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Cade Cunningham on His All-Star Case, Jalen Green Rivalry & Pistons Playoff Goals | NBA on TNT · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Brewing right now in Detroit is something special and the
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  Speaker 1: man in that graphic.
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  Speaker 2: Is leading the way.
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  Speaker 1: This man has most points for a Pistons player in
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  Speaker 1: the last five years. He's averaging more assist than Chauncey Billups.
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  Speaker 1: The only players in the NBA right now with more
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  Speaker 1: triple doubles are Jokic and Lebron and we believe he
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  Speaker 1: will be the first All Star for the Motor City
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  Speaker 1: since Blake Griffin in twenty nineteen. I want everyone in
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  Speaker 1: here giving it up for Kate Countyham big town.
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  Speaker 2: For the Hawks to borrow. You guys went in.
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  Speaker 1: You knock off the Houston Rockets last night, another team
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  Speaker 1: that people are hyping up the vibes right now compared
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  Speaker 1: to the last few years.
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  Speaker 2: What does it feel like for y'all right now?
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  Speaker 3: Feels great right now, winning games, playing good basketball, playing
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  Speaker 3: hard every night, playing consistent. It feels good. But a
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  Speaker 3: lot more season ago I'm gonna work to.
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  Speaker 2: Do for so sure.
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  Speaker 4: My question, Oh go ahead, My question is one, you're
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  Speaker 4: an All Star to me, playing fabulous. I would like
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  Speaker 4: to know what's your definition of balls because it's a
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  Speaker 4: lot of you know, the many definition of what I
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  Speaker 4: think all Star. I know what the All Star is.
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  Speaker 4: I'm telling you to your face, you are an All Star.
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  Speaker 4: So I had to vote, I would definitely vote you in.
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  Speaker 4: What is your definition of a All Star player?
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  Speaker 3: I imagine that's top twenty four players in the NBA.
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  Speaker 3: That's how I see it, you know, top of top
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  Speaker 3: of the league. Guys that are, you know, putting on
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  Speaker 3: performances every night they play. I think that's what you
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  Speaker 3: want to Senior All Star JB.
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  Speaker 5: Vickerstaff tell me about it. When he walked in the door,
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  Speaker 5: what did he say to you. I got a chance
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  Speaker 5: to play or play under JB. And I know what
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  Speaker 5: kind of guy and coachy is. What has he done
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  Speaker 5: for you?
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  Speaker 3: He said, He's going to ask a lot out of me.
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  Speaker 3: More than anything. He's gonna push me, push my buttons,
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  Speaker 3: try to get the best out of me every day
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  Speaker 3: and make sure that I was, you know, not falling
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  Speaker 3: behind or slacking any day, like trying to leave my group.
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  Speaker 3: And that's all I ask for the head coach. I
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  Speaker 3: think he's brought so much energy and life into the
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  Speaker 3: organization and we're all super happy to have him around.
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  Speaker 3: That stuff.
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  Speaker 6: You know, it's so interesting watching your game this year.
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  Speaker 6: I feel like the game has slowed down for you,
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  Speaker 6: like you're playing at your own pace. And I think
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  Speaker 6: when we speak of other top players in the league,
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  Speaker 6: it's around that year three four, right that the game
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  Speaker 6: slows down. What can you say about as a former
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  Speaker 6: number one pick coming in as a rookie to now
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  Speaker 6: how your game has progressed.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely slowed down because of, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: experience the games played. I think that's allowed me to experiment.
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  Speaker 3: I failed a bunch of times, and all those times
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  Speaker 3: have helped me, you know, with the mentality that I
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  Speaker 3: have now in the mindset of knowing I have to
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  Speaker 3: go get it every night. But you know it's different.
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  Speaker 3: Early on you're trying to figure it out. Things were
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  Speaker 3: just unorganized. It was hard to you know, figure out
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  Speaker 3: my footing and what would work for me. But now
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  Speaker 3: I'm starting to get a better groove, and my teammates
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  Speaker 3: have helped me a lot with that.
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  Speaker 2: Sea We're seeing a trend right now.
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  Speaker 1: Number one picks the last few years are looking pretty
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  Speaker 1: darn special.
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  Speaker 2: Caate's part of that group.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, he is.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I like plan my final question, you will
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  Speaker 4: be right now you're in the eleventh spot at the
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  Speaker 4: end of the season. Where would you like to see
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  Speaker 4: the Detroit Bistans six spot?
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  Speaker 3: For sure? Six pot. I want to I want to
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  Speaker 3: lock in the playoff series.
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  Speaker 2: They're in the ninth spot. Same thing, eleven.
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  Speaker 3: It's all the same. It's all playing right. So I
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  Speaker 3: know that.
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  Speaker 4: Nine okay, but no, I want to play right now.
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  Speaker 4: You guys are in the spot at the end of
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  Speaker 4: the season. Where would you like to see the Detroit
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  Speaker 4: distance above the six seed? Above sixty. That's why I
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  Speaker 4: think we half a.
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  Speaker 2: Game away from the six seed. They're right there. This
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  Speaker 2: is what I'm trying to tell them. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: you guys get enough respect.
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  Speaker 4: Don't be questioning my questions. That's what I said at
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  Speaker 4: the end of the season.
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  Speaker 1: So you want to be in that get a playoff spot?
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  Speaker 4: No?
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  Speaker 3: Playing definitely, definitely.
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  Speaker 1: I have a question and I'm not trying to start anything.
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  Speaker 1: We have this thing, especially people in his generation. All
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  Speaker 1: these guys like each other too much. Oh they're on
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  Speaker 1: the AAU circuit. I love what you and Jalen Green
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  Speaker 1: have right now. From this perspective, what I saw last night,
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  Speaker 1: I saw competition from the when the ball went up,
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  Speaker 1: what is it about you guys going one two that
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  Speaker 1: has made.
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  Speaker 2: This so much?
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  Speaker 1: Like I feel like you even play at a higher level.
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  Speaker 1: What do you guys have right now? Just from a
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  Speaker 1: competition state.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's that's It's exactly that we want to
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  Speaker 3: compete against each other. You know, they've always put us
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  Speaker 3: up against each other since high school as far as
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  Speaker 3: who was better, and I think we both kind of
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  Speaker 3: enjoyed to be able to head up against each other
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  Speaker 3: and see who's the best. Thing.
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  Speaker 2: No handshakes before the game, nothing like that.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we need any of that. We both
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  Speaker 3: kind of know what it is.
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  Speaker 2: I was a corporate answer, but you know, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know anything. It's refreshing, brother.
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  Speaker 5: I just want to say what that you said. You
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  Speaker 5: know you've gone through your mistakes and learned. I just
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  Speaker 5: want to say this, never be afraid to make a mistake.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I think the best goal throughout the game
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  Speaker 5: not afraid to make a mistake. Obviously, you're playing on
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  Speaker 5: a high level, and that would continue to make you
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  Speaker 5: one of the best because you're not afraid to make
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  Speaker 5: a mistake. And when you play that way, you're you're
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  Speaker 5: harder to guard because now in pressure situations, sometimes guys
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  Speaker 5: of Guardener like we've seen we've heard him say like, nah,
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  Speaker 5: I'm okay with making a mistake because I can make
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  Speaker 5: up for it, or I'm okay with that moment.
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  Speaker 3: So I know what you said.
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  Speaker 5: And he's like, but I'm just saying, never be afraid
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  Speaker 5: to make a mistake, because you are now amongst the
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  Speaker 5: top the tops in this league top twenty four because
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  Speaker 5: of that mentality.
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  Speaker 3: Not afraid to make that mistake, Sir, I feel like
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  Speaker 3: I only had one shot at it, so it's might
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  Speaker 3: as well go for it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, so much so that you give a little
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  Speaker 1: pregame speech to the team yesterday. I know that's not
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  Speaker 1: something you normally do. As we get ready for this
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  Speaker 1: All Star game push, what would you say to people
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  Speaker 1: out there that are voting and all that maybe they
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  Speaker 1: haven't put kid cunning him on the ballot yet, what
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  Speaker 1: would you tell him?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, maybe they haven't watched us. I know we
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  Speaker 3: don't have TV games right now, but if you do
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  Speaker 3: get the opportunity to get lead passed, check us out
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  Speaker 3: and I think I could I could audition for you there.
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  Speaker 3: But what anything, I mean, I think my team is
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  Speaker 3: playing at a high level. We're winning games, we're competing
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  Speaker 3: for the playoffs, and that's what you know everybody wanted
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  Speaker 3: from the Pistons this year. We want to grow them.
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  Speaker 3: I think you know our team is doing better and
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  Speaker 3: better and I'm trying to lead.
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  Speaker 2: That for those that know you vote cutting.
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  Speaker 3: So what was the translation? What he was just saying?
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  Speaker 4: Do you want through Bondings version or you want through
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  Speaker 4: record version Bond's versions. I'm the man and you was
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  Speaker 4: behind me for reasons. I'm gonna show you every time
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  Speaker 4: we played while they picked me before they pick you, period, period, period,
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  Speaker 4: And it ain't no handshaking, it ain't no hugging after
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  Speaker 4: the game. That it's the reason why I'm moving over
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  Speaker 4: and you dose and if you don't like to do
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  Speaker 4: something about it next time we see all Star.
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  Speaker 3: Got it?
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  Speaker 4: That's what.
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  Speaker 1: A translating you got the note Kate up there looking
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  Speaker 1: like about some insurance.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, man, better be the general insurance for great
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  Speaker 3: low Kate.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Man, can't wait to watch you
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  Speaker 2: work the rest of the season. Man, for real, good love.
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  Speaker 3: Allstar