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<v Speaker 1>So we've been talking about this impromptu press conference that

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of I guess it's fair to say hastily

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<v Speaker 1>called last night. Media outlets were notified that in less

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<v Speaker 1>than twenty four hours they could come to a press conference.

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<v Speaker 1>It was held at the American Airline Center. It was

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<v Speaker 1>limited media availability. They targeted people, they invited them. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>on this show was invited or from the station was invited.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the major news outlets, Dallas Wearing News, ESPN,

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<v Speaker 1>the local affiliates DLS.

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Cato was.

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<v Speaker 1>There, Athletic, the Athletic and so it was limited access

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<v Speaker 1>and it was Rick Way else and who's the CEO?

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<v Speaker 1>And it was Nico Harrison, the GM of the team

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<v Speaker 1>who made the very unpopular Luke Donchez trade, and by

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<v Speaker 1>his accounts, you know, hardly anybody knew about that trade

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<v Speaker 1>when he made it, so all of it seems to

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<v Speaker 1>fall on him in terms of the blame, and they

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<v Speaker 1>answer questions. Tim McMahon's got a great account of it.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been looking at Mike Curtis from Dallas Morning News.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been looking at his some of the quotes from

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<v Speaker 1>his account of it, and I think the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>really stands out and looking at these quotes is that

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<v Speaker 1>Nico is doubling down on what his vision of the

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<v Speaker 1>team is and what the style of basketball he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to play. Everyone who was in that meeting came out soing, well,

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<v Speaker 1>defense wins championships because he said it over and over

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<v Speaker 1>and over, and you know, been according to the account

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at is the Mike Curtis story on this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he basically, I'm you know, kind of saying

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<v Speaker 1>what he said, and so I'm not reading a long quote,

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<v Speaker 1>but he believes that if we had seen the healthy

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<v Speaker 1>version of the team, that team would have been really,

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<v Speaker 1>really good, and a lot of the fan bases vitriol

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<v Speaker 1>would have been dampened down because it's hard to get

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<v Speaker 1>angry when your team is kicking ass.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have helped.

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<v Speaker 3>That half that he played before he got hurt with

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<v Speaker 3>Kyrie was awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have helped.

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<v Speaker 3>But still the biggest problem to me is you traded

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<v Speaker 3>a twenty five year old global icon and you got

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<v Speaker 3>six years older or seven years old whatever, right with

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<v Speaker 3>ad a guy who's been hurt like his whole career.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know there's problems with it all over the place.

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<v Speaker 3>I do know this if by having this press conference,

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<v Speaker 3>if you even call it that, to me, that's an

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<v Speaker 3>indication that Nico Harrison is staying that they're not going

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<v Speaker 3>to part ways with him, because you wouldn't roll him

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<v Speaker 3>out there today and then part ways with him in

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<v Speaker 3>a couple days of your season ends.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let me say this as you just add on

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<v Speaker 1>to what you're saying. He was asked if he sees

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<v Speaker 1>himself as the GM moving forward. He said, you have

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<v Speaker 1>three years left on my contract. I see myself finishing

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<v Speaker 1>it out. In terms of Dallas, this is our home,

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<v Speaker 1>my family, they're going to finish school here, this is

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<v Speaker 1>where we live.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is where I'm living, right and I heard.

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<v Speaker 3>I was listening to the ticket Im Oway here and

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<v Speaker 3>they were talking about whether they somebody on the ticket

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<v Speaker 3>was saying they thought he would resign. I'm like, what

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<v Speaker 3>what world are you living in where you think he's

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<v Speaker 3>going to resign.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's doubling down. He uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And We've talked about this on our show many times.

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<v Speaker 1>I've told you guys, he loves Anthony Davis. And I

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<v Speaker 1>actually thought that he would try to trade Kyrie Irving

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<v Speaker 1>for Anthony Davis. That's kind of how I thought that

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<v Speaker 1>thing was going to go. But obviously he had other

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<v Speaker 1>ideas in mind. But he doubled down on that in

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<v Speaker 1>this several times, saying, you know, there he was asked about, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what about everybody saying you didn't get enough return on

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<v Speaker 1>the trade, And what he's saying is Anthony Davis is

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<v Speaker 1>he says, when you look at the trade, we targeted

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<v Speaker 1>ad with our philosophy of defense wins championships. We wanted

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<v Speaker 1>a two way player to lead our team, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was Anthony Davis. Everyone's going to have their criticism. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure what Mark Cuban said, but that's a better

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<v Speaker 1>question left for him. We got what we wanted and

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<v Speaker 1>so again, like when we've had all these conversations, be like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand this. It doesn't make sense. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I get that. It doesn't make sense to you. It

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<v Speaker 1>makes sense to him. That's who we wanted, that's the

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<v Speaker 1>style of basketball he envisions them playing.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the team that he builds, and just so happened

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<v Speaker 3>at this moment in time with the new ownership group.

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<v Speaker 3>There were no checks and balances, right, there was no

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<v Speaker 3>one else to talk to. So this is what one

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<v Speaker 3>guy wanted and there was nobody to stop him because

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<v Speaker 3>any anybody else who could have vetoed the deal was gone,

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<v Speaker 3>was out of the picture.

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<v Speaker 4>Ja Kid had a good relationship with AD two, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm very curious. I mean, that's my like, if

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<v Speaker 4>you could find out anything like how behind closed doors

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<v Speaker 4>or how much did Jay Kid know about it or

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<v Speaker 4>want this deal to happen or did he not?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's what I really want to know.

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<v Speaker 3>My thought is there's no way he I mean, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know double negative. I think he knew. I think

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<v Speaker 3>he probably had to say. And I think if you're

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<v Speaker 3>a political person and you're in a political environment, you

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of get in line once you see the

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<v Speaker 3>way things are going to go.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I could be dead wrong on that, but my thought

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<v Speaker 3>is a tiny, a tiny group had a vote and

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<v Speaker 3>it was Nico leading the way. And I'll bet Jay

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<v Speaker 3>Kid was one of those guys who could vote.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know that. I'm just throwing that out there. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>and I will.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll wrap this up pretty quick and get back into

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<v Speaker 1>it later in the show. If ja Kid was in

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<v Speaker 1>on it, it doesn't be hoof because of the volatile nature.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't behove everybody to let Jakid know that because

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<v Speaker 1>he's got to go back in that locker room and

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<v Speaker 1>those guys have to trust him.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So if if Jake Kidd was like, yeah, man, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to get rid of you know, Luca, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they were probably like, okay, well we'll just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody knows about this, so let's leave it that way

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<v Speaker 1>so you can still have the trust and control of

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<v Speaker 1>the locker room.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, who knows? Who knows?

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<v Speaker 3>But I think more will come out. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 3>Mavericks may have been getting ahead of something by doing this.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even know what to make of all this. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll get back into it later, because Kyrie spoke last

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<v Speaker 3>night and we have the audio and it's juicy, juicy

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<v Speaker 3>ju say, all right, coming up next a cat fight

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<v Speaker 3>in space. That's right now. We're gonna ratch it up.

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<v Speaker 2>The fun