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Spurs Tie WCF 2-2; Knicks Surge to 3-0; Giants’ Jaxson Dart Sparks Trump Controversy · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. The San Antonio Spurs tied up the Western
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  Speaker 1: Conference Finals at two to two with a one oh
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  Speaker 1: three eighty two win over OKC. Wemby was spectacular again
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  Speaker 1: thirty three points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals, three blocks.
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  Speaker 2: Unbelievable stat line.
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  Speaker 1: The Spurs really had control of this game pretty much
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  Speaker 1: wire to wire. The Thunder are dealing with some injuries
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  Speaker 1: to two starters, and the Spurs got Dearon Fox and
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  Speaker 1: Dylan Harper back, who were both great in game four. Look,
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  Speaker 1: this series is going to be a battle of strength
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  Speaker 1: and health because these teams are very evenly matched and
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  Speaker 1: they're playing so hard.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a very physical series.
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  Speaker 1: After the game, the NBA on NBC crew talked with
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  Speaker 1: Fox after the game about Wemby. He said, everything that
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  Speaker 1: you hear about Vick is true. He don't want to
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  Speaker 1: see the blue light after like nine o'clock. He reads books,
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  Speaker 1: he's not on his phone like two year old doing
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  Speaker 1: the things he does, and truly loves the game and
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  Speaker 1: takes care of his body. Out of all the things
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  Speaker 1: he does in basketball, he's a better person. He's a
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  Speaker 1: better person than he is a basketball player. And I
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  Speaker 1: know that's hard to believe. Well, he is a spectacular,
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  Speaker 1: amazing basketball player, So to hear from this, hear this
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  Speaker 1: from one of his teammates is incredible. He's just one
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  Speaker 1: of a kind and it's it's really been incredible to
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  Speaker 1: watch him work the crowd to really embrace San Antonio,
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  Speaker 1: seeing Pop and Tim Duncan watching from the suite and
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  Speaker 1: the Spurs Nuns, like everything about what's happening with this
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  Speaker 1: Spurs run is very endearing and it's what makes basketball
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  Speaker 1: so great. And kind of what's developing now is Okac
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  Speaker 1: is sort of forming into the villains, which was a
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  Speaker 1: little unexpected because last year they were the media darlings.
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  Speaker 2: And that's how quick it changes.
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  Speaker 1: When you get at the top, then everybody wants to
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  Speaker 1: try and tear you down.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's what we do, that's the way that it works.
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  Speaker 1: But I do also think that some of the narrative
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  Speaker 1: of Shay getting all the calls is sort of playing
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  Speaker 1: into this match. With the excitement of seeing the Spurs
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  Speaker 1: ascending which is making for really great basketball. And listen,
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  Speaker 1: NITA villains and heroes and any of these matchups make
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  Speaker 1: it interesting and that these narratives are developing all on
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  Speaker 1: their own with the fans.
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  Speaker 2: So I've loved watching this series.
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  Speaker 1: I do think it is going to be a long
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  Speaker 1: one and they will.
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  Speaker 2: Try to bounce back.
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  Speaker 1: The thunderwill for Game five in Okac on Tuesday, so
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  Speaker 1: in the Eastern Conference Finals though, completely different series, and
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  Speaker 1: I have been pretty wrong about this one because I
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  Speaker 1: thought this would be a pretty evenly matched series and
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  Speaker 1: it would go long. While the Knicks have taken control
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  Speaker 1: of the series, winning Game three on Saturday in Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: to take a three to lead. Now no NBA team
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  Speaker 1: has ever come back from that, the Cavs do have
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  Speaker 1: a chance to rebound and avoid the sweep to Nights.
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  Speaker 1: Knicks fans were chanting Nixon four as the final seconds
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  Speaker 1: of Game three picked away. Karl Anthony Towns had thirteen points,
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  Speaker 1: eight rebuilts and seven assists, said, we just have to
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  Speaker 1: keep our mind on the task at hand. The game
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  Speaker 1: is over and we found a way to win. We
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  Speaker 1: have to execute at a high level in Game four. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I do not think that the Calves are going to
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  Speaker 1: get a swept. I think that this Game four will
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  Speaker 1: be a knockdown, drag out fight. They don't want to
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  Speaker 1: go out that way in the Eastern Conference Finals. And
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  Speaker 1: despite the way that the Knicks have played and the
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  Speaker 1: way that that Game one went, I do think that
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  Speaker 1: the Calves will rise to the occasion and at least
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  Speaker 1: make this go five. This is been a real revelation
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  Speaker 1: for everyone that is a really you know, a Knicks fan.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of people predicted a shorter series,
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  Speaker 1: but I did not see them coming together, certainly the
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  Speaker 1: way that they've started in Game one and throughout this postseason,
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  Speaker 1: that they would be this dominant at this point.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe it is just that the.
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  Speaker 1: Calves don't have enough, but to go up three zero
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  Speaker 1: is just an incredible feat And they've just been playing
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  Speaker 1: up to the occasion. And you know, the narrative that
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  Speaker 1: the Knicks can't be trusted, you know, once you make
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  Speaker 1: it to the finals, that that doesn't really matter to me.
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  Speaker 1: Like getting to the finals and out of the East
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  Speaker 1: is the accomplishment for the Knicks at this point. Now
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  Speaker 1: they're not going to obviously consider that to be the
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  Speaker 1: accomplishment they want to win a championship, but for the
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  Speaker 1: way that they played they finished the season last year,
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  Speaker 1: all of the height this year, all the questions, the
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  Speaker 1: narrative throughout the season, Michale bridges all these things. I
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  Speaker 1: do think that the way that they're playing right now
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  Speaker 1: has been unbelievably impressive. And finally, the biggest story in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL has nothing to do with trades or OTAs.
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  Speaker 2: New York Giants.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterback Jackson Dart introduced President Trump at an event for
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  Speaker 1: a New York representative. Dart's teammate, linebacker Abdul Carter, responded
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  Speaker 1: to a video of darts introduction said, thought this bleep
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  Speaker 1: was ai.
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  Speaker 2: What do we do in man?
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  Speaker 1: After that post sparked consider bol reaction, Carter followed up
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  Speaker 1: later in the day said, me and JD six are good.
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  Speaker 1: We spoke earlier as men. Y'all can keep y'all narratives now.
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  Speaker 1: When this first hit the internet, Dart is the giants
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  Speaker 1: second year starter, introducing Donald Trump at a PEP rally
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  Speaker 1: at Rockland Community College in suffer In, New York. They
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  Speaker 1: were at an event for New York Representative Mike Lawler.
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  Speaker 1: It's about thirty five miles northwest of New York City.
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  Speaker 2: I he said, what what a privilege to be here.
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  Speaker 1: Introduced President Donald Trump, and it obviously got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of attention on social media, a lot of conversation. It's
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  Speaker 1: very controversial, and obviously, you know, his own teammate responded
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  Speaker 1: to it. I I have always said that the narrative
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  Speaker 1: around athletes not being involved in politics, the narrative around
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  Speaker 1: athletes not using their play form for social issues, the
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  Speaker 1: narrative around shut up and dribble was always nonsense to me,
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  Speaker 1: and it's actually not nonsense to me.
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  Speaker 2: It's nonsense.
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  Speaker 1: Historically, athletes, sports and politics and social issues have always
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  Speaker 1: been intertwined at a very high level.
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  Speaker 2: And when you look.
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  Speaker 1: Across the history of sport, there are always athletes who
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  Speaker 1: endorse politicians, They follow political leaders, they endorse certain political parties,
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  Speaker 1: they endorse certain social movements. And if Jackson Dart wants
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  Speaker 1: to come out and introduce President Trump, and people see
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  Speaker 1: that and they disagree with what President Trump represents and
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  Speaker 1: what his administration has done, they have a right to
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  Speaker 1: not support him anymore. The entire idea of cancel culture
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to these things is Ludacris Jackson Dart
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  Speaker 1: made an active choice to go and participate in this
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  Speaker 1: event knowing everything that's going on in the world.
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  Speaker 2: It is no secret he.
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  Speaker 1: Has access to every single piece of information that the
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  Speaker 1: rest of us do. So he chose to ignore all
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  Speaker 1: of that and, as a quarterback of the New York Giants,
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  Speaker 1: stand up next to President Trump. So if his teammates
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  Speaker 1: don't agree with that, if the fans don't agree with that,
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  Speaker 1: they have a right to do so, just like he
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  Speaker 1: has a right to endorse Donald Trump, which is what
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  Speaker 1: he was doing. So obviously I disagree with that. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's ridiculous. There has nothing to do with his
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  Speaker 1: right or his freedom to do so. He does absolutely
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  Speaker 1: have a right and a freedom to get up there
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  Speaker 1: with Donald Trump, and I have a right to think
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  Speaker 1: it's it's clownery and to not like him or support
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  Speaker 1: him anymore. And by the way, the fans of the team,
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  Speaker 1: the fans of the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: And his teammates also have that right.
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  Speaker 1: We all have the same right to speak our minds,
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  Speaker 1: to tell our truth, to support who we want to support,
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  Speaker 1: and then people can react accordingly. And when you do
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  Speaker 1: it publicly, you are asking for that kind of response,
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  Speaker 1: whether it is positive or negative, is out of your control,
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  Speaker 1: and I believe that that is what he's learned. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean standing up with President Trump right now, and
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  Speaker 1: this isn't a political show, so I'm not I don't
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of time to get into all of it.
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  Speaker 1: It's ridiculous and the reaction is appropriate, and I think
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  Speaker 1: he will see throughout the season that what that actually means,
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  Speaker 1: and he's going to get the attention positively and negatively.
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  Speaker 2: That will endorse what it is that he believes. That's
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  Speaker 2: it for today.
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