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Speaker 1: Wow, Arizona's favorite son a three times NBO MVB and

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Speaker 1: the number eleven for our own foot Wildcats, Bryce Cotton

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Speaker 1: on ninety six AIRPM.

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Speaker 2: We're the home of the Wildcats and Justice is the

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Speaker 2: home of WA's famous jeffl Pies.

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Speaker 3: Well, it did have to happen.

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Speaker 4: The Perth Wildcats have failed to make the NBA Playoffs

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Speaker 4: after losing to the Hawks on Friday and the Southeast

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Speaker 4: Melbourne Phoenix on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: It is the first time in thirty five years. I

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Speaker 3: hate to dwell on it, but it is a while.

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Speaker 5: It's a it's hard to believe, isn't it.

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Speaker 4: That the team won't play in the finals. And Bryce Cotton,

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Speaker 4: We're sorry, ye Bryce.

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Speaker 2: Hey, you get done. It's all good. It's all good.

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Speaker 5: And thanks for talking to us.

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Speaker 2: Man. Oh, no for home at all. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 2: things like that happen. Obviously a lot of us expected

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Speaker 2: it and wanted it. But you know, ups and downs

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Speaker 2: are part of every season. We've been fortunate for a

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Speaker 2: lot of success pretty much every other year thirty five

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Speaker 2: I've been here. So yeah, so you know you got

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Speaker 2: to take the crickets with the streets.

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Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, And when you went in overtime on the

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Speaker 5: week and I went, I think I'm staying to Laury

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Speaker 5: my wife, and gone, the boys are going to get

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Speaker 5: up here. Yes, it's equally heartbreaking for that Raason nearly

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Speaker 5: a second overtime.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I mean I think with that game, you know,

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Speaker 2: we all know we left it all out there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we just came up a little bit short. But if

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Speaker 2: you can look in the mirror and say you gave

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Speaker 2: it everything you had, yep, And I think you can

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Speaker 2: keep your head high the result, even though sometimes it's

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Speaker 2: easier said than done.

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Speaker 4: Well, judging by that the theory, you guys can keep

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Speaker 4: your heads absolutely high.

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Speaker 3: And no one's been making any excuses or anything.

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Speaker 4: But I think it is fair to remember that the

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Speaker 4: past twelve months has seen the club change owners, get

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Speaker 4: a new coach, the death of former owner Jack Bendatt,

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Speaker 4: and and there was that huge stint on the road,

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Speaker 4: not making excuses, but there has been a different year.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, but that's that's part of basketball, I think,

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Speaker 2: because I mean, even if you look at us being

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Speaker 2: on the road, we did a great job and we

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Speaker 2: were in a great position the last nine games going

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Speaker 2: in to finish the season. So it just had a

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Speaker 2: nasty turn of events. So yeah, I don't think any

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Speaker 2: of us are looking at any of the ups and downs.

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Speaker 2: It's just unfortunate how it panned out.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Man, as Lace you say, do you know there's

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Speaker 5: been a little honesty with the club itself, Craig, don't

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Speaker 5: you send the new unors come out and said blame mate.

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Speaker 5: Put the blame on mate with the new owners and

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Speaker 5: the rest of it. But you know, it comes down

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Speaker 5: to the whole thing. But as you said, Bryce, if

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Speaker 5: you look yourself in the mirror, then you're okay.

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Speaker 2: That's right. And I mean as a person anyway, you've

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Speaker 2: got to be able to handle your successes the right

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Speaker 2: way just as much as the losses. It goes hand

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Speaker 2: in hand, and they all teach you something if you

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Speaker 2: pay enough attention to it.

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Speaker 4: And struggle with the bit of adversity thing that bugs

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Speaker 4: me about sports.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's always going to be this blame. I mean,

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Speaker 3: isn't it just sometimes it's just the way things go.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, just how it pans out.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, that's that's the way it's all always

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Speaker 2: been though.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, I know, but I say this from

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Speaker 4: you know, someone who has nothing to do with sport, Bruce,

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Speaker 4: It's okay. Now Luke Travis is entering the NBA Draft,

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Speaker 4: so that's huge news.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, it's very exciting. I know he's going to

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Speaker 2: be spending the next half of many weeks before the

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Speaker 2: draft getting right and you know, preparing himself as best

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Speaker 2: he can. But I think he did a great job

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Speaker 2: growing as a player this year and I'm excited to

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Speaker 2: see what happens for him.

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Speaker 5: Bryce, You've always proved to actually been a humble gentleman

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Speaker 5: of the game. But another MBP award would be wonderful

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Speaker 5: to you, with another chance to see with the awards tonight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think. I don't think so, I don't

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Speaker 2: know how you.

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Speaker 3: Can go think. You don't have to think.

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Speaker 2: So it's still an honor to be nominated for that though,

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it'll it'll be fun anyway to put back

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Speaker 2: at the season as a whole. And yes, other good

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Speaker 2: things that have happened.

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Speaker 4: You are confirmed among the free fundless, so it's it's

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Speaker 4: it will be a good night whatever happens.

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Speaker 3: Also, you are reported to be close to re signing.

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Speaker 3: Is that true? We hope so.

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Speaker 2: Well. I mean, yeah, I have the player option, and

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Speaker 2: I'm going to make my decisions accordently. I'm gonna take

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Speaker 2: my time, but yeah, I'll make my decision when i'm ready.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, when you get home for a break, we don't

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Speaker 5: how much of missed your family, Bryce, especially the last

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Speaker 5: couple of years. You get a chance to get state signed.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I get to go home. I'm super excited about

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Speaker 2: that in about three years since I've seen everybody. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm over the roof about that.

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Speaker 5: That is going to be the homecoming of all homecomings

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Speaker 5: and a family feast.

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Speaker 2: I reckon Abe, Well.

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Speaker 4: You enjoy that, You enjoy the awards tonight. We've loved

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Speaker 4: talking to you all year, and let's hope we can

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Speaker 4: talk to you again.

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Speaker 2: All right, it sounds good and it was lovely talking

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Speaker 2: to you

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Speaker 5: Too, man O, care and enjoy the trip on yah

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Speaker 5: A good way, Brycecotton, gentlemen, Bryce Cotton, I'm so glad

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Speaker 5: he's getting to see the fam and it's brinnant