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Is the NBA Draft Lottery RIGGED? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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That's are going to give him a significant They're going to
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have a ton of money to spend. Why not put it in one of the top
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three offensive players in the league?
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We're going to be looking at Aaron.
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Judge and saying that he. Can't win the big game, Michael
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Jordan said. I played 82 games.
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You don't see the one doing that A.
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Game where you got to go for four.
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I told you, giant feet, Saquon Barkley at this
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www.worldwidesportsradio.com. The Mavericks won the NBA
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lottery with just a 1.8% chance of winning it, which was fourth
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lowest percentage of any team eligible for a lottery.
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The odds were fourth lowest of any team since the lottery
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format began in 1985. Who was that?
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Patrick Ewing. The Spurs got the number two
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pick despite having the eighth highest percentage of, landing
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the number one pick at just 6%. The Jazz, Hornets, and Wizards
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had 14% odds for the number one pick and neither of them got in
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the top three. The 76ers got the top three pick
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as they they pick #3 in the draft after having the third
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highest odds. They're their highest draft pick
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since Markel's faults and we all know what happened to him in
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2017. Many fans believe there is a
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conspiracy with teams losing players like The Mavericks lost
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Luka Doncic. People brought up LeBron James
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leaving the Cavaliers in 2011 and Anthony Davis being traded
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to the Pelicans in 2019. We all remember that one as
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well. I which was they had
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back-to-back years of #1 picks. They had Kyrie Irving after
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LeBron James and who was the other guy?
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Anthony Bennett. Anthony Bennett who had no
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career was a horrible pick. I'll never forget Anthony
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Bennett. I think two years.
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Later, they had it again. They had Andrew Wiggins, so they
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then traded for Kevin Love. I remember.
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Could you imagine in a team having the three number one
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picks in 10 years and, and really none of those guys had
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anything to do besides Kyrie Irving with one of those
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championships. How sad is that?
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And all of those guys are no longer on the Cavaliers.
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None of them. Well, Bennett didn't last in the
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league at all. Two years.
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Wiggins, you know, has bounced around as a role player,
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basically. I, I didn't understand the
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Bennett. I, I didn't understand Bennett
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going one. A lot of people thought, a lot
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of people thought he was maybe best an 8th or 9th pick in the
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draft and he went one and it made no sense.
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He didn't fit the way you thought the Cavaliers were going
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to try to build, maybe trying to fit an athletic big man who is
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about 6867-A LeBron James type of body.
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But he wasn't LeBron James and he wasn't LeBron James was built
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like, I don't know, like an Olympian.
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I didn't see that with Bennett. He was overweight.
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I had some size to him. I didn't understand it.
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He was a dunker, so it didn't make any sense.
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I didn't understand how the first of all, I don't understand
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how the format with the NBA works.
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It really bothers me that and I I knew when The Mavericks, the
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76ers and the Spurs were in the final four, I knew those guys
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were going 1-2 and three. I didn't think the Hornets were
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getting in the top three. I knew they were going to fall
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the four. And it's just very fitting the
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way the NBA works when the Spurs lost Webanyama and, and he was
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out and he could be out a significant amount of time next
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year with a blood clot. We don't know when he's going to
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return. We don't know when he's coming
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back, even though a lot of people think he's going to be
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back in the beginning of the season.
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I just had some thoughts on why the Spurs were possibly going to
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win the draft. And I remember Tim Duncan with
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Wake Forest when they had, I think they were the 8th or 9th
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best team to get the first first pick and they went from 8th or
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9th all the way to first. It was very fitting and the and
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it really changed the the trajectory.
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What's the word trajectory? Trajectory of the Spurs, you
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know with David Robinson. David Robinson was at the tail
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end of his career. If you remember it was 979697
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when they drafted Tim Duncan. It took what, 2 1/2 years for
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them to win a title with Tim Duncan and David Robinson.
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David Robinson ride off to the sunset and then Tim Duncan took
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over. He added Manu Ginobili, he added
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Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard eventually and you build
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championship after championship after championship. 5
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championship with the great Gregg Popovich as we all know
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what I think of them. I just look at what The
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Mavericks have done to their organization and it was very
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fitting at the LJA draft, the LeBron James Association draft,
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that The Mavericks would win the number one pick.
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LeBron gets Luka Doncic and has a chance to maybe lay in another
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superstar to play with him for the next, I don't know, 5 or 4
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years. Whenever LeBron decides to walk
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away, which seems to be never until he tries to tie a tight
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Kobe Bryant or even tie Michael Jordan.
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And you know what, LeBron? LeBron just, you know, waves his
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magic wand, as I said. And automatically at 1.8%
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chance, they get the number one pick and they get the great
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prize in Cooper Flag. And, and this is great for the
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Dallas Mavericks in their organization because Cooper Flag
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is the face of United States basketball.
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I've said this and I'll say it again, it's perfect.
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Luka Tajik, one of the best foreign players in the world.
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Nobody gave a crap that he was there with Dallas.
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And now you get a guy that is just as athletic and just as
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gifted as Luka Doncic offensively, I believe, and
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defensively, I compare him to the white Kevin Durant.
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If Cooper flag turns into a Kevin Durant prototype who can
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play defense and do the things that he can do on a basketball
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court, well, who do you think wins in this trade?
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Nikko Harrison And Nikko Harrison at that press
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conference, does anybody remember what Nikko said?
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Nikko says I got a plan, I got a plan and my plan will happen at
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the end of the season. Now, I don't know if it's plan
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was to get the number one pick, but the NBA had a plan for him
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to get the number one pick if they were going to trade Luka
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Dodgek. I don't know if it's a
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conspiracy theory, but it didn't make any sense how the Lakers
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were the only team up for grab for Luka Dodgek.
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They get Luka Dodgek and then they become the third best team
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in the Western Conference. The Mavericks sneak in on that
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playing game, lose and everybody says, ah, this team's going to
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be garbage and then what do they get?
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They get Cooper Flake, horrible. The Spurs getting the number two
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pick horrible. I don't like it.
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It's not very good for Fox unless the Spurs trade that
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pick, which me and you, Mr. Fish have been talking about.
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Maybe they use that to get Giannis.
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I don't know. I don't think it makes sense.
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But are they going to trade for a point guard to get a guy?
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I don't know if the Bucks are going to be looking for a point
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guard, a young point guard from Rutgers.
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I don't trust Rutgers players out of basketball to go to the
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NBA and become superstars. I just don't trust it.
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When was the last time could you remember a Rutgers player that
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left Rutgers and became a star? No, you can't.
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And I'm not going to bet on a Rutgers player to go to the NBA
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and become a superstar. So I think it's a bad.
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Move the pride of New Jersey, you're talking.
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About I'm just speaking the truth.
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If it's not here, we could take shots.
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I'm just speaking the truth. I I'm, I'm very upset at the NBA
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because the Jazz deserved at least the top five pick.
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They didn't get it. The Hornets, they get the 4th
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pick. The Hornets are just a bad
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organization. Lamella Ball is going to
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probably leave the organization very, very soon because he knows
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they have no chance of winning. And he's the type of type of
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person in that family, the type of family that would stab the
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the the Hornets in the back. So I could see Lamella Ball
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leave it and the Wizards come on, what do they have look to
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look up to and look forward to? Nothing.
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They've got nothing. What do they where are they
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sitting 7th, 8th. I mean, it's just they got
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screwed. I don't like it.
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I don't like that the the Spurs are a borderline playoff team in
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the second-half, adding the Aaron Fox.
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Now they have webbing Yama, They they have the Aaron Fox.
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And even if they don't go with the point guard, they get
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another castle. Yeah, they can get Castle.
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Yeah, they can get, I'm sorry, they have Castle, but you know
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what I'm saying? They can they can add another
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player to a roster that's pretty loaded as far as youth is
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concerned. So I don't like it.
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I think the NBA is completely selfish, and I don't want to
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hear it that this is the way the Bulls dropped.
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The NHL did it right? They did it in front of the
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cameras. They did it in front of the
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fans. Why is it the NBA, they have a
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room of eight machines and nobody can go in and nobody can
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go out while they're doing these these balls and these picks and
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then all of a sudden you're picking up cards and you're
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raising these cards. I think there's something behind
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it. I think the NBA needs to show
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how they're, they're, they're picking these balls and how
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they're, they're these, these teams are winning the lottery
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because the NHL proved that they're not cheating.
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The NHL proved that it was fair and square the way it landed and
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how the Islanders just won the draft.
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And this is despicable, absolutely despicable.
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Absolutely. There should be an investigation
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on The Mavericks winning 1.8% chance.
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I mean, you're better off when you have a better chance of
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winning the regular lottery than winning the NBA lottery at 1.8%.
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It's despicable, absolutely despicable.
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The NBA has some, There's got to be some questions.
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I think a writer should come out there and attack the NBA from
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this. One of those things where you
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see one of these top three picks get weird because that's the
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design of the lottery. That's why these these guys have
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advocated away from tanking and they have punished teams like
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The Mavericks in the past and the Bulls and seems like that
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for tanking at the end of the season.
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And they don't want that kind of thing to be a precedent because
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they want competitive product, which they're not going to get
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in the regular season anyway because of low management.
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So let's see what the NBA does instead.
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Let's go. What scenario is going to create
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the most storylines as a result? Nico Harrison's being
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scrutinized because of these, all his dumb things that he said
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and all these dumb things that he's done.
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So he's going to be looked at. No, let's reward him with the
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number one pick. Let's see how they could either
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screw it up or let's see how Cooper flags in a rot in Dallas.
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Eventually that team could move to Vegas.
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Like you were thinking Errol but the casinos over.
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There it might happen. Now it might happen.
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And, and all of a sudden, all right, let's let's go draw up
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the storylines then obviously the spurs are going to have a
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lot of storylines too with Wembe obviously Popovich not there
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anymore. How is this team going to be the
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same with a 38 year old unproven coach Now Popovich is still
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going to be have an influence in the.
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Organization. But you said the same thing
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about Duke with Cooper Flag and his great coach of John Shire.
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Like, is it really to make a difference of how good of a
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coach you could actually is, where it's going to be?
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Those guys going to be influenced and college, it's not
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the same as the NBA. You don't have this kind of
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recruiting prowess. They still have to make these
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front office decisions. Maybe they do make a big swing.
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Maybe if it's not somebody like Giannis and somebody as big as
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Giannis, maybe somebody likes the bonus and reunite him with
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Fox. Spank up speedy spank up is.
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Definitely a possibility, but there's tons of options that
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they have with. The drop, right?
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With the number two pick and they have the eighth highest
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odds. One is 11/1 is 8.
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There's a pro sexual action official on the other end of it.
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The top three seeds, which this isn't the issue I've had with
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it. They had all similar
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percentages. I think it should be based more
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on the game's back rather than the one default percentage.
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What if you have a team that's like 12 win season and like, or
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even Detroit last year, how atrociously bad they were and
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they felt a fire or something like that.
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And then there's a pattern that's constantly going on.
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The Wizards got the number one or the number two pick last
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year. OK, that's fine.
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But the Hornets, when's the last time the Hornets actually added
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too? But the the Jazz When's the last
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time they've had a pick that early?
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And they? They fall all the way to 5 like
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it's something a little off there.
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I farted, I don't. Really care about the Jazz or
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anything like that. But I'll say this.
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The first, second and third picks in this draft were all
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people teams that jumped the Sixers or the third pick.
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We didn't even talk about them yet.
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They were they weren't supposed to be there either.
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So I saw there was a statistic that said something like it was
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well over 8000 to one odds that this it would go that those
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three teams were in the top four, like 8000 to one, that all
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three of them would be up there with the Hornets, who had the
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best odds coming in. We should have been up there.
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That's real fishy, man. I'm sorry.
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That's pretty crazy. It feels like they, they
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identified 3 teams, the NBA that they wanted to help out Dallas
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for getting all this back Flack. Or if they say it was rigged.
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I, I don't even know what to believe.
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I don't trust them. Everything is has to do with the
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Lakers and these types of things.
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I'm real. It smells real fishy to me, the
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fact that you know, you get, he gets Luca and now we reward you
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with the first pick overall. Yeah, Cooper, I.
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Don't know, you know, I don't know how I feel about that.
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And then you have the Spurs when we had that blood clot thing.
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So they they want to make sure they have a star there.
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And then you have the Sixers and then beat who knows what he's
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going to look like after whatever they do to his legs,
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because he he he I would argue we've seen the best of him beat
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at this point. So I could I just feels like
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they were trying to help out those teams.
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I could be completely wrong and it's just dumb luck, but that's
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pretty crazy luck If it's like over 8000 to 1, you know, that's
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that's way more than what Chaz got for his horses.
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Yep, on the Kentucky Derby. Could you imagine?
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Could you imagine if you were a betting handicapped man and you
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put $1000 on The Mavericks winning the number one pick?
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You guys would have made yourself a lot of money.
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And you know what? Next year.
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Mavericks, Spurs, Sixers and you put $1000 down on 8001, you
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would have won 800,000 or is it 8 million?
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I think it's $8 million. You know what?
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Next year? Ridiculous year.
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I'm betting on the draft. I'm betting on the draft.
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I might as well put 100 because if I put 100 on it, I'm making
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80,000. So I if I had the one and two
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and three pick, which I told you, you had the 76ers, I had
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the Spurs and why not The Mavericks?
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I mean, we were, we were speaking about it before the
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draft, like weeks and weeks. Before the NBA would dare do.
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That no. We didn't.
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They wouldn't dare. And of course they did.
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Yeah, well, that's because the it's not the NBA, it's the LJ.
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LeBron, I'm not going to lie to you here.
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If you guys don't think this anymore or any fan out there
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doesn't think what I'm telling you or trying to push to all the
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fans listening to the show right now that LeBron James has
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something to do with it with Adam Silver.
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Well, guys, now you know, why don't you pat me on the back.
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You might want to hate me on social media.
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I'll pat myself on the back because I was right as I always
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and sometimes, I'm going to say all the time sometimes.
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Now the real question, we were talking about the Celtics.
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If like Tatum was hurt all of all, next year where she
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probably will. Be I'm putting you on a lease
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now. Getting a lower pick would with
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LeBron and the LeBron James Association.
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Really want to reward his favorite player and Jalen Brown
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that likes to take shot at his son though.
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Yeah, I mean, come on, LeBron James should never have made the
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NBA. We all know that.
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But the NBA obviously wants to sell that because it's LeBron
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James's son and Bryce, who I think is going to be a really
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good player in the NBA when he gets his chance.
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Let's just see how he, you know, where he goes and where he
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decides to go and play his college ball.
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But when he actually goes and plays pretty good ball over
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there in college, I'm interested to see where Bryce goes.
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But it's embarrassing. The NBA is trying to build a
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product which is already built, it's already growing
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internationally, and what they're doing right now is
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making a mockery of their organization.
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Because anybody that thinks that the NBA had nothing to do with
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The Mavericks getting the number one and the Spurs getting
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another #2 and the 76ers getting #3 then you guys don't know
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basketball. There is nothing fake about
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this. I have been saying this all the
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time. I do a radio show.
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I do a sports radio show, and I'm a big sports fan.
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Sports has become a business and what they're trying to sell is
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not the team, they're selling the players and the players on
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where they play obviously is going to build sponsorships and
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productivity for that organization to sell a casino.
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Could you imagine what Cooper Cup is going to be in this
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league if he becomes anything that I think he was going to
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become 5-6 years ago? Like I thought he was going to
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be a * Could you imagine if he's the face of United States
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basketball and Dallas now says we got the best player in United
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States basketball. OK, you want a casino, put a
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casino right here, you can have it.
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Here you go. You got Cooper flag.
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Now you can wave, wave the United States flag and say, OK,
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mark the trail right over here. Dallas, you can have it.
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This is perfect for the Dallas Mavericks.
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This is perfect for the NBA to give Dallas the one superstar
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that I believe could change an organization.
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Now, now, the real question. Will Nico Harrison do your best
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scenario, Best case scenario? Would he be dumb enough?
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Nico Harrison? Hold on, I know you like this
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one. Would he be dumb enough to fire
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Jason Kidd and hire John? First of all, why the hell was
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Ronaldo Blackman there? Ronaldo Blackman?
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I like Ronaldo, he played for the Knicks for a little while.
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I remember him in the 90s. Who the hell is Ronaldo
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Blackman? That is ridiculous.
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How is he the guy sitting? In that scene.
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Rolando Ronaldo, our man, Be man, whatever the hell you want
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to call him, who cares? It doesn't matter what his name
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is. I don't care what his name is,
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The fact that he's the guy that you picked to pick in that, to
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pick in that seat or sit in that seat, that's ridiculous.
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You should have had Nico Harrison because they put a
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probably he would have put a hex on that organization.
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I mean, it's just pathetic, absolutely pathetic.
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Go ahead. I'm I'm done with this.
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I am so mad at the NBA for the fact that the NBA allowed this.
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They allowed The Mavericks to get the number one pick and
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don't I want to hear Adam Silver say that this is fairly done.
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It's not fairly done a one point. 8% chance of winning the
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pick and you get the number one pick after trading your
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franchise player in the not even the prime of his career.
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He's 24 years old, 25. Despicable, embarrassing.
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Done. I'm done with it.
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Go ahead. I've got whatever whoever wants
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to speak, Tommy, you got it. Whatever.
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Just to say much more of the same.
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There's no way. There's no way that none of us
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this is rigged. I mean, of course what Nico
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Harrison has. And now The thing is that I want
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to ask you guys something but on.
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Paper. What do you guys, what do you
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guys think that The Mavericks finish next year?
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Because this team looks like a, it could.
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Kyrie Irving. Making Nico Harrison look like a
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genius. Kyrie Irvingsen, Kyrie Irving,
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I'm sorry, Irving. Kyrie Irving is not going to be
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back until the middle of the season.
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So I don't even know if Kyrie will be there by the by the next
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season. I think he'll be traded.
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I think there are teams interested in Kyrie Irving.
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They know they're going to have to wait.
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Maybe the Lakers. There are other teams now.
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The Lakers are going to have to figure out the cap, but they'll
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figure it out if it if it's the LJA, if they want Kyrie Irving,
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they're going to get them. Anthony Davis is not going to be
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there next year. I think what they're going to do
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Dallas is going to do is they're going to build around Cooper
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Flag. They're going to trade away
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these pieces and try to get as much draft stock as they
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possibly can and add young players to play with Cooper Flag
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for the future. Because next year there's a
21:25
bunch of Dukies that are going to come out of the draft as
21:28
well. And why not I there's one guy
21:31
and I his two sons and you know, I'm talking about Mr. Speedster.
21:35
So his son. Well, I'm sorry, Boozer.
21:38
Yeah, the Boozer boys, the Boozer boys, They're, they're
21:41
going to be highly profiled names in next year's draft class
21:46
and I, they're want, they're probably going one and two or
21:49
one and four or something of that magnitude.
21:51
I wouldn't be surprised if another Duke player or two will
21:55
go to The Mavericks cuz that's something the NBA would love to
21:58
do. Give them whatever it takes to
22:00
get them championship teams and, and put that casino cuz it's
22:04
good for the NBA. You guys don't think so.
22:07
How about you guys, Everybody listening to the show right now,
22:09
you're going to tell me right now a casino doesn't help the
22:12
NBA and the and the NBA grow their product.
22:15
Bringing people internationally to go and watch the Dallas
22:18
Mavericks. 100%. This is perfect.
22:20
Just like Vegas. Just like bringing a Vegas
22:23
basketball team. Yeah.
22:24
You don't think that's going to Vegas?
22:25
Is going to get an expansion team even if no one moves.
22:27
It's going to happen. It's going to happen.
22:29
They have a Vegas hockey team, they have a Vegas football team,
22:32
they're going to have a Vegas basketball team.
22:35
Why? Because it's Mucho De Niro.
22:37
You're going to sell out people internationally and are going to
22:40
go and watch those games, so they're going to sell out those
22:43
tickets. And the same thing with the
22:44
Dallas Mavericks. You're automatically going to
22:47
become a fan because you have Cooper flag there and you get a
22:50
chance to see one of the best young players, young American
22:52
players we've seen in a very long time.
22:54
Time to answer your question quickly before we go to let's
22:56
parlay. I don't know.
22:57
This year they're going to be as much different as they were the
22:59
last year just because I think Cooper flag, as great, great as
23:03
he is, he can only do so much. If Anthony Davis is going to be
23:05
hurt half the season, Kyrie Irving is already going to be
23:08
hurt more than half the season as it is.
23:09
So it's going to be tough to manage all that.
23:11
Kyrie's gone. I'm telling you right now,
23:13
there's no way there's a strong possibility they're not keeping
23:16
Kyrie Irving. I'm telling you right now, don't
23:17
be surprised by after the draft or during the draft, you're
23:21
going to hear a rumbling that Kyrie Irving is going to be
23:24
gone. He's going to go to a
23:25
championship team tearing his ACL.
23:27
There's no way The Mavericks are going to keep Kyrie Irving.
23:31
There's going to be a contender that's going to be looking for
23:33
somebody that's going to get him over the hump.
23:35
I'm telling you, remember I said this, the Lakers are definitely
23:40
a possibility. So don't forget I said that.
23:43
When it happens, you're going to say, how the hell are you?
23:45
Are you in cahoots with the Lakers?
23:47
I'm just telling you guys, this is what I believe.
23:49
It's the LJA. Kyrie Irving has played his best
23:52
basketball with who? LeBron James, Luca Dodgicks
23:56
there. Who did Luca play his best
23:57
basketball with Kyrie Irving? It makes a lot of sense.
24:01
But through I was going to say two and three together and I
24:05
would put one and three together because that's where they're
24:06
going to be 1-2 and three. Sell that baby, put that on.
24:10
You know, I'm going to put a bet on it.
24:11
Can I place a bet on it? Is there any possible way I can
24:14
make a bet that Kyrie Irving is going to be a Laker?
24:16
I I wonder if I could and what what kind of odds there are
24:19
Probably I got to ask Reno, Johnny, I'm going to.
24:23
Say. I got to ask Reno Johnny, but.
24:25
Don't you think they should tear it down, though?
24:28
They really should. Who, The Lakers?
24:31
No, the Lakers the matter. They are going to tear it down.
24:34
But but you know they have those guys and you wanted them to get
24:37
younger guys. You know you can get something
24:40
for Kyrie. The Lakers don't have a lot.
24:41
It's going to have to be 3 team deals and you know they'll find
24:44
a way because the Lakers have LeBron James on the team and the
24:49
and Anthony Davis. I think they keep Anthony Davis
24:53
though. You know, Nico was pretty
24:55
adamant that defence wins championships not that long ago
25:00
and he thought that Anthony Davis brings the defence that
25:03
wins the championships. And I think that may have been
25:06
the case a few years ago and maybe not the case anymore.
25:09
But I feel like he can't back out of this deal this year.
25:12
I, I don't, I disagree, Errol, I don't think he can, he can't, he
25:16
can't just lose face that badly on the deal in less than one
25:19
year. He's got to roll with.
25:20
It they're going to trade him, they're going to trade him I.
25:22
Don't think he can do it. I don't think he can.
25:25
I I Absolutely. Harrison could easily get duped.
25:27
I absolutely believe Harrison. In that position, I see him
25:31
being able to be traded, but I don't think Nico can.
25:34
How can that guy even like, talk?
25:36
Anyone ever believe that anything that guy says ever
25:38
again? Nobody believes him.
25:39
No, we don't believe. Him.
25:40
Nobody believes him. Why would anybody believe him
25:43
after what he's done to an organization the way he has so
25:46
and. He gets this dumb luck.
25:48
It's not dumb luck. It's the LJI told you, LeBron
25:52
James said let them win. I got Luca.
25:55
They get Cooper, our deuce of the day.
25:58
The deuce of the day. You log, not a log.
26:01
I don't have a log, but no. Our deuce of the day goes to the
26:12
NFL owners to discuss resolution to allow NFL players to
26:16
participate in flag football in 2028 Olympics.
26:22
As we all know the NFL and some of the owners, I would say half
26:25
of the owners don't want their players playing in flag
26:29
football. This coming well in in the next
26:32
Olympics in 2028 will will be in two years.
26:35
And here's the thing I would say when you look at the NFL and
26:39
what flag football is going to bring for the Olympics and for
26:44
the NFL and maybe endorsing international great sponsors.
26:49
You absolutely let these players play in the Olympics if you want
26:54
to be international and you want to bring international
26:57
organizations from Saudi Arabia, one of the richest countries in
27:02
the world, or England, or any one of those great, big,
27:07
expensive, more popular countries.
27:10
And you want to bring, I don't know you.
27:12
You want to bring NFL teams to these countries in the future.
27:15
You would absolutely want your best players playing in a flag
27:20
football tournament. I I you're not tackling, you're
27:24
you're pulling flags off your waist.
27:25
Yeah, you could take your ACLI mean you're watching it right
27:29
now with the NFL Pro Bowl. This is going to be more
27:32
competitive. It's going to be more fun.
27:34
You get to win a gold medal and you get to watch some of the
27:37
fastest, some of the most athletic players on a football
27:41
field. You'll get to see offensive
27:42
lineman play on a three and three team and actually rundown
27:46
the field and catch a football running a 48A47.
27:50
This is this is great for the NFL internationally growing
27:53
their product. Why are these owners complaining
27:56
about it? You want the fans to be happy.
27:59
You want international sponsors to love you.
28:02
You absolutely allow it. So my deuce of the day goes to
28:06
the ownerships and all the stupid owners that are arguing
28:11
that the NFL should not attend the Olympics in the flag
28:14
football tournament. So my deuce of the day goes to
28:17
the NFL owners. Please, guys, stop being.
28:21
I don't. I don't know who it is.
28:23
It might be Jerry, it might be other guys.
28:25
Woody Johnson, Stop being stupid, stop being idiots, and
28:29
bring the NFL to the Olympics. Ladies and gentlemen, we've got
28:34
the King of the Hill. Here's the King of the Hill.
28:38
This, Bobby, is the Beltline. You never ever hit below that.
28:42
Not that kind of King of the hill, you dumb.
28:44
Are you ready? This is king of the hill.
28:50
I actually like that drop. It's it's very.
28:52
Bring everybody in, Nathan, Get in.
28:56
Tommy, get in. Hold for.
29:00
The. Hill guys, this is one of our
29:01
newer games. This has got a three round game
29:05
where we're trying to dethrone the king.
29:06
Current king Errol Marks. The king has not been dethroned
29:10
yet since we have started the 1st.
29:12
I need a general tonic. The way this goes, we're going
29:20
to go through the best in game dunkers in basketball history,
29:24
so you got to say a dunker and give a good reason why and then
29:27
we'll go. So and then Errol will decide
29:32
who the two people who will move on to the next round are.
29:35
Are you guys ready to play King of the Hill?
29:37
Yeah, let's go. All right.
29:40
Let's kill it. Let's start off with Jabba.
29:44
Oh, best in game dunkers? There's so many.
29:51
I just don't it's are we talking like stylistically or we just
29:55
talking like overall? Whatever you want.
29:57
I I think it's up to your interpretation, and your
30:01
explanation is honestly more important than the name.
30:06
I don't. All right, I'm going to have to
30:11
go. Tracy McGrady comes to mind just
30:17
because the athleticism, being long, being able to rise above
30:21
everybody and kind of in that in that realm, there's so many that
30:25
were so good. He I just, I think when I think
30:29
of him like obviously great defender, prolific scored, but I
30:33
just they were like in game dunks that I saw like I didn't
30:36
want to use like somebody. Well, you just go with one.
30:39
We're going to keep going. We're going to, everyone's going
30:40
to give one. I'll go next.
30:42
Jabba, there was a layup for you here and it was Michael Jordan.
30:46
Michael Jordan. Everybody.
30:48
The best in game dunker. Take a look at this one.
30:50
I even have a highlight for you. I had to watch this one a
30:53
million times growing up. This is.
30:55
Why are you doing this stuff? Trying to block them and getting
30:57
stuff. And yes, of course.
31:00
I was actually watching that game live when that happened, so
31:04
you guys know I was. That's one of those.
31:06
I was. That you hate but you've seen in
31:08
a. Million times.
31:09
I was like 13 years old when he did that against the New York
31:12
Knicks and Patrick killing show you guys.
31:15
Tommy, you're up next. Favorite.
31:18
Best of all time? I'm going to go with Julius
31:21
Erving. Julius Erving, Doctor J is the
31:24
man. I would say that pretty much
31:26
revolutionized the game of dunking in the stylistic way
31:30
that Jabba was mentioning before.
31:32
He really was the one that brought it in in style during
31:35
his time period. Really, of course to where
31:37
Michael Jordan is considered one of the best dunkers of all time.
31:40
I feel like Doctor J brought it to the forefront more than
31:43
anybody else before, so I'm have to go with Doctor J.
31:47
The Rock the Cradle dunk too. One of the best dunks I've ever
31:50
seen. The Dukes more dunk contest.
31:53
But you're right, he was obviously one of the greats.
31:56
Speedy. Two weeks in a row.
31:57
That or two shows in a row that Tavi has stolen something for
32:00
some from someone else. Tic tac toe on Monday.
32:02
Now this one I was going to say Doctor J.
32:03
First of all. I'll go I'll do Dominique
32:05
Wilkins for that one kind of a little after right after Doctor
32:07
J not as good all time, but definitely one of the most
32:09
electric ones at the at the small forward position, power
32:12
forward a little bit. Those high hops, those big dunk
32:15
contest ones even before MJ as well.
32:17
So I'll go him. All right.
32:19
And Nathan? Nothing you're going to have to
32:23
unmute. But which dunker has the best
32:28
leash? I got to go back off now.
32:32
Nathan, who is one of the greatest dunkers of all.
32:35
Time. You're on mute, Nathan.
32:36
Let's go. Let's go.
32:39
You're on mute. Driving back, you're on mute.
32:41
I think he's lost. I think he's lost.
32:44
I'm going to say he's wrong here.
32:46
He goes. There he is.
32:47
Listen, you got anybody for us? Hold on.
32:51
I got all right. I'm going to go with, I'm going
32:55
to go with Vince Carter. I think he because obviously
33:00
with the dunk contest, but he won the one of the dunk contest.
33:04
But in game games, he I think in my opinion, he was one of the
33:07
best to watch Vince Carter because he can do anything.
33:11
Yeah, remember in the Olympics when he put his nuts on that
33:14
dude's forehead? 7 foot 1/7.
33:16
The Nicks that the Nicks drafted that that guy, Yeah, yeah.
33:22
They had to bring that up and now they're kidding.
33:26
All right, Nutri. Nutri.
33:27
Now we're. Going to go back to go back to
33:29
Java, give us another one. I'm going to go one that I love
33:35
Clyde the Glide loved his in game.
33:38
Like wasn't the greatest, like I would say the greatest like
33:44
dunker in the dunk contest. But in games he got, he got that
33:47
name for a reason. And I was always just a huge fan
33:51
of him and and what he could do. So he he's one that always that
33:54
kind of stuck out to me as well. That's a great answer.
33:59
My answer is someone who thankfully did not continue his
34:03
rap career with the Foo Schnickens and Shaq.
34:06
Yes, Shaquille O'Neal, Shaq Diesel.
34:09
Yes, one of the guys who could not be stopped at any point in
34:12
time during any games, just dunked on all over everybody.
34:16
Another famous dunk that I have seen a million times is when he
34:19
dunked on Oh my God, the big white center, the Knicks.
34:22
And then he threw the ball. Why do you have to bring up the
34:25
Knicks every single time you're bringing up Knicks, Yeah,
34:30
Michael Jordan with Patrick Ewing, you had Vince Carter
34:33
dunking over and and somebody from the Knicks farm system, you
34:37
know, eating his nuts and now you're bringing up another
34:40
Knicks that. Was the guy's name.
34:41
He was a Knicks draft pick. And then I think he ended up
34:44
like in like, like had like mental health issues because of
34:48
the. Figures he played for the
34:49
Knicks. That's why it was the highlight.
34:51
Like that's the only highlight he ever had and it was him
34:53
getting nuts put on his forehead.
34:55
Thank you, literally thank you, Tommy.
34:58
My. Pick is another Laker actually,
35:00
and I was going to actually go with Kobe.
35:02
Mr. Kobe Bryant, very, very prolific.
35:05
I would say score all around. Of course he knew how to when,
35:08
when to, when to not dunk, when to dunk really, Of course, very,
35:13
I guess you could say smart in a way with his shot collect
35:17
selections sometimes, but I would say someone like Kobe
35:20
Bryant would be the second best dunker of all time.
35:25
Speedy, once again I was going to take Shaq, so I'll go to
35:27
Kenny Matumbo this time. Another one that I great
35:30
longevity and yes, he was very authoritative at the rim.
35:33
Obviously big size. Speedy, you were about to move
35:36
on and that pic was horrible. They can be Matumbo.
35:40
Come on, stop. You're automatically out.
35:44
Looks like Nathan. 'S automatically out.
35:47
Nathan. Of all the guys you can pick,
35:49
they can be my tumble from a Chandra, I think.
35:53
That's frozen. And Nathan, Nathan, you're kind
35:56
of a little choppy. You're muted, but we'll let you.
36:00
He's going through the Lincoln Tunnel.
36:02
Go ahead. He's praying now it looks like.
36:06
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
36:07
Yeah, we can hear you spin it out.
36:09
Who do you got? I.
36:13
Have one bed. What?
36:17
Spud Webb? You're automatically eliminated.
36:22
That's it. You're automatically eliminated.
36:24
Ridiculous. What?
36:26
Spud Webb? Out of all the dunkers in NBA
36:30
history, you took Spud Webb. Come on, guys.
36:35
In game dunkers. Spud Webb.
36:41
And let's go for the last one, Jabba.
36:46
Oh, my last one. I'm going to go.
36:50
God, I love the shack. I have to go.
36:53
The man with like 37 kids. I got to go.
36:56
Shawn Kemp. I was.
36:59
I take one for me, Tom. Yeah, I was going to go Shawn
37:01
Kemp with that. Yeah, I just, he was, he was
37:06
always fun to watch. He was great on NBA Jam.
37:09
He had 3700 kids with 2700 baby Mamas and he still went out and
37:14
just yammed on people all day. And and all night, apparently.
37:19
Yeah, it didn't stop on the basketball court, it didn't seem
37:23
like. Well, there is someone I don't
37:25
think anyone said, but he does lead the NBA all time in points
37:30
and he is still playing and his name is LeBron James.
37:33
And this guy has made a career of being just a highlight reel
37:37
of dunks forever. And I'm pretty sure you got to
37:40
consider him one of the great all time dunkers in games.
37:43
I mean, you never saw a dunk contest from.
37:45
Him. No, because he's a dunking
37:47
bitch. That's what he is.
37:48
That's that's what I'm going to say.
37:50
When he was like, when he was at his height, him flying through
37:53
the air was like unlike anything you ever seen until Giannis.
37:57
Giannis was able to do kind of the same thing, but I live with
38:00
the passing ability with that super team that he had.
38:04
The dunks were just spectacular. We all remember that.
38:06
How you from Wade? It's just there's so many
38:09
highlights. You got to say.
38:11
LeBron is definitely one of them.
38:13
Tommy. I'm going to go Clyde Drex.
38:17
Look at your phone, Tommy. Look at your phone.
38:18
You ready? Pick Clyde Drexler.
38:20
Oh. You said Drexler.
38:22
Ready. I'm.
38:24
Going to go Mr. Blake Griffin then, because why not?
38:29
Let's go Mr. Blake Griffin. Blake Griffin Honestly, in his
38:31
prime, Blake Griffin was honestly dude knew how to attack
38:35
the rim. Dude knew how to he had hops.
38:37
He knew how to attack the rim. There was I can't remember there
38:40
was that my favorite dunk that he had when he freaking just
38:42
detonates over has his whole nuts in front of on full display
38:47
on the dunk. So Blake Griffin.
38:49
Against the Knicks as well. Could you stop this?
38:52
Every single guy. Stop, stop, stop.
38:57
This another white big man for the New York Knicks.
39:01
For a while it's OK. Caucasian big man for the New
39:05
York Knicks. Eventually you're going to
39:07
mention David Lee too? Please.
39:09
Stop. I love.
39:11
I love David. Lee.
39:11
So do I. I can remember a couple of dunks
39:14
on him too. So yeah.
39:16
He didn't jump that. High No, he didn't he's.
39:17
A good player and I think that means we're up to Speedy to
39:21
round it out. I thought I was out already.
39:23
No, you're not. You still have one more.
39:25
All right, That's what you got. I'll finish you better, make you
39:26
better. Clean it up.
39:27
I'll. Finish it off with Ben Wallace.
39:28
Spud Webb. Yes.
39:30
No. He said.
39:34
No, I said I did. I did.
39:35
To come back, I'll finish it off with Ben Wallace of that 04/04
39:40
Pistons team, that championship team that really was.
39:43
That was the duo inside with them and I think another
39:46
ferocious one for probably the beginning of that era as well.
39:51
Said she'd. Ben Wallace.
39:55
All right. I guess so.
39:57
I don't really. The two guys you picked, I don't
39:59
really think you're dunkers. No, they're not.
40:00
They're defensive guys. But one was a blocker and one
40:03
was a rebounder. It's.
40:05
Pretty much and one had the great Afro made him look 3
40:08
inches taller. Errol Who's?
40:10
Moving on, I got Tommy moving on and I want to pick you fish, but
40:16
you're running the show. I liked your.
40:18
Your three guys are by far the best.
40:21
It's not Even so let. Me go because Jabba actually
40:23
does have to to pop out for a little.
40:25
Bit all right, so. And go take care of some.
40:27
Business. All right, so let Jabba pop out
40:29
for a little while. He'll join us again and I'll go
40:31
with fish. So I have Mr. Tommy and the old
40:35
fisherman. All right.
40:37
As the two. Others, thank you for
40:39
acknowledging that I. Your team was by far the best.
40:43
By far. It's not even an.
40:45
Argument. All right, so Round 2 is the
40:46
joust Tommy, and in this round we have a new title for us to
40:51
figure out and it's the best sixth men in NBA history.
40:56
So these are guys that are thought of as six men.
40:59
They probably had to at some point win a 6th Man of the Year
41:02
award. So if you're going to
41:03
frantically Google it right now, so just go over to those lists.
41:08
But I already have my pick. Right now, the most obvious 1 is
41:12
not what I'm going to start with.
41:13
I'm going to start with one that's near and dear to my heart
41:16
and that is former Nick Jamal Crawford.
41:20
Jamal Crawford had the best crossover in the game for a very
41:24
long time, Was instant offense off the bench.
41:28
Had a great, you know, didn't really look to pass, but when he
41:30
did, it was always a good pass and it looked really fancy.
41:33
He was great at the small things.
41:36
Wasn't a great defender, but he was passable.
41:38
But I'll tell you what, when you needed offense off the bench,
41:41
that guy was instant offense. And usually it's just like a
41:44
catch and shoot guy. This guy could dice up everybody
41:47
in the league, and that was just amazing.
41:50
You know, it's amazing the Knicks didn't do more with him
41:53
because of how bad they were managed.
41:55
But I'll tell you, I'm starting with Jamal Crawford.
41:58
I like dying. My, I don't know.
42:00
I'm pretty sure this is going to be the one that you said is the
42:03
more obvious one. I'm going with Mr. Manu
42:05
Ginobili. Mr. Ginobili, what can I say
42:08
about you? One of the best European players
42:11
of all time, one of the best shooting guards of all time and
42:15
if not the best six man of all time?
42:18
Honestly, there's not really much to say.
42:20
A four time NBA champion really came through really clutching
42:24
the playoffs for his team's when he didn't most really had the
42:27
best rotation with pop or of course with that dynamic of
42:31
players, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and all those guys, really
42:34
Ginobili. It doesn't get much better than
42:35
Ginobili when you when you think of 6 men, that's really an
42:37
iconic line that's really, I would say synonymous with.
42:42
When it comes to see, look at. That.
42:45
So I'm going to say yeah, Ginobili.
42:47
All right, maybe so maybe because he was they made him a
42:51
six man and he should have been a starter because it just worked
42:53
better in their offensive scheme.
42:55
I don't know. But I know for a fact that there
42:58
was a the greatest team of all time, people said in a 1986
43:04
Boston Celtics. And the guy who was the first
43:06
guy off the bench for that team was Bill Walton.
43:09
And Bill Walton, who was one of the absolute legends, had
43:14
probably the greatest six man season anyone ever had in 1986
43:19
and made them unstoppable. They took whenever they took
43:23
Parrish off the court, he comes in there and now instead of
43:27
being like bruising inside, they're just they're dicing
43:31
everyone up. Sometimes they brought Mikhail
43:32
off the bench. Mikhail was more of a starter
43:34
than that. So I would wanted to go with
43:36
Walton if you're going to pick one of those two guys.
43:38
I decided one of those two guys should be the more obscure guy
43:42
because Walton was an absolute stud hero for that team and is
43:47
what put them over the. Top bagel Hole No.
43:49
Wall, then. All right, Tommy.
43:52
All right, I'm going. I farted.
43:53
Warriors edition of Andre Iguodala so look Andre Iguodala
43:59
honestly just very key pivotal piece in that Golden State
44:03
Warriors team sure that might have been another one that you
44:06
might say like he was a starter it.
44:08
Just probably worked. In that rotation or whatnot, but
44:11
the man was doing what he needed to do coming off of the bench.
44:13
He did everything to win them those four titles, even helping,
44:17
I'm going to say helping even the Miami Heat in the same exact
44:20
role during the bubble, helping them bring them to that title.
44:23
So Andre Iguodala themselves. Andre Iguodala is going to be my
44:28
second for best six man. Interesting.
44:33
All right, I'm going to go with this guy that when they were in
44:37
the Olympics, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen took it personal
44:42
that they were being compared to him.
44:45
His name's Tony KU coach, and he ended up their teammate and Tony
44:48
KU coach helped them go on that second three peat in quite a big
44:52
way. He got toughened up by Jordan
44:54
and Pippen. He played at a level that you
44:56
don't see too many six men play at.
44:59
He was unique player at the time being a taller European, you
45:03
know, European player with the long range game.
45:07
He was pretty iconic for a long time.
45:10
This is before managing OBLE. Tony Coop, Coach, Last one,
45:14
Tommy. There's one you guys are
45:20
missing. Is it Kevin McHale?
45:22
Is that what you were going to pick?
45:23
No, because that that I'm going to have to either go with McHale
45:28
or I'll go Lou Williams, actually.
45:36
All right, there you go, Williams.
45:38
There you go, Mr. Lou Williams, Yeah, Lou Williams has really
45:42
been a pivotal 6 man on a lot of different teams and it's really.
45:45
Where did he stand out the most? What team?
45:47
Stand out the most. It was, of course, the Sixers.
45:50
No Sixers. Raptors.
45:52
Hawks. Hawks.
45:53
No, he was on a bunch of different teams.
45:55
Lakers. Hawks.
45:56
What team did he stand out the most as the six man?
46:01
Who are you going to pick? The Cavaliers.
46:03
Do you remember him on the Cavaliers?
46:05
He was on the Cavs. Yeah, he was.
46:07
Lou Williams. Lou Williams was on the Cavs,
46:10
yes. Are we, are we thinking about
46:12
the same Lou Williams here? I'm pretty sure it's it's
46:15
definitely Lou Williams. No, Lou Williams didn't play for
46:18
the Cavs. Maybe it wasn't Lou Williams,
46:19
but it was Williams. OK.
46:21
But Lou Williams, yes, that's still the right.
46:22
Answer. Maybe it wasn't him.
46:24
That's still the correct answer though.
46:25
He played a couple years before going to the Hawks as a six man.
46:28
And a second the Clippers, maybe, maybe it was the
46:30
Clippers. I I was gonna say the Clippers,
46:32
Yeah, the Clippers. Clippers is where.
46:34
That's what that's what I meant. The Clippers he got.
46:37
Six Man of the Year twice. It was AC, it was the, IT was
46:40
the C and. Once Clippers a Raptor.
46:43
Yeah. So he's got a three time, six
46:46
man of the year. Yeah, three times.
46:47
That's if that's a. Bunch of runner UPS in third
46:50
places. But yeah, really a pivotal piece
46:53
in a lot of different teams. Honestly, he really knew how to
46:55
find and to be a guy that's really bit of a journeyman like
46:58
that and win in so many different teams.
47:00
That's got to account for. You really know how to honestly
47:03
be a really pivotal 6 man and really knew who's role coming
47:08
off the bench you. Know, I was thinking MO Williams
47:10
on the Cavaliers. That's what I was.
47:12
That's what I was thinking. MO Williams, yes, MO Williams,
47:15
he was great on the Cavaliers. That's what I meant.
47:18
I banned that. Was that first LeBron team?
47:20
Yes, that was yeah. MO Williams.
47:24
But no, yeah, Lou Williams gonna have to be my #2 very versatile
47:28
on many different teams. And Lou Williams.
47:30
Yeah, all. Right, that was it.
47:32
That was all three. So all right, up to you.
47:35
All right, I'll go with Tommy. I'll face off with him in the
47:38
finals. All right, off we go.
47:40
Last round. So we have one more round.
47:44
It's to me, Errol versus Tommy. The winner is the king.
47:47
Next week Speedy and I will vote Nathan.
47:51
Looks like he disappeared. He's playing with himself, he's
47:53
playing with himself. Let's go.
47:55
But he can. Get here so I'm not doing any
47:57
freaking tag team crap. Take on the king.
48:01
Let's go the. Most clutch players in NBA
48:06
history. Most clutch, all right.
48:12
So I got a bunch. Of Jalen Brunson in.
48:15
The biggest moments, All right, I don't know.
48:19
Jalen Bruce is pretty damn flush.
48:20
All right, let's start off with with Tommy.
48:24
Actually, the king decides of who goes.
48:26
First, let him go. OK, well, I'm going to have to
48:29
just easily, I'm going to have to, if I'm going up against the
48:31
king, I got to pick one of the greatest players or the greatest
48:33
player of all time, Michael Jordan.
48:35
Look. You can't go with Michael.
48:37
Jordan Why not? That's the most.
48:38
Can't go with Michael. Jordan OK, fine.
48:40
You know what? We'll go with Larry Bird.
48:42
I'll go with Larry Bird. All right, go Larry Bird.
48:44
Why? Larry Bird is one of the best
48:47
players of all time and especially during the time
48:49
period that he played. Look, Larry Bird, really.
48:53
I love watching the trash talking put.
48:54
The videos of the Larry Bird, the things he used to say to
48:57
certain players, the things that he knew he had.
48:59
He carried himself at a certain standard every single day and he
49:03
always backed it up with every single shot.
49:05
Every competition was like his last.
49:07
Every 3 point contest, every. I'm not sure if he did.
49:09
I don't think it was a dunk contest.
49:11
Dude. Every game he brought his all
49:13
and Larry Bird is easily going to be one of the most clicked
49:16
player of all time. All right, Errol.
49:19
You know who I'm going with, Mr. Black Mamba?
49:23
Kobe Bryant was one of the most clutch players of all time.
49:27
Just think about what Kobe Bryant did with the Lakers.
49:30
Shaquille O'Neal, who was hitting the clutch, the clutch
49:32
shots, it was Kobe Bryant. Shaquille O'Neal was the best
49:35
player, but when he needed to go to the the best player or the
49:38
the player that's going to hit the clutch shot, they went to
49:40
Kobe Bryant. When obviously Shaquille O'Neal
49:43
left, he went to Miami. They needed that clutch player
49:46
again when they brought in, you know, Casal and and Metta World
49:49
Peace, who were they going with to the ball, who they were going
49:53
the ball with? They were going with Kobe
49:55
Bryant, arguably one of the more underrated clutch players
49:58
because there were so many greats, Michael Jordan being one
50:01
of them, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson.
50:03
But this guy was so clutch and probably the most clutch player
50:07
in Laker history. If you watch what he did in the
50:10
time that he did it. Remember, he won five titles and
50:13
he was a part of two of them. And when he was, he was the guy
50:17
for two of them. And when he had to beat the
50:19
Celtics, who had to hit those clutch shots, who had to make
50:22
those shots in game five and game four, it was Kobe Bryant.
50:26
Kobe Bryant all. Right back to Tommy.
50:30
Most clutch player I'm going to go with.
50:32
I'm going to do it. Mr. Robert Horry.
50:35
Robert Horry, 7 times champion amongst we got here the Rockets,
50:41
the Lakers, the Spurs. Robert Hori knew how to hit
50:44
those game-winning shots, knew how to help get his team and
50:47
whether it was a regular season game, whether it was a pivotal
50:50
regular season game, whether it was a pivotal tipping scale in a
50:53
in a postseason game that triple, that 3P with the Lakers,
50:58
Robert Hori is easily. Said Robert Hori about a million
51:02
times right there. Look, except his name is.
51:05
Ori, not Hori. Is that really?
51:08
Is that really? Pronounced Ori.
51:09
He likes the screw it, Hori's. Mr. Rob Really young.
51:14
Big time Rob, because. We all wanted to say Horry,
51:18
Except, you know, you can't do. That look, what about what about
51:21
if I call him big shot Rob? I'm a I'm a just big shot Rob.
51:27
But look, big shot Rob easily deserving of one of the most
51:29
clutch players of all times. Those seven rings, of course,
51:32
speak for itself. So Mr. Mr. big shot Rob.
51:35
All right, Errol. Now the Laker Magic Johnson.
51:40
I mentioned him, career double, double in the playoffs as a
51:44
rookie. They needed a guy to take over
51:46
when Kareem Abdul Jabbar got hurt and who did they go to?
51:50
They went to Magic Johnson, a rookie, took over in the finals.
51:54
He played, he defended multiple positions, multiple positions
51:57
from 5:00 to 4:00 to 3:00 to 2:00 to 1.
52:00
He did everything. And when they needed a guy to
52:02
take over the game, it was Magic Johnson.
52:04
When they played those Celtic teams, who do they need to take
52:07
over those games? It was no other than Magic
52:10
Johnson, and he was compared to Larry Bird for all the times
52:13
from Michigan State to, obviously, Indiana, everybody
52:16
knows why Magic Johnson was one of the most clutch players of
52:20
all time. I'm going Magic.
52:22
Sweet Magic, as I called them. All right, back to Tommy.
52:27
All right, Errol, Errol is not going to like this pic
52:30
whatsoever. Steph Curry, you're going to.
52:31
Go Mr. Steph Curry. Mr. Chef Curry himself.
52:35
Mr. Steph is the best shooter of all time.
52:39
Let's not ever get it twisted. Steph Curry does not help lead
52:42
his team to those 3P not three people like those 3 championship
52:46
appearances. Steph Curry does not help his
52:48
team get those four even though he even though a big thing of
52:52
course going toward 2022 was the MVP and he of course didn't get
52:56
his MVP until he got his MVP in 2022.
53:00
Steph Curry is the man who revolutionized the game of three
53:03
pointers. And I know it might be for the
53:05
worst, but Steph Curry is easily one of the best, is one of the
53:10
clutch players of all time. I wouldn't have picked Steph
53:13
Curry from all the guys you could have picked.
53:15
And Steph Curry wasn't even the best player on those
53:17
championship teams. Kevin Durant was.
53:19
Klay Thompson was just as clutch as he was.
53:23
He wasn't as clutch as any of those guys and he wasn't, you
53:27
know, he wasn't. He said Kevin Durant was, of
53:29
course, because he even then, he.
53:31
I would go Kevin Durant over Steph Curry, OK, on those
53:35
championship teams, those two championships, who was the MVP
53:38
of the team? Who are they going to?
53:39
Who's the go to guy? When they needed to get a big
53:42
time shot? It was Kevin Durant.
53:43
I would have never went with Steph Curry.
53:45
You could have went Reggie Miller or you could have went
53:47
with this guy who I'm going to mention I.
53:49
Didn't want to do Reggie Miller, but.
53:50
I I said he was very cool. I'm going Paul Pierce, the
53:53
truth, baby. Paul Pierce was one of the most
53:57
clutch, clutch players with Kevin Garnett and Rondo and all
54:01
those players, all the great players, Ray Allen and Ray Allen
54:04
was very clutch. They went to no other than Paul
54:07
Pierce in Game 7. If you remember when they needed
54:10
a big time points, who did they go to against LeBron James?
54:15
They needed 41 points from the one and only.
54:18
Yes, Paul Pierce. Paul Pierce was one of the most
54:21
underrated shooters of all time, one of the more underrated
54:24
shooters in the playoffs of all time.
54:26
And when you you ask Kevin Garnett, you ask Rondo, you ask
54:30
anybody on their podcast who was the most clutch player, who was
54:33
the player who's the go to player on those Celtic teams
54:36
when they were as good as any team in the NBA?
54:39
It was Paul Pierce, the truth, one of the greatest underrated
54:43
playoff players of all time. I'm going Paul Pierce, baby.
54:48
All right, Speedy, we're going to vote on it.
54:51
If we both agree, then there's nothing to do.
54:53
But if it's a split, we're going to ask you guys to pick one.
54:57
We're going to we're going to I'm going to name one player,
55:01
one more player, and I want you guys to argue about it, all
55:03
right? But let's say I'm going to start
55:05
off, I'm going with Errol. I generally think of these guys,
55:09
they kind of have to be more impactful players than a guy
55:12
like Big Shot. Rob, Who's your first one again,
55:15
Tommy? Isolated birdie.
55:18
Larry Bird Larry Bird, obviously one of the greatest players of
55:23
all time. I just keep, you know,
55:25
remembering the highlight of a shot not going in for Larry Bird
55:28
more than you know, some of the other highlights of his famously
55:32
because they always would go in, but that's in the clutch when it
55:35
didn't. So, you know, I, I, I do think
55:38
that Errol went with guys that it's hard to argue with what
55:42
Magic Johnson did. That rookie season is legendary.
55:45
It's just it's one of the greatest NBA stories of all
55:47
time. Paul Pierce.
55:48
I grew up watching him go after, I mean, him and LeBron went back
55:52
and forth in those series forever and it was Paul Pierce.
55:55
So I'm going with that. Yeah, I'm going with that all as
55:58
well. I think mentioning especially
55:59
the Magic Johnson rookie season Kobe as well against that
56:02
Celtics team was supposed to be this future dynasty that was
56:05
supposed to happen was a good reference to that.
56:07
And the only I wasn't crazy with the Steph Curry one either.
56:09
For Tommy, as good as like the shooting prowess is, he's the
56:13
greatest shooter ever. A lot of those big shots like
56:15
buzzer beater wiser in the regular season, not as much in
56:17
the playoffs. You're looking at judging like
56:19
clutch statue looking at judging those types of numbers.
56:22
Actually, Damian Lillard is probably the better modern
56:24
example for a point guard. But he never won, and that's why
56:26
he. Never won but he was on some
56:27
really bad teams. When you look at Damian Lillard,
56:29
he is amongst the top 10. Greatest.
56:33
The guy I would have had you debate if it was a tie and Errol
56:36
is going to stay the king another week was going to be
56:38
Reggie Miller. I had him too, if he.
56:41
Deserves to be up there or not because he terrorized me my
56:44
entire childhood. You know why I didn't pick
56:46
Reggie? You know why I didn't pick
56:47
Reggie? Because he never won.
56:49
Because he didn't win. He never won.
56:50
I'm going. I went with guys that have won
56:52
and we're a big part of the reason Paul Pierce was the best
56:56
player on that Kevin Garnett, Rondo and Ray Allen team go ask
57:01
anybody when they won that title, when they beat the Lakers
57:04
in the finals, it was absolutely Paul Pierce that took over those
57:08
games. They needed a big shot.
57:10
They went to big shot Paul, the truth, everybody knows that as
57:14
far as Kevin, Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant was one of the most
57:16
clutch shooters I've ever seen in the playoffs.
57:19
The fadeaway 3 point shots that he made, He was unbelievable.
57:23
I, I couldn't stand Kobe as a player.
57:25
I, I can't take away his greatness.
57:27
And then Magic Johnson, I mean, and you could have went so many
57:30
different avenues. I like Larry Bird, but clutch.
57:34
There were a lot of clutch players on those teams.
57:36
Robert Parish was pretty clutch on that team.
57:38
Danny Age was clutch on those teams.
57:40
Also, Kevin McHale was very clutch on those championship
57:43
teams. They had a lot of clutch players
57:45
on those teams. Larry Bird was the best player
57:46
on that team. But I just would.
57:49
Have been a good six man guide too.
57:51
Yeah, 100%. You know, there's another player
57:55
that a lot of people probably don't.
57:56
Dirk Nowinski. He was another one.
57:58
I was looking at Dirk Nowinski when they went on that run.
58:00
I he made some of the most ridiculous fadeaway jumpers,
58:05
especially against Miami and go look at their path all the way
58:08
to the finals. Look who they beat to go all the
58:11
way to the finals and why did they beat all those great teams?
58:14
Dirk Nowinski. I mean, I like Barrera and I
58:17
love to mess around with people how great Barrera had of a
58:20
playoff run. But everybody knows Dirk
58:23
Nowinski had a big part of why why they won that championship.
58:27
There's no argument to that. That was one of the greatest
58:29
runs I've ever seen a player have.
58:30
So Dirk Nowinski, if you pick Dirk Nowinski, I'd argue some of
58:34
the arguments and Kawhi Leonard too, another guy so I loved
58:37
Kawhi too. As we all know the claw, as I
58:41
called him so and still call him he's got these big ass hands for
58:45
a guy that 6 foot 76 foot 8 his his hands are bigger than
58:50
Shaquille O'neal's go look at his it's ridiculous the.
58:53
Video of them pulling it. Together, yeah, his claws are
58:57
humongous. So that's why he's such a great
59:00
defensive player and and, and such a clutch shooter in so many
59:04
of those San Antonio games and and even the championship they
59:07
beat Miami with. I mean, he was his clutches.
59:09
And how about Toronto when they won the title?
59:11
He was so clutch. 76ers, remember that shot, even though
59:14
everybody says it was lucky who shot that.
59:16
That was the one and only Kawhi Leonard.
59:18
So I could have went anyway, but I went to the three guys that
59:22
you didn't pick that absolutely deserves more respect than a lot
59:26
of people, you know, remember them to be.
59:29
So Magic Johnson. Was Kawhi even a lot?
59:31
Lottery pick? No, he was middle first round
59:34
San Diego State 16th, I remember.
59:37
When San Diego State team, I thought was going to win it all
59:39
that year, yeah. He was the 16th I.
59:40
Remember him being like good in college and then like he fell in
59:43
the draft and it was, I was like, I don't know why he fell
59:47
in the draft. And of course he goes to the
59:48
Spurs and all of a sudden he's one of the best players in the
59:50
world, right? He kind of felt.
59:51
Remember, he got drafted. By him and Giannis were like
59:53
drafted in the same area of the years they were drafted and and
59:58
they said that if Giannis wasn't drafted in a top, I think 16, he
1:00:02
would have went back to Greece and maybe there would have never
1:00:04
been a Giannis. So it's a pretty crazy story,
1:00:08
but there were a lot of great clutch players, but the one the
1:00:12
the guys that you were picking, I definitely wouldn't have went
1:00:16
Steph. I definitely Larry Bird.
1:00:18
You can argue and who is the middle guy that you picked
1:00:20
Robert Horry. I would have never picked Robert
1:00:22
Horry because I. Mean like, he hit a couple of
1:00:25
big shots, but to call him a clutch player, that's a little
1:00:27
different. He hit a couple of big shots.
1:00:31
I said Larry, if you want to argue Larry Bird, you can put
1:00:33
him there, but the other two guys I definitely want and I'm
1:00:35
not taking shots at Seth Curry. A great, one of the best players
1:00:38
on the team. And I think you're right, Errol,
1:00:40
when they won the couple of those championships, he wasn't
1:00:43
because Kevin Durant was at the peak of his power still. 100%
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Do we have anything on Monday? Not yet.
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Speedy, take your hands out of your pants.
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Speedy's mom and. Make sure that you call your
1:01:35
mom. We want to get her on the show.
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What do you think? Not happening.
1:01:38
What? She's a great.
1:01:39
Not happening. She's a great guest.
1:01:41
I mean, I'll have Jabba interview her.
1:01:44
I'll. I'll stay away.
1:01:45
OK. So maybe Jabba will, you know,
1:01:48
do some interesting things. You just made my nipples hard.
1:01:51
As long as she's using dude wipes and taking care of my 2
1:01:54
hole I'm good. So she'll be, you know, taking
1:01:56
care of her 2 hole. What do you think?
1:01:58
Not happening. Pulled it out of my ass.
1:02:02
All right, that's it for our show.
1:02:03
We will be back on Monday with new guests and new content.
1:02:08
Enjoy Friday's game. Hopefully the Knicks end the
1:02:12
suffering of the Celtics and suffering for us as fans.
1:02:16
I don't want to see them go to a Game 7 and I watch out.
1:02:20
Pacers, OK, watch them out anyways, and the Nuggets 3/3 as
1:02:25
we expected, it's going 7, so we'll see what happens over the
1:02:28
weekend. That would be Saturday for the
1:02:31
Nuggets and the OKC Thunder. So.
1:02:34
So there's two more series left, one of them that's three to two
1:02:39
and the other one's three to three.
1:02:40
So we'll see what happens over the weekend.
1:02:42
That's it. Good night.
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So long farewell. They'll come.
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A day of life, as we all know. Speedy goodbye.
1:02:50
Yum Yum.