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Where Will LeBron James Finish His Career; Celtics Join Heat in Giannis Trade Rumors; Dolan Gives Knicks Endearing Team Speech · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play. It's Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: there's quite a few debates going on in the comment section,
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  Speaker 1: so you can jump in there as well.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get started with.
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  Speaker 1: Lebron James, who recently said he is the goat. He's
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  Speaker 1: not taking anyone over himself, which I'm okay with, but
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  Speaker 1: what is next for Savannah's husband? Right now, he is
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  Speaker 1: golfing as he likes to do and as he should be.
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  Speaker 1: He hasn't committed to playing next season, but the Lakers
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  Speaker 1: are having conversations with him, and he did have twenty
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  Speaker 1: six and seven and made it to the second this
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  Speaker 1: past season and made to the second round of the
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  Speaker 1: playoffs at forty one years old, so he's certainly playing
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  Speaker 1: well enough to continue in the NBA. The Warriors have
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  Speaker 1: been rumored as a potential destination, but lifelong Lebron reporter
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  Speaker 1: Brian Windhorst says that I think Lebron's intention is to play,
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  Speaker 1: and I think the focus right now is making a
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  Speaker 1: deal with the Lakers. Right now, he's allowed to negotiate
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  Speaker 1: with the Lakers, and I believe.
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  Speaker 2: They are negotiating. I believe they're going back and forth.
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  Speaker 1: Free agency be against in fourteen days, and in the
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  Speaker 1: next fourteen days, I think he's going to try and
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  Speaker 1: make a deal with the Lakers. The amount other deal
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  Speaker 1: may depend on what else the Lakers are able to
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  Speaker 1: do in free agency. And in fourteen days, if he
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  Speaker 1: is at an impass with the Lakers and there's no deal,
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  Speaker 1: then I think other teams like the Calves should stand
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  Speaker 1: to attention. But the league, I think generally believes the
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  Speaker 1: two sides are going to come together. First of all,
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  Speaker 1: it's so crazy that a player from the two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and three NBA Draft is still a coveted free agent
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  Speaker 1: in the Year of Our Lord twenty twenty six. I
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  Speaker 1: was a junior in high school in two thousand and three.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think any of us really want to think
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  Speaker 1: about how long ago two thousand and three was. And
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  Speaker 1: Lebron is still playing at an extremely high level and
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  Speaker 1: is still someone who's being discuss in NBA free agency,
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  Speaker 1: And that is a testament to what I think probably
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  Speaker 1: Lebron's most incredible and untouchable skill is, which is longevity
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  Speaker 1: and availability. The Lakers can offer Lebron more than the Warriors, Calves,
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  Speaker 1: or about any other competing team.
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  Speaker 2: But they'll have to give him a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Less than the fifty two point six million he made
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  Speaker 1: last year. And I would like to think that if
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  Speaker 1: Lebron is going to stay with the Lakers, he's not,
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  Speaker 1: of course obviously fully aware of all the numbers, but
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  Speaker 1: that his goal would be to compete for a championship.
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  Speaker 2: That's always been the standard for Lebron.
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  Speaker 1: James and the Lakers need quite a few moves other
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  Speaker 1: than just getting Lebron back. They have to deal with
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  Speaker 1: Austin Reeve's situation, and they need to add some other pieces. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: it was, you know, tremendously frustrating for Luca to go out,
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  Speaker 1: especially at the point in the season when he went out,
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  Speaker 1: they were really a team that looked like they could
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  Speaker 1: maybe make some noise in the West. Obviously, you need
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  Speaker 1: both of your stars in order to do that, and
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  Speaker 1: Lebron did an incredible job carrying that team. But they
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  Speaker 1: need some other pieces for sure, So he is probably
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  Speaker 1: likely going to end up with the Lakers, being that
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  Speaker 1: that is the best money situation, and at forty one,
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  Speaker 1: I would like to see Lebron James back with the Lakers.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to see Lebron go to another team.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to see him go back to the Calves.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to see him start a new journey
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  Speaker 1: with another organization, another coach, new teammates. I just think
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  Speaker 1: that the best path forward is to finish it off
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  Speaker 1: with the Lakers. Businesses and family and all of that aside,
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  Speaker 1: which obviously I know it is very important to everyone,
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  Speaker 1: like Lebron is capable of running businesses from places other
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  Speaker 1: than Los Angeles. His family is I mean, his two
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  Speaker 1: sons are grown and you know, not just be to
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  Speaker 1: his family situation. But like, I'm sure they can sort
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  Speaker 1: it out at this point in his career. But I
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  Speaker 1: just think it makes more sense from a legacy standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: I think it makes more sense from a basketball standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: it makes more sense fiscally, and like me personally, I
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  Speaker 1: just want to see him go out with the proper
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  Speaker 1: pomp and circumstance that he deserves, being a player that
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  Speaker 1: has essentially carried the league for the last twenty years,
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  Speaker 1: like he is the face of the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: Still and if we are coming what we are.
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  Speaker 1: Eventually coming to the end of his career, but if
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  Speaker 1: these are the last few years or this is the
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  Speaker 1: last year.
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  Speaker 2: Of Lebron James, I want it to be proper.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, I feel like he deserves that proper send
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  Speaker 1: off with a team that's still competing, with a team
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  Speaker 1: with a huge brand, a place that he's already established in,
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  Speaker 1: a place he's already comfortable in. I just want to
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  Speaker 1: see it be with the Lakers. I don't need to
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  Speaker 1: see a whole new storyline. That's my opinion. Lebron is
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  Speaker 1: going to obviously do what makes sense for him and
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  Speaker 1: his family, but I just think from a legacy standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: the Lakers are the best situation.
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  Speaker 2: And I think from an MBA.
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  Speaker 1: Standpoint, when you look at what's going on around the league,
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  Speaker 1: what happened in the West this year, the way that
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  Speaker 1: every year we have a new champion because of the
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  Speaker 1: parody in the NBA now, so the Lakers just make
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  Speaker 1: the most sense, and that's where I think he should
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  Speaker 1: stay and finish his career. Windhors also broke some news
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  Speaker 1: on Yannis and the trade, news of the Boston Celtics
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  Speaker 1: had joined the Miami Heat at the leading contenders to
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  Speaker 1: land the two time NBA MVP. Reportedly, the Heat have
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  Speaker 1: been in negotiations for months and Yannis is down to
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  Speaker 1: sign a long term deal, but the Bucks don't love
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  Speaker 1: Miami's offer. Boston is usually much more close to the
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  Speaker 1: best when it comes to their trade dealings, but they
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  Speaker 1: would have to break up the Tatum Brown duo and
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  Speaker 1: completely change the way that they play for.
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  Speaker 2: Giannis to end up up going there. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Reportally, Honest is not against going to Boston, but again,
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  Speaker 1: that would require a lot of changes in order for
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  Speaker 1: Boston to fit him, whereas Miami can kind of cater
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  Speaker 1: more immediately to what Yannis does. Look, everyone knows I'm
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  Speaker 1: a Heat fan. I'm a Heat fan, so I want you,
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  Speaker 1: Honest in Miami, and Miami has the ability to improve
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  Speaker 1: what they can offer since the trade deadline, and they
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  Speaker 1: can send a package with the number thirteen pick in
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  Speaker 1: next week's draft, plus a various rotation of players, Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Hero and some prospects. I think the Heat makes more sense.
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  Speaker 1: I think from Boston's perspective. While we've had conversations about
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  Speaker 1: breaking the duo up before, it's so much more than
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  Speaker 1: just breaking them up. It would require them completely building
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  Speaker 1: around Yana is completely changing what they do.
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  Speaker 2: Which one of the duo do you keep?
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  Speaker 1: Is that a situation and where they're turning over the
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  Speaker 1: number one spot to Yannis because there's a dynamic there
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  Speaker 1: as well, that would take some adjusting, I believe. So
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  Speaker 1: essentially you're just blowing everything up in Boston, whereas Miami
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to do that.
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  Speaker 2: So again, Bias, I want Jannis in Miami.
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  Speaker 1: And I think all this is going to come together
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  Speaker 1: pretty quickly, obviously because you have the draft coming up
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  Speaker 1: as well, so we should have an answer pretty soon
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  Speaker 1: about where Yannis.
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  Speaker 2: Is going to end up next year.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, let's say in the NBA kind of so,
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  Speaker 1: Nick's owner Jim Dolan James Dolan gave the team a
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  Speaker 1: speech before their finals run, asking them for ten weeks
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  Speaker 1: of focus and sacrifice. So story has been reported out
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  Speaker 1: and confirmed with the video. We've got various insight from
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  Speaker 1: players about this. Carl Anthony Towns talked about it. Macal
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  Speaker 1: Bridges talked about it in very colorful terms. One of
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  Speaker 1: the things that he mentioned, and you can watch the
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  Speaker 1: entire speech on YouTube after you finished watching the show.
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  Speaker 1: If that's where you're watching it, or whenever you're done listening,
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  Speaker 1: go watch on YouTube. But he basically said, like their
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  Speaker 1: family is going to have to sacrifice. They need to sacrifice,
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  Speaker 1: They need to focus, they need to work harder. This
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  Speaker 1: is the closest that he's felt in I think he
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  Speaker 1: said forever that they could actually win a championship. So
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  Speaker 1: he wants them to just completely lock in over the
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  Speaker 1: next ten weeks. And of course the highlights of this
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  Speaker 1: conversation was that he said he had this idea that
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  Speaker 1: maybe you should give up sex for the next ten weeks,
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  Speaker 1: so you don't.
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  Speaker 2: Have to give up sex for the next ten weeks.
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  Speaker 1: But the spartans, they denied themselves so they can have
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  Speaker 1: an edge.
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  Speaker 2: Get the edge, go home, talk to your wives.
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  Speaker 1: Don't tell them it was my idea, but maybe let
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  Speaker 1: them know that this is going to be like what
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  Speaker 1: your commitment is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: Icky.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously a conversation to have with your basically the people
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  Speaker 1: that work for your organization. But they definitely did lock in,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm not saying it it was because of this
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  Speaker 1: speech about not having sex for ten weeks. And I
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  Speaker 1: also don't subscribe to that, like this is not Sparta.
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  Speaker 1: So like, locking in for ten weeks as you add
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  Speaker 1: into the postseason is good, good advice no matter what
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  Speaker 1: team you're with and what situation you're in.
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  Speaker 2: The sext part, to me, is is kind of silly.
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  Speaker 1: But they did go sixteen to three in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: including a thirteen game winning streak. Outscored their opponents by
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  Speaker 1: two hundred and eighty three points during the run, setting
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  Speaker 1: a record for the biggest point deferential in postseason history.
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  Speaker 2: Repeatedly overcame second half.
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  Speaker 1: Deficits, including obviously the twenty nine point disadvantage in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter of Game four that they obviously went on
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  Speaker 1: to win against the Spurs. They had an incredible dominant run,
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  Speaker 1: and I do think that they locked in, and I
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  Speaker 1: do think they came together as a team. I think
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  Speaker 1: they were very willing to adjust. They were great situationally
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  Speaker 1: down the stretch. And you know, we're gonna get a
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  Speaker 1: lot of lure from this team as the year goes on.
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  Speaker 2: Over the years, because this is such a.
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  Speaker 1: Legendary win for a legendary friend, chise in a huge
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  Speaker 1: fan base. Again, if you're a nick hater, like God
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  Speaker 1: bless you, it's gonna be it's gonna be a long
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  Speaker 1: while before you can before you can talk trash again
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  Speaker 1: with your full chess.
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  Speaker 2: And as a Heat.
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  Speaker 1: Fan, I obviously have have had my battles with the Knicks,
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  Speaker 1: but I recognize and have always said that the leagues
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  Speaker 1: are better when the biggest brands are doing well and
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  Speaker 1: there's there's I don't know if there's anything better than
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  Speaker 1: for this league to have a championship with the New
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  Speaker 1: York Knicks after fifty three years, and especially with the
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  Speaker 1: group of guys that they have. James Dolan has done
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  Speaker 1: plenty over the years to make him unlikable, but they're
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  Speaker 1: on top of it now, and they're on top of
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  Speaker 1: the mountain and they they've had an absolutely incredible run.
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  Speaker 1: So no more sex talk though from James Dollen please.
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  Speaker 2: That's it for today.
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