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Speaker 1: It is very busy in this studio right now, because

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Speaker 1: a group of awesome Territorians were in Melbourne a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago competing in a basketball tournament. Now they're

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Speaker 1: part of Street Ballers. It's a local family academy providing

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Speaker 1: opportunities for young aspiring basketball players. Now they took away

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Speaker 1: four teams over the King's Birthday weekend.

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Speaker 2: The under tens finished.

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Speaker 1: Fourth as I understand, the under sixteens finished equal third,

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Speaker 1: and the under sixteen girls finished fifth. Now the under

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Speaker 1: twelve Darwin team, they won their division in Melbourne and

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Speaker 1: they are well. Some of them are in the studio

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Speaker 1: with me right now. Good morning to you all.

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Speaker 3: Good morning.

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Speaker 1: It's so good to have you guys in here. Now

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Speaker 1: tell me, I guess you'll all have a different answer here.

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Speaker 1: But how long have you been playing basketball?

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Speaker 4: I've been playing since I was six. I've been playing

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Speaker 4: since I was like two.

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Speaker 2: Two, Holy moly? What about you boys?

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Speaker 3: I've been playing since I was four four MAUI? What

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Speaker 3: about you? Two or three?

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Speaker 1: Holy moly?

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Speaker 3: Htt what about you? Mate?

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Speaker 5: Playing since I was seven?

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Speaker 3: Since you were seven?

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Speaker 1: Now, look, I'm gonna I'm going to try to remember

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Speaker 1: everybody's names in the studio with me. I've got I've

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Speaker 1: got Rehtt, I've obviously got Cruz, who I know from athletics.

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Speaker 1: I've also got Maui, I've got Harlem, and I have

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Speaker 1: got James. Now, you all played exceptionally well. Can you

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Speaker 1: tell me a little bit, James about the kind of

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Speaker 1: teams that you played against?

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Speaker 2: Were they pretty hard?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: They were hard. Obviously they have a lot more like

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Speaker 4: resources and money to get teams and gather people to

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Speaker 4: play with each other.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, they get to play like all the time

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Speaker 1: in different tournaments in other states, don't they.

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So Harlem, what was it like for you guys

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Speaker 1: then getting to go and play against these other teams

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Speaker 1: that you know, they probably get the opportunity to play

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Speaker 1: other squads much more often.

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Speaker 2: What was it like for you?

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Speaker 4: It was like it was hard and we got better competition,

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Speaker 4: so we can get better and try, like get better

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Speaker 4: and get with those kids and make our make our

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Speaker 4: shelves for a harder life.

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Speaker 1: Well, make yourself play even better, hey, yeah, make sure

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Speaker 1: that you can that you can take on those other

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Speaker 1: teams and do really well. Maoi, which team was the hardest?

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Speaker 3: Mate?

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Speaker 5: I feel like most of the Melbourne teams were pretty

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Speaker 5: hard to beat because they had way more experience than us.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 5: For example, the Melbourne Tigers, they were pretty hard to

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Speaker 5: beat because most of their most of their teams like

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Speaker 5: been way more protected than us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now, now tell me, Cruz. Was there a team

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Speaker 1: that you found were the most difficult to play against?

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Speaker 3: Probably the Sharks. I had a tough time dribbling the

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Speaker 3: bull through them and I couldn't pass because I had

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Speaker 2: And were they tall?

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Speaker 1: Like with these guys, they were like maybe like taller

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Speaker 1: than me, taller the MAUI. Yeah, now he's taller than me.

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Speaker 1: Everyone out there listening or is it? Yeah, he's definitely

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Speaker 1: taller than me.

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Speaker 2: So they were pretty tall.

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Speaker 1: Now htt Which what what did you like the most

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Speaker 1: about your your your competition and going away to play?

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Speaker 5: I think like getting a better opportunity than just staying

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Speaker 5: in Darwin, our and our competition here.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, guys better to verse down south?

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, Well that's it's tough competition, isn't it When

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Speaker 1: you go away and sometimes like you know it's going

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Speaker 1: you're like this is really tough.

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Speaker 2: But you guys won.

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Speaker 3: That is so cool? How did like?

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Speaker 2: Was it a tough game in the grand Final?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we were down, we were down, and then we

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Speaker 4: came back and won by six.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we were down by ten at halftime, and.

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Speaker 4: We got a little bit of a talk spoken to

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Speaker 4: and we picked up our game and we started winning

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Speaker 4: through the end of it.

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Speaker 1: How awesome. Now, what are your coaches' names?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 4: Oh, so we have the main coach, Ben Streeter. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: and then we have our assistant coach Dan Hill.

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Speaker 1: And how much did they help you at this carnival

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Speaker 1: to you know, to believe in yourselves and know that

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Speaker 1: much at halftime?

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Speaker 5: They tried encouraging us by making us play better and

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Speaker 5: more of a team, team based please.

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Speaker 2: Yep, now, Harlem, did you win MVP? Well you're away?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we are one MVP in the whole.

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Speaker 2: Were your pump?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: What was it like when they called out your name

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Speaker 2: and said you might I.

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Speaker 4: Was surprised and trying to get it through my head

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Speaker 4: that I actually won MVP?

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Speaker 1: How awesome. Now, you're also a very fast runner. I've

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Speaker 1: seen you out running. I think you've even beat me

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Speaker 1: in park run before, so I know that you are

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Speaker 1: a very fast runner.

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Speaker 2: But all of you boys, not only.

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Speaker 1: Great basketballers, but your great kids. Hey, it's wonderful to

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Speaker 1: have all of you in the studio this morning.

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Speaker 2: Now, what's next?

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Speaker 1: What do you think your next opportunities might be or

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Speaker 1: what are you hoping to do next? When it comes

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Speaker 1: to your basketball, we can all take turns.

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Speaker 3: My under tens plays. To win the Grand Final is amazing. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so I haven't won one in Melbourne before or Adelaide,

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Speaker 3: so I want to have a chance to win one

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Speaker 3: and try to get MVP.

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Speaker 2: Hell good.

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Speaker 1: What about you Ratt? Do you know what you want

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Speaker 1: to do next? What's your next goal? Well, haven't had

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Speaker 1: a big think about.

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Speaker 5: It yet, mainly just to probably improve.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a really good goal to have, you know,

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Speaker 1: continuously improving is an excellent goal to have.

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Speaker 2: What about you Mali?

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Speaker 5: To get new opportunities for different teams and travel down

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Speaker 5: places and play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good stuff.

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Speaker 1: What about you Harlem to get better experience and travel

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Speaker 1: away and get better, continuously getting better and trying to

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Speaker 1: get more MVPs. Hell good?

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Speaker 2: What about you James?

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Speaker 4: I'd like to have the opportunity to go away more

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Speaker 4: with Street Ballers yea, and connect more with all of

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Speaker 4: the people not across on the twelves but also the

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Speaker 4: Fourtians and the sixties everyone, and I'd also like to

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Speaker 4: win another championship and go two for two.

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Speaker 2: You guys are awesome.

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Speaker 1: I'm so happy to have you in the studio with

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Speaker 1: me this morning. Thank you so much for coming in,

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Speaker 1: and a massive massive congratulations to you guys. The Street

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Speaker 1: Ballers sound like they are awesome.

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Speaker 2: Good on you. Thank you so much for coming in today.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, I'll talk to you soon. Thank you so amazing.

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Speaker 2: You're amazing, mate,