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<v Speaker 1>They're about to have the number one pick in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA Draft tonight. They're going to select Cooper Flag, the

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<v Speaker 1>undisputed number one prospecting.

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<v Speaker 2>This bad boy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a guy who when he was a sophomore in

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<v Speaker 1>high school, they knew one day he would be the

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<v Speaker 1>number one pick of the NBA Draft. It's just been

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<v Speaker 1>a no brainer, and the MAVs got him somehow. They

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<v Speaker 1>lucked into this, and it is an organization that desperately

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<v Speaker 1>needed it. We are here at the American Airlines Center

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<v Speaker 1>doing our show. We're going to take you till six

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock with this Draft Day special, and then we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>simulcast the MAVs TV coverage. It'll happen right here in

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<v Speaker 1>ninety seven point one Eagle. Our show is brought to

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<v Speaker 1>great craft beer, amazing pasta great place to watch sports.

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<v Speaker 1>I go there sometimes just to hang out. Andrew's American

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<v Speaker 1>Pizza Kitchen. Now we're gonna get to know Cooper Flag

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit better. He'll be the matter, he'll be

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<v Speaker 1>a Maverick. As what time is the pick gonna happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean seven, probably seven, ten, seven fifteen, right are

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<v Speaker 3>on that because the draft one starts on seven? So uh,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the uh, the mystery behind it is not

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<v Speaker 3>here like it was the Luca Draft And that was

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<v Speaker 3>the last time we were this close so that that

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<v Speaker 3>part is a little strange because we're frankly not used

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<v Speaker 3>to our teams having the number one pick in the draft.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I you know, I was thinking about all the

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<v Speaker 1>number one picks overall in DFW sports history. I go

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<v Speaker 1>back to I think it was nineteen eighty one. The

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<v Speaker 1>Mavericks launched in nineteen eighty eighty one. They drafted Mark McGuire,

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<v Speaker 1>the number one overall pick. That was my favorite player.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when I fell in love with basketball at that time.

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<v Speaker 1>I was eleven. And you know, of course Troy aik

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Troy what year was that, eight eighty eight, eighty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>ninety somewhere in there, and obviously went on to do

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<v Speaker 1>great things as the Page Buckets. They just, of course

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<v Speaker 1>just just had one. But I can't think of another.

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<v Speaker 1>And plus sometimes you get the number one pick and

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. It's just a draft where there's not

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<v Speaker 1>a for sure number one. This is a draft where

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<v Speaker 1>Cooper Flag is. People are saying one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>two way prospects since Anthony Davis.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this guy is a can't miss.

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<v Speaker 1>Rock star and they got him, and uh, you know

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<v Speaker 1>this this organization deeply, deeply needed it if you think

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<v Speaker 1>about just how traumatized this team's fan base was from

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<v Speaker 1>trading Luca. We were all blindsided by that. And for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I still think it's the worst trade in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of trading. Like it's a terrible trade. I wouldn't do

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<v Speaker 1>that trade in a millionaires for any reason. I would

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<v Speaker 1>never make that trade. You cannot justify that trade. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at it and you're like, Okay, you

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<v Speaker 1>got Anthony Davis back, you got Max Christy, you got

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<v Speaker 1>a first round pick, and you get Cooper Flag, now

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<v Speaker 1>obviously that's not what the trade was. I don't believe

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<v Speaker 1>in conspiracies and I don't believe in all that, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's the net net. And so for me, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna I've been a MAVs fan my whole life since

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<v Speaker 1>eighty and so if I'm not gonna leave the Mavericks.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought about it, but eventually I would have come

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<v Speaker 1>around and been a MAVs fan again. But what I

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<v Speaker 1>love most is hope. When you have a young star

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<v Speaker 1>with a big, bright future, you have hope. And now

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<v Speaker 1>they've got the youngest player in the league, they're about

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<v Speaker 1>to have him, and they've got hope, and.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm back.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm able to compartmentalize. Yes, I thought that was

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<v Speaker 1>a terrible trade, but I'm not mad at the MAVs.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm moving on.

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<v Speaker 3>I know there's a certain force to the fan base

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<v Speaker 3>that is still clinging to well, it wasn't supposed to happen. Still, though,

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<v Speaker 3>that trade is almost like now that you ended up

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<v Speaker 3>with a number one pick, it almost rewards the issue

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<v Speaker 3>that the trade, like the stupidity of the trade or

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<v Speaker 3>whatever you want to call it. And I get that,

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<v Speaker 3>but I would also say, like, when something like that

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<v Speaker 3>happens out of nowhere and it's not expected to happen,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of things in life that work that way.

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<v Speaker 3>If your parents didn't meet and then have relations with

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<v Speaker 3>each other, you wouldn't exist. Like, there's so many things

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<v Speaker 3>that happen on a day to day basis. If you

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<v Speaker 3>didn't jump into traffic, you know, if you jumped into

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<v Speaker 3>traffic five minutes earlier, you might have been in that collision.

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<v Speaker 4>So kind of like Butterfly, it's just yeah, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Just the way life goes and it worked out really

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<v Speaker 3>well for us. So to me, it feels almost greedy

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<v Speaker 3>to still be like up in arms about things, and

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<v Speaker 3>you can still have concerns and issues with how the

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<v Speaker 3>thing might be ran going forward, But overall, I just

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<v Speaker 3>think it's one of those things where you go, Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>it's been a crazy sy months and I'm way it's

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<v Speaker 3>unbelievable to feel the way we feel now compared to

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<v Speaker 3>how we were feeling in April.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, because even if they had the number two pick,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't be over the Luca trade and the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that it's number one when there's a transcendent number one player,

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<v Speaker 1>Christina you talked earlier, I think he made a good

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<v Speaker 1>point about you think it's gonna help you heal with

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<v Speaker 1>the Luca trade once Cooper Flag is actually in a

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<v Speaker 1>jersey and playing for the MAVs.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, because, like you said, the whole trade was just

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<v Speaker 4>such a blind side. I'm still just scared that it

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<v Speaker 4>might happen again. I don't think it will, but Ted

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<v Speaker 4>earlier got me excited too, because one thing about Luca, like, yes,

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<v Speaker 4>he's a great player, but he made basketball so fun

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<v Speaker 4>to watch, Like I loved just watching Luca. I still

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<v Speaker 4>love watching Luca. Like you can be a mass fan

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<v Speaker 4>and a Luca fan. It's okay anyway, but so Cooper

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<v Speaker 4>Flag and I watched a few highlights as well, Like

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<v Speaker 4>he has that as well, Like he's really good at.

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<v Speaker 2>Basketball, but he's fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 4>He does these really cool things you don't see other

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<v Speaker 4>players do, and he makes it look easy and again fun.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm just excited to have them watching this again.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Kyrie is fun to watch as well, but

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<v Speaker 4>he's been hurt whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyway, I think it's a big part of this is

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<v Speaker 3>like we haven't experienced anything with Cooper Flag yet. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>very few of us went and watched a ton of

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<v Speaker 3>Duke basketball last year, like until you experienced these good

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<v Speaker 3>times with him in a MAVs uniform.

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<v Speaker 2>We had questions about Luca. We didn't know when.

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<v Speaker 3>We got looka we we thought it was cool that

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<v Speaker 3>it happened, but we still didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>We were not sure.

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<v Speaker 3>And then it became you know, the stories had come

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<v Speaker 3>out like oh yeah, he's taken over practice and before

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<v Speaker 3>pre in training camp and things like that, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Dirk said some good things about him. So like that's

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<v Speaker 3>where it's gonna I think bring a lot of people

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<v Speaker 3>back in is when just just having good things happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I want to play a couple of things. Yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>he had a.

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<v Speaker 3>Pre draft press conference, as a lot of players did,

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<v Speaker 3>and he can't acknowledge that he is going to be

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<v Speaker 3>picked by the Dallas Mavericks, like because it's not official

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<v Speaker 3>and he's just not allowed to talk about it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Max was telling us a little bit earlier, like Duke

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<v Speaker 3>put out a congrats to Dallas MAVs in a video

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<v Speaker 3>of Cooper fight, like they can do that, but like

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<v Speaker 3>no one in the NBA can do that right now.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's getting asked all these questions and he can't

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<v Speaker 3>say anything about the Mavericks. So I just thought you

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<v Speaker 3>guys would like some of the things that happened in

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<v Speaker 3>this pre draft press conference, Like how about this question

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<v Speaker 3>when he was asked, do you like lobster?

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<v Speaker 5>Being from you like lobster?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, lobster isn't my personal.

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<v Speaker 5>Favorite, but you know, a good main lobster role. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>my trainer's life makes a really nice lobster role. I

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<v Speaker 5>think is really good.

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<v Speaker 4>Good, thank you very much. My trainer's wife makes a

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<v Speaker 4>really good lobster if you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm gonna start using that trainer's wife. That is good.

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<v Speaker 2>That is good.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically I don't have a good feel for what

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<v Speaker 1>his personality is like. I don't I don't know, like Luca.

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<v Speaker 1>We love Luca, but Luca was not a good interview.

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<v Speaker 2>He was on Language seven, you know, right, Yeah, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and so I don't know if this could be

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<v Speaker 1>the same, and especially the age. So what he's he's eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>So how many eighteen year olds give good interviews?

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<v Speaker 2>You know?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, So I don't know what his personality's like.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously he's not done growing into whatever his personality

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be. But I do like listening to

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<v Speaker 1>technicals Pain talk about what a killer he is on

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<v Speaker 1>the court.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, Yeah, godly technicals Pain.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that would be crazy, rest of Peace, that would

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<v Speaker 1>be crazy if Technicals Pain was here. God, I was

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<v Speaker 1>guess I was thinking that he's who taught I haven't everything,

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, Ted Emrick, he was great when he was talking.

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<v Speaker 2>About what a killer he is. And you know some

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<v Speaker 2>players have that.

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<v Speaker 1>Some players don't, like Kobe had that, Michael Jordan had that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, not everybody is wired like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know Ted had seen that since iigh school

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<v Speaker 3>because his story is crazy. Basically, I'm too good in

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<v Speaker 3>this small town in Maine. And I think he had

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<v Speaker 3>a quote from his mom was Mama. He said, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're the best player in the gym, you need to

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<v Speaker 3>go to a bigger gym. Yes, and that's really really great.

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<v Speaker 3>So he was asked and he's got to dance around

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<v Speaker 3>these questions. Are you looking forward to being a Maverick?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean I'm not on social media too much, and

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<v Speaker 5>I think, like I said earlier, I'm just trying to

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<v Speaker 5>take it one day at a time. So that is

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<v Speaker 5>the case tomorrow that ends up happening. I mean, I've

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<v Speaker 5>heard it's an incredible fan base with incredible support, so

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<v Speaker 5>I'll be excited to learn more about it and get

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, dude, not on social media, thank you. I know

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<v Speaker 2>you'd like that. I love that.

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<v Speaker 5>Is that?

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<v Speaker 4>Is that true though? Or is he just saying that

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<v Speaker 4>because he's eighteen? I mean, how many eighteen year old

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<v Speaker 4>or not? Are you act? I mean, you're you're older

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean I got social media.

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<v Speaker 1>I know Cooper Flagg has an Instagram, but I don't

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<v Speaker 5>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like he's probably got a team of people who

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean his family's prepped for this for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the idea of you know, we've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>idea of Tony Romo going on a vacation where it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, throwing a football through rubber tire, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>outside of that, you know, And so you want these

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<v Speaker 1>guys to be robots. Sean Lee was like that, an

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<v Speaker 1>But the reality is, I would if I'm drafted a

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<v Speaker 1>There's really not much good that happens on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's a bunch of toxicity and poison. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>on his couch can critique your game. You don't need

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<v Speaker 2>This is the thing i'ld say.

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<v Speaker 3>Like the Luca thing, which was devastating for so many people,

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<v Speaker 3>it was also devastating for so many people who also

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<v Speaker 4>Yelling at the rest every call.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't act like that's the only thing that was,

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<v Speaker 3>because we were all bitching about that too, and like it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Just what the world is. Though.

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<v Speaker 1>I look around the league and you look at all

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<v Speaker 1>these achilles injuries now you know, and they they come

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<v Speaker 1>look at what Boston's doing, Okay, our best player tours achilles.

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<v Speaker 2>We have to get rid of the team.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to get rid of everyone, so we're not

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<v Speaker 1>And Luca had three calf injuries in two years, and

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<v Speaker 1>so yeah, man, it's just this. You know, it's hard.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to not tie Cooper flag back to Luca

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<v Speaker 1>because it all happened in such close proximity to itself.

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<v Speaker 3>Then, if you had one seat to give to a celebrity,

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<v Speaker 3>He had one seat to give to a celebrity, who

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<v Speaker 1>Probably my guy Tom Cruise. We got a lot to

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<v Speaker 1>catch up. We've gone through a lot together. Probably want

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<v Speaker 2>Here was Cooper Flagg's answer.

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<v Speaker 1>Court sights.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good question.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if you count Larry Bird is a celebrity,

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<v Speaker 5>but that would be really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't have a favorite rapper. No, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a favorite rab yo. He doesn't have a favorite rapper,

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<v Speaker 2>but Larry Bird, I mean a classic.

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<v Speaker 3>The best thing he could have said is derk And

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<v Speaker 3>you know, but he was expecting a question like that, right,

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<v Speaker 3>he said, But Larry Birds, imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>Larry Bird's always been his favorite player, is what I read.

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<v Speaker 2>So he loves Larry Bird, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, I don't know what you know if Dirk will

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<v Speaker 1>be You know, we've heard a lot about this with

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<v Speaker 1>Dirk loves, and Dirk hasn't really been around that much,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I don't know if he'll have a relationship

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<v Speaker 2>I really hope he will. I hope he does.

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<v Speaker 3>Should be in LA a lot doing basketball, Yeah, doing

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<v Speaker 3>the Amazon thing too, So.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, how do you want Cooper Flag to score his

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<v Speaker 3>first NBA bucket?

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<v Speaker 2>What would you like for that to be?

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<v Speaker 1>I would like him to dunk on Lou Dort Lou Dort.

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<v Speaker 2>I like the question here because how do you want

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe duncan on some my I thought that would be

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<v Speaker 5>pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice And then what position are you Cooper Flag?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think positionless is a great was a great

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<v Speaker 5>way to put it. You know, I'll do whatever you

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<v Speaker 5>know coach wants me to do. I'll play any role.

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<v Speaker 5>So for me, it's about just doing a ton of

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<v Speaker 5>different things with the court. Thing, like I said earlier,

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<v Speaker 5>just being an impact player, you know, impacting both sides

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<v Speaker 5>at a high level. So where that's you know, getting

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<v Speaker 5>rebound and pushing a transition, that's something I feel like

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<v Speaker 5>I can do at a high level. So I would

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<v Speaker 5>love to do that. Or if it's playing off ball,

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<v Speaker 5>ready to do whatever whatever that may be.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it's the most exciting interview yet, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>but maybe you know, in time that'll come. Right now,

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<v Speaker 3>he's just going through the process of having everyone watching.

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<v Speaker 4>Him, and yeah, he'll get more comfortable and he can

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<v Speaker 5>No.

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<v Speaker 2>God, I love the answer, though, great answer. I love

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<v Speaker 2>the answer. It's like he was made at a laboratory.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the thing, like we've Another thing that was

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<v Speaker 3>infuriating about the Luca trade was we had spent all

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<v Speaker 3>this time and attention to detail and building a team

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<v Speaker 3>around him and had done that and gone to the

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<v Speaker 3>finals and lost, and then even though he was hurt. Still,

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<v Speaker 3>we were kind of dunking on the thunder the two

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<v Speaker 3>times we played them, once with him and once without him.

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<v Speaker 2>It is like, this is kind of our year. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to go shake things up.

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<v Speaker 3>We had built everything around him, but if you could

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<v Speaker 3>take yourself away from that, building around Cooper Flag is

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<v Speaker 3>so simple. Because of that, they just said, kind of

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<v Speaker 3>do everything. You don't have to just go we have

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<v Speaker 3>to get shooters around him.

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<v Speaker 2>He can do everything everything.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm pretty jacked about this, and I think, like again,

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<v Speaker 3>because we've known what's gonna happen, He's gonna get picked tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>It's that part's been hard for me to kind of

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<v Speaker 3>get excited. But the more talking about it, and in

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<v Speaker 3>a minute, I'm gonna ask a couple of things. One

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<v Speaker 3>is would you buy this item that's surrounding Cooper Flag today?

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<v Speaker 3>And two, we think his family was going through because

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<v Speaker 3>or Charlotte. And there's a huge article that was written

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<v Speaker 3>about that today and it's all awesome to see how their.

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<v Speaker 2>Minds went on Draft day as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, tasty, that's coming up next as we continue our

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<v Speaker 1>one pick, Cooper Flag will be selected. Our coverage brought

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<v Speaker 1>right now, and you can look down at center court

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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