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Speaker 1: And it was a big wake up call for Jonathan

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Speaker 1: knock down a shot or to further attack the clothes

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Speaker 1: out and make reads. So this is why it's important

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Speaker 1: for him to have the ball in his hands a

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Speaker 1: lot in Summer League. He needs to get as many

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Speaker 1: reps as possible and making those reads because in order

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Speaker 1: for him to eventually make the playoff rotation for Golden State,

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Speaker 1: Steve Kerr and Steph Curry and Draymond and Clay are

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Speaker 1: gonna have to trust him to be able to make

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Speaker 1: reads when the defenses is sending extra attention towards the stars.

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Speaker 1: One last note or two last notes. He's got to

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Speaker 1: get better with the shooting. Obviously, he's one for seven

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Speaker 1: from three last night, seven for eighteen from the line. Now,

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Speaker 1: there's two ways to look at that. The good news

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Speaker 1: is is one he's getting to the line a lot,

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Speaker 1: which is a great sign. We talked about this a

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Speaker 1: little bit with Pala Bankara Bancho on Saturday Saturday. Right, Like,

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Speaker 1: if a team is fouling you all the time, every

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Speaker 1: time we're rolling down the lane, that's a sign that

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Speaker 1: they're struggling to keep you in front. The first instinct

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Speaker 1: as a defender when you get beat is to reach

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Speaker 1: out and grab, and that's why if a guy's going

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Speaker 1: to the line a lot, it's typically a sign that

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Speaker 1: he's got the defender off balance consistently and he's getting

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Speaker 1: into spots. Secondly, one for seven from three is at

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Speaker 1: least confident he's rising and firing. He's not doing the

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Speaker 1: Ben Simmons thing where he just doesn't take the shot right.

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Speaker 1: But in order for him to eventually realize his full potential,

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Speaker 1: that's going to have to be his biggest area for

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Speaker 1: improvement is shooting and touch, very similar to the stuff

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Speaker 1: we were talking about with Josh Kiddy yesterday. In terms

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Speaker 1: of his form up top, it looks fine. He's got

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Speaker 1: a good release. You want to see a little bit

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Speaker 1: more dip with the legs a little He's a little

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Speaker 1: bit upright on his shooting motion. But right now he

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Speaker 1: does have decent forms. So I do think he will

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Speaker 1: project to be a good defensive player, especially excuse me,

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Speaker 1: a good shooter, especially in Golden State, surrounded by the

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Speaker 1: motivation he has from Stephen Clay to do so last,

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Speaker 1: but not least. We talked a little bit about this

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Speaker 1: at the beginning, but his attitude. You know, I always

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Speaker 1: used this as an example, like you need to you know,

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Speaker 1: it helps to have a humbling experience as a basketball

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Speaker 1: player for you to you know, make changes, right Like

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Speaker 1: I the I tell the story a few times, but

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Speaker 1: I was trying to play professionally in my mid twenties

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Speaker 1: and and I got a deal with this league in

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Speaker 1: India and they were gonna paying me a thousand bucks

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Speaker 1: a week. Was the first one that was enough for

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Speaker 1: me to quit my job, and so I signed the deal.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna do it. And uh. I went into

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Speaker 1: uh this like camp that they had and I played

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Speaker 1: against this like six eight dude from Toronto who was

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Speaker 1: like just as good, if not better, at everything that

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Speaker 1: I do. And he was six ft eight and like,

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Speaker 1: I struggled against him in our individual matchups. And it

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Speaker 1: was a major, like humbling experience for me. And in

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Speaker 1: the months after that, I put in so much more

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Speaker 1: work to get better because I had to realize, like, oh,

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Speaker 1: like this dude who's not even an NBA player, is

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Speaker 1: so much better than me. Right now, I have to

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Speaker 1: get better. That would help me like wake up, right,

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Speaker 1: And uh, that's kind of what I'm hoping for from

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Cominga, Like he's been kind of hyped up throughout

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Speaker 1: most of his career, lottery pick, all of these things.

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Speaker 1: He needs to be humbled a little bit. And so

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Speaker 1: having that rough first game um on on Thursday night

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Speaker 1: or Friday night, and then struggling to shoot the ball

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Speaker 1: again last night, like hopefully that will help him realize, like, hey,

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Speaker 1: you're John the Cominga, your lottery pick. You've got the

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Speaker 1: potential to be like a better, more athletic version of

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown. That's all on the table for you. But

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Speaker 1: you have to get so much better at these things.

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Speaker 1: And so it's the sooner he understands that and humbles

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Speaker 1: himself and really dives into the work of it all,

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Speaker 1: then that's that that will be the biggest thing that

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Speaker 1: pushes him in that direction, and his attitude will be

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Speaker 1: the big thing to watch there. If he has many

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Speaker 1: more nights like Friday night where he walks into the

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Speaker 1: arena kind of just expecting to walk into the gym

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Speaker 1: and dominate without actually you know, attacking the basketball game,

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Speaker 1: that'll be a sign that he hasn't quite learned that

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Speaker 1: lesson yet, no judgment there. He's a kid, Okay, like

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Speaker 1: I I that lesson. I just told you I was

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Speaker 1: like twenty four when that happened. So like he's a kid,

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Speaker 1: he's he's got a lot to learn. There's no judgment there.

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Speaker 1: Those are just things I want Warriors fans to keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on in terms of him reaching his ultimate potential.

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Speaker 1: Um last, but not least, Moses Moody. You can tell

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Speaker 1: the game is slowed down for him. He's very under control. Um.

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Speaker 1: You guys probably heard this this phrase before and it

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Speaker 1: seems like a basketball cliche, but there's truth to it. Like,

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Speaker 1: when the game is too fast for you, you struggle

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Speaker 1: to make decisions. A lot of times you can see

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Speaker 1: guys rushing. They'll they'll make a kickout pass, but before

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Speaker 1: you need to, like you could make one more advanced

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Speaker 1: table to pull the health defender in more you can

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Speaker 1: make that kickout pass, or like you'll be open and

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Speaker 1: you'll rush the shot as opposed to taking your time

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Speaker 1: to knocking it down. You get a little bit of

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Speaker 1: drible penetration and instead of patiently working your way into

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Speaker 1: the lane, you just fly into the lane like a

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Speaker 1: cannon and you're out of control right like when you

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Speaker 1: can you can see with players like Moody, the game

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Speaker 1: is slowed down for them. They're very under control. They

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Speaker 1: never rush anything. They're always going where they want to go,

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Speaker 1: rather than allowing the defense to send them where they

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Speaker 1: want them to go. Um. The reason why that's so

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Speaker 1: impressive and important is you, as the Warriors, you lost

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Speaker 1: Auto Porter and you lost Gary Payton this summer, and

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Speaker 1: they were two guys who were significant rotation pieces in

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Speaker 1: your playoff run. Tweeted this out and said it on

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Speaker 1: the show before. But Gary Payton, in particular, his on

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Speaker 1: off numbers for the Warriors in the playoffs were jarring.

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Speaker 1: There was so so much better with him on the

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Speaker 1: floor than when he was off the floor. So those

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Speaker 1: are two very important roles that they need to fill.

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Speaker 1: And I don't think Kaming is ready for this year,

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Speaker 1: and and I uh and James Wiseman obviously can't play

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Speaker 1: the wing. So you need to fill these two spots.

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Speaker 1: And it you have Dante DiVincenzo as a as a

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Speaker 1: free agent signing, but you still have that other spot

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Speaker 1: you need to fill. And Moses Moody to me, looks

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Speaker 1: like the guy that's ready. He plays the game slow

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Speaker 1: and under control. Like I just said, he's got the

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Speaker 1: shooting touch. He was fort last year for the entire

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Speaker 1: regular season on wide open threes. That's great, especially for

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Speaker 1: a player his size. He was three for six in

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Speaker 1: his game that he played in Summer League. He's got

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Speaker 1: a low ceiling, like this guy is not going to

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Speaker 1: be a star, but he's a classic Warriors wing. Even

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Speaker 1: plays like an old guy. But he's a guy that

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Speaker 1: they can put on the wing, that they can trust

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Speaker 1: to make smart reads in four on three situations, who

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Speaker 1: can knock down the three when they're open, and he

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Speaker 1: plays the game slow and under control. I think he's

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Speaker 1: the guy that's seamless, slides into that out of border

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Speaker 1: junior role, and then I think you'll see Dante DiVincenzo

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Speaker 1: kind of slide into that Gary Payton roll. So overall,

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Speaker 1: to kind of put a bowl on it, all three

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Speaker 1: guys are well, let's focus on the first two. Wiseman

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Speaker 1: and Cominga have star potential, absolute star potential, and they

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Speaker 1: have things right now that they're very good at. Cominga

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Speaker 1: as a perimeter defensive player, I think he's going to

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Speaker 1: be a good option there for the Warriors this year.

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Speaker 1: James Wiseman with his length and athleticism on defense's ability

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Speaker 1: to stretch the floor, those are real skills that he

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Speaker 1: has right now. But they both have gaping holes that

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Speaker 1: they have to fix. Comingo with his decision making and

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Speaker 1: with his shooting. James Wiseman, with his physicality and his

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Speaker 1: rebounding and his ability to defend without fouling. Those are

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Speaker 1: gaping holes that will keep them out of the playoff

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Speaker 1: rotation unless they fix those holes this season, They're gonna

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Speaker 1: have tons of reps. They're gonna get all of training camp.

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Speaker 1: I read a report yesterday that they're gonna have them

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Speaker 1: play more games in Summer League to get them more reps.

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Speaker 1: So they have lots of time to figure it out.

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Speaker 1: But those are the things that they have to figure

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Speaker 1: out in order to make the rotation. Moses Moody is

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Speaker 1: ready right now. I think he can slide into that role.

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Speaker 1: I think he can do what Otto Porter Jr. Did,

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Speaker 1: So that's that's a good fit there. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I had some people ask me about Mac McClung. I

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Speaker 1: watched a bunch of him last year because he was

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Speaker 1: with the Lakers like his game. Totally solid G league guard,

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Speaker 1: but he's not an NBA player. Uh And again, I'm

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Speaker 1: not trying to discredit the guy. He's like. He's he's

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Speaker 1: very very good at what he does. He's just not

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Speaker 1: quite good enough to do what he's doing at the

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Speaker 1: NBA level. So I wouldn't worry about him in terms

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Speaker 1: of the Warriors roster this year, my guests, as he'll

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Speaker 1: end up playing in the G League. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that is all I have for today. Um, I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure what else we got going on this week, but

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Speaker 1: follow me on Twitter and underscore Jason LT and I'll

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Speaker 1: send out some show announcements as soon as I know.

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Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you guys a support and I'll

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Speaker 1: see you next time. The volume