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Rose Championship & Playoffs MVP Trophy Presentation 🏆 | UNRIVALED · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Unrivaled fans, how we feeling out there. We've got
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  Speaker 1: a champion. Give me a round of applause for all
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  Speaker 1: players across both clubs in such a thrilling championship game.
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  Speaker 1: We hope that you all have enjoyed the unrivaled twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five playoffs and the incredible basketball that we witnessed
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  Speaker 1: all season long. But I want every person in here,
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  Speaker 1: from the players, the coaches, the fans of the media,
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  Speaker 1: to really take a second to soak in this moment.
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  Speaker 1: This is history. The Roles are the first ever Unrivaled
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  Speaker 1: Championship champions in the first ever season of the Unrivaled League,
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  Speaker 1: and every person in this arena was a part of
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  Speaker 1: this glorious moment. It's been amazing. And now a few
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  Speaker 1: words from the one and only Unrivaled Commissioner Mickey Lawler.
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  Speaker 2: Oh what a night and what a few months this
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  Speaker 2: has been. Thank you to the best fans in the world.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for coming night in and night out, and
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  Speaker 2: for being so loud and so supportive. Thank you to
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  Speaker 2: the best players in the world, and a huge round
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  Speaker 2: of applause for all of them. Thank you to the
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  Speaker 2: best partners, and thank you to the unrivaled staff. This
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  Speaker 2: has not been easy, but it's sure as hell has
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  Speaker 2: been extremely fulfilling. We have just collectively made history. And
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  Speaker 2: now the moment we've all been waiting for, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to crown the first unrivaled twenty twenty five champions the road.
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  Speaker 1: You're right model, taking Colin. Don't you know what, Henry,
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  Speaker 1: come on over. You know at the start of playoffs
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  Speaker 1: you were talking to me about how y'all got counted
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  Speaker 1: out of full strength. You got counted ou when players
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  Speaker 1: were down. Yet here we are, you all standing as champions.
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  Speaker 1: What led to this moment.
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  Speaker 3: Just a team full of relentless dogs that refused to
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  Speaker 3: be denied and a coach that's super passionate about my players,
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  Speaker 3: my preparation, and just the opportunity in front of us.
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  Speaker 3: So from day one again full strength. They counted us out,
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  Speaker 3: Cod down, they counted us out as a Rayo, they
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  Speaker 3: counted us out Angel down, they counted us out. What
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  Speaker 3: they gonna say now, what they won't say now, what
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  Speaker 3: they gonna say now? And then thanks to Chelsea obviously
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  Speaker 3: carried us on her back all season long, right, And
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  Speaker 3: I told them today, Chelsea's our real MVP She's our MVP,
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  Speaker 3: and this group has so much love and respect for her.
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  Speaker 3: Just unbelievably proud of the way they embraced the underdog
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  Speaker 3: mentality and went out there and fought.
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  Speaker 1: For what they deserve.
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  Speaker 3: But I wouldn't be me if I didn't say, all
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  Speaker 3: of the success and everything that I am is a
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  Speaker 3: testament to the great God that I serve, So I'll
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  Speaker 3: never forget right when God is in it.
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  Speaker 4: There's no limit to what you can't do right.
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  Speaker 3: So they counted us last, that doesn't matter because God
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  Speaker 3: has the final Say.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, coach, congratulations and we will get to Chelsea
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  Speaker 1: in one second. But you talked about stepping up, give
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  Speaker 1: it up for how's the Ray Stevens come on over here?
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  Speaker 5: How's a ray.
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  Speaker 4: Come on?
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  Speaker 1: Nineteen points eighteen rebounds?
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  Speaker 4: You showed up.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me what your mindset was coming in to this one,
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  Speaker 1: knowing what you had to be for your team.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, like Nolah said, I mean, obviously Angel's not here,
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  Speaker 5: and we all knew that we had to step up.
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  Speaker 5: So as being the other big along with nas, I
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  Speaker 5: knew I had to bring my a game. And I'm
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  Speaker 5: just so happy.
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  Speaker 4: I'm proud of my did.
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  Speaker 1: Throughout the unrivaled season. This has just been such a
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  Speaker 1: close knit group. What have your teammates meant to you
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  Speaker 1: and how have they elevated your game as well?
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  Speaker 5: They've just meant everything to me. Obviously, I had a
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  Speaker 5: little injury during the season and it was really tough,
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  Speaker 5: but every day I had encouragement from everyone from the
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  Speaker 5: coaches to my teammates just to keep going and stay
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  Speaker 5: locked in, to stay locked in, and we were all
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  Speaker 5: locked in today. So I'm just so proud of us
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  Speaker 5: and happy for all that we did. Yes, and now
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  Speaker 5: an unrivaled champion. Thank you, Azam. Right, one more time
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  Speaker 5: for our girl.
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  Speaker 1: All right, now, we do have one more trophy to present,
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  Speaker 1: and due to that, let's welcome back Mickey Lawler.
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  Speaker 4: Like this one. Yes, this is a special one.
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  Speaker 2: This is the Finyls MVP.
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  Speaker 5: Nola knows what.
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  Speaker 1: She's talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Chelsea Gray.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Chelsea, great finals MVP. I saw you holding
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  Speaker 1: that trophy just looking at it. What are the words
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  Speaker 1: that come to your mind when you look at this
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  Speaker 1: and what you've been able to do for this club.
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  Speaker 4: Just a testament to my work that I've been putting
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  Speaker 4: in this whole year and a testament to my team. Man,
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  Speaker 4: players didn't come back. We had to Shareman, they counted
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  Speaker 4: us as six coming to this thing. You know what
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  Speaker 4: I'm saying back saying, I know you feel me. So
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  Speaker 4: it's in a testament to my finals emmp man, I
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  Speaker 4: couldn't do it without them.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I think I speak for everyone I say, and
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  Speaker 1: that third and fourth quarter, you know you got about
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  Speaker 1: to get the point God experience here from Chelsea Gray.
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  Speaker 1: Talk to me about these final quarters, specifically in this
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  Speaker 1: when the mode that you go into for your team.
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  Speaker 4: Just gotta get the best shot possible, try to get
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  Speaker 4: that big toe in the paint, big toe, get the
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  Speaker 4: big toe in the paint, get easy scores. I was
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  Speaker 4: getting good looks all night, just had to knock them down.
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  Speaker 4: So I mean, I put in the work, so I
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  Speaker 4: know it's gonna you know, come to fruition.
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  Speaker 1: Early in the season, we talked about the fact that
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  Speaker 1: you had heard the chatter, you knew the importance of
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  Speaker 1: these performances. What do you want people to say about
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  Speaker 1: Chelsea Gray? Now they're telling her not to be humble
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  Speaker 1: over here on the stage.
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  Speaker 5: I know, if y'all can.
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  Speaker 4: Tell keep that same energy. You know what I'm saying,
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  Speaker 4: when y'all see me that same summer, I got to
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  Speaker 4: receive some talking ship. So keep the same.
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  Speaker 1: And just say hey, Finals, MVP Chelsea Gray. Everybody, congratulations
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  Speaker 1: again to our champions, the Rose Basketball Club, and we
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  Speaker 1: also want to give a major shout out to the fans.
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  Speaker 1: Please run of applause for yourselves for showing up night
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  Speaker 1: in and night out. You supported these players all season long.
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  Speaker 1: Because of you, all the hard work of the coaches,
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  Speaker 1: the staff, all the players, this inaugural season has been
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  Speaker 1: one to remember and to the Rose, you define not
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  Speaker 1: only what it means to be a champion, but also
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  Speaker 1: what it means to be un bibles. Congratulations,