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10-19 H4: NBA Green Jacket Draft, UW Huskies & One Last Thing · Chuck in the Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, 9 o'clock hour.
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  Speaker 2: It is Chuck Anders and Christopher Kidd with you, and
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  Speaker 2: it is time for our showdown.
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  Speaker 1: We have a draft. Oh, yes, it's ready for a showdown.
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  Speaker 1: Are you ready for a showdown?
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  Speaker 3: I'm ready for a showdown.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you're ready for a showdown. All right, we're getting
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  Speaker 2: ready to draft here on the radio program, as we
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  Speaker 2: always do to preview major sporting events. And tomorrow, the
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  Speaker 2: NBA season gets underway, and I get it. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of people are angry with the NBA, and I get it.
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  Speaker 2: Silver stringing us along. But I still want to be
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  Speaker 2: a part of the NBA here in Seattle. And so
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  Speaker 2: I'm actually a little excited about tomorrow's tripleheader getting underway
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  Speaker 2: and excited to draft.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always excited to draft.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's time for a showdown draft. Anders, Chris, myself,
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  Speaker 2: and a caller, which is a new part of the
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  Speaker 2: showdown draft. And in a moment, we will meet our
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  Speaker 2: drafter here in a little bit and get things underway.
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  Speaker 2: But we're looking for just wins, total wins on the season.
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  Speaker 2: It's a four-round draft. It'll serve as a preview. We'll
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  Speaker 2: fill in all the gaps for you here on the
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  Speaker 2: radio program in case you didn't monitor the offseason all
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  Speaker 2: that closely. Hopefully, we can pick up the slack for you.
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  Speaker 2: And then of the four teams that we pick, it's
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  Speaker 2: just your highest win total, Anders. Team with the most
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  Speaker 2: collective wins. We're drafting teams here, not players. We're drafting teams.
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  Speaker 2: We'll win the showdown trophy NBA season style.
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  Speaker 1: I like it. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Kid, we have our contestants on the line. Did you
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  Speaker 2: say Chris from Burien? Is that what I heard?
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  Speaker 1: You nailed it. All right. Chris, good morning to you.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning. How big a basketball fan are you, Chris? Moderate.
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  Speaker 2: Moderate you're just gonna wing it huh i like it
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  Speaker 2: just gonna wing it uh are you angry with the
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  Speaker 2: nba or are you being patient with the nba when
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  Speaker 2: they eventually make the right decision on returning to.
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  Speaker 4: Seattle eventually is the key word there uh definitely highly
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  Speaker 4: turned off but we'll still be watching and still be
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  Speaker 4: rooting for various couple of scenarios across the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, just basketball is such a great game
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  Speaker 2: and the league is so exciting and fun.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I get it. I get it. I get
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  Speaker 1: why people are sour about it.
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  Speaker 2: And then Adam Silver decides to stretch this thing out
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  Speaker 2: even further last week.
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  Speaker 1: But nonetheless, the season starts tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: We always do a draft and This is Chris Kidd's
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  Speaker 2: favorite league, so let's go.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get it going. Kidd, do we have a draft
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  Speaker 1: order today?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, this is going to pain some folks here, but
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  Speaker 5: Chris Imburian is first, followed by myself.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh.
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  Speaker 5: And this is where, you know, I think Chuck's probably
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  Speaker 5: going to shoot me in the foot later.
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  Speaker 1: So this is your third straight one? You've stuck me
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  Speaker 1: with the fourth pick?
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  Speaker 3: You're not the fourth, but you're third.
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  Speaker 1: Oh!
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  Speaker 3: And then Anderson is the fourth.
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  Speaker 4: Wow!
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  Speaker 1: I guess it's better than fourth.
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  Speaker 2: All right, so Chris Imburian, Christopher Kidd... Uh, I am
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  Speaker 2: with the third pick and then Anders is number four.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, let's get it underway. Chris, you get the first pick.
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  Speaker 2: So at least, um, you know, uh, the team you
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  Speaker 2: think is going to have the most wins. Uh, it's
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  Speaker 2: not that tricky. You just get your top pick overall.
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  Speaker 1: Who are you going to take?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, it kills me to say it.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, don't do it. Oh no, don't do it.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to do it.
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  Speaker 4: They have so much coming back and, uh, God, the
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  Speaker 4: division that they can definitely win. Oklahoma City Thunder.
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  Speaker 3: Don't do it.
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  Speaker 1: You know what?
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  Speaker 2: You had a choice to make there. You either pick
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  Speaker 2: a team you hate just because you're trying to compete,
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  Speaker 2: or how far down the road was your second overall pick?
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  Speaker 1: You could have maybe hedged your bet a little bit there.
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  Speaker 2: But look, Vegas says they're going to win the most
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  Speaker 2: games this year. I think the over-under for them is 62.5.
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  Speaker 2: They won 64 a year ago. And they didn't win
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  Speaker 2: the championship. Didn't even win the Western Conference.
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  Speaker 1: A year ago.
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  Speaker 2: So maybe a little hungrier than maybe they were a
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  Speaker 2: season ago trying to defend their title. They once again,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're such a great organization in terms of
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  Speaker 2: their front office.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: They nailed the draft again this year. Mara and Sturtz
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  Speaker 2: are just perfect additions to that team. And the only
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  Speaker 2: thing they lost was Lou Dortz. Who's going to miss
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  Speaker 2: Lou Dortz?
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  Speaker 1: So, you know what, Chris? I mean, I heard the
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  Speaker 1: pain in your voice.
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  Speaker 2: I heard the reluctance, but it probably was the smartest
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  Speaker 2: pick to make.
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  Speaker 1: Does that make you feel better?
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  Speaker 4: Not really, but thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, kid, you're up next. Number two overall pick,
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  Speaker 1: who are you taking here?
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  Speaker 3: I'll take the Spurs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, of course you took the Spurs.
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  Speaker 3: That's who I would have taken first overall, by the way.
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  Speaker 3: They're a good team.
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  Speaker 1: I would have taken the Spurs first overall as well.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: For a couple reasons.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're going to be right there with OKC
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  Speaker 2: in terms of wins, and I wouldn't fail like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: A schmuck like Chris from Burienfield. Yeah, this guy over here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I could have lived with myself. I could have looked
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  Speaker 2: in the mirror.
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  Speaker 6: Says he's turned off by the NBA, but then chooses
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  Speaker 6: the Oklahoma City Thunder with his first overall pick.
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  Speaker 2: The trio, I guess they're going to go three guards
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  Speaker 2: this year, kid. Harper, Castle, and Fox on the floor
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  Speaker 2: all at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: That's what they should do. Exactly.
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  Speaker 5: It's going to be up and down. And I think
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  Speaker 5: they're going to score a lot of points. I'm talking
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  Speaker 5: like 130 a game. Teams are going to be like, okay.
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  Speaker 5: And we're not even talking about Wimby yet. So that
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  Speaker 5: should be fun to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, gosh. So now I have the third pick. Probably
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  Speaker 1: the pick I didn't want.
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  Speaker 3: Go with the Hawks, man. The Hawks?
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  Speaker 1: The Atlanta Hawks. You want me to take the Atlanta Hawks?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, man.
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  Speaker 3: Upside is crazy.
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  Speaker 1: You go ahead. You take them. I'll take the Spurs.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just going to take them because I do believe
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  Speaker 2: they have the highest floor. The world champs. I'll take
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  Speaker 2: the New York Knicks. I mean, I actually don't think
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  Speaker 2: they're going to end up with.
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  Speaker 1: More wins than another team.
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  Speaker 2: But world champs, Brunson special. I think OG became superstar
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  Speaker 2: a year ago. I'm just going to take the highest
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  Speaker 2: floor here and take the champs, the Knicks.
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  Speaker 1: I like it. I like it. I don't think I do.
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  Speaker 3: Why not? Because there's so many better teams.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think so? Yeah. So many?
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  Speaker 3: I think there's at least three teams that will have
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  Speaker 3: a better record than them.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Actually, I do want to take it back, but
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  Speaker 1: I won't. I do want to take it back. All right, Anders,
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  Speaker 1: you have back-to-back selections here. All righty.
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  Speaker 6: Not that it matters because I know my two picks,
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  Speaker 6: but the order, I'm going to go Celtics in the
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  Speaker 6: first round. I think they kind of bounce back a
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  Speaker 6: little bit. JT is going to be that guy. I
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  Speaker 6: know they lost Jalen Brown, so that's going to be
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  Speaker 6: a big question mark for them. But I still think
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  Speaker 6: they're right there. They still have the kind of championship pedigree,
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  Speaker 6: and they are always in it. Another safe floor pick,
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  Speaker 6: I think, for sure. And then I am going to
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  Speaker 6: take Jalen Brown's new team in the Sixers. In the
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  Speaker 6: first one of the second round.
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  Speaker 2: I tried to sneak the Sixers through because everybody hates
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  Speaker 2: LeBron but.
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  Speaker 1: Kid and I.
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  Speaker 3: I like LeBron.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, you do?
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  Speaker 3: I do like LeBron, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I've been on a station where everybody but kid and
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  Speaker 2: I hate LeBron.
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  Speaker 3: I do not hate LeBron.
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  Speaker 1: And Fane doesn't hate LeBron. It's funny that people who
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  Speaker 1: watch basketball. So I thought I was going to slip through.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: That's a good 45, could be 50 wins if they,
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  Speaker 5: you know, depending on health, but that's a good pick.
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  Speaker 6: So I got Sixers-Celtics as my, you know, the wraparound.
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  Speaker 6: Not bad. I'm not hating my fourth overall pick at
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  Speaker 6: this point.
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  Speaker 2: I really don't know what Brad Stevens was doing, and
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  Speaker 2: yet I think maybe Brad Stevens is the best mind
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  Speaker 2: in basketball right now.
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  Speaker 1: So I think.
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  Speaker 2: He knows what he's doing, but there is nothing about
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  Speaker 2: this trade that made sense. Not only did he trade
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Brown and not get near what he could have
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  Speaker 2: gotten in return, he trades him to a division rival
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  Speaker 2: that makes them vulnerable.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, and they beat him in the playoffs, by the way.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure Boston will be pretty good this year. I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure they'll be good. I'm sure they'll figure out a
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  Speaker 2: way to— I mean, I didn't think they were going
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  Speaker 2: to win a lot of games a year ago, and
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  Speaker 2: they won 56, for goodness sake. But to give up
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Brown and get Paul George in return— The.
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  Speaker 3: Rotting corpse of Paul George.
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  Speaker 1: Why did I not take the Sixers? Why did I
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  Speaker 1: get cute?
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Next pick for me, as Chris has, I think, piddled
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  Speaker 2: himself a little bit hearing me scream— I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: take the Pistons. The Pistons won 60 games a year ago,
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  Speaker 2: and I think they're just an up-and-coming young team. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know why their over-under in Vegas would be 49.5.
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  Speaker 2: But Cunningham, Thompson, Dern, I think the Pistons have arrived
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  Speaker 2: as being a very good team and certainly better than
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  Speaker 2: 49.5 wins. So I'll take Detroit in round number two.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Kidd, you are up next. I will take
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  Speaker 2: the Raptors. Oh, that's a good pick, too. Now, why
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  Speaker 2: on earth are people stealing my selections?
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  Speaker 3: Sorry?
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  Speaker 2: It's not how a draft is set up. A draft
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  Speaker 2: is set up so that I get whoever I want.
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  Speaker 1: I like it. 46 wins last.
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  Speaker 3: Year without Kawhi.
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  Speaker 2: And now they've got Kawhi, and he's actually healthy.
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  Speaker 1: For a change.
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  Speaker 3: Is he actually going to play?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: As Chuck mentioned, he's healthy. Yeah, but is he going
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  Speaker 3: to do the whole.
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  Speaker 6: What's the phrase I'm looking for? He's going to sit out?
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  Speaker 6: Low-advantagement stuff?
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  Speaker 2: Of course he is. And he's going to decide, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I really want to see Norway right now. And he's
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  Speaker 2: going to leave in the middle of the week, and
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  Speaker 2: he's going to miss three games, and everybody on the
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  Speaker 2: team is.
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  Speaker 1: Like, where's Kawhi? He just needed to see Norway. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know why. I guess Oslo's great in January.
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  Speaker 6: I guess.
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  Speaker 1: And he'll just leave for.
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  Speaker 2: Three games and then he'll come back and be a
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  Speaker 2: force on both ends of the floor.
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  Speaker 1: But, I mean, even if he does that for 25 games,
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  Speaker 1: that's 60 games of.
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  Speaker 2: Kawhi Leonard added to a team that won 46 games
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  Speaker 2: a year ago. So I think that's a great pick,
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  Speaker 2: and I really wanted it in round number three. And
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: I don't know why you jumped over all of these
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  Speaker 2: other teams that Vegas say are.
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  Speaker 1: Better than them.
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  Speaker 5: You mentioned it. They had 46 wins last year playing
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  Speaker 5: good defense. Brandon Ingram was pretty good. Now you're bringing
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  Speaker 5: an elite defender to team up with Scottie Barnes. He's
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  Speaker 5: going to bring some scoring. They should get minimum 53 wins.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Chris, back to you. You took OKC. You
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  Speaker 2: really embarrassed your friends and family with that. Who are
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  Speaker 2: you going to take in rounds two and three here, Chris?
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  Speaker 4: I feel like my best option is going to stay
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  Speaker 4: in the West.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go Denver Nuggets. It's a good pick. Great pick.
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  Speaker 3: Really good pick.
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  Speaker 1: See, you're doing fine, Mr. No Preparation. You're killing it here.
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  Speaker 2: The only thing I would say about the Nuggets, and
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  Speaker 2: I think this is the time to pick them, maybe
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  Speaker 2: even a pick earlier, but it's a You didn't really
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  Speaker 2: change anything. You are really just running it back again
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  Speaker 2: when you know you don't have enough to get over
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  Speaker 2: San Antonio and OKC.
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  Speaker 1: And I get it.
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  Speaker 2: Joker's probably going to be able to play the exact
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  Speaker 2: same way when he's 75 as he plays right now.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think that he's running out of time.
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  Speaker 2: But while I have arguably the best basketball player in
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  Speaker 2: the world, I would think I would do more creatively
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  Speaker 2: to try to get something different around him. It's just Murray, Gordon,
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  Speaker 2: and Joker back again to try to make it to
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  Speaker 2: the second round of the playoffs.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, but it's about regular season wins. Well, it was
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  Speaker 6: the right pick at the time. I'm just evaluating the nuggets.
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  Speaker 3: Of course.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's a great pick. I'm just evaluating the nuggets.
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  Speaker 2: This is a show preview, season preview here. All right, Chris,
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  Speaker 2: what's your next pick?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I.
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  Speaker 4: Feel like I've got to do somebody in the East.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to.
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  Speaker 4: Decent starting five. I'll go Cleveland Cavaliers.
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  Speaker 1: Cleveland Cavaliers.
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  Speaker 3: It's not the playoffs, Chris. You'll be okay. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: was going to say. Once again, it's a great regular
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  Speaker 3: season pick. They're going to win 55 games and then
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  Speaker 3: fizzle out. So you're good, Chris.
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  Speaker 2: You picked basically the same team because Cleveland's the exact–
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  Speaker 2: They're going to win during the regular season, but they
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  Speaker 2: didn't really do anything in the offseason to change the
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  Speaker 2: team that clearly can't win a championship as currently constructed.
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  Speaker 2: It's Mitchell, Harden, and Mobley just all year older. But
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  Speaker 2: they won 52 games last year. They're probably going to
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  Speaker 2: win 50 games this year. And at this stage in
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  Speaker 2: the draft, it's not a bad pick at all.
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  Speaker 3: Not at all.
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  Speaker 1: All right, kid, back to you. Round number three, you've
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  Speaker 1: got the Spurs and the Raptors.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to add and take the Houston Rockets. They
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  Speaker 5: have a point guard now, so this should be fun.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: The Rockets.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 3: A little lower on my board.
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  Speaker 5: They won 50 games without Fred Van Vliet last year.
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  Speaker 3: KD said, give me the ball.
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: Well, if the key to basketball is put the tallest
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  Speaker 2: team possible on the court.
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  Speaker 1: You'll win. Yeah, the Rockets have a good. Because they're like,
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  Speaker 1: it's Fred Van Vliet and four 7-2 guys. Perfect.
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  Speaker 3: Sign me up.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 2: I'm. I don't even want to take this team, but
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  Speaker 2: if you're going to leave them here, I have to
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  Speaker 2: take them.
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  Speaker 3: You can give them the fourth round, though.
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  Speaker 1: No, I can't. That's been proven. I can't slip anything through.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to take Minnesota.
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  Speaker 3: That wasn't my last pick, but all right. Fair enough.
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  Speaker 2: Vegas says they're going to win 48 and a half games.
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  Speaker 2: Kendrick Perkins says this is the most exciting team in
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  Speaker 2: the NBA.
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  Speaker 3: They can't lose games and be exciting, by the way.
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  Speaker 1: That's true.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's why he's saying it, because they're so
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  Speaker 2: wildly unpredictable. But they've added LaMelo Ball and Jonathan Kaminga
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  Speaker 2: to Anthony Edwards, but they've subtracted the guys that do
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  Speaker 2: all the dirty work, Reed and Randall.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know how it's going to play.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like the Timberwolves are really excited about it,
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  Speaker 2: but I have a hard time believing they're better than
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  Speaker 2: they were a year ago, even though they might be
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  Speaker 2: more unpredictable and more fun to watch.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't know. I'm going to go take him here, though.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think I can let them slip any further.
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  Speaker 3: Can't go wrong with Anthony Edwards.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: You got back-to-back picks here, Anders. You have the Celtics
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  Speaker 2: and the Sixers. I always thought for sure when you
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: took the Celtics, you wouldn't take the Sixers.
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  Speaker 1: All right, where are you going to go here?
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  Speaker 6: I'm going to stick in the Eastern Conference for both
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  Speaker 6: of these picks. I'm going to go Tyrese Halliburton returning
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  Speaker 6: with the Pacers. They were obviously getting to the finals
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  Speaker 6: a couple years ago against.
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  Speaker 6: You know, OKC, and they were right on the doorstep.
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: Obviously didn't have him all of last year. He comes back.
• 15:44
  Speaker 6: I think they're going to be, I don't think they'll
• 15:46
  Speaker 6: be as good as they were a couple years ago,
• 15:48
  Speaker 6: but they're still going to be right there in terms
• 15:50
  Speaker 6: of being a good team. Really sad to say it.
• 15:52
  Speaker 6: Then I'm going to take, you know, in honor of
• 15:55
  Speaker 6: who used to sit in this seat, his favorite player.
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Miami Heat.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: I don't know if anyone has ever mowed my lawn
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: four times in one draft before.
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: And Anders somehow did it.
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: How can Miami not be better than a 46-and-a-half.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: Over-under, Christopher? I don't understand.
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, you batted Giannis. Unless Giannis just can't stay healthy.
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: I would say the Orlando Magic are on the scene.
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: They have proven that they can definitely be a top-eight seed.
• 16:26
  Speaker 5: You also forgot to mention the Hawks that are showing something.
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: So it's going to be interesting. I don't know if
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: the Pacers are going to be... All that? Yeah, like...
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: They didn't have Halliburton last year, and they were god-awful.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: They were god-awful.
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: And bring him back, you're going to expect him to do, what,
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: 40 wins? Is that enough? In the East?
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Vegas says 44 and a half.
• 16:47
  Speaker 5: Okay, so even then, it's like they're on the fringe.
• 16:50
  Speaker 5: They would be your Miami Heat of last year, like
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: a play-in team.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: I like some criticism of picks. Good. I like that.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Anders might not like it.
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: I know. Chuck's like, please be bad. I, in fact, don't. Yeah,
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: I do.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: I want them to win four games now. All right,
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: so I have the next selection.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: He has no idea where he wants to go.
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: No, I know where I'm going to go.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: I mean, Vega says I should take the Lakers, but
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: I just got too white too fast. Kid's telling me
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: I should take the Hawks. He's telling me I should
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: have taken the Hawks in round number two. I kind
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: of want to take the Trailblazers. Because I think they're
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: going to take a jump forward again this year. Another
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: exciting team. But I'm just going to bank on Paolo.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Son of a.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go with Magic.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: I like the Magic.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: You kidding me? Take the Hawks since you were promoting
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: them three rounds ago.
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: You wanted them in round one, I swear. I was just,
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: you know.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go Paolo here. Wow. All right.
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: You think he takes a step up again?
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: Yes. I think he's going to be a top ten
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: player in the league this year. I agree. All right.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: What do you got there, kid?
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: Well, I would not take the Atlanta Hawks.
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: What? You've been lying this whole time.
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: This dude's playing the game.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: I guess.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: You know what? Screw it. Give me the Hawks. Okay.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: You know what? I'll take them.
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: That's more like it.
• 18:20
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: I think Chris from Burien is still with us, even
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: though his car sounds more quiet than it did.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Did you just pot him down? No, he's there. He's there.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: All right, Chris. No, I'm still here. All right. You
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: got the last pick. What do you think?
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: Well, I appreciate you guys clearing the pathway for my
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: another West Coast team, the all-white Lakers.
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: Ah, yes! Someone had to do it, right?
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: Do you like the Lakers or hate the Lakers? Either
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: one or the other.
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: I think the anomaly of such a light-reflecting team might
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: just be the key to... Them going on a run.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: The light-reflecting team.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: I'm going to watch the Lakers this year in a
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: Wilders mask.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: It's so bright. Especially those yellow jerseys, man.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Whoa! Man, it's happening out there.
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: Can we get some color on the TV?
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: I don't know if they arrived on that intentionally or
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: if they finished their off season.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Like, how did we do that?
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: That's going to be the, they have some good players,
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: but it's like, they're all good. They're all white.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Literally.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: They're just missing your kitchen.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: They'd be elite.
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: Chris, I think you drafted a really smart team. Vegas
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: thinks you drafted a really smart team. You pretty much took,
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: all the chalk picks there, but a hell of a job.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: I don't know if this is going to make you
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: watch a little more NBA this year. I know a
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: lot of Seattle sports fans are a little sour on
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: the league at this current state, but we hope you
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: have some fun with it. You certainly did a great
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: job drafting here today, I'll tell you that.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: Adam Silver can still go kick rocks.
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: Yes, I agree. Yes, he can. Yes, he can. Do
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: we have your information?
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Because if you do, okay, we got your information.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: All right, Chris, thanks, man. We appreciate it. We'll be
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: in touch. Thank you. All right, Chris from Burien joining
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: us here.
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: Well done, Chris.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Thanks again. Really well done. Really well done.
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: And yes, there will be some, for all the winners,
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: there'll be some sort of ceremony. You'll come in and
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: you'll get to mock us and You know, get to
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: hold the trophy.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: That is if someone actually beats us.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they got to beat us first. Also, I decided, because, man,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: we're having, like, I don't even need to mention that.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: I don't even need to mention it. I'll mention that
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: at another time. But here are our teams. This is
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: how we ended up drafting. Chris from Burien ends up
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: with the Thunder, the Nuggets, the Cavaliers, and the Lakers.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: That's a pretty good four.
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: It's a damn good team.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: He really took no, like, big gambles. But that's how
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: you win these games.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: You're absolutely right. You're absolutely right. And that's why I
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: always take gambles when I take gambles. You feel better
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: when you take a really big gamble and then it
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: pays off.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: I don't think I could just take chalk.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: It was like I was drafting with Bucky all over again.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: Kids got the Spurs, the Raptors, which is not a
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: chalk pick, and it was who I wanted in round three,
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: the Rockets and the Hawks.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: And I'm going to monitor those Hawks all season long now.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: This is this guy who was trying to get us
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: to pick him two rounds earlier.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: And then Chuck's with the Knicks, which I should have
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: taken the Sixers. Why did I not take the Sixers?
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: I've got the Pistons, the Timberwolves, and the Magic. And
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: then Anders has the Celtics and the Sixers, Pacers and
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: the Heat.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: Say Sixers again. I know it pains you.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Ugh.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: The funny thing is i.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Was just sitting there making my notes like making notes
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: just this.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: Morning i'm like i gotta get the sixers yeah like
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: i think they're gonna just run.
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: People off the court yeah they got some talent yeah
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: and then here.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: I have a chance to pick them with the third
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: pick and i tried to get cute yeah i'm like
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: no everybody hates lebron nobody's gonna take him because kid's
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: the only one that likes lebron i'm just gonna and
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: i get to pick before kid gets to pick again
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: Damn it.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: I tried to get cute and get them both the
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: Knicks and the Sixers.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: My LeBron love went hidden, and I'm happy about it.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: It did go hidden. Anderson said, here I am.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: I didn't know there were any eyes. I thought it
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: was just Fane, Kidd, and I in the boat.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: No.
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: I really like LeBron.
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: Yeah. All right.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: Thank you to Chris. We appreciate it. We'll monitor it
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: for you. You don't have to do another thing, Chris.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: You don't have to make any pickups in season or
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: anything like that. Our teams are locked and loaded for
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: the upcoming season.
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Coming up next on the radio program, we've discussed it
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: a little bit. We're going to discuss it a little
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: bit more, DeMond Williams Jr., and whether or not we
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: now know what should have been done in the offseason
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: with him all along.
• 23:03
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• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Hey, Tulalip Resort Casino and college football, that could be
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: some combination for you.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: You can take a drum set, I suppose.
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: It'd be a little tough.
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: Could you imagine if somebody showed up and you're going
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: to the sports bar and they just brought their drum set?
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: Just going to town.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Trying to impress the ladies.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: What are you doing? I don't know. I just thought
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: people would like some percussion.
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: Drummers are pretty sexy. Not going to lie.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: Really?
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: Can I get a beer? Hey, lady, did you see
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I brought my drum set? Pretty hot, right? Would you
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: like me to lay down some police? Uh, yes. Um,
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Tulalip resort casino could be your, don't take your drum set.
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: Please don't.
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: I didn't have a guy told me to show up.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: It was, I used to do this segment on my radio.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: It was that guy, you know, that guy, there's always
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: a different, that guy.
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: Oh, it's that, that guy.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: That guy who wears his, you know, uh, sunglasses indoors,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: you know, that guy who grunts at the gym, you know,
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: that guy, there was always a, that guy. Yeah. And
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: I did one, and this was a real thing that happened.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: That guy who brings his pet lizard to the bar.
• 24:47
  Speaker 4: What?
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: I didn't know that was a that guy.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: No, it was a specific guy. There was a guy
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: that I ran into.
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: Was his name Ralphie by any chance?
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: I never met him.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: I just made fun of him on radio. But he
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: came to the bar one time, and he had not
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: just like a little lizard that eats flies.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: The one that's on your shoulder.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Iguana. Iguana.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah.
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: Komodo dragon-ish.
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: Yes. Kind of like that.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah. It was on his shoulder and he had it
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: on a leash and he brought it. And I'm like, yeah,
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: because that's going to be easy to deal with while
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: you're watching sports and drinking at a bar.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: One reason and one reason alone, you don't have a
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: conversation starter.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: I was about to say he wanted a conversation starter.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: Other than your friend Iggy the iguana. Anyway, clever name.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: So don't take your iguana.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: Don't take your drum set. But head on out to
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: Tulalip Resort Casino. Take in a little college football on
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: a Saturday.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: Why not?
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: And, hey, if you want to wait until it's a
• 25:46
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• 25:49
  Speaker 2: But head on out there and just lock yourself into
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: more of everything at Tulalip Resort Casino. All right, let's
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: talk about some college football because Huskies are coming off
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: a nice win.
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: And, I mean, even with the win on Friday... it
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: still comes with angst. Does it not?
• 26:09
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: Because now you have to sit back like, okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: Everybody that was ready to write off Jed Fish, his offense,
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, five turnovers and you still scored 38 points
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: against the team that was coming off its biggest win
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: in a while. Yeah.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: And Elijah Brown, who, you know, he's.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Never going to get drafted. He's just, he's just not
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: that kind of type of athlete.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: But, you know what he did do?
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: He played, he played smart football for the most part
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: since stepping in. I know he threw three interceptions, but
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: just that ability to like, Hey, I'm going to get
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: rid of the football.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to take sacks. I'm not going to
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: put us in a bad position.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: I'm going to, you know, I'm, I'm going to limit
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: the number of second and eight teams that we've had
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: with Demond Williams. I mean, he clearly that's the way
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: he wants to play quarterback and just that, and then
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: a running game to go along with it. And suddenly,
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: you know, you're, You're shifting. I'm not saying you've moved
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: away from it, but you've probably shifted some from, oh,
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: this is all on Jed Fish to, oh, gosh, DeMond
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: Williams should have never been playing.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: It's hard not to think that.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Right. After watching the last six quarters of Huskies football,
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: that you're doing some things that you haven't done all
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: season long. You didn't change the way that you call plays.
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: The quarterback changed. That's what changed. I mean, even Trey Cooley,
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: who was written off. Like, I don't want to see
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: Trey Cooley get a carry again. Suddenly has 113 yards
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: because the offense was in more rhythm than it was before.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: And I don't think that has anything to do with
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: the scheme or Jed Fisher's play calling. I mean, it
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: seems to me that it has a lot to do
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: with a quarterback that.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: Wasn't putting you. And this is somebody that threw three interceptions.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: By the way, that you got into a little more
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: of a rhythm. because you had a quarterback that was
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: a little more in rhythm.
• 28:03
  Speaker 6: Where do you think the obvious narrative from the DeMond
• 28:08
  Speaker 6: Williams situation that his mind is elsewhere because he wants
• 28:15
  Speaker 6: to be somewhere else and his teammates maybe feel better
• 28:18
  Speaker 6: with a guy that wants to be here sort of thing.
• 28:20
  Speaker 6: That's why they all look better when Brown was in
• 28:23
  Speaker 6: the game.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: Where does that lie?
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: I don't know. It's hard for me.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: I mean, I've just been schooled my entire life that
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: those intangible things that we often in Sports Talk Radio
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: give so much credit to really don't impact. Coaches really
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: do want talent.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: Talent first. Talent, talent, talent.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: And DeMond Williams, definitely the more talented of the two quarterbacks.
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: Of course.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: There's no question about it. So I don't know how
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: much credit to give that.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: I don't.
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: I think DeMond Williams saw an opportunity to make more
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: money in the offseason and didn't think about anything else
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: but himself. And then once he realized how difficult that
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: was going to be, then he changed his mind. And
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: then I think Jed Fish was really bothered by it,
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: embarrassed by it even. But was he going to turn down?
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, this was, since Jed Fish took over, this
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: was like the number one recruit. This is the guy
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: that he was going to build things around.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: His guy.
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: And so I think Jed Fish is like, well, do
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: I stand on principle here? I think there was something
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: to Washington just can't let a guy walk. And was
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: Jed Fish going to not let him walk because he
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: didn't want to set the press? for allowing guys to
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: walk that had agreements with you or and then on
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: top of it so I'm not going to let him
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: walk and then I'm going to bench him on top
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: of it to teach him a lesson you don't do
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: that to us no you're probably going to play the
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: guy It's.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: Making, what, $ 4 million a year, for goodness sake, to
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: play for you.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: And he gave him as much latitude as he possibly could.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: I didn't think that the offense was going to perform
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: to the level of 300 passing yards and 186 rushing
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: yards on Friday night with Elijah Brown at quarterback. But
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: once you've now seen it for six straight quarters, it's
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: hard not to think, oh, so the problem was number one.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: And of course we should have just let him walk.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: But it's not that cut and dry. You couldn't, as
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: a program, let him walk all over you.
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: And then just, oh, because then you set the precedent
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: for now anybody can leave you at any time, whatever
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: kind of agreements that they've reached behind the scenes. So
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: you had to fight it, and certainly you had to
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: play him once you fought it. But now it looks
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: like he was a big problem with how the offense
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: was operating.
• 30:55
  Speaker 6: Not to mention now this goes against Jed's whole thing
• 30:57
  Speaker 6: about they need more money. your $ 400, 000 quarterback is performing
• 31:02
  Speaker 6: much better than your $ 4 million quarterback.
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 31:05
  Speaker 6: Well, I didn't like that argument to begin with. But
• 31:08
  Speaker 6: it's proving to be not true. But, you know, it
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: is what it is.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, that did really sound like a really flimsy
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: excuse last week.
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: But, yes, it's, I mean, I would have thought, I
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: wouldn't have sat here and tell you at any point
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: in the preseason, like, We are making a mistake playing
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: DeMond Williams. Once all of the dust had settled for
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: the most part. Yeah, yeah.
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: I would have never said that. But now it looks.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: Like it was a mistake to have played DeMond Williams.
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: But I don't know how Jed was supposed to figure
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: that out either.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: Well, I wonder how they addressed that whole mistake moving forward.
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: Because at some point you can't just blame it on
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: he's injured.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: Nope. At some point you're going to have to say
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: he's not playing because Elijah Brown's outplayed him.
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: Right?
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, of course. That's what good leaders do.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Or does the coach say, no, you don't lose your
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: job because of injury and go back to him and
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: see how it looks with a little bit of momentum,
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: a little bit of.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: You know, tailwind.
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: What message does that send to the locker room though?
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: Not a good one.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: One last thing to close us out next on KJR.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: I did a little bit of everything today. A little NBA,
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: a little NHL.
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: That's perfect.
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah?
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: I love all-encompassing shows.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: Do you?
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: I do.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's good to know.
• 32:33
  Speaker 6: Well, and, you know, as someone who is not the
• 32:35
  Speaker 6: heaviest NBA follower, hearing from you guys with your analysis
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: really helps. And I actually do feel more inclined to
• 32:43
  Speaker 6: watch the games now because of my, our draft that
• 32:46
  Speaker 6: we just did.
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: It helps.
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: Chris and Bering's going to watch so much basketball.
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: He's going to watch so much OKC.
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: He's going to hate it. Probably end up in divorce.
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: Because he's watching so much Oklahoma City Thunder basketball.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: Because his wife's like, I don't even know who you
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: are anymore. You're rooting for the Thunder. You've got a
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: SGA jersey on. Where did you even get that? Did
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: you hand make that? That doesn't even look store bought. Yeah.
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: All right, time to close out this Monday edition.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: Then we'll hand things off to Greg Bell and Jessamyn
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: McIntyre at the top of the hour.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: One last thing. Round the room. Anders, what you got?
• 33:28
  Speaker 6: Well, I put this on Twitter yesterday, but I wanted
• 33:32
  Speaker 6: to mention it before we ended the show today. Our friends,
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: the referees, or as Hugh Millen likes to say, the
• 33:38
  Speaker 6: goat herders, right? The black and white striped guys. We
• 33:44
  Speaker 6: talked about the college inept. aptitude of some of these
• 33:48
  Speaker 6: uh referees the nfl like i swear every single time
• 33:52
  Speaker 6: i'm watching red zone i'm seeing more and more of
• 33:55
  Speaker 6: scott novak every week oh yeah that's my dream after
• 33:58
  Speaker 6: the seahawks chargers game i'm like i can't not see
• 34:02
  Speaker 6: this guy anywhere no matter where i go it's always
• 34:04
  Speaker 6: the games i want to watch too this weekend it
• 34:07
  Speaker 6: was the uh the bears falcons game i thought that
• 34:09
  Speaker 6: was a pretty interesting game so i'm gonna turn that
• 34:11
  Speaker 6: on there he is All over my screen. I was like, OK,
• 34:14
  Speaker 6: I'm looking this up. There has to be asked. His
• 34:16
  Speaker 6: crew has to have the most flags in the NFL
• 34:18
  Speaker 6: so far this season. There's no question about it. And
• 34:21
  Speaker 6: I found some website that tracks and they don't have
• 34:23
  Speaker 6: through this week just yet. But Scott Novak coming into
• 34:28
  Speaker 6: this week, his crew has thrown 25 more flags than
• 34:33
  Speaker 6: any other refereeing crew ever.
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: In the NFL.
• 34:36
  Speaker 6: They have 126 total flags. The next is a one-on-one
• 34:39
  Speaker 6: and the next like couple are like just two or
• 34:41
  Speaker 6: three flags difference. So he is by far, his crew
• 34:45
  Speaker 6: is throwing the most flags out of anyone in the
• 34:48
  Speaker 6: national football league. And it shows, and it's just a
• 34:50
  Speaker 6: bad product.
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: I hate it. Um, I get it. You got to
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: do your job.
• 34:53
  Speaker 6: You've come to a decision that you want to call
• 34:55
  Speaker 6: it tight, but it's just a bad product.
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: I don't like watching it.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: Jean. Oh, I hate it.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: Uh, Jean says that nobody is just trying to get
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: on camera. Um, so he, obviously this is a flag,
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: happy crew. They think this is, they're going to, they're
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: going to run a tight ship. They're going to call
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: things close. And then once they establish that they can't
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: back off of it, because then you're going to be
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: disingenuous to how you called the beginning of the game.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: Um, but I do agree with you. That is an
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: enormous problem. And I would be trying to curb that
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: if I am the National Football League. Because you just
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: went 25 more than second place.
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: Second place, yes.
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: So if you think about what average would be, it's
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: probably 50 more than average for the season. Oh, yeah.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: Which is like 10 more flags per game than the
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: average crew throws.
• 35:50
  Speaker 6: And you could make the argument, okay, they're just playing,
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: they're refereeing these teams that have a lot of penalties.
• 35:55
  Speaker 6: But at some point, it's like, okay, this is the
• 35:57
  Speaker 6: common denominator here.
• 35:58
  Speaker 3: It's this crew. It's not the teams that you're playing. Oh, yeah.
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: And they were flag happy again this week.
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what I mean. It's going to continue to
• 36:07
  Speaker 3: be more.
• 36:07
  Speaker 6: I just kept seeing them on my screen.
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: I can't handle it.
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: I'm going to ask about that. I'm going to ask
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: Gene about that. If anything would happen to them. We'll
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: get into that tomorrow with him.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: I like it. All right, Kit, what do you got
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: for one last thing?
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: It's pretty straight and simple. Will Mike McDaniel last the
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: season with the Chargers as the OC?
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: Well, Jim Harbaugh went from it's not even a thought
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: to get rid of him to we're looking at everything.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: That's a scary sound you hear. We're looking at everything.
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: I think it was two weeks. I don't think it
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: was back-to-back weeks that he went from that to the other.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: But obviously something's happened. Something has declined in his thought process.
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, it is.
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: That is atrocious. Maybe six points?
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, they haven't been good offensively all season long,
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: but they're getting worse.
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 37:02
  Speaker 5: And it's not like they're playing weaker teams, you know. But, hey,
• 37:04
  Speaker 5: I've already made that declaration a few weeks ago. They
• 37:07
  Speaker 5: might be 0-9. I don't know if Mike Medina will
• 37:09
  Speaker 5: last to be 0-9, but my goodness. I feel so
• 37:14
  Speaker 5: bad for Herbert. They were supposed to win. They were
• 37:17
  Speaker 5: supposed to be like a contender this year.
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they were.
• 37:19
  Speaker 5: A lot of people had them as like dark horse
• 37:21
  Speaker 5: Super Bowl teams. Yeah, put $ 100 on them to win
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: the Super Bowl.
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, in the fantasy football prep process, it was
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: all about make sure you get.
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: Amari and Hampton. Amari and Hampton.
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: Jackson Feltz followed it, picked him in the first flipping round.
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: Fool.
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, I don't think he's going to last the season,
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: to answer your question.
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: There it is.
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: I'm going to close with this, and I hope that
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: people just aren't– I hope you're enough of a baseball
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: fan and far enough removed from the Mariners' bad year.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: that you can, as a baseball fan, enjoy this upcoming
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: World Series.
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: Because if it's going to be Rays and Brewers, it's
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: going to be fantastic.
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: Two best teams.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: And the rating's going to be terrible, but they just
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: play a really fun brand of baseball. The energy, at
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: least in Milwaukee, is going to be electrifying. I'll never
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: defend Tampa fans or that stadium ever, but it's going
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: to be a terrific World Series. And two teams that
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: will have earned it.
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: If Tampa Bay still got to get one more win
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: over Cleveland.
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Two teams that will have earned it.
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: So I hope that you can, because I think you
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: will be entertained. I think that you'll really enjoy the
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: World Series. But I'm braced entirely for a bad rating
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: and for football guy to throw it in my face.
• 38:46
  Speaker 6: And then baseball guy to then say, well, we don't
• 38:48
  Speaker 6: need a salary cap because we need the big teams
• 38:50
  Speaker 6: in the World Series.
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: Well, and then that's the other thing.
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: And we'll have time to discuss this at a later date.
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: But Jessica Mendoza and Stephen A. Smith actually had a
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: very reasonable, rational conversation about how the Milwaukee Burrs, Tampa
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: Bay Rays, Megan of the World Series is not what
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: MLB wants. And it got completely misconstrued. People took it as, oh,
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: look at the big market media people saying that it's
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: bad for baseball to have small market teams in the
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: World Series. That is not what they said. And I
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: don't like either one of them. I think they're both bad.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: But that is not what they said in that conversation.
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: What they said was with the pending lockout, this does
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: not help Major League Baseball's argument for the need of
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: a salary cap.
• 39:41
  Speaker 6: 100%.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: When two low-budget teams are the two best teams in
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: baseball and make it to your World Series. That's what
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: they were saying, and they're right. It does not help
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: the argument for Major League Baseball. That said, I hope
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: they do prevail because the reason that we're not going
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: to get huge television ratings is because national baseball fans
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: have closed out the national game because... locally they don't
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: think their team has a chance because of finances so
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: they don't watch national baseball anymore yes and football season
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: met the football season where we don't have that we
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: don't have big market small market no nonsense we watch
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: trevor lawrence play for the jaguars yeah patrick mahomes are
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: the kansas city chiefs they build a dynasty in kansas
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: city right We don't have it in the NBA, but
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: we still have it in Major League Baseball, and it
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: has affected how the average baseball fan takes in baseball.
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: And that's what baseball has to fix in the offseason.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: All right, we'll talk to you tomorrow at 6 a.m.
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: Greg and Jessamyn next on KJR.