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Speaker 1: Welcome to this league cut rule of twenty four hour

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Speaker 2: This you.

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Speaker 1: Chris Haynes. It's time, Mark Stein, It's some time. This

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Speaker 1: league and Cut is underway and on fire.

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Speaker 2: This should be a good one.

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Speaker 3: Hello again everyone, Mark Stein back with you here with

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Speaker 3: Chris Haynes. We didn't expect to be together again. This

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Speaker 3: soon might be a first in show history. I'm not

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Speaker 3: totally sure about that, because we don't have a precise

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Speaker 4: We probably need to do that.

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Speaker 3: We probably need to hire someone who can just keep

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Speaker 3: track of these milestones. But recording two consecutive days, maybe

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Speaker 3: we did it in the in the extreme infancy of this,

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Speaker 3: but we're doing it today even though we just had

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Speaker 3: a podcast out Monday.

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Speaker 4: It's Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: I think everybody knows why we are sounding those alarms

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Speaker 3: and had to do this emergency pod. Pretty newsy Monday

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Speaker 3: night in Los Angeles, the Denver Nuggets. They complete a

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Speaker 3: four to oh sweep of the Lakers to secure the

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Speaker 3: first trip to the NBA Finals in franchise history. The

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Speaker 3: Nuggets become the last of the four teams from the

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Speaker 3: of seventy six seventy seven, the last of the four

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Speaker 3: to earn a spot in the NBA Finals. Historic night

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Speaker 3: for the Denver Nuggets. But on the morning after, on

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Speaker 3: this Tuesday, we're all talking about Lebron James. By now,

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Speaker 3: you've seen the quotes out of his press conference after

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Speaker 3: the game. Mister Haynes was there, and that's why we

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Speaker 3: had to get together just by way of refresher in

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Speaker 3: case you haven't seen what Lebron James said. This was

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Speaker 3: Lebron at the podium after the Lakers swept out of

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Speaker 3: the conference finals, the end of Lebron's twentieth season in

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Speaker 3: the league. Quote, it's not fun to me to not

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Speaker 3: be able to be a part of getting to the finals.

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Speaker 3: But we'll see, we'll see, we'll see what happens going forward.

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know. I've got a lot

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Speaker 3: I've got a lot to think about, to be honest,

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Speaker 3: I've got a lot to think about. And with that,

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Speaker 3: Lebron James left the podium. But fortunately for this league,

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Speaker 3: uncut listeners and if I may please, friends, review rate

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Speaker 3: this League Uncut co host, Enfranchise Player.

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Speaker 4: He was there.

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Speaker 3: He tracked Lebron down after the press conference. Chris paint

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Speaker 3: a picture for us, tell us what the scene was

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Speaker 3: like last night after Lebron James went off camera with

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Speaker 3: the most open discussion of retirement he's ever thrown at us.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, that quote, that comment by Lebron James, it was

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Speaker 2: kind of a drop drop the mic type of a moment.

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Speaker 2: But it was a drop the mic that had a

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Speaker 2: lot of questions that need to be answered. What was

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Speaker 2: He has a lot to think about, you know, he

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Speaker 2: And I was told by those multiple parties that he

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Speaker 2: again for something like that, you know people that you

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Speaker 2: this is accurate information. This is huge. Lebron James has

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Speaker 2: never ever talked about retirement. Never. We've all heard about

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Speaker 2: He's never uttered the word retirement. He's never talked about it.

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Speaker 2: So that's that's what he gave me, acknowledging yes, he

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because the part I left out of my kind

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Speaker 3: of attempt to set the scene. Lebron gives this long

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Speaker 4: But then the next thunderbolt.

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Speaker 3: That really got this story moving was our own Chris Haynes,

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Speaker 3: tweeting at one oh eight Eastern time, breaking colon Los

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Speaker 3: League sources tell the NBA on TNT and bleach your report.

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Speaker 3: I like you, I mean certainly didn't expect him to

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Speaker 3: say these things. And look, these are these are his words.

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Speaker 3: You know, you have to digest them and respect them.

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Speaker 3: This isn't like whispers from James associates. He's the one

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Speaker 3: I'm with you, I just I cannot see any way

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Speaker 2: Let me give you another scene. Stein. So after the game,

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Speaker 2: keep in mind Stein. Remember I told you, I told

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Speaker 4: But it has been positive.

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Speaker 2: Like now we have to like we've always known. Obviously,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and look, maybe that is.

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Speaker 2: This is a new time we're in, you know, in

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Speaker 2: So it's coming. The end is coming. We just don't know.

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't know what to make out of it.

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Speaker 2: You know, players, you know they typically I'm gonna tell

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Speaker 2: They know how to play well with each other. And

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Speaker 2: the Lakers need to have a true dominant point guard,

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Speaker 2: not even point guard, just the lead guard that can

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Speaker 2: do a lot of the work. You're not going to

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Speaker 2: put Lebron on for an eighty two game season, and

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Speaker 2: he needs somebody to lean on on the perimeter. And

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Speaker 2: Ad did a really good job staying healthy in the postseason,

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Speaker 2: has some really good games, But they need a lead

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Speaker 2: guard like Kyrie Irving. So I don't think we've heard,

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Speaker 2: matter of fact, we have not heard the last of

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Speaker 2: a Kyrie Irving Los Angeles Lakers connection.

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Speaker 4: Well, look, you know where I live.

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Speaker 3: I'm based in Dallas, and this is what we've been

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Speaker 3: talking about here for ages to this point. Basically, six

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Speaker 3: weeks after the Mavericks season ended, without even getting to

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Speaker 3: the players after last season Cinderella trip to the Western

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Speaker 3: Conference Finals, the question in Dallas Daily Hourly has been

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Speaker 3: will a suitor for Kyrie Irving emerged? Because for so

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Speaker 3: long we've been saying we don't see one. That the

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Speaker 3: Mavericks are in pole position to resign him, but has

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Speaker 3: that changed. We don't have that answer yet, but something

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Speaker 3: tells me we're gonna have it real soon. We're gonna

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Speaker 3: have clarity on whether the Lakers will become a serious

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Speaker 3: trade suitor for Kyrie Irving. And look, I just I

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Speaker 3: do before we before we go, do want to just

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Speaker 3: make sure we give our props to the Denver Nuggets

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Speaker 3: because what they did, the manner they have mowed through

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Speaker 3: these Western Conference playoffs should not be diminished.

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Speaker 4: Historic season. Denver's been waiting a long time.

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Speaker 2: Shout out to Calvin Booth, general manager. The Nuggets shut

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Speaker 2: to Booth over there done a phenomenal job.

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Speaker 3: And Michael Malone does not like it when the world

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Speaker 3: talks about the Lakers after huge Nuggets achievements. But also also,

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Speaker 3: though I think he's just that's more messaging for his

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Speaker 3: team than for us, maybe he is actually secretly happy

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Speaker 3: that we're so focused on parsing every word of what

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Speaker 3: Lebron said at the podium and what he said to

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Speaker 3: you after, because that means Michael Malone. During this long

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Speaker 3: break before the NBA Finals, the Denver Nuggets do not

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Speaker 3: play again until June first, when they host Game one,

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Speaker 3: presumably against Miami, But you know, Boston as we're taping

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Speaker 3: this still has a flicker of life heading into their

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Speaker 3: game four later Tuesday night.

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Speaker 2: And that's an overstatement. Flicker.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I probably gave him too much credit. It's going

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Speaker 3: to be Denver Miami on June first. Write it down

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Speaker 3: right now, but for the Denver Nuggets eight nine days

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Speaker 3: until they play again. So maybe Michael Malone can use

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Speaker 3: this podcast and every article, every video segment today after

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Speaker 3: the door that Lebron James appeared to open to retirement

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00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 3: last night at the podium, maybe Michael Malone can use

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Speaker 3: all this as a further motivational material to keep his

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Speaker 3: team locked in. But man, they have been absolutely sensational.

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Speaker 3: Jokic and Jimmy Butler have been the MVPs of this playoffs.

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Speaker 3: And by the next time Chris Haynes and I are

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Speaker 3: together for a podcast, will know for sure, for certain

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Speaker 3: that their matchup on the final stage has been locked in.

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Speaker 3: All right, that does hoh again? Hold on, hold on,

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Speaker 3: it's not anything like that. But I got to give

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Speaker 3: a shout out myself style. Look at you so disappointed

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Speaker 3: start like, oh I thought you had up, you said, disupport.

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Speaker 4: You looked at your phone, so I thought maybe you had.

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Speaker 4: I thought you maybe you had. You had no text

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Speaker 4: that you wanted to hit us all with.

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Speaker 2: I want to give a shout out to Charlotte Hanks,

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Speaker 2: that's Wifey. We just opened up Charlene's Beauty Supply Store

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Speaker 2: in Elk Grove, California, where we have all your hair

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Speaker 2: product needs, all your grooming needs or the women. We

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Speaker 2: got the wigs, we got the laces, we got the

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Speaker 2: extensions for man. We got that for you too as well,

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Speaker 2: if that's what you need. We got your your beer,

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Speaker 2: grooming products. We got everything everything that you would need

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Speaker 2: to keep your hair looking nice, or we got everything

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Speaker 2: you need to put some hair on your head. You

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Speaker 2: get all that at Charlene's Beauty Supply. And I want

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Speaker 2: to make this announcement right here, Stein that we will

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Speaker 2: host a live podcast next month at Charlene's Beauty Supply

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Speaker 2: Store and it will feature a star NBA player as

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Speaker 2: our guest live at our store. Stein, I'll be happy

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Speaker 2: to have you. I can't wait to see you, man,

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Speaker 2: because you don't get out often, so that that would

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Speaker 2: be love to see you here.

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Speaker 3: It might be my first trip to Sacramento. I have

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Speaker 3: to do some more research on this. It might be

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Speaker 3: my first trip to Sacramento since Vladi Devots's jersey retirement,

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Speaker 3: which I think was two thousand and nine. Wow, I

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Speaker 3: will get that confirmed before this happens.

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Speaker 2: So I'm looking I'm looking forward to seeing you, Stein,

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Speaker 2: and there will be listen so we will. I will

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Speaker 2: give more information on how you can be one of

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Speaker 2: the few live audience that we have, you know, in attendance,

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Speaker 2: and so just stay tuned. We'll promote that. But I'm

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Speaker 2: looking forward to it.

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Speaker 4: An NBA Star guest, is that what you said?

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Speaker 2: My quoting correctly, That's what I said, Stein, and I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna say it again. NBA Star guests on This League

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Speaker 2: Uncut podcast live in Elk Grove, Sacramento area at Charlene's

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Speaker 2: Beauty Supply Store and if anybody wants to come check

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Speaker 2: it out, check the store out, please come on about

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Speaker 2: and we'll be happy to have you and to serve

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Speaker 2: all your hair and knees. Stein, you need anything on

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Speaker 2: the dome.

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Speaker 3: They if they can help this face for radio. I'm

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Speaker 3: I'm eager to find that out too.

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Speaker 2: That's all i want to say.

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Speaker 3: All right, everyone, that does it for emergency edition of

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Speaker 3: This League uncut again. Please remember to rate, review, and

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Speaker 3: subscribe to the show. The next time, Chris and I

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Speaker 3: are with you, NBA Finals talk, and let's face it,

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Speaker 3: the way things are going, there will be lots of

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Speaker 3: NBA off season talk too, because the off season has

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Speaker 3: begun for.

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Speaker 4: Twenty seven teams in the league now and uh yeah,

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Speaker 4: there's a lot going on, all right. Everybody that does

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Speaker 4: it talk soon.

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Speaker 1: And that'll do it for us. See you next time.

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Speaker 1: This League Uncutter is an iHeartRadio production Chris Hanes and

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Speaker 1: Mark Stein