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Jonathan Kuminga Joins Timberwolves, Falcons’ QB Uncertainty, and Blake Griffin’s New Talk Show · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. So Jonathan Kaminga is going to be catching
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  Speaker 1: globs from Lomelo Ball this season for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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  Speaker 1: Very exciting signing for the Timberwolves. They were legit contenders
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  Speaker 1: in the West last season, and neither LaMelo Ball or
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  Speaker 1: Kaminga was on the team. So it's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: turnover for Minnesota, but it's also a lot of excitement.
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  Speaker 1: Kaminga joins up on the taxpayer mid-level exception, a two-year
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  Speaker 1: $ 12. 4 million contract with a player option for year two.
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  Speaker 1: So this concludes a drawn-out free agency process for Kaminga,
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  Speaker 1: lengthy negotiations with the Golden State Warriors, and a free
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  Speaker 1: agency last summer dragged into.
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  Speaker 2: training camp in October.
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  Speaker 1: Warriors presented a three-year $ 75 million framework with a team
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  Speaker 1: option for the third season before ultimately resigning Kaminga on
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  Speaker 1: a two-year $ 46. 8 million contract with some other structured details,
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  Speaker 1: a team option with the second campaign, Kaminga opting for
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  Speaker 1: the two-year structure. So This is a really interesting bargain
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  Speaker 1: that could pay off for both. Kaminga was a part
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  Speaker 1: of Atlanta's sprint to the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference,
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  Speaker 1: averaged 13.7 points in 26 bench minutes during the team's
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  Speaker 1: six-game first-round series.
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  Speaker 2: Remember, that was really the only interesting series that the
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  Speaker 2: Knicks had. They rolled after that.
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  Speaker 1: He averaged 5.2 points per game during the Warriors' 2022
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  Speaker 1: title run, playing just 8.6 minutes per game.
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  Speaker 2: So obviously his.
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  Speaker 1: you know, his, his growth has shown his signature career
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  Speaker 1: stretch came against his new team when they averaged 20,
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  Speaker 1: he averaged 20.3 points and 54.3% shooting in a second
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  Speaker 1: round series lost to Minnesota as a part of the
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  Speaker 1: Warriors during the 2025 playoffs. So he is a player
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  Speaker 1: that has big upside has bet on himself and has
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  Speaker 1: joined a starting lineup of a contender that is very
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  Speaker 1: young and very dangerous in the Western conference. I think
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  Speaker 1: that the NBA is going to have one of its
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  Speaker 1: more exciting seasons this year with all of the movement,
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  Speaker 1: with all of the big time player movement. The Wolves
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  Speaker 1: couldn't be one of those young teams that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously keeps keeping health in mind for all teams could
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  Speaker 1: really cause some problems in the Western Conference.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm really excited about this.
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  Speaker 1: And I know everyone, particularly Lakers fans are not thrilled,
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  Speaker 1: but he is joining a contender.
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  Speaker 2: With the Wolves. So I love this for him. He'd
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  Speaker 2: be joining.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Minnesota's pitch to Kamingo was that he would fill
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  Speaker 1: the vacant starting power forward slot to complete the starting
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  Speaker 1: lineup of Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, and Rudy Gobert.
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  Speaker 2: So really exciting stuff for Minnesota. The NFL. The Falcons are...
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  Speaker 2: Oh my God, the Falcons.
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  Speaker 1: I really don't know what they're doing with this quarterback situation.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked about this mess a couple of times already
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  Speaker 1: on The Daily Play. And heading into the final week
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  Speaker 1: of preseason, Atlanta still doesn't have a starting quarterback. Tua
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  Speaker 1: signed with the Falcons this offseason for the veteran minimum
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  Speaker 1: and will start the Falcons' third and final preseason game
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  Speaker 1: with Cooper, Rush, and Jack Strand backing him up.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Penix, the team's 2024.
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  Speaker 1: First-round pick and projected starter, was just cleared for 11-on-11
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  Speaker 1: drills in his return from torn.
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  Speaker 2: ACL last November. Just cleared. So obviously, they're not going
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  Speaker 2: to be rushing him out there.
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  Speaker 1: Head coach Kevin Stefanski, who just came from the Browns
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  Speaker 1: after six years, said he is not sure when he'll
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  Speaker 1: name a week one starter. But he said, whenever they
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  Speaker 1: tell me to, honestly, not trying to be coy. We'll
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  Speaker 1: just focus on what's available to us, what's information's available
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  Speaker 1: to us. Obviously, this has been something that we need
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  Speaker 1: to work on through people coming back off of injury.
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  Speaker 1: And then two is injured to start camp. And Mike's
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  Speaker 1: been injured, not doing 11 and 11. So every day,
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  Speaker 1: you're just trying to make a decision based on who's
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  Speaker 1: available to you. The good news is we're very, very
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  Speaker 1: happy with our guys and the progress that they've made.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't sound like this year is going to be the
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  Speaker 1: year for the Falcons. It's kind of disappointing because they
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  Speaker 1: do have some pretty exciting young talents. But if you
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  Speaker 1: don't have a quarterback that can stay healthy, if you
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  Speaker 1: don't have a quarterback because you are trying to have
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  Speaker 1: a quarterback competition and one half of that competition in
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  Speaker 1: Michael Penix has not been available to be a part
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  Speaker 1: of 11-11 in camp, And now Tua is dealing with injuries,
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  Speaker 1: as he always has. It just seems like this is
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  Speaker 1: an impending doom for the Falcons this year. Not a
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  Speaker 1: good situation to be in heading into the final week
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  Speaker 1: of preseason. Before we go and head into the weekends,
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  Speaker 1: I used to do Friday Flowers.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll just end on an exciting fun note.
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  Speaker 1: Shout out to the homie Blake Griffin. Congrats on the
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  Speaker 1: new season. Weekly late night talk show, The Step Back
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  Speaker 1: with Blake Griffin. Amazon Studios, YouTube, and Wondery are behind
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  Speaker 1: the new venture. He's already an analyst on NBA Prime,
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  Speaker 1: but the weekly talk show will debut August 20th, the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of the NBA's regular season, and will be October 20th,
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  Speaker 1: not August, October 20th.
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  Speaker 2: Will be recorded in front of a live studio audience.
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  Speaker 2: That's fun. And will air every Tuesday, according to The
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  Speaker 2: Hollywood Reporter.
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  Speaker 1: It'll focus on his opinions on the sports world, gambling, NIL.
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  Speaker 2: And he told.
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  Speaker 1: The Hollywood Reporter, I've watched and idolized shows like The
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  Speaker 1: Daily Show and Last Week Tonight. So to follow in
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  Speaker 1: their footsteps while putting my own stamp on the genre
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  Speaker 1: is an amazing opportunity that I'm grateful to take part in.
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  Speaker 2: I think this is a perfect show for Blake.
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  Speaker 1: He's obviously always been a huge personality, someone that we
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  Speaker 1: knew had comedy chops and was going to have a
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  Speaker 1: huge media career after he stopped playing and he has
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  Speaker 1: had that.
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  Speaker 2: He's been doing this for years.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to see what he does with
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  Speaker 1: a Last Week Tonight style show. Now, Last Week Tonight
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  Speaker 1: and Daily Show, they're pretty political shows.
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  Speaker 2: So I do.
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  Speaker 1: Wonder how far into those type of topics he's going
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  Speaker 1: to dabble because even though they are comedy shows, those
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  Speaker 1: two shows get into some real deep conversations. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: interested to see how the topics are structured for this.
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  Speaker 1: But I can't wait to see what Blake does. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's going to be a very funny show. And
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  Speaker 1: I think he's the perfect person to host something like this.
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  Speaker 1: So congrats to Blake. Thanks so much for joining us
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  Speaker 1: on The Daily Show. Thanks so much for joining us
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  Speaker 1: on The Daily Play. For more on this and other
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