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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, straight Fire, fam,

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Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Thursday, June second,

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Speaker 1: And what a night of basketball it was, your boy. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it was a pretty good night on the gambling front.

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Speaker 1: But what a great night if you're a Laker fan,

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Speaker 1: because my Clippers go down in typical Clipper fashion. How

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Speaker 1: could you not love it? Oh my goodness, I can't

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Speaker 1: help myself, guys, I really can't. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: take some glee in the Clippers failings. And back in February,

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Speaker 1: I one or on Disputed and I called the Clippers

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Speaker 1: frauds and overrated, and man, I took a lot of

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Speaker 1: heat and the MAVs went up to nothing, and I

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Speaker 1: kept popping that bad boy on social media and everybody

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Speaker 1: was quiet, and then Clippers win two in a row. Oh, Jason,

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Speaker 1: you're wrong, got this? And guys, any time you think

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Speaker 1: you can trust this Clippers team, that's when they let

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Speaker 1: you down. I mean, and and I forget who the

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Speaker 1: guest was, Rob who came on here and said the

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Speaker 1: Clippers might be cursed. But it is, without question, absolutely bonkers.

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Speaker 1: How this team always loses a game. It should win.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're up three to the line for the game.

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Speaker 1: If you were tracking a climb to seven and a half,

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Speaker 1: Lucas not the paper clips rolled in the last two games.

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Speaker 1: Oh they got this. I got uh. Kendrick Perkins and

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Speaker 1: my my guys. Sadana yelling at me that Tyler is

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Speaker 1: such a good coach and he makes all these adjustments,

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Speaker 1: yelling at me on Twitter. I'll come on, you don't

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Speaker 1: know ty Louis he's he's such a good coach. Well,

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Speaker 1: what happened in game five? From the jump Luca don

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Speaker 1: Chi took the game by the throat, And I am

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Speaker 1: gonna now instead of bash the Clippers and ripped them

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Speaker 1: for ten minutes, I'm gonna heap some praise on Luca

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Speaker 1: dont because boys and girls, forty two points fourteen assists.

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Speaker 1: I don't think people totally understand just how good Luka

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Speaker 1: Donte is. It's one thing to say, like, oh man,

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Speaker 1: he's twenty two. This guy is amazing, Like, okay, got it.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't won a playoff series, but consider this, He's

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Speaker 1: played eleven playoff games. He has four games of forty

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Speaker 1: or more, seven games of thirty or more. That's just

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Speaker 1: in his playoff career. And it's not like it's coming

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Speaker 1: against the Grizzlies or the the you know, the Pacers,

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Speaker 1: or like the seven or eight seed. Okay, it's come

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Speaker 1: in back to back years against the Clippers, who have

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Speaker 1: what many said was one of the best wing defensive

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Speaker 1: tandems in the NBA in decades in Paul George and

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Speaker 1: Kawhi Letter. We all know Paul George, uh, really really

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Speaker 1: good wing defender. I know playoff p is the thing,

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Speaker 1: ha ha ha, but the guys are really good basketball player.

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Speaker 1: He's a top fifteen player in the league. Nobody can

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Speaker 1: deny that. Kauai Leonard, of course, the claw, lockdown defender.

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Speaker 1: Everybody wants to give him credit for taking down Lebron's heatles,

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Speaker 1: and he's a defensive menace. Folks. Once again, if you

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Speaker 1: watch the game, go look at the highlights. The Mavericks

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Speaker 1: did not run anything crazy, a lot of pick and roll,

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Speaker 1: and as soon as Kauai was picked, they made the switch.

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Speaker 1: And why yes, Luca don Chet will take on Nick

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Speaker 1: Batum for sure he will. By why yes, uh, Luca

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Speaker 1: don Chet will go at Mr Morris, of course he will.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know what adjustments Tyler made um from

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Speaker 1: game in game yet last night because nothing worked against Luca. Now,

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Speaker 1: he did take thirty seven shots, But the big takeaway

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Speaker 1: if you want to zoom out on Luca, don chet Folks,

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Speaker 1: Rob and I have spent a lot of time here

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Speaker 1: since we started the podcast talking about like the best

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Speaker 1: player in the NBA, and everybody loves to discuss the goat, right,

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Speaker 1: it's Lebron, It's Jordan's just for the now, Okay, we

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Speaker 1: know Lebron has been probably the best player in the

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Speaker 1: he was injured, the title was kind of for grad.

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Speaker 1: Some people wanted to go Kauai. Some people wanted to say,

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Speaker 1: may be honest, maybe James Harten. Kevin Durret was heard,

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Speaker 1: thought Durant was the best when he was with the Warriors.

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Speaker 1: Then Lebron came back and snatched it last year with

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Speaker 1: don't think it's hyperbolic at all to say what Luka

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Speaker 1: players in the NBA make their teammates better, without question,

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Speaker 1: Luka Done is number one. When lose or draw these

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Speaker 1: without question, Luca don Chech is the best player in

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Speaker 1: you look at Christaps Porzingis played thirty minutes last night,

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Speaker 1: took a grand total of six shots. They started bow Bond,

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Speaker 1: the bond villain Dorrian Finney Smith. If he delivered you

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Speaker 1: Dwight Powell was nice coming off the bench. Again, another

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Speaker 1: he's an NBA player, right, Dwight Powell was really nice.

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Speaker 1: But again, these are guys I'm talking about who are

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Speaker 1: ancillary pieces to Luca donte who is carrying the MAVs

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Speaker 1: against a team that was by many the second or

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Speaker 1: three wins and it's all because of Luca. He's got

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Speaker 1: the ball in his hands every possession. He played forty

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Speaker 1: the super team that Kawhi Leonard tried to put together

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Speaker 1: having a great series. Did he read the clippings that

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Speaker 1: he let it all go to his head? Has he

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Speaker 1: been watching TV? Has he been listening to podcasts? Clippers

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Speaker 1: Leonards seven of nineteen, one of three from deep, twenty points.

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Speaker 1: I can't. You can't bash Paul George. He was good.

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Speaker 1: Twenty three and ten, six assists, UM block three shots

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Speaker 1: like Paul George was everywhere. Kauai had more turnovers five

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Speaker 1: when the Clippers won four two, was Luka done? The

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Speaker 1: Luka done and it's undeniable again. Kawai Leonard is an

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Speaker 1: The system is Lebron. I don't know that there's anyone

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Speaker 1: when you look at the total package, who makes everyone better?

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Speaker 1: Who is the winning player? You know, Trey Young is

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Speaker 1: and yes, Luca has some questions on defense, no doubt

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Speaker 1: Offensive scoring, three point shooting. Um Luca even made two

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Speaker 1: but like Zion Williamson is starting to play some point forward.

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Speaker 1: Trey Young's up there, obviously, Yes, Steph Curry's up there. Um.

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Speaker 1: Damian Lillard is a name who he's an awesome score,

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Speaker 1: Does Damian Lillard may everyone better? I think because of

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Speaker 1: But Dame doesn't necessarily make everyone better like Curry. It

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Speaker 1: Who am I missing? That makes everyone else better? And

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Speaker 1: don't see I think Luka Donta is the best player

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Speaker 1: yesterday's part when I said Lebron was no longer the

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Speaker 1: there's a difference between piling up assists and controlling a game.

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Speaker 1: Now he had I think fourteen assists, which is still

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Speaker 1: a lot, but a few players can control a game

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Speaker 1: where to go. How he's manipulating the defense better than

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Speaker 1: Lebron James, and last night and throughout this postseason, in

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Speaker 1: all honesty, Luca don Che has been doing the things

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Speaker 1: now has the highest percentage of a team's field goal

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens, what a bust? So overrated? Like are you

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Speaker 1: guys do you watch basketball? Or is this just the

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Speaker 1: hot take happy hour? Seriously think about this for a second.

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens at Butler takes the Butler Bulldogs to two

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Speaker 1: national Championship games, nearly beats Duke and Gore and not

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Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward. Gordon abs on Butler, uh it nearly beat

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Speaker 1: Duke Gordon Hayward half court, heave backboard in an out

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Speaker 1: incredible finish, just misses. He takes Butler to the Natty twice,

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Speaker 1: which I believe is one of the greatest accomplishments in

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Speaker 1: college basketball in the last forty years, getting Butler to

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Speaker 1: the national title. So Brad Stevens becomes a hot commodity.

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Speaker 1: He goes to the Celtics and everybody expects always gonna

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Speaker 1: win instantly. Well, go, look at the roster he inherited, right,

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Speaker 1: it was. It was awful. It was a terrible roster,

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Speaker 1: and Brad Stevens within three years has them in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs with no stars. He turned Isaiah Thomas, who was

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Speaker 1: this last pick in the second round of the draft,

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Speaker 1: into an All NBA player. By the way, let me

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Speaker 1: know what Isaiah Thomas did before Brad Stevens and after

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens. I'll hang up and wait on that one. Um.

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens gets the Celtics, who Danny Angel wisely drafted

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Speaker 1: Jason Tatum in a heist. Remember everybody wanted Mark olt Folds.

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Speaker 1: He ends up getting Tatum, who was absolutely incredible. Tatum

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Speaker 1: certainly top fifteen player in the league. I have him

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Speaker 1: top ten. And then he gets Jalen Brown. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: again not to go back to Danny Ainge and to

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Speaker 1: go back and forth, but everybody's killing the Celtics for

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Speaker 1: their draft picks. Okay, so this in the last you know, decade,

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Speaker 1: They've had two top ten picks, I'm sorry, three three

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Speaker 1: top ten picks. Number one Marcus Smart going sixth overall,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know you could argue, well, Julius Randall

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Speaker 1: won seventh. Okay, Jelish Randall good player? Fine, Um, I

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Speaker 1: don't know that you know his body of works that

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Speaker 1: much better uh than Marcus marput he is a little better. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Nick sauskis one eighth, Noah von Ley, Alfred Peyton, Doug McDermott. Now,

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Speaker 1: Zach Levine went thirteen. You know Zach Levine would kill

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Speaker 1: to be in a playoff game. You know, Marcus Smart's

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Speaker 1: been in a ton um Dante Ex went five, Aaron

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Speaker 1: Gordon fourth, Jabari Parker second. So like Marcus Smart a

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Speaker 1: good pick at six, Let's let's be real. I was

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Speaker 1: a good pick at six in that draft. Then they

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Speaker 1: get Jalen Brown at three and twenty six team, which

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Speaker 1: surprised a hell of a lot of people, not me.

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Speaker 1: Not me. I had come out to l A and

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Speaker 1: I admit a trainer. You know that, you know me,

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Speaker 1: I'm like one of these guys who's gonna go up

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Speaker 1: to the gym and shoot hoops and the weights and

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Speaker 1: just make friends with guys who were playing sports. And

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Speaker 1: I meet a guy who is um training people for

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Speaker 1: the NBA draft, and you know, at the tail end,

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Speaker 1: it's like, oh, who's this guy? Then Jalen Brown. He's

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Speaker 1: he went to CAL. I was like, oh, so, I

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Speaker 1: quickly look him up. Jalen Brown's final game was against

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Speaker 1: Hawaii and the n A Tournament. I remember betting against

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Speaker 1: that Cal team and Jalen Brown was like one of thirteen.

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Speaker 1: He was terrible in that game. I was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: I don't remember that guy being an amazing how how

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Speaker 1: do you think he's gonna go? And he's like, oh,

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Speaker 1: top five. I was like what this guy. I'm like,

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Speaker 1: He's like wait till you see his work ethic. This

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Speaker 1: guy is tireless. He is one of the smartest players

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Speaker 1: I've ever had in training. He never wants to rest.

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Speaker 1: He's got that drive. He wants to be awesome. Like okay.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown goes third. By the way, Dragon Bender. I

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Speaker 1: think he had a couple of coffee, maybe two. With

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Speaker 1: the league went forth. Chris Dunn went fifth. Buddy healed

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Speaker 1: six Jamal Murray went seven. Jamal Murray is awesome. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan. Marquis Chris eight yaka Purdle nine,

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Speaker 1: thought maker like Sabonis went eleven. Took him a while,

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Speaker 1: but he he's a stud. But Jalen Brown third overall

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Speaker 1: is not bad at all. By the way, Jalen Brown

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Speaker 1: or Brandon Ingram, I'll let you marinate that one, but

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Speaker 1: you can tweet me or instagram dm me. But I'm

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Speaker 1: telling you right now, I am going Jalen Brown over Brandon.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown plays defense. Um. You know, obviously Brandon Ingram

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Speaker 1: is much better stats. Um, but Jalen Brown's a winning player.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying Ingram is not a winning player, but

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Speaker 1: Jalon Brown makes winning plays. Um. Ben Simmons went number one,

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Speaker 1: if you care. So those are the three guys Danny

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Speaker 1: Ane drafted in the top ten in the last decade.

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Speaker 1: I would say those are Tatum was a grand Slam,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown is a three run homer, and Marcus Smart

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Speaker 1: is you know, a solo homer. All of them home runs.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not killing age. Okay, Now back to my guy,

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Speaker 1: Brad Stevens. So Brad Stevens has been in Boston as

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Speaker 1: a head coach eight years. He has been to the

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Speaker 1: conference finals three times, three times in eight years with

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Speaker 1: young players and then with the Isaiah Thomas team and

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Speaker 1: super young players. What Brad Stevens has done as a

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Speaker 1: head coach in Boston has been nothing short of outstanding.

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Speaker 1: In no way, shape or formed, Brad Stevens under deliver

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Speaker 1: in Boston. The one year they were expected to win

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Speaker 1: the East. If you look at the Vegas odds, they

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Speaker 1: the second best odds to win the title. Gordon Hey,

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Speaker 1: it had just arrived. Everybody's like, oh, we got Gordon Award.

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Speaker 1: We're going to the finals. Game one of the season,

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Speaker 1: first quarter, I might have been, first three minutes. Gordon

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Speaker 1: Hayward goes up for an alley you or put back

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Speaker 1: or rebound whatever it was, and he comes down and

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Speaker 1: his bone is sticking out of his leg and Gordon

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Speaker 1: Hayward season was over. Okay, that is the year Boston

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Speaker 1: was supposed to win the title. Well, when you lose

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Speaker 1: your big free agent guy, you're veteran to go with

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Speaker 1: Brown and Tatum, Like, let's be realistic. Okay, So I

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Speaker 1: don't think in any way, shape or form, Brad Stevens

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Speaker 1: underachieved in Boston. As a matter of fact, and I

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Speaker 1: pointed this out on social media. Uh, guy by the

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Speaker 1: name of Doc Rivers has been coaching seventeen years. It's

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Speaker 1: been to three conference finals, now all of them we're

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Speaker 1: in Boston. And you say, well, wait, he's coached in

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Speaker 1: other places. Yeah, He's blown three one leads in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs three times. No other coach in NBA history has

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Speaker 1: done that. I'm not trying to make this Doc Rivers

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Speaker 1: versus Brad Stevens, but Brad Stevens made those three conference

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Speaker 1: finals trips without one All NBA player that was First

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Speaker 1: Team and basically the first team All NBA are the

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Speaker 1: superstars of the league. Those are unequivocally Lebron Tim Duncan,

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, the elite of the elite. Stevens

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Speaker 1: went to three conference finals without one of those guys. Now,

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Speaker 1: Tatum may end up being one. I think he should

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Speaker 1: be down the road, he will be. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if Jyalen Brown is the first team but he's certainly

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Speaker 1: second and third team candidate. Both were are All Stars.

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Speaker 1: We know that. But Doc Rivers has had like Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame locks, first team All NBA guys. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Garnetti had m v P, like Doc Rivers has

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Speaker 1: had stack squads. That's how hard it is, folks to

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Speaker 1: make it to the conference finals. And Brad steam has

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Speaker 1: did that three times in eight years. Now. Why is

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Speaker 1: he retiring or move getting kicked up to the front office?

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Speaker 1: The only thing I heard, and I'm not gonna say

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Speaker 1: sources to say, but you know, you talk to people

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Speaker 1: you text around the league. He's a family guy. You know.

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Speaker 1: Do you know how taxing it is to travel and

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Speaker 1: coach and be up on the game plans in a

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Speaker 1: city like Boston. You gotta you gotta basically leave your

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Speaker 1: family behind for what six months, given how much you're

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Speaker 1: on the road and to travel, and like, uh, Brad

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Speaker 1: Stevens the family guy and being you know, in the

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Speaker 1: front office, which is no easy. Dads, don't kick walk,

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Speaker 1: You're not just kicking back. You know. The pressure is

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Speaker 1: on there as well, and I think he will do fine.

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Speaker 1: I mean, listen, he's got a very very difficult offseason ahead.

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Speaker 1: You know, Hello, Brad Stevens, welcome to the front office.

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Speaker 1: What do you want to do with Kemba Walker. You

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Speaker 1: owe him seventy four million dollars over the next two years.

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Speaker 1: What are you doing with Evan Fournier? What are you

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Speaker 1: doing with Marcus Smart? Because if you keep Fournier, Oh,

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Speaker 1: by the way, you gotta lose Tristan Thompson. The Celtics

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Speaker 1: they're in a tough spot salary cap wise. Okay, Kemba

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Speaker 1: was incredible the first two seasons in Boston. I think

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Speaker 1: he was an All Star one year. They went to

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Speaker 1: the conference finals. Last year and the injuries have said

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Speaker 1: in he could not play back to backs this year. Like,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the future of Kemba Walker is

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Speaker 1: in Boston, let alone as a thirty five million dollar

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Speaker 1: guy or thirty seven million whatever the number is. But

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Speaker 1: and that's that's devastating. If Kemba Walker is your point

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Speaker 1: guard making thirty seven mill and he's not playing back

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Speaker 1: to backs, uh, you're not going to the finals. You're

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Speaker 1: not going to the conference finals. So they've got to

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Speaker 1: figure that out while keeping Brown and Tatum happy. Now

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Speaker 1: a lot of people instantly are saying, well, you gotta

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Speaker 1: split up Tatum and Brown. That's not gonna work. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I my first newspaper. Job was was with

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Speaker 1: Adrian Wilgarowski and we've kept in touch. Really good guy.

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Speaker 1: Any Time anyone wants to split up Damian Lillard and

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Speaker 1: c J McCollum in Portland, the reaction is, well, wait

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Speaker 1: a second, way a second. You're gonna win fifty games

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Speaker 1: every year or thereabouts, you're gonna be in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: and you want to break that up for what exactly

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Speaker 1: a bite of the apple and hopeful that you hit

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Speaker 1: it big with a lottery pick or the ping pong

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Speaker 1: balls bounce your way. I don't know that that really works.

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Speaker 1: And I looked at Damon c J, who are now

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Speaker 1: down three two uh to Denver after that tough double

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Speaker 1: overtime loss. Not Damian Lillard's fault obviously. Um So, this

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Speaker 1: year they won forty two games in a condensed season.

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Speaker 1: Two thousand twenty, they only won thirty five. It was

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Speaker 1: the bubble year. They lost the eventual champion Lakers. The

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Speaker 1: year before that they went to the conference finals, won

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Speaker 1: fifty three games. The year before that, this was the

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Speaker 1: tough one where everybody wanted to split up Damon c J.

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Speaker 1: They got swept by the Pella Ns and Anthony Davis.

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Speaker 1: They did win forty nine games, but they got broomed

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Speaker 1: and that was when it was like, okay, let's break up,

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Speaker 1: see Jane Dane. Well, guess what happened the following year

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Speaker 1: conference finals against the loaded Warriors. Now, I don't believe

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Speaker 1: Durant played at all in that series. He got hurt

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Speaker 1: against Houston. UM. Still no shame in losing to the

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Speaker 1: Splash brothers to first ballot Hall of famers in Clay

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Speaker 1: and Curry. Uh. The year before the Pelican sweep, they

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Speaker 1: got swept by the Kevin Durant Steph Curry Warriors. I

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Speaker 1: get no shame in that. The year before that they

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Speaker 1: lost to the in the conference semifinals. To that, say, Warriors,

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Speaker 1: are you sensing a theme here? The year before that

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Speaker 1: they won fifty one games and lost in the first

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Speaker 1: round to the Grizzlies. Not that wasn't a great loss,

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Speaker 1: but again, you're in the playoffs every single year, You're

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Speaker 1: winning between forty four and fifty three games every single year,

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Speaker 1: and if things break right, Anthony Davis goes down, Jamal

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Speaker 1: Murray goes down. Who's to say Portland's had sneak into

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Speaker 1: the finals as long as Dame's healthy. So this idea

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Speaker 1: of breaking up Tatum and Brown to me is insanity.

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Speaker 1: They're younger than Damon c J. They're big wings, which

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Speaker 1: is what you want. You want those flexible wings who

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Speaker 1: can defend multiple positions. And you're gonna see that in

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Speaker 1: this Net series. Watch, Kevin Durant is gonna play a

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Speaker 1: lot of center. You know, they'll start Blake or DeAndre

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Speaker 1: whatever it is, but Kevin Durant will play the bulk

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Speaker 1: of his minutes at center, and they will surround him

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Speaker 1: with Harden, Kyrie, probably Bruce Brown in the dunker spot

632
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: and Joe Harris and essentially it's centerless, positionless basketball and

633
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: you can switch on everything. And the Milwaukee Bucks are

634
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: gonna have to adapt. They're gonna say, okay, you can't

635
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 1: play Book Lopez against us, or we will murder you.

636
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: We will absolutely eviscerate you if you put that big,

637
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: plotting seven footer on the court. And the Bucks are

638
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: gonna have to adapt. That's why they got p J. Tucker.

639
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: They knew this was coming. P J. Tucker will be

640
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: that guy playing a lot of center for the Nets

641
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: against the Bucks. So, oh, you know, from a physical standpoint,

642
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,240
Speaker 1: Boston is set up. Remember guys last year Conference finals

643
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: against the Heat, they were great. Now Daniel feasts or

644
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: this was the center. I really liked him. But to

645
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 1: avoid I believe they tried to avoid going into the tax,

646
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: they dumped him and replaced him with Tristan Thompson. I

647
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,359
Speaker 1: didn't love that move, but Tristan Thompson was good. Um,

648
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 1: if you're Boston, the problem is you're giving three guys

649
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: a ton of money. Two of them have earned it,

650
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 1: and Kemba has not lived up to his deal because

651
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:35,320
Speaker 1: of the injuries and pivoting around that is extremely difficult.

652
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 1: And again no Jalen Brown in the playoffs. Let's not overreact,

653
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: Kimba missed the final two games. Let's not overreact. But yes,

654
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: truth in the fact I did overreact a little bit,

655
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: just a little on yesterday's podcast when the Anthony Davis

656
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 1: injury reared its ugly head and the Lakers roster looked awful,

657
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, you gotta people, you know,

658
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: you gotta change up the roster. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: I do uson back on speed number two to every podcast,

660
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,439
Speaker 1: just so I can you know see when I got

661
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: overly reactionary and went a little over the top, and

662
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Speaker 1: that's gonna happen sometimes. The bottom line, I'm not gonna

663
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Speaker 1: bash Brad Stevens. He's done a great job in Boston,

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Speaker 1: and I'm not gonna kill Danny Age. Danny Age is

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00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: the reason the Celtics have a title this century. This century, guys,

666
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: they've been to the finals twice because of the team

667
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: Danny Age built, so ultimately, in the long run, I

668
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: do like this move of Brad Stevens. Now who he

669
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Speaker 1: hires his coach. You know you're hearing the usual names.

670
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 1: Jason Kidds in the mix, the kid Lloyd Pierce from Atlanta. Um,

671
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Speaker 1: although that's a weird one given his issues with Trey

672
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: Young and John Collins, or you know, now he's gonna

673
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Speaker 1: step in a Tatum and Brown. I don't know. Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get into the race issue. I know

675
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: another pundit and another network stepped into that and ended

676
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Speaker 1: up looking like a fool on Wednesday, But that's him.

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00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: I'm not going there, so old aim Lee, I don't

678
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 1: think you break up Brown and Tatum. I think this

679
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: is a really good team that is again going to

680
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Speaker 1: be top three four in the East next year and um,

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00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: uh you know, can they win a title? Things gotta

682
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: break their way or Kemba Walker has gotta be healthy.

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Speaker 1: All right. To close out the podcast, you know, a

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Speaker 1: couple of guys are asking me in the Instagram d

685
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,240
Speaker 1: m s, where's the pick of the day, blah blah blah.

686
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: And you know the lines are moving. There's been so

687
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 1: many injuries. Obviously we'll do it for football season. It's

688
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: just tougher for basketball. Um. You know, as of right now,

689
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Speaker 1: we don't know if Anthony Davis is playing tonight questionable.

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00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 1: That's the last like, we may not know for a

691
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Speaker 1: few hours, So I can't give out a play on

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. Uh. Joel Embiid was doubtful and I had

693
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Speaker 1: no idea if he was gonna play. Um, I do

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Speaker 1: picks for Fox Sports, and um, you know they put

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Speaker 1: those out on social media. Uh, like an hour or

696
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: two before the game. I know that's late in the

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Speaker 1: lines of move, but it's tough. Uh. You know, Frankly,

698
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: I don't it's k C P playing to night. You

699
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: know what's up with Chris Paul. I'm he should play,

700
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: but can you say for sure he's playing? Um? And

701
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 1: then of course Denver Portland also tonight. So um yeah,

702
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 1: just hit me up on social media and I'll tell

703
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: you my my picks, my bets that I made. Um,

704
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,919
Speaker 1: but I wanted to quickly, you know, I was thinking

705
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Speaker 1: about going to talk about coach k for a minute,

706
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,800
Speaker 1: but I don't know what do I What am I

707
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: gonna say? Like, you know, great coach, good job, Hey,

708
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: you had a great career, Like like you know, John

709
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: Shire has taken over. I can't get that worked up

710
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,879
Speaker 1: about coach K now, Um, but I can't get worked

711
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Speaker 1: up about Trey Young. And we touched on it earlier,

712
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: like he makes everyone better. And the coolest thing about

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Speaker 1: Trey Young is there is a huge I d g

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Speaker 1: A F vibe to his game in these playoffs that

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Speaker 1: he's like a different dude in the regular season. I

716
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Speaker 1: don't remember all this um like chatter with the crowd.

717
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: I mean, the dude hit his step back three and

718
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,479
Speaker 1: took a bow late in the fourth quarter on the court,

719
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: Like that's some awesome ship. I was so impressed. I

720
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 1: was like, I might have to cop me at trade

721
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: Young Jersey. I don't know, like, you know, by the way,

722
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: the Hawks had some cool jerseys Young he took twenty

723
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Speaker 1: eight childs. He did score thirty six, but at this rate,

724
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 1: like nobody can guard him. Nobody, Nick's have nobody who

725
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 1: can stay with Tray Young. He's a problem. And this

726
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,399
Speaker 1: kid Bookedanovitch. You know, we know everybody tried to get him.

727
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: The Bucks thought they had a shot at him, and

728
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: they thought they had him. Telling you the Bucks had

729
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: Bogdanovitch and again he wasn't even a great shooter. But

730
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Speaker 1: I love the confidence, like he's just fearless. Um. Clinton

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Speaker 1: Cappella talked a bunch of smack to Julius Randol and

732
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Speaker 1: then backed it up with fourteen and fifteen plus twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Capella was solid. Uh, DeAndre Hunter is you know, he's

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Speaker 1: the really he's the primary reason that Julius Randall had

735
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Speaker 1: an awful series. Now, Randall finished a little bit strong,

736
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Speaker 1: eight out of twenty three and thirteen. Um, the eight

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Speaker 1: turnovers were But you know, I think I said it yesterday.

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Speaker 1: The regular season highlights your strengths. The playoffs highlight your weaknesses.

739
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Speaker 1: And in the regular season, the Nick strength is we

740
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Speaker 1: can ride our bench. We're gonna play our stars a

741
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 1: lot of minutes, and we just want to win a

742
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: lot of games. That's like the goal in the regular season.

743
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Speaker 1: In the playoffs, when possessions matter more, suddenly the Knicks

744
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: don't run much of an offense. All of a sudden,

745
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 1: you're relying on Reggie Bullock and Alec Burke's to bring

746
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Speaker 1: you home. And then, of course Derrick Rose, who I

747
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 1: idiotically bet on his over points because I thought either

748
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 1: he gives them their best chance to win. He ended

749
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: up being hurt. Didn't know that Nick didn't reveal it

750
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 1: played like garbage. R J. Barrett still young, solid game,

751
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: but they lack you know, they're They're still a player

752
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: or two away. Um, it was a fun series, but

753
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you right now, Trey Young is gonna

754
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: give this six or some problems. I'm just gonna remind

755
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 1: you their backcourt is Steph Curry and Danny Green. Now

756
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 1: they went small against the Whiz without him Bid and

757
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: they started Thible who's a really good defensive player. Um,

758
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: you know, Bill still got his Ruscott his um. Rudy Hachimura,

759
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: one of my favorite names in the league, had a

760
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 1: really strong series for the Whiz, But they just don't

761
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: have enough guys. I'm just telling you right now, this

762
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,720
Speaker 1: seventies sixer team is gonna have some problems with the Hawks.

763
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: Cappella can hang with Joel Embiid. I don't know where

764
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,319
Speaker 1: you put DeAndre Hunter, but I'm gonna go ahead and

765
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 1: guess he draws Tobias Harris, and if he takes Harris

766
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: out of the equation, and he's no longer the second score,

767
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: and it's now the Joel Embiid meniscus injury Tour. I'm

768
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,279
Speaker 1: a boot Ben Simmons guy. He had a triple double

769
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Speaker 1: and the side of decisive game five of eight free throws.

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00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: You guys know I'm in the tank for Ben Simmons.

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Speaker 1: My l A friends listening, No, I got a buddy

772
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: who's tight with Ben Mans and I get some pretty

773
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: good information. Ben Simmons is a guy I'm always rooting

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00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: for it. I do believe he will end up in

775
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: l A at some point. I do not know if

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00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,359
Speaker 1: it's going to be for Paul George, but I Ben

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00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 1: Simmons wants badly to be in l A. And that's

778
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 1: not a knock on Philly. That's not that he wants

779
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 1: out of Philly. He just loves Los Angeles. I'm sorry

780
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: misses Kendall Jenner, who's now with Devin Booker. But who cares,

781
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: rob G. I think the Hawks are going to give

782
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: the Sixers way more than they can exit than they're

783
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 1: they're expected. I wouldn't be shocked if it went seven. Sorry,

784
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 1: at this point, I wouldn't be shocked if they won

785
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,919
Speaker 1: the series until we know the extent of Joel Embiad's injury,

786
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 1: because especially I'm surprised it wasn't reported more on Wednesday.

787
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: M Bead had him meniscua's tear in his other knee

788
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: four years ago and at the time they said, hey,

789
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,200
Speaker 1: day to day, just like they told us this week, Um,

790
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. We'll do treatment, no surgery. Ended

791
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: up missing seven or eight games and then they just

792
00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 1: they just shut him down for the rest of the

793
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: season and then he got injury. Now, I know the

794
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: playoffs are different, you're gonna cut through things a little

795
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: bit more than one of the regular season. But this

796
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like a one week injury. This doesn't feel

797
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 1: like a ten day injury. So even if he comes back,

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00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: I'm expecting him at maybe seventy And just like you mentioned,

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00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 1: the Hawks have a lot more firepower than we thought,

800
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:28,320
Speaker 1: and even more impressively, they defend much better than I expected.

801
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: Nate McMillan as has been playing defense Trey Young, who

802
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,800
Speaker 1: is still probably the worst defender in the NBA outside

803
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: of Damian Lillard. He's been giving effort, which is all

804
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: you can really ask for one of the guy is

805
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,280
Speaker 1: not a good defender, and DeAndre Hunter has been really good.

806
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: Cappella is locking up the paint when he's in there,

807
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:51,840
Speaker 1: And so if MBAT is limited like we expect, I

808
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: would not be shocked at all if Trey Young is

809
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 1: able to pull out a game on his own and

810
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:01,279
Speaker 1: the Hawks are able to win this series. Yeah. Um.

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00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: The worst thing about playoff injuries, the significant ones, is

812
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: if you've got to have a major surgery, there's a

813
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 1: chance you're gonna miss a chunk of next season, Like

814
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray's probably gonna miss the first three months, if

815
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 1: not more. Um, And if this some beat thing gets

816
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: worse now and he has to miss all of next season,

817
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: like I don't know. Like you're the Sixers, You're like, oh,

818
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,280
Speaker 1: we got the number one seed, let's just wait two years,

819
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,319
Speaker 1: Like I'm not again. I like Joel Embiad he's had

820
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: a good season. Um, they were in a tough spot.

821
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 1: They were in a pickle, and uh, I'm not ready

822
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: to pick the Hawks, but it's gonna be interesting. All right, folks,

823
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: This has been long, long, long long. We will be

824
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,799
Speaker 1: back tomorrow. Hopefully we will have some good news on

825
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 1: the Lakers, maybe pushing it to seven again. We don't

826
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:53,399
Speaker 1: know the status of Anthony Davis, but when we find out,

827
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: that's what will make our bets. Talk to you tomorrow.