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It Might Be Over Soon... · Kenny For Real

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  Speaker 1: When I was preparing for this NBA season, I was
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  Speaker 1: watching a ton of YouTube videos, and I remember watching
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  Speaker 1: a video from an NBA YouTube where and he was
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  Speaker 1: trying to convince the world that this was gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a year where the Phoenix Suns will be good in
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  Speaker 1: the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: Look at this guy. He got all the confidence in
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  Speaker 2: the world. He wanted to shoot for the stars.
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  Speaker 1: And he missed the stars, he missed the moon, he
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  Speaker 1: missed everything. Because this Phoenix Sun's team is very, very
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  Speaker 1: far away from this number two seed prediction. That's why
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  Speaker 1: I don't be watching NBA YouTube low key. None of
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  Speaker 1: these guys know what they're talking about. I hope that
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  Speaker 1: got learned his lesson. I don't be trying to make
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  Speaker 1: bold predictions because this always gonna look bad.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, not always.
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  Speaker 1: Because to the first what ten or so games, that
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  Speaker 1: prediction looked pretty good. The Suns came out guns blazing,
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  Speaker 1: and then Kevin Urrant went down with his injury, and
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  Speaker 1: then they started to look really bad. And then people
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  Speaker 1: are like, hey, don't worry, we're nine and one with
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  Speaker 1: Kevin plays, So when Kevin comes back, everything is gonna
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  Speaker 1: be okay, right wrong, Because Kevin Durant has now played
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  Speaker 1: their last twelve games and they are four and eight
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  Speaker 1: in that span. Kevin and Rad was not to save you,
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  Speaker 1: I guess. So I just want to talk about it
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  Speaker 1: because now I've watched their last five games really, really
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  Speaker 1: in depth, and I've been just trying to figure out
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  Speaker 1: what is really the problem. And the main thing I'm
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  Speaker 1: finding out is there's not a few small points that
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  Speaker 1: I can talk about, which means that the problem is
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  Speaker 1: at the base level.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes it's as simple as, hey, our best player is
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  Speaker 1: not playing well, so our team.
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  Speaker 2: Is in a slump.
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  Speaker 1: And again there's always other points on top of that,
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  Speaker 1: but at the grand scheme, things like that's what happened
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  Speaker 1: with the Pacers earlier in the season. Tarry's Halibert wasn't
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  Speaker 1: playing well and that trickled down and the team just
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  Speaker 1: didn't look as successful. And guess what, Terre's Halliburn is
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  Speaker 1: playing good again, and guess what they're were the basketball games.
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  Speaker 1: But the Suns don't have that. Hey, here it is
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  Speaker 1: it's Kevin, it's Devin, it's Brad, it's not any of that.
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  Speaker 1: So it's just a really tough basketball conversation to really
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  Speaker 1: have and again, I've watched their last five games really
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  Speaker 1: in depth, and I want to the two main points
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  Speaker 1: that I got from every single one of those five
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  Speaker 1: games that I've watched is Number One, they they're generating
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  Speaker 1: shots that the other team wants versus the shots that
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  Speaker 1: they want. You know, the ajo's saying, you have to
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  Speaker 1: give up something to take something away. So that's what
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  Speaker 1: teams have been doing. They've been taking away what would
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  Speaker 1: seem to be the bread and butther for the Phineas
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  Speaker 1: Suns and saying, hey, we're gonna allow you to take
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  Speaker 1: this shot a Ryan Dunn corner three, because as good
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  Speaker 1: as he has been this season, that is a shot
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  Speaker 1: that we want him to take. And sometimes it just
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  Speaker 1: boils down to that. And that's just one of the small,
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  Speaker 1: different type of things. But that's just the example that's
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  Speaker 1: on top of my mind and theory, like this is
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  Speaker 1: a tough shot taking team when you have Kevin Durant,
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  Speaker 1: Bradley Beal, and Devin Booker, three tough shot makers. That
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  Speaker 1: is just basically what their offense is boiling down to
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  Speaker 1: on a night to night basis. That's just not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: the recipe to win a bunch of basketball games. And
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  Speaker 1: the number two thing that has been a consensus across
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  Speaker 1: the last five games that I've watched is they're super
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  Speaker 1: uncreative offensively, and that was one thing I thought was
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  Speaker 1: gonna change, because this lack of creativity offensively is something
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  Speaker 1: that I complained about last year, and in my mind,
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  Speaker 1: coach bow was gonna come in. He was gonna to
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  Speaker 1: have them change the offensive system, and it is different,
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  Speaker 1: but it's still.
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  Speaker 2: Not very creative.
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  Speaker 1: They have one of the greatest offensive threats in the
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  Speaker 1: history of basketball, Kevin Urant. They have one of the
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  Speaker 1: best shooting guards in basketball and Devin Booker, and still
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  Speaker 1: I watched this team and it's kind of a snore offensively,
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  Speaker 1: which is bad because I think the formula that should
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  Speaker 1: have worked for the Phoenix Huns is basically what had
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  Speaker 1: happened in the first Sacramento Kings year, where We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be so dominant offensively that our defense being mediocre to
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  Speaker 1: average will not matter. But instead they've been a slightly
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  Speaker 1: above average offense and one of the worst defenses in
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  Speaker 1: the league, and again, that's just not a recipe for success.
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  Speaker 1: So with them playing as bad as they have and
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  Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler being in the trade rooms. That's the one
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  Speaker 1: thing I've been tweeting about a lot when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to the Phoenix Huns. Is there a way that they
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  Speaker 1: can get Jimmy Butler? And I'll tell you right now,
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  Speaker 1: I don't believe so. But even if they did, Jimmy
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  Speaker 1: Butler being added to this team is not gonna make
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  Speaker 1: them automatically a championship level team. Hell, even though I
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  Speaker 1: had them as a number two seed in the Western confference,
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  Speaker 1: that was very adamant in that video when I said, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: them being a two seed don't mean that I think
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  Speaker 1: they can win a championship.
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  Speaker 2: I just thought they can win some regular season games.
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  Speaker 1: And Jimmy Butler add into that roster does not make
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  Speaker 1: them climb up that ranking.
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  Speaker 2: And then it's more than.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Windhorst went on get up and he said, hey,
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  Speaker 1: Bradley Beal waving his no tray claws is not even
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  Speaker 1: a consideration at this time that the Sons haven't even
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  Speaker 1: talked to Bradley Beal about potentially moving him.
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  Speaker 2: Where this is coming.
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  Speaker 1: From Brian Windhorse, and Brian Windhorse's source is literally Bradley
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  Speaker 1: Beal's agent saying that the only thing that is on
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  Speaker 1: the mind of the Phoenix Sons, and then the mind
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  Speaker 1: of Bradley Beal is staying competitive and helping the team.
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  Speaker 2: Now, brad Woodhors has.
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  Speaker 1: Had his ear to the ground for this entire Jimmy
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  Speaker 1: Butler thing, for this entire Phoenix Sons thing, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things have happened, starting off with coach Budd
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  Speaker 1: putting Bradley Beal on the bench and having you some
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  Speaker 1: of nurkets come off the bench within him. And there
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  Speaker 1: was some speculation in Sons Twitter that this might be
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  Speaker 1: a move to try to indicate to Bradley Beal that
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  Speaker 1: we don't want you here. We're gonna try to make
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  Speaker 1: you upset so you can no trade clause. And guess what,
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  Speaker 1: Brown One Horse went on national TV and said, one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent that is what they're trying to do.
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  Speaker 2: And it doesn't matter because Bradley Beal said.
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  Speaker 1: That he's the guy that holds all the power. I've
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  Speaker 1: never seen a player and I don't want to make
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  Speaker 1: this seem like a shot at Bradley Beal because he's
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  Speaker 1: a good basketball player. He's not a great basketball player.
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  Speaker 1: I've never seen a player have this much power without
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  Speaker 1: having the Olivia appearances, the MVPs the Championships.
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  Speaker 2: To show forth it's insane. Shout out to the Washington Wizards.
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  Speaker 1: Man. They gave this man an opportunity to control his
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  Speaker 1: destiny for the next three years. So if Jimmy Butler's
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  Speaker 1: not walking in that door in the Shanes for Bradley Beal,
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  Speaker 1: what is next?
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  Speaker 2: How do they make this roster better?
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  Speaker 1: And then I look at it, and I watched last
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  Speaker 1: night when they went against to Charlotte Hornets. It is
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  Speaker 1: the second night of a back to back for the
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  Speaker 1: Phoenix Songs, but that is no excuse to charlat Horne
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  Speaker 1: has had it won a basketball game and basically a month.
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  Speaker 1: I want to say that again, the Charlotte Hornets had
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  Speaker 1: it won a basketball game and basically a month's worth
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  Speaker 1: a time. And the Phoenix Suns are completely healthy. There's
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  Speaker 1: not a single person on their active roster that that
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  Speaker 1: wasn't there.
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  Speaker 2: They're normal rotation.
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  Speaker 1: They're all there, and they lost to the Hornets. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at it and I'm watching Nick Redcherts dominate. Man,
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  Speaker 1: a little little was sixteen and twelve dominate, And I'm
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  Speaker 1: looking at the other center course across basketball. But I'd
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  Speaker 1: rather have this center corps this Cina court. I'm taking
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  Speaker 1: that over Sons. I'm taking that over the Sons. I'm
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  Speaker 1: taking that over the Sons have the worst center corps
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  Speaker 1: in basketball. And not only that, there is something special
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  Speaker 1: about coach Buds system, specifically this season, where this center
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  Speaker 1: offensively matters a lot. The amount of times before he
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  Speaker 1: got sent to the bench, the amount of times I've
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  Speaker 1: seen the ball being played through use of Nurkan's hands
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  Speaker 1: blew my mind. Because he's not a good basketball player.
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  Speaker 1: The one upside that he has or the one positive
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  Speaker 1: thing in his games that he can pass pretty good
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  Speaker 1: for center. He is a poor finisher. Now he's trying
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  Speaker 1: to shoot the three point ball that ain't going too great.
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  Speaker 1: He is a poor defender. It's like, what do we do?
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  Speaker 1: They said, the only brother you're gonna start Mason Plumbly
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  Speaker 1: ain't been a starting lever center ever unless he was
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  Speaker 1: on a really really bad team, and the only guy
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  Speaker 1: that's like, oh, that guy's kind of interesting.
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  Speaker 2: It's ohso igodoro. But even even him as a rookie
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  Speaker 2: has many flaws. It's really really bad. Man.
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  Speaker 1: There are a lot of times I watched last night
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  Speaker 1: against the Charlotte Hornets. And I'm an a matter of fact,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna listen, that's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: load up that game. I'm gonna put my marker in
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  Speaker 1: a random spot in this game, and I'm gonna watch
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  Speaker 1: until I see a defensive blunder.
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  Speaker 2: Is that a good idea? Let's see that? All right?
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  Speaker 1: So this is the game from last night, and I
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  Speaker 1: want to say right now, I am not Greg Popovich,
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  Speaker 1: I am not exposed to i am not an NBA coach.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not a pee week coach. I don't you know.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm gonna try to find a spot where I
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  Speaker 1: think things went when HEYWII. But again, I wanna make
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  Speaker 1: it random. So I'm gonna go right here. An hour
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  Speaker 1: into the game, right now, they're down by nine points
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  Speaker 1: in Charlotte Hornets. Oh, here's a double tap of Kevin Aurant.
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  Speaker 1: What's gonna happen? He's gonna pass it out. That's a
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  Speaker 1: good look right there. Bang no bang offensive rebound, they
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  Speaker 1: said Plumber. Oh my god, they're about to get it
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  Speaker 1: a good look. That's a good one.
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  Speaker 2: More. He missed this one too. I remember him missing
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  Speaker 2: this one.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's see what happens defensively, because that's what
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  Speaker 1: we want to talk about. This is what we want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about. Who picks up it is Ryan Dunn.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a little stagger screen boom to mark back to
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  Speaker 1: oh little give and go into another action side pick
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  Speaker 1: and roll. That's not a bad defensive possession. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: give them credit for that. Well ended up in the bucket,
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  Speaker 1: but not a bad defensive possession. And it is not
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  Speaker 1: actually a bad defensive stretch. Right here, they're on a
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  Speaker 1: fifteen to five run.
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  Speaker 2: Look at that. I picked the one spot where they
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  Speaker 2: look competent. That's that's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: And again I don't know exactly what the game plan
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  Speaker 1: is that That's one thing I do want to point out.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you see the videos where people break it down
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  Speaker 1: like defensive mishaps and so on and so forth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not in the locker room of Coach Bud right so
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  Speaker 1: on this play specifically, and this is I'm gonna count
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  Speaker 1: this as somewhat of a blender. But again, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what Coach Budd's game plan is, but it shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: be to hug Mouse Bridges, who's been one of the
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  Speaker 1: worst three point shooters in basketball this season it shouldn't be.
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  Speaker 1: But on this play, you're gonna you're gonna see Mark
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  Speaker 1: set the screen the second screen there, but Kevin like
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  Speaker 1: have shows but he doesn't. But he goes back to
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  Speaker 1: go to Miles Bridges. So that's actually well constructed play
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  Speaker 1: by Charles Lee with the second screen coming on the
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  Speaker 1: big man. But still again, I'm not in that locker
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  Speaker 1: room of coach Budd. That might be literally the game plan.
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  Speaker 1: And with the Sun's playing so bad and them not
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  Speaker 1: having really opportunity to get better, like with them not
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  Speaker 1: having assets because they traded it all to go get Kevin,
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  Speaker 1: It's like, what happens next?
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  Speaker 2: What is your other option?
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  Speaker 1: Like you want to increase and get the centacor better,
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  Speaker 1: but what do you have to give up?
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: Use of Nurkice has zero value on the market, and
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  Speaker 1: Mason Plumbley zero value. Like maybe Grayson Allen has some
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  Speaker 1: value because it's got to the point now where his
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  Speaker 1: three point shooting isn't as valuable, Like it's at the
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  Speaker 1: point now where his three point shooting it's not outweighing
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  Speaker 1: his other deficiencies.
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  Speaker 2: So maybe he's expendable and he can make you get an.
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  Speaker 1: Upgrade, but I just really doubt it, and A brad
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  Speaker 1: ain't waving at no trade costs.
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  Speaker 2: That only gives you if you different options.
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  Speaker 1: And I do believe that the Suns might be the
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  Speaker 1: last case study when it comes to the is it inorganic?
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  Speaker 1: Is it unorganic? I don't know who's word. It is
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  Speaker 1: a big three, that's it. It might it might be
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  Speaker 1: over with well I guess the seventy six ers are
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  Speaker 1: doing that, but at least they drafted the two players
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  Speaker 1: in their Big three. Regardless, they might be one of
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  Speaker 1: the last case studies ever and it might end in
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  Speaker 1: them having to hit a hard reset. And I'm looking
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  Speaker 1: at the team man, the fact that the Houston Rockets
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  Speaker 1: would love to have a go to creator, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't I'm not saying this happens before February sixth this year, right,
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  Speaker 1: But Devin Booker's on the first year of a max right,
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  Speaker 1: so he is gonna have the utmost amount of value
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  Speaker 1: out there. And with the Houston Rockets having the Phoenix
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  Speaker 1: Suns picks and then wanting to go in and eventually
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  Speaker 1: add a guy that can be their one A, this
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  Speaker 1: might be the only way they can recoup some assets.
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  Speaker 2: And start over.
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  Speaker 1: And it unfortunate because some guys feel like one team. Dudes,
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  Speaker 1: we got the Steph Curry's, we got the Jokich's, you
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  Speaker 1: have the Embids, the Giannises and so on. I thought
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  Speaker 1: that Devin Booker would be in that as well, and
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  Speaker 1: it's obviously nothing has really happened.
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  Speaker 2: There's no not even any rumors about it.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm just saying that the way this team is going,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard for them to flex and do
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  Speaker 1: a retool around Devin Booker with having no assets, so
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  Speaker 1: they might just leave them with one thing. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't think they make that decision February six. I don't
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  Speaker 1: even know if they make that decision this offseason, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm thinking about the grand scheme of things because I
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  Speaker 1: don't think there's any iteration of this Phoenix Suns team
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna be competitive enough to win a championship.
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  Speaker 2: Hell the competitive enough to go on a conference finals run.
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  Speaker 2: That feels like a likelihood.
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  Speaker 1: And I gotta get some respect to Matt Ispia because
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  Speaker 1: he's lowered the cost of in stadium food and he's
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  Speaker 1: given out free antenna so you can watch his bad product.
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  Speaker 1: He's been a man of the people, it feels like
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  Speaker 1: since he's taken over it. But he also has been
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  Speaker 1: the normal greed, the over anxious new owner.
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  Speaker 2: Of a basketball team.
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  Speaker 1: We want to go all in or mat at the costs,
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  Speaker 1: and that cost is bringing in three of the top
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  Speaker 1: seven most expensive players in basketball and saying, hey, we
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  Speaker 1: got it. Let's surround them with minimum guys. Let's surround
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  Speaker 1: them with a bad center corps and say we can
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  Speaker 1: win a championship. And I don't know anybody that looked
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  Speaker 1: at them going into the season and said that they
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  Speaker 1: could win it all. You might have the jackasses that
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  Speaker 1: say they could be a top three seed.
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  Speaker 2: But that's it.
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  Speaker 1: Being dead last in attempts at the rim is crazy
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  Speaker 1: if you aren't the Boston Celtics. The Boston Celtics are
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  Speaker 1: twenty eighth, but guess what, they take fifty one percent
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  Speaker 1: of their shots from three.
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  Speaker 2: So the math still works out.
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  Speaker 1: If you're gonna be a team that is dead last
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  Speaker 1: in rim pressure and also not in the top ten
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to three point shooting, you're not gonna win.
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  Speaker 1: Even the kid thinks, so you here, So I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm all over the place with the Phoenix Suns. I'm
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  Speaker 1: still gonna be locked in because I need to figure
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  Speaker 1: out what else more we can say about. But I
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  Speaker 1: think Suns fans are tired. Hell I'm tired. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: even a fan of this team. I just like Devin Booker,
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  Speaker 1: who I guess I could say like last year Devin
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  Speaker 1: Booker played like a top ten player in the league.
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  Speaker 2: This year doesn't feel like the case. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: he's more passive than.
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  Speaker 1: Ever, even though last night he had a really successful
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  Speaker 1: offensive game. But I feel like he's more passive than ever.
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  Speaker 1: And that goes to the point where people are saying
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  Speaker 1: in the locker room they don't really know what their
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  Speaker 1: roles are. They don't know what their rose are. So
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  Speaker 1: from Moni to Frank to now Bud, I'm just like,
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  Speaker 1: if things are traversing, coaches, then you gotta look in
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  Speaker 1: the mirror. James James Jones