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Speaker 4: Welcome in former BYU great the three point specialist for

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three JT.

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Speaker 5: Jonathan Tabinari, the Brazilian bomber. What's up? JT?

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Speaker 6: Another Dame Paradise Man? How's it going going?

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Speaker 5: Awesome?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 4: All is well in Cougar Country. This is like last

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year we talked about how football and basketball they did.

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Two teams combined created one of the best athletic performances

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in BYU athletics history.

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Speaker 5: We're gonna top that this year.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 4: If BYU wins in that Bowl game with the pop

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Tarts ball and BYU basketball does what they're capable of doing,

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this is gonna be an even better season.

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Speaker 6: Yeah. I couldn't agree more.

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Speaker 2: You know, like to have you know, back to back

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in market seasons for both football and basketball, you know,

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and and what that's gonna do for football putting them

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in the in the top ten coming into next year.

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Hopefully that perception into the you know, into the committee

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helps with the playoff seating right for the conversation next

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year by are coming back and so on, and so

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it's huge and you know, from a BUYU basketball perspective,

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I think you're spot on, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: And and based on where.

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Speaker 2: You know that right now and with the games that

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they have before conference, you know, it's not crazy to

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say that they're going to be continued to be a

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top a top ten team, you know as they start conference,

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which again it is ludicrous and uh, you know, but

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this is the reality that we're in. And you know,

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God blessed the Kevin Young era.

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Speaker 4: It's it's truly remarkable to watch great performance from a

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J to bonds U last couple of games.

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Speaker 5: Obviously MSG took over that second half.

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Speaker 4: We're truly remarkable. We're watching something remarkable. It's tremendous. One

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of the things that I really love about AJ is

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his effort on defense though and his effort to get

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his teammates involved. He's the backup point guard for that

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second team, and we're still figuring out who's going to

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be a part of that bench rotation right now. But

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competitive nature.

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Speaker 5: How he gives full flip fledged.

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Speaker 4: Effort whatever it is that he's doing, whether it's defense

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, I'll maintain this and I don't

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know how many people would agree with me, but I

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see Aj much more than a Tracy McGrady or Kevin Durant.

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a Penny Hardaway. I've always said that because of his

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playmaking ability. I think if he tied his handles more,

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meaning you know, he dribbles a little bit lower, he's

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a little bit more given to the ball more, you know,

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like the way that he created and he took over

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the game at Medicine Spread Garden my first time in

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the garden. You know, did an interview with you as

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the game started. It was a crazy energy in a game,

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but like that second half, it was masterfully right. I mean,

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and playing center to win, you know, a Lakers side

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over the Sixers. But like he orchestrated that comeback. And

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have the ability to do that. I can tell you

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it was not many. And so, you know, for him

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that team and getting stopped and you know, obviously Richie

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one of ours, and it's it's an amazing experience. And well,

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we're winning, you know here. I mean I think back

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to our time here and this is crazy.

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Speaker 6: To even think about.

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Speaker 2: We're even in this realm of conversations that we're having

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Tabinari talking some BYU Basketball here on esp and

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Speaker 5: Who do we trust right now? Coming off the bench, right.

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Speaker 4: What do we we're getting into. We're about to get

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into big twelve play. We're three games away from Big

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twelve play. We're gonna find out a lot about our

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bench over the next three games. That's something I'm looking

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at intently tonight versus specific Who do you trust right

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now coming off the bench in that rotation with Aj

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maybe is the backup point guard leading the.

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Speaker 2: Way Kadeem and Diamante And that's about it, you know,

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Kadeem and Dominique urt the only ones to me right

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now that have shown that they can hang. And aside

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from that is just very much lacking.

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Speaker 2: Obviously we Dawson going down, that became an issue. You know,

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Speaker 6: He played at a at a very high level in Europe.

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Speaker 2: Expected much much more from him, and we're just not

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seeing it. And Kevin, and it's clear that Kevin young is,

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you know, is being forced not obviously, you know, it's

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he's having to turn to Alexe to provide some some

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Speaker 6: And but even then a J is the backup point.

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expected more of Alexey, and I think that if he

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can fix that situation, hopefully Mahailo and Tyler will start

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knocking down some shots because that is also an area.

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Speaker 6: That's lacking right now.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the game of Medicine Square Garden had Uyu

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made you know, not even half of its threes, but

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if they had made a third of their threes in

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the first half, that that doesn't happen, right And you know,

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but you see the people that are stepping up, are

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and Dominique and Canard and so are people that are

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always doing what they're supposed to do, and so they

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need a little bit of help, right I mean, John

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key here. I think Yu has a fine bench. They

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need one more player to step up and you know,

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hoping to be a point guard that is supposed, you know,

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that was supposed brought here to help with international experience,

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and you know, we're just not seeing right now.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like, you know, I'll be honest, I'm

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a little disappointed in Mahilo right now.

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Speaker 5: I thought he would make he'd make bigger jumps.

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Speaker 4: I thought that he was trending in the right direction

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last year, and I felt like with an off season

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that he was going to take a big lead forward.

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Speaker 5: I mean, is still very early in the season.

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Speaker 4: But what does Mohilo need to do better in order

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to maybe get some more minutes? I mean, he's very

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he's in year two. I figure he's gonna make the jump.

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Speaker 2: He needs to do everything better, I mean what I mean,

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you know, and from that perspective, you know, he needs

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to make shots. He's not making shots. He's even shooting

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air balls, and so you know, like you saw the

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way he played last year and he just hasn't played

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that way this year at all. And so I would,

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where he's making shots, he's knocking down shots, and uh,

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you know the same thing for Tyler. Tyler had a

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really good summer, but just has him delivered that, you

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know on the way that's needed. Right You look at

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Trevin now the way that he was a specialist and

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a sniper. They accomplished that last year, right this year.

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Speaker 6: They don't have anything.

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Speaker 2: They're asking one of their big three players to be

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a shooter, which is fine, right, you know, I was

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a shooter with jim Or and Jackson and and and

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Lee and Lee and Trent and you know and so on.

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that extra guy who's able to knock down shots, and

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you're we're just not seeing that right now. So to me,

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the most glaring things are too.

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Speaker 6: One is you.

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Speaker 2: Know, is Alexai going to step up and be able

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to play more of a of a of a non

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that they can trust them with big minutes. And two,

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who's going to be able to knock down some wide

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open threes? Because they're there, but nobody can you know,

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can can throw a rock in the ocean.

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Speaker 4: Right now, Alexei looked pretty good. He's coming along. What

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would you like to seep from election in these next

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three games? What do we need from alex in these

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next three games?

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Speaker 2: K t well that he is able to you know,

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come in play about ten minutes, you know, anywhere from

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eight to twelve minutes. And then he is able to

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not turn the ball over and be able to put

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the ball in the hands of people that that need

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to be doing that right And I think, I think

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if he does that, and he can do that for

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the Big twelve level, and buy is going to be

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a top four team even be able to fight for

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a league championship, which again is crazy that we've been

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thinking about these levels of success for BUYU.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I need more from a lot of these guys.

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Dominique obviously has the clay. You look at Dominique running around,

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you know, his athleticism is like he's he's there, right,

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He's just he's still a little raw. And and so

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I think down the stretch we're going to see some

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some some great.

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Speaker 5: Ball from him. He needs to be that guy.

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Speaker 4: Are you You're sold on on booth though, right, You're

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sold on a deam Right, He's he's he's that guy.

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He's he's going to be tried and true right now.

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Speaker 2: And Dominique as well, I'm sold on all all the yes.

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more optimistic than you've been. So that's okay and so

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Speaker 6: We just need Alexei.

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Speaker 2: If Alexei, Mohilo and Tyler figure it out, this is

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a absolutely lead eight final fourteen. But if they don't,

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then you know, we need to say a prayer every

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night for a brother the Bansa to stay healthy and

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keep leveling up after every game. That's the only I mean,

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fan keys to the game tonight, What would you say?

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Speaker 2: I mean, honest, you know it's it's it's finals week.

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Speaker 6: Then you remember this better than I did.

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Speaker 2: You know, go to class, be healthy, don't get hurt,

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put them away early. You know, like you know, I

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was just talking to Shocking to a couple of people

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here at Uyu TV. You know, as I do the

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pre game tonight. You know, like just before the game Delaware,

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you know, me and and Hima Hamiley Jr. We kept

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looking at each other like, oh boy, it's ten zero,

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and you know, like we like when is this going

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to change? And so you definitely don't want dad put

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them away early, put them away. Let you know, these

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guys get a lot of minutes, get them up and running,

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and let Alexey play for ten to fifteen minutes and

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make a lot of mistakes and hopefully that is going

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to allow him to get the confidence, the confidence that

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he needs. So to me, the key is, you know,

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can we get Alexey, Mihailo and Tyler some meaningful minutes

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in terms of being able to play longer periods of

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time so they can get comfortable with the environment.

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Speaker 6: JT.

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Speaker 4: As we get closer to Big Twelve play, I don't

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know if you've been monitoring the Big twelve and how

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good it is right now, like you compare it to

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you compare the Big twelve record to it's it's other

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a lot of top twenty five teams coming out of

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the Big Twelve this year, and it seems like the

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seeding is going to be pretty gods stag impressive from

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the Big Twelve this year.

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Speaker 5: You may have.

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Speaker 4: I think John Rosson said, like, you know, six of

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the top sixteen seats could be Big twelve teams, which

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is an insane number. This is the the the G

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League with university logos right now, and b Yu's bringing

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in a G League player, Abdullah Achmed. What type of

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impact will you think Abdullah Achmed will have if he

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plays this year?

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Speaker 2: You know, word is right now to him and the

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junior college transfer won't play right but again, right if

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Alexei doesn't show up these next three games by January first,

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that might change on a heartbeat. Reminds me a lot

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of when Steve Cleveland was going to red shirt Jimmy

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Balderson and then nobody was really doing anything and he

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throwed Jimmy in and you know, and Jimmy Bodisen played

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out of his mind and so you never know. But

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if you know the whole plan like yegor going, you know,

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going into draft after one year is for you know,

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this guy to come in next year after Robert Wright

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is drafted. You know, but if you know, if needs become,

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right away because he plans to play, and so you know,

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is able to offset Robert Wright's minutes, you know, for

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about ten to fifteen minutes a game, so that maybe

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Speaker 6: Can get him some rest.

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Speaker 2: So this dude is not playing, you know, thirty plus

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minutes a game in conference, and he is you know,

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burned out by the time, you know, by the time

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the tournament comes in March.

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Speaker 6: And so that's what I would say. But I know,

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for the for the big guy.

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Speaker 2: From the from the G League, you know, Keba is

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such a massive force, and so is and so is Cadem.

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I think, you know, he I would definitely see the

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plane guard getting playing time right away and even even

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you know, burning in his red shirt year before the

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big fellow does and so and by the way, then

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the same way that every single one of us were

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criticizing the committee and complaining about the SEC football and

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so on, b YU, basketball in the Big twelve is

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the SEC of basketball.

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Speaker 6: So we got to you know, you know, you know,

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not to quote brother uh you know Van Noi a

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whole lot.

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Speaker 2: You know, but we got to soak it up a

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lot on the on the basketball court for the Big

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twelve basketball.

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Speaker 4: So Hey man, we'll take all six of those those

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top seeds, no doubt about it. I think recently BYUS

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predicted projected as a two seed. If they keep on

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this trajectory they win the you know how they've been winning,

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they could be as good as of a two seed,

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or maybe even better. What do you think the floor

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in the ceiling is for b Y as far as

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seating is concerned in the NCAA tournament. We broached this

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subject yesterday. I think the best seating bo He's ever

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gotten was like a three seed, if I'm not mistaken.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean, obviously, you know, the ceiling for

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this team is like Michael Jordan said, you know the

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roof of the ceiling because there was no roof, and

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a lot of people didn't understand that his air and

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as was that smart.

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Speaker 6: But what I would.

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Speaker 2: Probably say is, you know, obviously, you know the ceiling

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is them being the number one seed. That's extremely difficult,

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but possible. And you know, if this team doesn't make

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it the sweet sixteen, it will be a disappointing year.

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against Clemson, you know their matchups that they've had. You know,

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if if they are not a Sweet sixteen team, then

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then you know it's not a successful season. And so

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that that's the way that I'm looking at this team

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Tabinari did Brazilian Bomber talking BYU Basketball here on

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your Utah ESPN Radio network.

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Speaker 5: Have you been satisfied with? Look?

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Speaker 4: Your three point guy is b Why you shooting the

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three point shot as you would like you? Is there

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meeting your standard? I guess is what I'm getting at.

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Are they meaning the JT standard right now?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely not, I mean not even close. You know, like

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you have Ritchie and Robert Wright being one of their

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best three point shooters right now, what are we talking about?

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They're supposed to be the guys that are penetrating and

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kicking it out. Which is why I'll humanly say, because

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I play my role to perfection. You know, someone made

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fun of me the other day and said, oh, you

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were the Lewis litt of the Suits show. I said, absolutely,

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but that man played his role to perfects. And when

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when Jessica Piersonan and Harvey Spector were in trouble, who

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took care of the farm?

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Speaker 6: Lewis did.

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Speaker 2: And so you know, like the role players needs to

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step up.

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Speaker 6: Bar none, right because.

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Speaker 2: Right now you have Domique Diamonde, you know, and Canard

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knocking down big three point shots. Mahilo needs to do that.

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Mohalo knows better. He is the European guy, so is Alexe.

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He needs to step up. Tyler was brought in here

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definitely because he was a shooter and because.

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Speaker 6: He shot the lights out against Buyu and we need that.

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Speaker 2: They need to step up, they need to start doing it.

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is these guys needs to start making wide open shots.

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with three people on top of them, you asking them

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to have their feet set up and knocked down a three.

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Speaker 6: So no doubt about it.

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Deavin AI Ladies and Gentlemen BYU Versus Pacific Tonight

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will have a pregame show as well. Ronald the three

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Man Weaver will take you all the way up to

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tip six to seven pm right after Cougar Sports and

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so we'll give you some content. The Pacific Tigers are

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good though they're an eight and three team right now,

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b y U absolutely nine and one BOI will be

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favored in this game, and I think it's like, I mean,

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it's a heavy favorite by like twenty three and a half.

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But hopefully it's a nice you know, maybe hopefully it's

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another fifty point win. Do you do you expect it

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to be as dominant as the UC riverside win was

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this this past week, I would hope.

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Speaker 2: So, you know, especially because it's Pacific, and you know,

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teams from a WCC for me are full and the

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fact that we were in a conference with them and

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we couldn't really dominate them is you know, it's it's

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kind of it's kind of a sad story. And so

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you know, we need to throttle these guys to make

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sure that they understand that there is a mess difference

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between BUYU and.

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Speaker 6: Know and them.

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Speaker 2: And so I take back to when I was playing,

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we played Pacific a few times and we played Pepperdine

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when I got my eyes poked. I mean, you need

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to make sure that you understand that you need to

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blow these guys out, and the fact that they were

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actually beating us in conference play is not a very

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good look. And and so but you know what I

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could have should have been, but this is something that

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they have to do it right now when it has

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to be done, you know, it has to be done well.

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Speaker 6: And I hope I hope he does and I hope

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he happens.

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Speaker 5: Let's go, j T.

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Speaker 4: Any best way to support you what you do, how

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you do it, JT, thanks for hopping on for another

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college basketball bo basketball segment.

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Speaker 6: Always I appreciate it. You know, the best way to.

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Speaker 2: Help me is, you know, coming up for conference play,

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I'm here on ESPN Defan We're going to be doing

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post game shows for road games, and so stay tuned

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to see you know, after the game on Twitter on

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Band's account, the radio stations, my account, we're on the

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three Men Weaver account, and so we're gonna get it

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done hopefully. You know, brother brother Crittle makes time for

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for a chat so we can align on.

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Speaker 6: All of this.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and and so I'm calling him out run. That's okay,

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that's your balls team, I boss. I'll say whatever I

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want to him, and so.

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Speaker 5: Out man, you can call me out. I need to

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be better getting the alignment done.

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Speaker 6: No doubt we'll figure this out.

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Speaker 2: And but always in forever been appreciate you and go Koog's.

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Speaker 5: Love and appreciate you.

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Speaker 4: Brazilian bomber Jonathan Tavan I always producing fantastic content and

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opinions and insight that you can't get anywhere else. Shout

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out to j T Ronald the three man weaver before

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we go to break anything that stood out to you

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from what JT state. I know you're going to be

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taking us up to tip off six to seven pm,

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Speaker 1: Roddy your thoughts, Yeah, I think the biggest thing that

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JT has said as I was listening, you know, I

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have my notes here. Look, I think the biggest is

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disappointment is Mahilo, you know, and and JT's right. Mahilo

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played at a high level European basketball and he has

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a high kliquban. He came in the game to make

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that pass to Rob Wright for him to hit the

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buzzer beater. That was the third option, by the way,

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and if you missed that catch the interview on the podcast,

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Brendan Dunson said that was a third option, so that

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wasn't the first. So Mahilo is a high level player,

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just hasn't stepped up and played and it is disappointing

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out of all the guys in the system. This is

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the second year. Ben guys thrived normally in that second

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year and he missing free throws, air ball and hasn't

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played well this season. And he's not hurt been he's

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out there, so just hasn't found the shot. Look, I

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think that is the biggest disappointment. You can blame Tyler,

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you can blame Alexi, but those guys it's their first

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year playing this level of basketball. But Mihilo has been

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on this team before. So that's probably the biggest disappointment

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because that's the guy at the beginning of the season

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that you thought would come in and he'll still play

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because the matchups. But I'm with JT. If things start

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to go south bend where things are going well with

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Alexi and with Mahilo, and Kadem's always gonna be playing well,

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but he's really a four, he's not a five. And

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Dominique will get in the mix. They're gonna get stuff

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worked out. Like I agree with j T. If if

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all hell starts to break loose, excuse my language, you

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might have kJ and Abdullah at worse both playing you

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don't want to.

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Speaker 5: I'm not trying.

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Speaker 6: I'm serious.

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Speaker 1: If it starts to go south, Kevin Young season opportunity

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with a j De Bonser, Rob and Richie, and he

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will not squander. He will do that if he has to.

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If it goes south, I don't think it will. I

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think he'll be able to get it done in that show.

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That will show it to the level of coaching in

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the STAB. But right now, I think that's the biggest

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thing is you need Mahilo and Alexi to step up

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big time so you don't have to go that out.

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