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<v Speaker 1>Damn, I look good. Uh, welcome to Clippers Talk. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Osland. Must be a big show today because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>all dulled up coming on today's episode. Well you see

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<v Speaker 1>him right now. I don't want to tease it out

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<v Speaker 1>too much here, but I do want to let you

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<v Speaker 1>know later in the show. At some point I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>drop that third keyword. You put all three in the

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<v Speaker 1>comments section. If you are first, you will win a

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<v Speaker 1>new Clippers hat from the Flagship's store. I gave out

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<v Speaker 1>one last night with Doctor Chap on Clippers Talk. I

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<v Speaker 1>gave out one the show prior with Joseph Riah Ward here.

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<v Speaker 1>But now join the show is Clippers Royalty. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>voice of the Clippers, Brian Seaman, who has pipes in

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<v Speaker 1>his vocal cords more golden than the Larry O'Brien Trophy,

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<v Speaker 1>and as it turns out, he was the king of

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<v Speaker 1>clever all along and here with his wordplay and went

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<v Speaker 1>pertaining to your favorite Clippers players and plays nightly during

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<v Speaker 1>the season. He has seamlessly taken in the baton from

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<v Speaker 1>Ralph Lawler and is lapping the competition with his informative

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<v Speaker 1>and entertaining broadcast. Whether he's next to Jim Jackson or

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Furtello the Bizarre. And you know, I'm especially proud

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<v Speaker 1>because I worked with him for multiple years on the

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<v Speaker 1>radio side, and he has settled into the big chair now,

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<v Speaker 1>and I couldn't be more happy for him because I

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<v Speaker 1>know how talented he is and how hard he works

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure he's always at the top of his

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<v Speaker 1>game and stuck in a perpetual prime. We'll call it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's my friend and yours Clipper Nation. Brian Siemens joining

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<v Speaker 1>me here on Clipperstock be how we're doing well.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a wonderful intro, and it's because of that

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<v Speaker 2>intro that I will break a long standing rule that

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<v Speaker 2>I usually don't do podcasts with people that have over

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<v Speaker 2>ten percent body fat. So I'm gonna break that rule.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't think I haven't been paying attention out. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>the intro. I may my friend, it's great to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me two weeks, I'll get to I'll get a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Tipple cent for you and we can redo this.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for doing this so much. Now. I have an

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<v Speaker 1>idea about a lot of these questions, but I want

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<v Speaker 1>the audience to be more informed on who you are

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<v Speaker 1>as a broadcast or what it takes it gets to

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<v Speaker 1>this level. But first, just what's the off season been

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<v Speaker 1>like for you? What's the off season like for a

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<v Speaker 1>broadcaster or is it like a school teacher. You just

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<v Speaker 1>got a little bit of summer off, You're hanging out

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<v Speaker 1>with the family. What is it you know?

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<v Speaker 2>So my first couple of years in the off season

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<v Speaker 2>were I did WNBA. I mean, I loved it, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was but it was a grind in the way

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<v Speaker 2>of I go from charter flights to now flying commercial

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<v Speaker 2>to waking up at four thirty in the morning. But

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<v Speaker 2>I loved the travel party. I had a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>We moved to Los Angeles and then my summers have

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<v Speaker 2>been free. I don't know what I would do if

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<v Speaker 2>somebody said go to work, go ahead and go to work.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what I would actually do. But with

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<v Speaker 2>that said, our first year here, we had our first child,

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<v Speaker 2>and two years later had our second child. So I've

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<v Speaker 2>been home with the boys all summer. Once my season ends,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of a homebody. They're now teenagers, so I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you remember being a teen, but you

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<v Speaker 2>don't really need your parents around that much. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>drift I'm getting by the eye rolls, the shoulder shrugs,

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<v Speaker 2>and the I don't care. So that's what I'm kind

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<v Speaker 2>of feeling from them.

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<v Speaker 1>Well TV danks, yeah a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm good at reading body language, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that I'm really all that required in their

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<v Speaker 2>life right now. So it's been good. It's relaxing. It's

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<v Speaker 2>always been relaxing for me. I'm Sometimes we'll go on

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<v Speaker 2>a vacation with everybody, so we went to New York

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<v Speaker 2>last year. We always go home to our hometown. My

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<v Speaker 2>wife and I are both from West of One, Iowa,

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<v Speaker 2>so we go back there once a year to see

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<v Speaker 2>our family and friends. But overall, I like to relax

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<v Speaker 2>and just be around my family. My wife and I

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<v Speaker 2>watch movies at night. It's simple. It's really nothing major.

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<v Speaker 2>Other people I know are super busy writing or reading

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<v Speaker 2>books and doing fun things that are absolutely out of

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<v Speaker 2>my comfort zone. I enjoy just being a homebody with

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<v Speaker 2>my family. It's pretty simple.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get a little more input on your media that

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<v Speaker 1>you consume movies and television shows and a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>and favorites lease fans. But did you grow up wanting

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<v Speaker 1>to make the league like many of us, and at

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<v Speaker 1>some point you made that hard pivot to broadcasting greatness

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<v Speaker 1>or did you always have designs on calling games.

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<v Speaker 2>Always wanted to do it. I was. I've told the

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<v Speaker 2>story before, but I was in second grade and my

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<v Speaker 2>second grade teacher was dating a news anchor, a sports

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<v Speaker 2>anchor in Iowa and to one Iowa and in fact

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<v Speaker 2>he went on to CNN he ended up losing his voice.

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<v Speaker 2>His name was Jeff Biinford. He was very good, and

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<v Speaker 2>he came in and he said, here's my day. I

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<v Speaker 2>wake up. I get to the office at eleven, so

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<v Speaker 2>already I'm like, I'm listening. I drive to Iowa City

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<v Speaker 2>because back in the eighties, Iowa basketball, Iowa football was

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<v Speaker 2>literally the king of the states. I drive to Iowa City,

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<v Speaker 2>I talked to players, I watched the game, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I go on the air and I'm on TV for

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes. I go home, rinse, and repeat, go to Ames,

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<v Speaker 2>Iowa the next day. So I'm just talking with athletes

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<v Speaker 2>all day and I'm like, this is a job, this

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<v Speaker 2>is it. And so it was a six ten job,

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<v Speaker 2>is what they're called an anchor job. But back then

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<v Speaker 2>that's in the Midwest. The news comes on at six

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<v Speaker 2>and ten. But then I saw Magic Johnson play and

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<v Speaker 2>my DNA changed. Lightning struck. I was nine years old

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<v Speaker 2>and it was maybe the eighty four finals and I

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<v Speaker 2>saw him. I was playing basketball. I didn't even like

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<v Speaker 2>basketball at that time so much. I saw him play

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<v Speaker 2>and I was absolutely captivated. And then I thought, I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to talk about basketball all day, every single day,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what I have done for the last forty

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<v Speaker 2>years or so. I love it. I'm blessed. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>been some challenges, as everybody has in life and adversity

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<v Speaker 2>to get to where you want to go. Stubbornness is

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<v Speaker 2>for sure, but I didn't have a real good plan

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<v Speaker 2>b and I think that actually helped. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if that's what I would encourage everybody else to have,

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<v Speaker 2>but I knew that I didn't have anything else to

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<v Speaker 2>go back on, so I kept going and going. I

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<v Speaker 2>had a great support system, And I mentioned my wife

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<v Speaker 2>and I were both from West and Mooyines. She's been

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<v Speaker 2>with me from before I ever call the game ever,

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<v Speaker 2>so she's always been in my corner. And I've been

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<v Speaker 2>very blessed with people around me, helping me make decisions,

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<v Speaker 2>helping me get opportunities, and taking advantage of those.

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<v Speaker 1>Shoot your shot, like Bryan Seaman, it can work out

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<v Speaker 1>for you. What are the traits of a great play

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<v Speaker 1>by play man in your mind when you're watching a

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<v Speaker 1>game and maybe grading an announcer because you can't help it,

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<v Speaker 1>because you are when you're in the profession, What are

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<v Speaker 2>So? I want the sound to be big. If I'm

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<v Speaker 2>watching a game, it's going to be an NBA game.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the college game. I used to love love

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<v Speaker 2>the college game. Now I just kind of watch it

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<v Speaker 2>in and out unless there's a dynamic player that I

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<v Speaker 2>need to see. So I'm watching an NBA game, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's a network game or a local game, which they

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<v Speaker 2>all are network games now and when you have League Pass,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody can tune in. I want to hear the sound.

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<v Speaker 2>Does it sound like a big game? How prepared are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you giving me stuff that I know is just

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<v Speaker 2>in the game notes that we all get? Are you

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<v Speaker 2>doing research on your own? Have you talked to players

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<v Speaker 2>and coaches? Do you have backstories that don't necessarily need

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<v Speaker 2>to take up three paragraphs of a game? Just a

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<v Speaker 2>little side note, Oh yeah, he played for that coach

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<v Speaker 2>ten years ago. They've remained close ever since. They texted

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<v Speaker 2>each other. This morning, he makes two free throws back

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<v Speaker 2>the other way, just like little things like that. And

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<v Speaker 2>then how do you capture the big moment? And that

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean you have to be in my favorite doing

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<v Speaker 2>that of all time, And I think no one has

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<v Speaker 2>ever captured a moment better than Kevin Harlan. Ever, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to be that level of excitement. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>how how do you? How do you what do you say?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you frame it? And those are the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I look for. And then I listened to that.

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<v Speaker 2>I listen and watch all of my games multiple times

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the year, and I'm a tough critic and I

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<v Speaker 2>do the same thing, and there are days where I

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm like, who did you fool to get here?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't don't tell anybody because you are. And it's I

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<v Speaker 2>watch him during the summer, and it can be it

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<v Speaker 2>can be fine, and it can be very frustrating because

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<v Speaker 2>I know I've got a long time until I call

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<v Speaker 2>another game. When I watch him during the season, I'm like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you weren't your best last night? Here's where you struggled.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't do that again tomorrow. So I'm a fine tooth

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<v Speaker 2>comb guy. I'm obsessive about the craft to play by play,

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<v Speaker 2>not only for myself but for others. If I hear

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<v Speaker 2>someone doing something really well, I'll call him and ask

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<v Speaker 2>him where they got that idea. If I think somebody

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<v Speaker 2>could be really good and I think they're kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like Iffy in certain areas, I give them one man's

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<v Speaker 2>opinion for them to throw it out, take it, do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever they want with it. I just love the craft

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<v Speaker 2>of storytelling that is play by play.

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<v Speaker 1>I really do You mentioned Kevin Harlan there, But who's

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a favorite announcer that you don't have a personal

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with. You can't say, I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 1>know him that well, or No Eagle or me or

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<v Speaker 1>anybody you know. I love golf with Joe Davis. Just

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<v Speaker 1>somebody you maybe watch from Afar and go that guy

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<v Speaker 1>has it right there.

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<v Speaker 2>Boy, there's so many, and I've been around the league

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<v Speaker 2>a while that I've gotten to know a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning like give me an example, like I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to know them, or I don't get to know them.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what you're saying, just no personal or relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>no bias there, just so.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a lot of relationships. I've been lucky. You mentioned.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just at this level, let.

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<v Speaker 2>Me just say something about Noah. Can we just talk

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<v Speaker 2>about Noah? He sir as I texted you, was predictably

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<v Speaker 2>incredible for Teambu. I say, like, like I knew he

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<v Speaker 2>was good, and he gets some noise. He gets a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of noise that I don't appreciate because he

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<v Speaker 2>has some connections. Let me tell you, man, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>one that's as good at basketball as he is. He

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<v Speaker 2>crushed that stage beyond words, and it wasn't just capturing

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<v Speaker 2>the moments. Like I mentioned, he had anecdotes, he had

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<v Speaker 2>NBA references. He played off Dwayne Wade incredibly. Well, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Turco might be the face of NBC, but make

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<v Speaker 2>no mistake, Noah's the best basketball play by play guy

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<v Speaker 2>and I wasn't surprised, but I was just so happy

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<v Speaker 2>for him. He was so good. So I would just say,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know Captain America with Lebromi, he just

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<v Speaker 2>had so many good calls. But again, it was it

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<v Speaker 2>was some of the just like after a rebound, he

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<v Speaker 2>would just throw out a quick anecdote or a quick

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<v Speaker 2>statistic mentioning the fever rules. Oh you know he's taken

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of the feeble rules right there, because we're all

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<v Speaker 2>used to the NBA rules. And Uh, he's always been

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<v Speaker 2>a savant with foreigner names, like it's always I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how he does it. It's it really is a

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<v Speaker 2>skill set that you are born with. But I was

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<v Speaker 2>way surprised at how good he sounded.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, when you come up with a new call, a nickname,

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<v Speaker 1>a phrase, does it hit you at once? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have to work shop it? Are there different ways you

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<v Speaker 1>next level, Like I don't think anybody has ever really

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the mere stuff came out of necessity and I

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<v Speaker 2>always like to reference that. I think he's a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>to make it novelty for him, so the story behind

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<v Speaker 2>that would be yeah, I actually did the first The

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<v Speaker 2>first game we did was in Hawaii and Amir gets

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<v Speaker 2>in and I in my mind, first game on television,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm replacing a legend in Ralph Lawler. I'm just trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get the boat out into the harbor. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>trying to bring on a personality too strong. That was

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<v Speaker 2>always one of my things I didn't like about the

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<v Speaker 2>ESPN anchors back in the nineties. A new guy would

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<v Speaker 2>show up and then boom, he'd have like eighty catch phrases.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just like, bro, slow down, man, Like that's too.

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<v Speaker 1>Much, too much dip on your catch.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just like, I'm like, in my mind, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you're just going to call this game straight. You're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be normal. You're just gonna let him know that

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<v Speaker 2>you love the Clippers and that you love basketball. That

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<v Speaker 2>was my goal really for the first year. Amir checks

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<v Speaker 2>in in the first game and I just I can't

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<v Speaker 2>help myself. I say, coffee to the cup, it's good,

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<v Speaker 2>and I catch myself. I literally say I'll show myself

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<v Speaker 2>out no more puns. I won't do it anymore. I apologize.

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<v Speaker 2>Ha ha ha. Clippers lead by eighty or whatever it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was it the preseason, so I actually got some

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<v Speaker 2>tweets that were like, no, we like coffee puns, keep

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<v Speaker 2>doing it. Amir didn't really have much of a role

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<v Speaker 2>that year until the Bubble, and so when I look

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<v Speaker 2>at the role of a play by play guy, what

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<v Speaker 2>do I have that that the regular fan? What do

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<v Speaker 2>we have at them that regular fans don't have access

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<v Speaker 2>to the team, ability to talk to coaches and players,

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<v Speaker 2>get behind the scenes stories. When the when the scene

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<v Speaker 2>shifted to the Bubble, I no longer had any of that.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just basically I had all the information that

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<v Speaker 2>my next door neighbor had by reading the paper. I

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<v Speaker 2>had nothing. I had nothing. So I felt, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have info, I don't have background stuff. But we

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<v Speaker 2>need to be entertaining now. We need to have something

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<v Speaker 2>that is fun. So when Amir came into the game,

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<v Speaker 2>I had a few in my head and then we

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<v Speaker 2>would joke about it. Chauncey Billups and I we would

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<v Speaker 2>joke about it. Christina Peak, we would have fun in

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<v Speaker 2>our pregame meetings and come up with stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's how that came up. I don't like to

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<v Speaker 2>premeditate those things. To be very honest with you, A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of whatever calls I might have, let's say it's

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<v Speaker 2>just a regular a dunk happens, and I'm like, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what would be next time that happens? Say this

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<v Speaker 2>in in the moment, like you kind of file it away,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, sometimes they're they're good, sometimes they're forgettable.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoy the creativity part. I'm learning as you go

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<v Speaker 2>on to kind of narrow it down. It's not not

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<v Speaker 2>every game has to be the super Bowl of catch phrases.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one or two a game gets it done.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm really not trying. I don't have a list,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have a I need to get this in.

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<v Speaker 2>This is I haven't said this today in the next game,

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<v Speaker 2>next next play, I'm going to just force it in there.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really care. I don't really I don't really

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<v Speaker 2>keep tabs on it so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Riot Seam as our guest here on Clipperstock saying, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>less is more the Vince Scully approach to calls. Rightfully,

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<v Speaker 1>so is there has there ever been a call, or

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<v Speaker 1>a phrase you've used in the past, you tried it out,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't like it, it didn't hit the right note.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you overcome something like that as a young broadcaster.

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<v Speaker 2>I never really think about them. To be honest, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't grade them again. It's it's and I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>this is a unique skill for play by play guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I think all of us have this kind of as

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<v Speaker 2>our brain. The way it works is a play happens,

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<v Speaker 2>and in a micro second you can go through your

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<v Speaker 2>mental rolodex and be like, this is what I want

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<v Speaker 2>to say about it, and it happens. Obviously, the play

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<v Speaker 2>happens like that. I'm not saying I'm smarter. My processing

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<v Speaker 2>speed up here is not faster than anybody's. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>the way that we have been wired to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think it goes through your mind of all

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<v Speaker 2>these things that you can say, have said, maybe want

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<v Speaker 2>to say, so I never really grade them, and I

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<v Speaker 2>never go back and look and be like that was lame.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm never going to say that again. There are probably

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<v Speaker 2>many that people think are lame that I wish would

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<v Speaker 2>never be heard again. But I don't like grade them

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<v Speaker 2>that way. The only one that I think I ever

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<v Speaker 2>went into premeditated was it was a playoff game in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twelve. We're playing Memphis and it was May fifth,

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<v Speaker 2>and the day before Adam Yak passed away with the

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<v Speaker 2>Beastie Boys, and I was a Beastie Boy fan, and

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<v Speaker 2>I remember the night before. I'm like, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>just give a hat tip that maybe only I recognize.

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<v Speaker 2>So I look through all of their I look through

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<v Speaker 2>all of their songs and I'm going through lyrics and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, there's nothing I can do here that wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be super contrived. Don't do it. The Beastie Boys would

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<v Speaker 2>not appreciate it, So don't do it. And so I

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<v Speaker 2>let it go. And then we get into the game

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<v Speaker 2>and Reggie Evans has a breakaway dunk and he throws

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<v Speaker 2>it down, and the mental rollodecks. Again, it's not that

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<v Speaker 2>we're smarter than anybody else. I'm like, wait a second.

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<v Speaker 2>The album was Hello, Nasty and Honest to God, That's

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<v Speaker 2>how that came about. That was I wanted. I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>a premeditated Beastie Boys thing, but I didn't have it

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<v Speaker 2>in line, and it was that was I always liked

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<v Speaker 2>that one and if nobody likes it, that's fine. I

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<v Speaker 2>just dig the Beastie Boys and my sons. Actually that

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<v Speaker 2>we had a bond with the boys and it was good.

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<v Speaker 2>It was good.

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<v Speaker 1>It is great. Uh, maybe on a turnover, ill communication or.

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<v Speaker 2>I was always trying to work in three M season

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<v Speaker 2>one DJ when we had Dennis, or uh, when we

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<v Speaker 2>had DeAndre, and I was like, no, you're gonna ruin it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be awful. Don't do it, do not do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I never, I thankfully listened to myself. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we love that Hello Nasty as part of the repertoire,

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<v Speaker 1>part of your bag. Now, is there any element to

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<v Speaker 1>radio you miss besides me? Is there any element to

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<v Speaker 1>radio and just how you have to call a game

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<v Speaker 1>there that you sometimes miss?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Radio is is such a fun, fun place to exist.

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<v Speaker 2>It is to cliche in our business. It's a blank canvas.

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<v Speaker 2>So whatever I see, I can tell, whatever I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to see, I can paint that picture. And it

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<v Speaker 2>was so fun. You're the you're the producer, you're the director,

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<v Speaker 2>you're the voice, you're all of it. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>I missed that element of it and just uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when I was climbing the ladder, I remember, uh, trying

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<v Speaker 2>to describe as much as I could. So I would

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<v Speaker 2>draw a basketball court. I would draw the benches, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would draw the crowd, and I'd be like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>these are the things, all the things that I can

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<v Speaker 2>describe in a game. And when I do a game,

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<v Speaker 2>I would follow the court with a pencil, making sure

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<v Speaker 2>I had all the places where the ball was. I

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<v Speaker 2>just miss, you know, staying on top of the action

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<v Speaker 2>that way.

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<v Speaker 1>But I tell you, Brian seem as a hard worker.

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<v Speaker 2>But then on on on the TV side, what I

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<v Speaker 2>what you give up on on radio and you gain

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<v Speaker 2>on TV is again a less is more approach, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still working on that. That's it's not easy to

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<v Speaker 2>let go of the radio kind of background that I have.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I love, love, love, love love is the

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<v Speaker 2>production crew. It's the collaboration. There's a producer in my ear,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes there's a director in my ear. Sometimes I'm talking

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<v Speaker 2>to one or both of them. You know, I'm hitting

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Frotello and or Jim Jackson like hey do you

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<v Speaker 2>have something to say here? Or Hey remember that conversation

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<v Speaker 2>we had. Here's the time to talk about it. I

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<v Speaker 2>just love the team element that we have on television,

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<v Speaker 2>so they both have amazing attributes. If all of the same,

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<v Speaker 2>I think I probably prefer the group effort, like the

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<v Speaker 2>Big ten to twelve production crew. But I think at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of it, all those have been I remember

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<v Speaker 2>Ralph would always say, this is like a tin can

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<v Speaker 2>and a string. This is the best way to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how you communicated with treehouses back in the

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<v Speaker 2>late and you know whatever in the late nineteen hundreds.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's just fun. It's just a fun way to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, and you just have your own world. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have graphics, you don't have any of that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just being a play by play guy is all

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever wanted to do. I've been lucky to do

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<v Speaker 2>it on both mediums, and I just I pinched myself

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<v Speaker 2>every day. I never take one of these days for granted.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned your color analysts there with Mike Rotello and

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Jackson, two different guys, two different styles. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you blend your personality and no matter who you're next

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<v Speaker 1>to that night.

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<v Speaker 2>With the TZAR, I go less pop culture references. If

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<v Speaker 2>there are any to be made, and sometimes I'll make

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<v Speaker 2>it knowing full well he doesn't have any idea who

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<v Speaker 2>it is. And then sometimes he'll say something that is surprising,

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<v Speaker 2>that is fun, And the thing of it is, does

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<v Speaker 2>everyone knew who the Zar was before he was a clipper?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean? Like they knew how great

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<v Speaker 2>he was at his job. They knew his delivery, they

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<v Speaker 2>knew his style, they knew his knowledge. And I'm being

417
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<v Speaker 2>I can't be more serious than I am right now.

418
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<v Speaker 2>So it's nineteen ninety. NBC just got the NBA rights, Okay,

419
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<v Speaker 2>So now they got him again here in twenty twenty

420
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<v Speaker 2>four and it'll start next year. So twenty thirty four

421
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<v Speaker 2>years ago, Mike Fotello and Marv Albert are calling games.

422
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<v Speaker 2>Bob Costas is the pre im post guy for the

423
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<v Speaker 2>NBC broadcast. And I learned everything I could ever learn

424
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<v Speaker 2>about how I'm in right now because of all three

425
00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:26.759
<v Speaker 2>of those guys, the wit and the charm of Bob Costas,

426
00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.519
<v Speaker 2>the delivery the understated delivery of Marv Albert, and the

427
00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:32.960
<v Speaker 2>knowledge of the game. And no one is better at

428
00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.920
<v Speaker 2>the tellustrator. There's a reason he's called the Zar of

429
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<v Speaker 2>the Illustrator. That's why he got the job. No One

430
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<v Speaker 2>in NBC, all the people that they brought in, no

431
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<v Speaker 2>one knew how to work the telestrator, but the czar.

432
00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:46.640
<v Speaker 2>He was supposed to be the kind of analyst in

433
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<v Speaker 2>the studio. But because he could work it so well

434
00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:51.079
<v Speaker 2>and then they had lightning in a bottle with he

435
00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:53.519
<v Speaker 2>and Marv, they shipped them over to TV. So for

436
00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:56.960
<v Speaker 2>thirty four years plus, because I remember him being the

437
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<v Speaker 2>coach of Atlanta. Remember TBS the superstation, and they would

438
00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.319
<v Speaker 2>broadcast all of the Hawk games. So I lived in Iowa,

439
00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:05.880
<v Speaker 2>I still saw the games in Atlanta, every NBA game

440
00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:08.519
<v Speaker 2>they had them on in Des Moines. So I've known

441
00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:11.319
<v Speaker 2>of the czar since I was in single digits. And

442
00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:14.640
<v Speaker 2>my wife and I just started dating when he was

443
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<v Speaker 2>doing NBC, and I would be like, you understand the

444
00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.640
<v Speaker 2>world that I'm living in going with Mike Frtello, So

445
00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:21.759
<v Speaker 2>I went around the block to go next door. I

446
00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:24.839
<v Speaker 2>keep it a lot more simple and pretty more straightforward

447
00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:28.440
<v Speaker 2>with the czar. We start that way with Jim, and

448
00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.799
<v Speaker 2>if the game can get sideways, I know we can

449
00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:33.119
<v Speaker 2>go off on a little bit of a tangent. That's

450
00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.960
<v Speaker 2>kind of fun, just a possession or two. I hope

451
00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:37.799
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't go longer than that, where we can make

452
00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:40.759
<v Speaker 2>a pop culture reference, or he can draw the veins

453
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<v Speaker 2>on Bill Kennedy's arm when he's doing an official review

454
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<v Speaker 2>and talk about how he's lifting. And when the game

455
00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.599
<v Speaker 2>gets sideways or it gets kind of to be a

456
00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:52.079
<v Speaker 2>rock fight, I like to lean on that a little bit,

457
00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.039
<v Speaker 2>just so that there's something that's of value and entertaining

458
00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:58.759
<v Speaker 2>other than the game, which sometimes can be difficult to watch.

459
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<v Speaker 2>But I tell you, I watched Jim Jackson. I grew

460
00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:04.000
<v Speaker 2>up in the Midwest. I watched Jim Jackson on Big Mondays.

461
00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:06.359
<v Speaker 2>I followed his career. He was one of my favorite

462
00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:09.920
<v Speaker 2>college players of all time. And here I am, so

463
00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:13.079
<v Speaker 2>many years later, working with these guys, texting these people,

464
00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:16.920
<v Speaker 2>going to dinner with them, sometimes not picking up the

465
00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:19.119
<v Speaker 2>phone when they call because I'm like, all right, for tello,

466
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<v Speaker 2>I got stuff to do. Like it's just crazy. It's

467
00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.960
<v Speaker 2>a crazy world that I've been living in. I really

468
00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:26.000
<v Speaker 2>don't know how I got here, who I fooled, and

469
00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.319
<v Speaker 2>whether I was born unto a lucky star or made

470
00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:30.240
<v Speaker 2>a deal with the devil. One of those things is true.

471
00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.079
<v Speaker 2>I've been very lucky.

472
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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm saying the same stuff about working with you.

473
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<v Speaker 1>Best performance you've seen and called a game for by

474
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<v Speaker 1>a Clipper's team or an individual performance.

475
00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:47.359
<v Speaker 2>That's a tough one. The individual one is hard, obviously,

476
00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:53.160
<v Speaker 2>Kawhi Game three, Dallas, first Round twenty twenty one comes to.

477
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<v Speaker 1>Mind down nineteen.

478
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'll tell you I've never been more frightened

479
00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.480
<v Speaker 2>than I was. I've been in a I've been in

480
00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:04.799
<v Speaker 2>a bank stick up, I have been in three car crashes,

481
00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:08.559
<v Speaker 2>and once attacked by King Cobra. And I was more

482
00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:13.079
<v Speaker 2>nervous and scared than I was when we were down

483
00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.400
<v Speaker 2>in the first quarter, that we were going to go

484
00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.079
<v Speaker 2>down three to zero.

485
00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:18.480
<v Speaker 1>It was does echis commercial? The most interesting man in

486
00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:21.000
<v Speaker 1>the world here, What life have you lived?

487
00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:24.240
<v Speaker 2>Well? It actually it wasn't a King Cobra. It turned

488
00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.559
<v Speaker 2>out it was just an extension cord hanging from our

489
00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:30.920
<v Speaker 2>ceiling in the garage. But I thought it was a

490
00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:34.599
<v Speaker 2>King Cobra. And I know how I would react now

491
00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.960
<v Speaker 2>that if I was ever to be attacked by one.

492
00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:39.400
<v Speaker 2>So I can go ahead and give you the same comparison.

493
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<v Speaker 2>The best game, I would say one of my favorite

494
00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.640
<v Speaker 2>games was obviously the twenty seven point comeback against Memphis

495
00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:52.599
<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs Game one, Round one, late April twenty twelve.

496
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<v Speaker 2>But one that just really stood out to me wasn't

497
00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:58.519
<v Speaker 2>the thirty one point comeback against Golden State. It was

498
00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:03.279
<v Speaker 2>the Game five where we controlled from start to finish,

499
00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:06.880
<v Speaker 2>And it's worth pointing out at that time and maybe

500
00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:09.240
<v Speaker 2>we could still make this case. You argue with me

501
00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.839
<v Speaker 2>if you want to. Is that the greatest starting five

502
00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.720
<v Speaker 2>of all time? Curry, Durant, Klay Thompson. I mean, I mean,

503
00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:18.240
<v Speaker 2>is there a better one than that? No, I think

504
00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:20.440
<v Speaker 2>And that was the best offense in league history at

505
00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.720
<v Speaker 2>that point in time. And what ended up happening in

506
00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.000
<v Speaker 2>Game six, because the Clippers had played so well and

507
00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.279
<v Speaker 2>Doc Doc was really coaching that team and it was

508
00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:31.799
<v Speaker 2>really fun, they had to make the first real in

509
00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:34.359
<v Speaker 2>game adjustment they had to. They I think they started

510
00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:38.200
<v Speaker 2>Sean Livingston when we were starting Jamichael Green. We made

511
00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:41.799
<v Speaker 2>the best team in the league play differently, and then

512
00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:44.680
<v Speaker 2>we won that game fair and square. It was an

513
00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:48.559
<v Speaker 2>absolute I just remember the feeling of control that whole game. Adam,

514
00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:51.759
<v Speaker 2>There's literally three dozen games that I could list. Those

515
00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.920
<v Speaker 2>are the ones that just currently jump out. Now, there

516
00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.039
<v Speaker 2>were some fun games this year, the thirty five point

517
00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:00.240
<v Speaker 2>comeback in Washington. Any double digit comeback is fun. Really

518
00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:02.279
<v Speaker 2>love all the games for their value, I really do.

519
00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:04.519
<v Speaker 2>But when you have a buzzer beater, you have something

520
00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:06.160
<v Speaker 2>on the line, it's it's just a lot of fun.

521
00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:08.839
<v Speaker 2>It's just it's really the adrenaline and just the connection

522
00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:11.160
<v Speaker 2>you get to that game and that team is it's

523
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<v Speaker 2>hard to describe what's.

524
00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.960
<v Speaker 1>Your pregame routine when it comes to diet and the

525
00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:19.079
<v Speaker 1>caffeine intake. I have an idea with the caffeine.

526
00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:21.200
<v Speaker 2>And you've seen it. I never eat before a game

527
00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:24.160
<v Speaker 2>unless it's like something really good in the in the

528
00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:26.400
<v Speaker 2>media room. So I eat a big lunch and I

529
00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:30.920
<v Speaker 2>usually fast for until breakfast. My brain, if you haven't

530
00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:34.359
<v Speaker 2>learned by now, is wired much differently than anybody else's.

531
00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:36.920
<v Speaker 2>So I take and so it's I hate the name,

532
00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.640
<v Speaker 2>it's rock Star. I just love the flavor and it

533
00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:42.000
<v Speaker 2>has a ton of caffeine in it. But it doesn't

534
00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:46.400
<v Speaker 2>hype me up. It brings me down. It really levels

535
00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:49.440
<v Speaker 2>me down, and I get really focused, and that's why

536
00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.000
<v Speaker 2>I drink it. I actually go to bed. I go

537
00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:53.680
<v Speaker 2>to bed quite easily after a game, even though I

538
00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:56.799
<v Speaker 2>just drank, however many eighteen ounces sixteen ounces of a

539
00:25:57.359 --> 00:26:03.720
<v Speaker 2>heavily induced caffeine beverage. But my pregame routine is that,

540
00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:06.039
<v Speaker 2>and then I like to the forty five minutes before

541
00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.400
<v Speaker 2>tip I just kind of sit by myself and I

542
00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.000
<v Speaker 2>just think of all the possible scenarios how I want

543
00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:13.160
<v Speaker 2>to start it out just in my head. If I

544
00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.799
<v Speaker 2>have a question of the analyst, I'll say, hey, do

545
00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.279
<v Speaker 2>you want me to talk about this, or hey, kind

546
00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.960
<v Speaker 2>of bring this up with you at some point in time.

547
00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:20.400
<v Speaker 2>But I like to be very quiet just about forty

548
00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.960
<v Speaker 2>five minutes before the game and just get into my

549
00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.720
<v Speaker 2>own little world.

550
00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:26.039
<v Speaker 1>I want to shift into talking more about this Clippers

551
00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:28.920
<v Speaker 1>team and where things are headed, and that of course

552
00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:33.119
<v Speaker 1>includes talking about the biggest offseason move, which was Paul

553
00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:36.799
<v Speaker 1>George leaving for Philadelphia. Just what was your initial reaction

554
00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:39.799
<v Speaker 1>when you knew he was going to Philly and where

555
00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:42.960
<v Speaker 1>are you at with it now? Processing wise? Because you

556
00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:46.200
<v Speaker 1>know he is an all time Clipper. I think a

557
00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:48.440
<v Speaker 1>lot of people were saying he's a top five all

558
00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:50.400
<v Speaker 1>time Clipper. I'd love to get your insight on that

559
00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.839
<v Speaker 1>as well.

560
00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:54.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I have him ranked yet. I

561
00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:57.680
<v Speaker 2>am good with the decision on both ends. I don't

562
00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:00.359
<v Speaker 2>have any ill will. I think he made the right choice.

563
00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:04.319
<v Speaker 2>I think the Clippers made the right choice. I will

564
00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:08.000
<v Speaker 2>say this. I remember feeling that, Listen, I don't think

565
00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.079
<v Speaker 2>he's getting a max deal. This is going into the

566
00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:13.920
<v Speaker 2>Dallas series, and I said, what if he plays out

567
00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:16.640
<v Speaker 2>like he shows out and we win the series and

568
00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:21.839
<v Speaker 2>he's thirty five ten nine on incredible shoots and on

569
00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:24.960
<v Speaker 2>splits and we win the series. I'm like, I don't

570
00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:27.240
<v Speaker 2>know what they're going to do with that. I don't

571
00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:29.119
<v Speaker 2>know if you saw the box scores at him that

572
00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:32.160
<v Speaker 2>that did not happen, and I thought it was an

573
00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:35.200
<v Speaker 2>easier decision to move on. I'll be honest. I was

574
00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:38.079
<v Speaker 2>very disappointed in his play in the playoffs, but he

575
00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:42.599
<v Speaker 2>gave us some fun moments. You know, getting the getting

576
00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.480
<v Speaker 2>to the conference finals is not going to be the

577
00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.079
<v Speaker 2>peak of the mountain for this organization. It's just not

578
00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.880
<v Speaker 2>going to be. And there's going to be several trips

579
00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:51.000
<v Speaker 2>to the finals and there's going to be trophies over

580
00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.319
<v Speaker 2>the next ten fifteen years. I promise you, I know it.

581
00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:57.200
<v Speaker 2>I will just say Paul George led led us to

582
00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:00.720
<v Speaker 2>the conference finals, and I will will never be a

583
00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:06.279
<v Speaker 2>moment I will forget that night leaving Staples. The crowds

584
00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:10.200
<v Speaker 2>were that, the streets were packed, everyone was yelling Let's

585
00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:14.720
<v Speaker 2>go Clippers. It was such a community, it was so awesome.

586
00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.759
<v Speaker 2>That's what I'll remember Paul George for. That's what I

587
00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:19.039
<v Speaker 2>would like to remember. He was a very nice guy.

588
00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.359
<v Speaker 2>I think he talked too much. I don't think he

589
00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:26.720
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he held himself accountable as much as

590
00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.440
<v Speaker 2>he should have. But I wish him well in Philadelphia.

591
00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:35.039
<v Speaker 2>He's a very nice guy. There's he was always approachable

592
00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:40.039
<v Speaker 2>and I always appreciate that in players. And I'll never

593
00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:42.240
<v Speaker 2>forget the joy we all had. It was a July fifth,

594
00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:45.119
<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen when we found out Kawhi was coming, PG

595
00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.920
<v Speaker 2>was coming. I mean, that was a great day. And

596
00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:51.160
<v Speaker 2>there'll be more days ahead for Clippers fans, I promise.

597
00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:53.680
<v Speaker 1>What do you think the reception for him will be

598
00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:57.000
<v Speaker 1>November sixth, when he returns to LA now in a

599
00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.680
<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia seventy six ers uniform.

600
00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.519
<v Speaker 2>It's going to be mixed, and I think it's going

601
00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:02.799
<v Speaker 2>to be probably not as positive as it could have

602
00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:04.480
<v Speaker 2>been if you just said, hey, I have no ill

603
00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.920
<v Speaker 2>will to the Clippers, I'm getting what was it, seventy

604
00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:10.079
<v Speaker 2>plus extra million dollars. You know. This is where they stood,

605
00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:12.000
<v Speaker 2>This is where I stood. I wanted it to get

606
00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.640
<v Speaker 2>a deal done, but I wanted a no trade clause.

607
00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.759
<v Speaker 2>I get exactly his business plan, like, if you're going

608
00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.400
<v Speaker 2>to give me a pay cut, then don't trade me.

609
00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:20.240
<v Speaker 2>But if you're gonna not do that, give me the

610
00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.599
<v Speaker 2>max so I can get it, because I can get

611
00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.519
<v Speaker 2>it somewhere else, but I want to be here. But

612
00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:29.000
<v Speaker 2>his comments on his podcast were disappointing. I think the

613
00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:33.319
<v Speaker 2>B team remark was unnecessary. Some of his cohorts took

614
00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:36.000
<v Speaker 2>to Twitter to kind of like bash the Clippers. The

615
00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.880
<v Speaker 2>social media guru who has maybe over one thousand followers

616
00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:42.680
<v Speaker 2>started taking shots at the Clippers. I don't even know

617
00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.640
<v Speaker 2>their names. To be honest with you, I would always

618
00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:48.599
<v Speaker 2>just fast forward to the interviews. If you're a guru

619
00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.599
<v Speaker 2>in social media, to me, I think you need to

620
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:53.680
<v Speaker 2>have more than a thousand followers. I'll let you figure

621
00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:56.400
<v Speaker 2>out who I'm talking about. I am not a social

622
00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.559
<v Speaker 2>media guru, as you can tell. But I was disappointed.

623
00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:03.000
<v Speaker 2>In that in the way that was handled. But I

624
00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:06.559
<v Speaker 2>think he's gonna get some jeers and some cheers, and

625
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<v Speaker 2>I think it's going to be probably more of the

626
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<v Speaker 2>former than the latter. But there'll be a great tribute

627
00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:13.519
<v Speaker 2>video for him. There'll be a lot of those twenty

628
00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:16.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty one highlights. There's some game winners in there. He

629
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<v Speaker 2>did a lot of good for the Clippers. It just

630
00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.359
<v Speaker 2>wasn't enough. And to be fair, they were never whole.

631
00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:24.960
<v Speaker 2>They were never whole even when they were a hole

632
00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:28.200
<v Speaker 2>in the bubble. Mentally, no one was hold They didn't

633
00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:31.240
<v Speaker 2>even want to be there. And we've only learned recently

634
00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:34.799
<v Speaker 2>that they basically quit on that team. So they were

635
00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:36.559
<v Speaker 2>never whole in their last game of the year, and

636
00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:38.880
<v Speaker 2>that's always the thing. I'm going to be so disappointed

637
00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:41.119
<v Speaker 2>at the what if with this team, and there's no

638
00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:44.200
<v Speaker 2>one that's gonna tell me different. We have two championships,

639
00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:47.960
<v Speaker 2>maybe three if those two guys are healthy and rolling.

640
00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:50.599
<v Speaker 2>There's no one telling me that we wouldn't have won

641
00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.720
<v Speaker 2>two or three times.

642
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<v Speaker 1>No one in moving past the two point three era

643
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<v Speaker 1>and into this season with the current roster construction, who

644
00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:01.359
<v Speaker 1>do you think they're gonna need more often production from

645
00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.640
<v Speaker 1>now between of eats a Zoo Bots and Terrence Man,

646
00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:08.240
<v Speaker 1>who gets featured more on the offensive end, because obviously

647
00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:10.680
<v Speaker 1>some of that lost production will have to be made

648
00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:10.960
<v Speaker 1>up for.

649
00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:13.279
<v Speaker 2>I think it's gonna be Zoo. I think Zoo's gonna

650
00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:15.680
<v Speaker 2>see a big spike and it's gonna be great for him.

651
00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:17.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm such a Zoo fan. I feel he could finish

652
00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:21.319
<v Speaker 2>his career here. I would love it. I just feel

653
00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:23.880
<v Speaker 2>he plays his role as well as you can play

654
00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.200
<v Speaker 2>that role, and with him being kind of an outlet

655
00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:29.680
<v Speaker 2>for Harden in a pick and roll, they found a

656
00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:32.799
<v Speaker 2>nice little groove together. I think James has another chance.

657
00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.599
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know if our offense is

658
00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.319
<v Speaker 2>going to be that great, but James has a chance

659
00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:38.079
<v Speaker 2>to be high up there and assists in terms of

660
00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:41.359
<v Speaker 2>league average. And I think this is a great year

661
00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:45.240
<v Speaker 2>for Terrence Man. I'm super excited for him. I'll probably

662
00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.920
<v Speaker 2>say this on the air when we get to the

663
00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:49.640
<v Speaker 2>preseason in the regular season, but I've never once judged

664
00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.119
<v Speaker 2>Terrence by his numbers, never, and I'm not going to

665
00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:54.599
<v Speaker 2>start doing that this year. But I think you're gonna

666
00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:57.839
<v Speaker 2>be able to see tangible things with Terrence. He found

667
00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:00.799
<v Speaker 2>that stroke, that three point shot at the start of

668
00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:04.480
<v Speaker 2>the new year. He just knows where to be. He's

669
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.920
<v Speaker 2>just a great dude to have on the team. So

670
00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:08.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking forward to those guys. Those are your four scores.

671
00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:12.119
<v Speaker 2>After that, we've got Norman Powell and then I'm a

672
00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:14.920
<v Speaker 2>little concerned on the depth chart of scoring. Who's gonna

673
00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:18.720
<v Speaker 2>get it done. But I'm really looking forward to seeing Zoo,

674
00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:22.000
<v Speaker 2>who I thought was could you make the case he

675
00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.279
<v Speaker 2>was first or second best player in that series against

676
00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:27.920
<v Speaker 2>Dallas after James, Right, Yeah, I think he's gonna get

677
00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:30.160
<v Speaker 2>a real opportunity. That's just how I feel. Tyler might

678
00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:33.880
<v Speaker 2>see something different. But I'm looking forward to those two guys.

679
00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:36.160
<v Speaker 2>I've been fans of there since day one and looking

680
00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.240
<v Speaker 2>forward to see how they do this year.

681
00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:40.200
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of coach lou he joked a little bit after

682
00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:44.000
<v Speaker 1>they lost the series in Game six postgame saying, yeah,

683
00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:48.000
<v Speaker 1>we're going back to loadvantagement because Kawhi Leonard obviously was

684
00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:52.359
<v Speaker 1>noticeably absent once again. Unfortunately that right knee swelling up

685
00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:54.920
<v Speaker 1>after the Charlotte game on March thirty. First, how do

686
00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:58.240
<v Speaker 1>you think they approached this season just attacking the Kawhi

687
00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.359
<v Speaker 1>injury issues that gone on. How did they handle it?

688
00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:04.559
<v Speaker 2>It's a great question because it wasn't an event, right,

689
00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:08.400
<v Speaker 2>It wasn't like he bump knees with somebody two weeks

690
00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.720
<v Speaker 2>before and it started to really kind of play through it.

691
00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.960
<v Speaker 2>This was seemingly from what we see now, and I

692
00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:18.240
<v Speaker 2>truly only know what everyone else knows. Everyone knows it's

693
00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:20.920
<v Speaker 2>a very quiet situation around Kawhi, and I respect that.

694
00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.160
<v Speaker 2>What are they going to do? I mean you have

695
00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:26.519
<v Speaker 2>to think back to backs are off the table, right,

696
00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:29.119
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's what I would predict. If you can

697
00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:31.799
<v Speaker 2>get sixty games out of Kawhi in the regular season,

698
00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:35.359
<v Speaker 2>I'd be happy about that. Again, we would just be

699
00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:38.039
<v Speaker 2>happy having him in the playoffs. I think that would

700
00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:43.400
<v Speaker 2>be great. Now, what are the playoffs? What what are

701
00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:45.079
<v Speaker 2>we looking for? I mean, the ceiling is, let's be

702
00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:47.880
<v Speaker 2>honest today in the middle of August. The ceiling to

703
00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:50.640
<v Speaker 2>me is a sixth seed. That's what I think we're

704
00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:53.400
<v Speaker 2>going for, and that listen to me. I think this

705
00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.759
<v Speaker 2>year is going to be a blast, if you want

706
00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:57.319
<v Speaker 2>me to be really honest. Last year was so much

707
00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:01.039
<v Speaker 2>fun once they found their groove. But one thing that

708
00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:04.519
<v Speaker 2>I love are big games, and when you're one of

709
00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:08.079
<v Speaker 2>the elite teams, there's not as many big games. Right Like,

710
00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:11.679
<v Speaker 2>there's you can play Boston, you can play ok See,

711
00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:14.679
<v Speaker 2>you can play now Minnesota is pretty good. But not

712
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.119
<v Speaker 2>all those games pan out, not everybody's playing. I think

713
00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:20.280
<v Speaker 2>we had maybe four, maybe five big games last year

714
00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:22.840
<v Speaker 2>where everyone was playing. No one was on some kind

715
00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:25.320
<v Speaker 2>of crazy bender of a schedule that they were just

716
00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:29.440
<v Speaker 2>wiped out. This year, you're gonna have I think double

717
00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:32.360
<v Speaker 2>triple that in terms of games that matter for the Clippers,

718
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:34.599
<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna have vibes that we did back in

719
00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:37.159
<v Speaker 2>twenty one twenty two where it was so much fun

720
00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:39.840
<v Speaker 2>and those guys played so hard. We've got a lot

721
00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:42.239
<v Speaker 2>of role players on this team that can play defense.

722
00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:45.119
<v Speaker 2>We've got two superstars, one that's won a title, one

723
00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:47.559
<v Speaker 2>that's won an MVP. If they can put together, if

724
00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.239
<v Speaker 2>those two guys play one hundred and twenty to one

725
00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.960
<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty games between the two of them, we

726
00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.960
<v Speaker 2>could have a real shot at the six, maybe the five,

727
00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:57.000
<v Speaker 2>but I'm anticipating mid forties in the wins and but

728
00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:01.159
<v Speaker 2>really competing and being in that top six is what

729
00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:03.320
<v Speaker 2>I think the goal would be in the regular season,

730
00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:05.920
<v Speaker 2>and I think that's a fun year. I really do.

731
00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:08.440
<v Speaker 2>Like if you're not gonna win, it, have something that

732
00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:11.280
<v Speaker 2>you can achieve, not just get in the playing game,

733
00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:13.800
<v Speaker 2>but be in that top six. I think it's gonna

734
00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.519
<v Speaker 2>be a blast. I think this team's gonna play hard,

735
00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.960
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be a lot of fun.

736
00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:19.800
<v Speaker 1>Part of what's gonna make this season so special is,

737
00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:22.559
<v Speaker 1>of course moving into into a dome. If you can't tell,

738
00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.679
<v Speaker 1>Brian's still on the crypto Wi Fi a little bit

739
00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:26.400
<v Speaker 1>with the video glitchick in and out, but the voice

740
00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.760
<v Speaker 1>is fine.

741
00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.320
<v Speaker 2>So that's all.

742
00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.639
<v Speaker 1>That's all we care about. At at into a dome,

743
00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:34.159
<v Speaker 1>it will be very different. I just got a tour

744
00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.320
<v Speaker 1>of it on Sunday. Brian. I don't know if you've

745
00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:38.679
<v Speaker 1>already been there. I don't know if they showed you

746
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.559
<v Speaker 1>your seat. But what are you looking forward to most

747
00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.679
<v Speaker 1>about the Clippers new and first home.

748
00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:50.119
<v Speaker 2>So it's unbelievable and I don't want this to be overhyped.

749
00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.360
<v Speaker 2>And I'm not sure you could do it like not

750
00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:54.480
<v Speaker 2>to a Clipper fan anyway. You know, this is an

751
00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:57.840
<v Speaker 2>organization that what twenty five well when I first started,

752
00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:00.880
<v Speaker 2>which was an O seven. They were to seeing what

753
00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:04.159
<v Speaker 2>is now the Bay Club in El Segundo, which meant

754
00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:09.079
<v Speaker 2>they walked through the public lobby. They they they played,

755
00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:14.400
<v Speaker 2>they showered with the regular folks. They were in a

756
00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:17.000
<v Speaker 2>really weird spot. I've lost you here, Adam, Can you

757
00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.360
<v Speaker 2>see me?

758
00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.559
<v Speaker 1>I got you Ryn.

759
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<v Speaker 2>Click to full screen, click exit to full screen. Let's

760
00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.920
<v Speaker 2>try that. I can't see you. But if it's all

761
00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:27.280
<v Speaker 2>good on your end, that's fine. I don't want to

762
00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.800
<v Speaker 2>overhype this thing. I will just tell you it's flawless.

763
00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:33.400
<v Speaker 2>I was there for the and I saw your wonderful

764
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<v Speaker 2>video where your it was it your podcast? You maybe

765
00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:41.360
<v Speaker 2>did that. They had six the beta test where they

766
00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:46.639
<v Speaker 2>had six thousand people there. This was on July July twentieth.

767
00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:48.960
<v Speaker 2>This was about almost a month ago. So they had

768
00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:51.000
<v Speaker 2>a beta test where they wanted to see how how

769
00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:54.280
<v Speaker 2>the software worked and how the facial recognition worked and

770
00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.920
<v Speaker 2>all this kind of stuff. So there were six thousand

771
00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.400
<v Speaker 2>people there and I'm getting to the point of what

772
00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.920
<v Speaker 2>I think this is going to be the really best

773
00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:01.880
<v Speaker 2>part of it. They were all scattered. There were maybe

774
00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:05.559
<v Speaker 2>I want to say, maybe thirty people consolidated in the

775
00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:09.880
<v Speaker 2>wall only thirty of the huge wall, six thousand people

776
00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:12.679
<v Speaker 2>spread from top to bottom. There was no like massive

777
00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:15.840
<v Speaker 2>gaggle of fans aside from that one area in the

778
00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:20.639
<v Speaker 2>wall that was maybe one twentieth full. So during this presentation,

779
00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.760
<v Speaker 2>Steve Palmer says, let's see how loud we can get

780
00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:26.159
<v Speaker 2>this place. I happened to be sitting right behind where

781
00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:29.679
<v Speaker 2>the visiting bench would be. I want to be abundantly

782
00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:34.239
<v Speaker 2>clear about this again, six thousand people completely spread out.

783
00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.079
<v Speaker 2>It was so loud at them I had to plug

784
00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:39.800
<v Speaker 2>my ears. The decibel level and I don't know if

785
00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:41.920
<v Speaker 2>this is high, I will say that it's pretty good.

786
00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:46.320
<v Speaker 2>Was one twelve six thousand people, the way it is

787
00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:49.639
<v Speaker 2>angled and and the way that the sound was just

788
00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:53.079
<v Speaker 2>jumping around that place. I literally plugged my ears. It

789
00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:54.760
<v Speaker 2>was that loud. And I just looked over to my

790
00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:57.400
<v Speaker 2>wife and we just started laughing. Staple Center is a

791
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:00.559
<v Speaker 2>wonderful arena, and I will always consider that a home

792
00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:02.599
<v Speaker 2>of mind. But the way it is designed, and the

793
00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:05.639
<v Speaker 2>way these arenas are designed, it's flat and the end

794
00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:08.039
<v Speaker 2>they can get loud. Don't get me wrong, Staples has

795
00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:10.599
<v Speaker 2>been amazing. This is going to take it to another level.

796
00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:13.800
<v Speaker 2>And the wall I promise you is going to be

797
00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:16.400
<v Speaker 2>the heart and soul of that building. It will be

798
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:19.079
<v Speaker 2>a place, in my opinion, if you're a Clipper fan,

799
00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.800
<v Speaker 2>you have to go to at least one game and

800
00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.920
<v Speaker 2>sit in that wall. I think it's going to generate

801
00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:27.239
<v Speaker 2>an atmosphere unlike any in the NBA. I sincerely believe that,

802
00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:31.800
<v Speaker 2>certainly for the big games, You're going to see NonStop cheering, hollering,

803
00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.519
<v Speaker 2>all of it. It's going to be awesome. I'm very proud,

804
00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:38.119
<v Speaker 2>I'm and I'm I'm super happy for Steve, Gillian Zucker,

805
00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:40.719
<v Speaker 2>Chris Wallace. They all had a big hand in putting

806
00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:45.159
<v Speaker 2>that together and it is flawless. It is wonderful, and

807
00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.440
<v Speaker 2>it is a It'll be a real source of pride

808
00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:50.960
<v Speaker 2>for Clippers all around forever. It is that great of

809
00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.440
<v Speaker 2>an arena.

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<v Speaker 1>Damn and damn is your third keyword, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>first person's foot All three into the comment section below

812
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<v Speaker 1>from our last three shows, including this one with Brian

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<v Speaker 1>Seaman wins a new Clipper hat. Brian. Something I like

814
00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:10.480
<v Speaker 1>to get to do here at the end of shows

815
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<v Speaker 1>to make things a little bit more unique here to

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<v Speaker 1>Clippers talk is favorites least favorite. Anything can be a favorite,

817
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<v Speaker 1>whether it is a TV show, a movie, you saw,

818
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<v Speaker 1>an ice cream flavor, you tried something related to the Clippers.

819
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<v Speaker 1>We'll start with that. I'm gonna just, you know, cheapen

820
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<v Speaker 1>this a little bit and say, my favorite thing is

821
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<v Speaker 1>just having you on today. I'm way too excited about

822
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<v Speaker 1>posting this. Could we hurry up so I could post

823
00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:41.039
<v Speaker 1>this episode? Give me, give me a favorite, a recommendation

824
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<v Speaker 1>to the audience you'd like to.

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<v Speaker 2>Give, give me a give me a guideline here. I

826
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<v Speaker 2>know you gave me a very big one.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe your golf game even improved something there. Maybe uh,

828
00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:57.159
<v Speaker 1>you watched Killing Him a Sacred Deer recently. I mean

829
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<v Speaker 1>I gave for.

830
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<v Speaker 2>Two years of you harping about it was it was

831
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<v Speaker 2>very good. I did not I was expecting like a

832
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<v Speaker 2>normal drama, and that's that's not what happened. Let me see,

833
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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna give you some shows I'm watching and I

834
00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:11.000
<v Speaker 2>just got on. It might be late to this show.

835
00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:14.679
<v Speaker 2>It is ten out of ten hacks On, it is

836
00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.559
<v Speaker 2>very great.

837
00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:19.920
<v Speaker 1>Um, you really looked at me strongly when you said

838
00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.639
<v Speaker 1>hacks I didn't.

839
00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:26.159
<v Speaker 2>I can't believe you picked up on that. I really don't. Man,

840
00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm so plain. I don't even I've got to be

841
00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:28.760
<v Speaker 2>prepared for this stuff.

842
00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:31.599
<v Speaker 1>Because No, that's that's good. Hacks is great.

843
00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:33.840
<v Speaker 2>And then there was another show I was watching that

844
00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:36.239
<v Speaker 2>I really it was. I watched this a year ago.

845
00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:40.840
<v Speaker 2>Uh it's called it's called jury Duty. It was. It

846
00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:43.960
<v Speaker 2>was reality show where it's like one guy goes to

847
00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:47.719
<v Speaker 2>jury duty and everyone literally else is an actor and

848
00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:51.000
<v Speaker 2>they they stage a bunch of different scenarios. You will

849
00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.280
<v Speaker 2>laugh out loud. The ending is a ten out of ten?

850
00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:56.880
<v Speaker 2>What else? Give me one of your favorites? Help me

851
00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.320
<v Speaker 2>out here?

852
00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:01.320
<v Speaker 1>The Bear. I blew through the first two seasons in

853
00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:04.039
<v Speaker 1>two weeks, and I still am waiting for season three

854
00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:06.239
<v Speaker 1>to finish so then I can just binge the entire thing.

855
00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:08.039
<v Speaker 2>And it's finished. It's been finished for a while.

856
00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.920
<v Speaker 1>Is it finished?

857
00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.960
<v Speaker 2>Okay? I think they released all of them that once.

858
00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:13.679
<v Speaker 1>No did they not? That may have been the case

859
00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.920
<v Speaker 1>on that, and it is it is.

860
00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:18.960
<v Speaker 2>I loved it. It was great. It was absolutely great.

861
00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:23.440
<v Speaker 1>I will say. What was the other show I was watching? Oh,

862
00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:27.320
<v Speaker 1>it was a little show I think called Clipped, And

863
00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:31.000
<v Speaker 1>it was better than I thought it was going to be.

864
00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:35.760
<v Speaker 1>And and of note. There was a montage I believe in

865
00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:39.920
<v Speaker 1>the first episode and they were showing broadcasters court side

866
00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:43.039
<v Speaker 1>and I looked at one and I said, that is

867
00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:46.639
<v Speaker 1>the Brian Seman character. I don't know got credited. I

868
00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:49.039
<v Speaker 1>don't know if you're getting residual checks, but I swear

869
00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:51.760
<v Speaker 1>there was a guy there, and there was a distinct resemblance.

870
00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.960
<v Speaker 1>In episode one.

871
00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:57.360
<v Speaker 2>He sounds handsome. I did watch clipped. I was not

872
00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:02.320
<v Speaker 2>going to do it, and I thought the last three

873
00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:05.239
<v Speaker 2>or four episodes were very good. I didn't I thought

874
00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:09.159
<v Speaker 2>there were some inaccuracies in the beginning, not major. And

875
00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.239
<v Speaker 2>I told my wife, I said, I'm gonna be the

876
00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:13.159
<v Speaker 2>most annoying person to watch this show with. I'm just

877
00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:15.119
<v Speaker 2>gonna be very honest with you, because literally every scene

878
00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:17.360
<v Speaker 2>him like that didn't happen. Nope, that's not true. No,

879
00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:19.880
<v Speaker 2>he wasn't wearing that shirt. He was wearing a red shirt.

880
00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:22.400
<v Speaker 2>I know what he was wearing. It was Britian.

881
00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.239
<v Speaker 1>Just did it guy.

882
00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.480
<v Speaker 2>I didn't think they captured Doc spirit at all. I

883
00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:31.159
<v Speaker 2>didn't like how they portrayed Doc. I thought at O'Neill,

884
00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:33.440
<v Speaker 2>I think Ed O'Neill's a wonderful actor. That I got

885
00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:36.840
<v Speaker 2>better as Sterling, but I didn't think he I don't

886
00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:38.000
<v Speaker 2>know if I can get sued for them and not

887
00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:42.000
<v Speaker 2>go on wood. He didn't give the creepiness that is

888
00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:45.639
<v Speaker 2>Donald Sterling. He didn't feel it anyway. I didn't feel it.

889
00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:49.679
<v Speaker 1>They almost tried to make him too much of an entertainer.

890
00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:52.639
<v Speaker 2>He's not. He's not that he's It seemed like they.

891
00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:54.800
<v Speaker 1>Portrayed him as much sharper than maybe he was at

892
00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.280
<v Speaker 1>that time.

893
00:42:56.280 --> 00:43:00.519
<v Speaker 2>He might be his business. I never spoke business with him.

894
00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:03.920
<v Speaker 2>I just I didn't feel that that was the same vibe.

895
00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:06.599
<v Speaker 2>Doc was way off. I felt Sterling was a little off.

896
00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:09.119
<v Speaker 2>Got better as the show went on. I never got

897
00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:11.519
<v Speaker 2>to know Shelley at all, so I don't know what

898
00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:15.199
<v Speaker 2>she was like. But I thought it was really well

899
00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:18.360
<v Speaker 2>done at the end, I liked it. They did not

900
00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:22.960
<v Speaker 2>use the same casting person that did Showtime, the HBO

901
00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:27.719
<v Speaker 2>one and for clip the Showtime look alikes. I mean

902
00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:31.039
<v Speaker 2>you could have literally seen them. You saw the actual player.

903
00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:34.639
<v Speaker 2>I didn't know is that Blake Griffin or cam Christy.

904
00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:36.639
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know what that one was. I

905
00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:38.599
<v Speaker 2>don't know who Jamal.

906
00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:40.199
<v Speaker 1>Blake was saying the same thing.

907
00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:43.559
<v Speaker 2>Oh, no, I think I heard that they did not

908
00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:47.559
<v Speaker 2>like the way Blake was not Blake Griffin, real Blake.

909
00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:50.159
<v Speaker 2>They didn't like how he looked, so they basically cut

910
00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:51.920
<v Speaker 2>him out of all the scenes. They didn't think it

911
00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:56.199
<v Speaker 2>was proper. So it was good. I'm I would I'm

912
00:43:56.199 --> 00:44:00.760
<v Speaker 2>glad I watched it. I lived through it, and it

913
00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:02.760
<v Speaker 2>was it was I thought they did a decent job.

914
00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:06.280
<v Speaker 2>There was a show came out during the pandemic called

915
00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:09.960
<v Speaker 2>Blackballed and it was on it was on it it's

916
00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:13.519
<v Speaker 2>not with us anymore, kibba. It was a quick bit quibi.

917
00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.280
<v Speaker 2>Is that right?

918
00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:17.440
<v Speaker 1>Oh? I remember those? Yeah, that was.

919
00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:20.039
<v Speaker 2>Really well done and it was with actual people and

920
00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:23.440
<v Speaker 2>it was one accurate everything was Everything that was said

921
00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:27.559
<v Speaker 2>and done was accurate. But yeah, it was good. I'm

922
00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.320
<v Speaker 2>glad I watched it.

923
00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:31.719
<v Speaker 1>Luckily, there's a happy ending for Clipper Nation. God bless

924
00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.559
<v Speaker 1>Steve Balmer.

925
00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:32.840
<v Speaker 2>Here.

926
00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:36.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go least favorites. And it's me for forgetting

927
00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:41.199
<v Speaker 1>to ask you this question. What will you remember most

928
00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:44.840
<v Speaker 1>about Jerry West is a Clippers executing consultant.

929
00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:50.199
<v Speaker 2>The instant credibility he gave and just seeing wisdom that

930
00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:53.360
<v Speaker 2>he had. I mean, so I was lucky to do

931
00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:56.960
<v Speaker 2>the introductory press conference. And this was in May of

932
00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:01.400
<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, and so to go back and revisit, we

933
00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:04.159
<v Speaker 2>still have Chris Paul, we still have Blake Griffin. We

934
00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:07.960
<v Speaker 2>are still technically Lob City. And I remember feeling this

935
00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:10.559
<v Speaker 2>group is not this grouping, this group aing it. It

936
00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:13.039
<v Speaker 2>isn't getting it done. Chris is a free agent. I

937
00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:14.440
<v Speaker 2>know that if you lose Chris, you're not going to

938
00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:16.760
<v Speaker 2>win many games. What's that due to Blake? What's that

939
00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:20.079
<v Speaker 2>due to DeAndre? And there were just so many questions.

940
00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:23.000
<v Speaker 2>And Jerry gets up and he goes, let me just

941
00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:26.320
<v Speaker 2>tell you something. What's right isn't always popular, and what's

942
00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:30.280
<v Speaker 2>popular isn't always right. And I said to myself, Yeah,

943
00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:31.960
<v Speaker 2>these guys are gone, these guys are going to be

944
00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:35.119
<v Speaker 2>We're going to start anew He gave you instant credibility.

945
00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:38.519
<v Speaker 2>I already trusted Lawrence. I knew Lawrence. I knew that

946
00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:41.119
<v Speaker 2>that front office was going to be great with or without.

947
00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:44.280
<v Speaker 2>But what the Clippers did not have at that time

948
00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:48.840
<v Speaker 2>was championship credibility at the highest level. That doesn't mean

949
00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:51.920
<v Speaker 2>that Lawrence doesn't know more than Rob Polinka, who won

950
00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:54.239
<v Speaker 2>a title in twenty two or you know pat Riley

951
00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:56.559
<v Speaker 2>in Miami. It just means that he hasn't done it yet.

952
00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:59.639
<v Speaker 2>So now that they bring in Jerry, Jerry's able to

953
00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:02.199
<v Speaker 2>call the free agents and call these people and say, man,

954
00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:05.159
<v Speaker 2>this is it, Steve Balmer, is it? These guys are

955
00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:07.480
<v Speaker 2>going to win. Come here and be a part of it.

956
00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:10.719
<v Speaker 2>He was a wise, wise man, and one thing that

957
00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:13.639
<v Speaker 2>was always interesting Jerry would come into practices and come

958
00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:16.280
<v Speaker 2>in to shoot a rounds and there'd be a huddle.

959
00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:19.280
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it was players, sometimes it was his cohorts in

960
00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:22.599
<v Speaker 2>the front office, and within five seconds of him approaching

961
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:26.760
<v Speaker 2>that group, there was always gut busting laughter. So he

962
00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:30.440
<v Speaker 2>came in there, busted someone's balls real quick and everyone laughed.

963
00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:32.519
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he always brought some kind of humor with them,

964
00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:35.119
<v Speaker 2>and he was beloved in that front office. And I

965
00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:38.800
<v Speaker 2>think he made the Clippers an infinitely better place. I

966
00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:41.639
<v Speaker 2>really do. Just his presence, just him saying that he's

967
00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:45.760
<v Speaker 2>part of the Clippers was super important and he will

968
00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:49.280
<v Speaker 2>be missed, but his job was absolutely well done, and

969
00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:51.639
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad he was. I'm glad he was a Clipper.

970
00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:52.599
<v Speaker 2>He really helped us out.

971
00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:55.880
<v Speaker 1>I suppose We'll end this on an emotional note because

972
00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:59.000
<v Speaker 1>I think I brought this up to you before in

973
00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:03.280
<v Speaker 1>speaking to what you mean to me. I was the

974
00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:07.199
<v Speaker 1>producer initially for the role I'm in now that host

975
00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:10.679
<v Speaker 1>ended up leaving the Clippers after a year, and I

976
00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:13.599
<v Speaker 1>thought I had this wild hair and I thought to myself,

977
00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:17.880
<v Speaker 1>what if I did it? And I wrote down about

978
00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:22.920
<v Speaker 1>ten different reasons here, including hey, Clippers like me, Ralph

979
00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:26.480
<v Speaker 1>likes me. And I called Brian Seaman and I asked

980
00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:30.559
<v Speaker 1>him what he thought, and he implored me to go

981
00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:33.960
<v Speaker 1>for the job. And I wouldn't have this if it

982
00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:38.039
<v Speaker 1>wasn't for your encouragement and support. And I can't say

983
00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:41.880
<v Speaker 1>enough about how much I appreciate you as a coworker

984
00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:44.559
<v Speaker 1>and a friend. And when things are going hard and

985
00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:46.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm struggling and you give me a hug, itet lists

986
00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:51.519
<v Speaker 1>my spirits and your phrase that rings true always the

987
00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:55.320
<v Speaker 1>worst day in the NBA is the best day anywhere else.

988
00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:59.199
<v Speaker 1>And so I just thank you. And I couldn't be happier,

989
00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:01.519
<v Speaker 1>I know, Clipper, couldn't be happier that you are the

990
00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.440
<v Speaker 1>voice of the Clippers.

991
00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:04.960
<v Speaker 2>Well, I love you, Adam, and I did when you

992
00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:06.880
<v Speaker 2>were just kind of even behind the scenes, and we

993
00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:09.119
<v Speaker 2>would have our little kind of rap sessions. I just

994
00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:10.960
<v Speaker 2>I knew that you were destined for bigger things, and

995
00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:13.920
<v Speaker 2>I still know that. I still feel that way. I

996
00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:17.199
<v Speaker 2>love listening to all the different podcasts you're on. I

997
00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:21.760
<v Speaker 2>appreciate what you bring. You really do get it in

998
00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:25.159
<v Speaker 2>the sense of you know that we're we're somewhere in

999
00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:27.880
<v Speaker 2>the on the mountain. We're not quite the Celtics and

1000
00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:30.440
<v Speaker 2>the Lakers, but we're definitely not the bottom feeders. Were

1001
00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:33.639
<v Speaker 2>realistic and you help bring that out. And I just

1002
00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:36.320
<v Speaker 2>trust what you say. You have an elite level sense

1003
00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:42.000
<v Speaker 2>of humor, a distorted view of fonts. But nevertheless, I

1004
00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:44.639
<v Speaker 2>love you, and I know I speak for everybody. We're

1005
00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:46.320
<v Speaker 2>so lucky to have you. We really are. I think

1006
00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:50.079
<v Speaker 2>you do a wonderful job. You You brought the humor

1007
00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:52.159
<v Speaker 2>when we were on the show together, you and Noah

1008
00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:54.519
<v Speaker 2>brought it together. And now you and Carlo are doing

1009
00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:58.079
<v Speaker 2>the same thing. Carlo Jimenez, the young talented superstar to be.

1010
00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.239
<v Speaker 2>It's just Clipper is very blessed to have you for

1011
00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:04.400
<v Speaker 2>the last what is it now, six years?

1012
00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:08.199
<v Speaker 1>Six seven years. I haven't had a losing season since

1013
00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:09.760
<v Speaker 1>I've been here. Okay, I start before that.

1014
00:49:12.280 --> 00:49:13.960
<v Speaker 2>Well, I love it, Adam, and I'm happy to join

1015
00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:15.119
<v Speaker 2>you anytime. You know I love it.

1016
00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:19.280
<v Speaker 1>Yet I love you too, appreciate you coming on Clippers Talk.

1017
00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:21.639
<v Speaker 1>I've only been doing this about a week now. Guys,

1018
00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:24.480
<v Speaker 1>I may get up one hundred episodes before the season starts.

1019
00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:27.159
<v Speaker 1>We still have two months to go. So what do

1020
00:49:27.239 --> 00:49:29.320
<v Speaker 1>they say? Subscribe and save? I don't know.

1021
00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:34.039
<v Speaker 2>Hit the smash, smash that subscribe button for the dings.

1022
00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:37.159
<v Speaker 2>Come on, you got to get that down.

1023
00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:39.519
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if any other episode is going to

1024
00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:42.119
<v Speaker 1>reach the rating spike that we're getting from Brian Seamen

1025
00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:45.719
<v Speaker 1>being on today, but I will do my best. This

1026
00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:50.000
<v Speaker 1>has been another episode of Clippers Talk. Brian Semen, I'm

1027
00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:52.039
<v Speaker 1>Adam Moslin. We will talk to you next time.

1028
00:49:54.920 --> 00:50:00.239
<v Speaker 2>Are you wearing pants? Please keep that in there.