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Speaker 1: Murray's development and see if you can find some discounted

430
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Speaker 1: forward to upgrade Harrison Barnes or do you want to

431
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,360
Speaker 1: push your chips in and try to go at this thing.

432
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,680
Speaker 1: And that's a decision for the front office to make,

433
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 1: because there's a version of this where maybe you package

434
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Speaker 1: Herder and Keegan Murray and you bring back a player

435
00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,960
Speaker 1: like that and you slot Harrison Barnes up at the

436
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,520
Speaker 1: three they've had some success with, like Sabonis, Trey Lyles,

437
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,880
Speaker 1: Harrison Barnes lineups that are just bigger this season. Those

438
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,800
Speaker 1: lineups are actually plus nine per one hundred possessions and

439
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,560
Speaker 1: ninety one possessions this year when Barnes is next to

440
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Speaker 1: Lyles and Sabonis and so like, maybe you end up

441
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Speaker 1: making a move like that and you have a Sabonis,

442
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,399
Speaker 1: Siakam Barnes, Moleik, Monk, Deer and Fox kind of lineup

443
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Speaker 1: that you can go down with in the postseason. But

444
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,600
Speaker 1: that puts off a lot of your long term upside,

445
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,359
Speaker 1: right because of whatever Keegan Murray and Kevin Herder can become.

446
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,680
Speaker 1: So it's tough decisions. But at the end of the day,

447
00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,360
Speaker 1: like if you want to keep Keegan Murray and keep

448
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,480
Speaker 1: some of your long term upside, that significantly diminishes the

449
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,919
Speaker 1: caliber player that you can bring back in that four spot,

450
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Speaker 1: you know, unless unless you can hold off, and maybe

451
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,960
Speaker 1: you get lucky and you hold off until the deadline,

452
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 1: and then Siakam does go without having to include a

453
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Speaker 1: Keegan Murray in the deal. But I do think it's

454
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Speaker 1: smart in the short term to wait until February before

455
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Speaker 1: including a guy like Keegan Murray in a deal like that.

456
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Speaker 1: But the point is, I like Sabonis, hyper athletic versail forward,

457
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 1: someone like a Siakam, and then I like that deer

458
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Speaker 1: and Fox Malik Monk backcourt when we get into the postseason.

459
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Speaker 1: Next question, the Warriors seem like they have a depth

460
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,400
Speaker 1: an issue with depth a depth. People blame Steve because

461
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 1: he wants to play like nine guys, but we have

462
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,920
Speaker 1: twelve that can play. I think a good trade would

463
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Speaker 1: be great for adding back a better player or two

464
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: while also adding a subtraction. It seems like no one

465
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,440
Speaker 1: can get a rhythm since everyone's minutes are up and down.

466
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Speaker 1: Do you think the Warrior's depth will get better with

467
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Speaker 1: the trade or worse. Thank you for your thank you

468
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:57,960
Speaker 1: for the time you put in the show, thank you

469
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: for the kind words. I talk about this a lot

470
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: with the Lakers too, because they have a similar issue

471
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: where they've got like a bunch of guys that can play.

472
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 1: They got like eleven or twelve guys that can be

473
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Speaker 1: in the rotation. My thing is like, consistency is what matters.

474
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Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, at the deadline, you want to make

475
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,400
Speaker 1: a consolidation trade is what you call that. If you've

476
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Speaker 1: got guys at the end of your rotation that are

477
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Speaker 1: good enough to play more minutes, but they aren't playing

478
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Speaker 1: more minutes because you don't have room for them in

479
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 1: the rotation, then you're getting less out of that contract

480
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Speaker 1: than someone else could get, which means it's worth more

481
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,680
Speaker 1: to you as a trade piece than it is a

482
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Speaker 1: rotation piece, unless you're planning in the long run, right.

483
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Speaker 1: So a lot of this comes down to the warrior's

484
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Speaker 1: decision making as it stands, like, are you going all

485
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,119
Speaker 1: in on the stepf era or are you trying to

486
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Speaker 1: rebuild for the future and leaning into Comen gud Moody

487
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,400
Speaker 1: and Tray Jackson Davis and Brandon Pazimski. Right, And that's

488
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Speaker 1: decision number one. But if you make the decision to

489
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Speaker 1: lead into STEPH, then from there it's a two step process.

490
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Speaker 1: Step one lean into a rotation. We're gonna talk about

491
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Speaker 1: this when we talk about Draymond here in a minute.

492
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Speaker 1: But there's a specific lineup that I want to see

493
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Speaker 1: the Warriors lean in to until the deadline. When you

494
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: get to the deadline, then it's about a consolidation trade.

495
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: You want to turn two or three rotation players into

496
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: one or two better rotation players because it simplifies your

497
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: rotation and raises your ceiling. That's the way that I

498
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,239
Speaker 1: would approach it when we get to the deadline this year.

499
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Speaker 1: We're going to talk more Warriors here in a minute.

500
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Speaker 1: Next question, how come you never talk about the Magic

501
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,360
Speaker 1: who's been in top four in their conference all year long,

502
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: and how Palo Mancaro is already taking a superstar leap

503
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: in year two. I've never seen a number one pick

504
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 1: get such little coverage as Palo does before these last

505
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: two wins, the Magic had lost eight out of eleven,

506
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Speaker 1: and that was the main reason why we haven't been

507
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Speaker 1: talking a lot of Magic. They're a young team. I

508
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 1: don't view them as a serious championship contender. And as

509
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: you guys know, this show is going to take a

510
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,879
Speaker 1: much harder look at the top ten teams in the league.

511
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,959
Speaker 1: Like there are NBA shows out there that have a

512
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 1: more balanced approach to all thirty teams, that's just not

513
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: the way we do it here. Like I will occasionally

514
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 1: talk about young players and rookie rankings and draft stuff,

515
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 1: and we will look at the team in that eleven

516
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: to twenty range occasionally, but I'm primarily leaning into those

517
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 1: top ten teams, and the Magic have for stretches of

518
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 1: the year been a top ten regular season team, but

519
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 1: I don't view them as a champion top ten championship contender.

520
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,159
Speaker 1: They're super young, and they're a half court offense is garbage.

521
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: So that's the main reason why that's why we don't

522
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: talk about him as much on the show. But that said,

523
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: we have hit the Magic at like a half dozen

524
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,640
Speaker 1: times this year. It's not like we don't talk about them.

525
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: And here's the thing, I think Palo is gonna be awesome.

526
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: To put it simply, Pawlow represents a type of player

527
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 1: that I really really think thrives when we get to

528
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: the later rounds of the postseason. He is a bully

529
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,639
Speaker 1: ball forward, and he's actually more advanced as a passer

530
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 1: than I think a lot of people expected him to

531
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Speaker 1: be at this point. Jumper still has a ways to go.

532
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,199
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to get better at it. He has

533
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,160
Speaker 1: shot the ball better this year than he did last year,

534
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 1: but that there's room for improvement there. He's better defensively

535
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,400
Speaker 1: than he was last year too. I actually do see

536
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: him as a guy that could take the leap to

537
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,959
Speaker 1: legitimate superstardom in the future. But most importantly, I just

538
00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: envisioned Plow in an Eastern Conference finals, just in a

539
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 1: rock fight of a game, just playing bully ball around

540
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: the rim and generating open looks out of drawing multiple defenders,

541
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Speaker 1: and out of just being bigger and stronger than everybody.

542
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Speaker 1: So I'm a huge fan of Pallo. We're gonna talk

543
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: in a little bit about Jalen Suggs too, when we

544
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 1: talk about role players, so like, it's not so much

545
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,880
Speaker 1: that I dislike the magic or that we're ignoring them

546
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: on purpose. It's just kind of like the way the

547
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: layout of the show works, right, Like, we're gonna heavy

548
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: focus on the top ten teams, occasional focus on the

549
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,440
Speaker 1: middle ten teams, gonna hit the big markets, your Celtics,

550
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 1: your Warriors, your Lakers, are gonna get the knicks. We're

551
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 1: gonna do a lot of that kind of stuff because

552
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 1: that's just kind of the layout of this particular show.

553
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Speaker 1: All right. Draymond Green is back. He has signed a

554
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,479
Speaker 1: multi year extension with the Volume, which I'm very very

555
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,600
Speaker 1: excited about. I feel I'm proud to be under the

556
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: same media umbrelliz Draymond. I think he's one of the

557
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,399
Speaker 1: great up and coming media talents that we have in

558
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: the industry. I think he's got a long media career

559
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 1: ahead of him after he retires, and I'm very very

560
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: happy to have him on with the Volume. Yesterday, he

561
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: released his apology podcast, which needed to happen, as we know.

562
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 1: I thought it was super, super transparent, and I thought

563
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: he was being super vulnerable with something that I respected,

564
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, Draymond. I Draymond talked about, you know, how

565
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 1: he got frustrated after what happened with all the people

566
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: talking about how he needed help, and I, you know,

567
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: part of me kind of like saw where he was

568
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: coming from in the moment too, because like that's the

569
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: thing is like we see Draymond a lot, but we

570
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: see him in these brief windows, and like I could

571
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 1: see how he would be like who the hell? Like

572
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: why do you think you know me? Like why do

573
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 1: you who have only seen these brief windows into my

574
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: life think you know who I am as a human being?

575
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: And I totally sympathize with that because it's the truth.

576
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,399
Speaker 1: Like I'll just put it this way, like I'm a

577
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,200
Speaker 1: lot better now in my early thirties, But like if

578
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: you only knew me on the basketball court when I

579
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 1: was like twenty five, you probably didn't like me very much.

580
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 1: I was I was a dickhead, I was a hot

581
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 1: heead I didn't really handle I handled I didn't handle

582
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: my competent a competitive energy really well. I just I

583
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 1: had issues that I had to deal with on the

584
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 1: basketball court. Off the court though, totally different guy, right,

585
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: And so like it wouldn't have been fair to judge

586
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: who I was as a human being based on that.

587
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: Now Draymond did does have some on court issues, and

588
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 1: he specifically addressed them, but I did sympathize with his

589
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: frustration there. There were two things in the podcast though,

590
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: that I thought were we're super super interesting as it

591
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: pertains to Draymond, like really taking a different approach to

592
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: this one. He said that he turned help from a

593
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: negative thing into positive things, and I thought that was

594
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: really cool because he's right, Like why is it that

595
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: we suddenly look at the idea that you need help

596
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: as a bad thing. We all need help, Like you

597
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: guys have no idea what my wife does for me

598
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: on a daily basis to keep me sane, right, Like

599
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: that's help? Does that? Like, like that's that's that's help

600
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: that I need on a day basis. Some people get

601
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: excellent benefits out of therapy. Some people get excellent benefits

602
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 1: out of specific relationships that they lean on for emotional support.

603
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 1: Like that is not a weakness. And I thought it

604
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: was cool that Draymond, you know, basically, was like yeah,

605
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: like people, I was hearing these people saying I need help,

606
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: and I was like, screw you, Why are you saying

607
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: I need help? And it's like actually, no, no, no, Like

608
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 1: help is a good thing. Help is not a negative thing.

609
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: Why am I putting such a negative energy on that?

610
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: And then the second thing that I thought was really

611
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 1: interesting is he talked about how he always used his

612
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 1: play as an excuse for his behavior, right, and Draymond

613
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: all the time would remember that big Instagram story that

614
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: he recently had, and he talked about how like, yeah,

615
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: I have always been wired this way and this is

616
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: how I win, and like I channel this energy and

617
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: that's what makes me who I am and it's a

618
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: good thing, right, and it's like part of who I am.

619
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: And like Draymond was like, no, that's an excuse. I

620
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: was using it as an excuse for bad behavior. And

621
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Speaker 1: I thought I thought those were two really good examples

622
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: of Draymond like completely changing his approach to put it simply,

623
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: the Gobert thing, he was making excuses and this time

624
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: he wasn't that to me is a is a sign

625
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: of a guy who's like really looking in the mirror

626
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: and striving for self improvement. At the same time, he

627
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: said like, I have not changed completely in three weeks,

628
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: Like it takes a lot of time. He's like, this

629
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: is only the beginning of this process. I thought it

630
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: was really, really I thought it was a really reflective

631
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: podcast from Draymond in terms of just him striving to

632
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: be the best version of himself. Now that I want

633
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 1: to move into our follow up question, is Raymond Green

634
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: the key to unlocking the Warriors' lineups featuring both Kaminga

635
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: and Wiggants? Personally, I see that lineup as potentially devastating.

636
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: This is where it gets exciting, because I actually think

637
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 1: Draymond coming back now could mean a lot more for

638
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: the Warriors than people think. And there's a couple of

639
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: specific reasons. One, I think Draymond thinks he let his

640
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: team down, and I think that that's going to cause

641
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: him to approach this next couple of months with an

642
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: insane level of intensity as a competitor to try to

643
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: make it up to his teammates. Two, the Warriors are

644
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: in some trouble. They're in some legitimate trouble in the standings,

645
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: and they got to figure some shit out right. Steph

646
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: went right back into a slump, played horribly against the

647
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: Rafters as they got thrashed. They're in some trouble. They

648
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,959
Speaker 1: need to play really good basketball. And so when you

649
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: combine like the kind of personal feeling of wanting to

650
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: make it up to his team. With the urgency of

651
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: the situation, I think we're going to get some incredible

652
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: play out of Draymond Green over the next couple of months.

653
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: I think that that specific lineup that you're referencing, that

654
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: Steph Clay, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan kaminga Draymond needs to start

655
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: every game until the trade is made. It needs to

656
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: play major minutes and have a long leash until every

657
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 1: game is played. That is your five best players, That

658
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: is your best opportunity. Like I understand that Wiggins is

659
00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: not playing well, but you need to try to push

660
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: through that a little bit longer to see what you

661
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: can get. Because you're not going to be trading Wiggins

662
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: in all likelihood, so you're gonna be likely having to

663
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 1: move some of these younger players, So you need to

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Speaker 1: lean into Wiggins getting back on track. But I see

665
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 1: switchability there. I see drop coverage. I see the ability

666
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: to run multiple different coverages. Defensively, I see like if

667
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: with Draymond shooting the ball as well as he has

668
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: this year, I look at a lineup with a lot

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00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: of offensive firepower in terms of downhill athleticism. Obviously, Kaminka

670
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: and Andrew Wiggins on the weak side, and shooting could

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00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: be an issue, but that's already been an issue in

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00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: other lineups, So why not have that but also be

673
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: super athletic. I think they're going to be really physically

674
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: imposing in that group. That's the one you lean into.

675
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: You lean into that five, you see what you have there,

676
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: and then you make a call when you get into

677
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: February and they get closer to the deadline. Next question,

678
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: I think the reason the Clippers have been relatively healthy

679
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: this year versus the versus last year is because of

680
00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: the aggregate ball handling and taking pressure off of PG

681
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: and Kawhi. Do you think that plays a factor and

682
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: do you think it will hold off in the playoffs. Honestly,

683
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: I don't know. I do think the aggregate ball handling

684
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: has really helped in terms of just how good they look.

685
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: They're more organized on offense. James Harden, just to put

686
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Speaker 1: it simply, if I had to put it down to

687
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: one concept, he gets the defense into rotation a lot,

688
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: which makes the game of basketball so much easier when

689
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: you're playing with guys closing out at you versus a

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00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: set and loaded defense. So I think it's helped as

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Speaker 1: far as the injuries go. Like, your guess is as

692
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: good as mine. It could be luck. It could be

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Speaker 1: Kawhi and PG just playing more and them just being

694
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: more conditioned and therefore holding up better as they play. Like,

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Speaker 1: I don't really know what it is as far as

696
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: the health goes, but I do know the ball handling

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Speaker 1: has really helped the basketball product a lot. Next question, Jason,

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Speaker 1: in your opinion, who do you think is the most

699
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: valuable player to their team? I don't mean who's the

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Speaker 1: best player that could possibly be a player that's like

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Speaker 1: the fiftieth best player in the league, if you think

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Speaker 1: they're the most valuable to their team. This is meant

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Speaker 1: as a question that's sort of more fun if you

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Speaker 1: want to set aside versus obvious answers such as you Embid, Giannis, Luca,

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00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: Kerry Curry, etc. And pick someone you feel has a

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Speaker 1: role on a team that is absolutely essential and reliant

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Speaker 1: to them having any team success, no matter how small

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Speaker 1: or large. Have at it all, right, great question, by

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00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 1: the way, So the star guys, the three guys that

710
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: come to minor Embiid Haliburton, and Luka Doncic. Those three

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Speaker 1: guys I think have been doing the most with least

712
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Speaker 1: in terms of the superstar class this year. Some role

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00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: player examples Aaron Gordon and KCP with kntavi's callwell Pope

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Speaker 1: as a primary point of attack defender, Aaron Gordon as

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Speaker 1: a low man and as a guy that can guard

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Speaker 1: the Kawhi's and the Lebrons and the Kevin Durants. I

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Speaker 1: don't think that you can do much more in terms

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00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: of importance in the winning context than what Aaron Gordon

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Speaker 1: and CACP do for Denver. Derek White with the Boston Celtics.

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Speaker 1: Here's a crazy stat for you. The Celtics are fourteen

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Speaker 1: points better per one hundred possessions with Derek White on

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Speaker 1: the floor versus off. The next closest Celtic is Tatum

723
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Speaker 1: at plus four. So that goes to show you what

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Speaker 1: Derek White does outstanding point of attack defense, one of

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00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 1: the best shot blocking guards in the league, really really

726
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: good offensive player, gets an excellent passer, gets the defense

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Speaker 1: in rotation primary action that the Celtics like to run

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Speaker 1: at the end of games. As a Derek White Jason

729
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: Tatum two man game like his pull up three point

730
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 1: shooting has been outstanding. Derek White's just an awesome role player.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Suggs in Orlando. He was the hero of the

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Speaker 1: end of that Denver Nuggets game the other night, just

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Speaker 1: with the job that he did on Jamal Murray to

734
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Speaker 1: help shut down that Jokic Murray two man game at

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Speaker 1: the end of the game. Just an incredible point of

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Speaker 1: attack defender. Jump shooting comes and goes. But I think

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Speaker 1: his physicality at the guard position is immensely important to

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Speaker 1: what Orlando does. Alex Caruso and Chicago very similar concept.

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00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: Lou Dort in Oklahoma City, very similar concept. Like Lou Dort,

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Speaker 1: I think is vitally important to Oklahoma City with the

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00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: job that he can do as a primary defender on

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Speaker 1: the ball, taking those specific assignments. A lot of point

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Speaker 1: of attack defenders in there. That the having a guy

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00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: that can guard the other team's best player and you know,

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00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: respectably fight over the top of screens and make things

746
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: difficult and pick and roll is a hugely valuable concept

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Speaker 1: in the NBA. All Right, four questions left. What other

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00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,359
Speaker 1: NBA content do you consume besides games? Do you ever

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00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,760
Speaker 1: watch thinking basketball videos? On YouTube's play on YouTube player, podcasts?

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Speaker 1: Or other shows. So I used to consume a ton

751
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: of NBA content. Before I was doing this for a living,

752
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 1: I was listening to a lot of Zach Low, I

753
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: was listening to a lot of Pete Zais with like

754
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: her film room, I was thinking basketball was a channel

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00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: that I spent a lot of time on. There there

756
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: were JJ Redick, I think is one of the very

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00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: best in the business. Like JJ Redick is the guy

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Speaker 1: that I personally strive to be. Like when I think

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00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: about like the guy who's the best at doing what

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00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: I do for a living, I look at JJ someone

761
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,360
Speaker 1: that I respect a great deal. He's kind of like

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Speaker 1: a role model for me, so to speak, in the industry,

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00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: someone that I look up to a great deal. But

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Speaker 1: since I started doing this for a living, honestly, like

765
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: I've been trying to find, I spend a ton of

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00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: time around the game. So, like I coach basketball at

767
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: least twice a week, I play basketball in some capacity

768
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: at least six days a week. My strength training is

769
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: geared around basketball. And then for this job, like I

770
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: literally watch like thirty hours of film a week at

771
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,800
Speaker 1: a minimum, if not more. And so as a result

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00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: of that, like I actually have been trying to find

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Speaker 1: reasons to not do basketball related things. And so it

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00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: used to be I'm a big like I put in

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00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,320
Speaker 1: my AirPods whenever I'm doing like weight training, shooting workouts,

776
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: any sort of housework, anything of that like that nature,

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00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: I like listen to stuff for like hour and a

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00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: half a day. But that used to be basketball podcasts,

779
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: and now I'm using that as an opportunity to take

780
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: a mental break from the game. And so I still

781
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: occasionally listen to those guys, mainly just because I'm a

782
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,439
Speaker 1: big believer and like, learn as much about the game

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00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,479
Speaker 1: as you can, and I learn about the game from

784
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: guys like that. I learn about the game from you

785
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: guys in the comments. They're they're about once a week,

786
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: twice a week. I'll see a comment and I'll be like,

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00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, that's a really interesting concept that I

788
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,439
Speaker 1: wasn't thinking about a lot of you guys who are

789
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: specific fans of teams. It really means a lot to

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00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: me when you guys take time to write out like

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00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: you're frustrated, Like it's if you're a let's say you're

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00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: a Pacers fan and you're frustrated about a specific lineup thing,

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00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: or you disagree with something that I'm saying when you

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00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: like write out the basketball case for it in the comments.

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00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: I read those every single time, and I learn about

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00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, Like I have no delusions of

797
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,919
Speaker 1: grandeur to think that I know everything about the game

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00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: of basketball. No, Like I consume as much of it

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00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: as possible. I try to learn as much as possible.

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00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: I'm constantly changing my basketball worldview based on new information.

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00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: And I don't think there's any person out there that

802
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 1: can't teach me something about the game. And so I

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00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: definitely still listen to those guys when I every once

804
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: in a while, but I listen to a lot of

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00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 1: Star Wars, Star Wars audio books and stuff like that.

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00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 1: Like I'm a huge Star Wars fan, so I look

807
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 1: for opportunities to I have just like just went through

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00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: the new High Republic book that just came out. I've

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00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 1: been listening to a lot of Expanded Universe stuff like

810
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 1: I just it almost allows me to disconnect. And so

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00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: now when I'm you know, doing the dishes, instead of

812
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: constantly inundating myself with more and more basketball, I'll take

813
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,439
Speaker 1: a break and I'll listen to a Star Wars book

814
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 1: and now it's like I disconnect. It's almost like I'm

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00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,320
Speaker 1: relaxing in a different way while I'm working. So hopefully

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Speaker 1: that answers that question for you. Speaking of Star Wars,

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00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: Ryan Rumley, our lead producer, sent me a link to

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Speaker 1: a new movie coming out that's called The Adventure. I

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00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,720
Speaker 1: think it's like The Adventures of the Mandalorian and Grogu

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Speaker 1: or the Mandalorian and Grogu or something like that, and

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Speaker 1: he asked me my take on the movie, and I

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Speaker 1: I was looking at it and like the Mandalorian season

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Speaker 1: three ended with Grogu and Mandalorian and Mando's sitting on

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Speaker 1: like a porch chilling, and they did like the shrink

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00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: circle thing on them. It made it kind of seem

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Speaker 1: like it was o. And what kind of bothers me

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Speaker 1: about this is it's very much like Classic Disney, like,

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Speaker 1: let's make a movie because this is popular and we

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Speaker 1: can make money on it. And I understand Grogu's got

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Speaker 1: a big following and a lot of people are fans

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Speaker 1: of him. My thing is, I think the Grogu Mandalorian

832
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: storyline has kind of run its course, and so that

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00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,240
Speaker 1: means that they're going to force something to make a movie,

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Speaker 1: which it just to me is just a bad process.

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Speaker 1: Like I understand the idea of like take something that's

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00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: there that already has a certain amount of public interest

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Speaker 1: and then build around it, and then you have a

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00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: certain guaranteed amount of traffic from that, but it may

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Speaker 1: I think that approach has too much fear as it

840
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 1: pertains to creating something new. And Star Wars is so

841
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: desperate to go out of this timeline and to make

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00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: something different, get out of this into I don't care

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00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: if it's way in the past or way in the

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00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: future where they can build something new that can capture

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Speaker 1: the old Star Wars fans and the new Star Wars.

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00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: But I think they're just scared to do it. And

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00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 1: that's a real bummer, And I'm hoping Dave Filoni can

848
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 1: kick that trend over the course of the next couple

849
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,160
Speaker 1: of years. Thanks question, We have two more. Why is

850
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: the three and D player so rare in the NBA?

851
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 1: Every team wants one, but not all teams can find them.

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00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: It's really this simple to me. There's a lot of

853
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: guys that can shoot three that aren't really great defenders,

854
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: and there are a lot of really great defenders that

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Speaker 1: can't really shoot the three. The guys that can do

856
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 1: both make like twenty five plus million a year, and

857
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 1: now you're talking about a damn near star level contract

858
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: for a guy that fills that three and D role

859
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:37,760
Speaker 1: player role. And so generally speaking, most of these teams

860
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 1: are looking for the discounted mid level exception veteran minimum

861
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: bi annual exception, guys that can do one thing really

862
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,919
Speaker 1: well and are only okay in the other and try

863
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: to build a lineup around that. But the truth of

864
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: the matter is it's not so much that there's not

865
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 1: that many of them, it's just the ones that can

866
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: do it are too expensive to really take up a

867
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: significant chunk on your roster, especially if you've got multiple

868
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: stars on your payroll. Last question, you've had way too

869
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: many or you've had too many basketball questions. So let's

870
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 1: get weird. Have you ever thought about snowboarding? So? I ski? Personally,

871
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: I heard it was easier on your knees. That was

872
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: the main reason I decided it to begin with. Also,

873
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,919
Speaker 1: most of the people that I go with do ski,

874
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Speaker 1: so like I have two groups that I primarily go

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00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 1: to the mountain with. I go with my friends and

876
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: I go with my wife's family. My wife's snowboards and

877
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 1: my wife's brother snowboards, but my wife's other two brothers

878
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 1: both ski, and my wife's father skis, and my wife's

879
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: father is an excellent skier and he actually taught me

880
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,360
Speaker 1: how to ski, and so that group largely skiers. And

881
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: then when I go with my friends, I've got my

882
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: wife who snowboards in one of my buddies who snowboards,

883
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: but then the rest of us ski, and so it

884
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: just makes more sense to ski because I get better pointers.

885
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: It's more camaraderie in that respect. I also just heard

886
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: it safer on your knees because your feet get anchored. Now,

887
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 1: my wife, my wife's an excellent snowboarder, has been snowboarding

888
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:59,399
Speaker 1: since she was very young, and she just is like, oh, yeah,

889
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: I want to try skiing this year. And I literally

890
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: told her, I'm like I don't get that. I'm like,

891
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Speaker 1: you're my wife is like really good at snowboarding, Like

892
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,240
Speaker 1: she's way better at snowboarding than I am at skiing,

893
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,359
Speaker 1: And like I'll be like, you're already so good at this.

894
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: Why would you want to go on the mountain and

895
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: be less good at something? When you can just continue

896
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 1: to be really good at snowboarding, and she's great at

897
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: it too, Like, like, how are you not just wanting

898
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: to do more of that? I know, for me personally,

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00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: like I won't try snowboarding because I've actually become a

900
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: decent skier and I have a freaking great time when

901
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: I'm skiing, so I'd rather just ski. That doesn't mean

902
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 1: I won't ever try it, but like it would have

903
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: to be I'd have to like literally live on a

904
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: mountain and ski fifty days a year for me to

905
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Speaker 1: be like, Okay, I'll take five to try snowboarding just

906
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: to see if I like it. But like right now,

907
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: I'm skiing on average like eight to ten days a year,

908
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: and so I'd rather just spend those eight to ten

909
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: days doing what I'm already good at, which is skiing,

910
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I'm not like great

911
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: at it by any stretch of the imagination, but I

912
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 1: can get down, you know what I mean, and I

913
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 1: have fun doing it. I was talking about this earlier

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00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:03,880
Speaker 1: today with the buddy mine at the gym. I'd say

915
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:08,240
Speaker 1: skiing is probably my I'm gonna go with third favorite

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00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 1: thing to do in the world, behind playing basketball and

917
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,759
Speaker 1: playing guitar. All right, guys, that is all I have

918
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 1: for today. Headed out of town for a few days.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, i'll bring my gear with me in

920
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Speaker 1: case anything big goes down. If not, i'll see you

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Speaker 1: guys in a few days. As always, I sincerely appreciate

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Speaker 1: you and I'll see you that the volume