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Speaker 1: It's a special Willan Woody podcast Mini. The person who

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Speaker 1: was the talk of the town before the Olympics and

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Speaker 1: obviously isn't playing as part of the Boomer's squad in

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Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. I'm sure that you've got a relationship with

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Speaker 1: Ben as well, mate. That I mean, like, I feel

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Speaker 1: like Ben's rise and ascendency in the NBA, obviously being

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Speaker 1: such a high draft pick, and then everything that's happened

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Speaker 1: since then, and and and how he's capitulated into into

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Speaker 1: not being able to shoot effectively and now not playing

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Speaker 1: for the Boomers. Can you just shed a bit of

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Speaker 1: light on what's going on there, and like, would they

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Speaker 1: prefer him to be out there? How it's all unfolded?

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Speaker 2: Oh, well, yeah, of course you want him out there.

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Speaker 2: He's one of the one of the best players in

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Speaker 2: the world from Australia. But he's got some other issues

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Speaker 2: that he's dealing with and it looks like he's well,

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Speaker 2: you know, he's going to happen. He's going to get

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Speaker 2: moved out of Philly. He doesn't want to doesn't want

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Speaker 2: to go back. He reportedly hasn't been in contact with

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Speaker 2: them at all. Season ended, So I think the writing

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Speaker 2: of them all there. But as far as our national team,

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Speaker 2: we you know, we don't know what we're missing to

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Speaker 2: an extent because he's never played for us, so kind

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Speaker 2: of what's going on there?

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Speaker 3: Mate?

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Speaker 1: Like he had he you know, he was it looked

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Speaker 1: like he was going to be up and running and

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Speaker 1: like you know, a mid mid midway through the season,

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Speaker 1: everything looked like it was kind of humming, and then

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Speaker 1: he's just you know, falling off a cliff.

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Speaker 3: Really, is it meant?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean in twenty nineteen it was a similar situation.

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Speaker 2: He put his hand up and then pulled out, and

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Speaker 2: then put his hand up again, then pulled out, and

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Speaker 2: I mean he's just he's his own man, and you

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Speaker 2: respect that.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, I just don't think the national team in

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Speaker 4: the Australian boom is a top not just the top

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Speaker 4: of his priority list, but not even the top ten probably, So.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what it is? Yeah? Right? Right?

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Speaker 1: Okay? Is there an element of the Kardashian curse that

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Speaker 1: you want that you want to say is associated with him?

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Speaker 2: Who knows the most most? I mean, Devin Book did

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Speaker 2: the right met the NBA finals.

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Speaker 3: To get through you you would never going to the

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Speaker 3: Kardashian parties when you're over in the US, will you Andrew, No.

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Speaker 2: Not my scene scene always. In fact, there were numerous

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Speaker 2: times that you're sitting behind our bench or near our bend.

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Speaker 2: I would have no idea, quite honestly, because I just

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Speaker 2: don't give a shit about celebrity. So a few teammates

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Speaker 2: would mention something and then I'd be like, oh, yeah, cool,

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Speaker 2: and then just forget about.

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Speaker 3: It again to care that's play basketball, boys. Well, look,

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Speaker 3: it's been a pleasure to talk to you. Andrew Bergert.

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Speaker 1: Channel seven tonight ten o'clock is where you can see

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Speaker 1: Andrew calling the basketball tonight as the Burmer's take on Argentina.

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Speaker 1: They're going to go through to be playing in the

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Speaker 1: top four half this which is totally wild, and then

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Speaker 1: it just gets tougher and tougher from there. But mate,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us, for all your insights,

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Speaker 1: for all your coverage on Channel seven and seven plus,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully speak to your own.

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Speaker 2: No worries.

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Speaker 3: Man. Thanks brother, give more of the boys on the

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Speaker 3: full show podcast.

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Speaker 4: You want to