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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day, Now here's Nick Coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>Rarely will we start the hour, really any hour of

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<v Speaker 2>the show talking NBA. In fact, the NBA rarely gets

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<v Speaker 2>discussed much at all around here, and more often than not,

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<v Speaker 2>I do think that the NBA just no longer really is.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's a me thing. I'm just not interested

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA as much as I used to be.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can't be wrong in viewing the current I

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<v Speaker 2>guess climate with I mean, anytime there's a story about

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA, it seems to be a negative one. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA All Star Game was a joke. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>a joke for a long time. Yeah. But like any

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<v Speaker 2>big story about the NBA, I feel like, more often

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<v Speaker 2>than not, is not a good story. And the latest

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<v Speaker 2>is that Victor Wimbnyama his season is now over with

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of a rare injury.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh I didn't see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So Wemby is now out for the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the season because he has a blood clot on his

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<v Speaker 2>right shoulder. I think there was some different different I

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<v Speaker 2>think shams who broke the story had a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more information about the injury, but you know, as somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who doesn't know much about injuries as far as diagnosing,

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<v Speaker 2>and really there was a better description of what he has,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'd say calling it a blood clot is probably

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<v Speaker 2>the best way to describe it for people like myself

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<v Speaker 2>who don't really know what the actual injury was. It

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<v Speaker 2>was something that I probably wouldn't have been able to pronounce.

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<v Speaker 2>But it sounds like this is the same injury that

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<v Speaker 2>led to Chris bog having to retire pretty early, which

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<v Speaker 2>is scary.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like a blood disease or something that Chris bod.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a deep vein thrombosis in the right shoulder

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<v Speaker 2>that he's been dealing with, and it sounds like they're

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<v Speaker 2>just gonna sit him the rest of the season because

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<v Speaker 2>they're that concerned about it. So, I mean, this is

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that entered the NBA. This is now his second season,

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<v Speaker 2>and again he's been phenomenal. So because I just don't

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<v Speaker 2>really feel like I hear a lot about him, I

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<v Speaker 2>was assuming, well, he must not be as good as advertised,

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<v Speaker 2>but no, like I just am not key, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even notice the NBA All Star weekend was going

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<v Speaker 2>on till Saturday night. And again that's not because the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA is doing something wrong as far as me, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm no longer interested in the NBA like I

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<v Speaker 2>used to be, and a part of it is just

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<v Speaker 2>that it doesn't appeal to me. But also like I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think the NBA appeals to a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people in my position, because the NBA is super popular

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<v Speaker 2>with really, really young people. And that's a good thing

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<v Speaker 2>because those young people, if they end up staying interested

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<v Speaker 2>and they love it, they're gonna get older and they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be grown ups with jobs and they can spend

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<v Speaker 2>money on tickets and merchandise and that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But I feel like the people who are really into

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA, rather it be young kids or even young adults.

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<v Speaker 2>They can tell you about stat lines, they can tell

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<v Speaker 2>you about who's good who's not, but they don't watch

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<v Speaker 2>the product. They just keep up with it. The NBA

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<v Speaker 2>is in a rare era right now where I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like the majority of the people who really are talking

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<v Speaker 2>about it and consuming NBA content that are active on

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<v Speaker 2>social media talking about it, They listen to the podcasts,

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<v Speaker 2>they keep up with what's going on, but they don't

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<v Speaker 2>watch the product like consistently, and part of that I

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<v Speaker 2>think is because of how the teams are now put together.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just not to sound like that old guy,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean the competition of the NBA is just gone.

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<v Speaker 2>And what I mean by that is, again, it hard

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<v Speaker 2>to put this out there without it sounding like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>back in my day, they were real men, and they competed.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't want to join teams together, they wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>beat each other up. Well, but that's kind of what's happened. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you really you know, because it made me

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<v Speaker 2>sad for a while, but I realized I don't like

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA like it doesn't. I mean, I'm not anti NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not angry about the NBA, but I don't I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not I'm not a consumer at all. The playoffs when

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<v Speaker 2>they come around, if my pacers are alive, I'll probably

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<v Speaker 2>get involved and watch. But like, I don't really care

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<v Speaker 2>about the NBA in any way, And it's not like

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<v Speaker 2>something I miss. It's just like that's where I'm at

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<v Speaker 2>in life. And it kind of made me sad because

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<v Speaker 2>I used to love the NBA. I loved the NBA before.

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<v Speaker 2>I love anything as far as sports, and I just

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if I'm ever going to get back there.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I will when my son is older. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's already he's got some friends and some a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of my friends kids are older than my son, so

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're they're, in my opinion, the perfect age for

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA right now. Kids that are in like sixth grade,

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<v Speaker 2>fifth sixth grade, like right, they are obsessed with the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there's kids who don't even play basketball, but

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<v Speaker 2>they can tell you who's on every team, they know

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<v Speaker 2>who's good. They talk, I mean they play two K

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<v Speaker 2>like yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of that's through video games.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and a lot of that's you know, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's both things. One, that's just kind of how society.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody has time to do much of anything anymay I

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't say, don't they don't have time. But we're so

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<v Speaker 2>distracted by everything that we consume a lot of content

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<v Speaker 2>in very brief moments, to where sitting down to consume

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<v Speaker 2>a full NBA game when they play eighty two of

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<v Speaker 2>them is just not realistic. So again, some of that

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<v Speaker 2>is just society and how we do things. But also

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's just because it's just not super competitive anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, NBA, for me, what really kind of

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<v Speaker 2>hit me when I was kind of down on the dumps, Like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't what happened to the old Mark Jackson meme?

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<v Speaker 2>What happened to the game I love? I mean, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's that whenever you whenever it's just a known thing

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<v Speaker 2>that players can play but they're not going to because

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<v Speaker 2>of load management and rest. That is you telling the

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<v Speaker 2>consumer of your product that there's not real, it's not competitive,

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<v Speaker 2>they just don't play because they don't want to. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not even making this about a certain guy that

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<v Speaker 2>has you know, has to rest because of injury. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not even making it about Lebron who decided, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to go in the All Star Game

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<v Speaker 2>the other night. It's the face of the league or

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<v Speaker 2>a guy who's been the face of the league for

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<v Speaker 2>the majority of his career. Yeah, Like so, I mean, whenever,

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<v Speaker 2>it's whenever I know that these guys are It's not

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<v Speaker 2>like and I don't. It'd be such a stretch and

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<v Speaker 2>it would be so out out it would be so

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<v Speaker 2>unfair for me to say that they don't care about winning,

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't think it's that. But the overall culture

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<v Speaker 2>of the NBA is it's just not competitive. I mean, imagine,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know I hate even making the comparisons to

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL because it's different. They play seventeen games, the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA plays eighty two every week. Yes, imagine if an

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<v Speaker 2>NFL player they just rested him because because you know

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<v Speaker 2>they could. I mean, you see that at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the season when a team has already accomplished so

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<v Speaker 2>much that they have nothing to gain with the win

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<v Speaker 2>because of the playoff scenarios. Right, that's a different situation. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>that's quite literally, like we don't like this is just

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<v Speaker 2>a waste of time. But really sitting them, you know

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<v Speaker 2>why you're doing it is because you're that competitive and

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<v Speaker 2>you know it would be terrible to lose them to

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<v Speaker 2>an injury when you've got your first playoff game coming

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<v Speaker 2>up the next week. So like the NBA slowly, I

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<v Speaker 2>think really told a lot of its consumers, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of its fans like myself, that are really in that competitive.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the culture of the NBA, it lacks competitiveness in

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<v Speaker 2>every way, from guys just deciding not to play there

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<v Speaker 2>being eighty two games in a season, them putting way

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<v Speaker 2>too many teams in the postseason, and having every series

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<v Speaker 2>now be a best of seven. It's just And again

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<v Speaker 2>a product of that is when you get to a

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<v Speaker 2>seven game series and a team is down thirteen in

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<v Speaker 2>the third quarter, they know they can just put in

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<v Speaker 2>all the scrubs because they can live to play another day.

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<v Speaker 2>They're already gonna concede, and you know what that ends up.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you got You can have back to back

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<v Speaker 2>playoff games where maybe the series has been competitive. We're man,

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<v Speaker 2>we look like we might get a game seven, but

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<v Speaker 2>the average margin of victory is thirty seven points. It's

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<v Speaker 2>because it's not competitive, and that's what people tune in.

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<v Speaker 2>If I tune into a basketball game and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really feel like these guys that are out there playing

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<v Speaker 2>are really really leaving it all on the line because

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<v Speaker 2>they want to win so bad, why would I care

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<v Speaker 2>to watch? I mean, why would I give a damn

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<v Speaker 2>like I you know, I know, I sound like such

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<v Speaker 2>an old man and get off my lawn. But the NBA,

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<v Speaker 2>slowly but surely, over time, it's just not competitive. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>I used to be somewhat maybe not like I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>say that I embraced it, but I was not somebody

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<v Speaker 2>that initially thought, like the super teams, we were an issue,

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<v Speaker 2>but really over time, especially when Kevin Durant, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>he did it, I'm not gonna I mean, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>the only one, and I don't want to pick on him,

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<v Speaker 2>but him leaving the Thunder, a small market team that

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<v Speaker 2>drafted him and really had a I mean they were

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<v Speaker 2>in the finals, guys, I mean or I guess was

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<v Speaker 2>at the Western Conference finals Thunder in the West, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, okay, now, they they made it to the They

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<v Speaker 4>made it to the finals against the Heats.

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<v Speaker 3>The year. That's it, right, that was the lockout year

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<v Speaker 2>And then they ended up making it to the Western

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<v Speaker 2>Conference finals and loss to the Warriors, and then KD

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<v Speaker 2>joined the Warriors. That's what happened. So like him doing that,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that he's not the only one that's actually

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<v Speaker 2>he is he's the only one that's done something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Because because Lebron doing his super team thing, like when

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<v Speaker 2>people would make that comparison, it would drive me insane.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the same thing at all, Lebron. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>leaving Miami after going there and giving them two championships

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<v Speaker 2>or was it three? He got two two titles and

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<v Speaker 2>then going back to a team that was awful once

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<v Speaker 2>he left to then kind of start his own thing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>technically it's him bouncing around doing his own thing. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not like it used to be where guys would just

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<v Speaker 2>stay in, you know, in the same market, the same

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<v Speaker 2>the same with the same franchise forever. But what KD

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<v Speaker 2>did is he went and joined a team that beat

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<v Speaker 2>him because he didn't feel like he could beat them

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<v Speaker 2>with with the team he had. And look, maybe maybe

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<v Speaker 2>he would have never beaten them, but that's just that

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<v Speaker 2>the way you're wired as an athlete to go do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I still think, many years later that that's just a

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<v Speaker 2>wild move that most guys wouldn't make. And it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a guy, you know. I used to say all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, we don't talk a lot about the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>on this show because a lot of you know, because

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<v Speaker 2>be fun, to be honest with you, the NBA in

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<v Speaker 2>this market, we're college basketball market, like, we don't keep

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<v Speaker 2>even when I was somebody that did consume it more

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<v Speaker 2>I still knew it wasn't something I should spend a

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<v Speaker 2>I don't talk about it much and I don't even

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<v Speaker 2>where I was like, all right, you got to get

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<v Speaker 2>a fan of sports, the NBA for forever until I

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<v Speaker 2>guess the last few years has been something that I

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<v Speaker 2>at least was knowledgeable of and kept up with and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, was entertained by it. And now I just,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it doesn't appeal to me. So again, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>willing to acknowledge some of it is me, but also like,

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<v Speaker 2>let's be real, like the league is not in great

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and it's also all over the internet too. They

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<v Speaker 4>look at this last weekend at the All Star Game,

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<v Speaker 4>and look how they've changed that format so much. I know,

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<v Speaker 4>the NFL kind of does their thing. It's turned into

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<v Speaker 4>like a flag football get team Jerry Rice against a

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<v Speaker 4>team Shannon Sharp. I don't know whoever the hell it was.

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<v Speaker 4>But now now you got three teams. You got Chuck's team,

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<v Speaker 4>Shax team, I don't know who the other team is,

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<v Speaker 4>get off stupid jokes. And then you got there's no

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<v Speaker 4>All Stars barely participating in anything. I mean, look at

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<v Speaker 4>these dunk contest participants, Matas Bizellous from the Bulls, Stefan Castle,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, the winner in the NBA exactly, and Mac McClung.

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<v Speaker 4>He's the last two years he's done it. Hadn't he

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<v Speaker 4>been on like a different G League teams. It's just ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 4>And you mentioned it with the star chasing thing like

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<v Speaker 4>don't mean to sound old men off, old man, get

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<v Speaker 4>off my lawn type of thing. But back in the day,

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<v Speaker 4>there wasn't a lot of super teams for them. Guys

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<v Speaker 4>are actual rivalries and guys like hated each other. There

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't other people wearing other people's shoes or you know,

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<v Speaker 4>just dapping each other up after the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure that they're.

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<v Speaker 2>Personal because of competitiveness, and yes, all.

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<v Speaker 4>These guys are best friends. They were on the same

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<v Speaker 4>AAU team, went to the same prep school. They're all

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<v Speaker 2>Man, you hit it right on the head, man, because

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<v Speaker 2>when I watched the last dance, and it's not just that,

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<v Speaker 2>it's also just really and again, there's no way to

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<v Speaker 2>say it without sounding like, well back in my day,

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<v Speaker 2>but but it's just true. When I hear and this

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<v Speaker 2>Pacers and Reggie Miller was the first athlete that I

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<v Speaker 2>would hear Michael Jordan talk about how much he respected

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<v Speaker 2>Reggie as a competitor, like they were. They were enemies

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<v Speaker 2>on the court, but they respected each other as competitors

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<v Speaker 2>like that, That's what's that mean? Again, this is corny.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what sports is all about. Like that, the camaraderie

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<v Speaker 2>that you have within where you're competing with somebody. You

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<v Speaker 2>may hate them, you may you may not even think

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<v Speaker 2>that they're a good person, but like on the court,

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<v Speaker 2>between the lines, like you, you respect them as competitors

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<v Speaker 2>and you know they're gonna give you They're gonna give

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<v Speaker 2>you their best, and it's gonna be a tough fight,

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<v Speaker 2>like they just there's just none of that in the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA at all anymore, and it just, you know, it

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<v Speaker 2>kind of makes me said, I didn't hear the full clip,

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<v Speaker 2>but Draymond Green did a lot of NBA All Star

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<v Speaker 2>coverage because he certainly isn't an All Star at this

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<v Speaker 2>point in his career. But him and Chuck were going

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth and it was really good dialogue. And

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<v Speaker 2>Charles Barkley said it best. He said, look, you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you guys ruined the NBA. Your era ruined

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA. And he's kind of set it tongue in cheek,

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<v Speaker 2>but like he was being serious. It was very much

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<v Speaker 2>in Barkley delivery. And it's not I'm not saying it's

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<v Speaker 2>specifically Draymond's fault, but yeah, I mean these guys just,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they they they're they're they're all buddies now

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<v Speaker 2>and and you can still be like buddies and friends.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, the competitive element is just is it's non existent.

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<v Speaker 2>And the NBA. Here's what's funny. Every professional sport out there,

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<v Speaker 2>every professional sports league out there, I feel like, has

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<v Speaker 2>an issue with trying to make the All Star event

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<v Speaker 2>worth of damn right, people still tune in enough to

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<v Speaker 2>where it's still something you should have because you make

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of money on it. But like every like

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<v Speaker 2>the Pro bowls lame. I don't even know what baseball does,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's I mean, it's it's not something the game

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<v Speaker 2>itself like, it just you know, at.

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<v Speaker 4>Least the game in baseball decides like which at National

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<v Speaker 4>League or American League wins they.

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<v Speaker 3>Get home vantaged.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they took that away, didn't they what?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, that's a good question.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they took it away and then maybe they

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<v Speaker 2>brought it back. I could be wrong, but yeah, at

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<v Speaker 2>least there was something on the line, something you could

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<v Speaker 2>do that would in fact right. But but all that aside.

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<v Speaker 2>What I was getting ready to say is that what

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<v Speaker 2>that I think a lot of people, myself included, realized,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, these things that we're talking about, like what

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<v Speaker 2>are we doing? They don't even really care. They're not

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<v Speaker 2>even really trying, Like there's no, it's not competitive. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't take it serious. To me, a light bulb went off,

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a second, that's not just the All Star. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA overall, Like that's what this is. Now.

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<v Speaker 4>You got Chris Paul and Wemby trying to cheat their

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<v Speaker 4>way out of the skills competition thinking that they're going

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<v Speaker 4>to win it and that they found a loophole because

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<v Speaker 4>they don't have to make a shot.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was a terrible look because of what we've

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<v Speaker 2>just talked about, Like you just don't like it's I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>some would say maybe that they were maybe that shows

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<v Speaker 2>that they are competitive, but like you could tell like

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Paul probably knew that was going to happen and

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<v Speaker 2>sign of this, this this becoming a thing to where

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<v Speaker 2>we are now that I remember, but I don't remember

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<v Speaker 2>thinking of it being like, Okay, this is dangerous. But

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<v Speaker 2>the last time we had legitimate rivalry within the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>to where like you knew, okay, this is this is

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<v Speaker 2>there's some real raw tension here was Warriors Calves and

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<v Speaker 2>you know you had Lebron getting off the plane in

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<v Speaker 2>an Ultimate Warrior T shirt. Yeah, Stephen Curry for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time, he's a very professional, very composed, professional athlete.

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<v Speaker 2>Good dude. Seemingly he loses his cool, throws his mouthpiece,

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<v Speaker 2>hits a technical, hits a fan. Yeah, I remember that,

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<v Speaker 2>and he will, you know, he has a pro He

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<v Speaker 2>walked over apologized. But like there was that was personal.

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<v Speaker 2>That wasn't just hey, are we going to get another title?

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<v Speaker 2>It was built up. And what really pissed me off

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<v Speaker 2>at the time that I kind of just you know, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>But I think it was a sign of this becoming

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening now. Both sides were blatantly too cool to

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledge that their rivals. You were doing all the rivalry

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<v Speaker 2>stuff and that's what makes sports great, but Lebron was

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<v Speaker 2>too cool to acknowledge that it was a rivalry between

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors. The Warriors did the same thing when it

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<v Speaker 2>was quite literally playing out right in front of us,

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<v Speaker 2>and I, you know, I just remember thinking, like, why

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<v Speaker 2>would you not embrace that? That's awesome? Like that mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's that's that's rivalry, and there's all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of layers to it, but like, that's that's that to me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's mean, imagine how much different like our us as

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<v Speaker 2>fans around here, would be if we didn't have a

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<v Speaker 2>heated rival to kind of you know, go back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth with and to to know that, yeah, that's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the twelve games you play in football, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the thirty something you play in basketball. But man, that

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<v Speaker 2>one's just different. Like that's that's that's an element that

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<v Speaker 2>makes this makes us crazy. And I mean that in

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think about I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>people talk about and let's just say from back in

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<v Speaker 4>like the Kobe Mellow days, when you go back and

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<v Speaker 4>watch them of that games are like eighty to seventy.

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<v Speaker 4>Now they're like one hundred and twenty one hundred. The

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<v Speaker 4>over under his own games are like sit at like

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<v Speaker 4>the two point fifty mark, and like you log onto Facebook,

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<v Speaker 4>you see like a historic performance from Jylen Bronson or something,

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<v Speaker 4>or if somebody has fifty points and it's like Jordan

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<v Speaker 4>Poole right, or Cam Johnson has like forty five points.

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<v Speaker 4>Like fifty point games used to mean something. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>now you always see it because everyone's chucking up three

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<v Speaker 4>point shots and everyone's going to the foul line all

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and look, I promise we'll we'll move on from

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<v Speaker 2>this here soon. But I just I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>I think for those who say, well, you know, you're

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<v Speaker 2>just an old boomer now, and not that we're getting

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<v Speaker 2>called that, but I can. I can. As I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>sharing raw and real thoughts on the NBA stuff. I

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<v Speaker 2>can hear myself sounding like, well, back in my day,

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<v Speaker 2>it was better, and everybody thinks their era and their

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<v Speaker 2>generation did it better than the others. That's a normal

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<v Speaker 2>thing that that's been around. That's people think about. I

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<v Speaker 2>think people think of that regardless if we're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>sports or something else. But for me, every era, in

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<v Speaker 2>my opinion, in other professional sports, and look, the NFL,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't compare yourself to the NFL. The NFL is

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<v Speaker 2>never going to be in my opinion, however, it's never

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have real competition because it's just different. But there

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<v Speaker 2>are different eras of the NFL that others think we're

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<v Speaker 2>better than what we have now. Right Like back in

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<v Speaker 2>the seventies, eighties, nineties, I'm sure there's different versions, different

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<v Speaker 2>eras of the NFL that people preferred over different ones,

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what, they all had a level of

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<v Speaker 2>real competitiveness. This era of the NBA does not have that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about style, it's not about you know, really

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<v Speaker 2>anything other than that like, that's what doesn't in my

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<v Speaker 2>when people talk about the NBA struggling and not being

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<v Speaker 2>what it wants was, and it's just, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>in a bad way right now. I rarely hear people

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<v Speaker 2>just bring up the overall element of it's just not

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<v Speaker 2>a it's not a competitive league. They don't internally take

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, how many tournaments they're gonna have, they have

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<v Speaker 2>a Christmas tournament, a play in tournament. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just it's nonsense. All right, quick break, we'll come back,

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<v Speaker 2>keep this thing rolling along. Rippertino said something that I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about on the other side because I

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<v Speaker 2>obvious if you give it some thought. But I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>hearing many other people say it. We'll get to that

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<v Speaker 2>next right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 2>It's coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's here on Sports

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<v Speaker 2>Talk seven ninety. Thanks for hanging out with us, Nick Coffee,

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Montgomery, the Travel Chief taking you up until six o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>The Travel Chief's a new name that we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be running with Austin and for me, I'm I'm, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>this is me. I don't sound the same, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's getting better. Today was a big day for me

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<v Speaker 2>because I was really discouraged last night because and this

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna sound so bad, and I know people will

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<v Speaker 2>not take it, at least I hope they won't take

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<v Speaker 2>it the wrong way, because I'm really lucky to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to like do what I do. I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to do. I mean, I work hard at what I do,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love what I do. It is a job.

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<v Speaker 2>But like you know, for me to act like man

436
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<v Speaker 2>the show really took a lot out of me yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>Like there's gonna be no sympathy for me, because clearly,

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<v Speaker 2>like me sitting here and talking for three hours, most

439
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<v Speaker 2>people wouldn't call that hard work at all. And I

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<v Speaker 2>get it, but I do think that's exactly what happened,

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<v Speaker 2>is that I've been sick and I just been kind

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<v Speaker 2>of laying low, not really doing much, and then I

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I gave you all yesterday, guys. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>it took a lot out of me. So I was thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe I need to go back to the doctor and

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<v Speaker 2>figure out if I've got something that they didn't diagnose.

447
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<v Speaker 2>But today I woke up well rested and I feel

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<v Speaker 2>much better. It's just some water yep. Hydration's key, so

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<v Speaker 2>I feel better. It's it's just the voice. It's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's still not at one hundred percent. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get We'll get the show finished today tomorrow, and

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<v Speaker 2>then over the weekend, I'll have a couple of days

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<v Speaker 2>to really to more and so recover.

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<v Speaker 4>So your coughing spell is done, right. I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 4>you cough just yet. You haven't hit that cough button.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I'm glad you said that. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>I've coughed much at all today, So that's a sign

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<v Speaker 2>that the medicine is in fact working all right. Five

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<v Speaker 2>we were talking about the NBA just how to me

464
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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't have any real element of competitiveness, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is the biggest turnoff for me as to why I've

466
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<v Speaker 2>slowly just no longer gave a damn about the league,

467
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<v Speaker 2>and it's I mean, look, they're going to do fine

468
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<v Speaker 2>without me, but it just doesn't do it for me anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>That makes me kind of sad. But somebody in the

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<v Speaker 2>text line wrote it, wrote a lengthy link, sent a

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<v Speaker 2>lengthy text in. I'm not going to read the entire thing,

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<v Speaker 2>but basically, what they're saying is that they're worried about

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<v Speaker 2>maybe the same thing happening in college basketball because the players.

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<v Speaker 2>Their point was that the players have all the power

475
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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA, which is true, Like you can get

476
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<v Speaker 2>out of anywhere in the NBA. I mean, we see

477
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<v Speaker 2>it happen all the time, Like the players have way

478
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<v Speaker 2>more power than they've ever had in the NBA, and

479
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<v Speaker 2>that's not really a new thing. But like Jimmy Butler

480
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<v Speaker 2>being able to get his way, you know, be a

481
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<v Speaker 2>terrible teammate in Miami and get suspended three times and

482
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<v Speaker 2>by the way, the only GM, like if pat Riley

483
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<v Speaker 2>is going to concede and honor your trade request because

484
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<v Speaker 2>you're acting like such a little baby, I think that

485
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<v Speaker 2>tells you that the players are gonna get whatever they want,

486
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<v Speaker 2>Like they're gonna get out of wherever they're playing. If

487
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<v Speaker 2>they want out, and they'll get what they want. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that necessarily, like, you know, these players

489
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<v Speaker 2>should be like held as prisoners. But at the end

490
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<v Speaker 2>of the day, when you get drafted, what they're doing

491
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<v Speaker 2>is they're owning your rights, like they own the rights

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<v Speaker 2>for you to play basketball in the National Basketball Association,

493
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<v Speaker 2>and they're paying you a lot of money. So you know,

494
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<v Speaker 2>you really shouldn't have just the freedom and technically you

495
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<v Speaker 2>have contracts, but man, what are these contracts worth? Because again,

496
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<v Speaker 2>guys can get what they want. But the text essentially

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<v Speaker 2>said that in college basketball it may lose its competitiveness

498
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<v Speaker 2>because it's the same thing super teams forming up a

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<v Speaker 2>guy with a different team every year, just bouncing around

500
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<v Speaker 2>to make money and not really caring a whole lot

501
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<v Speaker 2>about winning, but caring about getting more money each and

502
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<v Speaker 2>every year. I don't think you're wrong in you know,

503
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<v Speaker 2>and I guess it's not about being right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's a crazy thing to kind of

505
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<v Speaker 2>be worried about. But what I would say, maybe this

506
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<v Speaker 2>is just me wishful thinking on my end when it

507
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<v Speaker 2>comes to that, I think these guys their ultimate goal

508
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<v Speaker 2>is to compete and get to the NBA, and some

509
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<v Speaker 2>of these guys know that, Like like, for example, with

510
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<v Speaker 2>the maturity that you have with this Louisville basketball roster,

511
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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure these guys are still deep down thinking that

512
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<v Speaker 2>maybe they could find their way to the NBA, but

513
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<v Speaker 2>they also know they'd like like for example, Terrence Edwards,

514
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<v Speaker 2>Javon Hadley, Chucky even like I don't think those guys

515
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<v Speaker 2>are going to be drafted, they probably know they're not

516
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<v Speaker 2>going to be drafted. They probably think that if they

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<v Speaker 2>had the right opportunity and they went to compete in

518
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<v Speaker 2>a workout, they could make an impression. Like I'm sure

519
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<v Speaker 2>they're still they still believe in themselves enough to where

520
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<v Speaker 2>they could find themselves on an NBA roster at some point,

521
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<v Speaker 2>but they probably know they're not going to get drafted.

522
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<v Speaker 2>So when you already have that in mind and you

523
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<v Speaker 2>kind of are mature enough and you are more realistic

524
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<v Speaker 2>with yourself, you know, for you to lead, you know,

525
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<v Speaker 2>for your legacy as a player, for your career, your story,

526
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<v Speaker 2>You're really going to make your mark in college, not

527
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<v Speaker 2>the NBA. So I think there's still going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a level of competitiveness to where these guys really want

529
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<v Speaker 2>to leave a lasting impression as college players before they

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<v Speaker 2>end up maybe kicking around the league for a year

531
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<v Speaker 2>or two, maybe the G League, but then spending the

532
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<v Speaker 2>majority of their time as pros if they choose overseas

533
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<v Speaker 2>making a living playing the game, which is nothing wrong

534
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<v Speaker 2>with that. So I still think that there's going to

535
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<v Speaker 2>be a level of competitiveness. And again this just sounds

536
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<v Speaker 2>like I'm such a I'm such a homer for college

537
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<v Speaker 2>hoops and I'm anti MBA, But I don't think this

538
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<v Speaker 2>is a crazy thing to say. And Austin you mentioned

539
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<v Speaker 2>earlier the AAU teams these guys play on and they're

540
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<v Speaker 2>all with the same shoe company Nike, euy b L, Adidas, whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>It is, Like, I almost feel like the college is

542
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<v Speaker 2>the is the is the area the level of your story,

543
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<v Speaker 2>of your journey to where you really kind of got to,

544
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<v Speaker 2>you know, either live up to the potential that people

545
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<v Speaker 2>have been talking about that you have or you really

546
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<v Speaker 2>got to show out to get to the NBA. But

547
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<v Speaker 2>once you get at the NBA, you're back on cook

548
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<v Speaker 2>You're back on cruise control, just like it's AAU again,

549
00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:05.039
<v Speaker 2>you know, instead of you know, play eighty two games

550
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<v Speaker 2>in a season of AAU. I mean you probably do,

551
00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:10.079
<v Speaker 2>but you know, the too many games in the NBA.

552
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<v Speaker 2>It's the same thing in AAU to where they play

553
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<v Speaker 2>three in a day, to where none of them really matter.

554
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<v Speaker 2>It's just again, it doesn't have the overall competitiveness. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to when I say that. It's not

556
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<v Speaker 2>like I think these guys don't care. It's not that

557
00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:23.440
<v Speaker 2>I think that they don't want to win. It's just

558
00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:28.079
<v Speaker 2>the culture of basketball is just different. And I think

559
00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:33.079
<v Speaker 2>college still has that that element to where if you

560
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<v Speaker 2>do want to at least make it to the NBA,

561
00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.839
<v Speaker 2>you got to have you know, you don't have to

562
00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:38.920
<v Speaker 2>have a good college experience. But like, for example, dudes

563
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<v Speaker 2>like Dewan Wagner or not Dewan Wagner, DJ Wagner and

564
00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:46.200
<v Speaker 2>Aaron Bradshaw, like those guys went to college and now

565
00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:50.440
<v Speaker 2>they've shown they're not NBA players like so and I

566
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<v Speaker 2>think they're they're Like I watched DJ Wagner last night.

567
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<v Speaker 2>He played pretty well against Auburn, at least in the

568
00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:57.200
<v Speaker 2>in the action that I saw, so like he's he

569
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<v Speaker 2>probably knows, like he's real with himself. I was I

570
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<v Speaker 2>was a phenom. Here I am year two of college.

571
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<v Speaker 2>I'm nowhere near as good as people thought I was

572
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<v Speaker 2>going to be, or probably as good as I thought

573
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<v Speaker 2>I was going to be. So I'm going to work

574
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<v Speaker 2>like hell to try to you know. And look, he's

575
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<v Speaker 2>not going to like DJ Wagner, in my opinion, will

576
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<v Speaker 2>never be able to in the next however many years

577
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<v Speaker 2>he decides to stay in college, change his situation to

578
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<v Speaker 2>where he's going to be a lottery pick like people

579
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<v Speaker 2>thought he was going to be whenever he was sixteen

580
00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:27.400
<v Speaker 2>and seventeen years old. But because it's all he's ever known,

581
00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:29.759
<v Speaker 2>I think he's going to compete and die trying to

582
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<v Speaker 2>get there. So, you know, I hear what you're saying.

583
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<v Speaker 2>As far as just worried about maybe college turns into

584
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<v Speaker 2>the NBA to or instead of these super teams, it's

585
00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:41.039
<v Speaker 2>just guys bouncing. Look, guys are going to bounce around.

586
00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:43.799
<v Speaker 2>But I think when you when you do join a

587
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<v Speaker 2>when you join a new team and it's your third

588
00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:51.119
<v Speaker 2>team in three years, like over time, that's gonna be

589
00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:54.119
<v Speaker 2>a red flag for certain program, Like that's going to

590
00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:58.160
<v Speaker 2>if you're if you're not a an elite player, that

591
00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:00.440
<v Speaker 2>really is just such a difference maker for a team,

592
00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:05.000
<v Speaker 2>and you're bouncing around and yet you're producing, but yet

593
00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.960
<v Speaker 2>your teams are kind of whatever. Like for example, I

594
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<v Speaker 2>don't want to pick on the guy, but Hunter Dickinson.

595
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<v Speaker 2>Hunter Dickinson has been phenomenal as a college basketball player

596
00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:15.039
<v Speaker 2>statistically every year he's been in the game all thirty

597
00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:19.039
<v Speaker 2>seven years, seemingly, but like what what I mean is

598
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<v Speaker 2>he the guy you feel like you have to get

599
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.720
<v Speaker 2>He's good, You can be a good he can help

600
00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:25.240
<v Speaker 2>you be a good team. He's done that.

601
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<v Speaker 3>But like.

602
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<v Speaker 2>Kansas has actually had two really bad years for their

603
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<v Speaker 2>standard with Hunter Dickinson. Is this his second or third

604
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<v Speaker 2>year at Kansas?

605
00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:38.400
<v Speaker 4>I think this is his third second now I think

606
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<v Speaker 4>he got their last year or is his twelfth? It's true,

607
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<v Speaker 4>I mean fear in college. So look where did he

608
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<v Speaker 4>start out?

609
00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.359
<v Speaker 2>Michigan?

610
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<v Speaker 3>Okay, want you want to hear his story about Hunter Dickinson.

611
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<v Speaker 2>So he was a he was a really really big recruit,

612
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<v Speaker 2>no pun intended. I mean he was. He's seven foot tall,

613
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<v Speaker 2>but he was. He's by the way, he's seven in

614
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<v Speaker 2>two and I'm gonna look it up here. He committed

615
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<v Speaker 2>to Michigan and let's see, he was in the twenty

616
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<v Speaker 2>twenty class and he was considering Louisville, Michigan, Duke, Florida State,

617
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<v Speaker 2>and Purdue, and he really really loved Mike Pageze. Mike

618
00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:24.880
<v Speaker 2>Mageze was of course an assistant for Mac before he

619
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<v Speaker 2>took over as the interim coach. And I do feel

620
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<v Speaker 2>like had Louisville, had Louisville had a little bit more

621
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<v Speaker 2>momentum with Mac early, which they did. I mean Mac

622
00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:38.799
<v Speaker 2>took over, took him to the tournament the first year,

623
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<v Speaker 2>but had Louisville, I don't know. Maybe maybe if if

624
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<v Speaker 2>Hunter Dickinson is a year later instead of twenty twenty,

625
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<v Speaker 2>I think he probably would have committed Louisville because he

626
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<v Speaker 2>was like, he loved Mike Mageese, and you know, he

627
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<v Speaker 2>ended up at Michigan with Juwan Howard and they made

628
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<v Speaker 2>the They were one seed one year with him there

629
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<v Speaker 2>and then really since then, he's been productive, but like

630
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<v Speaker 2>his team just haven't been great. And that's not his fault.

631
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<v Speaker 2>It's just a sign. And I've talked about this before.

632
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<v Speaker 2>You can have a dominant big that produces at a

633
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<v Speaker 2>really really high rate and you watch them play and

634
00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:15.519
<v Speaker 2>you think, man this guy's special, but you can have

635
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<v Speaker 2>that and still lose to anybody. I mean, I don't

636
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<v Speaker 2>want to act like big men aren't valuable, but like

637
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<v Speaker 2>Hunter Dickinson is statistically one of the best bigs we've

638
00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.519
<v Speaker 2>had in college basketball in a while, and if you

639
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<v Speaker 2>watch him play, you can tell he's really good. But

640
00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:30.000
<v Speaker 2>like he can have twenty and eighteen and still lose.

641
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Zach Edy, one of the most dominant college

642
00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:37.279
<v Speaker 2>basketball players I've ever watched. He lost to a sixteen

643
00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:39.880
<v Speaker 2>seed and he you know, so like you could.

644
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<v Speaker 3>Tell credit is actually doing well in the NBA.

645
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<v Speaker 2>Well, I know, and I thought he would be a

646
00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:46.799
<v Speaker 2>weapon in the NBA, and but you know, in college

647
00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:49.119
<v Speaker 2>he can be that guy. But you can find ways

648
00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:51.960
<v Speaker 2>to still win with the big dude going off like that.

649
00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:54.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean Oscar she Way of Kentucky, they lost to

650
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<v Speaker 2>a fifteen seed and also even in that season, Oscar's

651
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<v Speaker 2>both the two years Oscar played there, he would have

652
00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:05.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty and fifteen any night, and yet they could lose

653
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<v Speaker 2>to anybody. Yeah, I mean that, so, you know, just

654
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<v Speaker 2>one just one of those things that like coaches should

655
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<v Speaker 2>always prioritize talented bigs. You need good front court play.

656
00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:19.440
<v Speaker 2>But it's I think we've had some really really good

657
00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.559
<v Speaker 2>post players front court guys in college basketball in recent

658
00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:26.000
<v Speaker 2>years that nobody would say are overrated or that they're

659
00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:29.079
<v Speaker 2>not good. Man Like, they can be really good, but

660
00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:32.359
<v Speaker 2>their team just doesn't like you. I feel like, in

661
00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:34.640
<v Speaker 2>a different world, if you had a guy that was

662
00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:37.559
<v Speaker 2>first team All American and he was playing in one

663
00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:39.440
<v Speaker 2>of the best leagues in the country with one of

664
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<v Speaker 2>the best programs in the country, and he was getting

665
00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:45.279
<v Speaker 2>you know, twenty and ten on a nightly basis, that

666
00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.799
<v Speaker 2>would mean teams are gonna have a really, really tough

667
00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.920
<v Speaker 2>time beating you. But that just really hadn't been the

668
00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:53.319
<v Speaker 2>case recently when it comes to frontcourt play. All right,

669
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<v Speaker 2>let's get to our last break here in the four

670
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<v Speaker 2>o'clock hour. We'll keep this thing rolling along. I didn't

671
00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:59.440
<v Speaker 2>get to that Rick Patino quote, and I'll save at

672
00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:02.480
<v Speaker 2>five o'clock because it's really just a reminder as far

673
00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:05.480
<v Speaker 2>as how coaches are going to be building their rosters

674
00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:08.359
<v Speaker 2>every year, and I think over time we're going to

675
00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:12.559
<v Speaker 2>see that to kind of cut your teeth right and

676
00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:16.160
<v Speaker 2>get into college basketball out of the high school ranks,

677
00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:20.160
<v Speaker 2>you may be better off going to a mid major.

678
00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:23.079
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that sounds crazy, but I think that's going

679
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<v Speaker 2>to be a thing within the next five six years.

680
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<v Speaker 2>All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side.

681
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<v Speaker 2>Wrap at the four o'clock hour right here on Sports

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<v Speaker 2>Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to overreact here, but I love I

686
00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.799
<v Speaker 2>love that song.

687
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<v Speaker 3>Got some Eddy Money.

688
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:49.400
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Eddie Money, the money Man Baby this again.

689
00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.920
<v Speaker 2>This song is great. Eddie Money's great. Yeah, but this

690
00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:56.119
<v Speaker 2>song reminds me of actually a movie we talked about yesterday,

691
00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:59.720
<v Speaker 2>Joe Dirt. Yeah, it does because whenever he finally like

692
00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:03.960
<v Speaker 2>whenever his story is blowing up nationally, he ends up

693
00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:06.680
<v Speaker 2>on TRL with Carson Daley, and that's where, of course

694
00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:09.960
<v Speaker 2>Joe Dirt's parents end up realizing that's their son that

695
00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:12.440
<v Speaker 2>they just abandoned. But like when he's doing like his

696
00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.679
<v Speaker 2>his his fame tour, and they're showing all these clips

697
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.159
<v Speaker 2>of him, like on these late night talk shows, they're

698
00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.039
<v Speaker 2>playing that song.

699
00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:20.400
<v Speaker 3>They play the song in that Oh yeah, I must

700
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<v Speaker 3>have been sleeping and I.

701
00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:24.199
<v Speaker 2>Gotta feel like that might have been the first time.

702
00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:27.599
<v Speaker 2>I really hurt. Like there's a lot of songs that

703
00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:30.760
<v Speaker 2>were really big in an era that I wasn't around for,

704
00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.400
<v Speaker 2>but I know them from movies and I'm pretty sure

705
00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:37.920
<v Speaker 2>now I gotta look it up. It's totally not relevant

706
00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:43.360
<v Speaker 2>at all. Yeah, Eddie Money, Yeah, he's Yeah, they're show

707
00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at it right here. I'm not watching it,

708
00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:48.840
<v Speaker 2>but they're showing him again like becoming. There's like a

709
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:52.760
<v Speaker 2>newspaper of the National Inquirer showing him and they're playing

710
00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.199
<v Speaker 2>that song.

711
00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:56.039
<v Speaker 3>It's it's Eddie Money. Had a good run, man, Oh dude.

712
00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.800
<v Speaker 4>Me and me and my dad Kirk, we got to

713
00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:00.880
<v Speaker 4>go watch him up in probably I think twenty seventeen.

714
00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:03.079
<v Speaker 4>It was one of his last shows before he passed,

715
00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:05.840
<v Speaker 4>and it was an awesome experience. He was only doing

716
00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.320
<v Speaker 4>like casino tours at that time. He was probably getting

717
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:10.880
<v Speaker 4>good comps and stuff like that. But he's performing up

718
00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:13.400
<v Speaker 4>there with his son and his daughter, and he walked

719
00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:15.599
<v Speaker 4>away for an intermission, and I'm not scared to talk

720
00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:17.440
<v Speaker 4>to these people, so I asked, hey, EDDI, can I

721
00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.039
<v Speaker 4>get a picture?

722
00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.679
<v Speaker 3>Well, do you know?

723
00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:20.360
<v Speaker 4>He peeked his head out, took a picture of me

724
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.760
<v Speaker 4>and my step mom. And then later on in the show,

725
00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:25.119
<v Speaker 4>as he's about to sing his biggest song, shake and

726
00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:27.360
<v Speaker 4>you know you're shaking with the money man, right, His

727
00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.719
<v Speaker 4>son stops the show says, hold on, dad, and he

728
00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:32.960
<v Speaker 4>comes down there and he gives his actual guitar stick

729
00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:35.079
<v Speaker 4>to my dad because my dad was talking to him

730
00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:38.440
<v Speaker 4>about like, dude, you're torn with your dad. Eddy is

731
00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:41.159
<v Speaker 4>a legend. Please don't ever take this for granted. And

732
00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.360
<v Speaker 4>I think that's stuck with him, and he stopped the

733
00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:46.840
<v Speaker 4>show to go hand my dad. The drumstick is pretty awesome.

734
00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.760
<v Speaker 4>My father will always cherish at mon.

735
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<v Speaker 2>What a moment. And he did pass away. He was older,

736
00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:53.760
<v Speaker 2>but it wasn't wasn't he kind of unexpected?

737
00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.360
<v Speaker 3>I think so.

738
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<v Speaker 4>But I guess if you're kind of like watching some

739
00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:00.199
<v Speaker 4>of his shows around, then you knew that he wasn't

740
00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:02.880
<v Speaker 4>probably in the best shape. Yeah, but I mean, I

741
00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:05.800
<v Speaker 4>mean it was. It's still a tragic passing. I'll always

742
00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.920
<v Speaker 4>remember the Eddy Money show.

743
00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:10.119
<v Speaker 2>And that's cool though, because like you wouldn't know anything

744
00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:12.760
<v Speaker 2>about Eddy Money or appreciate any money if it wasn't

745
00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:16.320
<v Speaker 2>for your dad, right, Yeah, and that and not only

746
00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.840
<v Speaker 2>is that a cool thing for you, and your dad

747
00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:21.360
<v Speaker 2>to share. But like, shout out to your dad, because anybody, anybody,

748
00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:25.159
<v Speaker 2>anybody that's not able to, you know, vibe with Eddy Money,

749
00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.320
<v Speaker 2>They're they're missing out.

750
00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:28.800
<v Speaker 3>Dude, what a bunch of good songs.

751
00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna have to I'm gonna have to make sure

752
00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:33.960
<v Speaker 2>Moose is familiar with Eddie any Money's catalog because it's

753
00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.719
<v Speaker 2>it's good stuff.

754
00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:38.039
<v Speaker 4>Two tickets to Paradise, Man, it was just good vibe songs.

755
00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Had a great run there. Shout out Eddie Money.

756
00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.719
<v Speaker 3>That's what I'm talking about.

757
00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:44.119
<v Speaker 2>Sorry, all right, So, uh this story, this is from

758
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<v Speaker 2>w o K. Why this is I cannot imagine being

759
00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.880
<v Speaker 2>the people in Elizabethtown who had this happen to them,

760
00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:55.960
<v Speaker 2>So apparently I'm curious as to how it could even happen.

761
00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.119
<v Speaker 2>But there was a semi that of course, because of

762
00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:02.039
<v Speaker 2>the snow. It slid off of I sixty five in

763
00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:07.639
<v Speaker 2>Elizabethtown yesterday and it crashed into someone's home and you

764
00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:11.800
<v Speaker 2>can see and I don't know where in Etown you

765
00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:14.480
<v Speaker 2>can be that close to the end, and I'm not

766
00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:19.320
<v Speaker 2>super familiar with with with Elizabethtown, but I mean quite literally,

767
00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:21.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm sending the I'm gonna send you the tweet here

768
00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:22.599
<v Speaker 2>Austin so you can reference it. If you guys go

769
00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:25.480
<v Speaker 2>to wk whi's Twitter account, you'll see it. It was

770
00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:28.960
<v Speaker 2>posted earlier, but it shows somebody's front yard where a

771
00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:33.360
<v Speaker 2>tractor trailer semi quite literally just crashed into it. And

772
00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:38.360
<v Speaker 2>it shows it shows a bedroom where where somebody, you know,

773
00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:40.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, where they're probably I don't know what time

774
00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.599
<v Speaker 2>of the day it was, but maybe you're just laying

775
00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:44.119
<v Speaker 2>down having a And by the way, it was, I

776
00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:46.039
<v Speaker 2>should have mentioned this ahead of time. Everybody was safe.

777
00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:48.440
<v Speaker 2>Nobody got hurt, which is great. But just imagine like

778
00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:51.400
<v Speaker 2>in your bed, calling it a day winding down. Oh

779
00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:54.320
<v Speaker 2>my god, and all of a sudden, oh my god,

780
00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:57.719
<v Speaker 2>that's a semi that is crashed into my home, like

781
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<v Speaker 2>right into my bedroom.

782
00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.920
<v Speaker 3>What an oddly placed?

783
00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:04.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, that's my biggest thing is like, how like,

784
00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:08.079
<v Speaker 2>how did that happen? I mean to me, it seems

785
00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:10.519
<v Speaker 2>impossible and it isn't. Yeah, you said it best. An

786
00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:12.559
<v Speaker 2>oddly it's an odd place for a.

787
00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:16.239
<v Speaker 4>Home that's insane break or breaker won two I seem

788
00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:18.039
<v Speaker 4>to have crashed into a civilian home.

789
00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:20.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. It says here that the homeowner, Jeff Collier said

790
00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:23.000
<v Speaker 2>he and his fiance were asleep in bed when the

791
00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:27.920
<v Speaker 2>semi came through their bedroom wall. It says quote this

792
00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.280
<v Speaker 2>is from him. He says, she thought it was a

793
00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:32.559
<v Speaker 2>train because the train tracks run right down through this,

794
00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:34.920
<v Speaker 2>right behind the house, and she thought a train was

795
00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:38.159
<v Speaker 2>coming through the house. And sure enough, I looking at

796
00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:40.000
<v Speaker 2>the pictures, I can see why she may think that,

797
00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:42.840
<v Speaker 2>considering that there is train tracks near. But no, it

798
00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:45.840
<v Speaker 2>says that there were driver. There was two semi trucks

799
00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:47.440
<v Speaker 2>by the way, and again they were taking to the

800
00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:50.639
<v Speaker 2>hospital with minor injuries and everybody was okay. But yeah,

801
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<v Speaker 2>if you think you had a rough day because of

802
00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:56.320
<v Speaker 2>the snow, imagine being woken up at night because a

803
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<v Speaker 2>semi drove through your bedroom. So clearly some damage there.

804
00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:03.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure the insurance companies will get it sorted out

805
00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:07.239
<v Speaker 2>for these folks. But man, that's just just the visual

806
00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.719
<v Speaker 2>of that is crazy.

807
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<v Speaker 4>What they're like an old Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive.

808
00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:16.559
<v Speaker 4>You ever watch that movie about the demented eighteen wheelers.

809
00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:18.199
<v Speaker 4>Good lord, that's nuts.

810
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm trying to think of what I would

811
00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:24.320
<v Speaker 2>do in that moment. I would just assume, well, this

812
00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:26.880
<v Speaker 2>can't be real, right, there's not a semi in my bedroom.

813
00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:28.480
<v Speaker 4>I would tell them that. I would signal them to

814
00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:30.480
<v Speaker 4>do the honking thing where you tell them.

815
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:34.599
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm just thinking, like, because my kids go

816
00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:38.000
<v Speaker 2>to bed sometimes in bed with the wife, just to

817
00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.960
<v Speaker 2>get them. I mean, in fact, sometimes they still sleep

818
00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.000
<v Speaker 2>in our bed, which is not something that you know

819
00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:46.440
<v Speaker 2>you want. But I'm sure if you have kids, you've

820
00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:48.639
<v Speaker 2>probably had a stretch where you realize your kids are

821
00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:50.400
<v Speaker 2>probably old enough to sleep in their bed, but they

822
00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.639
<v Speaker 2>just have kind of made your bed their bed. But

823
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<v Speaker 2>I can just see Moose running to me. I'm in

824
00:39:55.119 --> 00:40:01.519
<v Speaker 2>the recliner, Dad, Dad, A truck just crashed into our bed. Son, No,

825
00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:04.760
<v Speaker 2>And then I walk in there, sure enough, you're right, son,

826
00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:07.159
<v Speaker 2>that's a semi. That's an eighteen wheeler. That's you know,

827
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<v Speaker 2>a couple of inches away from the bed where you sleep.

828
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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes that's insane, crazy stuff. All right, it's five o'clock hour.

829
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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get crazy. I don't know if we will,

830
00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:16.239
<v Speaker 2>but we're gonna try. We're gonna have some fun. We'll

831
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<v Speaker 2>finish strong on a Thursday. Keep it locked right here.

832
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