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Speaker 1: Basketball talk is back. I know people needed it back.

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Speaker 1: I needed it back. No Dunks is here to talk

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Speaker 1: about the men's Olympic teams, the US, Canada, Greece, France, Serbia,

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Speaker 1: basketball that's happening, and to do it. It's the man

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Speaker 1: in the middle, Tray Kirby us Ao USA and the

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Speaker 1: man producing. We'll hear his thoughts. It's eshwa, kid, what's up.

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Speaker 2: I got doing? Man?

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Speaker 1: We're great, wonderful. I'm taskball. So it's good to be back.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I know Skeets has been doing some

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Speaker 1: ball talk on the nightly Olympics shows, Skeets, Nora, JD

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Speaker 1: doing it, doing a lot of sports talk. I mean

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Speaker 1: that is just front to back. The Summer champions is

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Speaker 1: fun and if you like, I don't know fencing they

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Speaker 1: were talking about. I know JD is into JD is

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Speaker 1: into the surfing.

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Speaker 3: He's a big surfing guy. I think he's been watching

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Speaker 3: a lot of badminton. I know that we've been going.

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Speaker 4: Crazy in the pool.

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Speaker 3: Last night, a lot of great stuff happened with Katie

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Speaker 3: ladeci Leone, Marshan, Palm, I believe set a world record

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Speaker 3: as well. But nothing can top Katie Ladecki seeing that

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Speaker 4: And yeah, the podcast has been awesome.

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Speaker 3: Summer Champions returns tonight right seven pm Eastern.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what we got going on today, but

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Speaker 3: probably talking surfing, I imagine.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I went through all the glossary of surfing because

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Speaker 1: pretty fun. The pit is when you enter the barrel

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Speaker 1: part of the wave is the lip right before the break,

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Speaker 1: and then when the water sprays out from the barrel,

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Speaker 3: Still a mystery to me what the waveball is. They're

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Speaker 3: you'll see those occasionally. Had to pick up basketball run.

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Speaker 3: Somebody brings in the Wilson jet wave. But I don't

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Speaker 1: I got no idea what that is. And I've been

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Speaker 1: watching Olympics front to back. Man, it's been fun. So yes,

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Speaker 1: joined skeets Nora, his lovely wife and JD. Knightley through

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Speaker 1: the end of the Olympics. But for now, let's get

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Speaker 1: to some basketball talk because we've got one more group

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Speaker 1: game remaining for each team. It starts Tomorrow, Friday, and

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Speaker 1: then Saturday to end it off. So far, group by

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Speaker 1: group has been fun. We'll start with Group A, the

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Speaker 1: Group of death, because it has been good. Canada, Spain, Greece, Australia.

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Speaker 1: but when they meet Spain here they're still playing for

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's fun to see the different roles that the

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Speaker 1: And yes, like Spain was really good in these games,

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Speaker 1: But I gotta just get your total opinion on Josh Gitty.

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Speaker 3: I think we're seeing from Josh Giddy what we're gonna

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Speaker 3: the guy can make plays.

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Speaker 4: He's obviously got size.

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Speaker 3: I think he's a better FEEBA player then he probably

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Speaker 3: On August first, twenty twenty four, they're dying for it.

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Speaker 4: You order a Dyson Daniels hawksdras.

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Speaker 1: Well, let's get to groups. See America is what we

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Speaker 3: Two main things have stuck out to me for Team USA.

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Speaker 1: Plus, it's unfair to have, Yeah, Kevin Durant coming off

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Speaker 1: had their best game yet.

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00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:19,280
Speaker 4: So no, I don't think so.

432
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,399
Speaker 3: And you know, if I'm looking long term, like I

433
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 3: would kind of rather have gone through the path that

434
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,080
Speaker 3: the Canadian team has. They've actually played a couple of

435
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,919
Speaker 3: games where they had to come through in the clutch.

436
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,360
Speaker 3: So far for the US, there have been some moments

437
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,359
Speaker 3: I suppose where it looks like they are trending the

438
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 3: wrong way, right like South Sudan cut the lead to

439
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,360
Speaker 3: ten in the second half, so they, you know, were

440
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,240
Speaker 3: able to battle back a little bit before the US

441
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,199
Speaker 3: stepped on the gas. But it would be nice to

442
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,000
Speaker 3: see them actually have to play a crunch time five,

443
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,280
Speaker 3: run some crunch time offense rather than just freelancing out there.

444
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,800
Speaker 4: You know. Maybe the fact that they don't really have.

445
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 3: History Puerto Rico yet means that Puerto Rico is going

446
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 3: to play their best game of the Olympics against the US,

447
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,119
Speaker 3: which then puts the US in maybe some adverse situations

448
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 3: where they got to come through. But it's also quite

449
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 3: likely that they don't actually see their first tense moments

450
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 3: until the knockout round, and then it's the knockout round.

451
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 3: What if it goes poorly, you never know, But I

452
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 3: think a solid start for the US. They got twelve

453
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 3: guys who have to figure out a way to play

454
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 3: two hundred minutes, which is why the biggest news for

455
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 3: the US so far has been who hasn't been playing.

456
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,439
Speaker 3: It was Tyre's Halliburton and Jason Tatum in game one.

457
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,080
Speaker 3: It was Embiid in game two, and Steve Kerr basically said,

458
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 3: we just wanted to be faster playing against South Sudan,

459
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 3: which I think makes sense when you watched how the

460
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,000
Speaker 3: friendly game against them went, when they were playing five out,

461
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 3: trying to break everybody down off the dribble, go into

462
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,679
Speaker 3: a switch ear lineup with ad made sense. It's just

463
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 3: pretty unusual that Team USA went out of their way

464
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 3: to actually recruit a player Joel Embiid an MVP, and

465
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,639
Speaker 3: suddenly this guy's getting DMPs. But it seems to me

466
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 3: Steve Kerr is managing this kind of thing, apparently going

467
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,359
Speaker 3: to Tatum and telling him you're probably not gonna be

468
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 3: playing this game. We've got two big forwards in front

469
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 3: of you in Lebron and Katie, and then going to

470
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,119
Speaker 3: Embiid and saying we're going with our smaller, switchier guys,

471
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 3: and Anthony Davis and bam Adebayo, who looks to be

472
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 3: an incredible FEBA player as well. I guess Drew Holliday

473
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,480
Speaker 3: is going to be starting against Puerto Rico. Joel Embiid

474
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,680
Speaker 3: is going to be starting against Puerto Rico per R

475
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,879
Speaker 3: Joe Varden over at the Athletic. I just hope Embiid

476
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,920
Speaker 3: has some moments for Team USA, because when you look

477
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 3: at the way the team is built, it seemed like

478
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 3: they're gonna need a guy like Embiid to play against

479
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 3: Nikola Jokic from Serbia. He didn't have a great game

480
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,639
Speaker 3: against Serbia at all. They need Embiid for those sizier matchups.

481
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,120
Speaker 3: Surely they're going to run into one of those teams

482
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,640
Speaker 3: come the knockout round, and hopefully Embiid is able to

483
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:49,879
Speaker 3: step to the challenge.

484
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully Embiide has a good game. As you said,

485
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 1: they yanked him pretty quickly in that first game and

486
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,680
Speaker 1: Anthon Davis came on and was awesome, so he sat

487
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 1: for I guess it was math time, like you know,

488
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 1: like fifteen minutes of game time in that first half.

489
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 1: And yeah, the matchup was better for Anthony Davis and

490
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 1: South Sudan to have somebody a little bit quicker on

491
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 1: their feet than Joel Embiid. But yeah, the Mbid Jokic matchup,

492
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 1: maybe if they need it will be important. As you said,

493
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 1: it's going to be fun to watch Puerto Rico. They

494
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 1: beat the US a long, long, long time ago, so

495
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,160
Speaker 1: I'm sure they'll be confident going up against this US team.

496
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,200
Speaker 1: Just to watch them should be fun, yes, And as

497
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,160
Speaker 1: you said, like Jokic hasn't played his greatest game yet.

498
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: He was much better against Puerto Rico than he was

499
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:47,680
Speaker 1: against America. The passing was right ridiculous, off the board, dribbling,

500
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: pushing it. But he hasn't had to play that much.

501
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: So this is a fun group as well. It's likely

502
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: that Puerto Rico won't make it out into the quarterfinals

503
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: because just a quick summary of how it works, three groups,

504
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 1: top two make it from each group, and then two

505
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 1: third place teams make it based on tiebreakers. I don't

506
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 1: want to get into the tiebreakers. I saw our man

507
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,399
Speaker 1: Prada do that on the Athletic That's good enough for me.

508
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,159
Speaker 1: Mike Prada broke it all down. But it's really going

509
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,119
Speaker 1: to come down to point differential, which is wild to

510
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: think about. But in this group it's the US for sure,

511
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,160
Speaker 1: and then it could be both Serbia and South Sudan.

512
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: But that game is big coming up this weekend and

513
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: that's why. Yeah, Grace has a chance in Group A

514
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 1: as we talked about. But Anyway, the games have been fun.

515
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: And I got to ask you, Ash, because I know

516
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: you've been watching and you've been enjoying the broadcasting that's

517
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: been happening out there. Any thoughts on that or just

518
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: the US in general.

519
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,919
Speaker 2: Before I get to broadcast, And I say the US, like,

520
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 2: you know, Trey's talking about these crunch time minutes if

521
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 2: we see them in the knockout stages, right, And I

522
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,160
Speaker 2: just wonder, you know, people always are questioning Steve Kerr

523
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,399
Speaker 2: and his co decisions sometimes, and uh, I just wonder,

524
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 2: like what happens when we get into a clutch game

525
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 2: in a knockout round, who's the go to guy? Can

526
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 2: they figure it out? Like are we just going to

527
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 2: go to Lebron and say Lebron do it and Canny

528
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 2: do it every single time? Or you know, is it

529
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards time? Is it Katie time? Or do they

530
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 2: fight over it? Like what does that look like? Because

531
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 2: right now they're not really worried, like they're like, ah,

532
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,199
Speaker 2: even in the exhibition games when it came down to

533
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 2: one point and they did give the ball to Lebron

534
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 2: against South Sudan, is this really you know? What are

535
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,199
Speaker 2: we gonna do that's that's my biggest concern with the

536
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 2: US going into the knockout stages now. As far as

537
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 2: the commentary, what a great tandem?

538
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 4: Am I?

539
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:39,919
Speaker 3: Am?

540
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 2: I wronger?

541
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 1: Am I right? Right?

542
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 2: Dwayne Wade? To know what Egle little Eagle you know,

543
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,360
Speaker 2: he just they just are killing Burtie little Bertie right,

544
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,200
Speaker 2: They're killing the call right now. They have me cracking

545
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 2: up all the time, Like is anybody else enjoying it

546
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:55,399
Speaker 2: as much as me?

547
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 4: Or yeah, I think it's awesome.

548
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,400
Speaker 3: I mean, Noah Eagle is a bit of a known quantity,

549
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 3: you know, he's like a radio broadcaster that kind of stuff.

550
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 4: But he has been perfect.

551
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 3: I think he's obviously pretty knowledgeable and has been really

552
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 3: fun and into it. And then Wade, I think has

553
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 3: been really fun to hear. He doesn't I feel like

554
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 3: do the traditional and or like basketball media stuff, right

555
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 3: Like when he signed his deal with Turner, it was like, yeah,

556
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 3: I'll appear on Inside every now and then, but I

557
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 3: also want.

558
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 4: To host the Cube.

559
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 3: So to have him there doing color commentary and to

560
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 3: see how excited he is about the game.

561
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 4: He's got a great voice to it.

562
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 3: He obviously knows the guys really well, has history with

563
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 3: Team USA.

564
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 4: I've been enjoying Wade on the call as well.

565
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is this is Wade's first time doing games

566
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 1: like this before. And he's natural and he's not He's

567
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: not like stodgy, you know, where you have to say

568
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: the thing that you're supposed to say. He's just fun

569
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: and he makes jokes. He's guts full of jokes. So yeah,

570
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: he's a natural.

571
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 2: That's what I was about to say. I think Dwayne

572
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 2: Wade annoy equal. They kind of sound younger, and it's

573
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 2: kind of refreshing. Right, Like my buddy was here yesterday,

574
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 2: We're watching the game and he goes, you know, maybe

575
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 2: I'm happy NBC is getting the rights for basketball as

576
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 2: long as these two are coming along, just because they

577
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 2: are kind of refreshing, even like no Eagle, he's saying

578
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 2: all the things that you would say a young person

579
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 2: would be saying on these calls, and like call him

580
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 2: Bam but Monte like on the on the call. I

581
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 2: don't know, I've just really been enjoying it. I love

582
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 2: their banter and I am excited. I hope that they

583
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 2: are like the prime time guys for whenever the NBC

584
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 2: starts airing games next year.

585
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, wait, he'll do sound games, but like like Trey said,

586
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: he wants to do other stuff. He wants to do

587
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: the cute. Yeah, I know he's not gonna do like

588
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: every week, I don't think, but no Eagle's got to

589
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 1: do a lot of them. You're right, they sound younger.

590
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: I thought Noah Eagle because I know his dad, because

591
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: we've been watching this game for so long, and Noah

592
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: Eagle has like come along as a broadcaster. I thought

593
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: his voice would be higher. I guess because I'm dumb.

594
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 1: But he's a man. I mean, why would his voice

595
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: be higher.

596
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 4: Our voice is genetic.

597
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:08,479
Speaker 1: I don't know.

598
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 3: He sounds just like him. He does sound very similar.

599
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 3: I feel like, I don't know when I'm thinking about

600
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 3: my dad. He's got a high pitched voice for me

601
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 3: and a big guy just like me. Maybe the vocal

602
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 3: cords are genetic as well.

603
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're solid. They're very solid. And so has all

604
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 1: this basketball, even Group by which we'll get to now France,

605
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: even GROUPY, even groupye, because you've got two teams that

606
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: are two and oh at the top. France and Germany

607
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: are the teams going through to the quarterfinals. No seeding

608
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: matters for them, just like we talked about with Canada

609
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: and all that. It comes down to point differential. Although

610
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: I do want to talk about France and Japan's finish

611
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: that people are saying.

612
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 4: Oh, that's fixed.

613
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 1: How does France get up and one on a three

614
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: ball opportunity? Why did that happen? That went to overtime?

615
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: But anyways, beyond that, Japan and Brazil are both owned

616
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: too and their final game is huge. So Trey anything

617
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: from this group, even Group B, which is it has

618
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: been fun. I gotta be honest, Yeah.

619
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 4: It's been okay.

620
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 3: And luckily France had that awesome game against Japan. I

621
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 3: think we still have Germany versus France to go, right,

622
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 3: since they're both too and other, they got to face

623
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 3: each other eventually. I think that's gonna be a fun

624
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 3: game to watch because Germany just looks great. They won

625
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 3: the World Cup last year. They've got a very similar team.

626
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 3: They're a well oiled machine. They know how to play

627
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 3: Foba basketball. They've got their roles. You got Daniel Tice

628
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 3: catching alley oops, Like, what year is this? We got

629
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 3: Daniel Tice. He's another guy who's awesome in Foba. And

630
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 3: then just a regular dude in the NBA, so he's

631
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,959
Speaker 3: been good. And then France, like I said, their guards

632
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 3: are not great, that's their weakness. They got Victor up front,

633
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 3: they got Rudy up front. Even Yabusele has been playing

634
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 3: pretty solid in the front court as a wing guy,

635
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 3: I think. But I still got fear of Evan forty AFM.

636
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 3: Being honest, you have twenty eight against Team USA and

637
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 3: the opener to the Olympics back in Tokyo. He can

638
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 3: get hot and if it's at the right time. I

639
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 3: still think France is more of a dark horse at

640
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 3: this point for a medal, But it'll be fun to

641
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 3: see them play against the other good team in their

642
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 3: group in Germany, just to kind of see as a

643
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 3: measuring stick how good is Germany.

644
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 4: Does France actually have a.

645
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 3: Chance going forward, because I don't necessarily know that we

646
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 3: know a ton about this group. Though France did get

647
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 3: very lucky, I think to escape with that win against Japan,

648
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 3: and it starts with Wirey a triple team. Rudy Gobert

649
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 3: at the rim on the pass out to Strassel I

650
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 3: believe was his name that ended up getting the four

651
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 3: point play. Rudy Gobert had the ball three feet from

652
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:50,239
Speaker 3: the hoop. Three Japanese players surround him, either foul him

653
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 3: or just let him shoot it. Man, you don't need

654
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 3: to be going in on Rudy like that.

655
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you have a four point lead. That was

656
00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: a confusing play. It was. It was a weird ending

657
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: because Japan looked like they were done. Ruy Ata Murray

658
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: filed out early in the fourth quarter and then it

659
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 1: came down to that four point play to send them

660
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: to overtime. And every game does matter, although hopefully you know,

661
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: one of these two teams in Japan and Brazil have

662
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: a good final game for them and Japan. It's I've

663
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: always been a Utah watching Abi fan, so I'm cheering

664
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: for him. He had sixteen in the first game. I

665
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: didn't know about you watching Abe, Hugh Watchanabe blocked Rudy Gobert.

666
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: No relation to Utah watching Abi, none, but they have

667
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: the same lest name and he blocked Rudy really nicely

668
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: in that game. But it is it is fun just

669
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: to see Wenby out there. Like the first play of

670
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 1: the Olympics, he tries to step back three because he's

671
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: that good. He did miss, but he's like doing fun

672
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: stuff like throwing himself, throwing it to himself off the

673
00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: board and ending with eighteen points dunking above the rim.

674
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: And as Dwayne Wade said when he was asked by

675
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 1: Noi Eagle, have you ever seen that where like the

676
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 1: dunk was like elbow to the rim And he's like, yeah,

677
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: I've seen it in one time, you know that animated

678
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,839
Speaker 1: movie that that's the only time that he saw it,

679
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: like way back when. So it was fun. It was

680
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,720
Speaker 1: just fun to see Wendy out there going up against

681
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 1: five four Yuki Togashi. That was also fun, which.

682
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 4: Is weird, insane, insane picture funny.

683
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, that was fun. But yeah, it is interesting. Like

684
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: you said, Franz hasn't really been all that great, but

685
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: to see them up against Germany, who Dwayne Wade thought

686
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: was the best team to beat the USA because they

687
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: have this sort of pecking order like the USA team does.

688
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,879
Speaker 1: I think the US will just you know, throw out

689
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: Drew Holliday or Derek White or whoever and then let

690
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: your scorers score. Franz kind of has that with with

691
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: Franz doing his thing, it was Shrewder doing his thing.

692
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 1: So they do have that that good balance anyway, but

693
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,280
Speaker 1: they do need some more reps. So this France Germany

694
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: game is going to be good.

695
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, it should be awesome. Wenby I think has been

696
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 3: pretty solid. I thought it was interesting that in the

697
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 3: second half against Japan, Rudy Gobert went to the bench,

698
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 3: just went one big guy for France with Wemby out there.

699
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 3: He had an awesome start to that game, kind of

700
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 3: fell away in the middle portion of it and then

701
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 3: what he scored the first eight or something and overtime.

702
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 3: This guy's playing in his first Olympics in a transitional

703
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 3: period almost for France, when the previous generation of you know, Fournyer,

704
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:34,240
Speaker 3: Batoom Gobert is at the end of their Olympics runs.

705
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 3: He's just starting his international career. They had the top

706
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 3: two draft picks this year, neither of which are playing

707
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 3: for France right now. They had the number six pick

708
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 3: as well. You know, I know there are additional French

709
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 3: players who are draft prospects in the next couple of years.

710
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 3: Not to mention the guy like the Knicks stashed this year,

711
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 3: like France is gonna be a team to be reckoned

712
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 3: with at the next Olympics when Wemby's, you know, four

713
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 3: years into his end career, and then when you think

714
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 3: when he's likely in the prime of his career, twenty

715
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 3: seven years old or something like that, another four years

716
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 3: from there, so we're talking twenty thirty two. That's a

717
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 3: long time to project. But man, the French team is

718
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 3: going to be nasty. I wonder if this will go

719
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 3: down as their golden generation in the future.

720
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: Mmmmm, interesting stuff. Yeah, we'll see if we get a

721
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: Foeba Fournier later in this tournament, because this is probably

722
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: his last one and he hasn't been the same guy

723
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: for the Knicks. But yeah, it's a good point about

724
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: all the guys who were drafted and just getting better

725
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 1: and better and better as a country. It's it's a

726
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:40,799
Speaker 1: different squad. Moving on to a little more basketball. Just

727
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 1: a note on the three on three because I don't

728
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: usually watch this when it comes to the Olympics ball,

729
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: but the American men's and women's teams are winless. The

730
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: women are owned three and the men oz and two.

731
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 1: They do women just finish their game, So they're now

732
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: up to or down on three, depending on how you

733
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: look at it. What is going on and have you

734
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: watched any tray.

735
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 3: I like three x three basketball, but it makes me

736
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 3: feel old task they only say three x three now

737
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 3: if you say three on three, yeah, you sound like

738
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 3: you're from the nineteen hundreds. But man, it's fun to watch.

739
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 3: It's so fast, and I don't know. When I look

740
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 3: at Team USA, there are things happening on the court

741
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 3: and things that are happening off the court, and I

742
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 3: think it's kind of like similar problems for both teams.

743
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 3: Like the best offensive player for Team USA men's and

744
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 3: women's it's probably Jimmer Furdett for the men, Ryan Howard

745
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 3: and Atlanta dream Player for the women. Neither of them

746
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,280
Speaker 3: has shot the ball all that well when you're watching

747
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 3: the men play, Nope, the opponents never want to give

748
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 3: up a three point or I guess a two pointer

749
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 3: to Jimmer, so they're running him off the line, and

750
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 3: the team isn't necessarily equipped right now to do that

751
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 3: second side action because they haven't played together all that often.

752
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 3: Because it's similar to the way the national teams work

753
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 3: for the five x five games, where if you're playing

754
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 3: Serbia's three x three team, they're playing together year round.

755
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 3: They're generating these points that are necessary to be eligible

756
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 3: for three x three competition, because if you don't, you

757
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 3: can't actually play. It's not like if Palo Boncaro gets

758
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 3: cut from the five on five team, but he can

759
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,760
Speaker 3: just go into three on three. You gotta have played

760
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,760
Speaker 3: in World Cups and previous tournaments and earning enough points

761
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 3: and rankings to be actually eligible for this team. So

762
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 3: when they're just thrown together for the Olympics, they don't

763
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,479
Speaker 3: necessarily have a chance to work on their second side

764
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,839
Speaker 3: actions or their defensive rotations. You see a lot of

765
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 3: miscommunications defensively for both teams. So I think the fact

766
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,800
Speaker 3: that the team looks rusty to start on both sides

767
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 3: is because they aren't playing together all that often. I

768
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,359
Speaker 3: think that the way the selection process works, it makes

769
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 3: it so the USA method of just putting the team

770
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 3: together for this tournament maybe doesn't encourage long term success

771
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,919
Speaker 3: because you would think the way to do it would

772
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:14,760
Speaker 3: be similar to when Jerry Colangelo took over Team USA

773
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 3: back in like two thousand and eight, where they're like,

774
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,359
Speaker 3: you have to be part of the cycle, buy in

775
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,320
Speaker 3: for now. I wonder if that's something that USA players

776
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 3: would ever be interested in, Like, I don't know Kyle Kuzma.

777
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 3: He'll probably not really make the men's national team. But

778
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 3: what if you decided I'm gonna be the best three

779
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 3: x three player in American history and devoted himself to

780
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 3: the twenty twenty eight Olympics and getting the team, getting

781
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 3: his ranking high enough, playing in a World Cup in

782
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,399
Speaker 3: the summer or something like that so that he gets

783
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 3: a ranking and then they have, you know, more.

784
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 4: Established NBA players. I don't know. It doesn't seem to

785
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 4: be a priority for Team USA's basketball squads right now,

786
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 4: whereas in other countries that is a priority to be

787
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 4: just as good in three x three as they are

788
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 4: in five x five.

789
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, that is a very good point, because you see

790
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 1: teams taking out America that have naturalized citizens that are

791
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: originally American, so they are they're getting better for this

792
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: three on three tournament. Because I do see the the graphic,

793
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: and I was looking at my notes before starting talking,

794
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 1: and I said three x threees that I say it.

795
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say it that way three on three.

796
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: But I haven't listened. I haven't been listening to any

797
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:33,280
Speaker 1: broadcast talking about weird sports. I played a cornhole game

798
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,720
Speaker 1: and then went to a bar and then watched Jimmerferdette

799
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 1: get schooled in three on three. But they didn't sound

800
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: up or they did, they couldn't hear it. Volume was

801
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 1: not up. I guess, like you said, it's not a priority.

802
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 1: It's not priority for the bars to turn up the

803
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 1: volume on three x three or three on three. So yeah,

804
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: you are getting a sub party. But as like you

805
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: said about the shots that aren't going down, Canyon Barry,

806
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: who is on the American team, just said, hopefully our

807
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: shots start to fall soon because that's just not happening.

808
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: And yeah, that was evident with Jimmer, and they still

809
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,439
Speaker 1: can do extremely well.

810
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 4: There's lots of games five pool play games lads.

811
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've read that.

812
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 4: It's like, what, that's a huge tournament.

813
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, they just keep going and going and going. Esh

814
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: any three on three info.

815
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 2: I really like three times three. No, But I don't

816
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 2: know the men. They've meddled in the past couple of competitions,

817
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 2: like with the World Cup and the Olympics, they've won

818
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 2: a gold and two silvers. You wouldn't expect them to

819
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,280
Speaker 2: trailer as much. I know you guys are talking about

820
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:47,919
Speaker 2: the continuity, I guess, but some only guys have been there.

821
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 2: And then as far as the women too, like they

822
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 2: just won gold last year. I think in the World Cup,

823
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 2: Haley Vanlyth was there. Cameron Brinkle was a big part

824
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,479
Speaker 2: of that team too, and obviously she's hurt and she's out.

825
00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 2: But I just wonder if that's got something to do

826
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 2: with with the women, like Kevin Briank not being there.

827
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 2: They added Ryan Howard. You know, you would expect them

828
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 2: to be a little bit better. You're expect them at

829
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,839
Speaker 2: least have won a game at this point, But I

830
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 2: honestly have no idea what it is. Maybe it is

831
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: the continuity. Maybe you know, maybe they need bigger NBA stars,

832
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 2: WNBA stars to step in and play, you know, just

833
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 2: to just so we can look a little bit better.

834
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 2: You would think we would be a little bit better

835
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 2: than this. But as Trey knows, as I know, because

836
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 2: we've played in a tournament that was kind of like this.

837
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 2: Three on three, three times three, three x three basketball

838
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 2: is way different than playing five on five basketball. And

839
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,840
Speaker 2: I don't know, I guess if you're not like extremely

840
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 2: accustomed to it, like maybe Brian Howard is just kind

841
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 2: of getting thrown in there and some of the other

842
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 2: guys for the men, maybe it takes a minute to

843
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 2: get accustomed to so I don't know, maybe that's their excuse.

844
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 2: But I expect better from USA when it comes to basketball.

845
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 3: That's exactly right, ashould expect better. Hopefully they'll be better

846
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,839
Speaker 3: by the end of the tournament. But you know, I mean,

847
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 3: five games is a lot more games. But will it matter,

848
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 3: I don't know. I guess we'll see. You got to

849
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,879
Speaker 3: start making some shots though, because it definitely feels more

850
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 3: like just when you watch like USA versus Serbia, it

851
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,120
Speaker 3: looks like Serbia knows what they're doing every single time,

852
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 3: whereas USA is kind of winging it a little bit

853
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 3: and hoping that they can get Canyon Barry to the

854
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 3: free throw line to shoot some underhander.

855
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah wild.

856
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 4: The same man. Underhanders are back in the Olympics.

857
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 1: Is that a new sport? Underhand free throwing? Because I

858
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 1: do want to watch break dancing, that's for sure starting soon.

859
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: There's some weird sports out there. But yeah, three on

860
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:45,439
Speaker 1: three three x three has been good for America until now,

861
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 1: until this year. So other than that, they have produced

862
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: a lot of misses, including a weggie, So there's been

863
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 1: misses and this one that we're showing to you on YouTube.

864
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 1: The ball is also so different.

865
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 2: Man, the ball is a wave, you know you're talking

866
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 2: about earlier. It's the wave.

867
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's crazy though, because it's got I mean, it

868
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 3: looks like it's a Wilson, right, it looks like there's

869
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 3: a w.

870
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 1: Side wave the brand.

871
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:19,720
Speaker 3: No, Wilson is the brand, but it has the colors

872
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 3: or I mean, the the paneling is different than like

873
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 3: the Bolton ball.

874
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,800
Speaker 1: Right that parts the wave where it's got.

875
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 4: The grooves built into it.

876
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 2: This is what I learned about the ball today. So

877
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 2: men and women both play with the women's sized ball,

878
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 2: but the men's ball is weighted as if it was

879
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 2: a men's sized ball. But there's they're smaller. That's what

880
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 2: I learned about today. And it is a Wilson wave

881
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 2: like the og wave from the mid two thousands that

882
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,439
Speaker 2: we were playing with when we were playing in middle school.

883
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,280
Speaker 4: So yeah, that's I can't believe the wave is back.

884
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 4: It is different. Yeah.

885
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 1: Yeah. Moving on from the Olympics, let's get to a

886
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 1: couple NBA transactions that happened. Tias Jones being signed by

887
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns. Some call you get the steal of

888
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: the offseason because Tyas Jones signed to a one year,

889
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: three point three million dollar contract. The cheapy I've made

890
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 1: him move the deal for Tyas Jones.

891
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 4: What do you think, Trek Gary, Trent Junior, eat your

892
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:19,919
Speaker 4: heart out.

893
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 3: We got a new best cheap signing in town and

894
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 3: it's got to be Tias Jones.

895
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 4: I think this is a.

896
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 3: Great late July find off for Phoenix. I mean, the

897
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 3: talk all of last season and it even got amplified.

898
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,280
Speaker 4: I thought in the playoffs is that.

899
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,360
Speaker 3: Phoenix needed a point guard just to get everybody organized,

900
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 3: to get everybody in the right spots, to get everybody

901
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 3: their shots and their looks. They went out and addressed

902
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 3: it probably the best way they could. You know, the

903
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 3: Suns don't have a ton of money to spend, they

904
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,839
Speaker 3: don't have a lot of assets to trade, and they've

905
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 3: got three guys in Booker, Beale and Durant who are

906
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 3: gonna have the ball a ton. So to find a

907
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 3: guy like Tias Jones who's kind of an old school

908
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 3: take care of the ball, hit open shots, and move it,

909
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 3: move it, move it kind of point guard, I think

910
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 3: is huge.

911
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:06,879
Speaker 4: I'm a little unsure about him.

912
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,720
Speaker 3: Starting though, if I'm being honest, Tasset seems like that's

913
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 3: part of the reason he went to Phoenix was he

914
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 3: was planning or like promised a starting spot, which makes sense.

915
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 3: They do need a point guard, but then it means

916
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 3: they're gonna be starting Tias Jones, Booker, Beale, Durant and Nurkic.

917
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 3: That's three guards. Kevin Durant is the fifth best defender

918
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 3: on Team USA's bench. Nurkic is a solid center, not

919
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,879
Speaker 3: anything great to write home about.

920
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:35,280
Speaker 4: Defensively, he's just okay.

921
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 3: So I'm like, that's a very small team, not a

922
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 3: lot of defenders, and I'm kind of like wondering what

923
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 3: does Bradley Beal even do. He was supposed to be

924
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 3: a big time ball handler for them last season. He

925
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,400
Speaker 3: looked lost, I thought last year, just kind of hanging

926
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 3: around Durant, hanging around Booker, not really knowing where to be.

927
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 3: And I kind of feel like he's gonna get squeezed

928
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,879
Speaker 3: a little bit here because he's what like a catch

929
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 3: and shoot guy. Now it's kind of odd to me,

930
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 3: but I still think good find for the Suns.

931
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, the lineup is definitely a question, and their defense

932
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 1: is definitely a questioned. They managed to bump it up

933
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: to a thirteenth ranking last year with Grayson Allen in

934
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:17,239
Speaker 1: the starting lineup beside Bill Booker, Durant and Nurkice, so

935
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: they should be very similar. Their bench is a lot

936
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: stronger now with Tyas Jones in the starting lineup, but

937
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,880
Speaker 1: Grayson Allen, I guess, is going to the bench. So

938
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 1: you've got obviously a guy who can score a ton,

939
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: and yeah, a bunch of defensive minded guys coming off

940
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:40,720
Speaker 1: the bench that Mike Budenholzer will go to like a Kogi.

941
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:44,720
Speaker 1: Mason Plumbley is their backup center, and they've got Monte

942
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: Morris as a signing, which was also a good deal.

943
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: But as you said, he Tyas Jones had other offers

944
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 1: for multiple years. He said when he was interviewed, I

945
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: saw this on ESPN. Yeah, he said, I'm starting and

946
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 1: that's part of why I'm coming because he gets a

947
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: one year deal and then next year, you know, he

948
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: hopes to make some money like everybody else is making

949
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: in the NBA. So that's why he went shorter on

950
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: this one because the other teams that were offering him

951
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: multiple years but not all that much money so that's

952
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: what he's going for. Plus he's going for an opportunity here,

953
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 1: like I picked this team. I picked this team going

954
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:24,799
Speaker 1: into the playoffs, and he thinks that they can have

955
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 1: a chance because they were a solid team, but they

956
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,720
Speaker 1: lost their identity and the good guys, Like we're watching

957
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: Devin Booker right now and Kevin Durant play for the

958
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: US team. Devin Booker's hitting those threes and nobody's jumping

959
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:44,799
Speaker 1: up more than his teammate Kevin Durant. Those guys have

960
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 1: to shoot more. As you said while we were watching

961
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 1: this team in the playoffs, like they just simply have

962
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: to shoot more. So Bill, yeah, he is going to

963
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: be cut out a little bit, it feels like. But

964
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: also it makes sense. I mean, bial he was great

965
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: shooting the three. It will be better defensively even not

966
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,160
Speaker 1: having to carry the ball. So this is good for them.

967
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: That being said, they are small, so that there is

968
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: that issue in usef Nirkic. He does get hurt sometimes,

969
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 1: so there's questions they don't have a ton of depth,

970
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:19,879
Speaker 1: but this is a good move.

971
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 3: They don't have a ton of depth, but I think

972
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 3: they do have more depth, at least regular season.

973
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:27,320
Speaker 4: Wise than they had last season.

974
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 3: They won forty nine games last year with a ton

975
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 3: of injuries and what ultimately turned out to be a

976
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 3: pretty shallow team. So I think getting Morris and Plumbley

977
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 3: off the bench, this move with Tias Jones means that

978
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 3: Grayson Allen likely goes to the bench as well. They

979
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 3: are a deeper team. We'll see what it's like in

980
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 3: the playoffs. I don't know that Tias Jones is going

981
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:50,600
Speaker 3: to make a huge difference for them. He hasn't shot

982
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 3: the ball very well in the postseason and he's a

983
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,800
Speaker 3: smaller guy. But for a regular season team, I think

984
00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 3: with these moves, with the bench moves bring and in

985
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:02,960
Speaker 3: budenholes are the Sons are definitely better than they were

986
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 3: last year.

987
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, they are getting a guy here who is acting

988
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: a little bit like you know, some of these greats

989
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,920
Speaker 1: on the US team that they've added, like Derek White.

990
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 1: Just be that guy. You don't have to shoot all

991
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: the time, just be there to support and hopefully be

992
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 1: as good a defender as Derek White. I mean, I

993
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,719
Speaker 1: don't know why I said Derek White specifically because he

994
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: ain't Derek White, but he's the guy that will not

995
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:26,839
Speaker 1: turn it over and hold onto the ball because they

996
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,359
Speaker 1: really weren't getting the ball in the right place in

997
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 1: the postseason, and yeah, they were all worn down as well,

998
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,600
Speaker 1: So it does give him a little bit more help.

999
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:40,840
Speaker 1: As you mentioned the plumb dog Mason Plumley got to

1000
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: like him. He's doing good things in his career. So

1001
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,839
Speaker 1: that being said, there was another move. The New York

1002
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: Knicks brought Precious, a chew up back to be their

1003
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:55,160
Speaker 1: backup center that we've all been wondering about with Isaiah

1004
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: Hartenstein leaving. Obviously, Mitchell Rumson is their number one guy,

1005
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 1: but we were wondering about the backup center spot and

1006
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,719
Speaker 1: Precious coming back on a one year, six million dollar deal.

1007
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:07,520
Speaker 3: What do you think, Trey, I think this makes a

1008
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 3: lot of sense. Once Isaiah Hartenstein went to the Thunder,

1009
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 3: it kind of seemed like it was only a matter

1010
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 3: of time before the Knicks and Precious we're able to

1011
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 3: agree on some sort of deal. And now the Knicks

1012
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,359
Speaker 3: at least have their start of the season big man

1013
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 3: rotation ready and Mitch Robinson precious and Jericho Simms precious.

1014
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,319
Speaker 3: Not great size, but he does give New York a

1015
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:32,919
Speaker 3: little bit different look as a center. They'll be able

1016
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 3: to switch when he's playing. When he's playing, rather than

1017
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:39,919
Speaker 3: Mitchell Robinson. I guess, you know, if they run into

1018
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,800
Speaker 3: a really big team, maybe they could try him alongside

1019
00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:45,400
Speaker 3: Mitchell Robinson if they can figure out a way to

1020
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 3: get enough shooting on the court as well, and then

1021
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 3: the Knicks still have assets if they decide.

1022
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:53,000
Speaker 4: They want an even bigger guy off their bench.

1023
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 3: I don't know if they're going to try and make

1024
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:56,359
Speaker 3: a run at like a Walker Kessler or something like that,

1025
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:58,640
Speaker 3: but it's something they could do in the season. But

1026
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:02,120
Speaker 3: the biggest question mark at this point of the summer

1027
00:52:02,239 --> 00:52:04,839
Speaker 3: was who's their backup center. They've got their backup center,

1028
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:08,480
Speaker 3: they got their third string center. They've been there already.

1029
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 3: Precious and Sims both have so they know what Tom

1030
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:14,759
Speaker 3: Thibodeaux expects. Precious had some decent moments I thought in

1031
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 3: the playoffs. He's an up and down kind of guy.

1032
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,920
Speaker 3: But if he's gonna be your backup center, he'll probably

1033
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 3: have to start at some point during the year if

1034
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,920
Speaker 3: Mitchell Robinson picks up an injury here and there. So

1035
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 3: I think he's a solid backup kind of guy and

1036
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,080
Speaker 3: a good deal for him for the Knicks. If he

1037
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 3: outplays this one, they probably lose him next summer. But

1038
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:35,040
Speaker 3: that's something to worry about down the line.

1039
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, the TIBs effect is real watching Precious that you

1040
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,760
Speaker 1: will play. He plays different than he did in Toronto,

1041
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:45,239
Speaker 1: Like he doesn't have that same role. He doesn't have

1042
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: the same expectation upon himself. So he was just good

1043
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 1: at filling the role of their backup big. And yes

1044
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 1: he is not monstrous by any means, but he works

1045
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 1: so big or so hard as an undersized big, and

1046
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:02,560
Speaker 1: that's that's all they need. And I'm really interested to

1047
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 1: see when Mitch Robinson is out or Precious to Chua's

1048
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: is starting or out, Like if if Precious has gone,

1049
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 1: do they run some Randall at the five at times? Anyways,

1050
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 1: that that is us talking about some Hawks, some Bulls,

1051
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:22,520
Speaker 1: and now some some Knicks. It's uh, it's a long

1052
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: time away, But ash, I got to ask you. Uh,

1053
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't bring in for the Tias Jones

1054
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 1: because I thought we had to go real quick. But

1055
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:32,640
Speaker 1: I should ask you any NBA talk on for either

1056
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:33,600
Speaker 1: the Sons or the Knicks.

1057
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:36,840
Speaker 2: For Tis Jones. The only thing I really have to

1058
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,880
Speaker 2: say is that I bet Molde to Kill from the

1059
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:42,680
Speaker 2: Athletic is super happy because whenever he's on the show

1060
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:45,560
Speaker 2: Dave before Athletic NBA Show, you should check it out.

1061
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 2: He's always talking about how all thirty teams should have

1062
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 2: been signing Tyas Jones as soon as possible. So I

1063
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 2: know he's happy about that, and I think it's a

1064
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,360
Speaker 2: good signing. He's a good player as far as precious goes.

1065
00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:01,400
Speaker 2: You know, need some assurance, some insurance for Mitchell Robinson

1066
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:03,840
Speaker 2: because inevitably he'll probably hurt during the season and the

1067
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,879
Speaker 2: we they need somebody that's gonna have to be able

1068
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,439
Speaker 2: to play some backup minutes and they're probably gonna need

1069
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 2: somebody else. Like you said, this is the beginning of

1070
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:16,359
Speaker 2: the season. Signing here, the rotation here, But we'll see

1071
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,000
Speaker 2: what the Niggs do as they go forward.

1072
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 1: All right, that's it for us. I think we'll be

1073
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Speaker 1: back on Monday, August.

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Speaker 2: I do have some news.

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Speaker 1: I I know we're gonna have a new show, a

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Speaker 1: new show for this news. Go ahead, Yeah, we're doing it.

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Speaker 1: I know you know the news that you're not thinking

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Speaker 1: that it's too exciting, but it is so exciting.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead, Well, well, now, I don't know the news

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Speaker 2: is that Gordon Hayward is retiring.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we need, we need to do it on the stream.

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Speaker 4: We need, we gotta do an emergency podcast.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I was just I was just gonna make

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Speaker 1: a bad joke and say that we'll be back August

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Speaker 1: fifth to talk about the end of the group stage

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Speaker 1: and setting up the four quarterfinals games. Then back Wednesday

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Speaker 1: and Friday, August seventh and ninth, after the quarterfinals and

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Speaker 1: after the semifinals are done, and I'm sure we'll do

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Speaker 1: a cold Metal game, cold and bronze medal game type

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Speaker 1: of show. And also we're going to do a Gordon

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Speaker 1: Hayward is Retiring.

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Speaker 3: Shows Monday for our top fifty Gordon Hayward moments.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there weren't weren't many with Okay, see maybe he is,

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Speaker 1: he's got injuries, I guess, but he just wasn't the

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Speaker 1: same guy. So good Gord is gone.

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Speaker 4: Goodbye good Gord.

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Speaker 1: Public Yeah, stream team here, peerre public o. Goodbye good Gord.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff, very good, beautiful, beautiful. All right, We'll be

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Speaker 1: back on Monday for a show which we probably don't

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Speaker 1: talk at all about Gordon Hayward. But we'll talk about.

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Speaker 1: As I said, four quarter finals games coming up in

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Speaker 1: the end of group stage. That's it for us. Clipper bros.

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Speaker 4: You heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up,

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Speaker 4: Love you guys, awesome, thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 3: And Dwayne Wade asked during Team USA's game against South Sudan.

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Speaker 4: How do you say, raise the roof in French? Relevae letois.

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Speaker 1: That's good, relev LETOI enjoy the basketball. Everybody