0:51:53.360
<v Speaker 8>Lakers and played really well, like where they should be

0:51:53.440 --> 0:51:55.520
<v Speaker 8>better than five and fourteen, shouldn't they really?

0:51:56.200 --> 0:51:57.680
<v Speaker 5>That's that's my question about him.

0:51:57.680 --> 0:51:59.879
<v Speaker 8>It's like, it's great when the Lakers comes down, You're like, yeah,

0:52:00.080 --> 0:52:01.920
<v Speaker 8>gonna play hard, We're gonna give it out all tonight.

0:52:02.440 --> 0:52:03.840
<v Speaker 5>But then they'll they'll just stink.

0:52:04.000 --> 0:52:06.799
<v Speaker 8>And most of the time other than that, So and.

0:52:06.840 --> 0:52:08.960
<v Speaker 4>Blake had a hot night. I think that's what happened Blake.

0:52:09.120 --> 0:52:10.359
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And that's what I'm saying.

0:52:10.440 --> 0:52:13.160
<v Speaker 8>Remember, like in his first season in Detroit, Blake was

0:52:13.239 --> 0:52:15.279
<v Speaker 8>all NBA again and he looked great, and then last

0:52:15.320 --> 0:52:17.440
<v Speaker 8>season he was injured and uh, and if he plays

0:52:17.480 --> 0:52:19.560
<v Speaker 8>like he did last night, then it's like, yeah, maybe

0:52:19.600 --> 0:52:23.239
<v Speaker 8>the Pistons can be better than their record shows. But yeah,

0:52:23.280 --> 0:52:24.279
<v Speaker 8>they're just a tough watch.

0:52:24.440 --> 0:52:26.000
<v Speaker 5>They're a tough watch. That's the problem.

0:52:26.040 --> 0:52:29.000
<v Speaker 1>They're a tough watch. But we can't say they're the worst.

0:52:30.000 --> 0:52:30.720
<v Speaker 5>They're not the worst.

0:52:30.800 --> 0:52:32.480
<v Speaker 1>But it's a small compliment.

0:52:32.600 --> 0:52:34.279
<v Speaker 5>They're not going to make the playoffs. I wouldn't think.

0:52:34.440 --> 0:52:37.000
<v Speaker 1>No, No, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying we

0:52:37.160 --> 0:52:39.120
<v Speaker 1>kept saying that they're the worst and you don't like

0:52:39.200 --> 0:52:41.600
<v Speaker 1>watching them. I get that they are at times rough,

0:52:41.719 --> 0:52:45.239
<v Speaker 1>but they play hard, so that immediately removes them from

0:52:45.320 --> 0:52:46.839
<v Speaker 1>being the worst. Because there's some other teams that are

0:52:46.880 --> 0:52:49.360
<v Speaker 1>just going through the motions out there as we've been. Anyway,

0:52:49.560 --> 0:52:51.680
<v Speaker 1>we'll call it there. You do we know the Detroit

0:52:51.719 --> 0:52:53.440
<v Speaker 1>Pisons are not going to be in Worst of the Week.

0:52:53.480 --> 0:52:55.040
<v Speaker 1>Can we can confirm that task?

0:52:55.680 --> 0:52:59.960
<v Speaker 4>Let me check the notes. Yeah, you're right, You're all right.

0:53:00.719 --> 0:53:02.759
<v Speaker 1>Let's get to the actual Worst of the Week nominees, then,

0:53:03.040 --> 0:53:05.839
<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen, the worst of the week.

0:53:09.920 --> 0:53:12.440
<v Speaker 4>Well, I asked the people on the No Dunks Twitter account.

0:53:13.360 --> 0:53:16.359
<v Speaker 4>People come through with flying colors. Great stuff for you guys.

0:53:16.400 --> 0:53:17.640
<v Speaker 4>Here three nominees.

0:53:18.040 --> 0:53:18.759
<v Speaker 7>The first.

0:53:20.560 --> 0:53:24.239
<v Speaker 4>It's the Wizards. Baby James Long writes, time to tear

0:53:24.280 --> 0:53:27.160
<v Speaker 4>it down and rebuild. Bradley Beal deserves better than this.

0:53:28.200 --> 0:53:31.879
<v Speaker 4>Lots more. Glenn Perez also jumping on this. Wizard's hard

0:53:31.880 --> 0:53:34.799
<v Speaker 4>pressed to find a team slash player combo that had

0:53:34.840 --> 0:53:37.279
<v Speaker 4>a worse week than the Wizards in Westbrook. And one

0:53:37.360 --> 0:53:39.759
<v Speaker 4>more for you guys, because this is an incredible stat

0:53:39.880 --> 0:53:43.399
<v Speaker 4>from Franklin Saint stan They are one to twelve. When

0:53:43.480 --> 0:53:47.000
<v Speaker 4>Bradley Beal drops forty points, give us worst of the

0:53:47.080 --> 0:53:50.320
<v Speaker 4>year already. And I check this stat. They're the only

0:53:50.480 --> 0:53:54.200
<v Speaker 4>team in NBA history to lose ten straight games where

0:53:54.200 --> 0:53:57.040
<v Speaker 4>their player scores forty or more. He had forty seven

0:53:57.120 --> 0:53:58.040
<v Speaker 4>this week against the Pells.

0:53:58.080 --> 0:53:58.520
<v Speaker 7>They lost.

0:53:59.840 --> 0:54:03.919
<v Speaker 4>A phenomenal stat that's crazy in NBA history. Can't find

0:54:03.960 --> 0:54:07.640
<v Speaker 4>another one. So you laugh, Lee, Why are you laughing?

0:54:07.880 --> 0:54:08.080
<v Speaker 2>Well?

0:54:08.200 --> 0:54:11.160
<v Speaker 8>Because sometimes if the team's going really bad and we say, ah,

0:54:11.239 --> 0:54:13.560
<v Speaker 8>the team's really bad, some of their fans will say, hey,

0:54:13.800 --> 0:54:14.640
<v Speaker 8>lay off there, guys.

0:54:14.680 --> 0:54:16.719
<v Speaker 5>Man, we play an odd We contributed.

0:54:16.520 --> 0:54:19.160
<v Speaker 7>But we is just like, nah, we suck.

0:54:20.960 --> 0:54:23.080
<v Speaker 8>At least we can win something by winning Worst of

0:54:23.120 --> 0:54:24.960
<v Speaker 8>the Week or even Worse oft the ear Man. Imagine

0:54:24.960 --> 0:54:26.400
<v Speaker 8>that would wrap up Worse of the ear.

0:54:26.280 --> 0:54:28.400
<v Speaker 6>From now wow in January.

0:54:28.520 --> 0:54:28.719
<v Speaker 2>East.

0:54:28.800 --> 0:54:31.759
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's tough, but I mean they're making a run.

0:54:32.120 --> 0:54:34.759
<v Speaker 6>They are terrible. They're not even barely losing, right, They're

0:54:34.760 --> 0:54:37.759
<v Speaker 6>getting smoked in most of these games. Are they gonna

0:54:37.760 --> 0:54:40.799
<v Speaker 6>eventually bench Westbrook? He just dribbles the ball off his legs.

0:54:41.040 --> 0:54:42.719
<v Speaker 6>He just dribbles it off his legs. I don't know

0:54:42.760 --> 0:54:44.320
<v Speaker 6>if it makes sense to bring him off as a

0:54:44.360 --> 0:54:46.880
<v Speaker 6>second unit, let him play against the second unit. Then

0:54:46.920 --> 0:54:49.680
<v Speaker 6>when it comes to the fourth quarter, just let Beal cook.

0:54:49.880 --> 0:54:51.960
<v Speaker 6>Don't let anybody else touch the ball, because if it

0:54:52.040 --> 0:54:54.279
<v Speaker 6>goes to Westbrook and Beal's on the other side, it's

0:54:54.320 --> 0:54:56.520
<v Speaker 6>like a thirty percent chance it'll even get back to Beal.

0:54:57.000 --> 0:55:00.279
<v Speaker 6>He's been terrible. Westbrook has been brutal, so bad. Yeah,

0:55:00.760 --> 0:55:03.120
<v Speaker 6>unforced the errors left and right. Man, Like he just

0:55:03.600 --> 0:55:05.600
<v Speaker 6>chucks it to nobody or goes off his leg out

0:55:05.640 --> 0:55:08.279
<v Speaker 6>of bounds. You're like, Okay, there's just six possessions in

0:55:08.320 --> 0:55:09.719
<v Speaker 6>the fourth quarter of the game. You could have at

0:55:09.800 --> 0:55:10.480
<v Speaker 6>least made close.

0:55:10.640 --> 0:55:11.839
<v Speaker 7>Yeah. Yeah.

0:55:12.440 --> 0:55:16.239
<v Speaker 4>And he's been injured too, which is a big reason

0:55:16.280 --> 0:55:18.480
<v Speaker 4>why they traded Johan wall. I think they assumed that

0:55:18.520 --> 0:55:22.239
<v Speaker 4>they're getting the healthier player. And then Russell Westbrook has

0:55:22.280 --> 0:55:25.560
<v Speaker 4>a quad contusion, as many guys have had around the league.

0:55:25.560 --> 0:55:28.239
<v Speaker 4>There's a quad contusion thing going around the league. But

0:55:28.640 --> 0:55:30.279
<v Speaker 4>I don't know, maybe it's like last year he came

0:55:30.360 --> 0:55:32.400
<v Speaker 4>back in the playoffs there for the Houston Rockets, had

0:55:32.440 --> 0:55:36.000
<v Speaker 4>another quad injury and he just didn't look right, like

0:55:36.160 --> 0:55:38.480
<v Speaker 4>maybe he will get it going after playing a little bit.

0:55:38.600 --> 0:55:40.560
<v Speaker 4>I'm just trying to be optimistic, but like he had

0:55:40.600 --> 0:55:43.080
<v Speaker 4>a phenomenal January February last year.

0:55:43.600 --> 0:55:44.640
<v Speaker 7>I don't. Yeah, he is not.

0:55:45.800 --> 0:55:48.359
<v Speaker 4>He has not been healthier than John Wall. Really, they're

0:55:48.400 --> 0:55:51.239
<v Speaker 4>sort of in the same vein. The Wall has missed

0:55:51.239 --> 0:55:53.920
<v Speaker 4>some time. But Westbrook, Yeah, man, I thought they had

0:55:53.960 --> 0:55:57.080
<v Speaker 4>a year of good Russell and nope.

0:55:57.680 --> 0:56:00.040
<v Speaker 1>There is no doubt watching the two right now, you

0:56:00.080 --> 0:56:00.960
<v Speaker 1>would much rather have.

0:56:01.080 --> 0:56:03.320
<v Speaker 4>John Wata, especially defensively.

0:56:03.440 --> 0:56:04.520
<v Speaker 6>I mean, that's what I mean.

0:56:04.680 --> 0:56:07.759
<v Speaker 4>Gives it defense man. All right, So that's candidate number one.

0:56:08.000 --> 0:56:13.800
<v Speaker 4>Second nominee Kenny G Poker rights Jamal Murray's groin shot.

0:56:14.080 --> 0:56:14.520
<v Speaker 7>For sure.

0:56:15.000 --> 0:56:19.080
<v Speaker 4>It's fitting. We got a poker commenting Jamal Murray's growing shot.

0:56:19.120 --> 0:56:21.680
<v Speaker 4>If you remember Jamal Murray, he was on the floor,

0:56:21.719 --> 0:56:24.520
<v Speaker 4>he got up, hit Tim Hardaway, excuse me, below the

0:56:24.560 --> 0:56:27.920
<v Speaker 4>belt and yeah he got ejected. But I think the

0:56:28.080 --> 0:56:31.040
<v Speaker 4>part that angered me the most and why I included

0:56:31.080 --> 0:56:34.520
<v Speaker 4>this as a nominee, was because he objected to the referees,

0:56:34.760 --> 0:56:39.439
<v Speaker 4>Like he got so mad that he was ejected. Today's NBA.

0:56:39.600 --> 0:56:42.480
<v Speaker 4>If you get caught doing basically anything, you're going to

0:56:42.520 --> 0:56:44.399
<v Speaker 4>get ejected. But if you had a guy below the belt,

0:56:44.520 --> 0:56:47.160
<v Speaker 4>like it sure seemed like he was planning on going

0:56:47.239 --> 0:56:50.120
<v Speaker 4>after Timmy's and he got him.

0:56:52.040 --> 0:56:55.239
<v Speaker 1>Got him, He got fined twenty five thousand two, right, Yeah,

0:56:55.600 --> 0:56:57.759
<v Speaker 1>the ejection was warranted for sure y Yeah.

0:56:57.800 --> 0:57:01.400
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, we said, yeah, man, he had no complaint or

0:57:01.520 --> 0:57:04.160
<v Speaker 8>no reason to sort of defend himself there. He walked up,

0:57:04.239 --> 0:57:06.800
<v Speaker 8>he woke, he got off to the canvas and whacked

0:57:06.840 --> 0:57:09.560
<v Speaker 8>him hardaway, right in the nuts, apricut.

0:57:10.120 --> 0:57:11.759
<v Speaker 7>Yeah you know.

0:57:11.920 --> 0:57:13.719
<v Speaker 1>I mean, but you were saying, like whether or not

0:57:13.800 --> 0:57:15.880
<v Speaker 1>he should be suspended. Well, I sorry, like we'll but

0:57:15.960 --> 0:57:18.080
<v Speaker 1>pumped the bricks on that we said. But you know,

0:57:18.120 --> 0:57:19.800
<v Speaker 1>he got the fine and he got ejected from the game.

0:57:19.840 --> 0:57:21.840
<v Speaker 1>He heard his tim Yeah, oh and that's right.

0:57:22.120 --> 0:57:26.760
<v Speaker 8>I don't really think anyone's been suspended for one nut shot.

0:57:26.960 --> 0:57:30.080
<v Speaker 5>I don't think so. I know, Draymond Green, you know

0:57:30.200 --> 0:57:30.680
<v Speaker 5>the big thing.

0:57:30.760 --> 0:57:33.360
<v Speaker 8>Remember he got the thing with Steven Adams the playoffs,

0:57:33.400 --> 0:57:35.720
<v Speaker 8>but that wasn't Yeah, that was an accumulation rather than

0:57:36.280 --> 0:57:39.160
<v Speaker 8>the one shot. But I mean, there was no accident

0:57:39.200 --> 0:57:41.920
<v Speaker 8>there with Jamal Murray. There was no like, oops, sorry,

0:57:42.000 --> 0:57:44.640
<v Speaker 8>I accidentally whacked you in the nuts, right.

0:57:45.480 --> 0:57:49.200
<v Speaker 1>I half heartedly tried to make that case, but halfway

0:57:49.240 --> 0:57:50.960
<v Speaker 1>through I gave up saying no he was he was

0:57:51.040 --> 0:57:52.440
<v Speaker 1>just angry, so he just punched them in it.

0:57:52.600 --> 0:57:54.440
<v Speaker 5>And again Tim.

0:57:54.320 --> 0:57:57.200
<v Speaker 8>Hardaway didn't do anywhere, And there's there's very I can't

0:57:57.200 --> 0:57:59.600
<v Speaker 8>think of anything that would justify a nut shot. But

0:57:59.720 --> 0:58:02.200
<v Speaker 8>Tim Hardaway certainly didn't do anything to justify that.

0:58:02.360 --> 0:58:06.080
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's interesting, that's interesting. Yeah, Tim Hardaway spits

0:58:06.080 --> 0:58:07.360
<v Speaker 1>in his face, so you're okay with him.

0:58:07.560 --> 0:58:09.360
<v Speaker 5>Okay, Well that's a nut shot. That's a nut shot.

0:58:09.480 --> 0:58:13.280
<v Speaker 8>Yeah you're going to play dirty then, yeah, But ins

0:58:13.360 --> 0:58:16.160
<v Speaker 8>of you in terms of like a hard foul or

0:58:16.200 --> 0:58:18.600
<v Speaker 8>something like that, you can't you just say, all right,

0:58:18.640 --> 0:58:20.040
<v Speaker 8>well I'll get you in the nuts in return a

0:58:20.120 --> 0:58:22.240
<v Speaker 8>hard foul. You can get in return with a hard foul,

0:58:23.080 --> 0:58:25.760
<v Speaker 8>you know, like like Region Rondo and Brad Miller. Remember

0:58:25.800 --> 0:58:27.760
<v Speaker 8>that one carried over from one season to the next,

0:58:28.320 --> 0:58:29.919
<v Speaker 8>you know, out a hard foul.

0:58:32.280 --> 0:58:35.640
<v Speaker 6>People in the stream team are saying, Draymond on Lebron,

0:58:35.760 --> 0:58:39.200
<v Speaker 6>Remember Lebron stepped over Dramond, so Dramond reached up for

0:58:39.320 --> 0:58:42.000
<v Speaker 6>the punch. And that was obviously the same playoffs as

0:58:42.080 --> 0:58:45.400
<v Speaker 6>the Steven Adams kick. Yeah, if you get stepped over,

0:58:45.720 --> 0:58:46.959
<v Speaker 6>is it okay to punch up ones.

0:58:47.120 --> 0:58:49.640
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I mean that I will say in defense of

0:58:49.760 --> 0:58:53.000
<v Speaker 8>draining that way, it was it was sort of a reactionary, like,

0:58:53.680 --> 0:58:56.160
<v Speaker 8>you know, you're disrespecting me by stepping over me like that,

0:58:56.320 --> 0:58:58.400
<v Speaker 8>So he flicked his hand up like that.

0:58:58.720 --> 0:59:02.080
<v Speaker 5>So was that the one that actually got him suspended?

0:59:02.120 --> 0:59:02.240
<v Speaker 2>Then?

0:59:02.240 --> 0:59:07.000
<v Speaker 7>I think it was It was the accumulation of yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

0:59:07.040 --> 0:59:08.480
<v Speaker 7>I got suspended for game five.

0:59:09.040 --> 0:59:11.920
<v Speaker 8>Yeah yeah, So when does the Draymone one that was

0:59:12.000 --> 0:59:14.240
<v Speaker 8>Oh that was in the prior round, wasn't it against

0:59:14.240 --> 0:59:17.400
<v Speaker 8>the thunder with Steve Stephen Adams. Well he should have

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<v Speaker 8>been suspended for that one. I think that was.

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<v Speaker 1>And then prior to that there was the Beasly thing

0:59:21.360 --> 0:59:23.320
<v Speaker 1>and stuff like that. It was all added up that

0:59:23.440 --> 0:59:26.800
<v Speaker 1>he got the suspension. It wasn't just because he uh

0:59:27.640 --> 0:59:31.720
<v Speaker 1>whatever you said, ding Lebron, dingked lebron, Yeah, ding oh

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<v Speaker 1>dig the daily dig.

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<v Speaker 6>It was it was?

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<v Speaker 7>It was yeah, that was that was a nuts Yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>that was a nut tap.

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<v Speaker 4>I know Lee likes to use the word nuts. He

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<v Speaker 4>said it about fourteen times in the last but now

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like sometimes I say, hitting him in the nuts,

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<v Speaker 4>no doubt, no doubt. But you know, we've got about

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<v Speaker 4>forty thousand euphemisms for nuts, everts, beans beans, Tim Hardaway's

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<v Speaker 4>tim bitts, the tim bittss. But that was a nut

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<v Speaker 4>tap that one way back, I go with nut tap.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, Jamal Murray got him in the boner and

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<v Speaker 4>the beef. So moving on to our third nominee. Here

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<v Speaker 4>Lebron for shoving Joel Embiid when he went up for

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<v Speaker 4>a dunk, according to Pete Sumacoll but it's polarizing because

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<v Speaker 4>Pete takes that position, while Ryan Grossman replied and said

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<v Speaker 4>Embiid for flopping on Lebron's light push, oh excuse me,

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<v Speaker 4>and flinging his legs forward instead of trying to land

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<v Speaker 4>like a normal human being.

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<v Speaker 7>So the debate.

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<v Speaker 4>And amongst our comments here when Lebron yeah, put his

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<v Speaker 4>hands on Joel Embiid and Biid went down hard on

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<v Speaker 4>his back, that big play. Marcus Sole may have got

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<v Speaker 4>a hand on him there as well. Yeah, so I

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<v Speaker 4>kind of disagree with Ryan Grossman. I don't think he

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<v Speaker 4>was trying to injure himself and throw up his legs

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<v Speaker 4>and land on his back. No chance, Joel Embiid's trying

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<v Speaker 4>to hurt himself or or land in an awkward position.

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<v Speaker 4>But I know you guys have talked about it. Have

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<v Speaker 4>any of you change your opinion on Lebron putting his

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<v Speaker 4>hands and not playing, you know, real defense, not jumping

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<v Speaker 4>and trying to block Joel Embiid's shot.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I mean that photo is great because we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it, like it looks like Lebron's like, please don't

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<v Speaker 1>dunk on me. I don't want to be on this poster.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's putting up his hands. Now, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>and I stick by this. I know we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>the video, but I don't think Lebron really straight up

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<v Speaker 1>pushes Joel Embiid. I think he's bracing himself. And you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's a weird like Lakers sandwich thing going

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<v Speaker 1>on here. Where Lebron's pressing high. There might be some

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<v Speaker 1>contact from gasol a little bit lower, and that one

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<v Speaker 1>guy pushing high on his on his front, one guy

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<v Speaker 1>pushing a little bit lower from the back that might

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<v Speaker 1>sort of topple e bead a little bit in the air. Now, Embiid,

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<v Speaker 1>you know Grossman's right, Embiid, he embellisihous, But I'm with you.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he was trying to just straight up

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<v Speaker 1>land on his ass when he's and having back problems,

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<v Speaker 1>So I think they got it. I was totally fine

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<v Speaker 1>with the flagrant call on that because he did hit

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<v Speaker 1>the ground hard and a guy in the air is vulnerable,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, again there's like sort of this weird

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<v Speaker 1>pushing from both sides. I think by accident a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit and Lebron just not wanted to get dunked on.

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't malicious to really go to a flagrant too,

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion. So I don't know if that's a

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<v Speaker 1>worst of the week for me and I strike it.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think, Trey, I.

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<v Speaker 6>Don't like pushing guys out of the air when they're jumping.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think it was a maliciously bad push by Lebron.

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<v Speaker 6>I think a flagrant one was the right call. But

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<v Speaker 6>embiid that guy has crazy falls, man, that's just how

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<v Speaker 6>he falls. He's wild. When he goes down to the ground,

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<v Speaker 6>the legs go flying. He lands, however he's going to

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<v Speaker 6>land sometimes it looks really really bad, and that one

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<v Speaker 6>obviously looks pretty brutal. But I thought a flagrant one

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<v Speaker 6>was the right call. I didn't think Embeid flopp it

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<v Speaker 6>think he just falls hilariously and that's exactly what happened.

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<v Speaker 6>So yeah, the call was right, but I will still

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<v Speaker 6>allow this as a worst of the week because you

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<v Speaker 6>shouldn't be pushing guys when they're jumping lely.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, he absolutely shouldn't push him. I don't think he did, though.

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<v Speaker 8>I think it was just he just sort of got

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<v Speaker 8>caught out and he was almost trying to protect himself. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>braced himself and just the way that Embiid fell made

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<v Speaker 8>it worse. If you want someone who flopped badly, it

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<v Speaker 8>was in the whoopsies this week. Gary Trent Junior. Diving

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<v Speaker 8>out of bounds like that, that's the worst of the

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<v Speaker 8>week if you ask me, that's like he did. I

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<v Speaker 8>didn't even know if he felt the guy behind him,

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<v Speaker 8>and he dived away from the ball. That to me

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<v Speaker 8>is embellishment, I think, and beats a big, heavy dude

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<v Speaker 8>and just the momentum sort of carried him down. I

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<v Speaker 8>don't think there was any real embellishment. I don't think

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<v Speaker 8>Lebron did anything nasty there. Just sometimes those things happen,

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<v Speaker 8>and I'm just glad though that Embiid was able to

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<v Speaker 8>finish the game, the Sixers were able to win, and

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<v Speaker 8>as far as I can tell, there's been no lingering.

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<v Speaker 5>Issues with that.

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<v Speaker 8>For because if he falls and he's out for the game,

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<v Speaker 8>and if the Lakers win, and if embads out for

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<v Speaker 8>three or four games and Lebron didn't get ejected, then

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<v Speaker 8>you can see the conspiracy theorists pouring out and saying, Oh,

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<v Speaker 8>the NBA loves Lebron, and Lebron gets away with everything.

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<v Speaker 8>So I'm just glad that no injuries came from that incident.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, you guys are leaning away from that one. So

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<v Speaker 4>it's either Jamal Murray and his cohoney shot. I remember lee,

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<v Speaker 4>that's my favorite word for nuts. It's Cojon's gotta go

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<v Speaker 4>with that. Yeah, and I know you like Spanish words,

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<v Speaker 4>so let's go Jamal Murray. And with Wizards. I think

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<v Speaker 4>I think everybody's leaning towards Wizards. It just seems like

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<v Speaker 4>that's the nice that's the nice middle ground. Everybody's just

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<v Speaker 4>railing on the Washington Yard.

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<v Speaker 1>That's horrible week. Yeah, that's my that's my pick. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>but good nominees there. All right, let's get to tweet

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<v Speaker 1>of the Night.

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<v Speaker 4>Tweet of the Night.

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<v Speaker 7>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Now tweet in the Night is inspired by this crazy

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<v Speaker 1>story that I really still haven't figured out. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>game stop story the Stalks, But I love this little part.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a two part tweet the Night. Here ESPN's Pablo

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<v Speaker 1>Torre he tweeted, he whispers, the guy who runs Melvin Capital,

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<v Speaker 1>the game stop shorting hedge fund Reddit is trying to obliterate,

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<v Speaker 1>is a co owner of the Charlotte Hornets. Gasp. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I love this response from at Cranky Cyborg, who whispers

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<v Speaker 1>back in a darkened room. Craig Elo places a large

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<v Speaker 1>by of gmmet laughs. Maniacally great tweet Crank Cyborg Again,

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<v Speaker 1>Do I understand the whole thing completely? No, but I

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<v Speaker 1>get this. I know what's going on here. Obviously a

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<v Speaker 1>co owner of the Hornets, me, and you're working with

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Jordan there. Well, craig ELO's getting his revenge for

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<v Speaker 1>one of the greatest moments in NBA postseason history. Yeah, JD,

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<v Speaker 1>way to rack it up. Oh, of course we're talking.

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan hanging in the air to knock down the shot

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<v Speaker 1>over a dejected craig Elo in the back to win

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<v Speaker 1>the series. During the eighty nine Playoffs Bowls over Calves.

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<v Speaker 6>Talk about a game stop.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right, well done.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh man, what a swing in three seconds from Craig Eler.

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<v Speaker 8>He basically won the YEP the series for his team,

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<v Speaker 8>and then that's all we remember him for, just slumping

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<v Speaker 8>after Michael knocks in that shot.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's getting his revenge. He's getting his revenge, you

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<v Speaker 1>know now, some thirty years later or whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's like hanging three seconds, like buying a stock, right,

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<v Speaker 4>like you're just sitting there ready to click, click, click click,

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<v Speaker 4>just went up.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I got it?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh I didn't.

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<v Speaker 4>It's all like buying a shoe on one of those

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<v Speaker 4>sites where you buy a shoe. Yeah, one of those,

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<v Speaker 4>one of those, one of those.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm already excited for this movie though, this game stop

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<v Speaker 1>movie or series or whatever, looking forward to it.

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<v Speaker 5>Really wait, just watch Trading Places. Trading Places is a

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<v Speaker 5>great movie.

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<v Speaker 1>Turning Places is a great movie. The Big is a

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<v Speaker 1>good movie.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah it's a good movie. Yeah you're not excited for this,

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<v Speaker 7>Come on, this.

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<v Speaker 1>Will be This will make a good either documentary or

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<v Speaker 1>even movie.

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<v Speaker 7>For sure.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll just go back and watch Vin diesel In boiler Room.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, that's last picked.

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<v Speaker 6>Basically just a remake of Glengarry Glenn Ross with Vin

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<v Speaker 6>Diesel and Giovanni Rabisi classic right there, though. I heard

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<v Speaker 6>the next stock that's going to be really hot is Arby's. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>people are gonna be beefing up that stock to the move.

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<v Speaker 6>Get your beef now, baby.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, get your beef now. Okay, just a reminder pick

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<v Speaker 1>them result, We're not going to pick a game tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll start it up on Monday again for February. But

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<v Speaker 1>Tass is the loser, our first loser of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>In pick them, Tassi Russ start for you. Let's be

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<v Speaker 1>honest here, eight and sixteen not your best work, but

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<v Speaker 1>you will be paying it off and that's always fun.

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<v Speaker 1>So if people have a last minute idea, let us know,

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<v Speaker 1>no dunks at the Athletic dot Com, let us know

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<v Speaker 1>in the stream team, what you'd like to see Tassi

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<v Speaker 1>do to pay off his first lost here of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>It could be anything. We could do it live during

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<v Speaker 1>the show. We can make a little clip for social

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<v Speaker 1>and share that up across all of our social channels.

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<v Speaker 4>Whatever you got, let us know, Yeah, come up with

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<v Speaker 4>the idea. And the social plan as well as the

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<v Speaker 4>production plan for us.

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<v Speaker 7>Please thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's end this fun drop podcast with a

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<v Speaker 1>little rapid fire fund.

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<v Speaker 7>There we go.

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<v Speaker 4>The Warriors Kelly Ubre has been in several trade rumors recently.

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<v Speaker 4>Dubbs head coach Steve Kerr thought Uber should hear about

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<v Speaker 4>what happened from the organization's perspective, so he and the

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<v Speaker 4>struggling forward had a little one on one talk. When's

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<v Speaker 4>the time you initiated a difficult conversation, like Steve Kerr did?

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<v Speaker 4>Jd Well it?

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<v Speaker 3>Actually it was with our own Trey Kirby, believe it

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<v Speaker 3>or not, back in our third year. We're going into

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<v Speaker 3>our third year of the Starters and Matt and I

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<v Speaker 3>had discussed it at length and we had sort of

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<v Speaker 3>decided arbitrarily we were taking Trey off the big desk

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<v Speaker 3>and giving him is his own spot, and we were like,

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<v Speaker 3>this is going to be awesome, this is going to

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<v Speaker 3>be great for Trey. We're really excited for it. But

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<v Speaker 3>we were terrified that he wasn't going to be into

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<v Speaker 3>it at all. So it was like it was I

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<v Speaker 3>was nervous about it.

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<v Speaker 4>I was.

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<v Speaker 3>We didn't know how he was going to react and

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<v Speaker 3>and uh, listeners and viewers are going to sort of

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<v Speaker 3>be surprised. But out of all the five of us,

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<v Speaker 3>Trey Kirby, he's the most angry I've ever seen any

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<v Speaker 3>of us, you know, like he he can't get angry,

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<v Speaker 3>So we were concerned. I was nervous, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>he he's a true professionally took it like a champ

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<v Speaker 3>and he and killed it in that position. So it

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<v Speaker 3>all worked out, but you were worried. It was a

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<v Speaker 3>difficult conversation to initiate.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll tell you that right now, still waiting for that

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<v Speaker 6>stool to sit on.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that was the first thing he said. I had

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<v Speaker 3>to stand for thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I swear that's what all the viewers were most

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<v Speaker 1>concerned about.

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<v Speaker 6>Too.

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<v Speaker 1>Poor Tray gona stand for the entire show.

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<v Speaker 3>I was very concerned about that, believe me.

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<v Speaker 6>Jad's right though. I keep it pretty chill, but when

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<v Speaker 6>the flip switches.

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<v Speaker 3>It's actually a joy to see. I love I love

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<v Speaker 3>it when it happens. Just now, when it's directed at me.

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<v Speaker 6>I had a nice blow up, Summred. I guess it

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<v Speaker 6>probably would have been about this time last year when

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<v Speaker 6>we were talking about live shows. Yes, some people on

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<v Speaker 6>the phone.

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<v Speaker 7>We went on about it.

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<v Speaker 6>Sometimes that's the thing. You got to keep it under

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<v Speaker 6>the surface so when the explosions come, people really listen.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a fun treat. When you get very angry,

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<v Speaker 1>I always go back to the to the Shakeshack incident

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<v Speaker 1>to four years.

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<v Speaker 6>I was more angry about having to walk to a

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<v Speaker 6>shake Shack because Matt Austin wouldn't let me eat a

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<v Speaker 6>bacon burger than I was about having to sit over

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<v Speaker 6>at a different table for four years. Come here for years?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, that.

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<v Speaker 2>Story.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Tray, what's your answer for this one? Is it

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<v Speaker 4>that conversation you have with j.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm still waiting. No, I can't find the right time

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<v Speaker 6>to ask him about that stool.

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<v Speaker 1>I just.

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<v Speaker 6>You do got to initiate a lot of difficult conversations

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<v Speaker 6>when you're a dad. For me, a lot lately has

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<v Speaker 6>been about Mario Kart. We got to switch for Christmas.

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<v Speaker 6>I do think my mom may have helped bring game

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<v Speaker 6>Stop stock back. You know, she bought me a Nintendo

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<v Speaker 6>Switch from game Stop. I couldn't believe it when she

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<v Speaker 6>sent me the order. I was like, Wow, game Stop,

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<v Speaker 6>Little did I know A month later, we're all millionaires

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<v Speaker 6>off of it. But I've been having to tell the

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<v Speaker 6>girls they love trash talking me and I love it.

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<v Speaker 6>I love getting trash talk on, like it's important that

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<v Speaker 6>you learn this now at a young age. But they're

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<v Speaker 6>not very good at trash talk yet. They'll be like

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<v Speaker 6>they get you know, the blueshell that comes from last

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<v Speaker 6>place to hit somebody in first place, or you get

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<v Speaker 6>the bullet bill. You get these incredible objects when you're

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<v Speaker 6>in the back of the pack and the girls are

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<v Speaker 6>all like, eh, sorry, dad, I'm like, I paused the game.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm like, you know what, you're getting all the good

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<v Speaker 6>items because you're in last place. You to pick up

1:12:06.520 --> 1:12:10.040
<v Speaker 6>your game. Here we're trying to beat the red team.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm carrying this. I'm putting up fifteen in first place.

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<v Speaker 6>You're down in eleventh and twelfth. I need to see

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<v Speaker 6>it tenth and ninth. And they picked it up and

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<v Speaker 6>they were there and now they are classic trash talkers.

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<v Speaker 6>You'll love to see it.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>So you play as a team, is that what you

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<v Speaker 1>can do?

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<v Speaker 6>You can you can't? You like to play on the

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<v Speaker 6>same team because then you also you also can't hit

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<v Speaker 6>each other. You know, like what somebody you can't I

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<v Speaker 6>can't hit Eyler eight up whatever it is. But but yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 6>I feel like the wizards out there sometimes I'm putting

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<v Speaker 6>up these masks. I'm putting up a fifteen every time.

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<v Speaker 6>First place again for Daddy didn't have to use an object.

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<v Speaker 7>Pick it up. Stop dribbling it off your foot skates.

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<v Speaker 7>What's your answer for this one?

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<v Speaker 1>A time I initiated a difficult conversation. I'm ninety nine

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<v Speaker 1>percent sure I've shared this story before on the podcast

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<v Speaker 1>because we've been talking for fifteen sixteen years now. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's an old story, so I'll just tell it again

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<v Speaker 1>because I know we have new listeners. It's the well

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<v Speaker 1>I call it the infamous thirty shirt story. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if that rings a bell for you, especially Tass. Yeah, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So just quickly, it was a long time ago. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>living with my buddy Brody and Tody, Yes that's true,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, and Tim, our other friend, Tim was getting married.

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<v Speaker 1>It was gonna be a very small wedding at the

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<v Speaker 1>court at the courthouse and then just sort of back

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<v Speaker 1>to Tim's place, and you know, Ken was coming over,

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<v Speaker 1>Brody was going I'm going with Nora and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>We had like a small, little like pre party at

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<v Speaker 1>our place. Now again I'm living with Brody and Tody.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all getting ready for this small wedding, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a bunch of talk with the guys, like are

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<v Speaker 1>we all wearing the same colored shirt? Sort of to

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<v Speaker 1>like almost make it look like we're groomsmen.

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<v Speaker 3>Again.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a really small affair, but like we're like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll wear a blue shirt. Who is not invited to

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<v Speaker 1>the wedding. He because he's there and we're all there

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<v Speaker 1>and we're all friends. But you know, Tody's sort of

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<v Speaker 1>like at the time, was like a you know, one

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<v Speaker 1>extension right, one layer sort of removed at least from Tim's.

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<v Speaker 1>But he starts going, oh, god, well, I guess I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta iron my blue shirt. I hate ironing. And so

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<v Speaker 1>the whole time Tody, in front of everybody, is ironing

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<v Speaker 1>his blue shirt and he's hating it because who likes

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<v Speaker 1>to iron? I mean I hate it too. He's he's

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<v Speaker 1>just all angry because we decided on a blue shirt

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<v Speaker 1>and he's got to iron it. But like everybody's looking

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<v Speaker 1>around at each other going does he know like, is

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<v Speaker 1>he invited? Like, are we sure he's coming? Of course?

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<v Speaker 1>Ken and and Brody. No one wants to like bring

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<v Speaker 1>it up. No one wants to say it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just can't. Like I'm sitting there going I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>Tim's invited him. I don't think he's allowed to have

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<v Speaker 1>that many people at the courthouse. Like, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>Tody to show up to this and not be allowed in.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, all right there. Everybody else is like,

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<v Speaker 1>while Tody's like cursing from the other room, iron thinking

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<v Speaker 1>his shirt, everybody else is like, oh, we should we do?

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<v Speaker 1>What should we do? I'm like, all right, screw it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I didn't want to do it in front

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<v Speaker 1>of everyone. So I called Tody into my room. It's like, hey, man,

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<v Speaker 1>like I like, I actually asked him. I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>did Tim invite you to the wedding? I like we

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<v Speaker 1>we just weren't sure. And he's like no, I like,

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't know if there's like enough room. And

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<v Speaker 1>he was like all right, and just like so sad,

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<v Speaker 1>so sad because he wasn't now coming to the wedding,

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<v Speaker 1>but sort of happy he didn't have to keep ironing

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<v Speaker 1>his shirt just like literally just walked over back to

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<v Speaker 1>his computer and sat down, and everybody knew I'd had

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation with him. But man, it was like I

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<v Speaker 1>did not want to do it.

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<v Speaker 6>I should, you know what?

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<v Speaker 1>I I wish I didn't because what would Nothing would

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<v Speaker 1>have happened, he would have came to the wedding, Nothing

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<v Speaker 1>would have happened. I just don't know why I got

1:15:46.360 --> 1:15:48.080
<v Speaker 1>I got in my head. I was concerned that like

1:15:48.200 --> 1:15:52.800
<v Speaker 1>the numbers thing in the courthouse or something, But it

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<v Speaker 1>was the province so funny watching him angrily iron his

1:15:58.520 --> 1:16:00.080
<v Speaker 1>shirt thinking he.

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<v Speaker 5>Was going for I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 6>It kills me, but yeah, that's worse angrily ironing a

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<v Speaker 6>shirt or being despondent that you're no longer ironing a shirt.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, it was just sad, sad.

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<v Speaker 4>I like how people have photoshopped him into the courthouse,

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<v Speaker 4>into the photos. There's a little Todi's face right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Photoshop.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah he is.

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<v Speaker 4>I like that story because I actually went to Tody's

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<v Speaker 4>bachelor party because I was sort of an extension of

1:16:30.160 --> 1:16:33.320
<v Speaker 4>an extension. I wasn't invited to his bachelor party, and

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<v Speaker 4>this was in British Columbia, Canada's on the West Coast,

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<v Speaker 4>but I went to a cousin's wedding in Seattle, so

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<v Speaker 4>I was just kind of around there. So then I

1:16:42.120 --> 1:16:43.920
<v Speaker 4>just latched on and I had a great time at

1:16:43.960 --> 1:16:46.640
<v Speaker 4>this bachelor party. Oh man, yeah, I was wearing my

1:16:46.880 --> 1:16:49.479
<v Speaker 4>ruse shoes lely. It was such a blast.

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<v Speaker 1>I really should have pulled you aside task and said, yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you on this boat?

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<v Speaker 7>But I let it go.

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<v Speaker 6>I learned my.

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<v Speaker 4>Lesson fantastic all right next here, seventy two year old

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<v Speaker 4>Spurst head coach Greg Popovich has received his first dose

1:17:04.600 --> 1:17:08.000
<v Speaker 4>of the COVID nineteen vaccine. In a short PSA release

1:17:08.040 --> 1:17:10.839
<v Speaker 4>by the NBA, pop said, science wise, it's a no brainer.

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<v Speaker 4>What's something you've done that you felt was undoubtedly the

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<v Speaker 4>right thing to do, but others questioned it.

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<v Speaker 7>JD.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So I've always been very frank and candid with

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<v Speaker 3>my kids. I never watch my language around them. I

1:17:28.560 --> 1:17:32.599
<v Speaker 3>never have. I always let them tell me what's appropriate

1:17:32.680 --> 1:17:34.960
<v Speaker 3>for them to watch, and rather than me tell them

1:17:35.080 --> 1:17:37.800
<v Speaker 3>so whatever they can handle, I will let them watch

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<v Speaker 3>and I stand by that. But people don't like it.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't like it at all. Yes, my kids have

1:17:47.680 --> 1:17:50.519
<v Speaker 3>potty mouths when they're inside the house. They don't when

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<v Speaker 3>they know enough not to use that language outside of

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<v Speaker 3>the house. But you know, I'm right and I don't care,

1:17:57.760 --> 1:18:02.519
<v Speaker 3>and people are people are annoyed by it, and that's fine,

1:18:03.080 --> 1:18:06.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, let them be annoyed. But that's my parenting

1:18:06.040 --> 1:18:07.200
<v Speaker 3>style and I'm sticking to it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, were you dropping potty mouths potty words like when

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<v Speaker 4>they were you know, three four when they repeat.

1:18:13.040 --> 1:18:15.759
<v Speaker 3>It everything, or oh yeah, day one, day one.

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<v Speaker 4>So they're dropping f bombs? I mean when they were

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<v Speaker 4>what in junior kindergarten daycare because they didn't know to

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<v Speaker 4>reel it in. Then well, it's very possible. It's very possible.

1:18:27.840 --> 1:18:30.840
<v Speaker 3>But I never got any reports of any foul language

1:18:30.880 --> 1:18:33.200
<v Speaker 3>at daycare or places like that. But you know, I've

1:18:34.640 --> 1:18:38.000
<v Speaker 3>there's there's all sorts of behavior that people that kids

1:18:38.080 --> 1:18:41.599
<v Speaker 3>take to daycare with them, you know, Like I had

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<v Speaker 3>a daycare teacher tell me once about a girl who

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<v Speaker 3>would always fix cocktails like at the daycare, you know

1:18:49.400 --> 1:18:51.920
<v Speaker 3>what I mean, Like she would pretend to make martinis

1:18:51.960 --> 1:18:54.960
<v Speaker 3>and a shaker and stuff like that, you know. And

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<v Speaker 3>then there was another kid who whenever he got into

1:18:59.560 --> 1:19:03.479
<v Speaker 3>you know, like toy car. He was just bom around

1:19:03.720 --> 1:19:06.479
<v Speaker 3>and just fist and get out of the way, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, fisting, fisting galore.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so you know.

1:19:17.439 --> 1:19:20.640
<v Speaker 3>That stuff is that stuff is totally normal, and uh,

1:19:21.120 --> 1:19:26.559
<v Speaker 3>you know, it's fine. It's it's there. Once kids get

1:19:26.600 --> 1:19:29.040
<v Speaker 3>to a certain age, they know what they're supposed to

1:19:29.080 --> 1:19:30.600
<v Speaker 3>say when they're supposed to say it, and you just

1:19:30.720 --> 1:19:33.080
<v Speaker 3>have to trust them to to to do that. And

1:19:33.240 --> 1:19:35.200
<v Speaker 3>by the way, I think they're going to use that

1:19:35.320 --> 1:19:38.360
<v Speaker 3>language anyway, because I hear my kids on zoom calls

1:19:38.400 --> 1:19:41.040
<v Speaker 3>all the time, and the other kids are just as bad,

1:19:41.080 --> 1:19:43.360
<v Speaker 3>and I know that their parents are not are not

1:19:44.000 --> 1:19:46.200
<v Speaker 3>into them using that kind of language. I mean, the

1:19:46.240 --> 1:19:49.400
<v Speaker 3>probably learned it from my kids, But again I don't care.

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<v Speaker 6>Great Paul from Irwin Erosio in the stream team, who says,

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<v Speaker 6>I mean they said oh ship in the TBJ Christmas album, Well, yes,

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<v Speaker 6>a classic moment, very very being JD's kids, that's exactly right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>all right, Trey, what's your answer for this one. I'm

1:20:08.560 --> 1:20:11.920
<v Speaker 6>becoming a late stay upper again, and I don't know.

1:20:12.080 --> 1:20:14.960
<v Speaker 6>Others question it because you should be getting full night's sleep.

1:20:15.000 --> 1:20:16.759
<v Speaker 6>But I like to think of myself as Michael Jordan.

1:20:16.840 --> 1:20:18.560
<v Speaker 6>You know, he didn't sleep that much. So for me,

1:20:19.000 --> 1:20:21.000
<v Speaker 6>get that yoga and get that shower, and then I'm

1:20:21.040 --> 1:20:23.160
<v Speaker 6>ready to go. I would rather watch the games.

1:20:22.920 --> 1:20:23.479
<v Speaker 5>At night.

1:20:24.960 --> 1:20:27.439
<v Speaker 6>And then try and remember exactly what happened in the morning,

1:20:27.439 --> 1:20:29.320
<v Speaker 6>because then I can throw on a ten minute recap

1:20:29.400 --> 1:20:32.200
<v Speaker 6>and be like, oh, yes, I do enjoy basketball, and

1:20:32.320 --> 1:20:34.760
<v Speaker 6>what happened last night? I remember this happening. But uh,

1:20:35.720 --> 1:20:38.160
<v Speaker 6>I don't know even I question it staying up super

1:20:38.240 --> 1:20:39.800
<v Speaker 6>duper late. But how else are you going to see

1:20:39.800 --> 1:20:40.280
<v Speaker 6>that big beef?

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<v Speaker 1>How many hours of sleep are you getting?

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<v Speaker 6>Five or six?

1:20:43.920 --> 1:20:44.040
<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, you know.

1:20:46.479 --> 1:20:50.360
<v Speaker 6>I think different buddies required different different things. The problem

1:20:50.439 --> 1:20:52.400
<v Speaker 6>is when I'll get like a four hour night sleep,

1:20:52.520 --> 1:20:56.040
<v Speaker 6>that's not that's too little. Five, five as doable, four

1:20:56.080 --> 1:20:56.880
<v Speaker 6>as bad news bears.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, try it is a good master class on sleep.

1:21:00.560 --> 1:21:01.600
<v Speaker 5>Matthew Walker puts it.

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<v Speaker 6>There and you fall asleep.

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<v Speaker 5>No, no, it's pretty pretty amazing. But I'm surprised.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm not surprised the world is like just teetering on

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<v Speaker 8>the brink of complete disaster, because when you listen to

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<v Speaker 8>this guy and see just how important sleep is and

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<v Speaker 8>how it affects every single part of life. It's like,

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<v Speaker 8>oh my god, no wonder everyone's so crazy these days.

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<v Speaker 6>Are you saying my temper is because I'm not getting

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<v Speaker 6>any sleep?

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<v Speaker 8>I'm just saying it's pretty fascinating. It's pretty pretty fascinating.

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<v Speaker 8>Even LEBRONI even gets a shout out. It Actually Lebron's

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<v Speaker 8>apparently a great sleep recording to him, I.

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<v Speaker 5>Don't Ron's still sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>He blew my mind.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh man, anyway, check it out.

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<v Speaker 7>All right, it's skeets. So what's your answer?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just quickly, something you've done that you felt was

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<v Speaker 1>undoubtedly the right thing to do. But others question. I

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<v Speaker 1>would see every single iteration of this show. Every time

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<v Speaker 1>we've made a big change, you get the haters, you

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<v Speaker 1>get the doubtors saying, why would you ever do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you take an audio podcast and turn it

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<v Speaker 1>into a video podcast. That's stupid. No one's going to

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<v Speaker 1>watch that, that's dumb. Oh, actually they're wrong, and I

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<v Speaker 1>thank oh. We never listened to those people because it

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<v Speaker 1>ended up turning into a real job for us and

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<v Speaker 1>not just a podcast where we did we did, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>put our heart and soul into it and get get

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<v Speaker 1>paid a single thing you know, I get it. People

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<v Speaker 1>don't like change. But every time we switch something up,

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<v Speaker 1>try something new, you just get people I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>about that. I don't like that change that don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, uh no, that's not how it works, man.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to keep changing. You got to keep trying things,

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<v Speaker 1>especially to create this into it or turn this into

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<v Speaker 1>a job. So just every time we did that, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm talking about, especially tasing JD way back

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<v Speaker 1>in the day. It's less. So now maybe we've gained

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<v Speaker 1>the trust to people, but back then it was a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of like that. That will never work. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>dumb idea, and we prove them wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I despise change. My one year old is eating it

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<v Speaker 4>all over the floor. I can't wait till till we're

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<v Speaker 4>a cashless society and coins are gone forever. Speaking of change,

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<v Speaker 4>Kevin Porter Junior was traded from the Caves to the

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<v Speaker 4>Rockets this past week after he went on a tie

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<v Speaker 4>raid in Cleveland's locker room. Porter Junior was angry about

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<v Speaker 4>his playing time this season, which has been nil, and

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<v Speaker 4>the Cavs thought the relationship with Porter was irreconcilable. So

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<v Speaker 4>when's the time you needed a fresh start, like kp

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<v Speaker 4>JA does JD.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, obviously the answer is right now, like today, immediately,

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<v Speaker 3>like it's urgent, the alarm bells are ringing, but you know,

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<v Speaker 3>spinning up what Skeez was just talking about. In this business,

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes fresh starts are kind of overrated a little, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, yes, we need to do it, yes we

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<v Speaker 3>need to be stay uncomfortable, But how many times have

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<v Speaker 3>we reinvented this show in the last year and a

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<v Speaker 3>half alone. I mean, it's got to be six or

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<v Speaker 3>seven at least, you know, going from in the studio

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<v Speaker 3>to home to video to blah blah blah. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>gonna happen again in about nine months. And every time

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<v Speaker 3>we do it, it's an enormous amount of work, right

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<v Speaker 3>for all of us. So I'm looking forward to us,

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<v Speaker 3>hopefully in the next six to nine months, us getting

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<v Speaker 3>back together in the same room to do the show.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm already freaked out about how much work it's

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<v Speaker 3>gonna be because it's gonna be a massive undertaking. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>fresh starts overrated, but you gotta do it. Not an answer,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess, but.

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<v Speaker 7>Definitely, hey man, that was a thoughtful answer is what

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<v Speaker 7>it was.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Tess Tray next one for me.

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<v Speaker 6>A fresh start at anytime that I have to get

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<v Speaker 6>a new phone. My phone breaks every one point five years.

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<v Speaker 6>I get furious that day that it's broken, that I

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<v Speaker 6>can't take my Instagram pictures, and I got a new

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<v Speaker 6>one a couple of days later. I love to start fresh.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't want all the same apps there. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 6>eventually download so apps, but I don't want to just

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<v Speaker 6>clone it. I want to feel what I'm actually using,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, I want to feel. I want to be

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<v Speaker 6>in deep with my phone to know where things are

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<v Speaker 6>going to live.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you?

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<v Speaker 6>How are you going to do it?

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<v Speaker 3>You know?

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<v Speaker 6>Once I get the tip that, oh you know how

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<v Speaker 6>geniuses organize their apps in folders. That really opened my eyes.

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<v Speaker 6>And next thing I know, I only got two pages

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<v Speaker 6>worth of apps. You're able to trim them down, keep

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<v Speaker 6>things a little bit more organized. I always like to

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<v Speaker 6>start fresh. I don't want to come in with an

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<v Speaker 6>old phone, out with the old, in with the new.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't stand folders on the phone. You guys, I

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<v Speaker 3>did the same thing, put all my apps into folders,

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<v Speaker 3>And now there's there's apps that I've still to this day,

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<v Speaker 3>I have no idea where they are. I can't find them,

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<v Speaker 3>like it, I just I just search, you know.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's how I launched most of my apps is

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<v Speaker 6>via search as well. Pulled down and look for something.

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<v Speaker 6>But it's also freaky how good they're getting at the recommendations.

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<v Speaker 6>Like anytime I swipe down to open up the search feature,

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<v Speaker 6>the first thing that pops up at if it's five

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<v Speaker 6>o'clock New York Times cooking, They're like, oh, it's dinner time,

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<v Speaker 6>is it. We're trying to figure out what to make.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm like, whoa, you're right, perhap it's braised beans. We

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<v Speaker 6>shall see. They learn, they learned. I mean, your phone

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<v Speaker 6>knows you. So maybe that's a good reason to start

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<v Speaker 6>fresh too. Throw a curveball. They're like, whoa this guy

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<v Speaker 6>is using He's outs totally differently.

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<v Speaker 7>Skeets your answer.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's similar, I guess to where JD was going.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to say, after every season, for sure

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<v Speaker 1>is when you need the fresh start. And this has

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<v Speaker 1>been a weird one because we didn't really have an

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<v Speaker 1>off season. You know, there was a few weeks there,

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<v Speaker 1>but we weren't going anywhere. I love the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>doing a big, long, crazy NBA season, putting our heart

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<v Speaker 1>and soul into it, creating a ton of ton of content,

1:26:39.880 --> 1:26:42.559
<v Speaker 1>watching a ton of games, having a blast, and then man,

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<v Speaker 1>just being exhausted at the end of it and getting

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<v Speaker 1>the hell out of Dodge for a little bit and

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<v Speaker 1>trying to go do something and travel with Wilt. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't do that right now, So I need that

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<v Speaker 1>eventually and we'll get there. But I would say right now,

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<v Speaker 1>with the amount of work we're doing over the last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks, every Friday is a nice like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>at least we don't have something lined up on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>And I even sometimes will take the Friday night off

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<v Speaker 1>from watching basketball, even it depends if the Raps are

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<v Speaker 1>playing and who they're playing and stuff like that. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just like I'll catch up on Saturday morning with

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<v Speaker 1>what I need to know and I'll actually take the

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<v Speaker 1>night off from watching you know, four or five hours

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<v Speaker 1>of basketball. So every Friday right now, with the amount

1:27:18.680 --> 1:27:22.840
<v Speaker 1>of content we're pumping out during the week, it's like, Okay,

1:27:23.080 --> 1:27:24.600
<v Speaker 1>end of the week is here. I could use a

1:27:24.720 --> 1:27:27.679
<v Speaker 1>day off from worrying about getting something up on social

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<v Speaker 1>doing this, doing that, doing this. So it's nice, that's great.

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<v Speaker 1>But then the best part, the beautiful part about it all,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, come Sunday, I'm like, man, I wish we

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<v Speaker 1>had a show today. You know. It's like I can't

1:27:37.320 --> 1:27:39.040
<v Speaker 1>wait for Monday. So that, you know, is a good

1:27:39.120 --> 1:27:40.880
<v Speaker 1>job when you're like, I want to get right back

1:27:40.880 --> 1:27:42.760
<v Speaker 1>into it now. Now I'm refreshed and I want to

1:27:42.800 --> 1:27:45.000
<v Speaker 1>talk hoops with the buds again. So that's good.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I'd like to travel, really is what I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to get back to be fun travel again.

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<v Speaker 6>Crazy stuff. What are you watching tonight? It's fresh Start Friday?

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<v Speaker 6>What are you gonna watch tonight? You know what?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't. I don't damn gonna watch anything. I might

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<v Speaker 1>read them all.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm nice.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, there's a lot of television being watched

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<v Speaker 1>obviously through the week, so it's unplumbing for a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>And let's call it there. That was a fun drop podcast.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes cool, you look good.

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<v Speaker 1>You look like a million dollars.

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<v Speaker 6>And there we cook, there we go.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much. We will talk to you guys

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday. Clipper bros.

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<v Speaker 6>You heard your first have a great time turn up.

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<v Speaker 3>Love you guys, awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks for joining us. And remember cohonis is the Spanish

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<v Speaker 4>word for drawers. I did not think that was the case.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, somebody correct, that's Spanish speaking people out there.

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<v Speaker 4>Where is cohonas the word for drawers?

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<v Speaker 7>Is that right?

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<v Speaker 6>Lee?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, it's correct.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, crazy, that's just crazy cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Praise the weekend. You could say.

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<v Speaker 8>Every day.

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<v Speaker 2>And agy happy every minute.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been so long that your.

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<v Speaker 5>Mona way, It's happened already.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be Grevy