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<v Speaker 1>He's an open Mic is it in the Zone. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>fit's a little bit of both.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about you, but I'm just so excited

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<v Speaker 2>they're back together.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh thank god, here's bank Pin Kravits with the crossover.

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<v Speaker 1>The crossover is off and running.

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<v Speaker 2>And anytime I get it, fans to chop it up

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<v Speaker 2>with this tie ride.

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<v Speaker 3>Here.

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<v Speaker 1>My day and my week is better for it.

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<v Speaker 2>And no it's not Mike Yankey this week my former

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<v Speaker 2>co host Stefan, the People's Champ.

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<v Speaker 3>What's happening baby? How you doing man?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm feeling good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited to get into the fourth of July weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be an extended one for us on in

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<v Speaker 1>the Zone.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing I have to ask you first and foremost

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<v Speaker 2>is are you gonna yell at me about candy again?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my god, Brandon Grabbits, I am. And so it's

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<v Speaker 4>And the most fun part about that whole thing was

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<v Speaker 4>that we literally end up doing half the show about candy,

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<v Speaker 4>so much show that I renamed open Mic to the

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<v Speaker 4>Candy Bar Podcast because we just talked about candy, and

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<v Speaker 4>every time I wanted to talk about something else serious,

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<v Speaker 4>somebody would say something outrages that I'd be like, what

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<v Speaker 4>are you kidding me? That's disgusting, Why would you even

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<v Speaker 4>eat that? So it was great, It was great. My

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<v Speaker 4>Milky Way is what I heard, right, I heard Midnight.

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<v Speaker 2>Milky Way midnight. It's not that the Milky Way is

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<v Speaker 2>a mid candy bar.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to know this morning listener.

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<v Speaker 1>Definition to h D when you bring in the dark chocolate.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it's like going from mud on your shoe to

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<v Speaker 4>sand in the car. That's what it's like. I want

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<v Speaker 4>you to know. Morning listeners were dragging you for even

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<v Speaker 4>considering Micky Way as a top anything.

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<v Speaker 3>But I haven't tried it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna go check it out, even though Milky Way

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<v Speaker 4>is disgusting, so I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have any expectations. I do like dark chocolate.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna love this.

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<v Speaker 2>Please give me a full review at any time, and

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<v Speaker 2>then if it's positive, I'm gonna post stood on the

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<v Speaker 2>Zone DS group page.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's negative, I'm gonna delete the text message.

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<v Speaker 2>I was wondering if there is a candy bar podcast

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<v Speaker 2>out there, because there could be a market for this,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Yeah, there's a podcast for just about everything

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<v Speaker 2>these days. But candy bars are pretty popular. It looks

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<v Speaker 2>like there is a candy bar podcast, but it hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>been updated since twenty twenty two. Their last episode was

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<v Speaker 2>Nutrageous Versus Chocolatey pay Day.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I love.

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<v Speaker 4>That that was their last episode because I as a

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<v Speaker 4>fan of the Payday. When they release the Chocolate pay Day,

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<v Speaker 4>I was super excited and then I tasted it and

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<v Speaker 4>it was terrible.

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<v Speaker 3>It was terrible, and I was so upset and disappointed.

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<v Speaker 3>It was awful. So we might have our broadcast.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, we've we've been talking about everything that's

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<v Speaker 4>happening with the Magic and all of these other teams.

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<v Speaker 4>And one of the things I said on the air

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<v Speaker 4>the other day is that watching what's going on with

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<v Speaker 4>these other teams, especially after Dan Lillard got released, right

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<v Speaker 4>and now you've got DeAndre Ayden moving over into the

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<v Speaker 4>to the Lakers and all this kind of stuff, And

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, this makes me feel so comfortable as a

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<v Speaker 4>Magic fan, right like, because I know that my team

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<v Speaker 4>is not going to participate in any of that level

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<v Speaker 4>of drama. I know we're solid, we have a foundation,

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<v Speaker 4>we know where we're going, our all of our fans

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<v Speaker 4>know what to expect right, some of those expecs expectations

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<v Speaker 4>a little high, some of those expectations a little low.

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<v Speaker 3>We all know what to expect.

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<v Speaker 4>Out of this next season, and even out of the

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<v Speaker 4>rest of the off season, nobody's like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 4>are they going to deal Palo? Right, And so it

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<v Speaker 4>made me feel very comfortable as a Magic fan, But

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<v Speaker 4>it also made me wonder, is there anybody that's untouchable

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<v Speaker 4>when you've got Luca being traded and Dane being released?

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<v Speaker 4>Is there anybody that's untouchable in the NBA?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, Victor wenbin Yama is probably pretty untouchable. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Yephirs would hang up on you rather quickly that it

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<v Speaker 2>seems like Denver they've reloaded around Nikola Jokic, Yeah, a

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<v Speaker 2>good reason, some multi time MVP. I'm thinking they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>even entertain a phone call on that anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think Palo is untouchable.

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<v Speaker 3>Ish Ish exactly ish.

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<v Speaker 2>In in today's NBA world, everybody for the most part,

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<v Speaker 2>you're taking the calls at shake Gill, just Alexander, There's

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<v Speaker 2>no way in Oklahoma City would entertain that conversation. But

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<v Speaker 2>the list is really short, it is, and I am

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<v Speaker 2>proud of the way the Magic have built this team.

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<v Speaker 2>It's taken time. I would use the analogy of it's

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<v Speaker 2>like the difference you look at teams like the Lakers,

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<v Speaker 2>the way that they're operating the Knicks versus the Magic,

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<v Speaker 2>who are a couple of stages behind where OKAC is.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's the same sort of path. Yeah, build from within,

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<v Speaker 2>you add pieces here and there. It's defense, it's culture,

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<v Speaker 2>it's you know, or organic, if you want to use

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<v Speaker 2>that word.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the difference between renting and owning a.

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<v Speaker 3>Home, right, that's what exacts like, Yeah, you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Just constantly that lease is constantly coming up, and.

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<v Speaker 2>You're in scramble mode and you're probably overpaying, and rent

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<v Speaker 2>prices are high versus it's patient and it's boring. But

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<v Speaker 2>when it's time to catch in the chips, all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, you're sitting on some real equity and it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like that's what the that's the world that the

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<v Speaker 2>Magic are living in. Yeah, you patient fans have hated

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<v Speaker 2>the process, but I think right now you're seeing the payoff.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>If this doesn't even if for whatever reason, next year

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<v Speaker 2>is a disaster, the Magic could pivot they.

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<v Speaker 4>Can pivot these.

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<v Speaker 2>Other teams, Like if forty year old Lebron doesn't work

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<v Speaker 2>for the Lakers, they're kind of screwed for a couple.

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<v Speaker 3>Of years, exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's the thing I love about what I'm looking

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<v Speaker 4>at at with the Magic organization. And it's funny because

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<v Speaker 4>when we first brought these guys in into the front office,

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<v Speaker 4>that's what we were work wanting, right, that's what we

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<v Speaker 4>were expecting that they were going to take their time

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<v Speaker 4>and they were going to build a franchise, not just

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<v Speaker 4>a team, right. And then a lot of people got

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<v Speaker 4>like you said, they got anc they got frustrated, They

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<v Speaker 4>tried to get what's where's the team? Where's the team?

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<v Speaker 4>And now you can see, here's where the team is,

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<v Speaker 4>and there's a franchise behind the team, there's a culture

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<v Speaker 4>behind the team. The only thing left to do is

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<v Speaker 4>to win. That's all that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Left is to do the winning. That's something that's the

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<v Speaker 3>hardest part.

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<v Speaker 2>But well, yes, very much self so, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to pencil them in just yet. It makes me uncomfortable

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<v Speaker 2>how confident everybody is that this team is just going

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<v Speaker 2>to march to the Eastern Conference finals.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it's going to be quite that easy.

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<v Speaker 4>And for me it was what it was a thing

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<v Speaker 4>where it's like, okay, so as the guy who routinely

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<v Speaker 4>over sells what the Magic are going to do. Now

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<v Speaker 4>now I'm listening, I gotta peel it back. I'm listening

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<v Speaker 4>to everybody else, and I'm like, slow it down. Wait

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<v Speaker 4>a minute. It's not Eastern Conference Finals or bust for

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<v Speaker 4>this team. You gotta chill on that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 4>It's we expect the second rounte, we expect second round

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<v Speaker 4>in the playoffs. I expect to be fighting for Eastern

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<v Speaker 4>Conference Finals.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>I won a five game, seven game series if it's

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<v Speaker 4>five games for US or seven games against them, right,

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<v Speaker 4>But you got to chill on that. We're automatically in

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<v Speaker 4>the ECF just because everybody's hurt. Like it's a long

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<v Speaker 4>season still in the.

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<v Speaker 1>NBA, last one for me.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys spoke a lot about soccer this week on

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<v Speaker 2>Open Mic, So golf clap to you. Given the people

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<v Speaker 2>what they want. I think maybe I never know what

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<v Speaker 2>to make of this sport. Do you feel like the

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<v Speaker 2>love for the sport of soccer amongst Americans in this

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<v Speaker 2>city of Orlando has risen decreased or leveled out over

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<v Speaker 2>the last ten years has.

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<v Speaker 2>The soccer era, if you will, in Orlando, and I

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<v Speaker 2>still cannot get a read on how how a general

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<v Speaker 3>A professional level.

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<v Speaker 4>I would have to say leveled out, like there was

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<v Speaker 4>a moment where there was a spike, right And even

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<v Speaker 4>this is before MLS. Before MLS, I sometimes feel like

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<v Speaker 4>before MLS it was way more popular than it is now.

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<v Speaker 4>But I see the popularity has increased, but I also

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<v Speaker 4>see that it decreased a little bit, and it's leveled

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<v Speaker 4>out to where the regular everyday person in Orlando who's

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<v Speaker 4>not paying attention to sports, not paying any attention to

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<v Speaker 4>Orlando City soccer, not paying any intention to the Pride.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe their company had a Hey, whoever makes the most

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<v Speaker 4>sales today gets two tickets or four tickets for their

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<v Speaker 4>family or something like that, and they go to a

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<v Speaker 4>match here and there, and they feel the atmosphere, they

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<v Speaker 4>think it's cool, they think it's off them, but it's

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<v Speaker 4>one of those Hey, I did this thing in my

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<v Speaker 4>city one time and it was really fun, and they're

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<v Speaker 4>not becoming season ticket holders, right. Well, then you have

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<v Speaker 4>the people that love the sport, that are routinely filling

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<v Speaker 4>the stadium, and there's stragglers here and there, but I

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<v Speaker 4>really believe that it's a level out space. If I

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<v Speaker 4>had to put on a scale of one to ten

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<v Speaker 4>and ten being this is the sport we care about

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<v Speaker 4>in the city and one being like we don't pay

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<v Speaker 4>it any attention at all, I'd put Orlando City Soccer

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<v Speaker 4>probably around a four. I wouldn't even give it a

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<v Speaker 4>six yet, because it just has moments. It has spurts

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<v Speaker 4>and moments where it's like, oh, look what happened. And

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<v Speaker 4>somebody on the show the other day said it greatly.

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<v Speaker 4>They said, you know, the Pride are national champions, and

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<v Speaker 4>we give them, we don't pay them any attention.

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<v Speaker 3>What's it's And it is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a disservice to them that we don't pay more

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<v Speaker 2>attention to that. It feels to me like this Apple

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<v Speaker 2>TV deal is one of the worst things that MLS

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<v Speaker 2>could have ever done. It was a cash crab for them,

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<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, and I have no numbers to back

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<v Speaker 2>this up. This is just the feeling that I get

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<v Speaker 2>Orlando City fans. You can count all of them. They

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<v Speaker 2>all go to the games. If you don't go to

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<v Speaker 2>the games, you probably don't watch them at home.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh I'm positive, If I'm positive, you do not watch

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<v Speaker 4>them at home. Like I think it would have been

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<v Speaker 4>better if they had a spot on the CW then

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<v Speaker 4>being on Apple TV, because at least somebody could stumble

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<v Speaker 4>across them at some point in time, you know. And

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<v Speaker 4>Apple TV is already not the most popular streaming platform

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this isn't raw moving to Netflix, you know, not

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<v Speaker 2>phase where you wanted people to find your sport and

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<v Speaker 2>then you hit it like it's like we're playing hide

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<v Speaker 2>and seek with soccer right in this country.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 4>So we did a thing the other day where we said, hey,

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<v Speaker 4>You we all yet not get back up, come on back.

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<v Speaker 4>We all tend to at the beginning of the season

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<v Speaker 4>so that we're not so disappointed. Right, And so the

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<v Speaker 4>question was then, so, thinking about your team for next season,

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<v Speaker 4>what is your expectations for your team? So, Kravitz, as

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<v Speaker 4>a Dolphins fan, I've tried to get you to convert

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<v Speaker 4>numerous times. You apparently appreciate the pain. So as a

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<v Speaker 4>Dolphins fan, what is your expectation for the Dolphins next season?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a loyal guy, Steffan. I don't know what I

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<v Speaker 1>know you.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know the best qualities of you that well.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, I appreciate that. I think.

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<v Speaker 2>If Josh Allen tears his ACL, I think the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 2>can win the AFC East. If that doesn't happen, I

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<v Speaker 2>think most likely they hover around. You can't go exactly

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred and a seventeen game schedule right anymore. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think they win eight or nine games and they

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<v Speaker 2>probably just miss out on the playoffs. I think this

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<v Speaker 2>team's gonna be decent. Their schedule is pretty light. It's

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<v Speaker 2>relatively speaking, as light as an NFL schedule can be.

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<v Speaker 2>Because everybody's kind of tough in their own way. And

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<v Speaker 2>you also don't know what the back end of the

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<v Speaker 2>But you know when you have you start the year

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<v Speaker 2>the Panthers, you get the Falcons and the Browns in

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<v Speaker 2>there on the schedule. There are a lot of winnable

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<v Speaker 2>to be confident about right now. I don't feel like

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<v Speaker 2>the team made any improvements in the offseason. They just

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<v Speaker 2>looked at an average roster, moved off of an old

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<v Speaker 2>Minka Fitzpatrick, and they're just like, we're just gonna see

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<v Speaker 2>if we can win with the group that we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>win with last year.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>But based on the schedule, if if tuas you can't

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<v Speaker 3>You cannot. I'm glad you put it in there.

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<v Speaker 2>I think when he's on the field, he has gotten

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<v Speaker 2>a lot better as a quarterback in the NFL, which

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<v Speaker 2>is he's so valuable to this team. I think Tua

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<v Speaker 2>can win games, especially in September. He can win football games.

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<v Speaker 2>But to say that my expectations are high would would

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<v Speaker 2>be a lie. So a typical eight and nine season

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<v Speaker 2>for the Miami Dolphins. Let's let's strap in and get ready.

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<v Speaker 2>We got an exciting ahead of us this year.

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<v Speaker 4>Listen, I'll give you nine to eight, ten and seven, right.

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<v Speaker 4>I think there's gonna be some surprise wins there. But

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<v Speaker 4>I also, like you said, is Tua gonna stay healthy?

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<v Speaker 4>What's gonna happen with your defense?

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<v Speaker 3>You know?

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<v Speaker 4>Is your O line going to be able to stay

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<v Speaker 4>staying consistent throughout the course of the season. And then

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<v Speaker 4>on top of that, I look at Mike McDaniel when

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<v Speaker 4>I say, we went from looking at you as the genius,

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<v Speaker 4>the new genius of the NFL to kind of back

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<v Speaker 4>to not buffoon status. But it's kind of like, oh now,

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<v Speaker 4>now what? So it'll be very interesting to watch, especially

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<v Speaker 4>as a Dolphins fan. For you, I don't have to

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<v Speaker 4>worry about all that as a Raisin fan. But you know,

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<v Speaker 4>we'll see how things go for you, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>My expectation for you guys is pretty high.

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<v Speaker 3>Well that's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Conference championship appearance and then a flame out against a

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see how that all shakes out.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I look at it and say that Lamar has

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<v Speaker 4>he has stare stepped his way through in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 4>So out in the first round, out in the second round,

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<v Speaker 3>His next step is to go to the super Bowl. Period,

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<v Speaker 3>Like that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, they all said that Matt Stafford couldn't do it

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<v Speaker 2>until he did it right. Well, I'm I'm a believer.

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<v Speaker 2>Eventually he'll break through the crossover