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LaMelo Ball to Minnesota, Austin Reaves’ Record Deal, and the Brunson Take Back · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Jroy Taylor. Welcome to the Daily Play.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure that you hit subscribe and follow us on
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  Speaker 2: social at The Daily Play, Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: So, the news continues to come.
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  Speaker 2: Out of the NBA, and this one had some rumblings,
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  Speaker 2: but it's definitely a shock, at least to me.
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  Speaker 1: LaMelo Ball traded from the Hornets.
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  Speaker 2: Charlotte did have a breakout season with their rookie kN
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  Speaker 2: kinnepl but missed out on the playoffs, coming up one
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  Speaker 2: game short in the play in. So in exchange for
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  Speaker 2: their twenty twenty third overall pick, the Hornets get nas
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  Speaker 2: Reed and a whole bunch of picks twenty thirty three
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  Speaker 2: unprotected first round pick and three second round picks twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine, thirty two, and thirty three, and Charlotte also
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  Speaker 2: gets first round pick swaps in twenty eight, twenty nine,
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  Speaker 2: and twenty thirty. Before we get to the Hornets, the
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  Speaker 2: Timbers were clearly tired of just almost winning a championship.
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  Speaker 2: The Wolves definitely took a step back last season. They
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  Speaker 2: lost in the Semis have two straight trips to the
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  Speaker 2: conference finals. They already traded Julius Randall to the Nets
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  Speaker 2: earlier in the week, and that was reportedly to clear
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  Speaker 2: cap space to sign Ayudusumu to a long term deal.
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  Speaker 1: And this backcourt is going.
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  Speaker 2: To be tremendous, Like this is going to be appointments television.
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  Speaker 1: LaMelo and Anthony Edwards.
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  Speaker 2: Forget all of the other accoutremont, forget the tunnel walks,
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  Speaker 2: forget all of the content we're going to get from
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  Speaker 2: the two of them. That backcourt is going to be
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  Speaker 2: fun to watch. Now, does this make them a championship contender?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know yet, Like Melo is gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: stay healthy. We're going to see how they are without
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  Speaker 2: all their big men. They've lost a bunch of pieces
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  Speaker 2: to make these moves. But certainly it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: fun offensively to watch.
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  Speaker 1: So that's exciting.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what would be a more exciting backcourt
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  Speaker 2: in the NBA than the two of them. Now, the Hornets,
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  Speaker 2: they traded for Kobe White last season. They're looking to
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  Speaker 2: recign him. Perhaps is their starting point guard. LaMelo really
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  Speaker 2: struggled last season. He averaged his fewer fewest minutes per game,
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  Speaker 2: fewest shots per game, and even came off the bench
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  Speaker 2: in three games to help manage his health.
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  Speaker 1: I think they are just looking towards the future, like
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  Speaker 1: that's obviously what this move was about. He tried it
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  Speaker 1: with LaMelo.
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  Speaker 2: He had a good run there, not exactly the type
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  Speaker 2: of success that they expected, but I you know, he
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  Speaker 2: came out of the gates obviously, Rookie of the Year
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  Speaker 2: in his first season, All Star in year two, but
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  Speaker 2: it just didn't work. And I'm okay with this. I'm
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  Speaker 2: okay with the fresh start for LaMelo. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be exciting for the Timberwolves. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: this is going to be appointment television for us and
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  Speaker 2: for the Hornets there they're rebuilding and moving in a
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  Speaker 2: different direction.
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  Speaker 1: I think this happens like they tried it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it was entirely on LaMelo or on
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  Speaker 2: the organization, So I think everyone wins here. In other
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  Speaker 2: NBA transaction news, the Lakers, who are going to have
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  Speaker 2: an interesting offseason and have already started it made Austin
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  Speaker 2: Reeves the highest paid undrafted free agent ever five years
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  Speaker 2: after telling him, telling the Pistons and other teams not
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  Speaker 2: to draft him two hundred.
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  Speaker 1: Million dollar man.
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  Speaker 2: They agreed with the former Arkansas razorback to a four year,
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty five million dollar contract that keeps
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  Speaker 2: one third of the Lakers attack in purple and gold.
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  Speaker 2: So congrats to aar. The Lakers are projected to have
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  Speaker 2: the most cap space in the NBA this off season.
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  Speaker 2: While they're paying him max money, it doesn't actually affect
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  Speaker 2: their ability to create cap space this off season. And
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  Speaker 2: this is the biggest contract ever signed by an undrafted
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  Speaker 2: free agent in NBA history, So congrats. Incredible story, incredible
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  Speaker 2: journey that Austin Reeves has had.
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  Speaker 1: And he gets a lot of critics obviously.
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  Speaker 2: And he's going to get more now because he's got
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  Speaker 2: this big contract, which I doubt he cares about, but
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  Speaker 2: it does add a different level of expectation, like you're
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  Speaker 2: no longer the undrafted free agent, you got your deal,
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  Speaker 2: You're with the Lakers. They have made it a point
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  Speaker 2: to keep you there. You've had some success with them.
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  Speaker 2: Now the expectations are really starting to heat up, and
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  Speaker 2: I think we're gonna see what happens with the rest
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  Speaker 2: of their offseason, what this means for Lebron And this
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  Speaker 2: is just the first.
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  Speaker 1: Chess move for the LA Lakers.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, the Nicks said a lot of critics, specifically
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  Speaker 2: of Jalen Brunson, and they proved all of the critics
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  Speaker 2: wrong and.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely had a little fit to say about it.
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Brunson even said during his speech at the parade, Lastly,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of people that a lot of negative
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  Speaker 2: stuff to say, a lot of people that have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of opinions. But when you prove them wrong, you
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  Speaker 2: don't have to say bleep to them now. They don't
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  Speaker 2: deserve it, they don't deserve it. Appreciate you all, Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: There are some rumblings that he was referring to NBA
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  Speaker 2: to Becky Hammond, Hall of fame hooper and current coach
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  Speaker 2: of the Las Vegas Aces, said that he wasn't big
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  Speaker 2: enough to win an NBA title.
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  Speaker 1: It's essentially the gist of what she was saying.
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  Speaker 2: She's updated that take on Tuesday, ahead of the Las
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  Speaker 2: Vegas Aces game against the Liberty.
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  Speaker 1: She said I was wrong. I was wrong.
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  Speaker 2: My opinion was wrong. But then at shoot around she
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  Speaker 2: told another journalist, Jalen all he did was prove history wrong.
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  Speaker 1: He proves he's an outlier.
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  Speaker 2: So you can put his name next to Steph Curry
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  Speaker 2: and Isaiah Thomas, and I thought he played brilliantly, especially
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  Speaker 2: down the stretch.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he was that one a dude.
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  Speaker 2: But like I apologize, I'm never going to apologize for
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  Speaker 2: having an opinion.
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  Speaker 1: That's what ESPN pays me for. Listen.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why she needs to apologize. Like, when
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  Speaker 2: you're giving an opinion on sports, you're either going to
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  Speaker 2: be right or wrong. If you draw a line in
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  Speaker 2: the sand like this and she's saying that she's wrong,
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  Speaker 2: what else does she need to say? She needed to
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  Speaker 2: go on an apology tour about saying that what she thought.
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  Speaker 2: I don't see the point of that. Like, I takes
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  Speaker 2: wrong all the time. You get takes wrong all the time,
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  Speaker 2: you gamble wrong all the time, and sometimes you do right.
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  Speaker 2: Like do you go then apologize to someone because you
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  Speaker 2: said it on social media?
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  Speaker 1: Like I don't get the apology part of it. Her
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  Speaker 1: saying she was wrong is all she has to say.
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  Speaker 1: And she was wrong, and sometimes you're going to be
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  Speaker 1: wrong when you're talking about sports. And if you're saying
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  Speaker 1: that somebody isn't going to accomplish something.
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  Speaker 2: If she said he is going to do it and
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  Speaker 2: he didn't do it, then does she say something about that, like.
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  Speaker 1: You were either right or you're wrong.
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  Speaker 2: If she said something about his character, if she said
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  Speaker 2: something about who he is as a person, that's something different.
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  Speaker 2: But to say what she thought was going to happen, which,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, she is not the only one. There
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  Speaker 2: are plenty and plenty of people that had those thoughts
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  Speaker 2: and he proved them all wrong. And good for him,
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  Speaker 2: and he should say whatever he wants about it, because
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  Speaker 2: he is the one that went out there on the
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  Speaker 2: court and did it. But as far as like an apology,
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  Speaker 2: you're giving your opinion about sports. You're giving your opinion
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  Speaker 2: about what you think will happen in the game. You're
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  Speaker 2: giving your opinion about like a hardline stance on winning
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  Speaker 2: and losing. You're either going to be right or you're wrong.
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  Speaker 2: I was hacking him personally. That's something I think you
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  Speaker 2: should apologize for. But that's not what it was. So
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  Speaker 2: I think we can put this all to us. It's
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  Speaker 2: getting a little little out of hands. I mean, Becky
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  Speaker 2: Hammond is a basketball legend. There are plenty of people
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  Speaker 2: who are not basketball legends who had opinions.
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  Speaker 1: There are plenty of people who were who had those opinions.
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  Speaker 1: As well.
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  Speaker 2: Like everyone had an opinion about Jayleen Bunson, everybody had
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  Speaker 2: an opinion about this.
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  Speaker 1: Situation, and a lot of them were wrong.
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  Speaker 2: There were I do not remember a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: coming out and saying that they were gonna win an
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  Speaker 2: NBA Championship.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even think.
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  Speaker 2: There were a lot of people saying it during this
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  Speaker 2: run through to the NBA Championship. So everyone needs to relax. Like,
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  Speaker 2: she said what she needed to say, she gave her opinion.
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  Speaker 1: She said she was wrong. She was and that's all
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  Speaker 1: there is to it. That's how this whole thing works.
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