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76ers' Starting 5 with LeBron BEST 'I'VE EVER SEEN' ‼️ LeSean McCoy's NBA Opening Night Reaction · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Basketball is back it was a great look great night
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  Speaker 1: last night nba opening night we had three games but
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  Speaker 1: i gotta talk about the the biggest game of the
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  Speaker 1: night it was banner raising night in new york city
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  Speaker 1: and the 76ers your 76ers ruined it for the knicks
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  Speaker 1: with a awesome awesome win for the philadelphia 76ers everyone
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  Speaker 1: was excited to see this team last night and shady
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  Speaker 1: i'm all ready to say it I think the Sixers
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  Speaker 1: are the best team in the East already.
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  Speaker 2: After one game, I'm way too excited about this team.
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  Speaker 2: Your opinion on this team. First of all, big toast
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  Speaker 2: to them Knicks. Got the rings and things. Congratulations. We're
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  Speaker 2: on to next year.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 4: And if you look at this game, it was easy
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  Speaker 4: to see who was the more dominant, better team.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And I think this is probably the best starting five
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  Speaker 5: I've ever seen.
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  Speaker 2: Ever.
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  Speaker 5: I'm just being honest. You can look at this. The Warriors...
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  Speaker 5: The 2017 roster?
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  Speaker 4: 2017, 2018.
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  Speaker 2: That was a great team. The Bulls teams. The Bulls.
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  Speaker 5: But I like this roster right here.
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  Speaker 2: You're taking them over anyone.
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  Speaker 5: They can do everything. They got the size.
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  Speaker 2: I thought I was over it.
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 5: And you always think, what's the weakness? There's no weakness.
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  Speaker 5: We play defense. Super high Q.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: On the basketball court, we can score with the best
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  Speaker 5: of them.
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  Speaker 4: We can slow pace. We can play fast. Our bench
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  Speaker 4: is tough. It's going to be dangerous this year, man.
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  Speaker 5: It is.
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  Speaker 2: I love the take, Shady. I can't get there with you.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think, like, I genuinely am curious. Who
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  Speaker 2: is beating this team in the East? And I want
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  Speaker 2: to run through some of the teams in the East.
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  Speaker 5: All in the East?
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  Speaker 2: All in the East that could compete with this team.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll start with the team last night. We get
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  Speaker 2: to the playoffs. We get to an Eastern Conference Finals.
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  Speaker 2: You taking this Knicks team over the Sixers? Because I
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  Speaker 2: know we saw one game last night.
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  Speaker 5: Only one game.
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  Speaker 2: You said it. Where's the weaknesses in this starting five?
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  Speaker 2: And even the bench looks really good, too. Would you
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  Speaker 2: take the Knicks? Would you entertain that at all?
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  Speaker 5: My number one player in the whole NBA is Brunson.
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  Speaker 5: So let's get that straight.
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  Speaker 2: You've said this.
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  Speaker 4: But if you look at the Knicks last night, if
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  Speaker 4: he can't score and get going, who can?
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully Cat.
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  Speaker 4: If he stays out of foul trouble, OG for time
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  Speaker 4: to time. If you look at the Sixers, anybody can
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  Speaker 4: go off. It looked like last night.
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  Speaker 5: You know what, Bron? You can go at 60% here. JB,
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  Speaker 5: you go hard. Tyrese Maxey, you can go hard. And B,
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  Speaker 5: you can take it easy.
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  Speaker 4: It's going to be a game-to-game type of decision who
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  Speaker 4: takes off.
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  Speaker 5: For the Sixers. We have that type of talent.
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  Speaker 2: You do.
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  Speaker 5: I can't see the Knicks beating them.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait for a playoff series between these two
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  Speaker 2: teams because I think it'll go seven. But I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to take the talent over. I mean, hello. Do you
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  Speaker 2: think this is the Eastern Conference Finals? I do. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I believe that.
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  Speaker 5: I like the Celtics, but I think something about them Knicks, bro.
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  Speaker 5: They fight, man. And they got a leader in Brunson.
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  Speaker 2: What about the Miami Heat, who also brought in a
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  Speaker 2: major superstar in Giannis Antetokounmpo? That's starting five now. Giannis Bam,
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  Speaker 2: Klay Thompson, Davion Mitchell, and Andrew Wiggins. I think very
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  Speaker 2: similar to how I felt to the Sixers before last
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  Speaker 2: night of I just want to see it. I want
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  Speaker 2: to see this heat team. I want to see what
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  Speaker 2: this looks like. I don't know if they have enough shooters.
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  Speaker 2: They do have arguably the best coach in the sport
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  Speaker 2: in Eric Spolstra. But again, I'm a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: hesitant because I just need to see it. I was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more of a believer in the Sixers, but.
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  Speaker 2: Are you entertaining Heat over Sixers?
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  Speaker 5: When I look at it on paper, Bam, Giannis, it
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  Speaker 5: looks good on paper.
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  Speaker 2: They'll be the best defensive team in the league.
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  Speaker 5: When I hear it, it sounds good. But, brother, I
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  Speaker 5: got to see it to believe it.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that they have a nice roster and
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  Speaker 4: they're coached very well with that Miami Heat culture that
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  Speaker 4: I love.
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  Speaker 5: But I got to see it. I don't know if
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  Speaker 5: it goes well together, though. You talk about a lot
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  Speaker 5: of drivers. You talk about Wiggins. You talk about Bam.
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  Speaker 5: You talk about Giannis. I got to see that, though.
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  Speaker 2: Has Giannis taken a step back at all? Or in
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  Speaker 2: your opinion, he's still a top five player? I can't
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  Speaker 2: vouch for that.
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  Speaker 4: Nope.
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  Speaker 5: That was Giannis.
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  Speaker 4: I think when Giannis is motivated and hungry and healthy,
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  Speaker 4: he's a different player.
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  Speaker 2: I think he has taken a step back, but I
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  Speaker 2: don't think the situation in Milwaukee was great. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's where that lack of motivation was coming from
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  Speaker 2: the last few years. I mean, they haven't gotten out
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  Speaker 2: of the first round in a few years. I still
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  Speaker 2: think he's an excellent player. I think now in Miami
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  Speaker 2: with another star player like Bam, a much better roster
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  Speaker 2: than what he was dealing with in Milwaukee last year,
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  Speaker 2: I think that they'll be a very strong team. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not taking them over the Sixers.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not taking them over the Sixers, but I do
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  Speaker 4: think a motivated Giannis is something special.
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  Speaker 2: What about the Raptors, a team that a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people don't talk about? but they were, I.
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  Speaker 3: Believe they were the five seed last year, a young team,
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  Speaker 3: but they add Kawhi Leonard, a franchise icon, a man
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  Speaker 3: who drug them to a title.
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  Speaker 2: He is back in Toronto. I think this team is
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  Speaker 2: going to be great. I do not think I would
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  Speaker 2: take them over the Sixers, but Scottie Barnes, I think,
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  Speaker 2: is a star player in the NBA right now. I
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  Speaker 2: think they have two stars. I think it's Scottie Barnes
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  Speaker 2: and Kawhi Leonard, and if you have two stars, You
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  Speaker 2: can go pretty far in the playoffs. Now, I think
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  Speaker 2: the Sixers have four to five stars on their team,
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  Speaker 2: so that's going to be hard to beat. But what
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  Speaker 2: say you about the Raptors?
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  Speaker 5: No, no, no, no, no. Thumbs all the way down.
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  Speaker 4: Why?
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  Speaker 2: Hell no. Listen, I love Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, he's amazing.
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  Speaker 4: Kawhi Leonard is your main superstar. I don't think you
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  Speaker 4: win in this league today. I mean, he's the guy
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  Speaker 4: who basically started the whole Lowe's management. I know he
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  Speaker 4: played over here last year.
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  Speaker 2: He played basically the whole season.
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  Speaker 5: Are you a betting man?
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  Speaker 2: I dabble.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you bet your money that, you know what, this
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  Speaker 4: guy's going to lead this Toronto team to the Eastern
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  Speaker 4: Conference Finals?
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  Speaker 2: I can make the argument for it. I really think,
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  Speaker 2: and I think you're discounting, are you not as big
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  Speaker 2: a fan of Scottie?
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  Speaker 4: No, I love Scottie Barnes, right? I think he put
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  Speaker 4: him at the two world, be the number two on
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  Speaker 4: the team.
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  Speaker 5: I love that. Plays both sides of the ball right,
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  Speaker 5: two-way player. Defensive-wise, he's really, really good.
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  Speaker 2: I think Scottie's a top 15 player in the NBA.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, he has that type of talent. I
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  Speaker 5: can see that.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe not a superstar, but an all-around player, I can
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  Speaker 4: put him in that top 15 because he do so much.
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  Speaker 5: They're not beating the Sixers. I think we're wasting time
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  Speaker 5: with this one.
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  Speaker 2: Really? I mean, come on. Are you kidding me? I'm
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  Speaker 2: a fan of the Raptors. I think they're a fun team.
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  Speaker 2: One that maybe I'm a little bit more down on,
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  Speaker 2: but I think they have a top, top guy in
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  Speaker 2: the league. The Detroit Pistons.
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  Speaker 5: I like them.
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  Speaker 2: The number one seed in the East last year. They
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  Speaker 2: fizzle out in the second round. They don't make conference finals.
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  Speaker 2: But Cade Cunningham, we talk about guys. Cade Cunningham is
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  Speaker 2: that guy. He's a guy. He's that guy. I would
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  Speaker 2: like to see it make a little bit more of
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  Speaker 2: the scoring once we get into the postseason. They need
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  Speaker 2: somebody else. Like Jalen Duren obviously had all the contract
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  Speaker 2: stuff this summer. Osor Thompson is a terrific player. They
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  Speaker 2: need more scoring, though, in my opinion. I kind of
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  Speaker 2: feel similar with them as I do the Heat. Any
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  Speaker 2: chance that they can compete with the Sixers? I don't
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  Speaker 2: think so.
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  Speaker 5: Look at me.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 2: Hell no.
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  Speaker 5: Where?
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  Speaker 2: No two thumbs. You did all the thumbs down for
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  Speaker 2: the Rams.
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  Speaker 5: I want to do 14 thumbs down.
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  Speaker 4: But the truth is, I watched him last year in
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs, and Cade Cunningham, to me, is top three
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  Speaker 4: point guard in the league for me.
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely. He's that special, right? Plays defense well and can
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  Speaker 5: score at the best of them.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: But when I'm watching him in the playoffs, when he struggled,
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  Speaker 5: they struggled. You need another help. He's not going to score.
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  Speaker 2: Who else can score for him? I know. That's the problem.
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  Speaker 2: If they are a team, there's a very interesting piece
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  Speaker 2: out there. of if the Suns get off to a
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  Speaker 2: slow start and Devin Booker finally wants to explore new options.
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  Speaker 2: He's a Michigan man. He grew up a Pistons fan.
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  Speaker 2: If they add a player like that, that's where the
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  Speaker 2: Pistons can make a jump. With this roster, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: seeing it.
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  Speaker 4: Now you're cooking with grease because you was cooking in
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  Speaker 4: the microwave. Now you're cooking with that grease. If they
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  Speaker 4: get Devin Booker, oh, my gosh.
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  Speaker 2: If they get Devin Booker, are you taking them over
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  Speaker 2: the Sixers?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: But, hey. They're there.
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  Speaker 5: 3-1 type of series.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Yeah. You got scoring.
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  Speaker 4: You got superstar power over there with them two and Kade.
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  Speaker 4: And it's Detroit, a little gritty, a little grimy.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Right? Because if you flip it up, it gets like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: You need somebody to compete with it. So that might
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  Speaker 5: be a good one, though.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Seriously. We'll put a pin in the pistons.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers, who I thought they would shake up
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  Speaker 2: the roster a little more this offseason, and they kind
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  Speaker 2: of are just running it back. And I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if you remember, they got their butts kicked in the
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  Speaker 2: Eastern Conference Finals last year. Any chance... They compete with
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  Speaker 2: our Sixers when it comes to that.
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  Speaker 5: Sweet, sweet, sweet.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, they got swept last year with the Knicks.
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  Speaker 4: They're going to get swept by the 76ers. I just
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  Speaker 4: don't believe in them.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, listen, I think Spidey is damn good. He
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  Speaker 5: definitely is. They play good defense with the two bigs
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  Speaker 5: down there. Who's your number two? Is it James Harden?
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  Speaker 2: It's James Harden, J.D.
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  Speaker 5: At this point in his career, I don't see it.
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  Speaker 5: When he was with the Rockets, I didn't care if
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  Speaker 5: he played defense.
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  Speaker 2: You don't see James Harden as a star player anymore.
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  Speaker 5: No, I don't.
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  Speaker 4: Back then, the Rockets, I didn't care if he played
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  Speaker 4: defense or hustle. He could score at will.
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  Speaker 5: Not the same.
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  Speaker 4: And now you're a liability because if you watch the
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  Speaker 4: last one, he got swept by the Knicks.
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  Speaker 2: Brunson was looking for him. Where the hell are you?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, found him. I'm hunting him. Got busy, got buckets.
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  Speaker 5: And then that's how they won a lot of these games.
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  Speaker 5: So if he's my number two guy, I just don't
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  Speaker 5: believe in it.
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  Speaker 2: This is the one that I'm like the lowest on,
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  Speaker 2: on this list. I just, I wish they would have.
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  Speaker 2: Big cap.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I just wish they would have shaken things up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more. How about the Boston Celtics who played
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  Speaker 2: three really good quarters yesterday and then blew the game
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  Speaker 2: to the piston. Jason Tatum did not look very good,
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  Speaker 2: but you know who looked really good?
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  Speaker 5: Paul George.
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  Speaker 2: Paul George. Paulie P. Playoff. Playoff P. Looked awesome, awesome, awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I think this team can compete with the Sixers. I
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  Speaker 2: think they compete with the Knicks. This is, I think,
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  Speaker 2: a team, and Tatum will get better.
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  Speaker 4: Of course.
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  Speaker 2: Tatum's still coming off a major, major injury, even though
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  Speaker 2: he played in the playoffs last year. I think the
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  Speaker 2: Celtics are in that same tier.
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  Speaker 4: Do you think they are? Now, I do think this, though.
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  Speaker 4: I think that the the Celtics and the Sixers will
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  Speaker 4: be a really, really good matchup.
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  Speaker 5: Just because the.
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  Speaker 4: Matchups you have, right? People have made it a laugh
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  Speaker 4: and joked about Paul George going over there. But the
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  Speaker 4: truth is, if you're having for five six years now,
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  Speaker 4: you might be in trouble but for the next two
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  Speaker 4: to three years.
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  Speaker 5: Paul can score with the best of them.
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  Speaker 2: And he showed that yesterday already.
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  Speaker 4: And he can still play defense. If you look at
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  Speaker 4: the Celtics, the way they play their fit, he fits
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  Speaker 4: right in. They all can play defense from one to five.
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  Speaker 4: They switch on everything. And then there's so much space
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  Speaker 4: in there because they all can shoot. One-on-one basketball with
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  Speaker 4: Paul George?
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  Speaker 2: I'm always going to be afraid of the Celtics in
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  Speaker 2: a playoff series because they shoot more threes than anyone,
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  Speaker 2: which you can live and die by that. But when
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  Speaker 2: you live by it and it's successful, they can beat
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  Speaker 2: anyone in the And the truth.
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  Speaker 5: Is, are you kidding yourself here, man? We know who
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  Speaker 5: Jason Tatum is. Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Right? Slow start or not, he's going to be one
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  Speaker 4: of the best players to end this year. So they're
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  Speaker 4: going to be a good team.
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  Speaker 2: So we pretty much agree on this. There are a
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  Speaker 2: few teams. I think the Knicks and the Celtics are
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  Speaker 2: in that same tier as the Sixers. I'm still taking
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  Speaker 2: the Sixers over them. The other team I want to
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  Speaker 2: shout out, and I want you to remember them, the
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  Speaker 2: Indiana Pacers. Don't forget about the Indiana Pacers. I think
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  Speaker 2: the Indiana Pacers with Tyrese Halliburton coming back, the last
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  Speaker 2: time we saw this team at full strength, they were–
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  Speaker 2: In game seven of the NBA.
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  Speaker 4: I can agree to that. I mean, they're a good team.
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  Speaker 4: But listen, yesterday's price is not today's price.
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  Speaker 2: It's a whole new day.
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  Speaker 5: Come on now.
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia 76ers are the best team in the East, according
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  Speaker 2: to Shady and Ritter.
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  Speaker 5: That's right. To us.
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  Speaker 2: See you in the finals.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, let's do it. Let's do it.