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Kawhi Trade Frozen, Wembanyamas New Deal Leaves Money, and Heat ‘Smack Gate’ in Vegas · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's Joy Taylor. Welcome to The Daily Play.
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  Speaker 2: offseason has been crazy and Kawhi has been a big
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  Speaker 2: reason why. So it started before the season, the NBA's
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  Speaker 2: investigation to the Clippers and Kauhi's marketing deal with Aspiration
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  Speaker 2: that became public. Sort of whether that storm throughout the season,
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  Speaker 2: and the Clippers moved Kawhi to the Raptors from whence
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  Speaker 2: he came or so they thought, because as a Friday,
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  Speaker 2: the opening day of Summer League, both teams released statements
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  Speaker 2: saying that the trade is on hold. So the statement
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  Speaker 2: from the Raptors said, regarding our plan trade with the
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  Speaker 2: La Clippers for Kawhi leon Or, the NBA League Office
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  Speaker 2: informed us that as a result of the ongoing investigation
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  Speaker 2: involving the Clippers, we would assume the risk of any
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  Speaker 2: potential outcome of the investigation impacting Kauai. In light of this,
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  Speaker 2: we will wait until the league's investigation is complete. The
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  Speaker 2: Raptors remained eager to bring Kawhi back to Toronto and
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  Speaker 2: look forward to a swift resolution for our players or
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  Speaker 2: organization in our fans.
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  Speaker 1: Now, according to.
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  Speaker 2: Reports, both sides think the blockbuster trade will eventually go
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  Speaker 2: through and Kawhi will in fact join the Raptors. But
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  Speaker 2: as they said in the statement, the NBA informed the
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  Speaker 2: Raptors and they agreed before the trade that the investigation
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  Speaker 2: could cause issues with any deal involving Leonard, and this
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  Speaker 2: is coming from sources, and then they put that in
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  Speaker 2: the the statements. Yet, when the terms of the deal
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  Speaker 2: between the Clippers and the Raptors were reported on June thirtieth,
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  Speaker 2: it put pressure on Adam Silver in the league to
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  Speaker 2: get this situation handled, and it is a pretty unprecedented situation.
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  Speaker 2: The league did not give in to the pressure that
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  Speaker 2: came from the trade being public, and maintains that trading
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  Speaker 2: for Leonard before the investigation was completed meant that the
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  Speaker 2: Raptors were assuming any risk of potential outcome of the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: So the Raptors knew.
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  Speaker 2: That this was potentially going to get complicated. And I
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  Speaker 2: just don't understand what's taking the league so long, Like
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  Speaker 2: you have been doing this investigation for months now. You
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  Speaker 2: had to know that this trade was going through, like
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  Speaker 2: they reported the trade to the league. Obviously, I understand
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  Speaker 2: that the NBA doesn't want to just give into finalizing
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  Speaker 2: the investigation if they aren't finished, But my god, what
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  Speaker 2: else do you need to know and what possible action
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  Speaker 2: would be taken that would keep this trade from happening.
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  Speaker 2: So the NBAPA is probably going to get involved at
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  Speaker 2: some point because you know the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: They did say that they were going to announce it
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  Speaker 1: after the finals.
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  Speaker 2: Well, TikTok, Like the finals are over, we have a champion,
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  Speaker 2: we've done the parade, we are now in summer league.
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  Speaker 2: So where is the answer on what is going to
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  Speaker 2: come out of this investigation? Like what is the punishment
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  Speaker 2: for kwhi? This trade is going to be on hold?
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  Speaker 2: This is a pretty significant trade. You're talking about the
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  Speaker 2: implications for both teams and both for the Eastern and
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  Speaker 2: Western Conference.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean, there's.
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  Speaker 2: Really nothing that can be done until the league gets
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  Speaker 2: wraps up the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: But like, this is a big deal, and there's more punitive.
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  Speaker 2: Action that could come from this, because if there's some
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  Speaker 2: funny business on anything that has to do with what
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  Speaker 2: the punishment is, if it in any way.
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  Speaker 1: Truly causes problems for the Raptors.
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  Speaker 2: Now you're talking about having to compensate them, even though
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  Speaker 2: they know that trading for Kawhi before the investigation was
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  Speaker 2: over could lead to some complications. But I mean, you're
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  Speaker 2: talking about holding up the off season for really two teams,
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  Speaker 2: So they've got to get to the bottom of this.
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  Speaker 2: Like enough with the hold up on this investigation. Let's
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  Speaker 2: get the answer and figure out what's going to happen
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  Speaker 2: with Kawhi and if he is going to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: have his contract voided and what all that's going to mean.
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  Speaker 1: But pretty big deal. So staying in the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: The Spurs have signed Victor woman Yama to a five year,
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty million dollar extension.
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  Speaker 1: But that's the main headline. The second and maybe more
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  Speaker 1: important headline is that he left some monies on the table,
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  Speaker 1: which I never recommend. However, he chose twenty five percent
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  Speaker 1: of the cap max rather than thirty percent, which was
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  Speaker 1: earned based off of the accolades that he got. This year.
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  Speaker 1: He was entitled to receive the supermax.
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  Speaker 2: Clause, which would have raised the salary to thirty percent
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  Speaker 2: of the cap and projected three hundred million three hundred
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  Speaker 2: and one million over those five years if he wins
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  Speaker 2: MVP Defensive Player of the Year or makes an All
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  Speaker 2: NBA next season, considering he had just become the NBA's
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  Speaker 2: first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year, so basically he
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  Speaker 2: would have been able to take up a bigger chunk
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  Speaker 2: of the pie when it comes to what the salary
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  Speaker 2: cap is. So the deal would POTENTI save the Spurs
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  Speaker 2: roughly fifty million over the next five years. He posted
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  Speaker 2: on social Spurs Family, I'm here today, whatever it takes.
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  Speaker 2: So the Spurs went to him, offered him everything and
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  Speaker 2: gave him the options and let him choose. You know,
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  Speaker 2: on surface, this is very unselfish of him. This is
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  Speaker 2: a deal that will allow them to have the flexibility
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  Speaker 2: to keep their young core together.
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  Speaker 1: But the other part.
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  Speaker 2: Of this is teams are kind of treating that as
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  Speaker 2: a hard cap and that's not what it's meant to be.
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  Speaker 2: The burden should not be on the player to keep
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  Speaker 2: teams together. And if that's how the system is working,
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  Speaker 2: then they need to rework the system because it's almost
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  Speaker 2: becoming punitive to be a great player.
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  Speaker 1: So he's being being.
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  Speaker 2: Punished as looking at selfish or taking up too much
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  Speaker 2: of the salary cap percentage of the salary cap by
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  Speaker 2: getting money that he has earned and is deserved based
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  Speaker 2: not only on his play, but also the accolades that
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  Speaker 2: he is achieving with his play. So I love that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he was he did this and it is
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  Speaker 2: going to serve the Spurs very well. And he is
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  Speaker 2: a competitive guy and he wants to win a championship,
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  Speaker 2: and they want to keep their young cores together.
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  Speaker 1: The other guys are going to be the other.
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  Speaker 2: Young core is gonna, you know, start coming up for
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  Speaker 2: their their contracts, Castle and all those guys. So it's
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna get complicated for the Spurs if they didn't
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  Speaker 2: have that wiggle room. But I just don't like that
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  Speaker 2: the system is designed to not designed, but it is
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  Speaker 2: becoming because teams don't want to get into those other
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  Speaker 2: you know, the second apron person second apron to have
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  Speaker 2: to pay players when they have the max extensions that
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  Speaker 2: they've earned. They need to change the system, like he
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  Speaker 2: should not be leaving money on the table to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that other young players who are who are in
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  Speaker 2: the organization can also get their MAX contracts, Like let's
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  Speaker 2: rework this year.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's obviously more complicated than that. And listen, I
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  Speaker 1: don't pretend to be.
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  Speaker 2: A salary cap expert, but it's what happened with Jalen Brett. Well,
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  Speaker 2: one of the excuses for why the Jaylen Brown situation
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  Speaker 2: happened is that you know, you have all this money
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  Speaker 2: tied up in one or two players and you can't
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  Speaker 2: really build a competitive roster around your stars.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's a problem. The system has to be reworked.
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  Speaker 2: You should be able to reward your young players who
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  Speaker 2: are coming up on the extensions that they've earned and
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  Speaker 2: the super max contracts that they've earned without it being
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  Speaker 2: so punitive to the percentage of your salary cap. So
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  Speaker 2: they need to rework that. But congrats to Wenby, Congrats
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  Speaker 2: to the Spurs, and uh, you know, we expect big
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  Speaker 2: things from them throughout his career. And this is step
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  Speaker 2: one for this twenty two year old mega international superstar.
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  Speaker 2: So I happen to begin in Vegas and I actually am
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  Speaker 2: staying at Resource World where the drama happened.
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  Speaker 1: At Summer Leak, I was not there. I do not
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  Speaker 1: have any extra sources and no extra information.
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  Speaker 2: But this is my team, the Miami Heat, and this
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  Speaker 2: has been everywhere with Tayler, Hero and Bam Adebayo and Smackgate,
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  Speaker 2: and the story dropped over the weekends. Shams had to
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  Speaker 2: take some time from breaking trades to posts that Bam
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  Speaker 2: and Taler Hero got in a physical law altercation in
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  Speaker 2: Las Vegas on Friday, where at A Bio's struck Hero.
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  Speaker 2: The altercation occurred at a practice court in Las Vegas,
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  Speaker 2: and it started when at a Bio approached Hero about
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  Speaker 2: comments the guard made critiquing the center on social media.
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  Speaker 2: After their seven year run in Miami ended, so Hero
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  Speaker 2: was obviously traded to Milwaukee, and there were screenshots shared
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  Speaker 2: online of an Instagram DM with the fan in which
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  Speaker 2: Hero appeared to question at Obio's defensive prowess. Listen, I
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  Speaker 2: condone violence in very specific situations.
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  Speaker 1: This does not.
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  Speaker 2: Seem like the right place for this confrontation to happen
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  Speaker 2: in front of allegedly in front of kids, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Summer League, an AAU team.
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  Speaker 1: This is a very.
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  Speaker 2: Complicated, dramatic situation. There is a lot floating around here.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of emotions. Potentially, Hero feels like Bam
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  Speaker 2: should have behind the scenes fought for him more. In Miami,
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  Speaker 2: they were very close, their friends played together for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. Bam is considered the best player because he
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  Speaker 2: is and the most important piece in Miami pretty honest,
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  Speaker 2: because he is. He is certainly more valuable to the
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  Speaker 2: organization as a player than Tyler Hero. And that's no
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  Speaker 2: disrespect to Tyler Hero. We just all have eyeballs and like,
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  Speaker 2: Bama is the better player. What are we talking about here?
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  Speaker 2: This is a business, and I get it. You have loyalties,
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  Speaker 2: you have a family, you have a life, and you
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  Speaker 2: invest in a city, and you invest in a team
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  Speaker 2: and you buy in and then oh you're gone, You're traded.
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  Speaker 2: You're not as valuable to them as you thought that
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  Speaker 2: you were, or you know, get your feelings hurt with teammates.
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  Speaker 2: I understand all of this. The posting, contacting a fan,
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  Speaker 2: inventing is absolutely crazy. This is an absolutely crazy thing
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  Speaker 2: to do. Listen, we all get caught up in emotional
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  Speaker 2: moments where we tell somebody something we shouldn't have told them.
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  Speaker 1: We've all made that mistake. We've all vented to the
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  Speaker 1: wrong person and left ourselves vulnerable. It is a very
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  Speaker 1: natural human thing to do.
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, if you are a extremely famous NBA basketball player
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  Speaker 2: and your words can be screenshot and sent around the
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  Speaker 2: world to not only damage a relationship with somebody that
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  Speaker 2: you were very close with and teammates with for a
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  Speaker 2: long time, but also you know, kind of the embarrassing
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  Speaker 2: as well. You have to do other worldly things, you
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  Speaker 2: have to behave in a way that isn't normal, Like
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  Speaker 2: all of us have done that, but there's there's bigger
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  Speaker 2: expectations of you. And you know, the Internet is a
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  Speaker 2: dangerous place. You cannot trust people and it's it's the
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  Speaker 2: unfortunate reality of the world that we live in. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of people are out to get other people. And
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  Speaker 2: if you're venting about your teammate on social media, there
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  Speaker 2: is to someone you don't know, even to someone that
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  Speaker 2: you know, there is a chance that that's going to
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  Speaker 2: be made public and look like Bam and Tyler Hero
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  Speaker 2: there are grown men and sometimes that's how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: I would not condone where it happened, but emotions are
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  Speaker 2: high and you know you were talking, that's how it goes,
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, Doneum, don't condone that in the in the
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  Speaker 2: setting that it was in, but yeah, I mean I
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  Speaker 2: certainly have been tempted to give a little smackaroo to
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  Speaker 2: a few people for running their mouths uh in my day,
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  Speaker 2: and I don't know in some sort of situations that
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  Speaker 2: I would have the emotional.
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  Speaker 1: Maturity or controlled not to do that. So I'm I
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  Speaker 1: get it, Like I very much understand it.
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  Speaker 2: People run their mouth and there sometimes are consequences to that.
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  Speaker 2: I think they'll probably and I don't know how you
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  Speaker 2: sort it out after that.
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  Speaker 1: They're not on this on the same team anymore.
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  Speaker 2: I do feel like eventually we'll get the story of
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  Speaker 2: you know, what happened on that court.
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  Speaker 1: Here in Vegas.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, it's a little it's it's unfortunate that
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  Speaker 2: things ended this way. Like you have to be a professional,
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  Speaker 2: and when you're talking about Tyler Hero like you you
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  Speaker 2: were going to get traded if johannest was going to
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  Speaker 2: potentially come to Miami, and that has to be something
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  Speaker 2: that you understand and accept, Like can you be emotional
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  Speaker 2: about it?
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  Speaker 1: Of course?
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  Speaker 2: Can you feel type of way about it? Can you
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  Speaker 2: you know, vents? But but who you vent to matters,
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  Speaker 2: which is which is a lesson in this situation. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not not a headline that you want coming.
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  Speaker 1: Out of Summer League.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, it's it's drama that people enjoy going back and
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  Speaker 2: forth about but I'm looking forward to everyone going their
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  Speaker 2: separate ways.
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  Speaker 1: And when the season.
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  Speaker 2: Comes around, we'll see, uh, you know, how everything shakes out.
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  Speaker 2: And I do think eventually we'll get we'll get a
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  Speaker 2: more open conversation is of course it's you know, no comment,
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  Speaker 2: no comment.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get a more open.
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  Speaker 2: Conversation about the bigger picture of how all this happens.
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  Speaker 2: But drama in Vegas not everything that happens in Vegas.
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  Speaker 1: To days in Vegas.
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