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  Welcome. Good morning, ladies and
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  gentlemen. Producer just said you were
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  watching the final time out, the All Star show.
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  We had the MLB All Star weekend wrap up last night with a for
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  the nothing victory for the AL All Stars.
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  Got to say I was a little surprised by that result.
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  Definitely the NL, the more talented league, but the AL was
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  was all over them. The match up that we saw a lot
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  of pitching dominance in as well.
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  You know, Carlos Sanchez had himself a rough.
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  Not Carlos Christopher Sanchez had a rough first inning and
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  that's where most of our runs came from.
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  You had three runs scored for the AL there.
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  And then after that it was it was mostly quiet for the rest of
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  the night on terms of pitching the, the OR in terms of batting
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  the, the pitchers, like I said, just very dominant.
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  Obviously this is something that that'll happen.
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  You know, it's year, the year it's like what's going to you've
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  got these great batters, you've got these great pitchers and
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  it's like which one's going to kind of take, you know, is it
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  going to be evenly matched? Sometimes it is.
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  Sometimes one of the ball just is really dominant.
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  And in this year, this case, we just saw a lot of fantastic
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  pitching was 3 O for most of the game.
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  Miguel Vargas added our final score with a solo home run at
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  the top of the eighth inning. And I was that was all she wrote
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  for the scoring. We had some fantastic pitching
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  performances on both sides. Sanchez obviously tough to to do
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  that in front of the the home crowd there in Philadelphia.
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  You know, the A3 RA was able to get out of the inning but had to
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  throw 34 pitches. It was, it was a tough one, but
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  then you look at back at some of these other guys throughout the
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  night. Jesus Lazardo for the for the NL
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  had himself a fantastic showing in the in the 4th inning.
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  Only 6 pitches thrown in there. He got out, really got out of
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  there really fast over on the NL side.
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  I really liked when Jacob Lats did, man, he just came out there
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  like it was really, it was really quick getting off the off
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  the mound though. You had Dylan Cece who opened it
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  up, man, he got 3 strikeouts. You know, I was looking a little
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  choppy for him at first, but once he got, once he got into
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  the groove, he really got through that first inning, kept
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  that lead, lead for himself overall, just a, a clinic of
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  pitching really from both sides. But it's just one bad inning,
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  man. And A and a game like this where
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  it's a defensive really just a defensive brawl back and forth
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  can really tip the the scales and one team's favor K I'll give
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  it to the MLB All Star weekend though.
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  I want to know what my viewers think, but what's your guys
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  favorite like pro sports All Star type of weekend?
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  I do think the MLB does it the best.
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  It's not like it's probably between the MLB or NHL.
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  Those games they they feel the most competitive, they're the
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  most interesting. I mean the the Pro Bowl week for
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  the NFL has become a total joke in my opinion.
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  That's it's not barely even watched anymore.
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  Nobody cares. It's honestly just a a way for
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  players to start their their vacations early.
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  You get basically a paid trip to to where it like Vegas or
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  Hawaii, wherever they they're they be hosting it.
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  So NBA All Star weekend, like you got some cool competitions
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  like the dunk contest, the three-point contest.
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  The games overall have been pretty lackluster the past
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  couple years. We've had like the, the Four
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  Nations thing that the, the NHL does, which has been really
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  good. But there's something about the,
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  the MLB All Star game. You can still, guys can still
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  kind of go out, give it their all.
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  And you know, you just really, you're not really sure what to
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  expect with it 'cause like this game, a lot of defense, I mean,
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  a lot of great outfield plays made fantastic pitching.
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  As I keep driving home, it was just a really tough defensive
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  battle. You even had like some people,
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  not intentionally, but you know, there's there was a little bit
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  of drama. Junior Camarena got hit by a
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  pitch. I know that was a tough one for
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  to watch man that that looked like it hurt. 97 mile per hour
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  fastball problem right on the side of the hand.
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  So that'll he's definitely going to be out for a while.
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  I think he avoided breaking anything but some major bruising
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  there for sure, which is but at least there's nothing.
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  Nothing's broken and sucks for the Rays.
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  They're having a really great season and now they're going to
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  be losing one of their top guys to injury.
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  It should not something you want to see in an All Star game.
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  But yeah, let me know what you're let me know down below
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  what your thoughts are. What's your favorite pro sports
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  All Star weekend? And I didn't even mention some
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  of the the festivities. I mean, really the the big one
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  is the the Home Run Derby, a celebrity softball game.
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  I'm not too interested in that. That one's just, that one's not
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  too good. So we I I didn't really watch
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  that, but the Home Run Derby, yeah, we had, we had the banger
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  this year in the Home Run Derby been the new rules, which I
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  thought were pretty cool. So, you know, instead of it
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  being like a timer or there being outs, anything like that,
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  you just get 20 straight swings, take them out the pace you kind
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  of want to and you can't end on a home run.
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  So you can theoretically get extra swings getting home runs,
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  which we only really saw coming to play once, but it was in the
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  pretty big moment. So, you know, let's start in
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  Round 1. Wilson Contreras set the bar
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  super high, 13 homers to start. I mean, they were blasting them
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  on Monday night. I mean, we were seeing some
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  absolute bombs, couple of like third deckers up there at
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  Citizen Bank Park. The the Philly fans were a great
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  crowd. They were booing everybody
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  except their guys, which, you know, Bryce Harper and Kyle
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  Schwarber, both both competing in the Home Run Derby this year.
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  But yeah, Contreras set the bar pretty high.
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  Jordan Walker was the only ones from round one that was able to
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  match him with 13 home runs. You know, this even some guys
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  that struggled like Ben Rice didn't get off to the the
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  greatest start neither neither did the Lusakani from the White
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  Sox, but they both finished pretty strong.
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  When Rice, I mean, Rice got hit by a pitch from his dad, was
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  pitching for him and his dad hit him with the pitch.
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  It was it's crazy. Real minds joking, like, all
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  right, that's it, Charge the man got to go, got to go get pops
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  after that one. Yeah, You had a Camarillo before
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  he got hurt with the the 12. Twelve home runs in the first
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  round, Schwarber and Harper both shut out, got just enough to or
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  Schwarber did get just enough to move on to the the final four
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  with 10. So Harper came up just a little
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  short. He had he had nine at the end of
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  it, then moved on to Round 2 and Camarena did not not do too
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  great. Round two only got 5, but him
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  and Walker really were both kind of made of Round 2, so it was a
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  good thing they went up against each other.
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  Walker squeaked out of that one with only six home runs.
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  It was definitely looked like it was.
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  It was tiring. Some guys are getting gassed.
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  You only had 15 pitches in the second rounds, Schwarber and
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  Wilson. Contreras was a good semi finals
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  match. Contreras was chasing Schwarber
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  with nine home runs and he was. He didn't get off to the best
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  start, but he nearly caught him there at the end.
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  Wasn't quite able to. He needed to get a Homer in his
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  final to tie it up and then get one extra pitch to potentially
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  take it. Wasn't quite able to get it done
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  and our final was set between Jordan Walker and Kyle Schwarber
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  and Schwarber's come up close and a couple of these home run
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  derbies, but has never been able to really get the job done.
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  Has had I mean just had some crazy comebacks pulled on him.
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  But he started off incredibly strong with got eleven home
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  runs, was looking pretty confident and Jordan Walker
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  didn't get off to the best start.
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  Caught some steam though late and all of a sudden he's he's
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  getting close. But Schwarber still got a good
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  lead. Comes down to he's got eight
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  home runs going into his final swing and Schwarber's got 11 and
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  Walker gets a home run with that final swing.
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  So he gets to keep going, hits another one, then he hits
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  another and all of a sudden we're tied up and Schwarber is
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  looking at losing another Home Run Derby to an insane comeback.
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  And the final pitch comes out, Walker gets it.
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  It's drifting, drifting and just clears the wall, goes out into
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  the stands, another home run, and that does it.
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  Walker takes home the 2026 Home Run Derby on an insane come
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  back. I mean, I was so incredible just
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  for the two toughness to get that done at the at the end of
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  it. But because I mean, you're you
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  can get a little tired of hitting those hitting like or
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  just hitting constantly. Like even though you're not
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  running like it and that the pitches aren't anything crazy,
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  you can tell like you get a little fatigued.
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  So it's really just like after, you know, hitting fifty or
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  having 50 swings on the night to go out there and get 4 extras to
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  come back and win, it was incredible.
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  But we'll take a look at some of the highlights and longest home
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  runs from the guy. So Walker, your winner, his
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  longest was 455 feet and his top speed on a Homer was 113 miles
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  an hour. He was averaging 429 feet per
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  per Homer and averaging around one O 7 on his exit velocity.
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  Schwarber got a a longest 1 of 445.
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  He's averaging around 416. Again, 113 was his tough highest
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  exit exit velocity and and the that was in the finals and the
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  semis. He actually hit a 449 foot Homer
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  and was averaging around 410 feet.
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  Contreras he hit some of the biggest bombs on the the
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  semifinals. He had a 461 feet or foot home
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  run. Walker in the semi finals
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  against Cam Marino was hit a 468 foot home run with A and he had
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  a highest exit ELO of velocity of 114.
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  But not to be outdone Cam Marino hit a 491 foot home run.
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  I believe that was the furthest of the the night.
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  It was, yeah, it was a it was a bomb.
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  He just passed Contreras who hit a 490 foot Homer.
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  So like they were blasted these last night.
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  When I tell you, you know, Harper had the had a good one,
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  482 feet in the first round. Camarino in the first round got
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  another good one that went 487 with a 116 exit velocity.
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  Murakimi with from the White Sox got 1466.
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  Jack Caglion from the Royals didn't have the strongest show
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  on the man When he got him, he really got them.
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  I was averaging 111 on his exit velocity and they were all going
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  around 448 feet with as long as being 477.
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  So even the guys that didn't have a ton of home runs, man
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  they well, they got him. They got him.
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  It was a pretty good home run contest.
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  Like I mentioned Contreras first round 490 foot Homer with 115
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  exit velocity. So really fun and exciting All
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  Star weekend and we will so you're going to have a little
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  break from a baseball in the time being.
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  Let's see games start back up I believe on Friday, maybe
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  Saturday, Thursday actually July 16th.
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  So we're Mets and Phillies will get us back on their way and
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  then we're back into your regularly scheduled MLB action
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  Friday into Saturday. But taking a look at what the
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  the standings are looking like at the mid season.
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  So Rays with a comfortable lead, not a comfortable lead, but with
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  a a couple game lead over the Yankees in the American League
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  looking like it's it's going to be a race between those two.
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  The White Sox and the Guardians also neck and neck in the AL
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  Central. That's going to be a very
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  interesting race. Interested to see how that one
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  plays out. The AL West just the the
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  conference of mid honestly. Mariners.
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  The Rangers are right now the battle for 1st and 2nd.
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  The Astros could potentially catch them.
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  Athletics and Angels if they catch a hot streak, maybe have a
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  shot, but they're really starting to slip behind you.
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  Go to the NLA. Much better conference here.
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  The I know E has the Braves and Phillies are neck and neck right
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  there 554054 and 43. Also the Marlins aren't having
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  too bad of a year though the Marlins could be a sneaky wild
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  card team. I got 52 wins on the season.
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  We'll see how that how they're looking is that wild card Gray
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  shapes up Brewers with a five game lead over the Cubs with the
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  Cubs and the Cardinals both having some pretty good seasons.
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  Pirates aren't too bad this year either.
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  So they got very competitive there.
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  Milwaukee definitely wants to keep, but they've got going.
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  Can't let your foot up off the gas cuz all it takes is one of
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  these teams get hot down the stretch and you could all of a
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  sudden be looking at potentially losing your your your division.
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  Then the Dodgers got a pretty comfortable lead over everybody
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  in the NL. W Padres are 4848 Diamondbacks
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  49 and 47. Rockies Giants are both have a
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  pretty, pretty underwhelming season as well.
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  I mean, actually the Rockies 39 and 59 is a big improvement from
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  what we've seen in the past two years.
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  They've got a playoff caliber offense.
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  They just have the absolute worst pitching in the league.
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  But the Dodgers best team and the entire MLB right now with a
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  61 and 36 record. They also by far in the way have
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  the largest run differential at plus 149 are absolutely tearing
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  up The league. Still feels like it is there.
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  World Series to lose at this point, we'll see.
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  The injuries are injuries are a thing.
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  It's so nothing's guaranteed and this game, but we're going to go
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  ahead and hit the first music break of the day.
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  When we come back, we're going to dive a little bit into the
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  World Cup. We're only down to three teams
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  left and we will have our third place match and our finals match
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  all set after England and Argentina's game today.
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  So don't go anywhere. You're watching the final time
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  Howard Work, Temple the Goat. Thank you Work Simple for the
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  awesome studio that we have out here in Westminster, Co.
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  All right, ladies and gentlemen, the World Cup is coming to an
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  end. I know this was a big year for
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  US men's soccer. They made it all the way to the
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  round of 16. Definitely a tough way to go
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  out. We'll discuss that here.
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  But got to say, I think this is, it's been, it's been good for
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  the the sport here in the States.
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  Maybe hopefully this leads to more people getting invested in
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  soccer and the better youth developmental program.
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  There'll be some challenges facing that because a lot with
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  problem with a lot of the youth sports nowadays in this country
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  is that it is all very, very hard to afford just a little,
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  which is very unfortunate because we're probably they miss
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  out on some incredibly talented athletes because they just don't
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  they financially just don't have their families, just financially
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  don't have the way to get them involved in sports and into the
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  right developmental programs and all of that.
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  But that's a. We we have a text.
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  Somebody is listening to us today.
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  Where's the where from, Jewel? The Philippines.
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  Oh, nice. Well, hello from the
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  Philippines. Thank you for I don't, I'm not
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  really sure what the time zone difference is there, but it's I
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  think it's. I think it's party time there
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  right now. Yeah, late at Yeah, late at
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  night. So why?
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  Thanks for starting your Wednesday night with me.
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  I appreciate that. Well, let's get into let's talk
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  some some soccer. We'll we'll start, you know,
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  with that tough loss to Belgium that the US men's team did take
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  was a it's kind of just a a perfect storm.
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  First of all, like for for these guys that were a lot of them
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  don't play in major leagues in Europe around the world.
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  There's a lot of MLS players here.
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  MLS games aren't exactly getting sold out crowds.
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  So for a lot of these guys, this was the biggest game of their
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  career. And all of a sudden you went
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  from being the fun, scrappy underdog team to the bad guys
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  because of the whole Balligan red card being overturned, which
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  definitely solely the vibes there.
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  And I get, I do like it's one of those things where it's like it
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  was a terrible red card to begin with, like he shouldn't have had
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  it. But then also to like, maybe, I
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  don't know, maybe we could have just been you.
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  You could have it wouldn't have been as bad if Trump didn't say
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  himself that he called into FIFA personally that to ask to get
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  the red card overturned. And I mean, you can get to to
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  the semantics of, well, you know, he just called and asked.
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  That doesn't mean he he requested, demanded a formal
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  investigation. But it's still just to have a
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  government official of any capacity making calls to FIFA
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  and making requests when we all, like most people that know FIFA,
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  know that it's essentially a criminal organization
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  masquerading as a sports league. Not a good look.
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  And I think that that added, you know, that added a ton of extra
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  pressure to these guys, 'cause now all of a sudden you're the
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  bad guy and everyone's rooting on you to fail.
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  And it just it it all showed up on the pitch Monday night that
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  there are a few Monday nights ago and just absolutely ran
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  through US two. I mean, two inexcusable goals
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  where it's like, I mean, this is like the highest level of
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  soccer. I mean, and you're this is
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  middle school stuff. Like what are we, why are we not
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  defending on the back end and leaving, you know, letting a guy
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  run straight towards our goal to get A and get an easy cross pass
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  or like our defenseman and our goalie both just riffing on a
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  ball and giving out an easy straight on shot like goals one
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  and three. We're just absolutely
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  inexcusable. And that was a.
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  Tough way to go out but. And you know even how.
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  With how great this tournament was, that'll be what we remember
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  a lot from that was this the fee, which which sucks because
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  it was a very, it was a very. Fun.
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  Fun tournament up until that point and.
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  We can try to look at. For some Silver Linings is that
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  yes, that we definitely. Are start, you know.
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  We're we're starting to see the pro, the vision and what's
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  getting built there. We've got some, really.
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  Exciting players until then, Balagan who could.
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  Definitely be the. Future face of this team?
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  I'm not really sure I'm sold on Polisic.
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  He was supposed to be our big star guy.
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  From what I've heard he's also just always injured.
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  And he didn't. You know, no goals not, he
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  wasn't a hugely impactful player, so it might be time to
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  kind of move away from him as the face of the team, but we've
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  got a lot of exciting young and talented players that we can
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  turn to and you know. Hopefully we.
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  Were there some more wine in the woodworks that are are ready?
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  To earn their. Spot on the team.
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  But looking back. At some other fantastic matches,
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  Mexico and England on Sunday, July 6th.
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  Was one. Heck of a game.
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  One of the game. My favorite games of the
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  tournament. You just had.
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  I mean that. Basically a home game for
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  Mexico, you know, in Mexico City at the historic Azteca Stadium
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  and just some teams trading haymakers.
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  A lot of great attacks from both sides.
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  Leave hair. What's his name?
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  Harry Kane opened it up with a a penalty kick.
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  You had, I mean, it was, it was scrappy too.
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  You had guys just paddling out there on the pitch.
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  Lot of lot of pushing and shoving.
• 33:05
  All accounts. England got a red card, which
• 33:09
  was. Put them down to. 10 guys and
• 33:14
  now they're going to be missing. I forget who got the name of the
• 33:17
  guy that got the red, but they'll be missing him here for
• 33:20
  this match. Which or no?
• 33:22
  No, no, no. They're.
• 33:24
  They're on take that back. They he'll be back.
• 33:27
  He served as suspension already. It was Gerald Kwanash, but Kwan
• 33:32
  Kwanzaa. He missed the he missed the
• 33:36
  match against Norway, but Jude Bellington was fantastic.
• 33:41
  He's been really in the knockout round.
• 33:43
  He's been England's best player. Hurricane, like I said, didn't
• 33:47
  have the penalty goal but Bellingham scored the other two
• 33:53
  for them. Kenya and Raul Jimenez with the
• 33:57
  two goals for. Mexico.
• 34:01
  Yeah, the the environment there was insane.
• 34:03
  I mean, it was. Real credit I got to give.
• 34:07
  England credit because that like at that altitude because like
• 34:11
  Mexico Azteca stadiums like really high up and it like it's
• 34:15
  hostile. You had the Mexico fans found
• 34:19
  their hotel and were firing off fireworks before their game,
• 34:24
  playing loud music. So just a tough.
• 34:28
  Environment to play in, but they came out, got the dub.
• 34:34
  So. Credit.
• 34:35
  To them. Let's see here Friday.
• 34:51
  We're going to go back to Friday, July 10th.
• 34:54
  This is where Spain's been on one of the more impressive runs
• 34:57
  of this entire tournaments. And they took down.
• 35:03
  They avenged the, I mean, I'm sure they weren't doing that for
• 35:05
  us. They avenged our loss to
• 35:08
  Belgium. I think Spain, I think they're
• 35:12
  going to. I think they're going to win it
• 35:13
  all, I really do. I'm looking at how they've run
• 35:16
  through this tournament. And I really think.
• 35:21
  They've got a great shot to. Win it.
• 35:27
  They have a a young. Superstar Player.
• 35:32
  On their team. And lemony Amal.
• 35:38
  But then also just. Like a ton of experienced, great
• 35:43
  veteran players. It's a team that's been together
• 35:46
  for a while, it appears on this game against Belgium, you know,
• 35:51
  Jamal had a couple of shot attempts, but it was, you know,
• 35:55
  and some pressure. But it was, it was guys like.
• 36:00
  Mikhail Marino. And Fabian Ruiz.
• 36:05
  That scored the goals there. For them, and look at how
• 36:08
  they've gone through this, this tournament just in general,
• 36:12
  they've been a very. I mean, they've just been very.
• 36:17
  Dominant so. And I think they the.
• 36:22
  The the draw against Cabo very day and their first game that
• 36:26
  was I think that was great for them.
• 36:28
  That woke them up and I think really alerted them to what they
• 36:33
  like. They've, I'm assuming that, you
• 36:36
  know, they probably thought that would be a cakewalk game.
• 36:40
  And then they really realize. I think that really made them
• 36:42
  take a hard look at what they were struggling at, what they
• 36:45
  needed to improve. And since then, I mean, they've
• 36:47
  just been one of the most consistently dominant teams.
• 36:51
  They've only conceded 2. Goals or one?
• 36:54
  Goal this entire tournament. So.
• 36:59
  Defensively, they've been great and like the offense gets going
• 37:04
  and they had four against Saudi Arabia in the very following
• 37:07
  game. One nil victory over Uruguay get
• 37:10
  to the knockout stage and they took out Austria 3 to nothing,
• 37:16
  beat a very good Portugal team, one to nothing, Belgium, the
• 37:21
  only team to score on them and they're 2 to one victory for
• 37:24
  them. And then against a few days
• 37:28
  yesterday against the overwhelming favorite when this
• 37:31
  tournament started, France to go to a two nil victory.
• 37:37
  And I mean, like you watch that game like Spain was in control
• 37:43
  of that game for all I mean, basically all of it.
• 37:48
  They really dominated from start to finish.
• 37:55
  France just I mean, they didn't get a lot of opportunities to
• 37:58
  attack. You know, Kilian Mbappe and then
• 38:04
  Belly, their two leading goal scorers just had a tough time
• 38:09
  getting good shot opportunities. I mean, they were between those
• 38:12
  two of them, they only had five shots in total, which.
• 38:17
  Is not, you know. That's so not a position France
• 38:20
  wants to be in. Excuse me and then?
• 38:28
  I mean you got. Some defenders for.
• 38:31
  For Spain, coming down and getting goals, they just had a
• 38:36
  lot, lot more ball control, a lot more pressure.
• 38:42
  And I mean you could. They probably have a lot more
• 38:44
  support. Too.
• 38:46
  Who's Spain? Spain, yeah.
• 38:49
  What do you mean like by? Support.
• 38:50
  Well, I mean, you know. OK, so we already know that like
• 38:54
  European countries, they definitely have more support and
• 38:57
  more financial Oh, Oh yeah for. For.
• 39:01
  For, you know, soccer 'cause we're not really a a soccer
• 39:05
  country. So Spain and who they're going
• 39:09
  against, I mean, Spain's been doing this for a while.
• 39:12
  I mean, this is kind of their sport, yeah.
• 39:15
  Oh no, it definitely is. I mean.
• 39:17
  They've they won the World Cup back in 2010 and France, I mean,
• 39:21
  France also has a lot of support.
• 39:23
  They've, I mean, this is like their fifth time in like the
• 39:28
  past 6-6 or seven tournaments that they've made it to the semi
• 39:34
  finals or, or deeper. So I mean, those are, I mean,
• 39:39
  this is an incredibly good French team.
• 39:40
  They're they're super deep, but this is also really deep
• 39:45
  Spanish, Spanish team. And yeah, I mean, I think they
• 39:50
  just they just seem to completely overwhelm France.
• 39:55
  So this might be the a good moment for.
• 40:00
  You know this. Is kind of like a defining
• 40:03
  moment for Embape. How this was it like this was?
• 40:11
  I don't really. Maybe people who who fall soccer
• 40:14
  more closely will see it, but I was seeing online it was being
• 40:17
  compared to 2010 Messi. And so obviously we know how
• 40:20
  Messi's career has gone. He's widely regarded as the
• 40:24
  greatest of all time, so this could be a big swing.
• 40:27
  Moment in his. Career we'll see how he comes
• 40:30
  back in the next World Cup but yeah to work focus right now on
• 40:35
  Spain and they. I think they'll win it.
• 40:40
  I regardless of if it's England or Argentina that comes out of
• 40:45
  it, I really do think Spain, they've just been phenomenal
• 40:51
  defensively in gold tech keeping.
• 40:55
  They. They counter attack super well.
• 41:00
  They they to me are. The the favorite left.
• 41:05
  The other two teams. On the left you've got England
• 41:08
  and as they're now affectionately known of
• 41:13
  Argentina. So that I mean, England's kind
• 41:16
  of it's kind of England versus the refs.
• 41:19
  I mean, Argentina's a great team.
• 41:25
  But they have. Like have not really looked
• 41:28
  great in a lot of the matchups, some bailout calls both against
• 41:34
  Cabo Verde and Egypt 2 games that they very easily could have
• 41:40
  lost a couple of really crucial goals disallowed both on some
• 41:46
  like very picky tacky offside calls.
• 41:54
  And then yes, Switzerland. That game against Switzerland
• 41:57
  was was close, but it just felt like the the calls kept stacking
• 42:02
  up for Argentina and eventually they got it.
• 42:06
  So I got. I kind of see like it.
• 42:08
  It just seems like they're. They don't want Messi to.
• 42:14
  Lose. I don't know what it is, but
• 42:16
  yeah, Argentina's been a frustrating team to watch
• 42:20
  because. I I I see why.
• 42:23
  They they are. They're called of Argentina.
• 42:28
  But again, they do also. Have some incredible players.
• 42:32
  You know, Messi's at his whole age, she's kind of just there
• 42:35
  along for the ride. And he was really great in the
• 42:37
  knockout stage. But it's been guys like Julio
• 42:40
  Alvarez, Latro Martinez, Nico Gonzalez, like guys like those
• 42:48
  have been really leading the charge for them in these these
• 42:53
  knockout games. I will say that they're.
• 42:56
  They they are a great team. They play really well together
• 42:59
  as a team. So I mean, it's not.
• 43:03
  It's not surprising to me that they are.
• 43:09
  That they are. They're as.
• 43:10
  Good as they are, but yeah, they I mean they were really
• 43:14
  deadlocked with Switzerland the all of regulation and went in
• 43:20
  the extra time and then an extra time.
• 43:24
  They scored two goals. To get that three to one victory
• 43:28
  there. So it was a great run from the
• 43:30
  Swiss though to get the down to the to get to the the
• 43:37
  quarterfinals. But their their opponent
• 43:41
  England. Again, another master.
• 43:45
  Class from Jude Bellingham against Norway.
• 43:47
  Two goals in this one and then they did a pretty good job of
• 43:53
  keeping Holland away from good striking opportunities.
• 43:56
  Nor was a fun team to watch as bummed that they they didn't
• 43:59
  advance. Question why Holland was taken
• 44:04
  off the field in the extra or the in the stoppage time.
• 44:10
  Especially when you're trailing. He's one of the best strikers on
• 44:13
  the entire planet, so that doesn't make a ton of sense to
• 44:15
  me. But and then they they.
• 44:20
  Missed him on some opportunities there as well, but Norway I
• 44:24
  think really exceeded expectations.
• 44:26
  And when a guy like Holland, he's going to come back, he's
• 44:29
  going to be there for the the Norwegian team are we were not.
• 44:35
  Ready to go on break? Not quite.
• 44:37
  OK, my bad. Come on.
• 44:38
  Minutes. OK, my.
• 44:40
  Bad. So I'll to.
• 44:43
  Look ahead at tonight's match up for England versus.
• 44:49
  Argentina. It's going to be interesting
• 44:51
  because from the history I've learned England has definitely
• 44:56
  gotten screwed by the the refs and had some really bad losses
• 45:02
  in the. In the past.
• 45:06
  That were really controversial, so we got a text.
• 45:09
  From TikTok, it says Which player do you expect to be the
• 45:14
  biggest impact in the semifinals in tonight's game?
• 45:19
  That. I mean.
• 45:20
  For me it's Bellingham, I think he's going.
• 45:24
  He's been so. Dominant the the past two games,
• 45:27
  I mean, two goals in his in his past two games and like I said,
• 45:31
  he's really looked like England's top player in in this.
• 45:38
  I think Argentina is an overall more well-rounded and deeper
• 45:43
  team. But England again, it's a very,
• 45:48
  it's a veteran team and they've got Harry Kane still a
• 45:54
  phenomenal player and Bellingham, I mean, Bellingham's
• 45:58
  really been cooking. So I think like if he.
• 46:02
  He can be the X. Factor his aggression and his
• 46:05
  pressure on the goal. So now in in.
• 46:08
  Soccer, they have what do they have the same thing as like the
• 46:13
  Super Bowl, like yeah, Super Bowl MVP, like you know the well
• 46:17
  for the the tournament. There was the Golden Boot.
• 46:20
  OK, so the golden. Boot, Do you see anyone in these
• 46:24
  four teams that are playing? Do you see anyone that player
• 46:29
  like? Can you make a prediction?
• 46:30
  Who do you think's going to win the Golden Boot?
• 46:33
  I believe it goes. To whoever has the most goals.
• 46:38
  So looking. At it Lionel Messi, he does have
• 46:43
  the best chance. He's got eight goals and here,
• 46:48
  but I mean, the Bellingham is scoring the what keeps scoring
• 46:50
  the way he's scoring him or Harry Kane, they're they both
• 46:54
  have 6, but like another two goals or a hat trick, something
• 46:58
  like that that they could easily jump up.
• 46:59
  And like I said, Messi's been a little, he hasn't really scored
• 47:02
  a whole lot the past few games he had, he did have one.
• 47:08
  He he didn't have any against Switzerland.
• 47:12
  He only had one against Egypt. So he was on.
• 47:15
  He got off to a fast start, but it's been, you know, they had a
• 47:19
  hot trick and then two goals, but he has sort of slowed back a
• 47:23
  bit. And so and it has seemed like
• 47:25
  they've been running the offense more towards some of the the
• 47:28
  younger players. Honestly, I'm like Bellingham to
• 47:34
  me really seems like he's. Enter the different.
• 47:38
  State like you, you kind of see like these guys like like these
• 47:42
  star players who who just like. Like as the playoffs?
• 47:46
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• 47:49
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• 48:13
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• 48:17
  So so these. So this is the last one and then
• 48:23
  probably go on break if if you want to, but you know some of
• 48:27
  the semi final discussion like do you think England has what it
• 48:35
  takes to be Argentina? I absolutely do.
• 48:38
  I and honestly, I was going to give the nod to England, I
• 48:44
  think. I do think that they have like,
• 48:51
  like I said, I think Argentina is a little more well-rounded,
• 48:53
  but I think England right now has got the best player left in
• 48:58
  the tournament. Bellingham, like like I said,
• 49:02
  he's just entered that state that like stars like in the
• 49:06
  biggest games, like the moment just comes to him.
• 49:09
  So like, I think right now he's playing the best of any player
• 49:13
  left in the tournament and. You know, Argentina, they.
• 49:20
  Did just win it and I think like it's been a very long tournament
• 49:25
  for them and. I can't like.
• 49:30
  Maybe they're just getting lucky, but I just, I can't
• 49:32
  imagine that the all the calls are going to go their way and
• 49:37
  England's this is probably the this.
• 49:41
  They're so close. To bringing it back home.
• 49:43
  So I think that there's just a. It's a veteran.
• 49:48
  Squad, like a lot of these guys have been playing for the
• 49:50
  English national team for a while, so I think like to to
• 49:53
  them like they're ready for the moment and.
• 49:57
  They can get it done. They can get to the the the
• 50:00
  finals, but I do think they're so I would say England advances.
• 50:04
  Your third place match up is going to be a rematch of the
• 50:07
  finals from the 2022 guitar game, which is France and
• 50:12
  Argentina. And then give me I'll, I'll say
• 50:15
  give me France to get the revenge and take the third place
• 50:20
  and this and then Spain versus England, I'll say France in a 2
• 50:27
  to one victory. Wins and.
• 50:31
  Then give me Spain three to two over England in the finals,
• 50:39
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  Girl, which rookie has impressed you so far for the most during
• 56:01
  the summer league? OK, well.
• 56:03
  I'll give you the obvious, AJ D'ambonso, but that's no
• 56:07
  surprise. He was the number one overall
• 56:09
  pick. I mean, he has an insane skill
• 56:11
  set. He's averaging looks like 25
• 56:15
  through the summer league like that.
• 56:19
  You know, that's the obvious answer.
• 56:21
  He's been fantastic and he is going to be a stud, I'll just
• 56:25
  tell you that. But a little sneakily, Malik
• 56:29
  Thomas dropped all the way to the second round.
• 56:32
  The Cavaliers snagged him. They definitely needed some
• 56:35
  guard help this guy. Looking like a day one.
• 56:39
  Started the backup Donovan Mitchell, which will be huge for
• 56:43
  Cleveland. He's been he's a coach Calipari
• 56:46
  guard from Arkansas. He's been absolutely fantastic.
• 56:50
  He's actually leading all players in the NBA Summer League
• 56:54
  averaging 28 points per game. He's shooting and like it's not
• 56:58
  like he's just chucking shots too.
• 57:00
  He's doing this on really good efficiency, like 50% from the
• 57:04
  field. He's shooting 46 from three.
• 57:08
  Yeah, the you're seeing like the the play making it.
• 57:12
  It's, it's good he's you know, he's able to get some rebounds
• 57:17
  defensively. He's averaging like 2.3 steals a
• 57:20
  game so far. So I would say Malik Thomas has
• 57:26
  been. The most impressive?
• 57:28
  Rookie, he's going to make a lot, a lot of teams look stupid.
• 57:34
  This has been incredible. Like, really impressive.
• 57:39
  I've also loved what I've seen from Caleb Wilson.
• 57:41
  Caleb Wilson. Looks in.
• 57:45
  Looks like he's going to be insane.
• 57:48
  Chicago's going to be a fun team, man.
• 57:50
  You have the the Josh Giddy. Point guard with.
• 57:55
  Bezelis and Caleb Wilson running your three and four position
• 58:01
  that there it's going to be a potential for LOB City 2 Point O
• 58:06
  in Chicago. Coming up this year.
• 58:13
  Some not rookie players that have looked pretty good.
• 58:18
  Trey Johnson. Averaging 26 per game over this
• 58:24
  the Summer league. Jenai.
• 58:27
  Broome second year player who never really got onto the floor
• 58:31
  last. Year.
• 58:32
  For the 76ers, really looks like he might get a chance.
• 58:36
  Especially like with Embiid's injury problems, I think he
• 58:41
  could really be a big asset for what's already a really good.
• 58:48
  70. Sixers team, you know, Carter
• 58:50
  Bryant we saw have some meaningful minutes in the
• 58:53
  postseason for San Antonio, but again, like he's looking like
• 58:56
  he's really just developed his game very well.
• 59:03
  Want to highlight some individual performances to the
• 59:07
  that that have jumped out to me. So back on the the 4th of July
• 59:11
  man, second round pick Darren Peterson.
• 59:15
  He popped off with. A 28 game point performance in
• 59:19
  the really close one O 3 to one O 2 match up between the Hawks.
• 59:25
  So I'm liking what I'm seeing from some of these guys.
• 59:30
  Ace Bailey, the other rookie or the second year player rather
• 59:33
  from them. Didn't he's?
• 59:38
  He's one of those guys that's got me a scratch in my head a
• 59:41
  little bit. I will.
• 59:45
  He's very like the skill set. I I see it's all there.
• 59:49
  It just hasn't really to me, he hasn't just really actualized it
• 59:53
  yet. So that's going to be very
• 59:54
  interesting. Is he?
• 59:57
  You know, because the Jazz spent the pretty the second round pick
• 59:59
  on him last year as well. That's going to be interesting
• 1:00:04
  to. See like if that really pays how
• 1:00:08
  that pays out for him. Another guy that might be Allen
• 1:00:13
  Iverson 2.9 Darius Acuff, he's. Going to have to work on this.
• 1:00:19
  Efficiency if he wants to be AI but man his his ball handling, a
• 1:00:23
  shot creation and creativity, his speed and and quickness off
• 1:00:27
  the dribble all there all very remissive AI but dropped 25 also
• 1:00:35
  on July 4th against. The Nets, but he.
• 1:00:38
  Did it on some rather inefficient shooting numbers.
• 1:00:44
  Like I said, I mean. Sometimes you just don't.
• 1:00:48
  Shoot the ball well, that's OK. You got to just.
• 1:00:54
  Can't be afraid to score. He has just.
• 1:00:57
  Again, it it just. Looks so elite.
• 1:01:01
  The the shot. Creation and the.
• 1:01:05
  The quickness off the. Dribble.
• 1:01:09
  It's it's a lot of fun to watch. The battle of the We have the
• 1:01:12
  battle of the number 2 and #3 picks Cam Boozer and Darren
• 1:01:18
  Peterson. Loving what I'm seeing from
• 1:01:22
  Boozer just as a rebounder and his his post scoring and 2nd
• 1:01:29
  year player. Cedric Cower, man.
• 1:01:32
  That's just kind of a. Fun little team brewing there.
• 1:01:35
  John Moran traded away. I'll be interested.
• 1:01:41
  It's. Interesting.
• 1:01:42
  You know what they're? What this line up is?
• 1:01:46
  Going to look like taking a look at their their roster here,
• 1:01:51
  their depth sharp. It's the guard position, the
• 1:01:55
  point guard position that makes me that that I think could be
• 1:02:01
  where their weakness is. You go Scottie Pippen or do you
• 1:02:05
  go tide your own? But you don't look at the end.
• 1:02:09
  I don't think they have a ton of depth at center.
• 1:02:10
  I like Zack EDI mean super tall, good rebounder, add some rim
• 1:02:14
  protection, you know, solid post work.
• 1:02:18
  He's not like a elite shot creator, but you know, you give
• 1:02:22
  him a like a one-on-one. He's got good touch around the
• 1:02:24
  basket, but. And, you know, pair that up
• 1:02:28
  with. Cam Booster at your four and
• 1:02:30
  Jeremy Grant, who they acquired in the John Morant trade.
• 1:02:35
  That's a. Solid.
• 1:02:37
  That's a very solid front court. Cedric Coward, I think is going
• 1:02:41
  to just be phenomenal for them. I don't know if I necessarily
• 1:02:48
  want him taking on all the play making duties.
• 1:02:52
  So that that'll be I think where they just hold held back.
• 1:02:55
  You'll see, like will it be Jerome?
• 1:02:57
  Will it be Scottie Pippen Junior?
• 1:03:02
  I would. It's tough.
• 1:03:05
  I would maybe learn. More towards Jerome.
• 1:03:09
  But keep their minutes. I think Scotty is a better score
• 1:03:15
  but Jerome Odds gives you a little bit more with their play
• 1:03:18
  making so that's just a big thing.
• 1:03:20
  Or like the guard play for them will be a question mark but I'm
• 1:03:24
  loving. I'm loving what the.
• 1:03:29
  The potential Memphis Grizzly line up.
• 1:03:33
  Could look like yeah. Let me know like who's your
• 1:03:37
  who's your favorite team? I'd love to take a look at your
• 1:03:39
  guys's roster and tell you what I think the best potential
• 1:03:43
  lineups are. I think Cedric Coward, now he's
• 1:03:46
  going to be in for a big year though in year 2.
• 1:03:51
  So he that's a good guy to keep an eye on.
• 1:03:57
  Through through all of this, here we go.
• 1:04:05
  Also bringing us to a battle between the one and two picks,
• 1:04:09
  so Darren Peterson versus AJ Debonza.
• 1:04:15
  Man, Trey. Like I was mentioning, Trey
• 1:04:17
  Johnson, the Wizard's got some some dogs here.
• 1:04:21
  Debonza with 27 in this one, Johnson with 26.
• 1:04:26
  You know, Peterson, he showed out though.
• 1:04:28
  He scored 24 and this one fun little batch up there between
• 1:04:34
  the ones and twos. But we were just looking at the
• 1:04:38
  Grizzlies line up. We're going to go to we're going
• 1:04:42
  to go look at that Wizards potential line up or some some
• 1:04:47
  lives. I could theorize.
• 1:04:48
  We'll see how they put this all together.
• 1:04:50
  But you, I mean they have to be just as ecstatic watching.
• 1:04:55
  What they've got. Here in the.
• 1:04:59
  In the Summer League. So I mean, right now Trey Young,
• 1:05:05
  should he be healthy, you would imagine is your.
• 1:05:10
  Is your your? Starting point guard, I
• 1:05:12
  honestly, I'm Bob Carrington coming off the bench, but I
• 1:05:18
  think he could also, you know, if Young has some injury
• 1:05:20
  problems, problems could fill in very well for them.
• 1:05:25
  And then again, it's like you've got Keyshawn.
• 1:05:28
  George will likely be your starting point guard.
• 1:05:32
  But I mean you like. I love the explosiveness and
• 1:05:35
  scoring ability of Trey Johnson off the bench.
• 1:05:38
  Huge. I think that is an absolutely
• 1:05:40
  huge upside for them. This is this is what that.
• 1:05:46
  Is exciting the big the big thing for Washington's going to
• 1:05:49
  be the health 'cause you have always damaged Anthony Davis.
• 1:05:53
  Trey Young's had trouble staying on the court the past couple
• 1:05:55
  years, but. If a startling 5 with Trey
• 1:05:58
  Young. Keyshawn George, AJ Dimanza,
• 1:06:01
  Anthony Davis and Alex Starr if they can all stay on the court
• 1:06:06
  this year or play like 50. 5:00 to. 65 games together, you're
• 1:06:12
  looking at the Wizards team that I think could easily win 50 to
• 1:06:17
  54 wins. They could be like I think.
• 1:06:25
  Like I said, if they can hit. That 55 to 65 game window you're
• 1:06:29
  looking at like a floor of 45 wins a ceiling of 54.
• 1:06:36
  I could see for this Washington. Team, they've got depth, too.
• 1:06:41
  I mean, I don't hate DeAndre Ayton as a backup to Alex Saar.
• 1:06:46
  Chris Middleton got a great mid range score, a little underside
• 1:06:50
  to maybe be Anthony Davis's backup.
• 1:06:53
  And then you also got like guys like Justin Champeni, Will
• 1:06:57
  Riley. You could maybe flex Felix
• 1:07:00
  Okapar into their then. Like the Botsa?
• 1:07:05
  I. When he comes off.
• 1:07:08
  He's right now my rookie of the year favorite going into the
• 1:07:11
  season. I know well, shocking the number
• 1:07:13
  one overall picks, your rookie, the contender, but.
• 1:07:18
  He didn't. He's shown.
• 1:07:19
  Durability, I think he'll be on the court a lot and get be
• 1:07:24
  carrying the load a lot for for Washington.
• 1:07:29
  So very fun roster to look at. Look out there.
• 1:07:38
  All right, I'm going to go get a little homery here and just talk
• 1:07:42
  about my hometown, Denver Nuggets.
• 1:07:46
  Feeling a lot of. Excitement and optimism about
• 1:07:50
  one of our newest draft picks by the name of Trevor Brazil.
• 1:07:56
  He popped off last night. He is an athletic wing, good
• 1:08:02
  defender, great, you know, lob threat.
• 1:08:06
  He was a lob threat there kind of Arkansas and protect the rim
• 1:08:09
  and he's got a nice little 3 ball.
• 1:08:12
  He was hitting some. He shot 6 of 12.
• 1:08:15
  Now HG since we're. Talking about the Denver
• 1:08:18
  Nuggets, what is on your radar when it comes to LeBron James?
• 1:08:25
  Because that has been a big topic this week.
• 1:08:29
  He's searching for a team. The Nuggets are pretty much
• 1:08:33
  formatted for a championship now.
• 1:08:35
  They just, they just need that extra brick.
• 1:08:38
  What what? What's your radar looking like
• 1:08:40
  for him? I would be.
• 1:08:44
  I would like it. For because he's at first.
• 1:08:47
  Of all, like I know he's he's pretty old, but like he's still
• 1:08:51
  averaged. Well, I'd have to look.
• 1:08:55
  It up, I don't know off the top of my head, but it was still
• 1:08:57
  like somewhere in the mid, like you know, like 22 to 24 range at
• 1:09:01
  his age. That's still I mean that's good
• 1:09:04
  numbers, especially because again, he would be like our
• 1:09:07
  number 3 or 4 offensive option. He's a great basketball mind
• 1:09:12
  still. A really good.
• 1:09:14
  He's still a good defender. Can move his feet so.
• 1:09:19
  It would. Yeah, it would certainly make us
• 1:09:22
  better. I was just going.
• 1:09:24
  To help you money wise. So right now it's saying that
• 1:09:29
  money wise. Fitting Lebron's salary under
• 1:09:32
  the salary cap could require significant roster moves or a
• 1:09:36
  sign and trade scenario. Competition wise, Denver isn't
• 1:09:41
  alone, though. The Cavalier 76ers, Heat and
• 1:09:44
  Warriors and Timberwolves and others are in in the works.
• 1:09:49
  And there is a there's a question with LeBron James and
• 1:09:55
  Nikolai Jolkov. I can't.
• 1:09:57
  I can't pronounce that, Yeah. Be the most.
• 1:10:00
  Unstoppable duo in NBA? Or would Denver be better off
• 1:10:04
  keeping its current core? Give us your thoughts.
• 1:10:09
  It all depends on what Lebron's willing to sign for.
• 1:10:13
  Like I think for us realistically he would need to
• 1:10:16
  take a pay cut somewhere around the vet minimum.
• 1:10:21
  Because I. Mean otherwise I could make
• 1:10:23
  things even more difficult for us in the salary department.
• 1:10:26
  But if you were able to, if you were willing to do that, you
• 1:10:29
  know, in this final year, I would because Aaron Gordon's
• 1:10:32
  been the past couple years just had a problem staying healthy.
• 1:10:36
  I would move Aaron Gordon to the bench and I would have LeBron
• 1:10:40
  play the four and. Then you would.
• 1:10:43
  Have a starting line up of Jamal Murray, Christian Brown, Cam
• 1:10:47
  Johnson, LeBron James and Nicole Yokich.
• 1:10:50
  Yeah, because in fact, if you're listening right now, fact or cap
• 1:10:57
  fact, LeBron to Denver would make the Nuggets to the
• 1:11:01
  championship favorite or cap LeBron is better off signing
• 1:11:06
  somewhere else. Tell us what you think.
• 1:11:08
  Send us a message. Ask HG.
• 1:11:13
  There you go. Yeah.
• 1:11:16
  I would say even Wolbron would make US1 of the title favorites
• 1:11:22
  right now going into the season. The 76ers.
• 1:11:27
  Really catch my eye and I guess. I just have to go with.
• 1:11:33
  The Spurs, because they've they've been keeping the team,
• 1:11:36
  they got Wendy re signed. He took a bit of a pay cut to
• 1:11:39
  give him some roster flexibility, so.
• 1:11:44
  Those are probably be my. Top 2.
• 1:11:46
  But LeBron would definitely put us in that conversation.
• 1:11:50
  The NBA seasons are so fluid. There's always so much in
• 1:11:53
  motion. That it's hard to give a.
• 1:11:57
  Definitive Who would be the Super Bowl favorite?
• 1:11:59
  But not Super Bowl, who would be the Finals favorite?
• 1:12:07
  But that would certainly put us in the conversation.
• 1:12:11
  OK, I was talking about that rookie Malik Thomas and he had
• 1:12:17
  the game on Monday night. I think really just showcased
• 1:12:21
  why he is going to. Make a lot of teams.
• 1:12:24
  Look stupid he dropped 35 and a 90 to 73 victory at their summer
• 1:12:29
  league team had I mean he has been I mean like the the Cavs
• 1:12:33
  summer league team. Their plan is to get him the
• 1:12:35
  ball and let him work couple of steals as well.
• 1:12:41
  He blocked a shot. 35 Three. And three on 14 to 23 shooting
• 1:12:49
  knocked down 5 threes. He was five of nine from deep.
• 1:12:56
  I mean. I know it's summer league, but
• 1:13:00
  this guy's got, he's the complete package.
• 1:13:02
  You can really. Fine tune.
• 1:13:07
  All that stuff for like the pro games and, and like, it's all
• 1:13:11
  there, you know, like you just the right coaching can bring it
• 1:13:15
  out of him. JB Bickers.
• 1:13:18
  That's a really good coach. The Cavaliers have done a pretty
• 1:13:20
  good job of developing guards in recent years.
• 1:13:27
  He's just he he's going to be a problem.
• 1:13:31
  I think he's going to he might be the next great like second
• 1:13:34
  round steal that we see. And then I wanted to just
• 1:13:43
  highlight one final performance, which was Caleb Wilson also on
• 1:13:48
  Monday night scored 19 points. He had eight rebounds.
• 1:13:53
  But the out of the defensive side of the ball, this guy could
• 1:13:58
  be an an elite rim protector with five blocked shots.
• 1:14:04
  Like his? Athleticism and fearlessness to
• 1:14:07
  go up and just get the ball. I also posted 2 steals in this
• 1:14:11
  game. Such a complete player.
• 1:14:16
  Chicago Jimmy covers. I don't know if you're
• 1:14:18
  listening, but I am very excited to watch Bulls basketball this
• 1:14:23
  year. I cannot wait.
• 1:14:26
  It's going to be pretty good. It's going to be, it's going to
• 1:14:32
  be really good, but. All right, we're going.
• 1:14:35
  To go ahead and hit our next music break, that's going to do
• 1:14:42
  it for the NBA Summer League. When we come back, I will jump
• 1:14:46
  in and we'll talk a little while what's going on in the WNBA had
• 1:14:51
  the. Commissioners Cup.
• 1:14:53
  I didn't get a chance to cover on the last show.
• 1:14:56
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• 1:14:59
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• 1:21:30
  Show today. Love all the questions, please
• 1:21:33
  keep them coming. I love answering them.
• 1:21:35
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• 1:21:38
  In the meantime, we're going to jump in and.
• 1:21:42
  Discuss a little. WNBA, what's been going on in
• 1:21:45
  the season there Didn't get a chance last show to talk about
• 1:21:48
  the Commissioners Cup, which was unfortunate because it was a
• 1:21:52
  fantastic game, Saw the New York Liberty defeat the Las Vegas
• 1:21:59
  Aces 93 to 85. Aces we're going into.
• 1:22:06
  This without their their top lady Asia Wilson was dealing
• 1:22:10
  with some injury, but we saw Jackie Young step.
• 1:22:14
  Up to the. Plate.
• 1:22:16
  And show out in a fantastic performance.
• 1:22:18
  She was 31 points, 7 assists. Unfortunately, she didn't get a
• 1:22:23
  whole lot of help from the rest of her team.
• 1:22:25
  The rest of the start of this room.
• 1:22:26
  You got a, you got a doughnut from Stephanie Talbot, which,
• 1:22:30
  you know, you never like to see that.
• 1:22:33
  Also missing some of. The size out there I was getting
• 1:22:36
  ready to ask. You like we got killed on the
• 1:22:38
  the. Boards with no Asia out there,
• 1:22:40
  one thing I was going to ask. You like one of the hot topics
• 1:22:43
  right now that's going on the news story is do you feel I, I,
• 1:22:48
  I'll tell you how I feel, But has the WNBA reached a new level
• 1:22:53
  of popularity over the last two seasons?
• 1:22:55
  And my opinion on that, It would be yes.
• 1:22:58
  And I, I would say that we they should owe all that to Caitlin
• 1:23:04
  Clark. I mean, like, literally, she's
• 1:23:07
  kind of like the Michael Jordan of women's basketball right now.
• 1:23:13
  Yeah, she certainly did help. The the popularity of it, it had
• 1:23:16
  been growing steadily like and it had been going up.
• 1:23:21
  I think she really helped cause the the surge and boom, 'cause
• 1:23:25
  it has been probably these are probably some of the most viewed
• 1:23:30
  seasons past two years. We're really seeing Arenas gets.
• 1:23:36
  Sold, you know. Closest sold out and but you
• 1:23:39
  don't want views of. Face.
• 1:23:42
  Well, I, I mean like when you say face, I also like think like
• 1:23:49
  you need to be the best player in the league and she's good.
• 1:23:52
  She's really good. She definitely has the potential
• 1:23:54
  to be the best player, but she is not not the best player in
• 1:23:58
  the league and she's. She's a.
• 1:24:02
  She's an. Exceptional shoe there and she's
• 1:24:04
  got some elite play making abilities, but she is kind of a
• 1:24:09
  liability on defense. She looks lost out there
• 1:24:12
  sometimes. Could that be?
• 1:24:14
  The coach. Because like, I, I haven't heard
• 1:24:17
  anything about women's NBA basketball until Caitlin Clark
• 1:24:23
  came into the picture. So now when I was thinking of
• 1:24:25
  women's basketball, I, I think of Caitlin Clark, you know?
• 1:24:31
  Well, I mean, yeah, that's fair. But it's been, it's been around
• 1:24:36
  for a while and they're, well, I know it's been around.
• 1:24:38
  I'm just, I'm just saying that that's the only reason why I was
• 1:24:41
  thinking of that, yeah. I mean, she's.
• 1:24:45
  She's good, she's got a lot of potential to be the face of the
• 1:24:49
  league, but right now I think like you've.
• 1:24:52
  I mean, she'll, she'll have some.
• 1:24:53
  Competition from like a player like Paige Becker's who's a year
• 1:24:57
  behind here, but you still have like like right now to me, Asia
• 1:25:00
  Wilson should be the face of the league.
• 1:25:01
  She's getting major. She's I mean she is she's got
• 1:25:04
  like these major brand deals. She's could be well on her way
• 1:25:08
  to another MVP of this to be her fifth her team is. 2nd place
• 1:25:16
  right? Now in the league, so they're
• 1:25:18
  also in title contention. Yeah, it's and like don't.
• 1:25:27
  Get me wrong like I do. Like Clark is a great player.
• 1:25:30
  Like I said, she's such a creative passer and she's got
• 1:25:34
  great play making ability and like when she when she's on from
• 1:25:41
  deep like she is just an elite shooter, but.
• 1:25:46
  I don't know. I wouldn't.
• 1:25:47
  Even say she's necessarily the best player on her team.
• 1:25:49
  Aliyah Boston needs her, her respect and her flowers.
• 1:25:53
  I mean, Clark missed over half the year last year with a
• 1:25:58
  nagging groin injury and Aliyah Boston took that team or LED
• 1:26:01
  that team to the semi finals. But dude, I.
• 1:26:10
  Don't want to flashback to the the cup because.
• 1:26:14
  I mentioned. Jackie Young didn't get a ton of
• 1:26:16
  help you we saw a couple of other players other really been
• 1:26:20
  started in the league. This was good to if you're a
• 1:26:23
  Liberty fan, that was just one to watch with Sabrina, Ianescu
• 1:26:26
  and Brianna Stewart kind of take control of the game.
• 1:26:29
  The guard Ford combo there was on it Sabrina knocking down 5
• 1:26:35
  threes studio with a 25 and 11 double double.
• 1:26:39
  She also recorded two blocks and two steals in that one.
• 1:26:45
  And it's just been. Something that the Liberty, who
• 1:26:48
  were champions just two years ago, have really been struggling
• 1:26:53
  to find this year. They just haven't been able to.
• 1:27:00
  Like. Get that, that success.
• 1:27:03
  I mean, it's just been a very middle of the pack year.
• 1:27:06
  Yeah, they won the Commissioners Cup, but they're 13 and 11 some
• 1:27:11
  nights. They.
• 1:27:12
  Look, really they? Just don't look really In Sync
• 1:27:17
  and they have these wild swings of ineffective or inefficient.
• 1:27:22
  Shooting, but you only get some of the.
• 1:27:29
  Top teams the I mentioned the Aces, they're they're one of the
• 1:27:35
  teams I think will absolutely be in contention for the
• 1:27:40
  championship, especially with like if you have Asia out there,
• 1:27:46
  she's just the most dominant player in the post.
• 1:27:51
  I mean, she's like her. Offseason.
• 1:27:54
  Her training like she trains with her her husband Nehal, the
• 1:27:58
  bio. So she's she's like training and
• 1:28:01
  you know, practicing her scoring against and defending against an
• 1:28:06
  all defensive, all NBA defensive caliber player.
• 1:28:10
  And she just, yeah, I mean. The work she puts in.
• 1:28:14
  She's become a great shooter as well.
• 1:28:19
  It'll be tough for, I really think it'll be tough for you to
• 1:28:22
  give the MVP anybody else but her.
• 1:28:24
  She's averaging almost 26 a game with also averaging 10 rebounds
• 1:28:30
  and three assists per game, two blocks per game and two steals.
• 1:28:35
  Just like the most complete player in the league.
• 1:28:40
  But. What really makes the Aces so
• 1:28:42
  good is that you have this elite, this really dominant
• 1:28:46
  interior post player and then you've got, I mean, not one, but
• 1:28:50
  two really great point guards. They're both elite playmakers.
• 1:28:58
  They facilitate super well. And then they also can score at
• 1:29:03
  a pretty decent clip. I mean, Jackie Young's averaging
• 1:29:05
  16 the game, but then you've got Chelsea Gray averaging 12 and
• 1:29:10
  then they're, you know, each averaging around 7 assists per
• 1:29:13
  game. So it's just like they're both
• 1:29:15
  out there on the court just creating.
• 1:29:20
  They've got some good 3. Point shooting as well.
• 1:29:22
  So it's it's tough. I mean like you, it's like a
• 1:29:25
  pick your poisons. You want to send the double
• 1:29:28
  inside and risk a kick out to some highly efficient shooters
• 1:29:34
  or do you want to let you know the most dominant interior
• 1:29:37
  player in the league get a one-on-one match up?
• 1:29:40
  So I'll pick pick your poison type of match and then Jewel
• 1:29:45
  Lloyd and Shinity Carter coming off the bench.
• 1:29:48
  So it's just like you still, you don't really lose anything in
• 1:29:52
  terms of guard play coming off the bench as well.
• 1:29:55
  But I do say I do think behind Asia and in the front court,
• 1:29:58
  they're a little thin there. Otherwise, they just aren't
• 1:30:02
  getting. A ton of.
• 1:30:06
  Without the. Production from.
• 1:30:07
  Some of the backup bigs aside from Melissa Smith's out there
• 1:30:10
  on the on the. Floor with.
• 1:30:12
  Asia, but yeah, they're a little, that's probably their
• 1:30:15
  big Achilles heels there. Their lack of size and depth
• 1:30:22
  behind Asia team on what that I think right now though if I was
• 1:30:28
  a betting person would be the favorite.
• 1:30:31
  Is the Minnesota. Lynx been on a they're on a
• 1:30:35
  three-game win streak right now. I just took down the liberty,
• 1:30:39
  the Mercury and the sun in quick succession and for a lot of the
• 1:30:45
  season they haven't had again, another one of the top players
• 1:30:51
  in the the whole league, which is the feast of Collier.
• 1:30:53
  She's just been dealing with a nagging injury all year and a a
• 1:30:59
  rookie no less. Olivia Miles has stepped up and
• 1:31:02
  LED the team in scoring, but also, I mean like when they
• 1:31:06
  drafted there, I thought like, alright, well, she's going to
• 1:31:08
  really add a level of play making that they need.
• 1:31:13
  Their offense can get really stagnant in the half court and
• 1:31:17
  Olivia's very good at running a a good decision maker and good
• 1:31:20
  at running a half court offense. But the like, the way she's just
• 1:31:24
  been fearless and has come out and been the leading scorer on
• 1:31:28
  this team and. They've got some good.
• 1:31:31
  Scores. I mean Kayla McBride's a knock
• 1:31:33
  down shooter with a good great mid range package.
• 1:31:39
  Natasha Howard, one of the the better power forwards in this
• 1:31:44
  league. She you know.
• 1:31:48
  Creative. Post.
• 1:31:49
  Footwork and great touch around the rim.
• 1:31:52
  So I mean, and even Courtney Williams, who's got one of the
• 1:31:56
  best mid range jump shots in the whole league.
• 1:32:00
  So it's not like she's, you know.
• 1:32:01
  There it's a a. Squad of.
• 1:32:04
  Non scores or people don't have great scoring ability.
• 1:32:08
  So that, I mean, I think that's just been part of the reason
• 1:32:10
  they've been so dominant is that like, yeah, even missing like
• 1:32:12
  one of your top, your top. Players and.
• 1:32:15
  Somebody who could give Asia a run for her money.
• 1:32:19
  Olivia sliding in there, and I mean her, her decision making
• 1:32:27
  and processing for a rookie is. It's really.
• 1:32:32
  It's really. Incredible because averaging 6
• 1:32:36
  assists a game while scoring nearly 20 points and heard while
• 1:32:42
  only averaging around 3 turnovers a game.
• 1:32:44
  I mean like, that's elite. That's really good processing
• 1:32:48
  and distribution while also protecting the basketball.
• 1:32:53
  You just don't see. That out of rookie players too
• 1:32:56
  often really in any sport. So it's pretty special what
• 1:33:00
  she's doing here. I'm liking do the.
• 1:33:05
  Golden State Valkyries second year team and in 3rd place, tied
• 1:33:11
  with the Aces. In record that. 17 and 17,
• 1:33:17
  they're second in the West overall.
• 1:33:23
  Excuse me? Really, it's like a team that
• 1:33:28
  just plays good defense. They've got a really good.
• 1:33:34
  Defensive like minded coach they don't.
• 1:33:38
  Give up a. Lot of points I mean it's not a
• 1:33:40
  team that's going to blow you away scoring, but they just do a
• 1:33:48
  such a good job of defending you know their help they play great
• 1:33:54
  help defense they don't I mean they're allowing the fewest
• 1:34:00
  points per game in the league they've.
• 1:34:04
  Really take. Away the three-point line.
• 1:34:09
  They force teams. To try the score inside, they've
• 1:34:13
  got the second. I mean, they're the second
• 1:34:17
  lowest opponent field goal percentage.
• 1:34:21
  In the league here. So I mean it like it's just
• 1:34:24
  smothering. I mean, you can tell like it's
• 1:34:27
  really in grilled into them like, you know, like.
• 1:34:30
  No. Easy.
• 1:34:31
  No easy baskets. Like that's how they're, that's
• 1:34:34
  how they play the way it is. Like we're going to beat you
• 1:34:37
  with the defense first. Because they're not like a team.
• 1:34:41
  That's going to blow you away scoring.
• 1:34:45
  I mean, they do, they do score decently.
• 1:34:46
  They're they're 8082 game points per game, but.
• 1:34:52
  It's it's just. Smothering defense, Gabby
• 1:34:57
  Williams leading that team there.
• 1:35:02
  But yeah, it's. A lot of like, you know.
• 1:35:06
  The supplemental draft, so it was a lot of players that had
• 1:35:09
  hadn't really been able to carve out roles on their own team that
• 1:35:13
  got got a chance here like Veronica Burton, Janelle
• 1:35:19
  Solerin, they're really getting like a major role and.
• 1:35:25
  Have the. I've been contributing to a very
• 1:35:30
  successful season. Second year player Caitlin Chen
• 1:35:34
  has been. Really good.
• 1:35:35
  Been really good for them off the bench too so still a fun
• 1:35:39
  team to watch they. They've got the recipe.
• 1:35:43
  The win in the post season. Because that's the back I.
• 1:35:49
  Think the backbone of the identity of this team is the
• 1:35:52
  tough defense and trying to force turnovers, forcing bad
• 1:35:56
  shots, holding the opponent, you know, dragging them into the
• 1:36:00
  mud. When you can play like that in
• 1:36:06
  the the postseason, that's a good recipe to win.
• 1:36:12
  And you just. Really need the the only thing
• 1:36:15
  that might hold them back is just a player that can be really
• 1:36:24
  efficient or score in the clutch.
• 1:36:27
  I do think Gabby, she's got that ability, or even even Janelle
• 1:36:35
  Sallion. Both they both shoot.
• 1:36:38
  Around 41% from the field, but. Sallion's also.
• 1:36:43
  Nearly a 40 or a 40% three-point shooter.
• 1:36:46
  So. They do really good.
• 1:36:51
  At creating easy shots for themselves with their defense.
• 1:36:57
  One other team. That I like to highlight here at
• 1:37:00
  the the midpoint. Of the season.
• 1:37:04
  Is actually the The Atlanta Dream?
• 1:37:08
  They made the the. Move to.
• 1:37:12
  Bring in. Angel Reese into their front
• 1:37:15
  court and I think she's finally found a good rule for her, which
• 1:37:18
  is not a primary, not taking a lot of shots per game and just
• 1:37:24
  focusing on rebounding and. Defending and despite.
• 1:37:29
  That I mean, she's still averaging 15A game.
• 1:37:35
  Her shooting's honestly. Gone up, she's been a little
• 1:37:37
  more efficient this season. Don't look at the three-point
• 1:37:41
  shooting that that hasn't been good, but it's really just
• 1:37:44
  enabled. I mean, they have.
• 1:37:46
  Such an elite. Elite depth that guard and they
• 1:37:50
  just they finally have some solid depth in their front
• 1:37:54
  court. You know Medina.
• 1:37:57
  OCOT there at center, but like Reese, Nas, Hillman.
• 1:38:04
  Also just. There in the the front court,
• 1:38:07
  Ryan Howard can cut. She's just kind of a combo
• 1:38:09
  between a shooting guard and the small 4.
• 1:38:11
  She can play the three and she has.
• 1:38:13
  And then you've got Jordan, Canada and Alicia Gray.
• 1:38:19
  Are just tearing. It up there's a lot of great
• 1:38:22
  Jordan Canada. I love her facilitating.
• 1:38:27
  She does a great job of reading, running that offense and then
• 1:38:29
  Howard and. Gray.
• 1:38:34
  Both averaging around 18 points per game this year.
• 1:38:40
  That was the big thing. For for Atlanta last year, I was
• 1:38:43
  like the guard depth because I mean like you will even look
• 1:38:46
  behind that with IT and pow pow and Isabel Borat has coming off
• 1:38:53
  the bench for them. They just really relaxing some
• 1:38:58
  size in the front court and that was one of the things holding
• 1:39:02
  them back was just their overall inability to really to.
• 1:39:07
  Rebound they can get. Killed on the boards, but now
• 1:39:10
  they're at least a little more competitive in there and it can
• 1:39:13
  They're getting more second chance points.
• 1:39:15
  They've got so many elite scores.
• 1:39:19
  There so that they're they're a. Dark.
• 1:39:22
  Horse for me. They're currently 5th.
• 1:39:28
  In the Earth. 6. Currently 6th.
• 1:39:32
  In the standings rather behind the the.
• 1:39:35
  Fever and the. Wings who are 4th and 5th.
• 1:39:39
  So. A team that could really
• 1:39:41
  surprise like. Could pull off a big upset.
• 1:39:47
  Could surprise somebody, one of those teams to watch them and W
• 1:39:58
  as I mentioned. Asia probably.
• 1:40:02
  She's just running away in my opinion with the the MVP race.
• 1:40:11
  Her numbers are just so unreal averaging. 26. 10 and 3.
• 1:40:20
  On the shooting numbers. Too like she's. 50% from the.
• 1:40:25
  Field shooting 40% from 3. It'll be tough to catch her.
• 1:40:31
  But maybe only Caitlin Clark's teammates.
• 1:40:35
  Kelsey Mitchell, she's been really lighting it up.
• 1:40:39
  Scoring. This year averaging around 22
• 1:40:44
  points per game. She just doesn't do.
• 1:40:48
  Too much like she's a she's a pure scorer.
• 1:40:51
  She doesn't do too much else overall, which might hold her
• 1:40:56
  back. Olivia Miles, I mean, the way if
• 1:41:01
  she keeps playing away, she's playing, she is going to
• 1:41:04
  absolutely run away with Rookie of the Year defensive.
• 1:41:16
  Player of the. Year that might go to Asia as
• 1:41:19
  well. Kia Stokes, she's been pretty
• 1:41:24
  good for the defensively. Carmilla Cardoza, I wouldn't be
• 1:41:29
  surprised she's been her room protection's been really good
• 1:41:32
  this year. Couple of people to look out for
• 1:41:37
  in terms of DPOY, but another exciting season we're about at
• 1:41:42
  the halfway point for I'll keep giving you updates as we move
• 1:41:47
  along and go through the season, but it's that time everyone,
• 1:41:51
  it's everyone's favorite segment.
• 1:41:53
  This is what we're going to do for the rest of the show.
• 1:41:54
  Team building next you saw. And I'm putting together a.
• 1:42:12
  Special team. It's the 82 and O challenge.
• 1:42:16
  We're still working to get this done here.
• 1:42:20
  And I will share the. Screen with you.
• 1:42:22
  We beat it on classic mode, but we need to do the Hoop IQ mode.
• 1:42:27
  We've come close couple of times, but it's been we're.
• 1:42:32
  So you're at the. Mercy of these spins here, but
• 1:42:35
  we're going to go ahead. We're just going to jump into
• 1:42:38
  it. Get our first spin off here.
• 1:42:44
  Solid 1 here. With.
• 1:42:48
  OK. C.
• 1:42:50
  In the 80s, I'm tempted to run Dale Ellis here because we got
• 1:42:55
  some flexibility with him. Maybe Eddie?
• 1:43:01
  Johnson. But.
• 1:43:05
  Dale's, Tom. 'S not a bad option here, but
• 1:43:08
  Dale is like giving us like a pretty cool 25 per game.
• 1:43:15
  We'll go ahead and throw him in the shooting guard slot for now.
• 1:43:22
  Miami in the 20. 20s not the best I'm going to re spend the
• 1:43:26
  era here. Hopefully we can get LeBron and
• 1:43:29
  we did OK, Perfect. That's I'm going to search him
• 1:43:34
  up actually. There we go.
• 1:43:36
  We will. Throw him.
• 1:43:38
  We'll just throw him Small Forge for now.
• 1:43:42
  Awesome that we can just move him around any spy if we need to
• 1:43:45
  open it up. Really get Sacramento here in
• 1:43:50
  the twenty 20s I don't. Want to waste the?
• 1:43:56
  Team re spin so I feel like Chris Webber he's.
• 1:44:00
  Given us. He'll he'll give us solid
• 1:44:03
  numbers at the power Ford slot. So we're going to slide Chris
• 1:44:05
  Webber in there. We're going.
• 1:44:08
  To. Chicago of the 20 tens, that's a
• 1:44:12
  rough one. We're going to use our team re
• 1:44:14
  spin here. Oh, Detroit.
• 1:44:17
  'S not much better. Maybe we go Ben.
• 1:44:23
  Watson. Chauncey.
• 1:44:28
  Feel free to play along with me, drop in the and, you know, let
• 1:44:30
  me. Let me know in the comments.
• 1:44:33
  Who you think I should take this?
• 1:44:35
  Is this definitely a tough one? Put Chauncey other guard.
• 1:44:41
  I just don't know if that's. The I don't know if it's going
• 1:44:43
  to be him or Ben. Ben was Ben really scoring Like
• 1:44:49
  that's also the question. You're going to really need
• 1:44:51
  those points per game really helping this.
• 1:45:00
  I'm going to go with Chauncey Bill UPS at the point guard.
• 1:45:04
  And Savor Center. For a final spin, man, we get
• 1:45:08
  Cleveland in the 70s. I think this is Bob Rule Hammer
• 1:45:15
  Nate Thurman at the tough one. I'm going to go with Thurman
• 1:45:23
  here. Hopefully that's the right
• 1:45:25
  choice. Oh boy, Nate, that.
• 1:45:31
  Was the wrong wrong heir of Nate Thurman?
• 1:45:34
  Yeah. Overall, I think we.
• 1:45:35
  Made the right choices until Nate.
• 1:45:37
  We should have gone Bob Rule there.
• 1:45:38
  That's on me. We run it back.
• 1:45:42
  Hopefully the spins are a little bit better.
• 1:45:43
  Those are some brutal ones. Oh, man, come on.
• 1:45:49
  It's really only two decades worth getting for Chicago, so
• 1:45:52
  we're going to spend again and try to get those.
• 1:45:55
  We got the 20. 10s. All right, we are.
• 1:45:59
  Going to go Derrick Rose here. Afraid that's the.
• 1:46:06
  That's the only play Dallas in the 22 thousands.
• 1:46:12
  This is Dirk. Novitsky all.
• 1:46:15
  Day Where's? Where's there you?
• 1:46:18
  Go, Dirk. Will throw another 4.
• 1:46:22
  Not a bad start though. We're.
• 1:46:23
  All we're good here, man. Atlanta I.
• 1:46:29
  Think we got to go I. Think I'm going to go Joe
• 1:46:32
  Johnson here. Joe is, he was.
• 1:46:35
  He was shooting the rock. There he was.
• 1:46:38
  He was hoping. If you remember.
• 1:46:41
  Oh, all right, well, nice, we got the Bulls again.
• 1:46:44
  We will definitely just go. I'm just going to search it up.
• 1:46:47
  Michael Jordan. We can throw them in there at
• 1:46:49
  small 4. That's the 32 points per game
• 1:46:53
  decade Michael Jordan. Not all right, Clippers.
• 1:46:57
  Are just useless. We're going to re spend that
• 1:46:59
  there for Brother Center. Play we can play Chris.
• 1:47:05
  Bosh as our center. Let's see how this turns out.
• 1:47:09
  It's all right. We just didn't.
• 1:47:11
  That's a good team. I think 61 and 20 ones.
• 1:47:19
  That one's a little brutal. I think we that we're that's a
• 1:47:22
  better than 61 and 21. That's at least closer to a 70
• 1:47:26
  win team. All right, we keep it going.
• 1:47:30
  Attempt #3 Golly, Phoenix in the 60s.
• 1:47:41
  I mean. Jill.
• 1:47:43
  Goodrich. I know he was scoring like that.
• 1:47:47
  I'm going to do a little bit of a risky strap though.
• 1:47:49
  I'm re spinning the team to hope to get Golden State or.
• 1:47:54
  Well, I didn't get Golden State. But we did get Philly, which
• 1:47:58
  gives me a. Will.
• 1:48:01
  Getting wilt in these is really fit, really good.
• 1:48:03
  So we'll we'll throw wilt on our center there.
• 1:48:05
  That worked out all right. Land on the. 20. 10s.
• 1:48:12
  Again, just. To me it's.
• 1:48:17
  Maybe we tried Jerry Stackhouse and I can't quite.
• 1:48:22
  I don't know what exactly. What he was averaging.
• 1:48:26
  Let's see, do they have Trey? Young on here.
• 1:48:29
  Here we go. Young, Trey Young.
• 1:48:32
  Where his numbers there, We're going to give it a shot.
• 1:48:38
  He was. He was.
• 1:48:39
  Hooping we'll give Trey Young there.
• 1:48:44
  I guard the shot all. Right, that's perfect.
• 1:48:46
  We can get. LeBron the thing.
• 1:48:49
  Again, Oh, wait, why am I? I was that that was a missed
• 1:48:56
  click. Boy, can I type today.
• 1:49:00
  We'll go ahead and throw LeBron at the three for now, a shooting
• 1:49:04
  guard and a power Ford. OK, we're going to take Luca
• 1:49:09
  here over Dirk. Luca just gives.
• 1:49:16
  US overall. More production at another
• 1:49:19
  statistical category as well as a lot of scoring.
• 1:49:22
  Final spin, Sacramento and the 60s on this is brutal.
• 1:49:29
  We can't can't move Trey Young anywhere, can I?
• 1:49:33
  I mean, let's see, I can put LeBron there.
• 1:49:38
  Luca there kind of move trait. He's only a shooting guard.
• 1:49:42
  Dang, this is this is tough, man.
• 1:49:50
  I don't even know. I guess that's.
• 1:49:55
  Got to go, Flynn, I think is our next bet, Next bet, next best
• 1:50:00
  option. Dang, that sucks man.
• 1:50:03
  Oh. No, I wasn't Flynn all.
• 1:50:06
  Right. I apologize.
• 1:50:07
  For not really knowing who else to go when the the Kings in the
• 1:50:11
  60s. That's, I mean not a bad.
• 1:50:15
  Team but yeah, that last spin sort of did this in there and.
• 1:50:21
  It sucks of. Course, we already had the point
• 1:50:24
  guard spot filled, surely got on Joe Johnson that that's what
• 1:50:27
  burned me there, guys. Joe Johnson, all right.
• 1:50:31
  We're going to get Boston in the 60s.
• 1:50:37
  Bill Russell wasn't. Scoring like crazy, he.
• 1:50:41
  Was averaging like 20. Something rebounds a game.
• 1:50:48
  I don't know if John. Havelcheck is just overall more
• 1:50:51
  round, well-rounded. I'm going to go Hondo here and
• 1:50:54
  go John Havelcheck. All right.
• 1:50:59
  Next, here we are. All right, we get the Lakers in
• 1:51:01
  the 80s. This is.
• 1:51:03
  This is. Magic all the I've got Kareem,
• 1:51:10
  but now magic was at was he was averaging crazy and we can move
• 1:51:15
  around the different spots. We'll we'll throw them in the
• 1:51:18
  point to start. Next one.
• 1:51:23
  Yeah Charlotte of the 20 tens we're just going to re spend
• 1:51:26
  that I'm not I'm avoiding using the Hornets at all costs.
• 1:51:30
  Perfect. We'll take we'll take Luca again
• 1:51:33
  not the version of Luke the best version of Luca the 2020 ones is
• 1:51:37
  is a lot better, but he he's still got he's he'll still for
• 1:51:42
  their purposes. I'm liking this here.
• 1:51:43
  We just really need to finish strong in the front court.
• 1:51:47
  Minnesota all. Right now the question.
• 1:51:51
  Here is always Kevin Love or. We definitely do.
• 1:51:57
  We don't this. Is on the back in the K GS
• 1:51:59
  career. His numbers aren't the best we'd
• 1:52:01
  bet what take KG in the 2000s. Kevin Love or.
• 1:52:07
  Karl Anthony Towns. Anybody on TikTok?
• 1:52:11
  Got got the preference there, Joel.
• 1:52:14
  I'm leaning towards cat I think. No, not, not, Not yet.
• 1:52:20
  All right, well. I'm going to go ahead and take
• 1:52:22
  Karl Anthony Towns think that's the right choice there.
• 1:52:25
  We'll leave our power Ford slot open.
• 1:52:27
  I can move Cal around, so that gives us some flexibility and we
• 1:52:31
  get Milwaukee. We'll just take Giannis here.
• 1:52:39
  Actually, you know what? This isn't the best version of
• 1:52:41
  Giannis. I'm not risking on the re spin
• 1:52:43
  here because I think we've really got to either get Kareem.
• 1:52:46
  Oh, wow. Well, that's just absolutely the
• 1:52:48
  worst case scenario for us here. Ah man, who is even Danny?
• 1:52:54
  Shays. I think we'll go, Danny Shays.
• 1:53:00
  No. That was this is when Danny
• 1:53:01
  Shays was washed all. Right.
• 1:53:04
  Well, I killed us. But I don't think Giannis out
• 1:53:08
  the the averages Giannis were out weren't going to get us
• 1:53:10
  there anyway. So I was trying to get Kareem or
• 1:53:14
  the Twenty 20s Giannis to give us a boost.
• 1:53:18
  All right, attempt what? Is this number 50?
• 1:53:21
  Well here we go perfect starts so far we got I am struggling
• 1:53:32
  the type we get Michael Jordan throw him at the end of the two
• 1:53:41
  Sacramento in the 20 twenties. Honestly, I don't.
• 1:53:47
  I could go for the RE. Spin here but I don't hate
• 1:53:50
  taking deer and fox. He's averaging like almost 25 a
• 1:53:53
  game and. 8 assists I believe. So we will take that Minnesota.
• 1:54:01
  Here we go. This is where we take Kevin
• 1:54:04
  Garnett, take KG here, throw them at St.
• 1:54:08
  Spot and everyone's playing their like primary position too,
• 1:54:11
  which is good. Atlanta, this is.
• 1:54:14
  We'll take Nick. That was like 20.
• 1:54:19
  Nine in the 80s. And now we just need a.
• 1:54:23
  Center. All right, we're going to move
• 1:54:25
  Kevin Garnett there because that opens us up to take Jason Tatum
• 1:54:31
  out of our power Ford. Oh damn, I mean 70.
• 1:54:37
  One and 11 is kind of crazy to me because we scored.
• 1:54:41
  I mean, look at. I wonder who would?
• 1:54:46
  Even be holding us back that's. A really good.
• 1:54:49
  Team all right well, I digress let me know what I what mistake
• 1:54:57
  I made there 'cause apparently the game did not like that we
• 1:55:01
  keep going though we we power on we're going to get that 72 now
• 1:55:06
  we're going to just RIP Allen Iverson right off the bat
• 1:55:10
  awesome start there Philly AI Austin.
• 1:55:16
  Honestly, this is. Not the greatest era for Boston
• 1:55:20
  like my I lean towards Kyrie. I think is our best option here
• 1:55:26
  because Jaylen. Brown.
• 1:55:27
  Jason Tatum a little too young. This is more than rookie years.
• 1:55:30
  I'm going to re spend the era. Got some better Boston areas to
• 1:55:34
  get the 70s. Here we go, I think.
• 1:55:43
  Talons ain't a bad. Option, but I think we just go
• 1:55:46
  Havel check again, stick him in there at small Ford.
• 1:55:52
  It's hoping to get Bird there. That sucks, but you know.
• 1:55:56
  Beggars can't be choosers. We're going to.
• 1:55:58
  Go. We're going.
• 1:56:01
  To go Gilbert. Arenas here with I can't wait
• 1:56:07
  till I'm OK. I can move AI the shooting guard
• 1:56:10
  and put Gil as our point guard. There we go.
• 1:56:13
  I like our front court. We just need to finish strong in
• 1:56:16
  the back court. OKC in the. 70s they really
• 1:56:23
  didn't have, I mean, Jack Sigma, I'm going to re spin this.
• 1:56:30
  I'm not super confident to go with somebody there.
• 1:56:33
  Chicago. That's not.
• 1:56:39
  Much better. We're going to go with.
• 1:56:44
  Arthis Gilmore, I guess, and that's not good options.
• 1:56:48
  I probably killed us there. I don't think we're getting it
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  there. Oh man, that's Philly.
• 1:56:52
  In the 90s, well, we can take Charles Barkley, actually.
• 1:56:57
  All right, that wasn't bad. All right.
• 1:57:00
  I think Arthis Gilmore was our best pick there.
• 1:57:03
  Man, 1712. Hunt, yeah, I think Havelcheck
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  and then Gilmore just. Aren't giving us quite.
• 1:57:13
  Enough points per game. That's that's all with averages
• 1:57:18
  there though. I.
• 1:57:19
  Can't believe we're we're still in double digit losses.
• 1:57:22
  We should be getting closer. All right, we're going.
• 1:57:26
  To do a few more. Attempts.
• 1:57:27
  Here to hit that 82 and now I'm just going to Reese for the team
• 1:57:31
  in the 90s. I don't want somebody from
• 1:57:32
  Phoenix, Orlando, OK, that works out.
• 1:57:34
  We'll take Shaq. Where are you at?
• 1:57:37
  Shaquille O'Neal. Big one there.
• 1:57:43
  Chicago in the 60s going to use the arrow re spin because I
• 1:57:49
  don't think they got anybody were taking it works out we're
• 1:57:52
  going to get Michael Jordan that's big for us now we feel a
• 1:58:00
  great start. Hopefully we get some good spins
• 1:58:02
  LA and all right, we're oh. Pop up there.
• 1:58:08
  We're going to. Go and get.
• 1:58:10
  Magic Johnson here pop him in there.
• 1:58:13
  This is this is looking great. So this could be the run guys.
• 1:58:18
  All right, let's. Not get discouraged, Golden
• 1:58:23
  State. I might move.
• 1:58:28
  Here we go, actually. Do I take Bernard?
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  King or do I move magic to the power forward so we can get I
• 1:58:37
  think it's World B free. See on this team.
• 1:58:47
  Anybody in the comments? What would you do?
• 1:58:48
  Let me go Bernard King here just 'cause I don't want to.
• 1:58:55
  I don't know if this is where World was averaging more points.
• 1:58:59
  I think with the Clippers. Let me go, Chris, we're.
• 1:59:05
  Going to go. We're going to.
• 1:59:06
  Go with darn King here. Hopefully that was the right.
• 1:59:09
  Choice. And we're in the. 70s and this
• 1:59:18
  is this is also not a great wow, this is a terrible way to finish
• 1:59:22
  this off. It was looking so.
• 1:59:25
  Promising. I guess we have to go.
• 1:59:26
  George McGinnis here. 76 and six man.
• 1:59:31
  Yeah, but those are good choices, all right.
• 1:59:36
  I wonder if maybe. Magic.
• 1:59:37
  Is. Maybe like Kareem's.
• 1:59:40
  A better play I'm not have to try that next time.
• 1:59:43
  But we're coming to the end of our show today folks.
• 1:59:45
  Thank you so much for watching another edition of till the
• 1:59:48
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• 1:59:52
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• 1:59:56
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