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Texas Sports Hall of Fame announces 2025 Class · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Craig Way alongside the producer Cameron Parker. Glad to have
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  Speaker 1: you with us.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Sheening was on with his first hour to talk
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  Speaker 2: about the Spur season opener tonight in Dallas against the Mavericks.
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  Speaker 2: And that's a TNT telecast tonight, and we'll talk some
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  Speaker 2: more NBA a little bit later on some NFL to
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  Speaker 2: get to. There is a game tonight Vikings Rams as well,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to hear from Long Wort's head coach
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  Speaker 2: Steve Sarkisian coming up in a few minutes. One thing
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  Speaker 2: I did want to do, it was made official today.
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  Speaker 1: The announcement was.
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  Speaker 2: Brand new elected inductees the class of twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 2: for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, and
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  Speaker 2: they have a brand new class of eight going in
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  Speaker 2: and these this is the brand new the brand new class.
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  Speaker 2: As I serve as a nominating committee member and we
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  Speaker 2: put and we have lots of different names submitted to us,
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  Speaker 2: and then the committee, which is about twenty of us,
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  Speaker 2: vet through all the names and then submit a ballot
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  Speaker 2: that has a lot of names on it, and then
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  Speaker 2: from that it goes out to all the people who
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  Speaker 2: vote all across the States and they come.
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  Speaker 1: Up with the win with the winners on that, So
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  Speaker 1: here we go.
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  Speaker 2: Newest inductees includes a pro soccer player, a WNBA star,
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  Speaker 2: a longtime college athletic administrator, three NFL players, and a
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  Speaker 2: Negro League in Baseball Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 1: Person as well.
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  Speaker 2: The class of twenty twenty five selected by ballot through
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  Speaker 2: a statewide selection committee. The votes from the Texas Sports
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  Speaker 2: Hall of Fame members and Ductees, board members, and selection
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  Speaker 2: committee were tabulated by simply voting. So here's your class
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  Speaker 2: in alphabetic order. The late Cedric Benson will go in.
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  Speaker 2: How about Todd Dodge. Now that's rare for high school
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  Speaker 2: coaches and athletes to be in the Texas Sports Hall
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  Speaker 2: of Fame. In the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame,
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  Speaker 2: he's already in that. He's also in the Hall of Honor,
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  Speaker 2: but he's in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame now,
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  Speaker 2: Todd Dodges Britney Griner.
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  Speaker 1: Is going into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 2: Add to Taul Jones, former Cowboys great defensive end, Biz
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  Speaker 2: Mackie who was a great catcher in the Negro leagues.
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  Speaker 2: Carla Overback, the US women's national soccer team player for
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  Speaker 2: a long time. Chris Plonski, our good friend and of
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  Speaker 2: course chief of staff at the University of Texas, longtime
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  Speaker 2: athletic administrator, and another one of those women's athletics pioneers
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  Speaker 2: is In and Richby. Yeah, CP is In and Richmond
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  Speaker 2: Webb who played obviously for the Aggies and in years
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  Speaker 2: with the Miami Dolphins as well. So the banquet will
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  Speaker 2: take place on Saturday, February fifteenth, next February fifteenth, and
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  Speaker 2: tickets are on sale now folks want to go for that,
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  Speaker 2: it's in wake up if they want to go. So
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  Speaker 2: congratulations to the class of twenty twenty five. And as
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  Speaker 2: always there's there seems to be a University of Texas
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  Speaker 2: flavor to it as well, and that of course includes
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  Speaker 2: the late great Cedric Benson. Also, as I mentioned, Todd
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  Speaker 2: Dodge going in former Texas a long run quarterback and
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  Speaker 2: of course great high school coach and now doing quite
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  Speaker 2: well at Lovejoyce turned it around after an oh and
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  Speaker 2: to start and won four in a row afterwards. And
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  Speaker 2: Chris Plonski, so the three with University of Texas ties
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  Speaker 2: going into the hall as well. So that's that's a
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  Speaker 2: pretty cool deal, all right, So we talked some NBA
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  Speaker 2: in the in the first hour of the program of
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  Speaker 2: the games that were played last night for that, and
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  Speaker 2: there are more games tonight, including the Mavericks and.
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  Speaker 1: The Spurs playing in Dallas.
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  Speaker 2: And then in terms of other things, this was something
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  Speaker 2: we had not to Did you see what.
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  Speaker 1: Happened to John D. Murray?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, opening night, unbelievable. Broke his hand in the winner
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  Speaker 2: of the Bulls. He's out indefinitely. He had fourteen points,
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  Speaker 2: ten assists, eight rebounds in his debut for the Pelicans.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, they picked him up in that offseason trade
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  Speaker 2: with Atlanta, and he appeared to either sustain or aggravate
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  Speaker 2: the injury. Just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 2: New Orleans was up twelve. He tried a three pointer,
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  Speaker 2: was fouled by Zach Levine. On the way down. He
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  Speaker 2: tumbled over and came up holding his left hand. He
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  Speaker 2: was able to go to the line. He made two
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  Speaker 2: or three on the free throw line, but then with
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  Speaker 2: sub doubts Repelicans guard CJ. Mccllinson. But hopefully he's not
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  Speaker 2: out too long. But he's out. So that's that's in
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  Speaker 2: New Orleans. Is one of those teams you should keep
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  Speaker 2: an eye on this year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and there's any good side from it, it's that
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  Speaker 3: it's his left hand and he is a right handed shooter.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, interesting New Orleans team. I mean they went
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  Speaker 3: in the summer trying to figure out a way to
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  Speaker 3: move brandon Ingram and they did not. So that of
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  Speaker 3: course can maybe fractual locker room. It can you know,
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  Speaker 3: damage the season, or it can you know, be a
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  Speaker 3: catalyst for biither have a really good season. But they're
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  Speaker 3: a team where you know, they've haven't had as much
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  Speaker 3: postseason success as I think the front office would have
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  Speaker 3: liked and even us NBA fans would have liked with CJ.
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  Speaker 3: McCollum and Zion Williamson, and you know, they've made some
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  Speaker 3: great draft moves and signs. You know, Trey Murphy I
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  Speaker 3: think is a great player. I love Herb Jones. So
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  Speaker 3: a team this year that I think, you know, if
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  Speaker 3: we get to the trade deadline and they're in that
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  Speaker 3: play in range or you know, still not top six,
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  Speaker 3: they could be a team that decides, you know what,
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  Speaker 3: it has not worked with this core group, Let's just
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  Speaker 3: try and rebuild, maybe move on Sion get a massive
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  Speaker 3: picks package. You know there's some teams out there with
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  Speaker 3: a lot of draft picks, including my OKC Thunder and
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  Speaker 3: Zion would fit that bill perhaps, so uh.
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  Speaker 1: A real fun team.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they're one of the rosters where every year
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  Speaker 3: I kind of I kind of want them to be good.
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  Speaker 3: I like Willie Green, their head coach, former basketball player.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, you know, it sucks to have a injury
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  Speaker 3: like this on an opening day.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, the timetable is up in the air.
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  Speaker 3: But at least it's his left hand and on his
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  Speaker 3: shooting hand.
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  Speaker 2: One other NBA note before we get to the break,
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  Speaker 2: and then we're gonna hear from sard You shaid you
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  Speaker 2: you haven't. You haven't gone in yet on the NBA
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  Speaker 2: A league pass package.
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  Speaker 1: Uh haven't.
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  Speaker 2: But but you you watched the Suns last night right
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  Speaker 2: in the Sun's Clippers game. Did they show highlights on
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  Speaker 2: that telecast of the Warriors Trailblazers game?
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  Speaker 1: Did not? Okay, did you see what Steve Kerr did
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  Speaker 1: last night? I did not. Steve Kerr has looked at.
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  Speaker 2: As being kind of an innovative kind of guy, right, sure,
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  Speaker 2: this is a different kind of definition of innovative. He
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  Speaker 2: used a twelve man rotation game with Portland twelve guys.
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  Speaker 2: He played twelve guys, and throughout training camp he repeatedly
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  Speaker 2: said that there were thirteen players he thought deserved rotational minutes,
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  Speaker 2: and he stressed some difficult decisions he'd have to.
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  Speaker 1: Make with his rotation.
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  Speaker 2: He started Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Minga, Draymond Green,
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  Speaker 2: and Trey Jackson. Davis Okay, he says he'd like that
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  Speaker 2: to be a starting five. Budd He healed, was first
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  Speaker 2: off the bench, follow A, Kevon Looney and Brandon Putzemski,
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  Speaker 2: and then he went after that to Gary Payton the
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  Speaker 2: second and Kyle Anderson, he said. Wiggans said, this is
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  Speaker 2: the deepest team I've ever been on, and Curry said,
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  Speaker 2: it's the identity of this team right now.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to rely on our death.
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  Speaker 2: I don't recall seeing too many NBA teams go double
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  Speaker 2: digit in their regular roster rotation on the floor.
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  Speaker 1: And fourteen played total.
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  Speaker 3: Lenny Walters when Lindy Waters rather tho Oklahoma State Guarden
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  Speaker 3: former and then GUIs Santos also playing and insane them
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  Speaker 3: out and I think Golden State is going to be
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  Speaker 3: tinkering with their lineup for most of the season, Craig,
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  Speaker 3: because I'm still not sure. This might just be end
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  Speaker 3: up being a playing team as well, unless Wiggins or
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  Speaker 3: Kaminga takes a massive step. But Buddy Hilled at a
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  Speaker 3: good game twenty two points, five to seven from beyond
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  Speaker 3: the three point line, and Andrew Wiggins with twenty points.
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  Speaker 3: I did see that Steph Curry started zero for five
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  Speaker 3: last night. Think it was interesting you finished four to ten,
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  Speaker 3: seventeen points. I think the key for Golden State this
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  Speaker 3: year is just try and keep Steph healthy and also
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  Speaker 3: don't exhaust him because it felt like towards the end
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  Speaker 3: of last season Craig, he was just running out of
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  Speaker 3: out of gas. But he played phenomenal. Now, of course
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  Speaker 3: he didn't play in the playoffs, but he played phenomenal
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  Speaker 3: in the Olympics. So right that Steph Curry can can
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  Speaker 3: come out towards you know, the second half of the
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  Speaker 3: season into the playoffs, Golden State could be fun. But
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  Speaker 3: Steep Kris a lot to figure out.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, they won by thirty five points, and he said,
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  Speaker 2: this is as deep of a team as I've ever coached,
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  Speaker 2: and we've got to lean into that. I've never played
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  Speaker 2: twelve before, but we're gonna do it. I was thinking, well,
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  Speaker 2: maybe I'll just play ten. We'll have to tell two
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  Speaker 2: of these guys that are gonna sit, but I just
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  Speaker 2: couldn't justify that.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see how that works.
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  Speaker 2: I wonder if that's going to be like a basketball
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  Speaker 2: version of like what the Dodgers are doing with bullpen games,
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  Speaker 2: going with pitcher after pitcher for an inning or an
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  Speaker 2: inning and a third and.
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  Speaker 1: That sort of stuff. Be interesting to see, all right.
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  Speaker 2: Up next, we'll hear from Longhorn's head coach, Steve Sarkisian
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  Speaker 2: will continue on sports Radio AM thirteen under the zon
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