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Hornets Rookies Hannes Steinbach & Christian Anderson Join the Show · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Right now, though, if you're listening live, you're going to
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  Speaker 1: hear one of those new Hornets players. Last night we
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  Speaker 1: were begging the Charlotte Hornets to give us front court help.
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  Speaker 1: It became a parent bone at number fourteen, the obvious
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  Speaker 1: choice the fans wanted was Hanna Steinbach, and Hannes Steinbach
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  Speaker 1: was to pick at number fourteen. He's nice enough to
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  Speaker 1: join us here the night after being drafted, Hannas, thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much for coming on. Congratulations, man, did you
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  Speaker 1: get any sleep? Have you got any sleep?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much? I got like four or five
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  Speaker 2: also sleep, so a little time. But yeah, thank you
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  Speaker 2: guys for having me.
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  Speaker 3: All right, that's good. Some draft guys come on.
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  Speaker 1: I get the filling to add like one five minutes
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  Speaker 1: of sleep, so that's good. How much fun was last night?
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  Speaker 4: Man?
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  Speaker 1: How much of a dream come true? How much did
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  Speaker 1: you and your family enjoy last night?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? It was really fun. Just I said the dream
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  Speaker 2: come true and just just had mom and family and
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  Speaker 2: my friends. That was very exciting, very cool.
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  Speaker 5: How cool was it to have the video up there
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  Speaker 5: and have Dirk be a part of your moment as well?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's what's so cool? Is one of just seeing
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  Speaker 2: just as send a media message to me if the
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  Speaker 2: adopted its very very cool.
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  Speaker 3: How many stories does your dad tell of Dirk? Does?
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  Speaker 5: Does your dad Burt card does he does? He act
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  Speaker 5: like he helped make Dirka who he was?
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  Speaker 2: Because if you started nothing too many? So yeah, not
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  Speaker 2: too many.
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  Speaker 1: He got into good Dirk got in a good dig
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  Speaker 1: at your pop stuff. There's no doubt about that. That
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  Speaker 1: was absolutely hilarious. What do you We've talked about it,
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  Speaker 1: but I want to ask you personally, like, what are
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  Speaker 1: you what can you tell There's a lot of Hornets
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  Speaker 1: fans listening. What are you going to bring to the
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  Speaker 1: Charlotte Hornets.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I'm definitely going to bring, rebounding and then
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  Speaker 2: just yeah to the energy and coluitment of course, and
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  Speaker 2: then just being a bacons a head in the barn
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  Speaker 2: and be a putter and transition.
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  Speaker 5: How excited are you to be part of this organization?
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  Speaker 5: And do you do you know a lot about Charlotte
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  Speaker 5: at all?
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  Speaker 2: I'm very excited to be part of this young group
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  Speaker 2: and this organization as a whole. And I don't know
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  Speaker 2: that much about child yet. Definitely in the next few weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, You're gonna have fun, You're gonna like it, and
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  Speaker 1: I have. We've noticed, by the way, with the World
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  Speaker 1: Cup being here, we have noticed a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: from from Europe on social media that have commented about
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  Speaker 1: all the things in America they love. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if you've seen the guy Freddy that is from your country.
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  Speaker 1: You see him, Yeah, he like look everything he's he
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  Speaker 1: experiences here he loves and he has actually become like
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  Speaker 1: a star.
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  Speaker 3: You only you played the one year in Washington.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything about America that you've been like, like,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's food or whether it's you know, anything in
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  Speaker 1: the culture you've been like, Man, this is awesome. What
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  Speaker 1: what sticks out in your mind?
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  Speaker 2: People are just being so open and so like talkative.
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  Speaker 2: It's very very nice to have, especially coming to in
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  Speaker 2: the city and new country. Just very cool to see
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  Speaker 2: that that's people that open. Uh to tell you that's.
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  Speaker 3: A good answer to people. We love that. We love
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  Speaker 3: that one. I'm not sure we do.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, before we let you, before we let you go,
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  Speaker 1: we got to talk to you about your national Your
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  Speaker 1: German national team teammate, Christian Anderson. He gets picked behind you,
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  Speaker 1: so you already know each other. You already play with
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  Speaker 1: each other. What is he like on the floor? Give
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  Speaker 1: me the scouting report? What are we going to get
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  Speaker 1: with with Christian?
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  Speaker 2: Great great shooter? For sure, that's the point that is
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  Speaker 2: going to be. I guess it's gone hitting because the
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  Speaker 2: path that.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we're looking forward to it. More excited man to
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  Speaker 1: have you here. Can't wait to see you get things started.
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  Speaker 1: We know it's been a long night. We appreciate you
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  Speaker 1: having the kindness to join us this morning. Thank you, brother,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, Thank you. Guys the other Hornets first round
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  Speaker 1: pick from last night and so beautifully a teammate on
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  Speaker 1: the German national team, a guy that knows Hannah Steinbacher.
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  Speaker 1: We just talked to you very well. Christian Anderson, who
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  Speaker 1: joins us on the mac and boneo. Christian, Welcome to Charlotte,
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Hornets. Man. Congratulations, Yes, sir, how y'all
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  Speaker 1: doing We're doing congrats man, we're doing good. So Hannas
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  Speaker 1: told us four or five hours of sleep for him?
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  Speaker 1: Can you top that? How much sleep did you get
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  Speaker 1: last night?
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  Speaker 2: I got like three?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, you had more fun?
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like, yeah, were you were you surprised that
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  Speaker 1: the Hornets picked you. It sounds like you met with them,
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  Speaker 1: you had spent time with them, or did you kind
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  Speaker 1: of get the feeling throughout the process? Oh, I think
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  Speaker 1: they could be a possible spot for me.
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  Speaker 4: No, I had the feeling throughout the process. Like you said.
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  Speaker 4: I met with them in the combine in Chicago, and
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  Speaker 4: when I worked out for them, we had, you know,
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  Speaker 4: inner together and all that stuff. So I knew, I
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  Speaker 4: knew they liked me, and I knew it was a
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  Speaker 4: real possibility. And you know, I was super excited to
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  Speaker 4: hear my name called to this organization.
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  Speaker 5: How excited are you to play with the trio of
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  Speaker 5: shooters already here in con in mellow in Miller, How
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  Speaker 5: how excited are you to be a part of that?
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  Speaker 5: And what can you most add to that group?
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  Speaker 4: Super exciting. You know, it's a lot easier to play
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  Speaker 4: when you got guys who can knock down shots and
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  Speaker 4: a lot of shooters around, like you said, so you
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  Speaker 4: know it's gonna make it hard for teams to help off.
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  Speaker 4: And I think I can just bring Elite Elite shot
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  Speaker 4: making two in that aspect, hit shots off the vehicle,
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  Speaker 4: cat and shoot whatever. So yeah, I think it's going
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  Speaker 4: to be hard for teams to help because we got
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  Speaker 4: a bunch of deadly shooters on the court.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking with Christian Anderson, brand new Charlotte Horty eighteen
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  Speaker 1: pick in the draft last night. All Right, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to ask you a question. I think I know the answer,
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  Speaker 1: but I want to hear it. All right, I think
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  Speaker 1: fans want to hear you say this. Who is the
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  Speaker 1: best shooter in the twenty twenty six NBA draft?
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  Speaker 2: Me?
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  Speaker 3: I love it?
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  Speaker 1: And here's the thing though, Like it's one thing like
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  Speaker 1: that would be like me. But if I tell you
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  Speaker 1: I'm the best radio host in the world, no one
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  Speaker 1: else going agree with Yeah. Right, But Christian, if you
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  Speaker 1: read the scouting reports, I mean, there's a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: scouts that agree with you on that. And the thing
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  Speaker 1: about your shooting, it appears there is no scenario you
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  Speaker 1: can't shoot. Like I'm reading through the metrics, catch and
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  Speaker 1: shoot amazing off the dribble. Seems like you might like
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  Speaker 1: that more twenty six feet or more, you shot like
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  Speaker 1: forty plus percent?
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  Speaker 3: Is that that?
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  Speaker 1: That's clearly something you worked on, right, just to be
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  Speaker 1: able to hit every type of shot?
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  Speaker 3: How important is that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I've worked on every single type of shot growing
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  Speaker 4: up and being able to hit in a variety of ways,
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  Speaker 4: especially from long distance. So now I just worked on
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  Speaker 4: and growing up and paid off. And nah, I don't
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  Speaker 4: feel I'm comfortable with any shot.
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  Speaker 3: Christian.
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  Speaker 5: You're from Atlanta. Are you ready to make that jump
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  Speaker 5: now to Charlotte and then cross the rivalry lines there
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  Speaker 5: to be a Charlotte guy?
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  Speaker 4: Now, I mean, you know it's not too far obviously,
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  Speaker 4: but you know early not play au here and also
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  Speaker 4: with this school in North Carolina, so I'm super familiar
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  Speaker 4: with displays, so not super excited.
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  Speaker 1: Nice wall, Hey, we play We play the Hawks for
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  Speaker 1: a for a pig trophy, all right, the winner gets
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  Speaker 1: a pig, and so you better know you know about it.
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  Speaker 1: You better help us win that dang pig man. It's personal.
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  Speaker 1: And Charlotte, your pick and roll game is something else
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  Speaker 1: that Jeff Peterson mentioned the GM and the Hornets last night.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to your shooting, the scouts rave about your
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  Speaker 1: pick and roll game. And I'm watching all these clips
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  Speaker 1: and it's like it just feels like you're pacing, Like
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm an amateur trying to analyze it.
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  Speaker 1: What are your keys to running that pick and roll?
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  Speaker 4: So well, yeah, I'm just reading the defense all the times, uh,
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  Speaker 4: looking at what options and rings I got depend on
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  Speaker 4: the cover shame and U I'm looking to you know,
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  Speaker 4: just read the rim guy and just make the best play,
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  Speaker 4: whether it's you know, shoot the.
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  Speaker 3: Ball, hit the roller, or you know, like I.
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  Speaker 4: Said, if the rim dies at the rim, then you know,
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  Speaker 4: make that skip pass. So I'm reading a bunch of
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  Speaker 4: different things, but now I think, yeah, it just comes
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  Speaker 4: from work on it growing up and just comes easy
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  Speaker 4: to me at this point.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Christian, I'm a big Duke fan. I'm not looking
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  Speaker 5: for an apology about what you did last year, but
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  Speaker 5: I want you to know that your performance are outstanding.
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  Speaker 5: But it did make me cry a little bit. And
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  Speaker 5: I'm not looking for you to say I'm sorry. I
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  Speaker 5: mean to hurt you, but I just want you to
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  Speaker 5: know that you you you heard me last year during
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  Speaker 5: that game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, no, that was easily one of my favorite games
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  Speaker 4: of playing, especially you know, Duke and everything like that.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, we had to get them one time.
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  Speaker 1: You were a stone cold killer. Now, sure you won't
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  Speaker 1: bring that up to con or see on it any
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  Speaker 1: point right, that is definitely true. All right, I want
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  Speaker 1: to let's talk about Hannas. We asked him about you.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know, you know, what's it like playing
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  Speaker 1: with him? Like, what are Hornets fans going to love
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  Speaker 1: about Hannas Steinbach?
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  Speaker 4: Just a super great guy. You know. Obviously everybody knows
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  Speaker 4: about about the redowne and everything like that, because you know,
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  Speaker 4: one of the best rebounders in college basketball. But I
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  Speaker 4: think just to feel and he knows where to be,
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  Speaker 4: especially on peg and rolls, and I think he knows
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  Speaker 4: how to play the game really well. So I think
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  Speaker 4: offensive and defenses were getting a guy who's you know,
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  Speaker 4: super smart, and obviously we already have that chemistry. It's
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  Speaker 4: gonna be fun to play with them.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. We hope to see you guys teaming
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  Speaker 1: up in Summer league. Man, we got a summer league
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  Speaker 1: title to defend. All right, I want you guys out there. Well, okay,
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  Speaker 1: before let you go, I got to do full disclosure here.
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  Speaker 1: There were some Hornets fans that got upset at me
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  Speaker 1: earlier because I was bringing up something that I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: that you can't do anything about really, and I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: that you hear about it all the time. I was
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  Speaker 1: bringing up the size and like my concerns, our team's
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  Speaker 1: gonna target you in the NBA, let's find let's go
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  Speaker 1: after a Christian because you know, let's get them on
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  Speaker 1: our six five wing or whatever like that. How do
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  Speaker 1: you I'm sure you hear this all the time. What
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  Speaker 1: would you say to those of us that are like, man,
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  Speaker 1: is he big enough to hold up defensively?
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  Speaker 3: What would you say?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I would say, you know, uh, well, I'm really
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  Speaker 4: like measurements were a little off really like six two
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  Speaker 4: three fours, so like really six three, so people really
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  Speaker 4: think I'm six to one, but you know, issues them
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  Speaker 4: like six three and you know, wingspan six m's. I
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  Speaker 4: think I got the physicals to team know, make an
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  Speaker 4: impact in this league. But you know, it's all about,
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  Speaker 4: you know, learn how to how to do all the
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  Speaker 4: little things that gets you and help you succeed on
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  Speaker 4: the defensive end. And I think most importantly I want
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  Speaker 4: to you know, I have competitive spirit on that end,
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  Speaker 4: and you know I'll faightly on that end. So I mean,
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  Speaker 4: obviously it's gonna take a little bit of adjustment period,
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  Speaker 4: but I don't think I'll have any problem with that
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  Speaker 4: in the future.
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  Speaker 3: I love it, man, I'm pulling for you.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you do it, and I hope you can
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  Speaker 1: come on a couple of years and be like, dude,
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  Speaker 1: I told you didn't have to worry about my defense.
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  Speaker 1: I would love that. Uh, and I can't wait to
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  Speaker 1: see you shoot the rock. The most important question, as
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  Speaker 1: we say, goodbody you play on the German national team,
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  Speaker 1: is Schnitzel.
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  Speaker 3: Good? Do you like Schnitzel?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it.
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  Speaker 3: I love it, Okay, highly Szel's highly recommended. I mean.
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  Speaker 1: You got to get the right one. Okay, all right, brother, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to Charlotte. Congratulations on fulfilling your dream man, keep going,
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  Speaker 1: keep improving, and we appreciate you coming on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, appreciate YOUK.
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  Speaker 3: Chris, thank you, Christian. There you go.
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  Speaker 1: That as Christian Anderson new member of your Charlotte Hornet.