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<v Speaker 1>And we continue on Fred Rogan Rodney Pete on a

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<v Speaker 1>the East coast and check in with our Laker insider.

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<v Speaker 1>Our good friend writes for the LA Times and does

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<v Speaker 1>a damn good job of it, Dan Wiki and Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>good afternoon to.

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<v Speaker 2>You, bred To. What a wonderful introduction. Thank you all.

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<v Speaker 3>True Anyway, what are.

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<v Speaker 1>You currently part of it? Where are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I am in my hotel room in Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 2>I am on the fourteenth floor, and I am near

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<v Speaker 2>the elevator. That's what I'll tell people. If you want

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<v Speaker 2>to go have an adventure, come find me there.

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<v Speaker 1>It is you're near the elevator.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep. Do you like always being near the elevator?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely not, Rodney, It is not my preferred. But I

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<v Speaker 2>will say, like a little a little bit of traveler

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<v Speaker 2>news here, I'm willing to make just about any sacrifice

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to a room, provided I can get

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<v Speaker 2>into the room when I arrive at the hotel.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, yes, like.

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<v Speaker 2>It does not matter. I do not care. Like I

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<v Speaker 2>would stay in a closet if it meant that I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have to wait.

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<v Speaker 4>Good nothing worse than getting off a red eye or

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<v Speaker 4>getting in early to a place and you got to wait,

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<v Speaker 4>Oh the room's not ready till four o'clock or no,

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<v Speaker 4>thank you, I have to wait. No, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 3>No thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Not for insurance.

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<v Speaker 4>Traveler like myself, I have often spent the money to

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<v Speaker 4>book the room the night before if I'm taking a

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<v Speaker 4>red eye, just to avoid having to wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Dan Wakey, I mean I think that's I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a humble brand about me. That actually is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, have you ever done that, Dan, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Have absolutely not. I have booked a room. I've done

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<v Speaker 2>versions of it. I've done versions of it like I

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<v Speaker 2>have booked a I've had how my bosses are listening,

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<v Speaker 2>I've had concurrent hotel rooms at two different properties so

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<v Speaker 2>I could get closer to the airport for an early

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<v Speaker 2>morning flight.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So that that's your feet of success. You don't need

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<v Speaker 1>to stay in the middle of town. You just want

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<v Speaker 1>to be close to the airport to get out of there.

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<v Speaker 2>Depending yeah, I mean, just depending on the depending on

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<v Speaker 2>the situation, you know what I mean. Like when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in you know, a great city like Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in New York City, I'm me around the

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<v Speaker 2>Action Front.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, I think Washington's a great city.

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<v Speaker 2>It's awesome, gorgeous day to day to I had a

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<v Speaker 2>nice walk, went to the Air and Space Museum, only

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<v Speaker 2>to find out that space is completely under construction, just air,

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<v Speaker 2>just half of air. But it was still fun. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a nice day and.

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<v Speaker 3>The weather's not too too cold, Dan, right now, gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 2>It was gorgeous, like fifty degrees Sonny.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, all right, well one gorgeous last night in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>No we do we say it's back to backs and

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<v Speaker 1>that's what got them, or do we say the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even play anybody and they just got beat.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think it's all true, you know. I

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<v Speaker 2>think you know, also you're right, like, I mean, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to Anthony Davis. You know, you lose Anthony Davis early.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I think there was some bizarre substitution patterns

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<v Speaker 2>we can say early in the game that may a factor.

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<v Speaker 1>And why don't you address that right now.

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<v Speaker 3>To start with it?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was I think, I mean obviously, like

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<v Speaker 2>I have the power. I think it was a mistake

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<v Speaker 2>to play Bronnie James last night, particularly when they played him.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't think it's as crazy, like I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to, like, you know, be like a pundit about this,

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<v Speaker 2>like really like I don't think it's like a totally

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<v Speaker 2>unforgivable thing. I actually think the logic of it isn't

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<v Speaker 2>like outrageously off base, right like, so this is what

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<v Speaker 2>you do, Like you have young players, and when they

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<v Speaker 2>play well in the G League, and BRIANDIY James played

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<v Speaker 2>much better in the G League, right like, should an

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to present them present itself for them. You look

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<v Speaker 2>to find those opportunities, right to because it's important for

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<v Speaker 2>players development not just to log minis an experience, but

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<v Speaker 2>also to succeed and fail at the highest level. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was a really really difficult situation last

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<v Speaker 2>night on a couple fronts for Brownie. I mean one like,

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<v Speaker 2>he hasn't really been around the team a lot lately. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been in the G League more, wasn't with the

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<v Speaker 2>team on the start of the trip. The team didn't

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<v Speaker 2>practice on the second end of it back to back,

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<v Speaker 2>so there wasn't like a shoot around to go through

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<v Speaker 2>to like go over stuff like. It was like kind

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<v Speaker 2>of on the fly, right and for a player, I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>within seconds of him being in the game, it looked

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<v Speaker 2>like everything was happening too fast around him, right, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>it just looked overwhelming. I understood sort of kind of

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<v Speaker 2>where the roster was at with you know, Shake Milton

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<v Speaker 2>has not played well for the last few weeks. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not been a viable option as sort of an

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<v Speaker 2>extra guard and give Vincent is out, so the need

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<v Speaker 2>for having you know, a physical point of attack defender

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<v Speaker 2>against Tyrese Maxie. Uh, you know he's sort of next

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<v Speaker 2>one up on that front. That being said, I would

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<v Speaker 2>have played camera Camrad just has a ton of experience.

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<v Speaker 2>He can help you handle the ball a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not perfect situation, That's where I would have gone.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't think it was like totally outrageous. I

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<v Speaker 2>do think when Bronnie James came into the game, it

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<v Speaker 2>was clear that he was out of sync. I think

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<v Speaker 2>pretty quickly the Lakers became out of sync. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not blaming Bronnie James for the game, right like they

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<v Speaker 2>would have lost the way they played, you know, for

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<v Speaker 2>massive chunks of it. But I but I do think

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, Tyre's Maxie gets hot and we're sort

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<v Speaker 2>off to the races.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I think it was a perfect storm against him.

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<v Speaker 4>To be honest with you, as you said, you know, look,

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<v Speaker 4>you know everybody's looking to tear him down. First of all,

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<v Speaker 4>he's not traveling with the team. He flies in, doesn't practice,

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<v Speaker 4>just throw, and then gets thrust into.

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<v Speaker 3>The game.

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<v Speaker 4>On a back to back where the Lakers were not

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<v Speaker 4>at their best. They couldn't wait to get out of

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<v Speaker 4>that building.

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<v Speaker 2>It found You're right, right, Yeah, you can see that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you could see the bottom language.

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<v Speaker 4>Everything was like this one is a wash lost Anthony Davis,

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<v Speaker 4>so you know it is a wash.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you throw him in there.

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<v Speaker 4>And again, like you said, it's not like he is

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<v Speaker 4>a five year vet that can just kind of pick

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<v Speaker 4>up where he might have left off after being out

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<v Speaker 4>for a minute. He's still learning how to play at

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<v Speaker 4>that level. And yeah, throw him into that situation. Not

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<v Speaker 4>make an excuse for him, because when you put on

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<v Speaker 4>a uniform, you gotta go out and you got to perform.

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<v Speaker 4>But it was not an easy situation for him. And

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<v Speaker 4>they attacked him and you said, Max, he got hot,

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<v Speaker 4>and it just made everything look you know, it magnified

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<v Speaker 4>everything that anyone ever wanted to say against Bonnie James.

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<v Speaker 4>It made it ten times worse because he did look ugly.

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<v Speaker 3>It didn't it did.

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<v Speaker 4>It did look, like you said, like the game was

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<v Speaker 4>moving too fast for him and it could happen.

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<v Speaker 2>He hadn't played yeah, I mean, he hadn't played real

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<v Speaker 2>NBA basketball in a month, yeah, in multiple months really actually,

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<v Speaker 2>like basically since you know, Opening Night, it was like

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<v Speaker 2>sort of the last time he played, right, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think like that's obviously it's like it's gonna if

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna use him, it's gonna happen. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I think he was the second the second player in

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<v Speaker 2>the game because they wanted to keep connect with his

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<v Speaker 2>sort of rotational minutes that he's playing.

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<v Speaker 3>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just a really hard spot and in some ways,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, having the sixers be as diminished as they were,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe it's like they'reright at the seconds back back.

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<v Speaker 2>But look, I think like holistically, if he's not on

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<v Speaker 2>the team, he's on the team, and you need to

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<v Speaker 2>be available. And like the hope is and hope should

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<v Speaker 2>be that this prepares him for whatever happens next. And

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like how he's been in the G League,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, where like he has gotten better, He's

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely gotten better as he's gotten more comfortable. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you get more comfortable than this, and you get more

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<v Speaker 2>accustomed to the speed in the physicality, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>down the line, maybe he's someone that can that can help.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, aside from Brownie, the club turned the ball over

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two times and that is the recipe for disaster.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was an unserious performance. That'd be the word

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<v Speaker 2>I would do. Uh, brain fog what video Redick called

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<v Speaker 2>it the other night in Charlotte. I do think, like

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<v Speaker 2>I talked to one player who you know, Will Nameless,

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<v Speaker 2>who told me he bleeping hates the East Coast that

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<v Speaker 2>it's just sort of like, uh, you know, it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to It's just a hard it's a hard trip on

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<v Speaker 2>the body, and like being it and living it these

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<v Speaker 2>awesome like excuses, you gotta do it, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>get right. But yeah, it's weird. It's weird, right, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm talking to you right now and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>staring at the clock and says it's like four fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm thinking of dinner, you know, while like my

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<v Speaker 2>homemase is you know, like just wrapping lunch. Like it's strange.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just strange. And I think like that that a

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<v Speaker 2>part of it, and it kind of like that allows

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<v Speaker 2>you to be a little more mentally fatigued and you

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<v Speaker 2>make worse decisions. I just thought everything was like wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>quite firing, you know, as quickly as it should be.

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<v Speaker 2>Like look, I think to a certain degree, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in some ways, it was kind of predictable despite the

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<v Speaker 2>roster stuff. I mean, the Lakers haven't won a game

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<v Speaker 2>in Philadelphia since like twenty seventeen. I think it's been

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<v Speaker 2>a very long time, and they usually get blown out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron has never won in Philadelphia as a Laker. Just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a weird It's just all it's a place

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<v Speaker 2>where weird stuff tends to happen to this team. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I expected better, a better performance, especially with how they've

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<v Speaker 2>just like kind of like another day in this Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>go to the like they say, it's like a roller coaster, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and I would agree, except like you know, you kind

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<v Speaker 2>you go right back to the bottom. Like that's the

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, it feels like another bottom is sort

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<v Speaker 2>of poor guys. That just got as we've been talking,

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And so it's bounding on Anthony Davis, what can

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<v Speaker 2>I think that I think that people just in a

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<v Speaker 2>then because of that, we know he's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>But you know I can share it with you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>We're close friends. You know that it's it's certainly not

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<v Speaker 2>presenting as an injury serious enough where like the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna have to like significantly alter their approach at

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<v Speaker 2>the trade deadline, right Like, it's not like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>enough for him to miss games now, guys, But like,

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>So Dan Patrick had Adam Silver on this morning, and

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Silver was talking about considering I'll shorten you the

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<v Speaker 2>As someone who has not paid hourly? That sounds terrific. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>certainly baseball games have been shorten now with like the

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<v Speaker 2>pitch clock and the extra inning rules and stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 2>and like that does have some like statistical bearing. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't like totally love the fact that like what this

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<v Speaker 2>will say, like I think that's a bad reason not

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<v Speaker 2>to make changes, you know. I mean, like the league

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<v Speaker 2>already has done this and multiple times, Like they've added

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<v Speaker 2>a shot clock at one point, they've added a three

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<v Speaker 2>point shot. They've seen the three point shot like completely

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<v Speaker 2>revolutionized basketball. I mean, the records are are very different, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Like had there been a three point shot, would Kream

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<v Speaker 2>have been working the skyhook or even doing catch and

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<v Speaker 2>shoot threes in front of the bench, right like who knows?

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<v Speaker 2>all time leaving score. I didn't hear like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of complaining about Lebron breaking that record because he shot

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of pres you know what I mean. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think you could. You could do it. Sure, I

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<v Speaker 2>really actually don't see a great argument against it, and

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<v Speaker 2>if it meant, you know, a little bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>recalibration about things like scoring and stuff like that. But

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean to Adam Silver's point, I mean, the

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic games were awesome, Like like the timing of them

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<v Speaker 2>was great, the flow was great. Also, A nice little

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<v Speaker 2>thing about doing this, your better players would play more minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>would be on the court for more of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>They wouldn't maybe necessari playeral minutes, but they would spend

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<v Speaker 2>less time in the game on the bench conceivably, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so you the product that would hopefully go up. And

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<v Speaker 2>medical idea, And like I said, I don't think you're

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<v Speaker 4>There you go, speed up the game, and I agree

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<v Speaker 4>with you. You know, your stars would probably play you

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<v Speaker 4>see them on the court. More, Dan, how big is

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<v Speaker 4>this game against the Wizard given the fact that the

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<v Speaker 4>Lakers kind of been on a roll, they have been

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<v Speaker 4>playing well, they you know, kind of feel like they've

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<v Speaker 4>the game to Philly in an ugly fashion to get

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<v Speaker 4>them back and bounce back. I mean, isn't it a

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<v Speaker 4>help them get Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I mean and look, the Wizards are playing

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<v Speaker 2>at night here to in Washington too, right, so it'll

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<v Speaker 2>be a second night of the expect for Washington. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's important, but not maybe for the reasons

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<v Speaker 2>that you mentioned money. I mean, like, I think these

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<v Speaker 2>You know in terms of like for instance, like obviously

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<v Speaker 2>this is not a big deal in the grand theme

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<v Speaker 2>of things, but you know, as a result of the

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<v Speaker 2>fires in the game against San Antonio that was canceled,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the Lakers had to have their schedule rearranged

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit. And like, you know, we talked to

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<v Speaker 2>our hardest sort of schedule here in March, and like

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<v Speaker 2>now it's harder, right, Like they're going to play six

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<v Speaker 2>games and a nights in March, which is a not

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<v Speaker 2>ideal situation, like a pretty rough situation actually for NBA team.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, like you get these ones now so you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to steal ones later. I think it sort

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<v Speaker 2>of should be the approach. And then look, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>even even I think, you know, in a more micro sense,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, you win this game, you've you've assured

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<v Speaker 2>yourself a winning road trip. The vibes, like even if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't play well certain against the next like the

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<v Speaker 2>vibes should still be pretty good on your way back

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<v Speaker 2>to LA to face the Clippers. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>think the front office to see if if there's a

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<v Speaker 2>way to make the team better here at the deadline.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the question becomes how much better a you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>make it? And what are you going to give up?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Dan, thank you appreciate it. Enjoy Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks you, I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>There was our buddy, Dan Woiki of the La Times

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<v Speaker 1>as the Lakers are now settling it in Washington.

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<v Speaker 3>Rodney. Yeah, yeah, fifty degrees in DC right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got good restaurants in Washington.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a good They got great everything in Washington. It's

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<v Speaker 3>a great city. It really is. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've not had a chance to get to Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. You should at least try to get there

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<v Speaker 1>and experience little history of our nation's capital and also

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty damn good city. How many roster spots do

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers have? Try to figure that out.

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<v Speaker 4>Come on, let's keep it moving. Two hours show today

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<v Speaker 4>Rodney Pete Fred Rogan on a hump date Wednesday, January

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<v Speaker 1>So Kirby Yates is in the fold. He signed a

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<v Speaker 1>one year deal with the Dodgers thirteen million bucks, so

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<v Speaker 1>they pretty much maxed out. They've pretty much filled everything up. Boy,

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<v Speaker 1>do they have a bullpen?

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<v Speaker 3>Do they max out? He said they maxed out?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well they've maxed out with a number of players

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<v Speaker 1>on the forty man roster.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, got you maxed out?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, they can never max out money wise, but

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<v Speaker 1>they've got the best bullpen in baseball. Right now done,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's not even have a conversation or a debate. While

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<v Speaker 1>other teams are saying, thank god we signed Class as

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<v Speaker 1>our closer, or Devin Williams acquired by the Yankees. Good,

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<v Speaker 1>he can close games, the Dodgers have like five people

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<v Speaker 1>that can close. Now think about that for a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>Most teams are trying to get a closer, someone that

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers have like five of them. They have so

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<v Speaker 1>many they can't all close, so they are put into

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<v Speaker 3>Up the best.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, other clubs need one person back in the Kenley

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<v Speaker 3>Give me that guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Would give me that guy. The Dodgers have those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, almost anybody in their bullpen

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<v Speaker 1>can close. So if you want to go into spring

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<v Speaker 1>training and try to debate, well, who's got the best

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<v Speaker 1>bullpen in baseball? The Dodgers, if everybody stays healthy, they

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<v Speaker 1>are the best bullpen in baseball. And here's why. Come on,

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<v Speaker 1>give me the bullpen for Saint Louis. Anybody let me

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<v Speaker 1>know that bullpen isn't Cincinnati. I'm listening the Royals. Who's there,

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<v Speaker 1>long guy there? The Dodger. The Dodgers have bonified closers

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<v Speaker 1>in their bullpen. They've invested in it, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>trying in Scott Yates, there's three Vessia, there's four grato

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<v Speaker 1>of healthy. I can't I can't even remember all. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember all of them. Now, Evan Phillips, there's five.

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<v Speaker 1>Those guys can close. Trying Did I mentioned him six? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>every one of those guys can close. So other teams

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<v Speaker 1>look for one guy. They have every guy. Every guy,

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<v Speaker 1>That's a pretty good bullpen. Well, the Yankees are pretty

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<v Speaker 1>Diego had ten or Scott Well, they did, they don't anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we with the Dodgers, who's in their bullpen. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>knows who's in their bullpens. Let's just be honest. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, but you know these guys because they can

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<v Speaker 1>all close. It's mind boggling, so much so that right

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<v Speaker 1>now the Dodgers are maxed out on the forty man

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<v Speaker 1>league options. So what does that mean. Nobody's going down

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<v Speaker 1>unless they go onto the injured list. Pretty simple. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're healthy, you're up. If you're down, in no case,

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<v Speaker 1>he keep throwing. We'll get to you when we can. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>but we got no place. We have nowhere to put you.

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<v Speaker 1>They have seven veteran, top notch relievers with no minor

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<v Speaker 1>now unless somebody gets hurt. I can't remember when that's

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<v Speaker 1>ever happened before. Nobody has an they're here and you

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<v Speaker 1>that for a minute. They have so many guys, you say,

420
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<v Speaker 1>can't send him down. The only way somebody's not on

421
00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:26.400
<v Speaker 1>the rosters if they get hurt. Otherwise there's your bullpen,

422
00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:29.960
<v Speaker 1>which tells me Andrew Friedman will not have to go

423
00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:32.000
<v Speaker 1>shopping at the trade deadline, and that is what he

424
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<v Speaker 1>was trying to avoid. That was the goal, right, yep.

425
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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to go shopping in July. I want

426
00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.160
<v Speaker 1>to do it all. I want to go to market.

427
00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm buying bulk. He went to Costco. Fred He didn't

428
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<v Speaker 1>go to Whole Foods. You know what he did. He

429
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<v Speaker 1>bought that palet of pickles.

430
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<v Speaker 3>There he did. He just loaded up.

431
00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:54.079
<v Speaker 1>We are set to go now. And it's funny because

432
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<v Speaker 1>at the beginning of the year every baseball season, Dodger

433
00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:59.839
<v Speaker 1>fans or baseball fans in general, when you look at

434
00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:05.079
<v Speaker 1>your roster going into spring training, who says, I'll tell

435
00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:07.920
<v Speaker 1>you one thing. A bullpen set. You figure the bullpen

436
00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.519
<v Speaker 1>out as you go along. That's how that usually works.

437
00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:14.720
<v Speaker 1>These guys are going to be down there and let's see, well,

438
00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:18.599
<v Speaker 1>you know, kind of move this a little bit and

439
00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:22.240
<v Speaker 1>try that, and let's see who gets hot and who's

440
00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:27.680
<v Speaker 1>not their set. They are as set as their everyday

441
00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:33.440
<v Speaker 1>lineup is right now. That's how ready they are.

442
00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.200
<v Speaker 3>Now.

443
00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:37.640
<v Speaker 1>Sure they spent a ton of money, no question about it,

444
00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.720
<v Speaker 1>and they have a lot of money.

445
00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.240
<v Speaker 3>We know that.

446
00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:45.400
<v Speaker 1>We mentioned it earlier. Hell Steinbrunner, Yankee owner, he basically

447
00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:48.240
<v Speaker 1>cried poor when asked about the Yankees competing with the

448
00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:51.359
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers financially. You know, it's difficult for most of us

449
00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.039
<v Speaker 1>owners to be able to do the kinds of things

450
00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:55.440
<v Speaker 1>they're doing. We'll see if it pays off. That was

451
00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:57.480
<v Speaker 1>the most honest thing he said, We'll see if it

452
00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:01.279
<v Speaker 1>pays off, because you don't know if it's going to

453
00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:05.640
<v Speaker 1>pay off. You don't know what happens last year with

454
00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:10.759
<v Speaker 1>that lack of pitching. They got hot in one, but

455
00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:13.079
<v Speaker 1>years where they were so loaded and won over one

456
00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:18.799
<v Speaker 1>hundred games, they lost because they weren't hot at the

457
00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:21.319
<v Speaker 1>right time. So what you're hoping is you've got a

458
00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:25.720
<v Speaker 1>group of guys now, all of them together, that if

459
00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:27.559
<v Speaker 1>somebody's not hot, four.

460
00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.200
<v Speaker 3>Other guys will be.

461
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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of thing, right, And if those four guys

462
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<v Speaker 1>go cold, then the other five will be fine.

463
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<v Speaker 4>I mean, think about it. As great as Otani was

464
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<v Speaker 4>during the regular season, and you know, he had a

465
00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:45.759
<v Speaker 4>good opening series, but he wasn't the guy against the

466
00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:50.400
<v Speaker 4>Mets or the Yankees in the World Series. Obviously, Freddie

467
00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:54.279
<v Speaker 4>went crazy and got hot, Mookie got hot, other guys

468
00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:58.160
<v Speaker 4>Taioscar were hot, and like you mentioned, you know those

469
00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:01.680
<v Speaker 4>other years when or the year before that, when Mookie

470
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<v Speaker 4>and Freddi weren't hitting, it was all over for the Dodgers.

471
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<v Speaker 4>Nobody else got It was like they got cold and

472
00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:15.119
<v Speaker 4>took everybody with him, you know. But last year it

473
00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:19.440
<v Speaker 4>didn't matter because the seventh, eighth, and ninth hinter he

474
00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:22.920
<v Speaker 4>throw Tommy edmand in there. You know, it doesn't matter

475
00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.359
<v Speaker 4>if Otani's hitting home runs or not getting on base,

476
00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:29.880
<v Speaker 4>because there are four or five other guys that are

477
00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.640
<v Speaker 4>gonna be hot.

478
00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.759
<v Speaker 1>All nine ain't gonna be cold in a particular series.

479
00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:41.319
<v Speaker 1>Where's the out in the Dodger lineup? Where's the out? Net?

480
00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:43.440
<v Speaker 1>Coludius told us that's what you look at if you're

481
00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:47.319
<v Speaker 1>the opposing pitcher. Okay, where's the out? Where's my best chance?

482
00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.640
<v Speaker 1>So where's the out? Do we think Will Smith will

483
00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.119
<v Speaker 1>have the kind of year he had last year? No,

484
00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.400
<v Speaker 1>he was hurt. Didn't tell anybody He's not gonna have

485
00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:58.279
<v Speaker 1>that year again. Do we think Freddie will struggle in

486
00:25:58.319 --> 00:26:01.000
<v Speaker 1>a regular season? But he did not have a good

487
00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:04.440
<v Speaker 1>Freddy year during the regular season. There are other things

488
00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:06.960
<v Speaker 1>going on, and I think what he did in the

489
00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.319
<v Speaker 1>World Series gives him an enormous spoost. No, I think

490
00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:12.640
<v Speaker 1>you'll have a Freddie Freeman year. Well can get a struggle.

491
00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:16.119
<v Speaker 1>I don't think so. Kim the second baseman they signed

492
00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:18.440
<v Speaker 1>from Korea, they say he's a little light in the bat,

493
00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:21.720
<v Speaker 1>but he can run, so they'll work with him. Confordo,

494
00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.839
<v Speaker 1>who's going to play the outfield, Well, they wouldn't have

495
00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.880
<v Speaker 1>signed him they thought he wasn't going to hit. I

496
00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.559
<v Speaker 1>can tell you he's always been a pretty good hitter.

497
00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:31.359
<v Speaker 1>Tommy Edmund didn't tear the cover off during the regular season,

498
00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.799
<v Speaker 1>but certainly showed what he can do in the playoffs.

499
00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:38.319
<v Speaker 1>And he's not an easy out to Oscar. Well, they

500
00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.920
<v Speaker 1>just sign him for three years. I don't think he's

501
00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:43.400
<v Speaker 1>going to be the out. So who's the out month?

502
00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.599
<v Speaker 3>See?

503
00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:49.240
<v Speaker 1>Well, the thing about Max is he's hot or he's not. Okay,

504
00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Well we know that, so where's he out? Kim the

505
00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:56.680
<v Speaker 1>second baseman, nine guys, that's the one. Wherever that guy hits,

506
00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.480
<v Speaker 1>you should be okay. And in the flip that okay,

507
00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:03.119
<v Speaker 1>there's no outs on the offensive side. But okay, now

508
00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:05.559
<v Speaker 1>when we're in the rotation, okay, God Lee we got

509
00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:07.240
<v Speaker 1>a four game series against the Dodgers.

510
00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:10.759
<v Speaker 3>We're gonna get that win. We're gonna get that win. Oh,

511
00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:16.039
<v Speaker 3>y'amamotos on the hill today? Oh wait, now we.

512
00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:20.319
<v Speaker 4>Got glass now glass now's oh oh, we'll get it.

513
00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:22.880
<v Speaker 4>We'll get him on a We'll get him on Saturday. Oh,

514
00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:27.599
<v Speaker 4>Blake Snell's throwing. Oh no, oh no, what are we

515
00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:31.799
<v Speaker 4>gonna do. Blake Snell's throwing on Saturday. We'll get him Sunday.

516
00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.519
<v Speaker 4>That's s Sazaki.

517
00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:41.519
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, what's he gonna do?

518
00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:44.759
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's say it's a five game series. It's not,

519
00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:47.759
<v Speaker 1>but let's say it was. Well, ship, it's June. We'll

520
00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:50.799
<v Speaker 1>get him in June. Here, it's a five game series. Yeah,

521
00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.480
<v Speaker 1>we'll get Otani. That's our guy.

522
00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.119
<v Speaker 3>We're hit. Yeah, we're gonna get after Otani. Boy.

523
00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:00.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we're gonna make him pay. Where's the out? Where's

524
00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:03.440
<v Speaker 1>the win? Where they have to do it on the field.

525
00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.599
<v Speaker 1>They have to do it on the field. And hal

526
00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.359
<v Speaker 1>Steinbuner said, we can't afford it. We can't afford to

527
00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:12.720
<v Speaker 1>do that. We can't be the Dodgers. Oh yeah, the

528
00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.480
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers will put their money where their mouth is. The

529
00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:17.039
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers have gone out and told the marketplace we're in

530
00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.359
<v Speaker 1>it to win it, and we want you to be

531
00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:21.759
<v Speaker 1>with us. Thank you for your support. But we're more

532
00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.279
<v Speaker 1>obsessed with winning than you are. It's it's sort of

533
00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:28.680
<v Speaker 1>like everybody runs their team as a business, but the

534
00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:35.480
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers operate their team. Is winning is our business? Does

535
00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.119
<v Speaker 1>that make sense?

536
00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.240
<v Speaker 4>Yes, it makes sense to us out here. Winning is

537
00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:45.039
<v Speaker 4>our business. But in Pittsburgh, not in Cincinnati, not in Chicago. Hey,

538
00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:47.000
<v Speaker 4>we're just trying to break even, Ricketts, the owner of

539
00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:51.039
<v Speaker 4>the Cubs. We're trying to break even. Show you how

540
00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:53.000
<v Speaker 4>invested we are. We just want to break even. We

541
00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:56.160
<v Speaker 4>don't even want to make any money. We'll break even. Okay, Well,

542
00:28:56.200 --> 00:29:01.039
<v Speaker 4>that obviously doesn't work the Dodgers. So Ricketts is running

543
00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.480
<v Speaker 4>a business. Hell Stein runners running a business. Ar they

544
00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:06.720
<v Speaker 4>Moreno's running a business. Everybody's running a business, and their

545
00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:11.319
<v Speaker 4>business is to not lose money, where the Dodger's.

546
00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:14.519
<v Speaker 1>Business is to win. When they show up every day,

547
00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:18.880
<v Speaker 1>their meetings are about winning. Well, everybody else is trying

548
00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:23.319
<v Speaker 1>to figure out how not to lose money. Really, doesn't

549
00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:26.200
<v Speaker 1>that tell you all you need to know? Who else

550
00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:28.960
<v Speaker 1>Isn't they are honest to God, they're in the winning business.

551
00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.200
<v Speaker 1>I think the Rams are in the winning business. I

552
00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:36.359
<v Speaker 1>think the Clippers would like to be in the winning business.

553
00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:41.880
<v Speaker 1>I know Steve Balmer thinks that way, mm hmm. But

554
00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:44.200
<v Speaker 1>who operates that way? Does Jerry Jones? Is he in

555
00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:46.480
<v Speaker 1>the winning business? Or is he in the branding business?

556
00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:50.880
<v Speaker 1>He's in the branding business. Let's keep the evaluation of

557
00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.119
<v Speaker 1>the franchise rising.

558
00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:55.240
<v Speaker 3>Really? Who else is to be in the winning business? Though?

559
00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but he's not anymore?

560
00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:57.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

561
00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:02.400
<v Speaker 1>Who's in in professional sports? And we don't have time today,

562
00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:06.519
<v Speaker 1>so we'll do it tomorrow. Who's in the winning business?

563
00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:11.200
<v Speaker 1>Where every day you show up and your meetings are

564
00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:17.799
<v Speaker 1>about winning and how to win? Who in professional sports

565
00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:20.640
<v Speaker 1>is like that every single day? Because I got to

566
00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.599
<v Speaker 1>tell you the way business works as you have meetings,

567
00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:25.960
<v Speaker 1>where are we financially? What do we need to do here? Okay,

568
00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:28.920
<v Speaker 1>how are we doing with the margin over there? It's

569
00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:32.759
<v Speaker 1>like the margins don't even exist For the Dodgers, what margin?

570
00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:37.440
<v Speaker 1>What are you talking about? They just show up and

571
00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:40.720
<v Speaker 1>have meetings on how to win? And I don't know

572
00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:45.200
<v Speaker 1>any other business that operates that way? Rodney maybe Apple?

573
00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.880
<v Speaker 1>How are we going to create and sell their businesses.

574
00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:53.240
<v Speaker 4>They operate that day. But in sports wise, there's there's

575
00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:55.839
<v Speaker 4>not a whole lot. Can't see the Chiefs.

576
00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.680
<v Speaker 1>Do they show up and.

577
00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:01.920
<v Speaker 4>Figure out how to win with Kansas City? Yeah, he

578
00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:11.319
<v Speaker 4>will consistently try to win. You know, I don't know

579
00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.200
<v Speaker 4>if the Rams do.

580
00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:16.440
<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I go back to that letter. We're

581
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.559
<v Speaker 3>not you know, don't don't expect much out of us

582
00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:18.960
<v Speaker 3>this year.

583
00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:23.519
<v Speaker 1>He was just fooling. He was just funning.

584
00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:30.720
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, would that come out of Andrew? That come out

585
00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:33.799
<v Speaker 4>of what would that come out of Andrew Friedman's mouth?

586
00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:40.640
<v Speaker 4>Oh god, no, exactly, exactly. No, he'd leave town before

587
00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:43.640
<v Speaker 4>he'd say that. Mm O care, we're back to wrap

588
00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:54.640
<v Speaker 4>this up. Yeah, let's get back to it down the stretch.

589
00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.000
<v Speaker 3>Rodney p.

590
00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:58.319
<v Speaker 1>Fred Brogan, come on, Freddy, you know we talked about

591
00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:00.680
<v Speaker 1>it earlier just before we go on again. Your thoughts

592
00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:04.400
<v Speaker 1>do you think there are too many golf tournaments? Do

593
00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:06.480
<v Speaker 1>you think that's a problem. Do you think that's part

594
00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:12.160
<v Speaker 1>of the reason why the sport is seemingly struggling with popularity?

595
00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:17.799
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Probably probably.

596
00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:21.720
<v Speaker 4>You know, obviously you got the Big Four that that

597
00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:25.359
<v Speaker 4>everybody looks forward to with the Masters, and p g

598
00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:29.920
<v Speaker 4>A and with the other two the Players Championship and

599
00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:34.160
<v Speaker 4>in the US Open. Yeah you got those, So those

600
00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.359
<v Speaker 4>are those are main stays. But yeah, I think throughout

601
00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:39.319
<v Speaker 4>the year because you're seeing not everybody's playing in them all.

602
00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:43.359
<v Speaker 4>And I I get it. You know, these tournaments in

603
00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:47.519
<v Speaker 4>certain cities that that that actually make money, you know,

604
00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.160
<v Speaker 4>and and do well. The problem is which ones do

605
00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.240
<v Speaker 4>you cut out? You know, which ones are you gonna

606
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:57.359
<v Speaker 4>cut out because players are cherry picking obviously cherry picking

607
00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:01.440
<v Speaker 4>uh tournaments now and you know, these tournaments have to

608
00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:04.799
<v Speaker 4>are having to pay more and more for these guys

609
00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:08.000
<v Speaker 4>to show up and play. You know, their mainstays that

610
00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.599
<v Speaker 4>guys are going to show up and play anyway, But

611
00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:12.559
<v Speaker 4>there's other ones that you know throughout the year that

612
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.319
<v Speaker 4>you know probably gets it's tough to get attendance and

613
00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:18.079
<v Speaker 4>if the top players are not playing, then nobody's really

614
00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.799
<v Speaker 4>going to watch, you know. I think the LA Open

615
00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:23.000
<v Speaker 4>is has been a mainstay and people want to come

616
00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:25.160
<v Speaker 4>and play in the La Open. It's usually at Riviera,

617
00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:28.279
<v Speaker 4>so it's pretty cool. But some of the ones, other

618
00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:31.839
<v Speaker 4>ones around the country is just you know, it's just

619
00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:36.599
<v Speaker 4>a whole hum on a February weekend that they're playing.

620
00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:41.640
<v Speaker 1>In Muddlesburg, South Carolina. That who really cares?

621
00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.599
<v Speaker 3>Right?

622
00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:46.799
<v Speaker 1>I just think there's the more, the more of anything.

623
00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.559
<v Speaker 1>And I talk about this all the time, the less

624
00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:54.279
<v Speaker 1>sense of urgency. Yeah, I mean, the leagues don't want

625
00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:56.359
<v Speaker 1>to hear this because it's bad because they make their

626
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<v Speaker 1>money from TV and TV needs so many of events

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why they pay the way they do. There's

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<v Speaker 1>too many games in everything. There's just too many. Too

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<v Speaker 1>many in baseball, too many in basketball, too many in hockey,

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<v Speaker 1>too many golf tournaments, too many tennis tournaments. The problem

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<v Speaker 1>is when that's the case, they only get special at

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<v Speaker 1>certain times and it doesn't create a sense of urgency.

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<v Speaker 1>And ultimately, despite the fact you need that number of

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<v Speaker 1>events to be paid for television and the rights fees,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's it actually is destructive to the product.

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<v Speaker 1>But we'll talk more about it tomorrow. All right, Ronnie,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Kevin really appreciate it. And Rodney, let's do

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<v Speaker 1>it again tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's do it