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Lamar Jackson Injured Again, Valkyries Win Historic Game 7, Thunder Facing Injury and Payroll Woes · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey everyone, welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit subscribe,
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  Speaker 1: Happy day before election day. Lamar Jackson's return was over
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  Speaker 1: before it started. This is very disappointing and very, very frustrating.
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  Speaker 1: Lamar returned after missing three games with a high ankle
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  Speaker 1: sprain for a huge matchup with Buffalo. And on the Ravens'
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  Speaker 1: first offensive play from scrimmage, he got stripped mid-throw and
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  Speaker 1: had to leave the game with an injury to his
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  Speaker 1: right thumb. And that should have been a really, really
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  Speaker 1: great matchup for us to watch between Lamar Jackson and
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 2: However, it got even.
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  Speaker 1: Worse because Lamar's backup, Tyler Snoop Huntley, left the game
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  Speaker 1: with a toe injury. So the Ravens finished out the
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  Speaker 1: incredibly one-sided loss with their emergency quarterback, Joe Fagnano. And
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  Speaker 1: the undrafted rookie was also taking a beating from the
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  Speaker 1: Bills defense out there. So... horrible news for the Ravens,
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  Speaker 1: who still had a winning record before this game. Baltimore
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  Speaker 1: had scored only five touchdowns in the previous 14.
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  Speaker 2: Quarters without Jackson.
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  Speaker 1: Lamar was back on the sideline in sweats with a
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  Speaker 1: brace on his throwing thumb, which.
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  Speaker 2: Is really tough to see.
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  Speaker 1: The Ravens cannot sustain another extended loss period of time
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  Speaker 1: without Lamar, especially as the Steelers are strangely pulling away
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  Speaker 1: in the division. They blew out the Browns on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: to move to 6-2 and take sole possession of the
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  Speaker 1: AFC North lead. Now, I don't think the Steelers are
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  Speaker 1: particularly serious as a postseason team.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, all we have is a regular season.
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  Speaker 1: And Jackson has now missed multiple games because of injury
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  Speaker 1: in four of his past six seasons. It's... He's been
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  Speaker 1: sidelined for 17 games with injuries, including COVID and illness.
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  Speaker 1: He's missed fewer games than four other starting quarterbacks, including
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  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, Dak Prescott, Daniel Jones, and Joe Burrow. So
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  Speaker 1: while it does seem like he has missed a lot
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  Speaker 1: of time, he actually has missed less time than those quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 1: which you wouldn't describe those other quarterbacks as injury-prone quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: It was a big day for Josh Allen, past Jim
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  Speaker 1: Kelly for most touchdown passes in Bill's history. And he
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  Speaker 1: now has a career record of 9-0 after a bye.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're the gambling type, maybe that's something to
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  Speaker 1: pay attention.
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  Speaker 2: To for the future.
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  Speaker 1: As far as the Ravens go, this feels like another
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  Speaker 1: lost season, which is incredibly frustrating. And with a new
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  Speaker 1: direction for the Ravens, it's disappointing that we, as fans,
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  Speaker 1: didn't really get to see the potential of that.
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  Speaker 2: The next three games are Jacksonville on Thursday Night Football. Then.
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  Speaker 1: the Chargers on Monday Night Football and then at Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: It's not the toughest lineup of games coming up. However,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't have Lamar Jackson, what difference does it make?
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  Speaker 1: So hopefully this isn't a long-term injury for Lamar and
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  Speaker 1: they can, you know, find a way to maneuver through it.
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  Speaker 2: But Lamar's got to get back healthy. Like, this is....
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  Speaker 1: It is starting to become a conversation around his career.
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  Speaker 1: And even though I just pointed out, he has missed
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  Speaker 1: less time than... some of his contemporaries, they are just
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  Speaker 1: so Lamar reliant as you know, you tend to be
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  Speaker 1: with your starting, you know, MVP level quarterback, but I
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  Speaker 1: would just really like.
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  Speaker 2: To see him out there. Fine. Oh, let's switch over to.
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  Speaker 1: Basketball and talk about the newly crowned champs. The Golden
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  Speaker 1: State Valkyries are WNBA champions and just their second year
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  Speaker 1: in the league, an incredibly impressive year. performance by the
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  Speaker 1: Valkyries this year, an incredibly impressive rise to the top,
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  Speaker 1: incredibly impressive build of a organization, of a culture, of
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  Speaker 1: a standard, of an identity, of a.
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  Speaker 2: Fan base, just really A1 all around.
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  Speaker 1: They beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in the first ever
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  Speaker 1: Game 7 WNBA Finals.
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  Speaker 2: Gabby Williams scored 30 points.
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  Speaker 1: Mostly in the second half to help deliver the WNBA title.
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  Speaker 2: To Golden State. A banner to hang with the Warriors,
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  Speaker 2: seven total title banners.
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  Speaker 1: Between Philadelphia and Golden State, of course. What I'm so
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  Speaker 1: impressed about, incredibly by, is our honesty. Honestly, at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the day, is Valhalla and our fan base.
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  Speaker 1: That was Valkyries and Warriors owner Joe Lacob. He said,
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  Speaker 1: just behind our team, you can't buy that.
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  Speaker 2: You can't. It's so incredible.
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  Speaker 1: I can't wait for the parade. This WNBA season has
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  Speaker 1: been absolutely crazy from the growth of the league to
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  Speaker 1: the drama surrounding the league, to the commissioner, to all
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  Speaker 1: the BS with the trans conversation, to Angel Reese and
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  Speaker 1: Caitlin Clark. And like through it all, I think at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, the Valkyries winning the championship,
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  Speaker 1: being an expansion team in their second year, building up
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  Speaker 1: a rabid fan base that is packed every single night.
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  Speaker 1: And to do it without one of the household names
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  Speaker 1: around the league, quality basketball centered around basketball, being the
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  Speaker 1: team that has the highest valuation in the league and
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  Speaker 1: then winning a championship is just so utterly impressive. I
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  Speaker 1: cannot say enough about what they have built in Golden State.
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  Speaker 1: And when you look across sports, when you look across sports,
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  Speaker 1: Women's sports, when you look across just growth in business,
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  Speaker 1: in media, it just checks every box.
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  Speaker 2: It's so impressive.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care if you're a WNBA fan or not,
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  Speaker 1: you've got to be impressed by what they've put together
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  Speaker 1: in Golden State. I think it's so appropriate that they
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  Speaker 1: ended up being the champions.
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  Speaker 2: And while Angel Reese had a.
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  Speaker 1: some really good games in this series and obviously had
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  Speaker 1: an impressive season all around incredible step up for her,
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  Speaker 1: for her career, beat her own rebounding record, tore it
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  Speaker 1: up in the playoffs and did it all while everyone was,
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  Speaker 1: you know, trying to tear her down a really beautiful
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  Speaker 1: season by her and by the Atlanta dream. It just,
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  Speaker 1: there's so many great storylines in this finals shout out
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  Speaker 1: to Veronica Burton, who.
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  Speaker 2: I was able to talk to for Rep the City,
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  Speaker 2: which comes out this week.
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  Speaker 1: She shared some encouraging words with my girl Elle Duncan
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  Speaker 1: on stage after the win. She wasn't on a roster
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  Speaker 1: just a couple of years back and she was working
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  Speaker 1: at a local YMCA and the locker room after winning
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  Speaker 1: the title were singing YMCA. And she talked to me
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  Speaker 1: about that during the show as well.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just.
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  Speaker 1: It is really special when the parade is in San
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  Speaker 1: Francisco on Wednesday, noon Pacific. I expect there to be
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  Speaker 1: a lot of a really, really fun experience. And, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm just glad, I'm glad that it turned out this way.
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  Speaker 1: I would have been happy for the Atlanta dream to
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  Speaker 1: win as well, but I do think it says something
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  Speaker 1: about when you invest in women's sports, when you build
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  Speaker 1: things around excellence and standard and you, you know, stay
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  Speaker 1: consistent with what your culture is, it can really pay off.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's just been an incredible season for
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  Speaker 1: the Valkyries and, um, congrats. I'm so glad the season
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  Speaker 1: ended this way. Staying with basketball was switching over to
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  Speaker 1: the men's league, the thunder. Well, they are in a
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  Speaker 1: bad way right now. They lost Jalen Williams and case
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  Speaker 1: and Wallace to significant injuries in the same game. They're
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  Speaker 1: hoping they'll be back at some point, but there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot to figure out now.
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  Speaker 2: And, uh, they've got to make some big decisions.
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  Speaker 1: The Thunder will also now be without check homegrown for
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  Speaker 1: the next eight to 10 weeks because he underwent treatment
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  Speaker 1: for a.
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  Speaker 2: Small patellar tendon tear.
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  Speaker 1: GM Presti and the Thunder have some decisions to make
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  Speaker 1: because they have to fix for right now and think
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  Speaker 1: about the future because they're looking at a projected $ 500
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  Speaker 1: million payroll, including luxury taxes next season. They have a
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  Speaker 1: ton of picks, including three first-rounders in 2027, but they
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  Speaker 1: may have to do some salary dumps if they want
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  Speaker 1: to add more guys and.
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  Speaker 2: Fill the void left by injury. So they have some
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  Speaker 2: things to figure out.
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  Speaker 1: And when you're looking at a team that has the young,
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  Speaker 1: talented roster that they do, that is going to be paid,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to waste a year of SGA, but
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  Speaker 1: you also don't want to mortgage the future for one
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  Speaker 1: run with a relatively young core. Sam Presti has said
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't really like to do mid-season trades. He did
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  Speaker 1: add Jared McCain last season. But this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be an interesting thing to watch with Golden State. And
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  Speaker 1: I think when you're looking around the NBA at the
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  Speaker 1: lack of dynasties, at the lack of repeat champions, at
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  Speaker 1: how teams are being built now, you do wonder if
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  Speaker 1: maybe the league has overcorrected from super teams because we
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  Speaker 1: have not... had a real dynasty since Golden State in
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  Speaker 1: the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot of money, a lot of injuries, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of.
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  Speaker 1: Decisions to make for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thanks so
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