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Speaker 1: What is up? Fellas it goes, I am Dana Valley

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coming at you with another twenty twenty five twenty twenty

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six NBA season look ahead. We're on to the Portland

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trail Blazers, which means I have the distinct pleasure of

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being joined by the co hosts plural of the Weabitake podcast.

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Tara Bowen Biggs is back, as she always is, very

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excited to talk to her and her co host Rose

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Harding has agreed to join us. I'm gonna start with

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the new person. Rose. It's nice to official, semi officially

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meet you. How are you doing?

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Speaker 2: Thank you? It's nice to meet you too. Dan. I'm

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doing well. It's I'm really getting excited for basketball and

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I'm really getting excited for our new team. So I'm

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excited to be here to talk to you. I'm just

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excited today. I've had two cups of coffee. I'm ready

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to go dope.

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Speaker 1: I'm caffeinating as we speak. Very exciting times. Although that's

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kind of a loaded question, right, So it's like, how

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are you doing? Are you gonna come on here and say, man,

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this really sucks, Like I don't want to be here.

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I don't want to talk to dan about the Blazers.

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So kind of a loaded question, but I appreciate the

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excitement nonetheless.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'll say I I'm infinitely interested in

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the background that I see behind you, but I'm resisting

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the urge to ask about it. Just with your little

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like Captain America's and your New York next jersey with

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that's green.

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Speaker 1: Ye that I will expand upon. I think the Knicks

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need to bring back the green and orange Saint Patti's

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Day jerseys, and that's a Danila Gallinari jersey, because I

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would take I would die for him. But yeah, those

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are one of my favorite jerseys. People thought they were hideous.

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I think they're so cool. They're loud and weird. I

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like them.

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Speaker 2: I'm more shocked about your take around Danilo Gallinari.

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Speaker 1: I was convinced when the if you guys remember Mellow

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was traded from Denver to New York. I was like

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gutted that they gave up Neil Gleanora. I even wrote

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something about how I thought Mellow was worse than Danila Gallinari.

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At the time. I was clearly wrong and in my feelings,

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but I was Danila Gallinari piled like, you give me

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someone who's six' ten and could shoot and. DRIBBLE i.

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WAS i was, like, oh It's. Dirk It's Italian. Dirk

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that's basically WHAT i thought he.

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Speaker 3: Was we can, understand we can, Relate.

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Speaker 1: Tara how are you doing your back for like? THIS

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i think might be year seven for. YOU i don't

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Think i've done A blazer's look ahead with anybody. ELSE

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i think this is year.

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Speaker 4: Seven, yeah it's been we have a long storied history, Together,

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dan AND i was.

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Speaker 3: Thrilled and surprised that you asked me yet.

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Speaker 4: Again but when you were talking about people coming on,

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saying oh, NO i don't want to you, know, Uh

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but the last couple of, years remember The blazers has been,

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rough and we haven't had as much to get really excited.

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About and this Time i'm just this time the excitement

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is real and not, Like, okay what can we find

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to enjoy this? Season it's like things are starting to

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fall into, place and So i'm super excited to talk about.

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Speaker 1: It, yeah this. TEAM i find every team interesting this

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time of. Year but you AND i talked about last

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year the just had a lot of, dudes and it

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turned out that having a lot of dudes served them

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well by the end of the season for the stuff

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that came, together and they seem to have reacted to.

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That But, ROSE i will start with you. Here what

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was kind of your single biggest takeaway from everything that

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happened last?

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Speaker 2: Year, GOSH i mean everything about happened last year felt

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like a. Surprise i'll just say like it felt like

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a surprise That i'll say for me That denny started

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so poorly In portland and then he got so much

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better to like a degree THAT i didn't think he

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would turn it around inside a, season and then like

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that wind streak they went at the end on the

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end of the year was like a surprise. Too and

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SO i think that one of the biggest takeaways THAT

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i have is just, that, like this team might surprise

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us again this. Year LIKE i think a lot of

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times we look forward to new teams and like a

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new identity of a team and think like they're going

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to do more of, this but just. Better AND i

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don't know IF i necessarily think that's. True i'm open

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to being surprised this.

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Speaker 1: Season what about, You?

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Speaker 4: Tara my biggest takeaway from last season was they weren't

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they weren't kidding about, defense that they are actually going

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all in on. That you, know we've talked a lot

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about how for a Decade portland was very offensively, focused

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and then you, know we got this coach who was

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a defensive guy and we were gonna like build.

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Speaker 3: DEFENSE i was, like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 4: Yeah but WHAT i took away from watching last season, is,

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yeah they're not kidding about that that is going to

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be their, identity and that they actually are building an identity,

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now which was less clear until the end of the.

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Speaker 1: Season and they certainly leaned further into that identity with

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The Drew holiday. Trade but after, That Damian lillard's. Back

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who to thunk that was? QUICK i would have always

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guessed that he went, back but that was. QUICK U,

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Tara just what was your reaction to when that, Happens

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and how big of a deal is it to we

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know he's not gonna play this, year but how big

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of a deal is it to have him around some

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of the younger guys to?

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Speaker 3: You, So i'll, say for, me it's.

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Speaker 4: EVERYTHING i, mean we were so happy and we were

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all shocked by how much we were shocked by what

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being happy felt.

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Speaker 3: Like because it had been.

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Speaker 4: So, long And i'll say, that you, Know damien coming, back,

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like what's the thing that we were always, like you know,

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who like we we like the young up and coming

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guys on the, team but, like who's the?

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Speaker 3: Leader you? Know Is scoo going to be the? Leader

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should should he be the? Leader is there somebody alse who's?

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Leader we were we've.

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Speaker 4: Been so used to having a. Leader now that we

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don't Have Damian, lillard we don't know who the leader.

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Is and then here Comes Damian. Lillard AND i think That.

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Speaker 3: Damian lillard has shown through the years that he's an

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adept and skilled enough leader that he doesn't isn't necessarily

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going to take over push people. Out AND i think

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the fact that he's not playing this year greatly simplifies.

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Speaker 4: Know another thing that we've talked about is that we're

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just gonna enjoy this right. Now we're not going to

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like AND i keep, saying there's gonna be days where we're, like.

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Speaker 3: Oh what did we? Do what did they?

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Speaker 1: Do But i'm not.

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Speaker 3: Gonna worry about those days because right, now this young

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team has this guy who's shown himself to like really

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be able to be the core of a, team and

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he Chose. Portland he chose to come back To, portland

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and that means.

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Speaker 1: EVERYTHING i won't do this with every, question BUT i

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think because It's Damian Lil, rose how did like how

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what was your sort of first reaction to seeing that

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Speaker 2: RETURNED i, Mean i'll, say, like in real, time it

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was weird because my phone was blowing, up BUT i

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was in a meeting at work AND i just opened

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up my text messages AFTER i left a meeting AND

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i Saw tara, asking oh my, GOD i Hope rose is,

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okay like something must have happened to. Me, WELL i

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wasn't responding to all the, texts and then someone else

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in the chat, said you, Know Damian lillard is, back

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AND i was, LIKE i hope this isn't a right

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because it's something THAT, i, LIKE i think we all

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thought would probably happen, someday but you, know just never,

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know because you, know sometimes stuff doesn't work. Out and

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if that was a cruel joke and then it never,

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HAPPENED i would have been like deep in my feelings

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for a long. Time but it was like the best day,

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ever AND i couldn't wait to like log on to social,

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media which is like in and of, itself like a, shock,

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Right BUT i was, like everybody's gonna be celebrating and,

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excited and they, were AND i was so. Happy and

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then twenty four hours later some of them were in

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their feelings about. It but like that first, day that

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first mom at that first, HOUR i couldn't have been more,

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happy probably this entire year of twenty twenty. Five to be, HONEST.

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Speaker 1: I love that stuff because And i'm definitely guilty of

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this is everything in THE NBA i view is so

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transactional a lot of the time Where i'm immediately looking

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ahead thinking as they, say like what does this mean

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for like? Scoot like where we? Going like the two

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small guard routes again. Here but it's just like the

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ties between a player and organization That Damian lillard had With,

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portland like it's just so few and far, between AND

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i can't even think of a current situation because a

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lot of the guys that might have those, ties like

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A yokich or A, curry are still with those. Teams

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so there's no like no other reunion THAT i think

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you could have been waiting. For and then to see

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this happen at a time WHEN i don't know what

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he's gonna look like coming back from The. Achilles but

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this isn't him coming back to, retire like signing the

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one day ten day contract or whatever it is and then.

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Retiring it's oh, no like he's gonna play basketball for

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The blazers, again and that's just really. Cool there's also

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just some poetic irony in both him And Drew holliday

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coming back in the same, summer Because Drew holliday's On

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portland for a hot minute the summer he gets, Traded

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SO i found that there was like some nice symmetry there.

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Speaker 4: Such a great, storyline and you, know it was like

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it felt like when The blazers make the playoffs and

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suddenly everybody's outside like walking in high five in each

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other and looking for people Wearing blazer.

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Speaker 3: Gear and this was just because they signed.

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Speaker 4: A, player like for a mid level and we're, like,

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yeah like running around in the park like head. Nodding

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everybody's wearing a jersey and we were AT i can't

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remember what the event, Was, oh it was The blazers

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put through a season Take aholder event at The zoo and,

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like even though this was mostly the case, before everywhere

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you looked people of every single age wearing Their Damian

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lillard jerseys and, like and he's back, Now like we're

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wearing him and he's on the.

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Speaker 1: Team i'm gonna be like that When Frank neilakina finally

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returns to The knicks when they signed him to his

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contracts that he was talking to be so, Stoked. Tara

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independent of The Damian lillard, move what was your read

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on the rest of their off season and what it

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says about their direction Because lillard's intertwined, there BUT i

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think they could have been stripping it. Down and if

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he wants to come, back and this is the, setup

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you just do it regardless of where you. Are so

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what did the rest of the off season say about

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how they're reacting to what happened this past?

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Speaker 4: Year SO i was very excited about The Drew holiday

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move for a couple of. Reasons number, one because that

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because he's now A.

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Speaker 3: Blazer phew that he was. FINE i don't, know he's

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kind of in everybody's.

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Speaker 4: NIGHTMARES i don't a lot OF us still haven't shaken

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The pelican The pelicans. Playoffs so BUT i really saw

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it as a culture building. MOVE i know some people

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have talked about it as like a win now, move

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AND i see it more as like a culture building

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move because you, Know i've been talking the last couple

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of years About blazers bringing in. Winners you, know they

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they drafted several players who hadn't played on a big

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stage like The national AND ncaa, championships you, know who

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hadn't gone to college or had an opportunity to play

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in like a super competitive. Environment and last year with

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the the Drafting dono Van, KLINGEN i thought that was,

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like we're we're bringing on guys who are used to.

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where like we're gonna get, like you, know win, Now

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we're gonna win what three more. Games BUT i think

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what we're gonna, do what What Drew holiday is gonna

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be super valuable for is just helping understand the culture

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of what it takes to get there to you, know

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get to, excellence and just providing that and being able

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to play on the field as well and bring in

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that you know more that even more that defensive identity.

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Speaker 1: Ros is there like a level of concern? THOUGH i

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think when you look at What tara, says everything about

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the culture setting and then just fitting in with the

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defensive motif here is. Excellent BUT i Know Anfortis signmon's

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was overdue to Get he was basically The Miles turner

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Of portland's where he was in trade rumors FOR i

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know how many, years and they finally move him because

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also their most, now especially Because Damian lowder's not, healthy

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like their most threatening floor. Spacer is there any concern

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about what the offense now shifts, too because you bring

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In Drew, holliday who his shot didn't look great last,

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year defense first, player and you don't really Replace simon's

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as floor. SPACING i mean.

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Speaker 2: YEAH i mean, obviously, yes Like anfrety could score the

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way very few players on this team could put up.

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Numbers but if he's not part of the long term,

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plan And i'll SAY i, Don't i'm not sure how

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like if he ever, was but he was like kind

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of last man standing from the old iteration of our.

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Team AND i think that one of the things that

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like me as a, fan AND i Think tara as

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a fan, too saw is that like it needed to

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change of scenery just as much as we probably needed

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to move on from that like psychological iteration of the

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team that we had tried to build. Before you're, RIGHT

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i don't really know about floor spacing and some of

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the x's and o's of it, all but, LIKE i

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think it was good for both him and for our

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fan base to be able to move on and get

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a clean. Start and you, Know i'll, say like scoot

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shots coming, Along tumani made a huge leap and his

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ability to shoot from, Distance, LIKE i don't really know

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where all of these guys are going to land in

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terms of their ability to spread the, Floor like they

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might still be developing towards. That and if that's the

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case with the guys we already have on this, team

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maybe they were like we see this, happening you know

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when we, practice and we think that this has promised

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and we want to give them a real shot to.

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Try So i'm really open to the idea that some

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of these guys on our team are already going to

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be improving the floor. SPACING i think.

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Speaker 1: One of the Criticisms towers that And you said at

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the top was they viewed the holiday trade as a

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win now move and that The blazers might be reading

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too much into what happened last. Season the defense ended

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up being really. Good they're like top five in points

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on posession almost half the, season but they were still

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pretty bad defensively against top ten. Offenses i've struggled, With,

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OKAY i get, it versus, if As brose, Said simon's

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isn't part of your long term, Plan like what did

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you give up to just now help improve your? Defense

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you could say cap, flexibility but cap space is like

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one of the most overrated assets in the league right.

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Now so what do you make of the criticisms or

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what would be your response to the criticisms of The.

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Blazers did they rush to coordinate themselves a little bit this?

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SUMMER i.

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Speaker 2: DON'T i don't know.

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Speaker 3: WHY i. DON'T i don't know that we know what

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the team's plan. IS i, MEAN i don't know. THAT

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i don't.

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Speaker 1: Know MAYBE i don't know that.

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Speaker 4: THE i don't know that the team was making that

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when now, move you, KNOW i think that the team was,

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like what does this team need right now.

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Speaker 3: For these guys to.

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Speaker 4: Develop they we know that they tried to find a

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place For Jeremy grant and that didn't really work. Out

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BUT i JUST i think.

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Speaker 3: It was a great.

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Speaker 4: MOVE i think they had a great, summer AND i

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think that they're they're leaning into defense and that they're

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going to figure out the offense. Later for ten, years

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they leaned into offense and decided to find out about

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the defense. Later you, know who can say what it worked,

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Out but, YEAH i. DON'T i JUST i literally can't

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understand the criticism BECAUSE i literally don't know what The

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blazers were. Thinking and if they did, something you, know

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based on short sighted, INFORMATION i have a hard time

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thinking that they didn't have they don't have a plan

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that this makes sense for because that's what they get

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paid the big bucks.

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Speaker 1: For and the other thing they did, too is like

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Drafting Yon hanson wasn't a short term win now. Move

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that's not like everyone was confused when they made that.

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Selection you you picked that player knowing he's a quote

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unquote project and you're gonna need to develop. Him that's

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not something a team that has set some arbitrary win

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loss benchmark for the next season does to, me and,

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like even if they, DID i guess maybe BECAUSE i

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was so out On dottovan clinging and was clearly. Wrong

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and then you Get Timani kamara back in that trade

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from two summers. Ago i'm just gonna defer to Like

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Mike schmidz and crew of like they're, like they clearly

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know what they're doing with the with the young. Players

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but ro was, like how, Surprised like do you have

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any early impressions of what he specifically On hanson is

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going to do for this team or just his overall,

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game or like what intrigues you most about his play?

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STYLE i don't.

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Speaker 2: Know so this is one of those things Where i'm,

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like until like The combine came, around he was not

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really known to, me AND i try to not have

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too deeply held opinions on THINGS i don't know a

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whole lot. ABOUT i like the way he looked at The.

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COMBINE i can see now after we've seen him play

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Through Summer league that he is a player who a

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lot of teams would probably take a chance on because

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his play style is VERY i think it can do

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quite well in the way that the MODERN nba is

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shaping up to be like the style of the, game

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a guy like him could be, really, really really, impactful

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and SO i can see why a lot of teams

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might be willing to take a risk on. Him and

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on the other side of, Things i'm also, like out

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of all of our, positions our center is the least,

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settled which is weird because for a while we Had

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oops all, centers and after we Had oops all. Guards

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and but, like you, know like the two guys that

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we have on our team that are most likely to

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me to see the most investment from the team are,

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young and you, Know Robert, williams the third is still

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really a theoretical center for. Us he's played so little basketball.

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Here we, love we love what we see when we see,

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him but like he he's appears so, Infrequently like who

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knows what kind of role he can, Play LIKE i don't,

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KNOW i don't have ANY i don't have any problems with,

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this like taking a chance on somebody who may have

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a really high upside and whose style fits the like

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current style of THE nba quite. Well and also like

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the other weird luxury that we sort of have is,

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yes we have you, know two young. Centers we Have Robert,

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williams and we Have Wop wreath who kind of backs

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up in lots of, WAYS i think at that center

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position our. Discord oh, OH i had a whole thing about,

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Him like two seasons, Ago tara, knows she went with

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me to go get a do A wop brief jersey

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made at the like make your own jersey station because

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they didn't sell it in the.

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Speaker 3: Shop but he waited until his full, contract.

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Speaker 2: Right that's right when he got his full, CONTRACT i

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celebrated by going to the make your Own jersey station

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and making My wop breef.

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Speaker 1: Jersey, hey tenure has been longer than some other. Players

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is that was a good? Investment, yeah.

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Speaker 2: TOTALLY i also have his Team Australia, jersey but that's

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a conversation for a different. Time but ALSO i was gonna,

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say Like denny can play some five in some circumstances,

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Too like we've seen some looks Where denny's played, five

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and you, know LIKE i don't, KNOW i think that

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this team's flexibility is sort of, interesting so like why

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not take a chance on a guy Like hanson who

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really really fits the style that THE nba seems to

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be Playing right?

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Speaker 1: NOW i am smitten with. HIM i had to do

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like my summer league right ups For Bleach, report AND

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i have some, concerns like the rebounding was, weird and

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he like he can be phys but is in physical

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all the. Time BUT i just go off vibes On

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Summer league and this is someone who's gonna get everyone

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around him moving because he can attack and pass in

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so many different ways THAT i think he's going to

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be the type of player that JUST i know people

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want to make The yokis. Comparisons i'm not gonna bet

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on that because it's Freaking, jokic but to, me he's

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the type of player who will make everyone better around

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him on. Offense and when you Have portland's even if

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some people don't believe in, it when you have their

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defensive infrastructure right, now you don't have to worry as

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much about maybe some of the foot speed things with.

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Him and he blocked way more shots In Summer league

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THAN i was expecting, anyway so maybe that's a non.

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Issue BUT i am. Smitten and that's my long winded

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way of Asking, tara how much is he gonna play this?

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Season do you think we haven't even had media day?

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Yet and please say a whole fucking, lot Otherwise i'm

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gonna be really.

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Speaker 4: Upset, OH i think you're. RIGHT i think he is

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gonna play a. Lot my first observation About huntson is

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he is a, massive massive. Person Like i've, seen you,

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know fan pictures of him out in, about like you,

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know he shops At, costco like we love, that and

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so we get pictures of people like next to, him.

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Speaker 3: And he is so huge THAT i really.

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Speaker 4: Think that with the Having Donovan klingen And Young, HANSEN

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i have this theory that The blazers have a theory

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that as this league moves forward And Victor Webbin yama

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takes over the THERE i THINK i think my hypothesis

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is that they're seeing if maybe size is going to

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be one thing that you can throw At, wemby and

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SO i think that having a couple of young centers

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who are also very, LARGE i think they're going to

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get a lot of playing time BECAUSE i think that

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they could be one way to stop you, know this

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basically unstoppable force that Is Victor Webbin.

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Speaker 1: YAMA i think you're definitely at something, there and even

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some teams might be like look At houston with The

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adams And shangoun lineups last, Year mobile And allen or

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like not two physical, bigs but like a lot of

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teams are just rolling with more. Bigs so do you

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think that The blazers are gonna try playing those two?

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Together maybe at any, Point tara clinging hots to.

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Speaker 3: LINEUP i, MEAN i don't think.

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Speaker 4: SO i think it could be, fun you, know for

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one of those wacky lineups that you. Like BUT i,

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think at least at, FIRST i would think that they

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will probably just try to keep them in pretty typical,

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situations you, know because they're both so, young so, new

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trying to learn and process so many things all at,

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once that like throwing him into something that is in

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an atypical way to.

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Speaker 3: PLAY i, MEAN i don't know.

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Speaker 4: What types of Lineups hanson played with In, china BUT

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i just think that they would probably try to keep

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it simple and just run them out. Individually SO i

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don't know that they're gonna get time, together but it

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sure would be.

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Speaker 1: Fun what are we to the two of? You what

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do we? Make how do we feel about the young handsome?

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NICKNAME i feel LIKE i was reading something that said

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he's embraced it, too which is always.

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Speaker 2: Fun he has a shirt he made. It he was,

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like he has a. Shirt, yeah he has like a

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like a leaning branded shirt that says young and, handsome

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go for.

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Speaker 1: HIM i think it's, time, RIGHT i think it actually.

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Speaker 2: Is handsome and.

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Speaker 3: Young, YEAH i like young and. Handsome BUT i think you're, right,

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Though rose.

473
00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:31,599
Speaker 1: Have we and is this we've? Established this is how

474
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,640
we're going to say his name, Too like it's not,

475
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,799
Handsome like wasn't there something where or is it? Written it's.

476
00:22:36,839 --> 00:22:39,000
DIFFERENT i still don't even understand. THAT i had to

477
00:22:39,039 --> 00:22:40,960
chat with my editors on how we were publishing his

478
00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:42,920
name BEFORE i did my summer league right.

479
00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:46,160
Speaker 2: Up so this is An asian is a Classic asian

480
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,720
name trying to fit into A western mold, problem which

481
00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:54,480
is That young is his family, name which goes first

482
00:22:54,599 --> 00:22:59,599
In asian, languages And hanson is his given, name which

483
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,519
is in our. Language we call that a first, name

484
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,359
but that's really we call it first and last because

485
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,160
it like that's the order it comes. In but really

486
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:12,440
it's given, name family, name and An asia family name given.

487
00:23:12,519 --> 00:23:16,240
Name so one of the one of the things that

488
00:23:16,279 --> 00:23:18,920
people have talked about is how we Call yaming by

489
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,839
his last. Name the entire time that he was in THE,

490
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,000
nba because we didn't know that it was actually the.

491
00:23:24,079 --> 00:23:26,839
Reverse SO i don't know how you all are going

492
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,599
to publish. IT i DON'T i think that our team

493
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,160
is settled on calling Him Young, hanson because.

494
00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 1: That's WHAT i was just curious if that was even.

495
00:23:33,759 --> 00:23:37,880
Speaker 2: Correct, yeah, so BUT i don't know, how like The

496
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,480
western media is going to like settle in uncovering, him

497
00:23:40,599 --> 00:23:42,759
whether we're going to have another yaming problem or whether

498
00:23:42,759 --> 00:23:46,480
we're gonna figure out how to address him As hanson

499
00:23:46,519 --> 00:23:48,960
when we speak to him or speak about him and

500
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:49,599
then Young.

501
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,400
Speaker 1: Hanson when is there anything against just asking him like

502
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,319
how he wants? It like didn't we find out Remember

503
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,960
Reggie well or at LEAST i called Him Reggie bullock

504
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,319
for like a decade and then he told the media

505
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,480
casually like it's actually block and like the pronunciations, Off

506
00:24:03,519 --> 00:24:05,240
like why can't we just ask these guys what they

507
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,319
want to be click or how to say? It it's

508
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,359
does anyone even asked? HIM i at least haven't seen

509
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,480
anything about, That like For western, media it was not

510
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,119
an ignorant dumbass like. Me it doesn't know any of this,

511
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,400
stuff like why not just ask rather than we're gonna

512
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:17,599
have these mental gymnastics with.

513
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,839
Speaker 2: IT i, mean it's a great it's a great. Plan

514
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,799
and actually there's a website THAT i don't think that

515
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,319
they DO nba this, way but FOR, wnba there is

516
00:24:27,319 --> 00:24:30,000
a website where they have recordings of all of players

517
00:24:30,039 --> 00:24:32,440
saying their own names when you like click on a

518
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,480
little like. Icon AND i love that they do that

519
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,279
Because i'm, like everyone in the media should go through

520
00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:41,160
and click and hear everybody say their own, name because

521
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,559
sometimes we're really botching people's. Names WHEN i Heard Ariana

522
00:24:44,599 --> 00:24:47,559
grande say her name for the first, TIME i almost

523
00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:50,279
lost it AND i was, like it's really offensive that

524
00:24:50,279 --> 00:24:52,279
we haven't figured out how to say people's names the

525
00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:52,799
way they say.

526
00:24:52,839 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 1: It it's even worse in this case because you're only.

527
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,799
Here i'm only hearing his name on summer league broadcast

528
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,720
or up to this point in summer league broadcasts are a

529
00:25:01,799 --> 00:25:03,920
wild card with names like he was probably called like

530
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,839
four or five different things over the course of his

531
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:06,519
time in Sepparate.

532
00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:09,759
Speaker 4: League, yeah we'll let you know how it plays out

533
00:25:09,839 --> 00:25:13,279
as our local, media BECAUSE i think that they've been,

534
00:25:13,599 --> 00:25:15,519
UH i think they'll figure out.

535
00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:18,880
Speaker 1: What normally the local teams are good, at like hammering it.

536
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:24,319
DOWN i would, assume, yeah, big oh go, ahead, Sorry, Tara, no, no,

537
00:25:24,319 --> 00:25:27,039
no it's. Okay i'm gonna stick with the. Bigs. Tara

538
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,680
you KNOW i wasn't really a clinging guy last. Year

539
00:25:30,039 --> 00:25:32,160
what were your rookie year impressions of him and what's

540
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,200
kind of the area of development you'll be watching the

541
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:35,079
most in year.

542
00:25:35,079 --> 00:25:42,599
Speaker 4: Two, WELL i really liked that That klingon really likes

543
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,720
to win and he's really a good like bench hype.

544
00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,599
Guy you can tell that he has you, KNOW i

545
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,240
JUST i really liked his vibe in terms, of you,

546
00:25:54,279 --> 00:25:56,640
know how he's able to get people, together how he

547
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,160
is able to correct his own. Mistakes BUT I i

548
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,200
had a very favorable impression of. Him he's also a

549
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:03,920
little bit of.

550
00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:07,640
Speaker 3: A you, know he can be a little bit of

551
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:13,359
uh he defends his, guys, right.

552
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,759
Speaker 4: He, will he'll stick up for his his, players and you,

553
00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:19,759
know he'll be a little bit of an.

554
00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 3: Enforcer that's the Word i'm looking.

555
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,799
Speaker 4: For and so it's that's been cool because, like you,

556
00:26:24,839 --> 00:26:27,880
Know DeAndre ayton was you, know this is Our our

557
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,279
podcast is A DeAndre ayton.

558
00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 3: Podcast we were very supportive of. Him we were about,

559
00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:38,440
him but he wasn't exactly an. Enforcer and that's WHAT

560
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,720
i kind of enjoy watching About.

561
00:26:40,759 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 1: Clinging he was way better, defensively AND i EXPECTED i

562
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,559
thought THE nba speed of THE nba game was really

563
00:26:47,599 --> 00:26:50,279
going to hurt. Him it did. NOT i worry about

564
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,400
what he's going to be for this team on, offense

565
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,519
rose like he's not the best finisher at the. Rim

566
00:26:55,559 --> 00:26:57,720
they still don't have the best. Playmakers and as we

567
00:26:57,799 --> 00:27:00,240
talked about the top now the spacing and theory could.

568
00:27:00,279 --> 00:27:02,839
Be you made a great point though About Devani kamara got.

569
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,400
Better Denny avvio's three balls, trustworthy but like they need

570
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,720
like someone needs to pop from beyond the arcs of

571
00:27:08,759 --> 00:27:11,000
this guy doesn't have to like catch the, Ball like

572
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,599
he's already not going to be great at catching the.

573
00:27:12,599 --> 00:27:14,960
Ball and it just doesn't look at his roster AND

574
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,759
i don't think they made his life any easier this,

575
00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:18,200
OFFSEASON i, guess is What i'm getting.

576
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,079
Speaker 2: At, honestly the one thing THAT i would love to

577
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,920
see From donovan is just LIKE i want him to

578
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,119
have like one solid post, Move like he doesn't really

579
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,799
have one of, those just like one solid post move

580
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,559
on offense that he could reliably go. To and, honestly

581
00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:36,519
IF i could bring like Like hanson And donovan, together

582
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,240
WHAT i would want to do IS i would want

583
00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:41,839
to like Lend donovan some Of hanson's inside, game and

584
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,319
THEN i would also want to like Lend hansen some

585
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,319
Of donovan's ability to stay, down you, know make shots,

586
00:27:48,319 --> 00:27:50,440
hard but don't necessarily go for, blocks BECAUSE i think

587
00:27:50,519 --> 00:27:53,160
that WHEN i Watched hanson In Summer, LEAGUE i would

588
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,160
see him sometimes get made it, Up And donovan did

589
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,880
a really good job of staying down in ways THAT

590
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,440
i like didn't expect him to as a, Rookie like

591
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,519
a lot of those guys get caught jumping and they

592
00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:04,759
get a lot of fouls drifted off them that, Way

593
00:28:05,519 --> 00:28:07,640
and he was really good at making those adjustments even in,

594
00:28:07,759 --> 00:28:11,440
game staying in the game with like like racking up

595
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,279
a few quick fouls and then being able to stay

596
00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:16,440
in the game on his next shift for. Longer, like but,

597
00:28:16,519 --> 00:28:18,759
yeah that one post Move i'm looking, For like that

598
00:28:18,799 --> 00:28:21,079
one reliable post move where you're just like and this

599
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,559
is very hard to. Guard so if he can get,

600
00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:25,839
THAT i will feel so much more confident about him

601
00:28:25,839 --> 00:28:27,480
in that, position he will feel like a much more

602
00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:28,079
well rounded.

603
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: Center to, Me, uh do you, THINK i guess Having

604
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,200
hanson on the roster does it say anything about what

605
00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:36,160
the team views him as long term or do you

606
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,799
guys think this was more of just a this one

607
00:28:38,839 --> 00:28:40,480
guy's too good or we think he's gonna be really.

608
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,480
Good klingon's not a. Superstar so you don't draft for

609
00:28:43,559 --> 00:28:46,400
fit or not Draft hanson because we already have clean in.

610
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 2: SITUATION i don't think that they drafted him like in

611
00:28:51,559 --> 00:28:55,920
relationship to their feelings About donovan or. Not they made

612
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,079
it really clear that they were following him for years

613
00:28:58,119 --> 00:28:59,960
and they thought that he might be in the same Draft,

614
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:04,119
donovan and so, like you, KNOW i think that they

615
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,160
just saw a guy that they thought was really really,

616
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,440
promising and they saw him be available and what the

617
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,000
rest of the draft looked, like and they were, like

618
00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:15,799
this is where this is where we want to take our,

619
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:20,000
chances because, really every every draft pick is taking a

620
00:29:20,079 --> 00:29:25,119
chance on, somebody and you, know you so everyone's making a.

621
00:29:25,119 --> 00:29:27,839
Gamble and when everybody was, like, oh like you, know

622
00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:29,960
nobody Expected hasting to be this, Time i'm, like, well,

623
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,000
body but he was and everyone's taking a. Chance and

624
00:29:33,079 --> 00:29:35,920
just because everybody's coalesced around what they think the order

625
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,279
should be or who's the, best it doesn't necessarily mean

626
00:29:38,279 --> 00:29:40,440
that that's, true and it doesn't necessarily mean they're the

627
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,640
best for your. Situation so if this is who they

628
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,000
thought was like going to be the best opportunity for

629
00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:48,279
them in this draft at this, position then like, Great

630
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,480
AND i was even pleased that they were even able

631
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,960
to get the guy that they said that they wanted

632
00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:56,200
and trade. Down Like that's if they had drafted him

633
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,400
with their original, pick we would have heard criticisms of,

634
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,079
like why didn't you trade? Down and then even though

635
00:30:01,119 --> 00:30:03,559
they did trade down this, TIME i like people were,

636
00:30:03,599 --> 00:30:04,559
like why didn't they trade down?

637
00:30:04,599 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: Further probably hope The pelicans did what they did in

638
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,119
this draft provided a little, Cover but, yeah pick sixteen

639
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,839
is what he ended up, at, Right so it's just

640
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,480
like at that, POINT i feel, like first of, all

641
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,079
a lot of the outrage is probably from people who

642
00:30:17,079 --> 00:30:19,640
are pretending to know stuff about the draft that they don't,

643
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,279
Anyway so something like, Me i'm just like pick, SIXTEEN

644
00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:23,799
i don't know about this. Guy i'll just give it

645
00:30:23,839 --> 00:30:26,319
the benefit of that that like why not take a shot? There,

646
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,720
uh another, guy maybe a little divisive. Tower where are

647
00:30:29,759 --> 00:30:31,599
we at With Scoot? Henderson how are you feeling about

648
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:32,440
him these? Days?

649
00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 3: Oh you, KNOW i think this is. UH i think

650
00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:38,559
this is this. Year scoot is under a lot of. Pressure.

651
00:30:39,079 --> 00:30:42,640
Uh this is his year three and the first couple

652
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,720
of years the general consensus was that he wasn't you

653
00:30:46,759 --> 00:30:49,039
know what a number three with what they were expecting

654
00:30:49,079 --> 00:30:51,359
out of a number three. Pick BUT i think that

655
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,319
he uh, SO i think he.

656
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 4: DO i do think he has a lot of pressure

657
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,519
on him this, Season BUT i really believe that he's

658
00:30:59,559 --> 00:31:02,400
going to show that he's fine under. Pressure AND i

659
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,720
think he's got two really great mentors there to help

660
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:09,640
him through that pressure. Part And i'm more interested IN i,

661
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,519
MEAN i, definitely of course want to see progress on the,

662
00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:16,119
court But i'm super interested to see how he handles

663
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:20,640
this pressure AND i fully expect that he will rise

664
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,880
to it and be capable of coming through it and getting.

665
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,119
Speaker 3: Better and he's got great help surrounding.

666
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: Him is he gonna start like what is the just

667
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,799
The drew holiday shade and? Sharp it's a little bit

668
00:31:34,839 --> 00:31:37,160
easier this year Because Damian liller is not. There but

669
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,319
even if you start to go through WHO i think

670
00:31:39,359 --> 00:31:42,799
are like the starting, locks i'd have, Clinging timani And

671
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,599
denny is, like, well these guys just need to. Start

672
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,440
and so one Of shaden Or, Scooter Drew holliday is

673
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,319
then coming off the. Bench and then If Jeremy grant's

674
00:31:50,319 --> 00:31:52,400
also coming off the, bench you're really gonna Have drew

675
00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:55,440
And Jeremy. Grant i've spent way too much time thinking

676
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,279
about this. Guy so where are you at with Is

677
00:31:57,319 --> 00:31:58,960
scoot going to start to begin this?

678
00:31:59,079 --> 00:32:00,599
Speaker 3: YEAR i think he.

679
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 4: SHOWED i mean everybody always says they got to earn their,

680
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,599
spot but you know they got to earn their spot

681
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,000
in training. CAMP i think That shadon is OR i

682
00:32:09,039 --> 00:32:10,799
do Think scoot is going to. START i Think scoot

683
00:32:10,839 --> 00:32:12,880
And drew start, together AND i would love to see

684
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,759
them play. Together AND I scoot is set soaks up so,

685
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,200
much you know of what's going on around. Him he

686
00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:20,160
just needed to learn how to slow down a little.

687
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 3: Bit THAT i. THINK i do Think scoot is going to,

688
00:32:23,039 --> 00:32:24,440
start AND i Think shadon is the one who's going

689
00:32:24,519 --> 00:32:24,920
to come off the.

690
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,759
Speaker 1: Bench you mentioned slow down With, scoot AND i felt like,

691
00:32:28,799 --> 00:32:30,839
that aside from the catch and shoot efficiency went up

692
00:32:30,839 --> 00:32:32,079
a great. Deal it felt like to me that was

693
00:32:32,079 --> 00:32:34,839
like the biggest difference from him to wire last, year

694
00:32:34,839 --> 00:32:36,480
as he felt we saw some of it is rookie,

695
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,960
season but it felt like he just had a better

696
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,640
command of the. Game, rose what do you have more

697
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,759
faith in him improving? Though is it like the, jumper

698
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,640
like having more of a pull up, jumper even a

699
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,480
pull up, three or just getting to the mid range

700
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,119
or finishing at the rim at higher clips than we've

701
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:51,839
seen so.

702
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,519
Speaker 2: Far, well we saw a big leap in his three

703
00:32:54,519 --> 00:32:57,680
point shooting last. Season Like i'll, say like the season before,

704
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,119
THAT i was getting a little, Nervous, Tara, NO i

705
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,079
was getting a little. Nervous i'm, like this, looks this

706
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:07,920
doesn't look close to being a good. Shot and he

707
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,839
came back though this last season AND i was, Like,

708
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,119
oh he looks not only does it look like a

709
00:33:12,119 --> 00:33:14,279
good shot, now but it's like he's comfortable taking. It

710
00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:17,079
he looked really comfortable stepping into some of those threes

711
00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:18,720
last season in years that we had like in the

712
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,839
previous years we had not. Seen but, honestly the big

713
00:33:21,839 --> 00:33:23,759
thing for, HIM i think we'll be figuring out how

714
00:33:23,799 --> 00:33:29,240
to finish at the rim and pick up.

715
00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: Fowls the fouls, THING i honestly think the fouls thing

716
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,799
and the finishing thing is as guys around him get

717
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:39,079
better at, shooting or they put better shooters around, HIM

718
00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:41,240
i think both of. THOSE i don't know if they'll

719
00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:43,359
take care of, themselves BUT i think really that's been

720
00:33:43,359 --> 00:33:45,279
a big part when you look at the quality of

721
00:33:45,319 --> 00:33:47,119
the stuff he's facing when he does get his paint,

722
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,640
touches or how hard he would need to work to

723
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,160
get an on ball paint touch with the rosters that

724
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,200
we've seen him around so. Far like if we get

725
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,960
to a point fast forward to twenty, six twenty, seven

726
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,920
and it's like he's on the court With Damian lillard

727
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,920
at any points like that might be a situation where

728
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,559
if you have that one knockdown shooter that would really

729
00:34:04,599 --> 00:34:07,119
open things up for him on the, inside which we

730
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,239
just have yet to see because Even simon's defense has respected,

731
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,480
him but like he's not they're not guarding him like

732
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,599
they're gonna Guard Damian, lillard or even maybe like a

733
00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,039
wing that is gonna get up more threes than A

734
00:34:17,079 --> 00:34:20,760
denny or A Jeremy grant or even A. Tamani oh they.

735
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:25,280
Speaker 4: WERE i mean when when teams played The, blazers they

736
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,039
were like triple Team, anthony just because he was the

737
00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:32,000
only one that could do. It so it's gonna it's

738
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,199
gonna change the shape of the. Floor even though The

739
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,360
blazers themselves weren't a huge. Threat the other people weren't

740
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,880
a huge, Threat anthony was the, threat and so they

741
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,280
threw you, know lots that he did get a lot

742
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,400
more double teams THAN i would have thought last. YEAR

743
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,559
i wanted to just add one thing About. Scoot one

744
00:34:49,599 --> 00:34:51,920
of the things THAT i saw as an improvement that

745
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,519
the whole team made last, year as everybody was more

746
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:55,480
prepared for the.

747
00:34:55,519 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 3: Ball AND i feel like that is one.

748
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,199
Speaker 4: Of the Reasons i'm happy that they didn't make a

749
00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:04,199
whole bunch of changes to the roster is those guys

750
00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:07,239
who were all playing, together you, Know timani And denny

751
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:11,480
And donovan And scoot And, shaden they were all getting

752
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,320
more used to being ready for the ball because you,

753
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,039
know the first, year you're just figuring it, out and

754
00:35:16,039 --> 00:35:18,960
it's like the ball's coming your. Way and if we're

755
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:23,880
gonna hopefully have more secondary ball handlers as. Well they

756
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,960
all need to be more, prepared AND i felt like

757
00:35:26,039 --> 00:35:29,480
they all just got more alert for that particular, thing

758
00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:32,719
uh last, Season AND i think that's gonna Benefit scoot

759
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,960
BECAUSE i think a lot of his turnovers were throwing

760
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,400
it out of bounds because people weren't.

761
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 3: Ready AND i think that that will you, know them

762
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,840
just being more used to playing together will also you

763
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,400
know show up In scoots like counting. Stats.

764
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,079
Speaker 1: Rose what should we all be watching for in year

765
00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:53,559
four of The shade And sharp?

766
00:35:53,639 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 2: Experience oh, Man so one of The i'll, say one

767
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,000
of the Things i'm looking for IS i just want

768
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,079
to see how he's engaged on. DEFENSE i know that

769
00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:07,320
like last, year the team like pretty publicly challenged him

770
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,320
to play better defense when they decided to pull him

771
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,960
out of the starting lineup and bring him off the,

772
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:16,119
Bench and it was like the kind of confrontation that

773
00:36:16,199 --> 00:36:19,679
felt like not, desperate but like they were escalating a

774
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,800
problem by making it known to the. Public but he

775
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,000
responded really, Well like, AFTERWARD i saw him really working

776
00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:30,320
harder on defense and he knew that that was what

777
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,039
he was being asked to, do and in a way

778
00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:35,880
that like showed me his coachability because some guys can

779
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,440
be challenged in that way and like shut. Down like

780
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,239
we've seen guys be like like where a team get

781
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,360
hard on a guy and it's really hard for them

782
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,639
to perform the thing that they're being asked to. Do

783
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,679
either because it's like a psychological challenge that's really, challenging

784
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,679
or it's because like the thing is too. Hard but

785
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,440
LIKE i Saw shade and put in a ton of

786
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,000
effort last year toward the end of the season after

787
00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:57,280
he was challenged to play, defense and he looked. Better

788
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,239
he wasn't always. Good there were still times where he got,

789
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,440
lost AND i think some of the team defense concepts

790
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,639
are a little bit challenging for him because every now

791
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:07,079
and Then i'd see him switch on to nobody and

792
00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:10,480
just be standing in the middle. Somewhere but, like if

793
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:15,400
he gets that practice with his, Team i'm very curious

794
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,280
if he can make that like a consistent part of

795
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,840
his game that will help him stay on the floor the.

796
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: Taro is there anything on offense you're still looking to

797
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,480
see from? Him is it just better three point? Efficiency

798
00:37:25,559 --> 00:37:27,360
is there are more passing to plumb? THERE i think

799
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,960
he certainly showed signs and he's always been the guy we.

800
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:32,280
LOVE i like seeing dunks From shane and, sharp like

801
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,400
when he's gonna dunk. It but he's always a guy

802
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,559
that can get off tough. Shots it's a question of

803
00:37:36,599 --> 00:37:38,320
how consistently you can make. Them but, like was there

804
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,360
something on offense that you're just sort of zeroing in

805
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:41,280
on for a year? Four?

806
00:37:42,519 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 4: NO i mean WHAT I i Love shadan's dunks as.

807
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,440
WELL i want to make sure that he's not dunking

808
00:37:48,519 --> 00:37:51,760
because like he wants to duld in rather than that's

809
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,840
like the best shot for. Him you, know sometimes when

810
00:37:56,039 --> 00:37:58,400
you know you're known for one, thing then you start

811
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,039
to do that thing a whole bunch to the maybe

812
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,400
to the exclusion of other things that you could also be.

813
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,880
Doing his three point shooting took a little dip last

814
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:06,280
year or.

815
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,039
Speaker 3: SO i would love to see more concentration on that

816
00:38:09,079 --> 00:38:11,440
and just making sure that gets up because somebody's got

817
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:15,559
to shoot. THREES i, mean Obviously dunny and Too money

818
00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:17,360
have been able to do, that but.

819
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 4: Like they, ARE i would hope That shadon could kind

820
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,880
of step into that anphony role where we just need a,

821
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:24,920
bucket just get it To.

822
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 3: Shadon he can get us a.

823
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: BUCKET i don't know if he's ever gonna be that

824
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,000
guy at a high, level but the progress he made

825
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:34,519
from mid range last year made me feel better in

826
00:38:34,559 --> 00:38:37,360
the face of a lot of evidence that still to me,

827
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,559
SCREAMS i don't know what this player is going to.

828
00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:42,079
Be And i'm probably even more just fascinated with him

829
00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:46,000
now because he's extension. Eligible they Have, scoot they Have,

830
00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:48,920
damien and they Have Drew holliday as. Well do you

831
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,039
guys just throwing it to both of you at, large

832
00:38:51,039 --> 00:38:52,719
do we think he gets an extension or is this

833
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,199
going to be taken into restricted free.

834
00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:58,559
Speaker 4: AGENCY i don't, know AND i just hope that he

835
00:38:58,599 --> 00:39:01,320
doesn't get caught in that awkwards situation like these guys

836
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:02,519
have other guys have been this.

837
00:39:02,599 --> 00:39:04,119
Speaker 3: SUMMER i, just.

838
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,079
Speaker 4: You, KNOW i really have no, idea nor DO i

839
00:39:08,199 --> 00:39:11,199
have an opinion on what he should. DO i just

840
00:39:11,199 --> 00:39:13,880
hope that he doesn't get stuck in that weird situation

841
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,199
where he's waiting, there waiting and nobody knows what they're,

842
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:18,800
doing what's gonna happen for a whole.

843
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 1: Summer i'd be shocked if he was in. Limbo if

844
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,559
he did reach restructive, FREEENCY i think there would be

845
00:39:24,639 --> 00:39:27,679
teams that would give him an offer, sheet unlike what

846
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,960
we saw with Cam thomas And, giddy and we're still

847
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,360
waiting On kaminga And Quinn. Grime SO i think there's that,

848
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,440
onment which is WHY i Think i'm gonna guess and

849
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,199
SAY i think he gets an. EXTENSION i think they're

850
00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:41,199
gonna end up signing one and think it's gonna his

851
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,960
first three years were uneven enough that maybe they get

852
00:39:44,039 --> 00:39:46,239
one that they consider as a hometown, discount where if

853
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,599
you look at the cap landscape next, year there might

854
00:39:48,639 --> 00:39:50,239
be a few teams with cap. Space so if you

855
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,280
can get him for like twenty five million a year

856
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,320
now or, SOMETHING i think something gets. DONE i don't

857
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:56,599
feel super, confident but that's my.

858
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,599
Speaker 4: Prediction, yeah maybe they can get him a job not planting,

859
00:39:59,639 --> 00:40:01,159
trees just to help.

860
00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,519
Speaker 1: Out they could make up the rest of his. Mouth,

861
00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:06,159
yeah so twenty five on the court and then about

862
00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:07,840
eight or nine off the, court to make sure he's

863
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,360
getting more Than Kawhi. Leonard, yeah for. SURE i think

864
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,639
that's a great. Idea. Rose how'd you feel about year

865
00:40:13,639 --> 00:40:14,599
one of The Danny avvia.

866
00:40:14,639 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 2: EXPERIENCE i So tara knows this SO i watched a

867
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,320
lot of The wizards this season that he was.

868
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 1: There massa, caused, there we have a word for.

869
00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:28,320
Speaker 2: Massacre SO i watched a lot of teams that WHERE

870
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,639
i thought were in a similar stage of development as

871
00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:32,880
my own, team BECAUSE i wanted to know how we measured,

872
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,400
up and that meant for a while watching the very

873
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,559
bottom of THE, NBA i watched a lot of The

874
00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:40,920
pistons that. YEAR i watched a lot of The wizards that.

875
00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:43,400
YEAR i wanted to, know like how we looked compared

876
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:44,840
to the other people that were trying to just like

877
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:49,400
find the right. Pieces SO i was a little bit

878
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,679
disappointed at how hard the game seemed to be at

879
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,559
the beginning for. Him but LIKE i said, before LIKE

880
00:40:54,599 --> 00:40:56,239
i was shocked at how much he put it together

881
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,320
by the end of the. Season and so my like

882
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:02,519
feeling About denny after watching this season is that he's

883
00:41:02,559 --> 00:41:05,320
a little bit like a wild. Stallion he like leaves

884
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,920
it all on the. Floor he's like a really intense,

885
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,880
player and, LIKE i don't think the goal is to

886
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,639
ever like just lean into this wild stallion like, METAPHOR

887
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,639
i don't think the goal is to ever put a

888
00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:20,199
saddle on. Him and ride, him but it's for him

889
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:24,400
to be able to run with the other. Horses, LIKE

890
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,320
i don't think that he's somebody that you want to

891
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,039
have put any super structured, system BECAUSE i think that

892
00:41:30,119 --> 00:41:32,800
he's best when he has a lot more. Freedom i'm

893
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,440
thinking about an interview THAT i heard with, him or

894
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,360
THAT i read with, him where he was talking about

895
00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:45,599
playing in the twenty nineteen under TWENTY Feba, finals and

896
00:41:45,679 --> 00:41:48,320
he talked about how he couldn't sleep the night before

897
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,960
because he was so, amped he was so ready to,

898
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,880
play AND i was, like, Oh and AS i was

899
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:53,199
hearing him tell the, Story i'm, like this is a

900
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,960
recipe for. Disaster you didn't sleep the whole night before

901
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,639
a really important, game and then he went out there

902
00:41:58,679 --> 00:42:02,159
and played the best game of his. Life somebody who

903
00:42:03,039 --> 00:42:07,039
can do that is a really special person who can

904
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:11,400
harness that intensity and make something of. It but of

905
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,159
the flip side of that is that there's a there's

906
00:42:13,159 --> 00:42:15,400
a concern out there that, like he could also burn

907
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,800
out if he is it isn't able to like harness

908
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,880
it a. Little so my hope for him is that

909
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,760
we still let him be this wild stallion that he

910
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,280
is out there but he learns to run with all

911
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,119
the other horses and make the most of.

912
00:42:26,159 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 1: IT i like that metaphor. Analogy that was a great.

913
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,320
One Ty do you have any overarching thoughts On.

914
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 4: DENNYAVYA i would just SAY i learned that he is

915
00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:39,960
big and strong and, Fast like you, know he's not

916
00:42:40,039 --> 00:42:43,320
Young hansen, big but he is a, big strong, dude

917
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,880
and he is, fast and when he grabs that balls and,

918
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,079
go everybody better be.

919
00:42:47,159 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 3: Ready SO i think he kind of like set the

920
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:50,960
tone for.

921
00:42:51,079 --> 00:42:54,679
Speaker 1: That he, yeah like in guys will bounce off him

922
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:56,039
too when he has his head of, Team like that's

923
00:42:56,079 --> 00:42:58,400
how strong he. Is he doesn't, NECESSARILY i guess when

924
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,239
you watch him, enough he does look at but you

925
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:01,760
don't look at him and be, like, oh like that

926
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,360
that dude will play a, physical fast brand of. BASKETBALL

927
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,679
i don't look at him and think that he.

928
00:43:06,679 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 4: Doesn't look that big until he's standing next to somebody

929
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,199
who's like six, ten six, eleven and you're, like, oh

930
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:15,840
he's like not really, Shorter he's only a little bit

931
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:16,440
smaller than.

932
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: Them, So, tara how do you Think Chauncey billups will

933
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,760
juggle the push and pull of the duality of some

934
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,480
of this roster to where IT'S i think it helps

935
00:43:27,519 --> 00:43:30,599
that some of The blazers' best players are also their

936
00:43:30,639 --> 00:43:33,440
most important long term. Players but when you get into

937
00:43:33,519 --> 00:43:37,000
Having Jeremy, Grant Andrew holliday and if for some reason

938
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:40,679
R w three is, healthy, like how do you see him,

939
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:46,519
juggling playing and developing some of the kids versus do

940
00:43:46,559 --> 00:43:49,000
The blazers have this mandate that they want To you,

941
00:43:49,039 --> 00:43:51,400
know progress isn't, linear but if you're looking to enter

942
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,920
the play in discussion or just to improve upon your

943
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:57,559
win total from this, year like is there a push

944
00:43:57,599 --> 00:44:00,119
and pull there or someone like me exaggerating like the

945
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,119
complexity of just those roster dynamics at.

946
00:44:03,159 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 4: PLAY i think the biggest question is really how are

947
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,239
they going to fit In Jeremy? Grant AND i, think

948
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,960
like you, said a lot of the younger players are

949
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,920
the key to the, future so they're just and they're

950
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,119
also the most impactful players right, Now SO.

951
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 3: I don't think it's a huge.

952
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 4: CONCERN i think just the most complicated one is what

953
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,719
to do With, jeremy which is.

954
00:44:27,679 --> 00:44:30,159
Speaker 1: What should they do to bring him off the? Bench

955
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:32,039
is that do they have the gall to do?

956
00:44:32,119 --> 00:44:32,280
Speaker 2: That?

957
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 4: YEAH i don't know how real this whole thing, is

958
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,079
where like if they get paid this much, money they

959
00:44:38,199 --> 00:44:41,559
have to, start you, know you hear different sides of that.

960
00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:43,679
Speaker 3: Coin SO i don't. Know i'm glad it's not me

961
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,920
having to Decide.

962
00:44:47,039 --> 00:44:49,559
Speaker 1: Rose what's impressed you so far the most about too

963
00:44:49,559 --> 00:44:52,159
Many kamara's growth on the offense. EVENT i think everyone

964
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:53,559
kind of not that they expected him to be in

965
00:44:53,599 --> 00:44:56,199
the all defense, discussion but he came. In it's just, like,

966
00:44:56,199 --> 00:44:59,119
oh this dude can defend basically every. Position he's basically

967
00:44:59,159 --> 00:45:01,400
lived up to that, billing but e's way better for,

968
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,639
Them Like suns fans are angry still about that, trade

969
00:45:04,639 --> 00:45:06,400
like he's been Really so what's impressed you the most

970
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,199
about his offensive development the past two?

971
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:12,840
Speaker 2: YEARS i, mean, honestly it's probably just about how quick it,

972
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,119
Was like like like HE i feel like he was

973
00:45:17,119 --> 00:45:19,840
shooting like thirty three percent from THREE i think his first,

974
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,639
season and then he like moved it all the way

975
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,519
up to thirty seven and he was shooting. More and

976
00:45:24,559 --> 00:45:26,880
that's like a really surprising amount of growth for a

977
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,920
player that was playing on a team that didn't have

978
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:31,960
an identity. Yet and maybe that was part of, it

979
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,280
was that like a lot of guys had the green

980
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,400
light to shoot to shoot the three ball for a

981
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,079
while there because we were still trying to figure out

982
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:42,199
who everybody. Was but, like the speed at which he's

983
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:46,000
improved is pretty, Wild AND i did not think that

984
00:45:46,039 --> 00:45:48,079
we would have someone that we would be able to

985
00:45:48,159 --> 00:45:50,360
like hold up and be like we have a campaign

986
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:54,119
for him to be all in like all DEFENSE nba

987
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,719
or LIKE i don't, know like The Defensive player of The,

988
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,519
year like they did like a campaign around. That, LIKE

989
00:45:59,639 --> 00:46:01,760
i didn't think we would have anybody that we would

990
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,320
be doing that for for a couple of. Seasons so,

991
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,519
honestly LIKE i feel like it's it feels like a

992
00:46:11,679 --> 00:46:13,440
like found, money you, know like you put your ski

993
00:46:13,519 --> 00:46:15,400
jacket away for the, season and the next year you

994
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,280
go back and you find two hundred dollars that you

995
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,239
stuffed in the pocket and you're, like, oh.

996
00:46:19,679 --> 00:46:23,599
Speaker 1: Shoot because, yeah BECAUSE i mean that trade now is

997
00:46:23,679 --> 00:46:25,960
just that's The Tamani kamara trade when you look at

998
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,360
the players that were involved in, there which is kind of. Insane.

999
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:30,719
UH i echo everything you said about, That like in

1000
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,400
the three point stuff you mentioned, too that was like

1001
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,480
real volume that he shot it on and, no, no

1002
00:46:34,519 --> 00:46:37,159
you don't expect him to create, those but he's not supposed.

1003
00:46:37,159 --> 00:46:39,679
To and the thing That i've, LIKED i think he

1004
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,159
deserves like a medal for shooting over forty nine percent

1005
00:46:42,199 --> 00:46:45,559
on drives Within portland spacing last, year and he passes

1006
00:46:45,559 --> 00:46:48,199
out of those drives like way more Than i'd ever.

1007
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,360
Expected it's not like the highest pass out, rate but

1008
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,960
this is like you look at someone like A i don't,

1009
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,400
know like A Miles bridges is just like like if

1010
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,320
he puts his head, down like he's not gonna survey

1011
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,679
the floor or see, anybody so he's not. It it

1012
00:47:00,679 --> 00:47:02,280
never would have been a ball, stopper but he's more

1013
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,639
of a connective tissue on. Offense, no he's not like

1014
00:47:04,679 --> 00:47:07,360
the best, passer but, like this isn't LIKE i guess

1015
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,519
his processing he's Been he makes quicker decisions THAT i

1016
00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:11,880
THINK i just. DIDN'T i don't know a lot about

1017
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,480
these guys coming out of the, draft but even watching

1018
00:47:13,559 --> 00:47:15,079
him his rookie, SEASON i don't know THAT i would

1019
00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:19,199
have predicted like that type of just, Player like he's

1020
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,719
way more of a well rounded player THAN i ever

1021
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:25,480
would have. Anticipated after year one of watching him In, PORTLAND.

1022
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,760
Speaker 2: I love what you said about connective tissue because one

1023
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,000
of the things That tara AND i really focused on

1024
00:47:31,119 --> 00:47:35,920
last year was watching what connections. Emerged AND i think

1025
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,719
that Bringing Denny avvia to this team was actually really

1026
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,920
important for Too Mani kamara's growth because they were the

1027
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:44,000
first two to really. Connect they were the first two

1028
00:47:44,079 --> 00:47:46,559
to have a game that games that were really, complimentary

1029
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,639
and they were the first guys THAT i noticed like

1030
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:50,960
they knew where the other one was gonna be without.

1031
00:47:51,039 --> 00:47:53,440
Looking and for a long time there was guys passing

1032
00:47:53,639 --> 00:47:55,199
passing the ball out of bounds because they didn't know

1033
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:58,519
where guys were gonna. Be denny And tumani were the

1034
00:47:58,519 --> 00:48:00,840
first guys to like really do that for, us and

1035
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,199
then when they settled into that, relationship it made the

1036
00:48:04,199 --> 00:48:06,719
game easier for everybody else around them to find their

1037
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:08,880
spots and for them to be predictive of where they

1038
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,599
were all going to. Be, so, LIKE i think connective

1039
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:13,719
tissue is a really good way to think about, toomni

1040
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,199
but he has to have another thing to connect to

1041
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,159
in order to make the good use of.

1042
00:48:19,199 --> 00:48:22,039
Speaker 1: That, Wait so what Are tara And roses Like top

1043
00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:26,119
Three blazers like one two punch or connective. Rankings, now

1044
00:48:26,199 --> 00:48:28,280
so we Have toumani And Denny. Aavia who what are

1045
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,800
the other two combinations that stood out to?

1046
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:38,039
Speaker 4: You scoot And Donovan okay are? STARTING i mean these

1047
00:48:38,039 --> 00:48:42,039
are you know it was it was just too money

1048
00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:45,000
and And denny for quite a long. Time BUT i

1049
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,760
Think scoot And donovan are starting to become become more,

1050
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,599
connected you. KNOW i mean they're gone, now but Like

1051
00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:56,000
anthony And ayton were actually really complimentary.

1052
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 3: Together who else really do think of any?

1053
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 2: OTHERS a lot of guys that are. GONE i was

1054
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,039
really feeling Like jabari was having some good connection with

1055
00:49:06,039 --> 00:49:10,079
some of those second unit. Guys i've been waiting For

1056
00:49:10,119 --> 00:49:12,000
shadon to find like his, guy like the guy that

1057
00:49:12,039 --> 00:49:14,360
he plays really well off, of AND i JUST i

1058
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,039
think That i've just come to this place Where i'm

1059
00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:20,159
like that that role is still available on our team

1060
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:22,719
for the person who has great like connective tissue with

1061
00:49:23,039 --> 00:49:26,519
with the With shaden SO, tbd.

1062
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:29,639
Speaker 1: If he if he could stay. HEALTHY i actually Think Robert,

1063
00:49:29,679 --> 00:49:33,000
williams the third could fit that. Role it's like maybe

1064
00:49:33,039 --> 00:49:35,400
they're not running the actions, together but if Like shadon's

1065
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,199
cutting off of a pet Like Robert williams in the

1066
00:49:38,199 --> 00:49:41,400
short role throwing to a cutting shaden like that could absolutely.

1067
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:43,000
Work BUT i don't even like how many minutes did.

1068
00:49:43,039 --> 00:49:44,400
IT i don't even know how many minutes are w

1069
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,440
three played it last year like. That dude is just

1070
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,039
never healthy and he what are we two or three

1071
00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:52,079
years removed From people thought he should have Won Defensive

1072
00:49:52,079 --> 00:49:53,559
player of The year instead Of Marcus, Smart like that

1073
00:49:53,679 --> 00:49:56,320
is the level of player that he, was which is

1074
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:58,679
WHY i still IF i was AN, Mbagm i'd be

1075
00:49:58,679 --> 00:50:00,000
trying to trade for. Him i'd give up way too

1076
00:50:00,119 --> 00:50:01,159
much to do it BECAUSE i just still.

1077
00:50:01,159 --> 00:50:05,239
Speaker 4: Believe, yeah we Love Robert williams and would love to

1078
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:08,199
see him play. More from what our understanding, is last

1079
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,000
year he took on a lot of that role of

1080
00:50:10,079 --> 00:50:12,639
sort of the verbal leader in the locker, room you,

1081
00:50:12,679 --> 00:50:15,400
know and it's always helpful when the verbal leader in

1082
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,559
the locker room is also, playing but you can't always

1083
00:50:17,559 --> 00:50:17,840
have all.

1084
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 3: That but you, know he, really he really did. That you.

1085
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,719
Know one of the things That scoot does That Damian

1086
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:30,760
lillard never did was throw like just joy and throwing,

1087
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:36,320
lobs and so he has been connecting pretty well with

1088
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,599
guys all, over up and down the roster in terms

1089
00:50:39,639 --> 00:50:43,159
of you, know being connected and like just throw it,

1090
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:43,480
up you.

1091
00:50:43,519 --> 00:50:47,039
Speaker 4: Know and for, him it's more LIKE i would like

1092
00:50:47,119 --> 00:50:49,280
to see it more like we have guys who are,

1093
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,320
like just throw it anywhere near And i'll grab. It

1094
00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:54,000
at this, POINT i feel like it's more, like just be,

1095
00:50:54,119 --> 00:50:56,920
Ready i'll be throwing, you throwing it to. You SO

1096
00:50:57,039 --> 00:50:59,199
i like to see them get to a point where's

1097
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:02,360
this everybody's all always ready if anything is anywhere near

1098
00:51:02,679 --> 00:51:03,880
the hoop at all for a.

1099
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,039
Speaker 3: Lob but we'll get.

1100
00:51:05,079 --> 00:51:08,760
Speaker 1: There i'll throw this question into both of. You i'll

1101
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:10,360
start with. Tower is there any one of like kind

1102
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:13,400
of the players we haven't discussed the non core, guys

1103
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:17,639
whether it's a wreath Repair Chris murray that intrigues you the.

1104
00:51:17,679 --> 00:51:21,119
Most the answer can be none of, them but that's not.

1105
00:51:21,159 --> 00:51:22,519
Speaker 3: FUNNY i really.

1106
00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:26,079
Speaker 4: Am i'm rooting For Chris murray to have a year

1107
00:51:26,119 --> 00:51:29,800
where his offense, develops BECAUSE i know it seems like

1108
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:35,039
the coach really likes, him you, know on defense and

1109
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:38,360
like he can can depend on, him but he just

1110
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:41,119
his offense hasn't come around enough to really get him

1111
00:51:41,159 --> 00:51:43,039
much playing. Time SO i would just love to see

1112
00:51:43,119 --> 00:51:46,119
him crack a little bit deeper into the rotation because

1113
00:51:46,119 --> 00:51:47,000
his offense has come.

1114
00:51:47,039 --> 00:51:49,679
Speaker 1: Around what about, You, Rose.

1115
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 2: Well i'm interested to see how they Use wreath BECAUSE

1116
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:56,599
i think that he's one of the only like bigs

1117
00:51:56,719 --> 00:52:03,599
that is playable Alongside donovan And hanson because he stretches

1118
00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:07,000
the floor and so if you want to throw out

1119
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,960
a two big, lineup he's like probably the most flexible

1120
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,920
to do. That of Course barri And Robert williams the

1121
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,320
third being. Available but, again LIKE i, said he's kind

1122
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,320
of theoretical to us right, now SO i don't really

1123
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,440
count on him exactly because we saw so we've seen

1124
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,000
so few games where he's been able to play meaningful.

1125
00:52:23,039 --> 00:52:26,480
Minutes and then the other Person i'm really looking at Is.

1126
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:31,360
Roops Can roops make a? Leap like we see some

1127
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,719
really great flashes of, Greatness so like if for folks

1128
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,039
who go to see the remix, play he can really

1129
00:52:36,119 --> 00:52:38,599
like light it up. There and In Summer, leak we

1130
00:52:38,639 --> 00:52:41,079
saw games where he like would really take, over but

1131
00:52:41,199 --> 00:52:43,559
like you, know then the next game you'd see him really.

1132
00:52:43,559 --> 00:52:45,559
Disappear and SO i want to know if he can

1133
00:52:45,599 --> 00:52:48,639
make take a leap because at this, point like you,

1134
00:52:48,679 --> 00:52:52,360
know insert that Judge Judy gift for taping her watch

1135
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:54,519
like it's getting on time to figure out what we're

1136
00:52:54,519 --> 00:52:56,639
gonna do With, roops if we're gonna reinvest in him or,

1137
00:52:56,639 --> 00:52:58,719
not and what he's gonna. Be AND i don't know

1138
00:52:58,760 --> 00:52:59,079
what that is.

1139
00:52:59,159 --> 00:53:02,280
Speaker 1: Yet i'm a fan of being, right AND i remember

1140
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,920
saying very inflammatory things two or three years ago when

1141
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:07,079
he was, Drafted SO i want him to break out as.

1142
00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:08,800
WELL i don't know that the pathway to playing time

1143
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:10,199
is for him on this, roster BUT i would love

1144
00:53:10,199 --> 00:53:12,880
to SEE i said spicy things about his like On

1145
00:53:13,119 --> 00:53:15,880
Ball chops IT i. CAN'T i don't even THINK i

1146
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:17,719
could reread or re listen to WHAT i. Said it was.

1147
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,480
Bad tara had to be a witness to some of,

1148
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,320
it Because i'm sure we went through him that year

1149
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,440
on the. Podcast we could pretend it didn't, happen, Though,

1150
00:53:26,679 --> 00:53:30,639
tara based off how this roster is currently, constructed what

1151
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,920
is the most realistic path like area of the way

1152
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:37,840
they play that would noticeably improve their offense just based

1153
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:39,199
off the current personnel that they have.

1154
00:53:41,519 --> 00:53:44,639
Speaker 4: TIME i know that's a really terrible cop about, it,

1155
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:48,159
excuse but like that's the team that we're looking. At

1156
00:53:48,199 --> 00:53:51,000
they are young and they are, developing and SO i

1157
00:53:51,119 --> 00:53:51,800
want to see.

1158
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:55,320
Speaker 1: Time is there anything else for you rose that you

1159
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:58,440
could see this team again based off how it's currently, built, improved,

1160
00:53:58,519 --> 00:53:59,559
realistically improving on.

1161
00:53:59,639 --> 00:54:03,239
Speaker 2: OFFENSE i, MEAN i just want to see the continued

1162
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:08,920
development in people's shooting from. Three but, again Like i'm

1163
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,960
not somebody who necessarily thinks they need to go out

1164
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,559
and find somebody to fill that role that's external to

1165
00:54:13,599 --> 00:54:16,039
the team, now like we've seen a lot of growth From,

1166
00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:18,440
scoot From, tumani guys who are on the team that are,

1167
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:20,159
young that are still, DEVELOPING i want to see what

1168
00:54:20,199 --> 00:54:22,360
they can continue to do as the game gets a

1169
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:26,440
little bit, easier because when everyone's playing a little bit,

1170
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,800
better the game gets, easier like we saw Like tara

1171
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,800
was talking about how we used to See Anthony Simon's

1172
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:32,559
Get triple team because there was nobody else that was a.

1173
00:54:32,599 --> 00:54:35,599
Threat as the team got, better the game got easier

1174
00:54:35,599 --> 00:54:38,280
because they couldn't sell out like. That and so when

1175
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,760
all of these players become a little bit, BETTER i

1176
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:42,239
think that it makes it a little bit easier for

1177
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:44,920
everybody to shoot a little better and get better shots

1178
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:50,039
because defenses don't have quite a straightforward of a. Proposition so,

1179
00:54:51,239 --> 00:54:52,199
yeah that's What i'm looking.

1180
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:59,079
Speaker 4: FOR i thought of a more specific answer than time easy.

1181
00:54:59,119 --> 00:55:01,639
Buckets they left a lot of points on the.

1182
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,639
Speaker 2: Floor transition, buckets, yeah finishing lamps.

1183
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:09,920
Speaker 1: Yeah uh, Man If scooed could be a better, finisher

1184
00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:11,079
that takes a lot of. Stuff BUT i do look

1185
00:55:11,119 --> 00:55:13,239
at the personnel and feel LIKE i liked that they

1186
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:16,239
got out more in transition last year after grabbing. REBOUNDS

1187
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,119
i feel like they have the personnel to be more

1188
00:55:18,119 --> 00:55:20,840
efficient in those situations. Too, now if you don't have

1189
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:23,679
shooters in, transition that makes things, Harder but that feels

1190
00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:27,079
like a realistic area rather than, saying, yeah it'd be great, if,

1191
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,000
like you, Know Jeremy grant could shoot fifty percent on

1192
00:55:30,039 --> 00:55:32,199
two pointers again rather than like thirty six or whatever

1193
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:34,360
it was last. Year it would be great If shane

1194
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:36,840
sharp coul shoot forty four percent from, Three, yeah that'd be.

1195
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:38,880
Cool BUT i look at this team and feel Like

1196
00:55:39,199 --> 00:55:40,960
scoop can be a better, finisher AND i think that

1197
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,039
they can do more efficient damage in.

1198
00:55:43,119 --> 00:55:49,079
Speaker 4: Transition they, have you, know multiple guys who like to

1199
00:55:49,119 --> 00:55:52,119
steal the ball and are skilled enough to not just

1200
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:54,880
steal the, ball but keep the ball after they steal,

1201
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:59,760
it and so capitalizing on those and finishing on those

1202
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:03,880
are going to be uh that they they're leaving points

1203
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:05,519
on the board when they don't do. That but now

1204
00:56:05,559 --> 00:56:09,880
that you know they have somebody like guys Like holiday

1205
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:14,760
who can if he can get, them him And, matisse,

1206
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,280
like they're both wizards at stealing the, Ball so let's

1207
00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,360
reward that with by the rest of the team.

1208
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:24,519
Speaker 1: Finishing, MAN i forgot matis tible existed for a. Minute

1209
00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:29,239
they can build really it's not a defensive combinations that's just.

1210
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:31,599
Wow this team has a lot of defensive. TALENT i

1211
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:33,960
like a lot of people just come out and said

1212
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:36,400
they haven't bought like the rise that we saw later

1213
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:37,840
in the. SEASON i know there's a lot of noise,

1214
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:40,880
there but you look on paper and they Just i'll

1215
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:42,239
say it, again tarrl, like but they have a lot of,

1216
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,280
dudes a lot of dudes that can defend their ass.

1217
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:46,840
Off AND i think this team is going to end

1218
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,960
up being like really good. Defense LIKE i think they'll

1219
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:50,679
have a top twelve defense next. Year IF i had

1220
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:53,000
to make a bold, prediction like it feels like it

1221
00:56:53,079 --> 00:56:55,119
might be a little unconventional the way they do, it

1222
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:58,199
but like they have just the perimeter personnel Of avdia

1223
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:01,000
and thigh ball and Now Drew holliday like it's just

1224
00:57:01,039 --> 00:57:04,719
and Then Tamani kamara like that's, man this, TEAM i

1225
00:57:04,719 --> 00:57:06,039
don't know what they're gonna look like on. Offense i'm

1226
00:57:06,039 --> 00:57:07,840
pretty low on them. Offensively i'm not gonna, lie but

1227
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:08,800
their defense is gonna be.

1228
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:11,960
Speaker 4: Insane we keep saying that we want to be, that

1229
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:13,960
we want The blazers to be the team that every

1230
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,360
other team just hates to, play where there's like like

1231
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:19,320
even if they know they can get a, win they

1232
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:21,000
just dread going in to play The.

1233
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:25,320
Speaker 1: Blazers are you guys ready to enter the Cookie Cutter

1234
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:29,079
Lightning round portion of the? Podcast, yeah throw it. OUT

1235
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:31,599
i feel like we've talked about it, enough BUT i

1236
00:57:31,599 --> 00:57:33,960
have to ask the question, anyway looking at the roster right,

1237
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:37,119
now what is this team's single biggest weakness that concerned.

1238
00:57:37,159 --> 00:57:38,960
You i'll go with you, first Ros.

1239
00:57:41,519 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 2: So for, me it's LIKE, i LIKE i was saying,

1240
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:47,679
before it's probably floor. Spacing i'm like a little bit worried.

1241
00:57:47,679 --> 00:57:50,039
About we have a lot of guys that are really

1242
00:57:50,039 --> 00:57:54,199
good at getting. Inside But i'm, like but it's too

1243
00:57:54,239 --> 00:57:57,000
hard without flour spacers because the defenses can just collapse on.

1244
00:57:57,039 --> 00:57:59,239
You it makes it really. Straightforward so we really need

1245
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:02,280
guys who to like to like find their shots and

1246
00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:05,199
to know exactly how to get those when they need,

1247
00:58:05,239 --> 00:58:07,880
them because there's just no substitute for that right. Now

1248
00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:11,199
in THE, nba we have more playmakers than we've ever

1249
00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:13,800
had probably on our team in like the most recent,

1250
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:16,679
years but they are only as good as like the

1251
00:58:16,719 --> 00:58:20,360
rest of the personnel can turn those into. Points so,

1252
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:23,760
YEAH i just want to see the floor spacers continue to.

1253
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:27,159
Speaker 1: Develop do you have anything else like to add to

1254
00:58:27,159 --> 00:58:28,920
that or a different one, terror BECAUSE i, mean like

1255
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:30,239
that's just the need with this.

1256
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 3: Right mine is a personal.

1257
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,239
Speaker 4: Preference last year we had a really awesome resurgence in

1258
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,360
the two handed, dunk and this YEAR i want to

1259
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:38,000
see backwards.

1260
00:58:38,079 --> 00:58:41,480
Speaker 1: Dunks who aside From shade And, sharp are you going

1261
00:58:41,559 --> 00:58:43,119
to rely on to get the backwards dunks?

1262
00:58:43,119 --> 00:58:45,719
Speaker 2: Done Without Mason plumley on this?

1263
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:48,719
Speaker 4: TEAM i Know Mason plumley our is our, model you.

1264
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,159
KNOW i Think donovan And Young hanson could both do.

1265
00:58:51,199 --> 00:58:55,280
Speaker 1: It what do you make OF i think this could

1266
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:58,639
be a nomination they could still use and this is

1267
00:58:58,679 --> 00:59:00,119
not something you go out and get and they mi

1268
00:59:00,239 --> 00:59:02,880
still develop. Them but what's tough about this team IS

1269
00:59:03,159 --> 00:59:05,599
i don't look at them and see their tent pole

1270
00:59:05,639 --> 00:59:08,480
of the, future like it could Be. SCOOT i haven't

1271
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:11,119
really given up On. Scoot. There it won't Be, Clinging he's.

1272
00:59:11,159 --> 00:59:13,199
GOOD i don't think it's gonna Be shane And. SHARP

1273
00:59:13,239 --> 00:59:15,119
i know a lot of people kind of like him Over.

1274
00:59:15,159 --> 00:59:18,639
Scoot maybe It's John, hanson but like that's something to

1275
00:59:18,679 --> 00:59:21,360
sort of track, here because that would be your fast

1276
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:23,440
track to the middle is you're like good and you're

1277
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:25,800
frisky and you've done, these but you don't have the.

1278
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,840
Guy And tara, like would you do you Think scoot

1279
00:59:29,119 --> 00:59:31,559
of the current members is their best chance at having

1280
00:59:31,599 --> 00:59:33,599
the guys at somebody? Else do you not view them

1281
00:59:33,599 --> 00:59:35,920
as just even having that type of prospect on the

1282
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:38,239
roster right? Now it's hard.

1283
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,079
Speaker 4: To know because if you have a, guy you have

1284
00:59:40,159 --> 00:59:42,280
to have the guy that makes all the other guys,

1285
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,159
better and it depends on who the other guys. Are

1286
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:47,840
so it really depends on the mix of who you.

1287
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:50,559
HAVE i think the best potential that we have on the.

1288
00:59:50,679 --> 00:59:53,519
Roster if we, couldn't you, know choose anybody. ELSE i

1289
00:59:53,519 --> 00:59:54,880
would Say scoot.

1290
00:59:54,719 --> 00:59:57,840
Speaker 3: Or denny are probably the ones who are the most

1291
00:59:58,079 --> 01:00:01,360
likely to be able to take this team into the,

1292
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,000
Future BUT i don't know if they Are.

1293
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,239
Speaker 1: Rose is there anything about this team could be a, need, concern,

1294
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:11,440
storyline whatever that's flying under the radar that you think

1295
01:00:11,639 --> 01:00:12,280
deserves more.

1296
01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:16,559
Speaker 2: Spotlight, Yeah so this is one That i've kind of

1297
01:00:16,679 --> 01:00:20,400
preached on our own podcast a little bit That AND

1298
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:22,679
i think that this is the reason Why i'm kind

1299
01:00:22,679 --> 01:00:26,079
of hard on this story is BECAUSE i think it's

1300
01:00:26,079 --> 01:00:33,400
really easy for fans and media to grouse around, leadership, ownership, Whatever,

1301
01:00:33,559 --> 01:00:35,760
like it's really easy to have a lot of criticism

1302
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:38,400
to go. Around but one of the things THAT i

1303
01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:41,400
feel now in, retrospect now that we know about the

1304
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:45,079
new ownership of our team and the plan for, TRANSITION

1305
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:50,519
i think That Jody allen did a really nice job

1306
01:00:50,599 --> 01:00:54,039
Building portland a promising team and planning seeds that she

1307
01:00:54,079 --> 01:00:57,239
was never going to see blossom. Here she didn't intend

1308
01:00:57,320 --> 01:01:00,679
to own a team like her brother tragically passed, away

1309
01:01:00,719 --> 01:01:03,039
and she inherited a team and was the steward for

1310
01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:05,159
us for a long, time and we didn't know a

1311
01:01:05,159 --> 01:01:08,760
lot about. Her she inherited it a weird. Time and

1312
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:11,400
as far as like the things that could have happened

1313
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:14,440
this year this offseason as they knew they were transitioning

1314
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,960
to a new, OWNERSHIP i couldn't be happier with what.

1315
01:01:17,079 --> 01:01:19,920
Happened they were able to find enough of the right

1316
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:21,519
players that they feel like they want to take the

1317
01:01:21,519 --> 01:01:23,599
next step from like looking for the right pieces to

1318
01:01:23,679 --> 01:01:26,280
them to like bringing the pieces together and assembling. Them

1319
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:29,559
they Brought Damian lillard. Home she gave. Him they gave

1320
01:01:29,639 --> 01:01:31,679
him a no trade clause so that he could would

1321
01:01:31,679 --> 01:01:34,800
be here and no future owner could mess that up for. Us, like,

1322
01:01:35,239 --> 01:01:37,559
honestly for all of the ways that like owners have

1323
01:01:38,239 --> 01:01:41,280
feel people that fans of feel like owners have screwed

1324
01:01:41,320 --> 01:01:43,559
their fan, BASES i feel Like jody took incredibly good

1325
01:01:43,599 --> 01:01:45,920
care of. Us and not a lot of people say,

1326
01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:48,320
THAT i think because it's just our default position is

1327
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:50,199
to say nothing about ownership or complain about.

1328
01:01:50,199 --> 01:01:53,280
Speaker 1: THEM i love THAT i asked that question BECAUSE i

1329
01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:55,239
never would have thought LIKE i just did The pelicans

1330
01:01:55,239 --> 01:01:56,840
one BEFORE i hopped on with you, guys he's talking

1331
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:58,960
about like these rights to the, arena had no idea

1332
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:00,840
that was really going. On it's one of my favorite

1333
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:03,440
questions to, ask so thank you for that, One. Tara

1334
01:02:03,519 --> 01:02:05,159
do you have like an under the radar thing that

1335
01:02:05,239 --> 01:02:06,599
isn't that that you wanted to add or?

1336
01:02:06,679 --> 01:02:10,280
Speaker 4: No, Yeah i'll just say that The blazers have brought

1337
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:17,639
in some really experienced new assistant coaches and the level

1338
01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:21,079
of assistant coaches has really every year notched, up And

1339
01:02:21,159 --> 01:02:24,840
i'm really excited about the staff that is Around Chauncey

1340
01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:25,400
billups right.

1341
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:29,239
Speaker 3: Now they've brought In Thiago's. Splitter we're number One Thiago

1342
01:02:29,239 --> 01:02:34,119
Splitter fan. Podcast they also you, Know patrick St, Andrews Quintin.

1343
01:02:34,199 --> 01:02:37,280
Crawford these are guys who have you, know one in

1344
01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:38,360
THE G league one and.

1345
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:42,440
Speaker 4: Other, levels AND i just think it's exciting that the

1346
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:46,880
assistant coaches ARE i THINK i think that's showing that

1347
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:51,320
the team is ready to progress to be. Competitive i'm

1348
01:02:51,360 --> 01:02:54,480
not really sure what if they're ready to, compete BUT

1349
01:02:54,599 --> 01:02:57,480
i think that they're ready to be, competitive and assistant

1350
01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:01,039
coaches with you know what more history willing to come.

1351
01:03:01,079 --> 01:03:02,880
Speaker 3: ON i think they're seeing the vision as.

1352
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:06,840
Speaker 1: Well So i'll ask you two to hash this. Out

1353
01:03:07,039 --> 01:03:09,599
it's you're building a ten man rotation for opening. Night

1354
01:03:10,199 --> 01:03:12,239
who are your five? Starters and then who are the

1355
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:13,960
five most used reserves after?

1356
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:21,679
Speaker 2: That scoots starting at point, guard, Right scoot And, Drew, YEAH.

1357
01:03:21,599 --> 01:03:22,400
Speaker 1: I, HAVE i.

1358
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:27,920
Speaker 3: HAVE i Think, Scoot, Drew, Denny, tumani And. Donovan that's

1359
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:29,840
that's WHO i would love to see On Opening.

1360
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:32,000
Speaker 1: NIGHT i think that's the right. Answer by the, WAY

1361
01:03:32,119 --> 01:03:34,880
i think that that's like the like to be the

1362
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:36,599
idea Of shandon coming off the bench is. Where BUT

1363
01:03:36,639 --> 01:03:38,519
i think in so far as you, CARE i think

1364
01:03:38,559 --> 01:03:40,159
that that's like the right lineup for them to.

1365
01:03:40,199 --> 01:03:43,760
Speaker 2: Start, YEAH i think that they've made it really clear

1366
01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:48,599
that like we played defense, first and that's Not shandon's

1367
01:03:48,639 --> 01:03:52,320
thing just. Yet and you don't bench any of those

1368
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:55,880
other guys to start. Shadon but and The shane's probably

1369
01:03:55,880 --> 01:03:57,880
six the man off the, bench you, know first off the.

1370
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:01,039
Speaker 1: Bench he's like he could win that Six man of

1371
01:04:01,039 --> 01:04:02,760
The year award if he just came off the bench and,

1372
01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:04,639
Blocked like he's the type of player that would be

1373
01:04:04,639 --> 01:04:07,039
wired to win that. AWARD i think, too they could

1374
01:04:07,039 --> 01:04:07,480
sell him that.

1375
01:04:07,519 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 2: WAY i think it it's.

1376
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:16,960
Speaker 4: Tough, well AND i think Just jeremy hasn't been, around

1377
01:04:17,079 --> 01:04:20,320
hasn't been a part of the rotation, enough in kind

1378
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:23,000
of like same With Robert, Williams like they're not as

1379
01:04:23,079 --> 01:04:25,000
used to playing with each, other and if they want

1380
01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:26,760
to start off with they want to start off with,

1381
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:28,039
success they got to be used to playing.

1382
01:04:28,039 --> 01:04:31,199
Speaker 3: Together And jeremy just hasn't been around as. Much he's been,

1383
01:04:31,239 --> 01:04:34,199
Injured he's just hasn't been around as. Much and so

1384
01:04:34,599 --> 01:04:37,639
as weird as it seems to bring, somebody you, know

1385
01:04:37,639 --> 01:04:41,239
with the experience Of jeremy off the, bench to, me

1386
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:43,599
it makes the most. Sense keep, those you, know those

1387
01:04:43,599 --> 01:04:46,639
guys who finished out the year so off the.

1388
01:04:46,639 --> 01:04:51,159
Speaker 1: Bench then would Be Grant. Shaden Robert williams the third

1389
01:04:51,239 --> 01:04:52,679
is playing if he's, healthy, RIGHT.

1390
01:04:53,719 --> 01:04:56,440
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah BUT i mean if in lieu of

1391
01:04:56,519 --> 01:04:59,599
him being, HEALTHY i don't. Know IF I i don't,

1392
01:04:59,599 --> 01:05:02,159
KNOW i don't count on, THAT i, guess is What

1393
01:05:02,199 --> 01:05:04,039
i'm trying to. Say so and LIKE i, Would I'm

1394
01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:07,119
i'm inclined to believe THAT wop will get more minutes

1395
01:05:07,159 --> 01:05:09,000
Than Robert williams The third Nixt.

1396
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:12,639
Speaker 1: OH i love that. Prediction, well MAYBE i. Don't i'm.

1397
01:05:12,639 --> 01:05:16,840
Conflicted but so Is hantson gonna be do you think

1398
01:05:16,840 --> 01:05:19,519
in the regular rotation or is that like a later season? Thing? Yes,

1399
01:05:19,599 --> 01:05:23,039
okay so he brings us into. Nine, WELL i guess

1400
01:05:23,079 --> 01:05:25,239
if W reith is in, there So wreath Or williams

1401
01:05:25,239 --> 01:05:29,480
will count as one spot Plus hanson and then who

1402
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:30,800
do we just? NAME i think that brings us to.

1403
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:33,800
Nine matis is Tot, matisse and you think he's the

1404
01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:34,599
tenth he'll be the tenth.

1405
01:05:34,639 --> 01:05:38,320
Speaker 2: Guy. Then probably the reason WHY i Think matisse is

1406
01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:42,599
Because matis really fits the identity that this team is going,

1407
01:05:42,639 --> 01:05:45,880
for and he's just getting back in like he was

1408
01:05:45,880 --> 01:05:48,599
injured for so much of last, season like we haven't

1409
01:05:48,639 --> 01:05:52,599
really seen a whole lot of. Them but when he

1410
01:05:52,679 --> 01:05:55,039
did come, back when the team was winning and doing,

1411
01:05:55,079 --> 01:05:55,800
well he looked.

1412
01:05:55,840 --> 01:06:01,519
Speaker 1: Good tara to some extent matchup. Dependent but what do

1413
01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:03,920
you think should be or will end up being? There

1414
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:05,400
go to closing?

1415
01:06:05,519 --> 01:06:09,800
Speaker 3: UNIT i think.

1416
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:15,920
Speaker 4: BECAUSE i want so badly For scoot to have show

1417
01:06:16,079 --> 01:06:17,480
the success that we're all hoping.

1418
01:06:17,519 --> 01:06:20,559
Speaker 3: FOR i would love it If scoot is. Closing So

1419
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:31,199
i'm Thinking scoot To Denny, Donovan Drew.

1420
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,800
Speaker 4: DREW i don't, know my most important thing IS i

1421
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:39,679
really want to See scoot closing because he's shown that

1422
01:06:39,679 --> 01:06:42,159
that's where he should that's, whoa that's who needs to

1423
01:06:42,199 --> 01:06:45,760
be in commanding the floor and running things at the

1424
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:46,119
end of the.

1425
01:06:46,119 --> 01:06:49,679
Speaker 1: Game could you see a spot because that's, like that's

1426
01:06:49,719 --> 01:06:51,840
basically the starting five that it seems like we all

1427
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:54,199
agree should. Be the, answer is there a spot within

1428
01:06:54,239 --> 01:06:57,199
that lineup rose that you could see like closing, games

1429
01:06:57,199 --> 01:06:59,320
that you could See Chauncey billps futzing and fiddling with

1430
01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:01,960
specificly like one player who wouldn't be guaranteed to close

1431
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:02,199
of that.

1432
01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:07,079
Speaker 2: Group, uh it's tough because it's so much of its

1433
01:07:07,079 --> 01:07:11,159
matchup dependent and like situation, dependent you, know like are we,

1434
01:07:11,239 --> 01:07:15,039
up are we? Down like what's going? On BUT i

1435
01:07:15,039 --> 01:07:21,880
could See matisse in for one of those like one

1436
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:26,679
of those those, guards Because matisse is such an oppressive

1437
01:07:27,679 --> 01:07:30,719
defender and he's one GAME i, mean like we saw

1438
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:33,039
him win games last year when he came, back like

1439
01:07:33,079 --> 01:07:35,960
getting like game winning blocks and, Stuff like he's capable

1440
01:07:36,039 --> 01:07:39,760
of that kind of playmaking in those like closing, situations

1441
01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:42,960
and so LIKE i can see him being given that

1442
01:07:43,039 --> 01:07:46,159
trust if we need if like the goal at the

1443
01:07:46,239 --> 01:07:47,000
end is to get us.

1444
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:50,639
Speaker 1: Stup oh go, ahead, sy are you gonna say?

1445
01:07:50,639 --> 01:07:52,280
Speaker 3: SOMETHING i was just gonna. Say and if the goal

1446
01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:56,920
at the end is to get a, bucket then maybe

1447
01:07:57,039 --> 01:08:00,559
they swap it out and they Put shade, in if

1448
01:08:00,599 --> 01:08:02,239
they can, run if they can come up with a

1449
01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:07,000
like reliable play For shaden to score on Or.

1450
01:08:07,119 --> 01:08:09,519
Speaker 2: JEREMY i think it's very possible that we See jeremy

1451
01:08:09,519 --> 01:08:13,079
and closing situations when you need a. Bucket that's WHY

1452
01:08:13,079 --> 01:08:14,320
i got them at one.

1453
01:08:14,320 --> 01:08:17,560
Speaker 1: Point that's kind of a terrifying notion to. Me at this,

1454
01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:19,479
Point i'm not gonna lie if that's if that's where

1455
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:22,680
The blazer are sent up At, ROSE i was gonna

1456
01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:25,920
ask you to build a like their best realistic offensive.

1457
01:08:25,960 --> 01:08:27,520
Lineup who is who is in?

1458
01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:34,399
Speaker 2: It the Pass i'm just Skiddy, Wreath.

1459
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:37,319
Speaker 1: Hanson Robert lane will go all bigs and we'll figure it.

1460
01:08:37,359 --> 01:08:42,920
Speaker 2: Out i'm SO i don't know exactly what that looks,

1461
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:44,800
like BECAUSE i feel like every year it's a lot

1462
01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:47,800
of these younger players have looked different every single. Year

1463
01:08:48,359 --> 01:08:50,520
so like, today IF i was gonna, say based on

1464
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:52,199
WHAT i saw at the end of last, YEAR i

1465
01:08:52,199 --> 01:08:58,840
would be really happy to See Scoot SHADEN toi Mony,

1466
01:09:01,039 --> 01:09:04,199
denny and Then i'm Not i'm actually not sure in.

1467
01:09:04,319 --> 01:09:06,399
It in a perfect, WORLD i would love to be

1468
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:08,800
able to See donovan Or, hanson but they have NOT

1469
01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:11,119
i have not seen exactly what they will be like

1470
01:09:11,199 --> 01:09:14,840
offensively in THE nba and being like a real, ASSET

1471
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:17,399
i could imagine a small ball situation where you Play

1472
01:09:17,439 --> 01:09:19,720
denny at the five depending on the.

1473
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,399
Speaker 1: MATCHUP i love those.

1474
01:09:21,439 --> 01:09:24,880
Speaker 2: Lineups and THEN i don't know who that fourth person would.

1475
01:09:24,920 --> 01:09:28,760
Be it could be, true it could Be matisse, like

1476
01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:32,800
BUT i JUST i like, this, this this idea Of

1477
01:09:33,239 --> 01:09:35,840
denny getting to play the, five because the times where

1478
01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:37,359
we did get to see him play the five last

1479
01:09:37,399 --> 01:09:41,199
year were really interesting and. Fun watching him play shingoon

1480
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:45,840
like for an entire game was really, fun and like

1481
01:09:46,119 --> 01:09:48,319
the THE nba is a touch that you might play

1482
01:09:48,319 --> 01:09:48,920
a team where that's.

1483
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:54,079
Speaker 1: Possible the theory of might actually make sense in that situation.

1484
01:09:54,159 --> 01:09:56,399
Too is the floor, spacer because Then denny still gets

1485
01:09:56,399 --> 01:09:58,600
the open floor if you have a big man who could,

1486
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:01,159
space Because donna won't or at least he. SHOT i

1487
01:10:01,159 --> 01:10:03,439
don't need to See donovan clinkon shoot threes R w

1488
01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:05,800
three does not haunt, him as you, said is a question.

1489
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:07,800
Mark it's like if you still wanted to have like

1490
01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:10,560
a quote unquote five in there, wreath WOULD i was,

1491
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:12,159
LIKE i know he didn't shoot the ball to l as,

1492
01:10:12,239 --> 01:10:14,399
year we didn't play a. BUNCH i still that's the

1493
01:10:14,760 --> 01:10:16,960
him And Carlo macovich of The pelicans are, like if

1494
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:18,680
you're trying to find someone who might be a floor,

1495
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:22,039
spacing room, protector like just a diamond in the, rough it's.

1496
01:10:22,119 --> 01:10:23,920
Him SO i wouldn't mind seeing him in those type

1497
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:27,800
of looks, too to open the. Floor my favorite, Question

1498
01:10:28,119 --> 01:10:30,760
tara will start with. You is there a weirdo lineup

1499
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:32,720
you want to See Chauncey billups try this? Year?

1500
01:10:34,239 --> 01:10:36,840
Speaker 4: Yeah What the One i've come up with is possibly

1501
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:40,039
the first non scoring quarter in the. League and WHAT

1502
01:10:40,119 --> 01:10:42,399
i met this was that the other team wouldn't be

1503
01:10:42,399 --> 01:10:44,319
able to. Score but Now i'm also looking at it

1504
01:10:44,359 --> 01:10:45,560
going maybe we can't score.

1505
01:10:45,640 --> 01:10:51,199
Speaker 3: Either BUT i would love just the death lineup Of Drew, Matisse,

1506
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:56,000
Timani Rob williams And. DONOVAN i feel like that would be.

1507
01:10:56,119 --> 01:10:59,640
Speaker 1: Terrifying that would be on both sides of the. Floor

1508
01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:00,119
that would be.

1509
01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:07,199
Speaker 3: Can they hold a team to zero? Points in a Quarter, rose.

1510
01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:08,800
Speaker 1: Do you have a weird old lineup you would like to?

1511
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:10,760
See and if it was The denny at the five,

1512
01:11:10,840 --> 01:11:12,439
one that's perfectly cool too if that works for.

1513
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:14,640
Speaker 2: Me it is similar With denny at the, five but

1514
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:16,880
it's a slightly different. Lineup With denny at the. Five

1515
01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:21,880
it Scoot Drew Matisse TooMany And denny because if they are,

1516
01:11:22,199 --> 01:11:24,039
small fast and infinitely.

1517
01:11:24,079 --> 01:11:29,720
Speaker 1: Switchable, yeah, man is do you could build some ridiculous defensive.

1518
01:11:29,720 --> 01:11:34,079
LINEUPS i want to see R w three With hans

1519
01:11:34,159 --> 01:11:39,439
And Denny toimani AND i feel LIKE i should put

1520
01:11:39,439 --> 01:11:41,680
a REAL i want to Say. Shaden that lineup is

1521
01:11:41,760 --> 01:11:43,600
just so. WEIRD i don't need to see like. SCHOOL

1522
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,439
i don't need someone to run, like let's Throw shaden in.

1523
01:11:45,439 --> 01:11:47,760
There you Have, denny make Sure hanson gets plenty of.

1524
01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:50,159
TOUCHES i honestly have no idea what that lineup looks

1525
01:11:50,199 --> 01:11:51,960
like at either side of the, floor which is WHY

1526
01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:55,680
i would favor. It if it's ever on the, Court we'll.

1527
01:11:55,600 --> 01:11:57,720
Speaker 2: Have to keep your eyes out for. These report back

1528
01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:58,439
if we see any of.

1529
01:11:58,479 --> 01:12:01,359
Speaker 1: THESE i Need, yeah, weird don't line up like signal

1530
01:12:01,359 --> 01:12:03,399
it's and on social media if it's ever on and

1531
01:12:03,399 --> 01:12:04,560
SO i could choper in and watch.

1532
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:08,880
Speaker 3: THAT i remember In chauncey's first year as a, COACH

1533
01:12:09,159 --> 01:12:12,119
i tagged you because it was AN oops all guard.

1534
01:12:12,159 --> 01:12:13,840
Lineup they literally put five.

1535
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:16,079
Speaker 1: Guards they had like nine. Guards, yeah my.

1536
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:18,680
Speaker 3: God it's Like, dan it happened.

1537
01:12:19,960 --> 01:12:21,960
Speaker 1: BEFORE i ask you guys for some. Predictions is there

1538
01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:24,399
anything or anyone else about this team THAT i didn't

1539
01:12:24,399 --> 01:12:27,319
ask you about that you believe that you think needs more.

1540
01:12:27,319 --> 01:12:32,159
Discussion i'll say.

1541
01:12:32,199 --> 01:12:35,000
Speaker 4: That i'll just reiterate THAT i really want them to

1542
01:12:35,119 --> 01:12:37,800
lean into the defense this year and not that, worry

1543
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:39,199
not worry that much about the.

1544
01:12:39,239 --> 01:12:44,680
Speaker 3: OFFENSE i really want them to lock that in and

1545
01:12:44,720 --> 01:12:47,600
then we'll worry about laying laying on the. Offense so

1546
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:52,520
if they lose a bunch of games seventy seven to eighty,

1547
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:55,159
Eight i'm fine with.

1548
01:12:55,199 --> 01:13:01,119
Speaker 1: That you'll add the offense. LATER i get the morbid

1549
01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:04,840
intrigue factor. Bump if you start seeing games of, theirs

1550
01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:07,039
like go into the, eighties like it's almost, like, well

1551
01:13:07,319 --> 01:13:11,920
it's a car. Crash you have to stop and look at. It.

1552
01:13:12,079 --> 01:13:15,760
Rose i'll start with you viewing this. Roster what could

1553
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:20,520
happen the development any, trades injury. Risks how many games

1554
01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:22,279
do you think they can? Win and where do you

1555
01:13:22,279 --> 01:13:24,359
see them lining up relative to the rest of The.

1556
01:13:24,359 --> 01:13:28,600
Speaker 2: West this is a hard. Question this is like not

1557
01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:31,000
the WAY i typically think about. Basketball so this one

1558
01:13:31,039 --> 01:13:35,600
really felt like homework WHEN i saw. It So i'll say.

1559
01:13:35,960 --> 01:13:40,279
FORTY i think that, forty especially considering the division that they're.

1560
01:13:40,279 --> 01:13:42,199
In so they got to play like the thunder a,

1561
01:13:42,239 --> 01:13:45,000
bunch they gotta play The nuggets. Like the division is

1562
01:13:45,039 --> 01:13:47,640
a tough. Division the only team that you can really

1563
01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:51,479
expect to beat up on is The, Jazz and SO

1564
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:54,479
i think, forty like if they were in the weakest

1565
01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:57,159
if this team were in the weakest possible, division maybe forty.

1566
01:13:57,199 --> 01:14:00,359
FIVE i don't, know but forty AND i think they're

1567
01:14:00,359 --> 01:14:04,800
probably like a playing, team like right around, Eight, tara

1568
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:05,199
what about.

1569
01:14:05,239 --> 01:14:09,920
Speaker 4: YOU i try to temper my expectations and set the

1570
01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:12,399
bar low SO i can be excited if they surpass.

1571
01:14:12,439 --> 01:14:18,159
It so this Time i'm gonna SAY i really don't

1572
01:14:18,199 --> 01:14:20,880
think that they're going to improve their win total that,

1573
01:14:21,079 --> 01:14:23,720
much just because of Like rose was, saying how brutal

1574
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:24,119
The west.

1575
01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:25,359
Speaker 3: Is So i'm gonna go with thirty.

1576
01:14:25,359 --> 01:14:29,279
Speaker 1: Eight i'll start with you for this, One, tara COULD

1577
01:14:29,279 --> 01:14:32,319
i get one additional prediction about this team for this?

1578
01:14:32,399 --> 01:14:33,760
Season you could take it wherever you.

1579
01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:36,640
Speaker 4: Want i'll just readiterate What i've been saying this whole

1580
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:39,079
time IS i Think scoot is going to show. Growth

1581
01:14:39,119 --> 01:14:41,439
he's gonna respond to the pressure, well and he's going

1582
01:14:41,479 --> 01:14:41,800
to show.

1583
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:44,880
Speaker 1: Growth how about, You, ROAs do you have any other

1584
01:14:44,920 --> 01:14:45,680
predictions for this?

1585
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:50,960
Speaker 2: TEAM i Think timani stays hot from. THREE a lot

1586
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,359
of people have wondered whether that's that's, real you, know

1587
01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:55,960
because it was such a huge. LEAP i think he

1588
01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:58,920
stays hot from. THREE i think he's somebody WHEN i

1589
01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:03,640
see him put his nose, down he's somebody who wants it,

1590
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:07,000
bad like he's he's working, hard and SO i think

1591
01:15:07,039 --> 01:15:09,039
that he stays hot from. Three and he also adds

1592
01:15:09,039 --> 01:15:11,079
something else really surprising to his game this year that

1593
01:15:11,079 --> 01:15:12,039
we don't even know what it is.

1594
01:15:12,119 --> 01:15:16,640
Speaker 1: Yet you know what's funny IS i had more questions about, like,

1595
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:19,119
oh is he just gonna shoot five threes or more

1596
01:15:19,279 --> 01:15:21,079
game all? That, LIKE i had more questions about him

1597
01:15:21,119 --> 01:15:24,880
like doubling up on the volume relative to the. Efficiency it's,

1598
01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:26,600
LIKE i don't even know how big of a question

1599
01:15:26,600 --> 01:15:28,840
that is still for. Me BUT i don't want to

1600
01:15:28,840 --> 01:15:30,680
SAY i think he's a capslock. Shooter BUT i just

1601
01:15:30,720 --> 01:15:32,760
didn't look at The what was he at thirty, seven

1602
01:15:32,840 --> 01:15:35,720
thirty seventy? Five, YEAH i didn't look at that and was, like,

1603
01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:37,880
oh that's it was The for some, reason it was

1604
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:39,920
the volume that stood out to, me And i'm just, like, huh,

1605
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:41,279
So i'm gonna be curious to see if he even

1606
01:15:41,319 --> 01:15:43,239
has room to, like can we get him over five

1607
01:15:43,239 --> 01:15:45,800
attempts per? Game because, again if he's making them even

1608
01:15:45,840 --> 01:15:47,760
at a league average, clip that helps open up the

1609
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:52,239
floor for all their other. Guys are you guys down

1610
01:15:52,359 --> 01:15:56,600
for Some blazers superlatives hypotheticals That i've left in for

1611
01:15:56,680 --> 01:16:01,159
the end of This, yeah so sure for anyone who's

1612
01:16:01,199 --> 01:16:03,199
not listened To tara And rose yet they do. That

1613
01:16:03,279 --> 01:16:05,840
we have A Takes awards at the end of every,

1614
01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:08,800
year AND i listened to this year's. Episode it was,

1615
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:11,000
Fun SO i came up with my own. Category SO

1616
01:16:11,039 --> 01:16:13,439
i guess these are like predictions or they could be

1617
01:16:14,159 --> 01:16:16,840
just your picks based on right, Now i'll start with

1618
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:20,199
the first. One, tara who is The blazer most likely

1619
01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:21,880
to watch A hallmark movie on The Team.

1620
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:26,720
Speaker 3: Plane, OH i love that. QUESTION i would say that

1621
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:29,640
my nominee for the player most likely to watch A

1622
01:16:29,640 --> 01:16:32,520
hallmark movie on The Team, Plane i'm gonna go With Chris.

1623
01:16:32,600 --> 01:16:36,479
Speaker 4: Murray and he is a huge dog lover And hallmark

1624
01:16:36,720 --> 01:16:41,359
loves to do a dog related. Storyline SO i Think

1625
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:44,479
Chris murray anytime he sees A hallmark movie that has

1626
01:16:44,520 --> 01:16:46,720
like A Golden retriever in, it he's hit and play.

1627
01:16:48,720 --> 01:16:51,239
Speaker 1: Rose who is the? Blazer who would be best suited

1628
01:16:51,279 --> 01:16:52,359
to host A Love island?

1629
01:16:52,399 --> 01:16:58,439
Speaker 2: Podcast, oh this one's so, Hard like we lost so

1630
01:16:58,479 --> 01:17:00,880
many guys who would have been great it last over

1631
01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:03,760
like the. SUMMER i would have, not like Said Jabbari

1632
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:06,920
walker would have put it together a really Fabulous Love island.

1633
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:10,119
Podcast or Maybe Delano banton but they are no longer.

1634
01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:10,600
Speaker 1: With Us dolano.

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01:17:10,720 --> 01:17:16,000
Speaker 2: Banded, Wow Delano banton would have been really. Funny BUT

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01:17:16,119 --> 01:17:18,560
i would say among the guys that we have now

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01:17:18,760 --> 01:17:23,520
is probably TOO Monti, kamara probably.

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01:17:23,600 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 1: RIGHT i don't. Know it's just so, VERSATILE i get.

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01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:29,159
Speaker 2: It, yeah, yeah AND i think that he he would

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01:17:30,279 --> 01:17:33,880
drop some really like great birds.

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01:17:34,239 --> 01:17:34,680
Speaker 3: That would be.

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01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:38,960
Speaker 2: Surprising but, YEAH i don't, KNOW i, mean Obviously Josh

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01:17:39,039 --> 01:17:43,359
harden uh. Uh Jalen brunson covered Some Love island stuff

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01:17:43,359 --> 01:17:48,039
on their. Podcast So Josh hart memorial, blazer you, know

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01:17:48,159 --> 01:17:49,199
he's out there doing it for.

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01:17:49,279 --> 01:17:54,119
Speaker 1: Us, tara who is the blazer most likely to have

1647
01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:56,159
a collection of Jelly?

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01:17:56,199 --> 01:17:59,960
Speaker 4: Cats so first of, ALL i had to Google jellycat

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01:18:00,199 --> 01:18:02,319
because that is how out of TOUCH i, am apparently

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01:18:02,359 --> 01:18:02,880
with the modern.

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01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:06,880
Speaker 3: World but it appears to be. There like, Basically Beanie

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01:18:06,920 --> 01:18:07,880
babies for the next.

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01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:11,399
Speaker 1: Generation They're Beanie babies. Rebranded that's absolutely what they.

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01:18:11,399 --> 01:18:12,720
Speaker 3: Are, cool, well they are.

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01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:17,439
Speaker 4: Adorable and this is my third time Where Chris murray

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01:18:17,479 --> 01:18:19,680
has been the answer to the, question which is kind

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01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:22,560
of of a, surprise BUT i think it would Be

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01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:23,560
Chris murray and that.

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01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:25,520
Speaker 3: He would say that he's buying him for his dogs

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01:18:25,520 --> 01:18:27,520
and his. Girlfriend.

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01:18:27,880 --> 01:18:30,479
Speaker 1: Uh, Now i'm completely out of touch with pop culture

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01:18:30,520 --> 01:18:33,319
for the most. Part so when did is He Dame?

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01:18:33,439 --> 01:18:33,720
Speaker 2: Dollar?

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01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:36,880
Speaker 1: Still what's this d apostrophe dollar With Damian? Lillard i've

1665
01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:39,239
SEEN i have what is? That how do we pronounce?

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01:18:39,279 --> 01:18:39,680
Speaker 3: That is it to?

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01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:40,760
Speaker 1: Dollar what is?

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01:18:40,840 --> 01:18:44,399
Speaker 3: THIS i don't everybody goes To milwaukee and goes through some.

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01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:47,319
Stuff so we'll figure out what. Happens we'll we'll find out.

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01:18:47,399 --> 01:18:47,640
Speaker 2: Later.

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01:18:48,119 --> 01:18:50,560
Speaker 1: Okay So, rose with that, said who is the Current

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01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:54,319
blazer most likely to feature on A Dame dollar?

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01:18:54,600 --> 01:19:01,560
Speaker 2: Track this is tough because, LIKE i like player on The, Blazers,

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01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:04,000
like there's definitely guys out there across THE nba THAT

1675
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:05,520
i would put on, this BUT i was going for The.

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01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:10,600
BLAZERS i would go for something, unorthodox Like Jeremy grant

1677
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:14,760
on the. Harp we saw some videos of him this

1678
01:19:14,840 --> 01:19:19,840
summer playing harp for his new baby on his. Part

1679
01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:21,680
So Jeremy grant on the harp is my.

1680
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:26,079
Speaker 1: Answer oh, man that needs to. Happen. Now you need

1681
01:19:26,119 --> 01:19:28,359
to send that request To BLAZERS pr or something to

1682
01:19:28,439 --> 01:19:31,399
Let Damian liller know, That, like, Hey Jeremy grant can

1683
01:19:31,399 --> 01:19:33,119
shred on the, harp like you need to get up

1684
01:19:33,159 --> 01:19:36,079
on the track or. SOMETHING i did not know he

1685
01:19:36,119 --> 01:19:39,800
played the. Harp that is. Insane that's. Insane they can't

1686
01:19:39,800 --> 01:19:40,279
trade him.

1687
01:19:40,279 --> 01:19:44,920
Speaker 2: Now jeremy is a very. Eclectic he is a very eclectic.

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01:19:45,079 --> 01:19:47,720
Person he's done a ton of stuff around. Town his

1689
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:51,319
socials have shown us a lot Of. Portland he's like

1690
01:19:51,359 --> 01:19:55,039
he went camping over spring, Break like he's doing it.

1691
01:19:55,079 --> 01:19:57,239
All and one of those things is playing the harp

1692
01:19:57,279 --> 01:19:59,960
for his. Baby he makes.

1693
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:00,840
Speaker 3: The out Of march And.

1694
01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:06,680
Speaker 1: APRIL i favor, it Uh. Tara who is The blazer

1695
01:20:07,119 --> 01:20:10,560
most likely to spontaneously adopt a puppy or kitten and

1696
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:12,800
then name them after a current or former.

1697
01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:17,199
Speaker 3: TEAMMATE i can totally close my eyes and See Ryan

1698
01:20:17,279 --> 01:20:20,800
rupair adopting a kitten and naming It nikola After Nicholas.

1699
01:20:20,800 --> 01:20:25,079
Speaker 1: BATOOMA i fav, that. Bros would you have a different?

1700
01:20:25,079 --> 01:20:26,520
Answer who would be another nominee for this?

1701
01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:30,039
Speaker 2: Award oh, gosh that's a really good. Answer AND i

1702
01:20:30,039 --> 01:20:32,399
didn't even realize that that's What nicola you were talking. About,

1703
01:20:32,479 --> 01:20:35,800
Nicola you're, Right, Nicholas, yeah because they're they're old. BUDDIES

1704
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:39,159
i would maybe Say. SCOOT i think That scoot has

1705
01:20:39,199 --> 01:20:43,199
been really trying hard to like find his identity here

1706
01:20:43,279 --> 01:20:46,520
and be like like like lean all in On, blazers

1707
01:20:47,159 --> 01:20:49,720
and SO i could See scoot doing it and like

1708
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:52,880
like adopting like a dog and naming it Like. Sheed.

1709
01:20:54,560 --> 01:20:56,880
Speaker 1: Yeah that's WHAT i, thought, too is that that's got

1710
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:59,199
to be like a popular pet. Name sheed, Right, yes

1711
01:20:59,239 --> 01:20:59,479
it's a.

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01:20:59,560 --> 01:21:03,880
Speaker 3: Very popular pet. Name. Him, okay at least around here, Anyway.

1713
01:21:04,159 --> 01:21:06,000
Speaker 1: Okay he's next to or for both of, You i'll

1714
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:09,920
start with. Rose which player is, Better shade And sharp

1715
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:13,039
With Tamani kamara's defense Or Denny avdya With Damian lillard.

1716
01:21:13,079 --> 01:21:22,239
Speaker 2: SHOOTING i don't, know so the the correct answer is

1717
01:21:22,279 --> 01:21:26,279
Probably shade And sharp with Too Money kamara's, defense Because i'll,

1718
01:21:26,319 --> 01:21:28,520
say Like Denny, avdya like it would be great if

1719
01:21:28,520 --> 01:21:30,159
he could shoot Like, dame but like he does so

1720
01:21:30,239 --> 01:21:33,199
much and all the other things like him shooting just

1721
01:21:33,279 --> 01:21:36,279
means that he's doing less of that other. Stuff and

1722
01:21:36,399 --> 01:21:38,479
SO i would Say shade And sharp with Too Money

1723
01:21:38,520 --> 01:21:40,760
kamara's defense because that ensures That shadon gets to stay

1724
01:21:40,800 --> 01:21:44,479
on the, floor and because he's playing high enough level

1725
01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:46,560
of defense that like the coaches can leave him.

1726
01:21:46,600 --> 01:21:51,279
Speaker 3: In what about, You, Tara, Well i'd flip it slightly

1727
01:21:51,319 --> 01:21:54,079
and SAY i would like To Money kamara With shaden's dunking.

1728
01:21:54,159 --> 01:21:57,920
Form and he actually showed a couple of times Last

1729
01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:01,640
timani had a couple of, highlights SO i think that

1730
01:22:01,680 --> 01:22:03,800
player is actually could be out.

1731
01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:07,319
Speaker 1: There, Okay joint one for the most of, you and

1732
01:22:07,359 --> 01:22:09,960
it's the most important. One who's the player most likely

1733
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:12,279
to have a What award named after them in the,

1734
01:22:12,319 --> 01:22:17,319
future Non Damian lillard, Division, well.

1735
01:22:17,279 --> 01:22:19,720
Speaker 3: We already have one named After josh hart We.

1736
01:22:19,800 --> 01:22:22,720
Speaker 1: DO i was surprised to hear That DeAndre was not

1737
01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:25,880
paying enough attention to deandreton on the. BENCH i was

1738
01:22:25,920 --> 01:22:28,439
surprised to hear that you won the bench got the

1739
01:22:28,479 --> 01:22:29,359
Celebratory Bench.

1740
01:22:29,399 --> 01:22:33,680
Speaker 2: Award so this is something THAT i think, about AND

1741
01:22:34,479 --> 01:22:36,560
i don't know how Much tara, does BUT i could

1742
01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:41,880
imagine there being like A Matist thible Most Portland Coded

1743
01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:45,760
Blazer man of The, year because there's always somebody on

1744
01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:49,319
our team at any time that feels Super portland even

1745
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:52,800
and it doesn't necessarily mean like he's contributing to like

1746
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:55,720
the team in like a big, way but Like Robin

1747
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:59,359
lopez would be eligible for this, award like guys are

1748
01:22:59,399 --> 01:23:04,039
really Fit portland vibe And Matist seibel like he's just

1749
01:23:04,119 --> 01:23:06,720
out there walking around town all the, time like he's

1750
01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:09,880
throwing out the first pitch at the pickles. Game he's

1751
01:23:09,920 --> 01:23:13,239
walking into like you, know Walking hawthorn and shopping and

1752
01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:16,239
like people see him Around LIKE i don't, Know matist

1753
01:23:16,279 --> 01:23:18,960
to me seems like the guy who would be Most

1754
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:21,520
portland coded on the team right, now although there's an

1755
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:27,359
argument For jeremy and worthy of like having an aboard for, that.

1756
01:23:28,840 --> 01:23:32,079
Speaker 1: There's gotta be like A Jeremy Grant Shocking talent of

1757
01:23:32,119 --> 01:23:34,000
The year award or something that has to do with

1758
01:23:34,039 --> 01:23:36,960
all the playing the harp is. Absurd i'm not gonna

1759
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:38,399
let go of. That Every he also made.

1760
01:23:38,479 --> 01:23:41,119
Speaker 2: Jewelry he like went to a jewelry making class at

1761
01:23:41,119 --> 01:23:43,760
one of the like art studios here and made himself a. Signet,

1762
01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:48,279
like he's a very eclectic, guy AND i WHEN i

1763
01:23:48,319 --> 01:23:50,960
see him like doing his, Hobbies i'm, like when you

1764
01:23:51,119 --> 01:23:53,399
time for your to, retire you're not gonna be one

1765
01:23:53,439 --> 01:23:54,880
of those people that panics and doesn't know what to

1766
01:23:54,880 --> 01:23:56,359
do With it's, like you got plenty of stuff to.

1767
01:23:56,399 --> 01:23:58,199
Speaker 1: Do, yeah he's gonna have his, own like but dazzling

1768
01:23:58,239 --> 01:24:00,680
business or something where he serenades just customers with the

1769
01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:04,600
harp as they walk. In it's gonna be Sick. Tower

1770
01:24:04,600 --> 01:24:06,439
would you have a different answer or do you think it's?

1771
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:10,039
Speaker 4: Fatisse Uh, NO i would actually like just suggest The

1772
01:24:10,119 --> 01:24:16,880
Wop Wreath memorial G League Call up. Award So wop

1773
01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:21,039
played one game with the remix and scored thirty seven

1774
01:24:21,079 --> 01:24:23,640
points and got himself a position immediately on The.

1775
01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:26,399
Speaker 3: Blazers was called up immediately to The. Blazers so the

1776
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:29,800
wop ree wreath G league call up is the one

1777
01:24:29,800 --> 01:24:31,000
That i'd, suggest.

1778
01:24:31,239 --> 01:24:34,760
Speaker 1: True Unicorn force basing room protector free free wop. Wreath

1779
01:24:34,840 --> 01:24:37,560
that's Where i'm. At this was, great, Guys thank you

1780
01:24:37,560 --> 01:24:39,680
for giving me so much of your. Time would you

1781
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:41,399
just be able to tell our audience where they can

1782
01:24:41,439 --> 01:24:43,520
find you and all the great work that you, do the,

1783
01:24:43,560 --> 01:24:46,920
podcast your handles on the. Socials let's start with, You. Rose.

1784
01:24:48,119 --> 01:24:51,960
Speaker 2: Uh, yeah you can find me At Roselle harding On Blue.

1785
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:55,079
Sky you can find the podcast at Is It? What

1786
01:24:55,279 --> 01:24:56,520
podcast On Blue.

1787
01:24:56,560 --> 01:24:57,199
Speaker 1: Sky we have a?

1788
01:24:57,239 --> 01:24:59,199
Speaker 2: Take we have a, Take, no we have a. Take,

1789
01:24:59,239 --> 01:25:00,800
HUSH i don't even know the our own. Handle i'm

1790
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:05,880
so bad at, this are you? Gonn also find us on, YouTube.

1791
01:25:04,399 --> 01:25:08,399
Speaker 3: Tara you can find me at TCB B i. Ggs

1792
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:10,640
yeah and subscribe and. Listen give us a.

1793
01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:12,359
Speaker 4: Listen let us know what you think we off Some

1794
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:15,319
we often ask for, questions finding out what's on people's,

1795
01:25:15,359 --> 01:25:17,239
mind and, uh you know we.

1796
01:25:17,319 --> 01:25:18,159
Speaker 3: Did we don't talk about.

1797
01:25:18,199 --> 01:25:20,960
Speaker 4: Aprons so if you have a question about the Second,

1798
01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:22,760
Apron we're probably not going to answer, it but just

1799
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:26,119
about any other question we'll. Take or if you ask

1800
01:25:26,199 --> 01:25:28,039
us a question About, apron we're gonna turn it into

1801
01:25:28,079 --> 01:25:28,520
all kinds of.

1802
01:25:28,560 --> 01:25:29,279
Speaker 3: Craziness.

1803
01:25:30,920 --> 01:25:33,600
Speaker 1: Uh the links to the, podcast their, podcast the what

1804
01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:35,399
podcast that we have to take podcasts will be in

1805
01:25:35,479 --> 01:25:38,319
our podcast and YouTube. Description go check them. Out they

1806
01:25:38,319 --> 01:25:40,680
have a lot of. Fun they're very, enjoyable refreshing listen

1807
01:25:41,199 --> 01:25:43,520
AND i guess. WATCH i don't listen to podcasts on.

1808
01:25:43,560 --> 01:25:46,439
YouTube i'm just. Not it's not my. GENERATION i listen

1809
01:25:46,520 --> 01:25:50,399
On apple Or spotify. Sometimes what's?

1810
01:25:50,439 --> 01:25:52,439
Speaker 3: That that's how you think it's our.

1811
01:25:52,479 --> 01:25:56,479
Speaker 1: Generation thank you guys so much for giving me your

1812
01:25:56,520 --> 01:25:59,520
time and rest Assured i'll be pestering you again in

1813
01:25:59,560 --> 01:26:00,000
the future