WEBVTT - Miami or Nah?

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of This League. We do some cleanup

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<v Speaker 1>on our All All Star episode, so you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>why Blake Griffin chose the Nets. We cover the best

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<v Speaker 1>rumors circulating the NBA before the trade deadline, and we

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<v Speaker 1>break down why walk the ball up. Nate McMillan is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the worst potential coaches to coach the Atlanta Hawks,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet he still has the job. Much like our

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<v Speaker 1>All All Star episode, Marty, the ratings are in for

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<v Speaker 1>the big Game in Atlanta and they are shocking.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh yeah, I'm looking at it. The Nielsen ratings. It's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty interesting. Five point nine million total viewers. But in

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<v Speaker 2>the eighteen to thirty four age group, T and T

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<v Speaker 2>just crushed crushed.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was crazy to me. They were the most

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<v Speaker 1>few network in primetime for people under forty nine and

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<v Speaker 1>the game, folks, the game had a bigger audience for

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<v Speaker 1>folks under forty five than the Oprah interview with Megan Markle.

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<v Speaker 2>How about that that?

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<v Speaker 1>I did watch it after the bat. The All Star Game, though,

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<v Speaker 1>as we know, was designed to promote and market HPCUS,

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<v Speaker 1>and the court was branded they. I think they donated

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<v Speaker 1>three million dollars to HBCUs through the through the confines

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<v Speaker 1>of the All Star Game, which in hindsight kind of

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't seem like a lot at all. And other than

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, mister balloon hands and NBAT, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good All Star weekend all in all, and the

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<v Speaker 1>league made a shitload of money. So I guess to

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<v Speaker 1>recap Adam Silver took the calculated risk and made the

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<v Speaker 1>right decision, you know, considering everything, the assess, assessing the

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<v Speaker 1>potential blowback, the health issues, and decided to just, like Bucket,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll just pull the trigger.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess the biggest takeaway for me is that

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<v Speaker 1>it is what it is right now in covid Land.

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<v Speaker 1>Right the league is going to be very lucky if

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<v Speaker 1>only the Sixers get screwed coming out of the break.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have some reason why why You may ask

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<v Speaker 1>Marty why why Tristan, Because it's shocking that Atlanta was

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<v Speaker 1>not the city that had the most NBA players parlaying

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<v Speaker 1>during the All Star break, not even by a long shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Where do you think they were?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you're asking, I'm going to guess, Miami.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Miami, Miami, baby, Oh my god, one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty NBA players parlaying in Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so many. I mean, there's only like four hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>Almost yes, almost half the league doing god knows what.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason, folks that we know that there were

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and fifty NBA players parlaying in Miami is

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<v Speaker 1>because they have to let the NBA know where they

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<v Speaker 1>are so they can get COVID testing. And one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty of them were setting up their little COVID

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<v Speaker 1>schedule using the Miami Heat Facility and there were lines,

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<v Speaker 1>drive through lines around the block so the NBA players

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<v Speaker 1>could go get a swamp up their nose. Twice again,

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<v Speaker 1>that is absurd. So Brian Windhorst talked about this on

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<v Speaker 1>his pod and he said the NBA had an accurate

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<v Speaker 1>account of how many NBA players were there. I was

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<v Speaker 1>told it was in the neighborhood of one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty players in Miami over the weekend. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>for sure, but I think the testing site was the

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<v Speaker 1>Heat facility. They had to give the players a schedule.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a drive through and they had multiple lanes,

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<v Speaker 1>multiple lanes. Marty Adam Silver was right. I guess like

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's gonna do what they want to do we might

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<v Speaker 1>as well make some money during the All Star break? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, that actually makes a lot of sense that

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<v Speaker 2>he would think about it that way. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be a break, players are going to congregate.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we just see it in our everyday lives.

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<v Speaker 2>People are gonna gather like people aren't gonna follow the

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<v Speaker 2>rules one hundred percent of the time all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, And the All Star Game was great. I

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<v Speaker 2>had enjoyed it, So yeah, I think he made the right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think so too, given everything that is happening with

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<v Speaker 1>the league and the salary cap and potential shutdowns and

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<v Speaker 1>shutdowns last year, I mean, you might as well get

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<v Speaker 1>some money out of it if you're gonna have over

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<v Speaker 1>half the league, not social distancing and in one spot.

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<v Speaker 1>So I my final takeaway I guess is this. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a little trouble empathizing with NBA players who complained

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<v Speaker 1>about the All Star Game being unsafe, saying that it

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have happened, and then watching half the league board

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<v Speaker 1>a party bus during All Star Week in Miami. Half

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<v Speaker 1>the league, what do you think, like half the league

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<v Speaker 1>just happens to have family in Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, I mean they probably had to like fill

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<v Speaker 2>out a form or like something like why they went.

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<v Speaker 2>That's probably part of part of the protocol, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if it is, I would love to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Those I need names. Who was in charge of this,

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<v Speaker 1>Who was the leader of the group chat that was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>hey guys, I know just the spot where we can

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<v Speaker 1>all come through. This had to be coordinated. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>get that many players in one spot without there being

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of organized effort.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say Kelly oubre is the favorite to be

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<v Speaker 2>the ringleader has.

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<v Speaker 1>To be who formed the group chat and said Miami

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<v Speaker 1>or NA this league so everyone knows the news now,

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<v Speaker 1>Blake Griffin to the Nets. I broke that story. No

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. I am Adrian Ward Janowski's little sister, just

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<v Speaker 1>scooping pools left and right. But the thing that we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know until he came to the Nets was it

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<v Speaker 1>as soon as he got traded or fought out there

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<v Speaker 1>they went from did you know this, Marty? They went

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<v Speaker 1>from plus four hundred to plus two seventy five to

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<v Speaker 1>win the title.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, making them the worst bet in sports right now.

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<v Speaker 1>They're in some books now the favorites, right, the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 1>the defending champs are the only ones that have better

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<v Speaker 1>odds in some books at two fifty. Do you know,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, do you know the basketball smoothie story?

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<v Speaker 2>No? What's that?

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know that? I don't, all right, So, when

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Nash came to the Nets as the head coach,

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote a blog. Don't google the blog.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, the blog was.

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<v Speaker 1>The blog was not super excited about Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>Nash being the Oh okay, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I got called on the Barstool Radio for with

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Katz, Big Cat and a couple of other employees

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<v Speaker 1>at Barstool, and we went back and forth. We sparred

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<v Speaker 1>on why I didn't like the move, how I thought

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<v Speaker 1>anyone could do the job and win based around at

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<v Speaker 1>this point just Kevin Durant and Kyrie or just those two, right,

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<v Speaker 1>it was Steve Nash, Kevin Durant and Kyrie. And Dan said,

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<v Speaker 1>if they if the Nets win the title, will you

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<v Speaker 1>eat a basketball smoothie, a miniature basketball made of rubber

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<v Speaker 1>and put it in a Vitamins and and eat it

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<v Speaker 1>live on camera? And I said no, And then he

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<v Speaker 1>was like, no, you will, And I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm very confident and that's aw' gonna win the title.

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<v Speaker 1>So if they win, yes, on a live stream, I

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<v Speaker 1>will eat a basketball smoothie. And you know, I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I didn't know that part of it. Damn.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm concerned because there was no James Harden. There

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<v Speaker 1>was no Blake Griffin. All there were were two best

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<v Speaker 1>friends with an injury history and a first time head coach.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no Mike D'Antoni. There was nothing, nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>He hadn't filled out the staff yet. It was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Just the bare bones. I feel cheated, and as things

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<v Speaker 1>come together, I am getting more and more nervous. Tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>let's go into the quote about what Blake Griffin had

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<v Speaker 1>to say on why he showed the nets and why

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<v Speaker 1>I should be nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so Blake said they have a need power forward

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm close with DeAndre and Bruce Brown. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a tough decision and I wanted to be on a

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<v Speaker 2>team that was contending.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved that it was like Bruce Brown. Then it

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<v Speaker 1>was one of the lynchpins of the Blake Griffin sign,

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Brown. I can't come out here without my best

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<v Speaker 1>friend Bruce Brown.

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<v Speaker 2>People's players seem to love him. Players seem to just

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<v Speaker 2>love him.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he can give you thirty five on any

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<v Speaker 1>given night. I am a big Bruce Brown fan. There

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<v Speaker 1>might be a Bruce Brown segment. Who knows it. Also

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<v Speaker 1>recently was said on some media outlet that it was

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<v Speaker 1>KD who recruited him the most to come to Brooklyn,

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<v Speaker 1>which you know, I guess Kat was kind of in

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<v Speaker 1>that Draymond Green rowle where he was He's trying to

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<v Speaker 1>put the pieces together, play little mini GM. I am

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<v Speaker 1>very curious to see how Blake fits into the system.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess they're gonna use him as a playmaker.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. There's actually kind of like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff they could do with him. I don't really

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<v Speaker 2>love it, honestly. I don't think Blake is really gonna

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<v Speaker 2>move the needle for them that much. I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna try really hard and nothing really is going to

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<v Speaker 2>change that much.

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<v Speaker 1>And I guess I think that he could be excellent.

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<v Speaker 1>I have seen a lot of Detroit Biscos games, as

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Marty and Blake Griffin as a hustleman, as

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<v Speaker 1>a man who can pass kick out. He has gotten

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<v Speaker 1>double teams his entire career. He will no longer ever

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<v Speaker 1>get double teams if he comes off the bench, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and play some second unit minutes and they can't double

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<v Speaker 1>him because maybe Kyrie is in there and Joe Harris,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty boyd, Joe Harrison of course all star Bruce Brown

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<v Speaker 1>is in there hitting from the corner. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>could be great. I think it could and you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>and if it's not great, you're paying them the minimum?

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<v Speaker 2>Well right, yeah, yeah, And I definitely think it needs

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<v Speaker 2>to be a bench roll, like when they when he

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<v Speaker 2>first got bought out, and I started thinking like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>like what if we brought him in Phoenie. I know

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<v Speaker 2>people probably hate me because all I do is ever

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<v Speaker 2>talk about my team, But when I was thinking of that,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just thinking, like, if we could give Frank

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<v Speaker 2>Kminski's minutes to Blake Griffin, like that'd be sweet. But like,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all I was really thinking of. I wasn't thinking like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>let's get Blake Griffin to come in here and start

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<v Speaker 2>a power forward for us. That was never a thought

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<v Speaker 2>on line.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think especially when KD and as I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're starting to see KD is more injured than people

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to say in the beginning. They like to they

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<v Speaker 1>like to use the wing and the power forward to

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<v Speaker 1>facilitate the playmate, and when Kd's out, they can't do that,

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<v Speaker 1>and that changes the complexity and the complexion of their

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<v Speaker 1>offensive system in a way that can hurt them. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think Blake could be that piece for them. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a great pickup. And like I said, if

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't work out, you paid him one point two

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no risk.

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<v Speaker 1>Great for the Nets, not for me, I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>just another piece. If Vegas is starting to put them

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<v Speaker 1>as the favorite to win it all, that's how you

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<v Speaker 1>know it's a meaningful piece. I doubt that if I

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<v Speaker 1>have to eat the basketball smoothie, I will ever get

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<v Speaker 1>it down. Like, I don't even think that that's possible.

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<v Speaker 1>I could go to the hospital for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you should google it. Is it even safe to do?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I'm consulting my doctor about it. All

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<v Speaker 1>I can say is this, Anthony Davis better get healthy

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<v Speaker 1>right quick and maybe hopefully the Lakers can have a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of tricks up their sleeve in order to make

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<v Speaker 1>it even more difficult for the Nets and that is

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<v Speaker 1>what the next segment is for it, Marty, how great

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<v Speaker 1>is that for a segue for Dan Gilbert and Lebron James.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, just look at those lyrics. Look at those

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<v Speaker 1>lyrics and imagine Celo Green is Dan Gilbert singing to

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron James. Just imagine it, and and now you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Now you know what this segment is all about. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a perfect representation of Dan Gilbert cheap by cheating, stealing,

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<v Speaker 1>doing whatever that he can to keep Lebron James in

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<v Speaker 1>his grasp and to keep Lebron James from winning a

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<v Speaker 1>title when he leaves just a salty, bitter ex that

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<v Speaker 1>is Dan Gilbert. Dan Gilbert was trending, Marty. We talked

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<v Speaker 1>about this a couple of days ago when it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>He is trending because Andre Drummond, you know, wants out

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<v Speaker 1>of Cleveland, as pretty much everyone wants out of Cleveland,

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<v Speaker 1>and his big contract has rumored he's gonna get bought out,

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<v Speaker 1>but he wants to go to La Right. People are saying,

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<v Speaker 1>the world is saying, where's Andre Drummer gonna go? Is

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<v Speaker 1>he gonna match up and come with Lebron James, be

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<v Speaker 1>a big man to back up Anthony Davis is Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>Davis gonna get healthy? Who knows Andre's perfect? And then

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<v Speaker 1>Baron Davis comes through and Baron Davis drops a tweet

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<v Speaker 1>to show us why Dan Gilbert is the biggest piece

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<v Speaker 1>of shit this side of Donald Sterne. Let's go over

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<v Speaker 1>Dan quickly before we talk about this tweet. Dan Gilbert's

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<v Speaker 1>illustrious career as an owner of the Cast. He drafted

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<v Speaker 1>Braun out of high school and surrounded this dude with bumps, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I would say there were bumps for seven years.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't didn't acquire Amri Stottammeyer because he was too attached

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<v Speaker 2>to JJ Hickson famously.

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<v Speaker 1>JJ Hickson by the way, great Blazer, so terrible cat.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Braun was like, you know what, I'm tired of

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<v Speaker 1>playing with bumps. I'm tired of having to do everything

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<v Speaker 1>I want to win a title. And he bounced, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Dan Gilbert proceeded to write a letter in comic

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<v Speaker 1>sans of distirating him, basically saying, you know what, Lebron,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a voodoo dall set up with pins and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna push inside of it. You're never gonna win

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<v Speaker 1>a title. Yourselfish you're awful, like he said so much shit.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, I can't even believe that this is real.

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<v Speaker 1>You're disloyal. You promised us, you promised Cleveland you would

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<v Speaker 1>win a title. And then he said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna win a title before you do, Lebron James,

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<v Speaker 1>which was you crazy?

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<v Speaker 2>That was cootl hilarious. The funniest part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't like Lebron was like, hey, I'm leaving. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know where Lebron was gonna go. It was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm leaving with Chris Bosh and to join d Wade

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like, yeah, Cleveland's gonna win a title for you, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>And so they did. He he and they did win

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<v Speaker 1>two titles, and he decided for some ungodly reason, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, Lebron James, being one of the best humans

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<v Speaker 1>on Earth, says you know what, I will go back

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<v Speaker 1>to Cleveland. I will win a ring for Cleveland. That's

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<v Speaker 1>just one of the craziest for stories.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it to.

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<v Speaker 1>Go back to the guy who said all of those

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<v Speaker 1>things and he has zero interest playing for him, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, I love Cleveland so much that I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to go back just to get them all ring and

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<v Speaker 1>I am going to get the fuck out. So why

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<v Speaker 1>on earth would Dan Gilbert be mad? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why Dan Gilbert would be so petty

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<v Speaker 1>still now that he has gotten a ring from Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>James probably will never get a ring ever again. What

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<v Speaker 1>is there to be so salty about? Don't know. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Gilbert is just a prick. But Baron Davis then

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted this, he decided to comfort Gilbert's neck when Drummond

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<v Speaker 1>was rumored to be bought out, right, So what did

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<v Speaker 1>h What did Dan Gilbert do? Because I guess Baron

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<v Speaker 1>was on the calves.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, it was. It was after the Mo Williams trade.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Blake Griffin's rookie year Clippers. So uh, Baron

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<v Speaker 2>Davis said, Uh, I remember, Dan Gilbert sent a message

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<v Speaker 2>to me. He wouldn't let me out of my deal

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<v Speaker 2>if I went to play with Lebron. Facts. He knew

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<v Speaker 2>that where I was going. So they played hardball. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>if I went to play with Lebron, he would win

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<v Speaker 2>a title. I told him Lebron gonna win one anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>And he did. My gosh, yes, Dan Gilbert. It was

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<v Speaker 1>Baron Davis that was gonna stand in the way of

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Heat getting a ring.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Baron Davis is gonna d up Dirk, Like, what.

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<v Speaker 1>Are we doing here? This though? Is Dan Gilbert in

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<v Speaker 1>a nutshell to me? Like the funniest thing is like

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<v Speaker 1>the guy's gone and you're doing everything in your power

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<v Speaker 1>to make his life worse. Like Dan Gilbert. To me,

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<v Speaker 1>Marty is the girl. We'll call her Dan Yell right

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<v Speaker 1>instead of Dan. He hooked up, got lucky with the

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<v Speaker 1>hottest guy in high school, right, Like somehow, some way

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<v Speaker 1>locked into this continuously gas lit Her boyfriend told him,

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<v Speaker 1>You're not shit, You're never gonna be shit. You could

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<v Speaker 1>only be with me. This is only gonna work with me.

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<v Speaker 1>And for seven years he put up with it, and

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<v Speaker 1>then all of a sudden he was like, Wow, there's

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<v Speaker 1>this hot girl in Miami. She wants me, She's got

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<v Speaker 1>a job, she's got good culture, good family. I wanna

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<v Speaker 1>go and hang out with her. He leaves, and Danielle

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<v Speaker 1>just goes full ham on Facebook, starting tweeting things away,

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<v Speaker 1>starts talking about his mom, starts talking about things that

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<v Speaker 1>aren't even true, showing up at his job, and you're like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god. A public life letter aka the Rets,

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<v Speaker 1>turning all the family and friends again against them, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, you're never gonna shit without me. You

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<v Speaker 1>promised me, you promise me a baby. And then you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, after he with that other woman has a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of kids. It works somehow, some way, the family,

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<v Speaker 1>the friend, someone got into his head and they were like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, maybe you should try to make it

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<v Speaker 1>work with Danielle. Maybe you should just go back there

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<v Speaker 1>and see, you guys have been together for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>She was your first. Just go back there, see if

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<v Speaker 1>you can give her a baby. Just see they reconcile him.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what. Yep, they have a baby together, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Danielle proceeds to be one of the worst baby

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<v Speaker 1>mamas of all time. Just still, after they break up,

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<v Speaker 1>he leaves, of course to go to Angelo, right the

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<v Speaker 1>City of Angels, and she continues to just wreak havoc

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<v Speaker 1>at every step of the way. Still, Sophie still try

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<v Speaker 1>to fuck up his life for no reason whatsoever, doing

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<v Speaker 1>everything that she can to make his life worse. This

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<v Speaker 1>think about this Marty, a billionaire, a billionaire doing everything

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<v Speaker 1>he can for no reason, to make another billionaire's life worse,

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<v Speaker 1>to thwart the plans of another billionaire. He just wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be happy. He wants to be in love, yes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>he wants love. Couldn't find love with Dan Yelle. Found

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<v Speaker 1>love in Miami, found love in Los Angeles, went back

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<v Speaker 1>to his home to give the love to his city,

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<v Speaker 1>which he did, and Dan Gilbert just still doesn't is

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<v Speaker 1>not satisfied with that. And let's just say this, do

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I don't know if you know this, Marty,

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<v Speaker 1>but like this is not even a fraction of how

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<v Speaker 1>bad Dan Gilbert is. It is not even close in

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<v Speaker 1>his lowis moment, Go google quick and loans Justice Department.

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<v Speaker 1>When you get a second, go down that rabbital. It's gross.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gross. How gross is it's It's about as gross

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<v Speaker 1>as a basketball smoothie will taste. If Dan Gilbert blocks

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<v Speaker 1>Andrey Drummond from going to the LA Lakers, that's how

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<v Speaker 1>gross it is this league. So March twenty fifth, the deadline, Marty. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>got a couple of weeks and you know shit is

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<v Speaker 1>about to pop. We have now going to skip the

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<v Speaker 1>question segments all together, just so that we can cover

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<v Speaker 1>all the rumors that are circulating, some of the wild ones,

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<v Speaker 1>some of the most fun ones. I think the most

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<v Speaker 1>fun one is about the most trash team. This is

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<v Speaker 1>probably one of the most absurd stories that I've heard.

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<v Speaker 1>Worst team in basketball, Houston Rockets. It appears that they

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<v Speaker 1>are having a fire sale. Everything must go. Everything they said,

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<v Speaker 1>everything's happull That's what happens basically when you lose the

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<v Speaker 1>last thirteen games going into the All Star break. Jake Fisher,

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<v Speaker 1>some reporter says that Raphael Stone the GM is quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote starting to call around on everyone, starting to pitch

0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:11.760
<v Speaker 1>his little shopping cart filled with all of his players,

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<v Speaker 1>like who do you want? Olivipo likely gone. Appears he's

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<v Speaker 1>looking for a max deal, and he's rehabbing in Miami

0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:21.840
<v Speaker 1>right now, so you know he's probably in Miami. He

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<v Speaker 1>actually might be the one who started that group chat

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<v Speaker 1>being like, hey, I'm doing a little redhab actionly trying

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<v Speaker 1>to come PJ. Tucker also looks like he's gone okay.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like he either wants to go to any

0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:42.040
<v Speaker 1>contender Bucks, Nets, heats Lakers, Philadelphia, Nuggets, Wolves, and but

0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:45.440
<v Speaker 1>what was crazy is that that the Rockets were only

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<v Speaker 1>gonna let him go at one point for a first

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<v Speaker 1>rounder or three second rounders. How delusional is that PJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker is thirty five or thirty six.

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<v Speaker 1>How he's thirty five and he's shooting thirty one from three?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Yeah, people don't realize how old he is because

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<v Speaker 2>he spent six years overseas before.

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<v Speaker 1>He came four and a half rebounds compared to six

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<v Speaker 1>and a half. I mean, his book price is just plummeting,

0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:15.960
<v Speaker 1>and they're like, give us a first rounder. Fuck you, No,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody wants a thirty five year old guy for a

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<v Speaker 1>first round pick. I'm sorry, we want PJ. Tucker, not

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<v Speaker 1>at that price. John Wall also likely maybe once out

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<v Speaker 1>if they have the fire sale and he's the only

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<v Speaker 1>one left, Like James Harden, Remember what James Harden said,

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<v Speaker 1>that could happen very fast with John Wall. Get me

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck out of this place. All the supporting cast

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<v Speaker 1>on the block, Daniel House on the block, Ben Macklemarn

0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:43.320
<v Speaker 1>Sterling Brown, John Tate, and it appears that no one's saying.

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<v Speaker 1>No one is untradable for the Houston Rockets. And the

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<v Speaker 1>funniest thing was what one assistant GM said that Houston

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<v Speaker 1>is going to burn the house down.

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<v Speaker 2>That's interesting. Yeah, this is gonna be a completely new

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<v Speaker 2>team next year. Yeah that that feels like it's on.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the trajectory for it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just christian Wood. Good luck, christian Wood. Houston's a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful place in the summer right here. So then let's

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<v Speaker 1>move on. Let's move on. It's not it's actually a

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<v Speaker 1>ship home. Next we move on to the unusual case

0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:17.040
<v Speaker 1>of Kyle Lowry. I've been saying this, You've been saying this.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody's been saying Kyle Lowry to the Sixers right. House

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<v Speaker 1>is sold in Toronto and he lost money on it.

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<v Speaker 1>He lost money on a house. Okay, that tells you things.

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<v Speaker 1>Things are happening. When you're losing money on a house sale,

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<v Speaker 1>you're out. You want to move it fast. You're looking

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<v Speaker 1>for a new place in a new city. Bill Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>and Risillo spilled the tea.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you hear this team on their latest part or yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>That he has been running around telling Kyle Lowry has

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<v Speaker 1>been running around telling everyone that he's getting traded for

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<v Speaker 1>a month now. And then Lowry came up on ig

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<v Speaker 1>and was like, Hey, the lies people telling them me

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<v Speaker 1>are amazing. Do not put a thing out if it

0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:06.600
<v Speaker 1>didn't come for me. Matt sounds like salty balls because

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<v Speaker 1>then he also said Toronto will always be my home.

0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:13.880
<v Speaker 1>Toronto will always be my home, which also means you're

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<v Speaker 1>out of the door. No one says like James Harden

0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:20.680
<v Speaker 1>said that right when he left. Yeah, Houston will always

0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:23.520
<v Speaker 1>be my home. And it's like you're in Brooklyn right now.

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<v Speaker 1>He also then said he also then said, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to retire a raptor, even if it's on a one

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<v Speaker 1>day contract.

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<v Speaker 2>That seems like you're out the door for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway. Also, Nikola Vucevic, another name on the trade block,

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<v Speaker 1>gotta be one of the most desirable names that could

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<v Speaker 1>possibly be trade right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely. In terms of actual production, yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaging twenty five twelve and four, shooting forty one

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<v Speaker 1>percent as a big man from three and he has

0:23:53.560 --> 0:23:57.520
<v Speaker 1>two seasons left on his contract. I think everyone everyone

0:23:57.880 --> 0:24:03.000
<v Speaker 1>wants Nikola Utavic, and especially Boston. His stock price right

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<v Speaker 1>now is hoigh high high. The Magic says we don't

0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:10.040
<v Speaker 1>want to move him, but really you don't. Are you

0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:14.480
<v Speaker 1>sure you're the Magic? You're not winning any time soon,

0:24:14.960 --> 0:24:18.640
<v Speaker 1>anytime soon. We also know LaMarcus Audres is on the move.

0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:21.760
<v Speaker 1>Your boy Greg Popovich said that he's gonna try to

0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:24.480
<v Speaker 1>work something out for LaMarcus because he's been good to

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<v Speaker 1>the franchise, so he's not gonna play him. Here's the

0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:31.080
<v Speaker 1>little spin. Here's a funny spin. When Detroit and Cleveland

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<v Speaker 1>don't play their stars, they're a shitty organization, right because

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<v Speaker 1>and then when Popovich does it, it's like he's being

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<v Speaker 1>good to LaMarcus. He's like, LaMarcus, you've been so good

0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:46.520
<v Speaker 1>to our team. We don't want to see you get injured.

0:24:47.000 --> 0:24:49.960
<v Speaker 1>We're gonna sit you out when you're healthy. And everyone's

0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:52.800
<v Speaker 1>like Pop is the best. I love Pop. It's like

0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:57.200
<v Speaker 1>the exact same thing. And then last night they went

0:24:57.280 --> 0:24:59.760
<v Speaker 1>six minutes in the fourth quarter without scoring, and they

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<v Speaker 1>because they had a healthy scratch LaMarcus Aldridge sitting on

0:25:03.560 --> 0:25:08.800
<v Speaker 1>the bench, and everybody's like Greg Popovich is the best.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the medium for you. Also, let's talk Celtics for

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<v Speaker 1>a second, because the Celtics are probably the biggest team

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<v Speaker 1>that's been swirling with trade rumors since the beginning of

0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:24.760
<v Speaker 1>the season. Right, Trader Danny's gotta do something. Trader Danny

0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:27.920
<v Speaker 1>says he's gonna do something. Trader Danny needs to do something.

0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:31.200
<v Speaker 1>Here's some Barnes. They just keep saying, here's some Barnes,

0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:34.760
<v Speaker 1>here's some Barnes. Kings are asking a lot for him.

0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:39.600
<v Speaker 1>They say that they want to use Tatum at the four,

0:25:39.880 --> 0:25:43.760
<v Speaker 1>Harrison Barnes at the three line up flexibility. Great, Harrison

0:25:43.760 --> 0:25:45.520
<v Speaker 1>Barnes is on a team friendly deal. I think he

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<v Speaker 1>makes twenty this year, eighteen next year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, something like that. Too much.

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<v Speaker 1>And Celtics fans, I hate to break it to you,

0:25:55.720 --> 0:26:02.600
<v Speaker 1>but the key centerpiece of this trade Marcus Smart. Marcus

0:26:02.600 --> 0:26:08.919
<v Speaker 1>Smart might be traded. It's either Robert Williams or Marcus Smart.

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<v Speaker 1>And I tell you who I would want to buy

0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:14.520
<v Speaker 1>was the kids. His name is not time Lord, his

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<v Speaker 1>name is not Robert Williams.

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<v Speaker 2>If Robert Williams.

0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:24.960
<v Speaker 1>Loves report native Robert Williams can't make a flight on time,

0:26:25.080 --> 0:26:28.719
<v Speaker 1>Robert Williams, I tell you what if Marcus Smart ends

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<v Speaker 1>up getting traded, the victory lap will be nonstock. I

0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:39.200
<v Speaker 1>might say it on every single episode. Hey, by the way,

0:26:39.520 --> 0:26:41.840
<v Speaker 1>just like I said, need to move on from Marcus Smart,

0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:44.680
<v Speaker 1>you did, and you're gonna be better for it because

0:26:44.680 --> 0:26:48.800
<v Speaker 1>now you have Harrison Barnes. Anyhow, Celtics looks like Celtics

0:26:48.840 --> 0:26:52.359
<v Speaker 1>look like they want LaMarcus Audridge. They're looking for a

0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:55.960
<v Speaker 1>big man that can shoot. Larry Nance Junior is also

0:26:56.000 --> 0:26:59.320
<v Speaker 1>on the radar. They're high on Jeremy Grant, which they

0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:02.440
<v Speaker 1>will not get. Everybody thinking that they can get Jeremy Grant.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a certain I don't know why, Like it's

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<v Speaker 2>having a career year in his first year on a

0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:09.040
<v Speaker 2>new team that they really don't have any other assets

0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 2>to be proud of, Like I don't Yeah, no, there's

0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:12.520
<v Speaker 2>no way they're getting.

0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:14.560
<v Speaker 1>Rid of him anyway. The TPE, we'll talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>trade player trade a player exception, not going to use

0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:20.160
<v Speaker 1>it until the off season appears. So Boston is big trash.

0:27:20.240 --> 0:27:22.200
<v Speaker 1>They need to make a move. I hope they trademark

0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:26.480
<v Speaker 1>smart just so that I can be right. I don't know, Mary,

0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:29.760
<v Speaker 1>Boston has a problem. The problem is that they had

0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:31.840
<v Speaker 1>great players and they traded those players away and they

0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:35.199
<v Speaker 1>got worse players in return, or they left in free

0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:37.040
<v Speaker 1>agency and they and they didn't get anything for them.

0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:38.200
<v Speaker 1>Would you agree that that's.

0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:41.520
<v Speaker 2>The problem They've got several problems. Their rosters just constructed

0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:45.480
<v Speaker 2>really weird. Uh yeah, I don't know, it's hard to pinpoint,

0:27:45.480 --> 0:27:48.240
<v Speaker 2>but yeah, no, they had not been managed particularly well

0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:49.600
<v Speaker 2>the last like season and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>No, we're going to be keeping a close eye on

0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:54.200
<v Speaker 1>these rumors. There's going to be every single week, every

0:27:54.200 --> 0:27:56.200
<v Speaker 1>single day, it feels like something else is coming out.

0:27:56.200 --> 0:27:58.240
<v Speaker 1>So we're going to be keeping an eye. We will

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<v Speaker 1>update you more on next episode in advance of the

0:28:01.400 --> 0:28:06.080
<v Speaker 1>March twenty fifth deadline. Let's move on. Yeah, I'm feeling myself.

0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:10.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm feeling myself because we talked about Nate McMillan as

0:28:10.520 --> 0:28:16.119
<v Speaker 1>the interim head coach. My initial instinct was this is terrible.

0:28:17.119 --> 0:28:20.360
<v Speaker 1>This is a terrible decision. And I said, you know what,

0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:22.840
<v Speaker 1>as a woman in the media, they will flame you

0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:27.960
<v Speaker 1>if you are not bringing facts coming with scats, numbers,

0:28:28.359 --> 0:28:31.080
<v Speaker 1>hard data. They're gonna be like, you don't know basketball.

0:28:32.000 --> 0:28:34.679
<v Speaker 1>So I said, okay, I'm gonna go off and do

0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:38.640
<v Speaker 1>some research, read a bunch, go back into the history

0:28:38.680 --> 0:28:41.520
<v Speaker 1>books about his time as a head coach, and you

0:28:41.520 --> 0:28:44.920
<v Speaker 1>know what, I feel the same way, feel the exact

0:28:44.920 --> 0:28:50.200
<v Speaker 1>same way. So my original feelings were pretty much spot on.

0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:54.800
<v Speaker 1>So I'm feeling myself. Let's get into it. Zero point one.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what we know. Nate McMillan does not want

0:28:58.040 --> 0:29:00.960
<v Speaker 1>the head coaching job of you Lite. He does not

0:29:01.040 --> 0:29:03.400
<v Speaker 1>want to be a head coach in this league because

0:29:03.400 --> 0:29:06.640
<v Speaker 1>I believe this is me just my belief is that

0:29:06.680 --> 0:29:08.320
<v Speaker 1>he knows he's in over his head and he's not

0:29:08.360 --> 0:29:11.040
<v Speaker 1>good at that job. That's what I believe. I know

0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:13.240
<v Speaker 1>that he does not want that job because he said

0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:16.040
<v Speaker 1>he reluctantly took it and he had to be forced

0:29:16.040 --> 0:29:18.680
<v Speaker 1>into it by Lloyd Pierce. Lloyd Pier's like, YO, just

0:29:18.680 --> 0:29:20.560
<v Speaker 1>take the job. Just take it for the rest of

0:29:20.600 --> 0:29:22.600
<v Speaker 1>the season. You don't have to even have it after

0:29:22.640 --> 0:29:25.600
<v Speaker 1>the season is over, Okay. What we also know is

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:30.120
<v Speaker 1>that Nate McMillan has a reputation, a reputation for being

0:29:30.240 --> 0:29:33.280
<v Speaker 1>very slow, for being very methodical, and he is now

0:29:33.840 --> 0:29:36.760
<v Speaker 1>the interim coach of one of the youngest, hottest, precious,

0:29:36.920 --> 0:29:40.280
<v Speaker 1>fastest teams in the NBA. I would say those two

0:29:40.280 --> 0:29:43.360
<v Speaker 1>facts are almost everything you need to know unless you're me,

0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:46.840
<v Speaker 1>So I have to give more data. So what we

0:29:46.880 --> 0:29:48.840
<v Speaker 1>also know is that Nate McMillan he can get to

0:29:48.840 --> 0:29:50.440
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs, and he can't do much more than that.

0:29:51.080 --> 0:29:53.160
<v Speaker 1>In the nine years that he's been head coach, how

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<v Speaker 1>many times do you think his teams Marty have gotten

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<v Speaker 1>out of the first round.

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<v Speaker 2>Ooh, it's not zero.

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<v Speaker 1>It can't be no zero, it's not zero one two,

0:30:01.720 --> 0:30:05.240
<v Speaker 1>it is one. It's not two, and it's not zero one.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god. So he was a head coach in Seattle,

0:30:08.560 --> 0:30:10.720
<v Speaker 1>head coach in Portland. This is how I know him.

0:30:10.760 --> 0:30:14.600
<v Speaker 1>I know him from Portland. I am intimately familiar with

0:30:14.720 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 1>Nate McMillan in Portland. Like, this is a guy who

0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:23.320
<v Speaker 1>told Brandon Roy walk the ball up. Let me say

0:30:23.320 --> 0:30:27.400
<v Speaker 1>it again. This is a guy who told Brandon Roy

0:30:27.680 --> 0:30:31.000
<v Speaker 1>to walk the ball up even if there was a

0:30:31.040 --> 0:30:34.200
<v Speaker 1>fast break opportunity, even if the other team missed the shot.

0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:38.600
<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine walk the ball up? I mean, what

0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:42.280
<v Speaker 1>what is this? This is like in twenty and twelve.

0:30:42.840 --> 0:30:47.240
<v Speaker 1>In twenty twelve, the average points per game was ninety

0:30:47.280 --> 0:30:50.960
<v Speaker 1>six point three. The Blazers scored like eighty eight points

0:30:50.960 --> 0:30:55.760
<v Speaker 1>per game. He was always below the league average in pace.

0:30:56.040 --> 0:30:59.040
<v Speaker 1>Every single time he's the head coach, his team is

0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:02.680
<v Speaker 1>like the best that they possibly have been is twenty

0:31:02.720 --> 0:31:07.280
<v Speaker 1>fourth ranked in pace of play. They're always the bottom

0:31:07.640 --> 0:31:11.800
<v Speaker 1>in points per game two, they're the bottom tier in

0:31:11.920 --> 0:31:15.200
<v Speaker 1>pace and points. That is gross. And what we know

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:17.880
<v Speaker 1>is now that's kind of like where we're going, right.

0:31:18.480 --> 0:31:22.240
<v Speaker 1>The NBA is fast paced, needs lots of points. Offense.

0:31:22.280 --> 0:31:25.160
<v Speaker 1>There was just an article written about the Brooklyn Nets

0:31:25.640 --> 0:31:28.640
<v Speaker 1>changing the NBA because it's all offense all the time.

0:31:29.360 --> 0:31:32.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean the Mike D'Antoni Sons, that four h five,

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:35.040
<v Speaker 2>like seven seconds or less team. I think if you

0:31:35.360 --> 0:31:37.120
<v Speaker 2>if you took them and put them in today's NBA,

0:31:37.200 --> 0:31:40.360
<v Speaker 2>they'd be like twenty seventh, twenty eighth in pace. Like

0:31:40.440 --> 0:31:42.440
<v Speaker 2>it's changed that much in just like fifteen years.

0:31:42.720 --> 0:31:46.760
<v Speaker 1>It's gross. Nate's most here's a fun fact. Nate's most

0:31:47.440 --> 0:31:51.120
<v Speaker 1>two most successful years, the Blazers finished dead last in

0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:56.040
<v Speaker 1>pace of play. Yuck. He got fired. Why because guys

0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:58.360
<v Speaker 1>just weren't listening to him anymore. They said he lost

0:31:58.440 --> 0:32:02.720
<v Speaker 1>the locker room. Yeah, no, sh you're dead last. No one,

0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:07.440
<v Speaker 1>no Hooper in their right mind wants to walk the

0:32:07.480 --> 0:32:09.800
<v Speaker 1>ball up to half court. Not even when you're six,

0:32:10.120 --> 0:32:12.840
<v Speaker 1>not when you're twelve, and certainly not when you're a

0:32:12.880 --> 0:32:16.160
<v Speaker 1>pro player making million dollars a year and somebody hits

0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:17.600
<v Speaker 1>the ball off the rim and you're like, yo, I

0:32:17.600 --> 0:32:19.360
<v Speaker 1>can go out on the fast break. Don't get feel

0:32:19.360 --> 0:32:22.480
<v Speaker 1>good right from the shorties on the line. So yeah,

0:32:22.640 --> 0:32:25.240
<v Speaker 1>he went from Portland and then somehow, some way he

0:32:25.320 --> 0:32:29.040
<v Speaker 1>bamboozled his way to Indiana. Larry Bird said that the

0:32:29.080 --> 0:32:31.680
<v Speaker 1>reason that he fired Frank Bogel was because he wanted

0:32:31.720 --> 0:32:35.120
<v Speaker 1>to play a faster style. Frank Bogel was like last

0:32:35.160 --> 0:32:37.840
<v Speaker 1>an efficiency and he wanted to have a more efficient

0:32:37.920 --> 0:32:41.120
<v Speaker 1>and fast offense. I'm sorry, fast pace doesn't always go

0:32:41.160 --> 0:32:44.480
<v Speaker 1>with efficiency. It needs to be noted that Larry Bird

0:32:44.520 --> 0:32:48.520
<v Speaker 1>resigned after he hired Nate McMillan. That very next year

0:32:48.640 --> 0:32:52.080
<v Speaker 1>he resigned, So wasn't a great idea all of that

0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:55.040
<v Speaker 1>to say. Now he is the interim head coach in Atlanta.

0:32:56.160 --> 0:33:02.000
<v Speaker 1>In Atlanta with Tray Young, Cam Reddish John Collins, the

0:33:02.040 --> 0:33:04.960
<v Speaker 1>team that was scoring like one hundred and thirteen points

0:33:05.000 --> 0:33:08.520
<v Speaker 1>per game. How many points do you think that they're

0:33:08.600 --> 0:33:10.880
<v Speaker 1>going to score now in the second half this season?

0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:16.400
<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, you're talking about John Collins who said,

0:33:16.920 --> 0:33:20.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm tired of a drill sergeant. I'm tired of this

0:33:20.560 --> 0:33:24.600
<v Speaker 1>authoritarian guy who's not listening to us, and you hired

0:33:25.000 --> 0:33:30.200
<v Speaker 1>your interim head coach whose nickname is Sarge. What are

0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:35.000
<v Speaker 1>you guys doing? Trav Travish like has to know all

0:33:35.040 --> 0:33:37.760
<v Speaker 1>of these things. He has to. If I know them,

0:33:37.960 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 1>he knows them. This is the decision making that I

0:33:41.560 --> 0:33:45.000
<v Speaker 1>don't understand. That is puzzling me. These guys are constantly

0:33:45.080 --> 0:33:49.040
<v Speaker 1>saying to Lloyd Pierce, the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, Hey,

0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:51.960
<v Speaker 1>we want to play a more free flowing style of offense,

0:33:52.040 --> 0:33:54.240
<v Speaker 1>especially in the fourth quarter, like let us kind of

0:33:54.600 --> 0:33:57.360
<v Speaker 1>rip and roll and read and react, and then they

0:33:57.440 --> 0:34:01.360
<v Speaker 1>hire Nate. Were they listening? Were they listening to what

0:34:01.440 --> 0:34:05.680
<v Speaker 1>these players wanted at all? John Collins, Trey Young, Cam Reddish.

0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:07.400
<v Speaker 1>If you don't think it can get worse for you,

0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:12.799
<v Speaker 1>it can. You don't like discipline, get ready for wind

0:34:12.840 --> 0:34:17.120
<v Speaker 1>sprints and push ups and suicides F five am when

0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:19.080
<v Speaker 1>you didn't walk the ball up on a fast break.

0:34:19.440 --> 0:34:21.720
<v Speaker 1>The question that I have is is there a worst

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:25.400
<v Speaker 1>coach to replace Lloyd Pierce than Nate McMillan. If you

0:34:25.560 --> 0:34:30.000
<v Speaker 1>tried to find one, I don't think you could. This

0:34:30.120 --> 0:34:35.759
<v Speaker 1>better be fucking temporary Atlanta. Holy shit, but the only

0:34:35.800 --> 0:34:37.800
<v Speaker 1>good news that I have for you and me, Marty,

0:34:38.000 --> 0:34:41.319
<v Speaker 1>is that it creates a great opportunity for gamblers. I

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:46.320
<v Speaker 1>have two words for you, folks under City this League.

0:34:46.960 --> 0:34:49.080
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