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NBA Expanding to Vegas and Seattle + WNBA Playoffs Heats Up · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: started with the podcast, I have to let you know
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  Speaker 2: to one voyage cruise.com use the code joy and let's
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  Speaker 2: set sail So we all knew this was coming. We've
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  Speaker 2: been talking about this for a while, but the NBA
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  Speaker 2: is expanding from 30 to 32 teams.
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  Speaker 1: It's happening soon and the.
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  Speaker 2: Process to connect the future Las Vegas franchise with an
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  Speaker 2: owner is entering the final phases. There are three groups
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  Speaker 2: who are in the final stage, final running to pay
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  Speaker 2: somewhere in the range of $ 12 to $ 13 million and
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  Speaker 2: join a small and exclusive group of NBA owners. According
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  Speaker 2: to reports, the three groups are Nancy Walton-Lorey and Bill
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  Speaker 2: Lorey of the.
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  Speaker 1: Walton Family Money, aka Walmart.
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  Speaker 2: Steve Apostolopoulos and Mark Lassery, Canadian businessman who's been trying
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  Speaker 2: to get a team and the former owner of the Bucks.
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  Speaker 2: And Bill Foley and Jerry Colangelo. Colangelo used to own
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  Speaker 2: the Suns. Foley owns the Vegas Knights and is offering
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  Speaker 2: his arena to start. The Vegas bid process is running
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  Speaker 2: ahead of Seattle's due to a livelier bid market in Seattle,
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  Speaker 2: having had the NBA previously. We've seen, obviously, expansions in
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  Speaker 2: the MLS and WSL and NBA. We've seen conference realignment
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  Speaker 2: and college football give new opportunities, but there's Really a
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  Speaker 2: chance to buy a proven successful commercial juggernaut this way.
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  Speaker 2: The price tag over $ 10 billion seems high, but it's
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  Speaker 2: an elite group and all of the billionaires are putting
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  Speaker 2: their money in sports right now as they should.
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  Speaker 1: It is a rising market.
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  Speaker 2: And the Seattle franchise that comes next is refilling shoes
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  Speaker 2: that have already been on the ground in that city.
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  Speaker 2: The Las Vegas franchise will need everything, including an arena.
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  Speaker 2: It also needs a training facility and everything else. It
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  Speaker 2: will be a very big deal to develop that team
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  Speaker 2: in Las Vegas. And the NBA is trying to lock
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  Speaker 2: Vegas in before Seattle because the buyers that miss out
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  Speaker 2: on Vegas might still bid for Seattle. I think that
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  Speaker 2: this is a great sign for all of sports, particularly, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: the NBA, that there is a desire to expand the league,
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  Speaker 2: that there is money to expand the league. It gives
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  Speaker 2: more opportunities for more jobs, obviously more players, more coaches,
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  Speaker 2: more staff, more front office, more media, more fans. And
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  Speaker 2: the Vegas market has completely proven that they can sustain
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  Speaker 2: multiple professional teams and that the facilities there are used.
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  Speaker 2: So I think this is a great opportunity for the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's great news for anybody who is a
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  Speaker 2: sports fan that the leagues are continuing to grow, that
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  Speaker 2: it is a flourishing market.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, $ 12, $ 13 billion is....
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  Speaker 2: Nothing to shy about, to be shy about. Seattle is
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  Speaker 2: a place that I think deserves an NBA team. They've
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  Speaker 2: obviously had the storm and they've been very supportive of them,
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  Speaker 2: but they are a great, great basketball market. So having
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  Speaker 2: the Seattle Supersonics back in Seattle would be great for
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  Speaker 2: those fans and great for the NBA. I, you know,
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  Speaker 2: owners are hit and miss just like everybody else. There's
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  Speaker 2: not all great owners, just like there's not all great
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  Speaker 2: coaches and all great players. There's limited amounts of good
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  Speaker 2: and great in anything. But the Vegas market is a
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  Speaker 2: very interesting market. It's an opportunity to create a new
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  Speaker 2: brand and one that can really thrive and make a
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  Speaker 2: mark So I'm excited to see who ends up winning
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  Speaker 2: this bid and what they end up developing in Vegas. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we've talked a lot about this with LeBron wanting to
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  Speaker 2: be an owner when he finishes playing. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: who ends up getting that bid may play a role
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  Speaker 2: in whether he ends.
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  Speaker 1: Up joining an ownership group when he retires.
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  Speaker 2: It's a lot of interesting things with this story, but
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  Speaker 2: it's sort of been kind of pie in the sky
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  Speaker 2: for a while. And now we are getting some real
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  Speaker 2: meat to the fact that this is happening and it's
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  Speaker 2: happening quickly. And that once this is done, Seattle will
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  Speaker 2: also be in play as well. And like I said,
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  Speaker 2: this is where all the wealthy people are putting their
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  Speaker 2: money right now. So I think this is good news
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  Speaker 2: for fans, good news for the league and good news
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  Speaker 2: for Vegas. Sticking with basketball, another big night in the WNBA.
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  Speaker 2: The Fever avoided elimination with a 99-89 win over the Aces.
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  Speaker 2: It got really spicy, particularly in the fourth quarter. Reigning
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  Speaker 2: MVP Asia Wilson confronted a fan who got out of
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  Speaker 2: their courtside seat and moved towards her while pointing at her.
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  Speaker 2: She said, I try to play my game, but if
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  Speaker 2: I am just walking, just got the foul, I'm chilling
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  Speaker 2: and I see a man coming at me, taking steps
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  Speaker 2: towards me and pointing at me. I don't give a
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  Speaker 2: damn what you said. I don't give a damn how
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  Speaker 2: you said it. The tone, it's unacceptable. You don't step
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  Speaker 2: towards me. You should sit and point. You never should
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  Speaker 2: sit and point at me that there's unacceptable. You don't
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  Speaker 2: know me at all to come step towards me and
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  Speaker 2: point at me and say anything like.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to like me. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: love me. You can hate me with all your heart,
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  Speaker 1: but you don't know me. And I guarantee you will
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  Speaker 1: respect me.
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  Speaker 2: It was sort of a strange sequence of things because
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  Speaker 2: she is not a player that generally interacts with fans
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  Speaker 2: like that and reacts that way. It took a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of time and she got issued a technical. So
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  Speaker 2: it was like, was the technical because of a delay
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  Speaker 2: of game? Was it because she went after the fan?
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  Speaker 2: It was a little confusing. The arena was obviously very
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  Speaker 2: hostile and they ejected the fan and But it just
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  Speaker 2: was very unclear what the technical was for. Then she
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  Speaker 2: had to shoot foul shots. It was a very confusing
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  Speaker 2: end of the game. But Kaitlyn was great. Led the Fever,
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  Speaker 2: 27 points, 15 assists, double-double in the first half. She
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  Speaker 2: fouled out of the game, so she was not in
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  Speaker 2: there for that sequence with Asia. And despite her fouling out,
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  Speaker 2: the Fever were able to hold on as the Aces
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  Speaker 2: did well.
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  Speaker 1: Attempt to make a surge. It was an incredible game.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm a little disappointed that this matchup is so
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  Speaker 2: early on in the playoffs because this really is, to me,
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  Speaker 2: the matchup that has the most juice to it with
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  Speaker 2: Asia and the Aces and Caitlyn and the Fever.
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  Speaker 1: And the basketball was really great.
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  Speaker 2: So it's kind of unfortunate that now the conversation is
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  Speaker 2: going to be dominated by one ugly moment with a fan.
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  Speaker 1: And it was going to be rowdy.
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  Speaker 2: That's always been a rowdy arena. And the fans have
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  Speaker 2: a reputation there. It's not the first time that this
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  Speaker 2: has happened.
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  Speaker 1: It's not the first time this has happened with the Aces.
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  Speaker 2: But in the end, I'm happy that this series will
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  Speaker 2: get another game on the other side. Game of the night, though,
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  Speaker 2: the Liberty eliminated the top seeded Lynx, who saw Olivia
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  Speaker 2: Miles struggle again in her second playoff game. New York
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  Speaker 2: won the game from the start, led by 21 points
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  Speaker 2: from Brianna Stewart.
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  Speaker 1: John Cole Jones had an amazing game.
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  Speaker 2: Sabrina Inesco added 18 points and some clutch buckets later
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  Speaker 2: to keep Minnesota from mounting a comeback. A little disappointing
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  Speaker 2: we're not going to see more of Olivia Miles in
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  Speaker 2: the postseason. I think this is a very obvious case
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  Speaker 2: to push the league for more games in the first
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  Speaker 2: round and make it a best of five series. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited to see how the rest of the playoffs go.
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  Speaker 2: A little sad that this is how it's gone to
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  Speaker 2: start with the Lynx and Olivia Miles already out as
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  Speaker 2: she has been the bright, shining star of this season
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  Speaker 2: on the court.
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  Speaker 1: And winning rookie of the year. And now they're out.
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  Speaker 2: Number one seed, and now they're gone. And that's how
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  Speaker 2: it goes when you have these short series. But also,
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  Speaker 2: Liberty played amazing basketball. So we'll get one more game
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  Speaker 2: out of the Fever and Aces, and that will.
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  Speaker 1: Be an exciting one. And finally... to the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: The Chargers gave themselves a chance to beat the Bills
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  Speaker 2: in Buffalo on Sunday, forcing five turnovers in the end, though.
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  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert gave the ball right back to end the game.
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  Speaker 2: Chargers dropped to 0-3 after losses to the Cardinals and
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  Speaker 2: Raiders to start the season.
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  Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh said, we did not win the game. That's painful.
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  Speaker 1: That hurts. There was a lot of opportunity, and we've
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  Speaker 1: got to capitalize on that. We have to be better.
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  Speaker 1: I am not singling anyone out. We win these games
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  Speaker 1: as a team. We lose as a team. Not where
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  Speaker 1: we want to be. Only way to correct it, just
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  Speaker 1: keep chipping away.
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  Speaker 2: The thing is, they're not really in shipping away mode
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  Speaker 2: and they're not in a shipping away space. There's constant
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  Speaker 2: conversation about the Chargers, their potential, Justin Herbert's potential, how
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  Speaker 2: good he is, how much better he is than all
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  Speaker 2: of his peers, all of the opportunity and the talent
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  Speaker 2: that they have. And yet, Every year, it seems to
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  Speaker 2: be there's just something not right. Now it's Mike McDaniel
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  Speaker 2: is there and the offense is not coming together the
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  Speaker 2: way that they had hoped. They have more punts and
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  Speaker 2: more turnovers than they have touchdowns. At some point, what
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  Speaker 2: is the deal with the Chargers? It's all hype and
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  Speaker 2: no substance. And the talent thing only goes so far
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  Speaker 2: with me. Do I think they have a lot of talent?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I think they have a good head coach. I think
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  Speaker 2: Justin Herbert is a very talented quarterback. But I think
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  Speaker 2: his peers are better than him. And I think that's
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  Speaker 2: because all teams have talent and a lot of teams
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  Speaker 2: have good coaches. At some point, you got to put
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  Speaker 2: it together and win. And yes, the coach and quarterback
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  Speaker 2: play the most important role in the success of an
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  Speaker 2: organization and success of a team. That's why we're always
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  Speaker 2: talking about them. That's why the coaches get fired. And
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  Speaker 2: that's why the quarterbacks make all the money and get
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  Speaker 2: all the attention. At some point, those two have to deliver.
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  Speaker 2: And an 0-3 start is unacceptable for the Chargers. They
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  Speaker 2: came into the season with all of the expectations, all
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  Speaker 2: of the conversation about how much more talented he is
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  Speaker 2: than all of his peers. Okay, at some point, you've
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  Speaker 2: got to deliver. And you're already well behind the curve.
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  Speaker 2: And your next three games are at Seattle, Denver.
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  Speaker 1: And at Kansas City.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I don't think they're going to lose all three games.
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  Speaker 2: But would I be surprised if they did?
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  Speaker 1: No, I would not. And that is the leak.
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