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USMNT vs. Belgium, Balogun’s Red Card Ban Lifted, LeBron James Choosing Happiness for Next Destination · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joey Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Hope you had a great holiday weekend. A lot of amazing,
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  Speaker 1: amazing football over the weekends. Hope you got to enjoy
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  Speaker 1: your family and your friends as well.
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  Speaker 2: Canada is out.
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  Speaker 1: Mexico lost to England in Mexico City last night. So
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  Speaker 1: what is the US going to do today? The last
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  Speaker 1: post country left in the twenty twenty six World Cup,
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  Speaker 1: So our matchup is against Belgium, a great soccer nation
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  Speaker 1: looking to cash in on the last World Cup of
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  Speaker 1: its golden generation. Thankfully, though, the US will not be
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  Speaker 1: without our leading score flow Ballagoon after FIFA adjusted his
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  Speaker 1: one game ban for his red card and the last
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  Speaker 1: game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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  Speaker 2: If you've been here before, then you know that I
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  Speaker 2: was wildly.
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  Speaker 1: Upset about that red card because it was not a
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  Speaker 1: red card, as I said. Now, generally these would not
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  Speaker 1: get rescinded because it is World Cup, but reportedly President
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  Speaker 1: Trump reached out to FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: And asked them to review the suspension.
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  Speaker 1: Reportedly, the government provided additional evidence to the FIFA's disciplinary committee.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what that means.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of people are very splits on whether
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  Speaker 1: or not this should have happened. In my opinion, it
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't have been a red card in the first place,
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  Speaker 1: and I think that FIFA should have reviewed it immediately
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  Speaker 1: after the game and rescinded it. You want the best
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  Speaker 1: players on the field, this should have been a yellow
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  Speaker 1: card called on the field. I don't know what we
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  Speaker 1: have the review for if we're going to get these
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  Speaker 1: mistakes wrong, if we're going to make these mistakes. But
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  Speaker 1: the Belgian coach, Rudy Garcia, had some spicy words about
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  Speaker 1: the decision. He said, I know that the World Cup
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  Speaker 1: the fifth of July is actually the first of April.
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  Speaker 1: It's April fools.
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  Speaker 2: Very cheeky.
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  Speaker 1: Belgian players aren't happy either. They said, had it been
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  Speaker 1: done earlier, we'd have been able to be more mentally prepared.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps it's the goalkeeper Tibo Corta. He said, it's good
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  Speaker 1: that we have another training still to come on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be ready, we'll be on the pitch.
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  Speaker 1: They have eleven players, not only Balagoon, and FIFA said
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  Speaker 1: in a statement that if Balagoon commits another infringement of
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  Speaker 1: a similar nature and gravity during the probation of your period,
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  Speaker 1: the suspension shell be revoked and the sanction forced without
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  Speaker 1: prejudice to any additional sanction imposed for the new infringement.
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  Speaker 1: It's basically he's on thin ice, which he shouldn't be
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  Speaker 1: because it should have.
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  Speaker 2: Never been a red card in the first place. But
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  Speaker 2: we are going to have him back, which is exciting.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be probably the biggest matchup in
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  Speaker 1: the history of the US men's national team. It is
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  Speaker 1: a huge, huge game, a lot of steaks, and now
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  Speaker 1: because they have rescinded this red card, the stakes internationally
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  Speaker 1: are even higher because a lot of people feel like
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  Speaker 1: it shouldn't happen. They feel like it's corruptions, collusion, whatever.
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  Speaker 1: In my opinion, it should be corrected. I think that
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  Speaker 1: the red card that happened in the England and Mexico
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  Speaker 1: game shouldn't have happened either, and I think they should
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  Speaker 1: review that.
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  Speaker 2: I think they should rescind that as well.
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  Speaker 1: A red card should be worthy of a red card
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  Speaker 1: in a World Cup. If you're going to have to
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  Speaker 1: play with ten players. If you're going to lose that
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  Speaker 1: player for the next game, it should absolutely, unquestionably be
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  Speaker 1: a red card. And it wasn't in that with Flow,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't think it was in the England game
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  Speaker 1: as well, and I hope they review it and I
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  Speaker 1: hope they rescinned it. And the point of this all
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  Speaker 1: really came from Messi getting away with a very very.
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  Speaker 2: Similar action and not getting a red card.
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  Speaker 1: And you have to maintain the same level of officiating
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  Speaker 1: across the board at a competition of this level. So
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about the matchup with Belgium. This is by
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  Speaker 1: far the best team that we'll have faced in the
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  Speaker 1: World Cup so far. I think we're up to the tests.
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  Speaker 1: And I mentioned this is allowed last World Cup for
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  Speaker 1: Belgium's Golden generation. We've been incredibly successful as individuals with
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  Speaker 1: their club teams, but they haven't won any trophies for Belgium.
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  Speaker 1: So in twenty twenty three they replaced their longtime manager
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  Speaker 1: Roberto Martinez, who is coaching Portugal at this World Cup,
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  Speaker 1: and they haven't lost a matchups since March of twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. They beat the US during that run five
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  Speaker 1: to two in Atlanta. In the build up to this
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  Speaker 1: World Cup. On the US side, I've been really impressed
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  Speaker 1: by the depth that the US team has showed. Six
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  Speaker 1: different players have scored for the US, and we've forced
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  Speaker 1: opponents in two goals with our physicality and tenacity. I
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  Speaker 1: like the way that they are constantly attacking on offense.
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  Speaker 1: They don't sit back and just play defense. They are
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  Speaker 1: a very aggressive, very high energy team.
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  Speaker 2: Clearly moves the ball around a lot.
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  Speaker 1: And Maritio Pochettino, the head coach, has coached for some
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest clubs in Europe. He said, I think
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  Speaker 1: this knockout run against a European country, being at the
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  Speaker 1: door of the quarterfinals would make even more history for
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  Speaker 1: a country like this. We're going to have the support
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  Speaker 1: of the fans of twelfth Man, referring to the Diard
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  Speaker 1: supporters of the.
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  Speaker 2: Seahawks in Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: I think the crowd being involved in how a loud
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  Speaker 1: would be amazing. I mean, obviously watching England in Mexico
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  Speaker 1: as Techa it was incredible, so.
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  Speaker 2: I think the environment will be huge.
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  Speaker 1: This is a very high stakes game, made only higher
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  Speaker 1: in stakes by what happened with Flow, so all eyes
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  Speaker 1: will be on the US men's national team in this
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  Speaker 1: matchup against Belgium. So far England, France, Morocco, and Norway
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  Speaker 1: have made it through the quarterfinals.
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  Speaker 2: That Norway game was amazing as well.
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  Speaker 1: Spain and Portugal play right before the US today, so
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  Speaker 1: they will one of them will get another spot and
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  Speaker 1: be one.
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  Speaker 2: Step closer to World Cup glory. So let's talk a
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  Speaker 2: little bit about Lebron.
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  Speaker 1: That Lebron speaks sweep steaks have been officialized, which Paul
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  Speaker 1: has shared his whiteboard. In his latest conversations with Lebron
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  Speaker 1: about teams who have a shot at Lebron coming to
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  Speaker 1: their city next season, he said he spoke with twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven teams and the list is currently narrowed down to
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  Speaker 1: roughly ten. Sixers, Calves, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Heat, Knicks, Warriors, MAVs, Celtics, Spurs.
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  Speaker 2: Paul also said this is.
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  Speaker 1: The first time that Lebron James is making a decision
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  Speaker 1: pressure free. He's won already, He's made good on his
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  Speaker 1: promise and he's running won in LA. This is strictly
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  Speaker 1: for his happiness. What does happiness entails? A number of things.
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  Speaker 1: Debucket of happiness, it's basketball, it's living it's camaraderie, it's competition,
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  Speaker 1: it's everything.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that I would simplify it that much.
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  Speaker 1: I do think that Lebron James will always have pressure
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  Speaker 1: on him wherever he goes because he is Lebron. So
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  Speaker 1: the idea that he's just going to go somewhere, especially
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  Speaker 1: the teams that they just mentioned, and there's not going
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  Speaker 1: to be anything left for him to prove, that's just
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  Speaker 1: that's not how that's that's going to go. Now. Lebron
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  Speaker 1: obviously has nothing to prove. Lebron owes no one and
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  Speaker 1: the game of basketball nothing, but because he is who
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  Speaker 1: he is, we are going to have expectations of the
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  Speaker 1: team that he goes to, especially the way that he
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  Speaker 1: played last year.
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  Speaker 2: So pressure free as far as.
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  Speaker 1: Like, does he need to go anywhere to prove anything, No,
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  Speaker 1: but the team he goes to is going to get attention,
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  Speaker 1: is going to be talked about, and is going to
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  Speaker 1: be scrutinized at a very high level. The Sixers are interesting.
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  Speaker 1: They have Jamiir Nelson as the president vice president of
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  Speaker 1: basketball operations. They played together he Lebron on the two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and nine All Star team and against each other
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs, so they had some connections there. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: the Calves, they just that's a story, I suppose. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that he would really put them in a
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  Speaker 1: position to be at the top of the East Miami
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  Speaker 1: obviously I love and I hope that he does that
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  Speaker 1: in the Warriors as well. If you're looking around at
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  Speaker 1: some of these other teams that were mentioned, I mean
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  Speaker 1: some of them, just like the Celtics, the Spurs, the MAVs,
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  Speaker 1: the Knicks, the Timberwolves, and Nuggets, I don't like any.
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  Speaker 2: Of those spots for him. I don't think any of
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  Speaker 2: them really make any sense.
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  Speaker 1: And again, Lebron may be making this choice for happiness,
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  Speaker 1: but he is still going to want to win. And
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  Speaker 1: all those teams are good teams, but do they work
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  Speaker 1: for what Lebron James does? And if he is going
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  Speaker 1: to play for veteran minimum, if he's not going to
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  Speaker 1: demand a bunch of money, does it make sense to
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  Speaker 1: bring him in to win right away? So I don't
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  Speaker 1: think a place like the Spurs makes much sense. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think a place like the MAVs.
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  Speaker 2: Makes much sense.
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  Speaker 1: Certainly not the Celtics. The Knicks just won a championship.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think that they're going to be adding Lebron James.
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  Speaker 1: Some of these other teams are interesting, you can make
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  Speaker 1: cases for them, but I think at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the day, like I said, this is.
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  Speaker 2: Going to be a decision that is scrutinized.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be a decision that fans have
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  Speaker 1: opinions about, that media has an opinion about, and depending
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  Speaker 1: on how it goes, will be a part of his
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  Speaker 1: story because he hasn't spent his entire career in one place,
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  Speaker 1: he hasn't won in one place, and he is still
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  Speaker 1: Lebron James, playing at an incredibly high level. So I
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  Speaker 1: get what Rich is saying from Lebron's perspective. Totally agree
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  Speaker 1: this is a pressure free decision, but that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 1: that the idea of where he goes is going to
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  Speaker 1: come without pressure.
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  Speaker 2: That just Lebron James is Lebron.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to pay attention and we're going to expect
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  Speaker 1: him to bring an addition. He's going to need to
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  Speaker 1: add to all of these teams because all those teams
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  Speaker 1: that have been mentioned are contenders. Well thanks for joining me.
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