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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, basketball fans, San Antonio

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs fans, Welcome to another edition of the San Antonio

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs Weekly Podcast with your host, twenty year journeyman in

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<v Speaker 1>the world of entertainment and stand.

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<v Speaker 1>Also a fan of.

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<v Speaker 2>The Black and Silver of over forty years.

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<v Speaker 1>God dad, right, yeah, we do here. He is the

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<v Speaker 1>host with the most k to the dean.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, mister movie phone and wow. Welcome to another

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<v Speaker 2>edition of the San Antonio Spurs Weekly Podcast. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>a while, as Aaron Lewis used to say, but we

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<v Speaker 2>are back hot and hatney because of the Olympics and

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<v Speaker 2>Victor Winnbanyama going up against the.

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<v Speaker 1>Afenziers of the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome everybody to another edition of that San Antonio Spurs

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<v Speaker 2>Weekly Podcast. Thank you for following us throughout the summer edition.

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<v Speaker 2>Is news is not always hot and heavy, could be

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<v Speaker 2>a little boring, and we want to compile it into

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<v Speaker 2>one amazing episode. Y'all good with that? Today? I thought

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<v Speaker 2>you would, thank you very much. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Spurs fans,

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<v Speaker 2>basketball fans, it doesn't matter today We're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>talking Olympic basketball, talking a little bit about Victor Wembanyama,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, and his appearance in these twenty twenty four Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll be talking a little bit about his stats.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about the Olympics in the past as well.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk a little bit about that kind of bump

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<v Speaker 2>in the road for the United States in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and four. Yeah, we'll talk a little bit about that

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<v Speaker 2>we had a good team, why couldn't we play well?

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about some of the players on that team,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll go from there. We'll talk a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>about the legacy of Lebron James, just a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>because this is a Spurs network, of course, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to talk more about Victor Wmbanyama and the loss

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<v Speaker 2>for fran What did this do for the country as

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<v Speaker 2>a whole. The women's Olympic team went to the gold

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<v Speaker 2>medal round against France as well, so a good showing

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<v Speaker 2>for United States and French culture when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>the game of basketball. And if you watch the games,

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<v Speaker 2>there were a lot of surprise teams this year. Serbia

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<v Speaker 2>played very well. I think could have played a little better.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they really tried to lean too much on

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<v Speaker 2>the joker, and this is why they kind of fell

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<v Speaker 2>to the wayside. You had some surprise teams like the

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<v Speaker 2>su Dan giving the United States a scare. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a scare. I don't care what you guys think, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think that woke up the sleeping Giants saying we

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to end up like the two thousand and

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<v Speaker 2>four team the last time the United States won a

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<v Speaker 2>bronze and big round of applause though to the United

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<v Speaker 2>States plays with everything we've been going through. The Avengers

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<v Speaker 2>went over there, got another gold medal. This is our

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<v Speaker 2>fifth straight Olympic basketball men's gold medal. And no matter

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<v Speaker 2>how you look at it, some people say, yes, they're

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<v Speaker 2>expected to win the gold. They are every year. They're

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<v Speaker 2>the New York Yankees, they're the Dallas well we won't

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<v Speaker 2>say Dallas cutboys. Sorry guys, no cheering, turn that off.

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<v Speaker 2>We wanted more of this. There you go, Thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>mister movie phone. I know you're a cowboy fan.

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<v Speaker 1>You got there right.

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<v Speaker 2>You're never going to have a podcast doing it. But

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<v Speaker 2>the funny thing is here they are hated, the United

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<v Speaker 2>States basketball team, and I think the reason they are

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<v Speaker 2>is because when we saw the Dream Team first come

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<v Speaker 2>around in nineteen ninety six. If you are a nineties

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<v Speaker 2>guy like me, I love nineties basketball. I actually coach

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<v Speaker 2>basketball now today for youngins. I really enjoy the young

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<v Speaker 2>kids and teaching them the basics of basketball, because I

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<v Speaker 2>believe that's where the NBA is lacking today. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of the basics are gone. Everybody wants to break angles,

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<v Speaker 2>they want to put posterizing on people, and they want

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<v Speaker 2>to pull up from half court like Steph Curry. But

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<v Speaker 2>what wins games in the end, hitting your free throws,

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<v Speaker 2>making shots and being humble. That's what it comes down

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<v Speaker 2>to at the end of the day. I know three

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<v Speaker 2>pointers have really taken over the sport of basketball, but

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<v Speaker 2>bringing in people like Yanasaka Patumbo, bringing in people like

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<v Speaker 2>a Joe LMB, Joker Luca and now Victor Winbinyama doing

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<v Speaker 2>different things at these heights we've never seen. The game

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<v Speaker 2>is going to evolve back into a big man sport.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think the big man will become get ready

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<v Speaker 2>to laugh. I know you want to laugh, your point guard.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the talent will get bigger and bigger and bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the addition of ways to train these

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<v Speaker 2>days make a level playing field for anybody at any size.

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<v Speaker 2>I just do. I know that's a crazy thing that

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<v Speaker 2>I just threw at you, ol, but I honestly believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>And these big men are gonna be the ones to

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<v Speaker 2>change the game. Maybe they won't go to point guard.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though Wemby brought the ball up thirty percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the time last year. Want you to keep that in mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty percent of the time he brought the ball up.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we see that with Kukadonic in Dallas, we

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<v Speaker 2>see that with the Joker in Denver. Will we see

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<v Speaker 2>that in San Antonio. I think Wemby's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>good enough to play just about any position on the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're going to see him bring the ball

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<v Speaker 2>up once in a while. I think you'll see him

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<v Speaker 2>on the wing mostly. And it's crazy to see if

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<v Speaker 2>you watch these Olympic games. Let's transition to that Olympic

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<v Speaker 2>game real quick. In the Olympics, the team France was

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<v Speaker 2>using Wemby the same way that the Spurs did at

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the year. For some reason, they just

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't get him the ball in the position he needs

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<v Speaker 2>the ball. There were several opportunities throughout the whole game

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<v Speaker 2>against the United States, Wemby wide open on a cut

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<v Speaker 2>to the basket, Wemby wide open at the top of

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<v Speaker 2>the key. Maybe they didn't have trust in the youngster

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<v Speaker 2>to carry them. This is the way that I look

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<v Speaker 2>at it. You had a lot of veterans on the

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<v Speaker 2>floor for France. I think a lot of aging players

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<v Speaker 2>go bear fourgnier da colo. I think they're all getting

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<v Speaker 2>up there a little bit. Now, there's a reason why

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<v Speaker 2>Dicolo got traded from the Spurs. Dacolo on team France.

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<v Speaker 2>Great player, good player. Let's downgrade that though, to a

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<v Speaker 2>good player better than me, but just good player. And

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<v Speaker 2>you saw his defensive breakdown in the final minute thirty eight,

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<v Speaker 2>ing in Steph. If you miss that, then you're not

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<v Speaker 2>a basketball fan. If you thought it was just all

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<v Speaker 2>chef Curry cooking up sauce. Yes, yes, to make the basket,

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. Yes, there's talent behind shooting the basket. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Steph is one of the greatest of all time. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Steph is one of my favorite players. Yes, but let's

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<v Speaker 2>pump the brakes a little bit. Pump the brakes. Three

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<v Speaker 2>defensive letdowns by Diacolo. Go back and watch the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the game when the US won. Watch the mannerisms

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<v Speaker 2>of the players. Diacolo was heartbroken. And I don't mean

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<v Speaker 2>because he just lost the gold medal for his country,

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<v Speaker 2>but a big major reason, ladies and gentlemen, if you

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<v Speaker 2>watch he lost the gold medal for his country. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the team, in the long run, lost its self.

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<v Speaker 2>They needed to be a little bit better behind the arc,

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<v Speaker 2>the free point arc. I think they were five or

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<v Speaker 2>six threes. Well after Steph hit his three day in

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<v Speaker 2>the game, I think they were about eight or nine

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<v Speaker 2>three pointers behind the United States as far as makes.

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<v Speaker 2>Also one thing that absolutely drives me bonkers, And if

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<v Speaker 2>we had a drop in the background here, I'd probably

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<v Speaker 2>drop a breaking of glass or pulling my hair out

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<v Speaker 2>if I had some. I hate it when people can't

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<v Speaker 2>hit free throws. Yes, continue to laugh for a little

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<v Speaker 2>minute because they're called free throws. France missed a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of free throws. This game should have been would have

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<v Speaker 2>been a lot closer. But this is why they play

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<v Speaker 2>the games. This is why they play the games. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know it sounds like I'm heartbroken that the US one.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to give you my breakdown of me watching

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<v Speaker 2>this game in a minute. I'm an American, I'm a Texan,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll be honest with you. I'm a whimby guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'll tell you where my allegiance lied on this day.

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<v Speaker 2>Now back to the game a little bit. What I

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<v Speaker 2>love about the Olympics. I'm sitting and watching it with

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<v Speaker 2>my ten year old and he sees that Lebron only

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<v Speaker 2>has seven points at halftime, and I look at him

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, the international game is completely different. The

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<v Speaker 2>physicality of the game is more physical than the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're saying it's not, you're insane. In the NBA,

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<v Speaker 2>they want scoring to be one thirty eight point twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to see two three hundred points a night

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<v Speaker 2>put on the board so they can put fans in

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<v Speaker 2>the seats. Offense sells seats, Defense wins championships. Well, in

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics, you're going for the ultimate championship. You're representing

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<v Speaker 2>your country. You're representing each and every person that are

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<v Speaker 2>back here in their states watching their countrymen. I think

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<v Speaker 2>a bigger honor than the NBA title. Anthony Davis put

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<v Speaker 2>it best for the Olympics. He said this is one game.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a seven game series.

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<v Speaker 1>You go home.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine if the NBA playoffs were that way?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe extend it to twelve teams in each division conference

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<v Speaker 2>and have a one game, twenty four team playoff. That'd

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<v Speaker 2>be fun. I think it would be fun if you

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<v Speaker 2>had like a college tournament, maybe less than the games

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<v Speaker 2>during the season for the pros. But it's all about money.

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<v Speaker 2>We will never see that eighty two games of years

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<v Speaker 2>really brings a lot of television money, brings a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of ad revenue. This why you're going to see people

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<v Speaker 2>like Wembin Yama and Luca be your first ever one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred million dollar players a year. Don't be surprised when

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<v Speaker 2>Wemby goes to sign that rookie contract that it's close

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<v Speaker 2>to ninety million a year. He may be close to

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<v Speaker 2>the first ever billionaire athlete. I want you to think

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<v Speaker 2>about that. Would you give Luca a billion dollar contract? Joker?

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<v Speaker 2>Where are they at in their career in the middle right,

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<v Speaker 2>Luca's on the verge. Luca's the next one that'll get

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<v Speaker 2>a title. He will. I believe it could be as

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<v Speaker 2>early as this year or next. Sorry, Spurs fans, I

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<v Speaker 2>think will be in the mix, but I honestly believe

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<v Speaker 2>around year four is when Wemby's going to be completely

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<v Speaker 2>dominant with a team that he is gelled with. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the future of the Spurs here to close

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast today, but to see this type of play

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<v Speaker 2>is different. A lot of battling looks like there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of goaltends, a lot of euro side steps that

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<v Speaker 2>look like you're traveling, and a lot of the plays today,

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<v Speaker 2>like I was talking about earlier as I coached my

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<v Speaker 2>young kids, plays today, we forget to teach them basics.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody wants to teach that crossover killer. Let's get forty

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<v Speaker 2>two cones out, jump over them, do a flip, try

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<v Speaker 2>to be like Jet Lee on a basketball court. It's

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<v Speaker 2>because of the damn video games. Video games have made

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<v Speaker 2>it seem like sports are easy. But I want to

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<v Speaker 2>give a shout out to legendary YouTuber Jesser, who has

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<v Speaker 2>a great basketball channel. We watch it all the time

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<v Speaker 2>in our house. Jesser did a workout of Russell Westbrook.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was just a warm up of what

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<v Speaker 2>Westbrook goes through before a game. Insane. Now imagine the

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<v Speaker 2>effort they put into practice, training and games. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what they train for people. You're not an athlete. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>enough to make me look like a superhero to my kids.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I care. But if you're sitting there saying, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I could do that, No you can't. Young kid maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>but us armchair quarterbacks, you can't do it. So this

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<v Speaker 2>more physical. I laughed at Barkley and all them at

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the year when they talked about when

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<v Speaker 2>bin Yama getting thrown around really well, you forget about

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<v Speaker 2>how quick Euros are. Europeans seem to be a lot

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<v Speaker 2>quicker than us. We may be more bred to be bigger, physical,

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<v Speaker 2>muscle slender, but Euros have a lot of different passing techniques,

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<v Speaker 2>different speed drills. And the crazy thing that I love

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<v Speaker 2>about the eurogame, I'm going to watch more of Foeba

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<v Speaker 2>because Foba's just really fun to watch. Is it's a

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<v Speaker 2>team game. The movement on the floor, the passing of

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<v Speaker 2>against the Heat the year they dominated them. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was four to one. They beat them in the series,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe. I can't remember the one where Qui just

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<v Speaker 2>game when it comes to phoeba. So United States had

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<v Speaker 2>to adjust, They had to gel. You have this many people,

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<v Speaker 2>this many egos, ladies and gentlemen. It takes a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit to gel. It truly does. In the United States

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<v Speaker 2>comes out on top. A great game from Devin Booker,

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<v Speaker 2>a great game from Steph and let's close the United

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<v Speaker 2>States Olympic gold win with this. Steph Curry put on

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<v Speaker 2>a Jordan esque moment, and I'm gonna give it to him.

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<v Speaker 2>It was great to see, really great to see, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where Lebron James can get a rock

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<v Speaker 2>I understand where he's coming from. You're damned if you do,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're damned if you don't. I was getting ready

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<v Speaker 2>to make funny of you, but then I just realized,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, Lebron doesn't have to score seventy points

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<v Speaker 2>in a foeba game. He can average nine points a game.

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<v Speaker 2>Even one of the greatest to ever do it, Kobe Bryant,

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<v Speaker 2>only averaged fifteen points in the Olympics because he had

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<v Speaker 2>a squad around him. You have four or five players

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<v Speaker 2>that can average thirteen, fourteen to fifteen points a game.

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<v Speaker 2>That's sixty points in the FOBA game, seventy five if

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<v Speaker 2>you average fifteen points times five. I know that was

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<v Speaker 2>fast for some of y'all. Right there, we've got a

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<v Speaker 2>brain like a calculator. But that's all you really need

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<v Speaker 2>is you need five really good players that could score average.

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<v Speaker 2>You're averaging seventy five points a game in Foeba, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's why FOBA can win. This is why you see

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<v Speaker 2>players like Joker Luca Wemby be better than some of

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<v Speaker 2>these players just because of their skill set. So they're

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<v Speaker 2>averaging twenty points a game or more. But congratulations to

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<v Speaker 2>the United States picking up their fifth gold medal in

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<v Speaker 2>a row twenty straight years. If you really want to

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<v Speaker 2>break that down, and the last breakdown for the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>let's talk about it a little bit. I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to go through all the rosters and see why we won,

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<v Speaker 2>why we lost. But let's go just to the loss

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<v Speaker 2>We haven't talked about this in a very long time.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a very strong line up here in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four. A lot of ego driven mentalities on this team.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's one of the reasons why I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 2>who I went for in a moment now. The two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and four Athens Summer Olympics, the men's went bronze baby,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's because of Manu Genovai Yep and Argentina. See

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<v Speaker 2>how I led that into the San Antonio Spurs Weekly

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<v Speaker 2>podcast right there. Manu, this was his year. He put

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<v Speaker 2>the league on notice. In twenty four at the Athens

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<v Speaker 2>Summer Olympics. Of course, the winners of the gold medal

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<v Speaker 2>was Argentina. Argentina beat the United States to get into

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<v Speaker 2>the gold medal round. Argentina went on to win. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>that team for the United States in two thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 2>Carmelo Anthony, who was who was the leading scorer in

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympic history. Now that belongs to who took that over?

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant just took it over Carlos Boozer,

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Duncan on this team, Alan iverson lebron James Richard, Jefferson,

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<v Speaker 2>Stefan Marberry, Sean I, Marion, Lamar odom A Mecca Okaphor,

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<v Speaker 2>Amari Stademar and d Wade. Larry Brown was your coach

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs fans. Can you see where they went wrong? Larry

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<v Speaker 2>Brown was the coach. Larry Brown fantastic coach. Don't get

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<v Speaker 2>me wrong. He had a lot of talent here in

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<v Speaker 2>San Antonio. He should have won a title here. Larry

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<v Speaker 2>Brown at the time was great for coaching because the team,

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<v Speaker 2>the game was making a transition. It was going more

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<v Speaker 2>back to fundamentals, the big man in the middle, the

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<v Speaker 2>fast point guard. This is something Larry Brown could coach.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the time, right around the mid two thousands,

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the two thousands of the euro game was

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<v Speaker 2>really changing the way America looked at their game. And

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<v Speaker 2>I believe this was your downfall. A mix of different

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<v Speaker 2>types of basketball. And finally the United States put their

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<v Speaker 2>ego to the side and said we need to start

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<v Speaker 2>looking at European players more to draft. This is why

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<v Speaker 2>you have the Jokers, the Wemby's. We'll throw Tim Duncan

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<v Speaker 2>in there, mister and Islands, Tony Parkermanu genomally, the whole

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs team really showed what international ball was all about.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's be honest. Yes, you had your Tony co coaches

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<v Speaker 2>of the world. You also had your Man Sharuna's Marcelonis,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll go back Paedristajakovic. You had your Europeans that came

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<v Speaker 2>over here and made an impact. But then to see

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<v Speaker 2>what they all can do together as a team. The

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs started doing that. They kind of still do that.

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<v Speaker 2>They developed the international flavor and when we started winning

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<v Speaker 2>all the titles in ninety nine, oh three, oh five,

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<v Speaker 2>oh seven and fourteen international teams, Poris Diou came along

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<v Speaker 2>other players like that. You're like, oh another French player,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh another Serbian player, Oh oh Tiago Splitter. This was

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<v Speaker 2>the Spurs. So the game change and I believe this

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<v Speaker 2>is why two thousand and four men's Olympic team struggled.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you look at this roster, Carmelo, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>go against Carmelo. He had an amazing Olympic rung. He

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<v Speaker 2>has three I think he has three gold medals and

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<v Speaker 2>a bronze. I believe Carlos Boozer though Tim Duncan definitely

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<v Speaker 2>Iverson definitely, James definitely. I love Richard Jefferson as a person,

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<v Speaker 2>but not as an Olympian. Stefan Marberry in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and four, Marlberry maybe Marion no Odum, no okafor no

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<v Speaker 2>stod Omeyer at that time. Sure d Wade a young

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<v Speaker 2>d Wade. Absolutely, So half this roster was booty. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, people, Booty, I'm calling it booty. Good players,

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<v Speaker 2>some future Hall of Farmers, some good coaches right now,

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<v Speaker 2>but Booty. You had a mix of players that played

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<v Speaker 2>basic to ankle breaking, egotistical to humble. This was not

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<v Speaker 2>a good team. Carmelo attitude, Lebron Young attitude, Duncan, mister fundamental,

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<v Speaker 2>You think you fit in with this group? No, he didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>This is why we lost and got the Browns medal.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you take a look at the team we had

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<v Speaker 2>to win the goal this year. And let's get ready

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<v Speaker 2>to close with this on the show today. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for sticking around. We had a lot to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>this year's team. Beast Beast Bama Byo right off the bat.

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<v Speaker 2>Love him, Steph Curry, love him, Devin Booker, love him,

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Davis, good pick, Kevin Durant, amazing defense in the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Edwards amazing defense in the Olympics. Joel Embiid, We'll

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<v Speaker 2>move on. This man gets more injured than a toddler

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<v Speaker 2>bumping around for the first time walking. Great player and

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<v Speaker 2>this ain't don't say because he put up seventy against

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<v Speaker 2>the Spurs. I swear I'll come through this podcast at you.

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<v Speaker 2>But the funny thing is great player. Love Embiid. I

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<v Speaker 2>just don't think he was a good fit. Or actually,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I don't think he was used right.

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<v Speaker 2>Kurt didn't use him right because he's not used to

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<v Speaker 2>having a big man. Keep that in mind. Tyrese Haliburton

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<v Speaker 2>didn't see a lot of playing time. I thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was a good pick as far as mister fundamental and

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<v Speaker 2>a shooter. Drew Holliday loved this pick. A leader, a guy,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll do what he needs to do to win. Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>James needed to be on this team for his last one.

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<v Speaker 2>Same thing with Steph. We needed that veteran leadership. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's hard to look at Lebron and Curry and say, man,

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<v Speaker 2>they're at the end of their run. We need that

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<v Speaker 2>veteran leadership man. But they can still do it, can't

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<v Speaker 2>they They both had great tournament runs. Jason Tatum a

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<v Speaker 2>man who can't play defense. I love Tatum too. I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted him here in San Antonio at one time play defense.

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<v Speaker 3>Though.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where France messed up. They kept putting Tatum

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<v Speaker 2>on Wemby at times, and they wouldn't post up Wemby.

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<v Speaker 2>Wemby would be on the wing. Where would he Jason

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<v Speaker 2>Tatum play defense between his man in the basket like

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<v Speaker 2>you should, like you should. But again, just like an

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<v Speaker 2>early San Antonio team, a French team wouldn't get him

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<v Speaker 2>the ball. And even though he ended up in this

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<v Speaker 2>game with twenty six points and the most points in

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<v Speaker 2>the game, Wemby kind of struggle. Ladies and gentlemen, let's

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<v Speaker 2>talk a little bit about that. Wemby actually struggled just

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit in the Olympics, and it's understandable. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>this is why he didn't get the ball a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>He's twenty years old. He just went from fever rules

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<v Speaker 2>to pro rules back to feb rules. It's difficult to

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<v Speaker 2>do so for the Americans to win five straight goals,

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<v Speaker 2>that's astonishing because they have to learn those rules over

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<v Speaker 2>and over again. I was taking look at his stats

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<v Speaker 2>and as stats were decent for FOEBA and decent for

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics because I compared. Of course, I looked up Kobe,

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<v Speaker 2>and Kobe was fifteen points a game Wemby Yama through

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<v Speaker 2>five games played in the Olympics. Here, it's decent for

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<v Speaker 2>what he did. You look at the first couple numbers,

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, oh, that's all right for FEBA rules. He

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<v Speaker 2>played almost thirty minutes a game. That's what he averaged

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA, just under thirty's points per game. We're

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<v Speaker 2>about fourteen. Big game was twenty six rebounds, ten assists,

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<v Speaker 2>three steals, two blocks, two but two turnovers a game.

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<v Speaker 2>Those turnovers hurt Wemby last year, and I believe this

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<v Speaker 2>is something he'll clean up a little bit as the

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<v Speaker 2>years to come. But what really killed me as a

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs fan, and it probably killed Popovich. Field goal percentage

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<v Speaker 2>Wemby was atrocious, thirty seven percent from the field of

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<v Speaker 2>sixty four. A lot of his points were put backs,

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<v Speaker 2>ali oops, setups. His shot was not there in the

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics three point shot twenty six percent, eight of thirty

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<v Speaker 2>from behind the arc. I am not demeaning this young

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<v Speaker 2>man because I am a huge, active advocate, the advocate

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<v Speaker 2>of when beIN Yama. I have been since we drafted him,

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<v Speaker 2>I always will be. I look at him as a

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<v Speaker 2>David Robinson, not necessarily the game, but someone who's going

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<v Speaker 2>to change this team and the culture around I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that he is a Spur. He's fit to be a Spur.

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<v Speaker 2>The Spurs are trying to line up a decent contract

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<v Speaker 2>for him already. You can see that by trying to

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<v Speaker 2>put a new workout facility in place at the Rock

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<v Speaker 2>here in San Antonio. You can also see that they're

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<v Speaker 2>putting money into a new stadium downtown. There's something going

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<v Speaker 2>on in the world, and we don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Aerosmith used to say, Well, we're saying that now as

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs fans. There's something in the air. You kind of

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<v Speaker 2>sense it. You don't know what it is. Well, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna tell you who it is. It's Victor Wimbinama. Regardless

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<v Speaker 2>of a poor shooting performance in the Olympics, the final

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<v Speaker 2>game was his coming out party. If you think about it, it

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<v Speaker 2>took a couple of games in the NBA right for

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<v Speaker 2>him to get going well. Against Dallas the first game

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<v Speaker 2>he came out a little bit, but to really get

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<v Speaker 2>in that rhythm Foba is the same way. When you're

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<v Speaker 2>only practicing and playing with the French national team once

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<v Speaker 2>a year, that's tough to do. So this is why

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<v Speaker 2>he moves down the roster a little bit. They know

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<v Speaker 2>what he can do. To have a player his caliber,

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<v Speaker 2>to put him in there is what they need him for.

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<v Speaker 2>So as Spurs fans, as much as we wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>see Wimby on the floor and know what he can do,

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<v Speaker 2>guess what he's being protected because this year is going

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<v Speaker 2>to set up an amazing and this is why we

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<v Speaker 2>love wem Beanyama. Here in San Antonio after the game,

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<v Speaker 2>the humility of this young man was second to none.

436
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<v Speaker 2>I have not seen a player cry like that since

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan grasping the title the year after his father died.

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<v Speaker 2>When our Americans do it, it doesn't seem genuine. It doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't see anybody crying on the Olympic team, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can send me an email or clip if I

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<v Speaker 2>missed it. But wembin Yama was in a great embrace

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<v Speaker 2>with Kevin Durant. This is his favorite players, the equivalent

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<v Speaker 2>of Kobe coming over to Lebron Jordan coming over to Kobe.

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron gave wemby the name the Alien. Kevin Durant, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the ambassadors for the sport over the last fifteen

446
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<v Speaker 2>years along with st and Lebron, became the ambassador to

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<v Speaker 2>speak for the elders. You could see it in the embrace.

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<v Speaker 2>You can see Kevin saying, this league is yours. The

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<v Speaker 2>league is onnotice because of you. Look what you did

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<v Speaker 2>here today for your team to keep you guys in it.

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<v Speaker 2>And he did it wasn't just him man Vaselli. Can

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<v Speaker 2>we give a big round of applause for number seven

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<v Speaker 2>Vaselli on France. This man played over here, played okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but didn't get the contract he wanted, and he did

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<v Speaker 2>something unique. He kind of reminds me of the movie

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry Maguire. When he went into his final year of

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<v Speaker 2>his contract, he either could play or re up his contract.

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<v Speaker 2>If he re upped his contract, he got less money,

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<v Speaker 2>but if he played well his final season, he becomes

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<v Speaker 2>a free agent on the market and would make tons

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<v Speaker 2>of money. Well, he risked it and said, I'll play

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<v Speaker 2>for the contract I'm under right now and next year

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<v Speaker 2>I'll become a free agent. Well, you kind us kind

464
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<v Speaker 2>of have seen this the passing of the torch, and

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<v Speaker 2>Wemby is lining up the same way, mister humility. It

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<v Speaker 2>was good to see the embrace with Kevin. It was

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<v Speaker 2>good to see him go over to his mama and

468
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<v Speaker 2>cry because I think of my children at six and ten,

469
00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:23.119
<v Speaker 2>winning little championships, losing championships, crying and being happy in

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<v Speaker 2>the emotions. That's the same emotion we saw in this kid. Wemby,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're listening, this season is yours. Don't let the

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<v Speaker 2>ego of that statement infect your mental It's just motivation.

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<v Speaker 2>They're putting out great commercials for you. Your face is

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<v Speaker 2>on things. Slowly, you are slowly becoming the face of

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA. And in what a great face, What a

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<v Speaker 2>great face. We didn't really see that in San Antonio

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<v Speaker 2>with Tim Tony Manu David as super superstar. They were superstars.

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<v Speaker 2>But this kid's an enigma. It's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>different ride here in San Antonio. Folks, be ready and Wemby,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're listening, you are a spur Son. You are

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<v Speaker 2>you fit the mold. You humility, your respect, your honor

482
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<v Speaker 2>for the game. You're bringing it back you're bringing it back,

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<v Speaker 2>and we applaud you. This is why Chris Paul's a

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<v Speaker 2>great fit. Mister ambassador of the NBA, in the players Union,

485
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<v Speaker 2>mister NBA outside of the court, works with the community

486
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<v Speaker 2>and people. You don't know what the Spurs are going

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<v Speaker 2>to do, and we end every show that way, but

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<v Speaker 2>they're prepped, primed, and ready for a pretty good run.

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<v Speaker 2>The West is deep, we know this. I don't see

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<v Speaker 2>the Spurs winning seventy games. I don't see any team

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<v Speaker 2>eclipsing sixty in the next couple of years to win

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<v Speaker 2>the West. And we're going to see a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>teams that don't win the West at the one seed,

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<v Speaker 2>win the conference at the end of the year and

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<v Speaker 2>represent the Western Conference Finals and the NBA Finals for

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<v Speaker 2>the West. These are my beliefs on the future of

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<v Speaker 2>the Western Conference in the NBA, even though you have

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<v Speaker 2>teams like the Lakers kind of slipping. But I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that JJ Reddick experiment is fantastic. He's a great college recruiter.

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<v Speaker 2>He understands the collegiate game as well as the NBA game.

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<v Speaker 2>So to understand the collegiate game, you see who's coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>who he'd like who would fit the system. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the Lakers are going to be a different team in

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<v Speaker 2>the next five years. It's gonna be fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's nice to see when Ben Yama bringing back

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<v Speaker 2>humility to San Antonio. And I'm not saying the other

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<v Speaker 2>players didn't. Devin Vecelle, Jearmy so Hand Collins, they are

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<v Speaker 2>all that San Antonio Mold, Harrison Barnes, Chris Paul, they're here.

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<v Speaker 2>They got rid of the people that are a little egotistical.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't understand the David Boston junior signing. We'll talk

511
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<v Speaker 2>about that later on because Davante Graham was the same player.

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<v Speaker 2>But I understand we had to move Davante to get

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<v Speaker 2>certain pieces. But Davonte Graham, even though he's a great player,

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<v Speaker 2>love watching Buzzard beaters by him, great player on the floor,

515
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<v Speaker 2>he just wasn't a Spur. Wasn't a Spur, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know certain players are not Spurs. And Dennis Rodman but

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<v Speaker 2>did what he had to do while he was here

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<v Speaker 2>in San Antonio. And that's what you see right now

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<v Speaker 2>with a lot of these other players. But the San

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<v Speaker 2>Antonio Spurs may I get ready. They are prime prepped

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<v Speaker 2>and ready and I am so excited just because of

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<v Speaker 2>the additions of Chris Paul and how wem Bin Yama

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<v Speaker 2>lost in the finals against the Mighty Avengers of the

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<v Speaker 2>United States. He almost became Theenos, almost became thenos on

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<v Speaker 2>this day, ladies and gentlemen. But he will be Fatos

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<v Speaker 2>because he will have the hardware and the rings to

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<v Speaker 2>prove it in the future. The NBA knows it, we

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<v Speaker 2>know it. But we've got to be prepped, ready and

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<v Speaker 2>be patient and get ready for the twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty twenty five season with the San Antonio Spurs.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of weeks already starts the preseason.

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<v Speaker 3>Yo.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get ready. Let's get ready for another year of

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<v Speaker 2>Spurs basketball. And remember, no matter how good or bad,

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<v Speaker 2>continue to support this team like family. And remember poor

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<v Speaker 2>Veda Spurs. That's right for my Hispanics speaking brethren and

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<v Speaker 2>out there for my white people. Go Spurs Go. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>see you on the flip side. Thank you for listening

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<v Speaker 2>to another edition of the San Antonio Spurs Weekly Podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm picking up like Zifferson, kiss me in the sky,

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<v Speaker 3>stick it in my doe, shry and take me off

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<v Speaker 3>the dribble. Of butter Worm. Like Zildok and miss the Fundamental.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hit in set up hold of Fame, check my predictions,

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<v Speaker 3>and you can't take me on my soul to these

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<v Speaker 3>official