WEBVTT - Foundation for Mexican Expansion Laid by Adam Silver

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<v Speaker 1>Time for just a little news from around the NBA,

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<v Speaker 1>around the league, and news that went way under the radar,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean way under. The Mexico City Capitanes began

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<v Speaker 1>their second G League season this week. I have to

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<v Speaker 1>confess I didn't even know it was already a G

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<v Speaker 1>League team until now, like right this second last year

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<v Speaker 1>due to COVID, they were forced to play out of

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Worth, So this was their first actual game in

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico itself. And you know what, it's going to change

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA forever. Why why you say one word expansion.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Silvert is trying to take this NBA thing to

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<v Speaker 1>the GBA, not the National Basketball Association, but apparently the

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<v Speaker 1>Global Basketball Association because he wants to put a team

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<v Speaker 1>south of the border, folks. The kickoff to the Capitane

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<v Speaker 1>season was a part of a two stage process by

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA to push to promote, to sell the NBA

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<v Speaker 1>in Mexico. The first stage was the inaugural game for

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico City, the latest G League franchise in the first

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<v Speaker 1>ever in Mexico. Adam Silver has long wanted to tap

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<v Speaker 1>into the Mexican market, and now he has a foothold

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth city's fourth largest city in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>It's pretty pretty important, pretty.

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<v Speaker 1>Big players are already raving about the facilities, including the

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<v Speaker 1>Arena CD in Mexico, which is pretty lit, seats sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred eight thousand for g League games. And the

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<v Speaker 1>second Stage is an actual NBA game that's taking place

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<v Speaker 1>in Mexico City between the Spurs, a team that's already

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<v Speaker 1>got strong Mexican fan base, in December, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be an annual thing. Apparently huge event. Mark Spears

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<v Speaker 1>from Anandscape, a subsidiary of ESPN, was just down there.

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<v Speaker 1>He reported this on The Hoop Collective. He said, everything

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<v Speaker 1>feels really good. He said it was actually better than

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<v Speaker 1>Beverly Hills down there, which is pretty stunning. All of

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<v Speaker 1>this is taking place against the backdrop of the NBA expansion,

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<v Speaker 1>because Adam Silver recently came out and said it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of if, it's a matter of when the

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<v Speaker 1>league will expand, and we are not talking about tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>This is kind of like Game of Thrones when you

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<v Speaker 1>know it's coming, but it's like seven years away. Everybody's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about it. Oh, when what we see John snow

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<v Speaker 1>Well is John snow alive or is John snow actually dead?

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the red woman what was her name, the

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<v Speaker 1>Red Witch or whatever? I saw her in his room.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that mean? Does that mean he's coming back to life?

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, bro, we're not gonna know until like four

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<v Speaker 1>years from now.

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<v Speaker 2>We won't know until there's a new president elected.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are we talking about this because it's fun to speculate.

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<v Speaker 1>So the NBA is getting an expansion team, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>probably not until like twenty twenty seven. Right, It's obvious

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<v Speaker 1>that the league wants to expand into the Spanish speaking world.

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<v Speaker 1>This is why their Mexico city moves are getting tons

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<v Speaker 1>of push. I don't I think this is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be very high priority. Seattle is a lock as well,

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<v Speaker 1>since they stole a team from the team up north.

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<v Speaker 1>The Sonics bolted down to OKC. Where does that leave Vegas?

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<v Speaker 1>Vegas seems like a lock as well. So you have

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<v Speaker 1>three spots when the league wants to expand, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you have to give balance to the conferences. So that

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<v Speaker 1>means there must be four spots on the table, doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>there hmm? What would that fourth spot be? Apparently possibly

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<v Speaker 1>San Jose, another Spanish speaking market. One of the fastest

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<v Speaker 1>growing cities in the United States. For what reason, I

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<v Speaker 1>do not know, but that brings up another issue that

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<v Speaker 1>not enough people are talking about. Does the league actually

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<v Speaker 1>have enough quality players to flesh out two expansion teams,

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<v Speaker 1>let alone four expansion teams, Because that means an extra

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<v Speaker 1>thirty to sixty NBA players. How many more truly elite

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<v Speaker 1>basketball players are there out there just sitting on couches,

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<v Speaker 1>not playing in the NBA, playing overseas, playing in G leagues.

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<v Speaker 1>On the top of my head, here's a short list

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<v Speaker 1>of players either in the G League, playing overseas or

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<v Speaker 1>unsigned free agents. I think that would definitely get a look.

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<v Speaker 2>We can count them.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've got Dwight Howard who's playing in Taiwan. We

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<v Speaker 1>know he can play. He was just playing, Carlmelo Anthony,

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<v Speaker 1>he was just playing unsigned free agents, Boogey Cousins, unsigned

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<v Speaker 1>free agent. As an aside, he wants to play back

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<v Speaker 1>in Sacramento. We will see about that. The Taco Fall

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<v Speaker 1>played in the NBA unsigned free agent. Don't know he

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<v Speaker 1>would get a lot of run, but he would make

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<v Speaker 1>up a roster spot for sure. Greg mon Roe played

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<v Speaker 1>in Milwaukee on the G League on the go Gos.

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<v Speaker 1>Unsigned free agent Hassan Whiteside just played in an NBA team.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of centers just want to point that out.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of big men, uh, probably not all going

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<v Speaker 1>to the four teams and his freedom another big man

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<v Speaker 1>unsigned free agent Dante Exum Europe, Kevin Pangos Europe Toomas

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<v Speaker 1>Saturanski didn't even know he was out of the league.

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<v Speaker 1>Really Europe, Uh, Carson Edwards Europe, Bilichia. Probably not going

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<v Speaker 1>to go back from Europe because he just left the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA to go to Europe.

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<v Speaker 2>But he could make a team.

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<v Speaker 1>Of Vasili Michic Europe. Okay, see writes Rocas Jocobatis Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>New York Knicks rights Mike James just a shit talker

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<v Speaker 1>on about balkaira h. Steph Curry Europe. But there's one

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<v Speaker 1>wrench in the plan though. Wind Horse reported that the

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<v Speaker 1>recent sale of the Denver Broncos impacts the NBA market

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<v Speaker 1>as well because it sold for four point six five

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars. That opened up a lot of eyes about

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<v Speaker 1>how much sports teams are really worth. Wendy said there's

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<v Speaker 1>starting to be some rumblings of some NBA owners maybe

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<v Speaker 1>looking to sell. This market is getting right for NBA

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<v Speaker 1>owners to sell. The Broncos set a new North American

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<v Speaker 1>record after selling for four point six five billion in June.

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<v Speaker 1>This could carry over to the NBA as well, and

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<v Speaker 1>the upcoming collective bargaining agreement in the new rights deal

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<v Speaker 1>could help values grow even more. There might be some

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<v Speaker 1>folks sitting on the sideline sort of wondering, like should

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<v Speaker 1>I sell? And they're gonna see these numbers. Keep in

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<v Speaker 1>mind this too. The Fenway Group is putting the English

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<v Speaker 1>Premier League soccer team Liverpool also on the market.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Initially it was reported that the team was for sale

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<v Speaker 1>for four billion, but rumors are that it might go

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<v Speaker 1>for as much as six billion. If that happens, you

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<v Speaker 1>would imagine there's gonna be a lot of NBA owners saying,

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<v Speaker 1>if I can get two million, it's two billion more

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<v Speaker 1>than asking maybe it's time for me to get on

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<v Speaker 1>out before this bubble pops. Well when then I you

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<v Speaker 1>have brawn and you have KD who say they want

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<v Speaker 1>to own teams. They've got unlimited money. They could probably

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<v Speaker 1>buy a team for seven billion dollars. It's a safe

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<v Speaker 1>bet there's gonna be multiple teams changing hands in the

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<v Speaker 1>coming years. What that means for the league remains to

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<v Speaker 1>be seen. T Wolves, let's move on on them. Nothing

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<v Speaker 1>more than I that I love than being ahead of

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<v Speaker 1>the news cycle. So I sense my breakdown of the

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<v Speaker 1>Wolves about ten days ago. Now everybody's on board. Go bear.

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<v Speaker 2>Trade sucks. Fucking sucks.

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<v Speaker 1>People now saying this is the worst trade in NBA history.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only been ten games, by the way I saw

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<v Speaker 1>it after two the wolves woes. Most of it stems

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<v Speaker 1>from the fact that their starting lineup is statistically the

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<v Speaker 1>worst in the NBA. We talked about this last episode

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Aunt Edwards addressed that in a postgame presser.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, are starting five all minuses minus eighteen minus

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<v Speaker 1>twelve minus fourteen. Their whole starting five plus twenty plus.

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<v Speaker 1>That's crazy. Our bench plus plus plus. That's the story

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<v Speaker 1>now of the year. The bench is playing great because

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<v Speaker 1>they play as a team. The starters suck because they

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<v Speaker 1>all have egos. We note that, but Chris Finch says

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<v Speaker 1>that he's changing lineups now. We consider changing lineups and

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<v Speaker 1>rotations all the time, but I don't know if we

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<v Speaker 1>feel one hundred percent confident that this is the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>But we are going to shuffle the deck with the

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<v Speaker 1>starting lineup. But I'm not there yet. What does that

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<v Speaker 1>even mean? Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Not one hundred percent confident?

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<v Speaker 1>You have a starting lineup with a net rating of

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<v Speaker 1>minus five over per one hundred percent per one hundred possessions,

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<v Speaker 1>that scores ninety seven points per one hundred possessions. That's

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<v Speaker 1>worse than the Lakers. I would think that that is

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<v Speaker 1>probably priority one. I will do a deep dive into

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<v Speaker 1>Karl Anthony Towns because he's the worst.

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<v Speaker 2>But be on the lookout for that.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're a Wolves fan, when your head coach

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<v Speaker 1>is saying that the starting lineup isn't the problem, when

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<v Speaker 1>it is one hundred percent the problem, and then maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he is.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem that is concerning.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, let's move on. Michael Porter junior man. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>fascinating dude. One of the nice surprises to start the

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<v Speaker 1>season has been his performance. He's been plagued with injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>As you guys know, he fell down the draft board

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<v Speaker 1>from Miszoo because of his back issues, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>had more issues with his back and now he's back back.

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<v Speaker 1>As an aside, I don't even want to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>about his three point prop because it's probably just gonna

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<v Speaker 1>continue to go up if I give it out. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you can get it at two or more, it

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<v Speaker 1>is just an automatic.

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<v Speaker 2>Lock right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, off the court, he's had a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>rough week. He got a bunch of shits stolen in

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<v Speaker 1>his hotel room during a recent game, to the tune

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<v Speaker 1>of a lot of money. What did the thieves steal?

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<v Speaker 2>This part was very interesting to me.

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<v Speaker 1>They stole money, yes, okay, they stole a gold bracelet, yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>two Louis Vuitton bags, yeah, I got that. And a

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<v Speaker 1>bible a bible wait what Yes, they stole this man's

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<v Speaker 1>Bible with his notes in it and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>He had pages ear marked. What is a man to do?

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<v Speaker 1>Like, you can't can't leave you fucking bible in the

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<v Speaker 1>hotel room. By the way, there's another bible that's not

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<v Speaker 1>his in just every single hotel drawer. Everybody knows that

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<v Speaker 1>if you wanted a Bible, you don't have to steal

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<v Speaker 1>his personal possessions, his bible. You stole his bible. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>face it, man, that's weird. That's fucking weird. What thief

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<v Speaker 1>goes into a hotel room.

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<v Speaker 2>Is like, yeah, let's get this bible.

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<v Speaker 1>Yo. That one has a leather binding on it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like the early edition, a OG bible. Like this one's hard,

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<v Speaker 1>super rare. I can't even get it on Amazon. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know which kind of bible. How rare could

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<v Speaker 1>a bible be? Like the King James first Edition, not

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<v Speaker 1>the Lebron James first Edition, but the King James first Edition.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a friend who's a publisher.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't even bother to lock his car when he

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<v Speaker 1>goes to trade shows because he says, an I quote,

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<v Speaker 1>there is nothing on earth safer from being stolen than

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<v Speaker 1>a box of books. And you steal a bible Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a fan of breakins. Someone broke into my

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<v Speaker 1>car actually right outside of the studio. And what they

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<v Speaker 1>steal They stole a blanket, an ug blanket. I had

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<v Speaker 1>clothes in their shoes in there, a basketball in there.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, like a pair of headphones in there. No,

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't steal any of that. They's stole a blanket.

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<v Speaker 1>So my thoughts go out to MPJ because like you

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<v Speaker 1>can replace money, you can replace a couple of Louis

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<v Speaker 1>Vuitton bags, but like his og probably had it since

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<v Speaker 1>he was four years old. Bible has every verse highlighted

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<v Speaker 1>that he goes back to when he's in certain moments

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<v Speaker 1>of adversity. Oh yeah, let's go to John three sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>That's on page this one. I got this one highlighted.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, there's additional lines of scripture that I made

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<v Speaker 1>notes on. Oh yeah, remember this. Like now he's gotta

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<v Speaker 1>go back through the Bible and find all that shit

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<v Speaker 1>out new fresh pages. Gotta sort that out. What's that

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a special Bible? That shit means something? All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Moving forward, Derreck Rose, I need to let you know

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<v Speaker 1>this is a very pro Dereck Rose podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Love him.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that he's been hated on. I know he's

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<v Speaker 1>been slandered, but not here.

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<v Speaker 2>We love d Rose.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing was cooler than him and Tibbs having the love

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<v Speaker 1>connection that they've had. I love it. They are like

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<v Speaker 1>they are like peas and carrots, right. They and he

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<v Speaker 1>literally put the knicks on their back. They didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>have a point guard. It was like a manual quickly

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<v Speaker 1>season and he was like, nah, I got this. They

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<v Speaker 1>carried them to the playoffs pretty much just on one

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<v Speaker 1>knee alone, and then as sadly has been the case

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<v Speaker 1>for him. His body breaks down last year, he has

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<v Speaker 1>to sit on the bench, which probably makes the injury worse.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when you have a bad back, bad knee,

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<v Speaker 1>you're sitting down. If you've ever had a bad knee

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<v Speaker 1>and you've had to sit in a car on a plane,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm fucking talking about. And so now

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<v Speaker 1>they brought in Jalen brunts it. Now there's no room

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<v Speaker 1>really for d Rose anymore. And not surprisingly because d

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<v Speaker 1>Rose is who d Rose is, they ask him about

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<v Speaker 1>it and they're like, hey, have you talked to TIBs

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<v Speaker 1>about the facts that you don't get to play anymore?

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<v Speaker 1>Your guy, the guy that's like Peas and Carris with you,

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<v Speaker 1>have you asked TIBs like, hey, TIBs, am I gonna

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<v Speaker 1>see the floor anymore? Or what he was like, No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm letting everybody be. The last guy he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>hear from is the guy who's been in the league

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<v Speaker 1>for fifteen years going in complaining and bitching. I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to give everybody the space I'm in the unknown.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't even care. He's like, you know what, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna see how it goes. 're just gonna let

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<v Speaker 1>it be when I get in. When I get in,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like kind of like me and my Saturday shows

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<v Speaker 1>on w FAN. When I get in, I get in,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not even gonna ask. I'm fine, We're good. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>see how it goes. How do you not love d Rose?

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<v Speaker 1>No wonder Tibbs just cannot do any team stuff without

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<v Speaker 1>Pencilingrose's name in. He is just like the last He's

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<v Speaker 1>not even like close to a diva compared to the

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<v Speaker 1>guy that we saw as the MVP for the Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>Bulls back in the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I loved Ros And this is exactly why.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how much is in the tank for

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<v Speaker 1>d Rose, but I have to believe that in the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 1>if they get into the playoffs, he can come in,

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<v Speaker 1>give you good ten to fifteen minutes, smart basketball, good

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<v Speaker 1>decision making basketball. And if he does that, he get

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<v Speaker 1>another two three years left in the league. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the Knicks and the league are better with d Rose

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<v Speaker 1>in the league. I think we need to have a

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<v Speaker 1>talk about NBA Twitter. It's under fire, it's under attack

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<v Speaker 1>right now. You didn't even know that, did you? Have?

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<v Speaker 2>You almost eaten.

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<v Speaker 1>The trash in the last forty eight hours since Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk took over.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet you have.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet you saw something from from Adrian wardaw Janowski,

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<v Speaker 1>WARDI and Zanowski and you're like, is that really woj

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<v Speaker 1>or is it not wojo? This is the bomb, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the nope. Uh, that's nope, that's the best, not

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<v Speaker 1>even WOJE. Nope that fuck that. Come on, now, Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk is jumbling up Twitter to the point where we

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<v Speaker 1>can't even trust Twitter to be Twitter anymore. Blue checks

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<v Speaker 1>for you. You'll get a blue check. You'll get a blue check,

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<v Speaker 1>You'll get a blue check. Come on. I thought that

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<v Speaker 1>this shit was safe. I almost got taken by a

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<v Speaker 1>fake woj bomb, saying that the nets had released Kyrie Irving,

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<v Speaker 1>same photo, same blue check, sixteen thousand likes and fake

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<v Speaker 1>as fuck.

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<v Speaker 2>Bullshit.

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<v Speaker 1>I think very bullshit. If I can't trust woje a

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<v Speaker 1>blue check mark WOJE with sixteen thousand likes, what can

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<v Speaker 1>I trust? You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>What can I trust?

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<v Speaker 1>I can't trust a man if I can't trust a

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<v Speaker 1>woje account with a blue check mark in sixteen thousand likes,

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<v Speaker 1>saying that Kyrie Irving was released, then who what can

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<v Speaker 1>I trust? Can't trust my Bible to be in a

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<v Speaker 1>hotel room without getting stolen.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you that I have no idea what's happening

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<v Speaker 2>with Twitter.

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<v Speaker 1>All I know is you got to click on every

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<v Speaker 1>single account, and you gotta be sleuth, and you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>do this, and you gotta do that, and you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>make sure it's being retweeted by the right people. And

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<v Speaker 1>then you gotta make sure that you don't retweet it

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<v Speaker 1>before other people that you trust retweet it, or you

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<v Speaker 1>just end up eating the trash. If he fucks up

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<v Speaker 1>NBA Twitter for me, I'm gonna be so mad. That's

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