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Seg 4 - MBB Show w Luke Murray Feb 5 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches Show. Mike
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  Speaker 1: chris Pino joined by Luke Murray, the Yukon assistant. As
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  Speaker 1: the Huskies get this MEETI bye week to work on
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  Speaker 1: some stuff as he gets set to face Saint John's
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  Speaker 1: at home Gamble Pavilion on Friday, and Coach, let's talk about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, getting ready for teams when you have a
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  Speaker 1: few extra days. It's not always the case. Normally you
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  Speaker 1: have a couple of days maybe to kind of review
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  Speaker 1: what they've been doing and looking at their tape and
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  Speaker 1: try to formulate a game plan. This time, you have
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  Speaker 1: a few extra days. How can that be helpful? I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to assume the more time, the more in depth
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  Speaker 1: you can get.
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  Speaker 2: I think for us, mostly it's going to give us
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to rest up a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and get some of our guys a little bit healthier.
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  Speaker 3: That's kind of the main benefit that I see.
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  Speaker 2: You know, our last couple of games, to Paul Xavier,
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  Speaker 2: even Marquette, it felt like we had one less day
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  Speaker 2: of preparation than the teams that we were playing, and
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  Speaker 2: so it felt like we were me kind of chasing
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  Speaker 2: a little bit in terms of getting guys the sort
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  Speaker 2: of recovery and rehabit that they need. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for Liam, for Hassan, for a couple of our other
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  Speaker 2: high minute guys.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's been a nice break.
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  Speaker 2: And then, like you mentioned, you know, Saint John's place
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  Speaker 2: tonight against Marquette. You know, so we have a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of an advantage in terms of our preparation as well.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you're talking about guys who are in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the season, you know, the final third of
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  Speaker 1: the schedule, like Alex Caravan for instance, has been playing
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  Speaker 1: monster minutes. When you watch him from the sidelines or
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  Speaker 1: in practice, can you tell anything about his stamina and
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  Speaker 1: his physicality and the wear and tear that might be
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  Speaker 1: happening for a guy like him, And how would you
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  Speaker 1: tell that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think you can see it a
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  Speaker 3: little bit as the game goes on. But I give
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  Speaker 3: Alex a lot of credit.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Alex is playing thirty eight minutes a game
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  Speaker 2: in conference play, and you know, he's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of an iron man for us. You know, he really
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  Speaker 2: is an excellent condition. He takes great care of it
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  Speaker 2: his body. He's got a really strict routine that he
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  Speaker 2: sticks to in terms of the way that he prepares
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  Speaker 2: for games, the work that he does with our athletic
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  Speaker 2: training staff and our strength staff. So you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think Alex is uniquely prepared to go long stretches in
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  Speaker 2: these games. And you know, we try to find him
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  Speaker 2: little windows to get him a break every now and
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  Speaker 2: then use our timeouts to try to help him through it.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, with some of the injuries that we had,
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  Speaker 2: and then obviously just how significant Alex is, you know
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  Speaker 2: for our team, it's it's hard to have him out
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  Speaker 2: of the game.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: It's interesting, Luke, when you when you watch him play,
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  Speaker 1: and I've been watching him for three years, you have
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  Speaker 1: two He does the little things and and the coaches
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  Speaker 1: will talk about that, not only at U Comb but everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, other opposing coaches have talked about his ability
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  Speaker 1: to impact games. I mean, you know, he doesn't do
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  Speaker 1: anything spectacular. He's not you know, doctor j He's not
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  Speaker 1: Vince Carter, He's not that, but he does so many
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  Speaker 1: little things. As you've been watching him over these last
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  Speaker 1: two and a half years, have you seen a guy
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  Speaker 1: like this, I mean, he's really unique.
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  Speaker 3: I think he is.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I think, you know, the thing that he
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  Speaker 2: does that's spectacular is the way that he connects you know, people,
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  Speaker 2: you talk about it now in basketball circles, they say,
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  Speaker 2: guys that are like connective tissue, you know, and that's
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  Speaker 2: what Alex is for our program.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's got an unbelievable mind for the game.
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  Speaker 2: He's far and away kind of our most cerebral guy
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  Speaker 2: out there on the floor and has been since early
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  Speaker 2: on in his career. You know, so he does a
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  Speaker 2: really great job of getting us organized, and then just
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  Speaker 2: his overall game, you know, his ability to impact the
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  Speaker 2: game in different ways. You know, obviously his three point shooting,
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  Speaker 2: but also he passing.
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  Speaker 3: His ability to get on the glass. He's improved dramatically
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  Speaker 3: as a defender over the last couple of years. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think what's been great to see, especially
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  Speaker 3: the last couple of games. You know, he's been struggling
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  Speaker 3: with his shooting, but he's just gotten lost in playing,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and really impacting the game in a variety
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  Speaker 3: of ways, getting to the foul line, you know, not
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  Speaker 3: shooting the ball great from the three point line, and
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  Speaker 3: find a way to go get six free throw attempts
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  Speaker 3: against Marquette. He gets eight free throw attempts in the
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  Speaker 3: game against A. Paul. So he just makes a major
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  Speaker 3: impact on the game every time he's out there.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing about him too is you can see
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  Speaker 1: the respect he has of his teammates. Obviously, the coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff is appreciative of what he's done. A Yukon helped
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  Speaker 1: win two national championships. But the guys of you, if
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  Speaker 1: you pay attention, and I know you do, when they
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  Speaker 1: see him and they see what he does, and they
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  Speaker 1: see him playing hurt, you know, ankle issue for a
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  Speaker 1: few games and he's out there gutting it out. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: what can you say about the example this guy sets
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  Speaker 1: in terms of what how that impacts this overall program.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he sets a tremendous example. You know.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's been a little bit of an adjustment
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  Speaker 2: for him this year. You know, his first couple of
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  Speaker 2: seasons with the team, he was able to take a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of a backseat in terms of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the way that he was vocalizing to the group. It
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  Speaker 2: was really more about his play on the court. You know,
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  Speaker 2: this year we've asked him to take a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more of a leadership role. In terms of the way
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  Speaker 2: that he leads the group and galvanizes the team with
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  Speaker 2: his voice.
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  Speaker 3: And it's been an adjustment for him. You know, it's
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  Speaker 3: not something that's supernatural for him. You know, he's more comfortable,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kind of expressing those things with his play.
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  Speaker 3: But as you mentioned, you know, the guys there, you know,
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  Speaker 3: they can't help but be impressed by his commitment level,
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  Speaker 3: his toughness.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's played through all kinds of bumps and bruises,
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  Speaker 2: and like you mentioned, the ankles and the different things
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  Speaker 2: that he's had to kind of fight through, not just recently,
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  Speaker 2: but throughout the entire course.
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  Speaker 3: Of his career. And you know, his routines.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I talked a little bit about the way
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  Speaker 2: he takes care of his body, but his commitment level
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  Speaker 2: to being in the gym every single morning.
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  Speaker 3: He's the first guy in there.
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  Speaker 2: Every night, he's the last guy to leave, and so
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  Speaker 2: it's hard not to respect that if you're one of
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  Speaker 2: his teammates.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and he's also become a shot maker of sorts,
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  Speaker 1: because I know Dan's been pushing him to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: be aggressive, get some shots off during games, don't be
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  Speaker 1: you know, pass and he made a couple of big
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  Speaker 1: ones the other night of Marquette that were like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: one beat the shot clock from about eighteen feet away
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  Speaker 1: straight on that that drive from the left to the
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  Speaker 1: right to the left, it went in on the left
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  Speaker 1: hand by him. Was that was a spectacular shot. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when a guy like that makes plays like that,
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  Speaker 1: it's gotta be even more uplifting I think for the team.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I mean that that left hand finished across the lane
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  Speaker 2: was a big shot, you know, really kind of helped
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  Speaker 2: to stem the tide. One of their runs, the late
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  Speaker 2: shot clock, you know, jumper that he made that you
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  Speaker 2: talked about. I mean, but again, it's it's a it's
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  Speaker 2: been a little bit of a struggle for him this
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  Speaker 2: year because especially with Liam out of the game, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Hassan dealing with some injuries recently. You know, he he's
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  Speaker 2: facing a different level of scrutiny, a different level of coverage.
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  Speaker 2: He's the number one guy on the scouting report every
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  Speaker 2: single night, you know, and so it's forced him into
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  Speaker 2: having him make more difficult shots and more difficult plays,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, as a result, you know, his percentages
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  Speaker 2: have gone down a little bit in terms of his efficiency.
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  Speaker 2: But I think it's going to be great for him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, in the totality of his career to have.
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  Speaker 3: Gone through these experiences.
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  Speaker 2: It's making him a better player right now, and I
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  Speaker 2: think it's going to help aid in kind of rounding
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  Speaker 2: out his game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you can see it, that's for sure. Luke Murray's
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  Speaker 1: with us, the Yukon assistant coach were back at a moment.
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