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Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.

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In this episode I'll be doing my week 7 recap which is pretty much about the end season

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tournament all the quarterfinals the semi finals and the finals we'll talk about that

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also some injury news guys we'll get you caught up on that as well.

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The WNBA lottery took place we'll break that down as well so a lot to talk about so just

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sit back relax and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys this is your boy GD back with all things basketball with GD podcast and this

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week we are going to cover the end season tournament.

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So we've had our first inaugural end season tournament and I gotta say it's been a rousing

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success but I'll get to that in a minute.

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But I do want to start with some injury news before I go into it.

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In terms of injury news Zach Levine he's going to be out 3-4 weeks with that foot injury

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guys so Zach Levine the nightmare continues for him.

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Remember he's been unhappy for a minute now he has this foot injury that seems to be plaguing

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him and now it looks like at least 3 weeks we will not see Zach Levine in action so we'll

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see what happens with him.

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Then Laurie Markinett he missed all of last week with that hamstring injury and we are

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now going on 7 games and it's actually going to be 8 because word has it he won't play

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in Monday's game so the saga continues for Laurie Markinett and that hammy of his.

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Let us move on to Kyrie Irving.

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Kyrie Irving injured his foot in a 125-112 win over the Portland Trail Blazers but he

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injured his foot it was a freak accident.

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His teammate Dwight Powell accidentally stepped on his foot therefore causing the contusion.

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The word on the street is he's going to be out indefinitely guys so we don't know the

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extent of the injury we are just hearing out indefinitely but we know Kyrie has a history

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of injuries he's kind of a slow healer so we'll see what happens which is a shame because

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they started out so hot the Mavericks did so we'll definitely keep an eye on Kyrie in

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the progress with his foot.

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Let's move on to LaMelo Ball his ankle sprain will be reevaluated in a week.

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You talk about another guy who kind of heals slowly and remember he missed a lot of time

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last season so of course the Charlotte Hornets are going to treat him with kid gloves and

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rightfully so this is your franchise player so he will be reevaluated in a week.

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Jeremy Grant of the Portland Trail Blazers he missed last week's games with a concussion

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so he was out the two games last week and it seems like he won't play Monday in a game

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at the LA Clippers.

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Jeremy Grant dealing with a concussion how long he'll be out we'll have to wait and

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see with that and speaking of Portland Anthony Simons he has returned to action he returned

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on December 6 after missing the first 19 games guys remember he had the thumb injury so he

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missed the first 19 games now he's back on the court so bit of good news bad news for

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the Portland Trail Blazers then Jalen Durant he's going to be out at least two weeks with

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an ankle sprain so now you'll get to see the likes of Marvin Bagley probably a James Weisman

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as well hopefully we'll see him back on the court very soon.

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Bam out of bayou for the Miami Heat he missed the last three games with a hip contusion

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and it'll be number fourth when he misses the game tonight so Bam out of bayou dealing

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with a hip contusion and also Tyler Hero he remains out with an ankle injury he's been

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out the past 14 games guys and tonight will be game number 15 he'll be out the Miami Heat

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dealing with a thin roster right now two of your best players down for the count and you

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know Jimmy Butler he has his issues in terms of injuries as well so trying times for the

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Miami Heat right about now and then this just came in guys bad news for my New York Knicks

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Mr. Robinson he's going to be out eight to ten weeks with an ankle injury these ankles

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man a lot of them popping up these days which means Isaiah Hartenstein will be the starter

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for now you're going to need Jericho Sims to be his backup we'll see how Jericho Sims

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has grown in terms of development also you'll probably see a guy like Julius Randall's

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slide to the five when you want to go small so it'll have to be a combination of things

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but this is a tremendous blow to the New York Knicks here's a guy who was playing defensive

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player of the year type numbers he was putting up and to lose a guy like that in the middle

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has a crushing blow guys so we'll see how the Knicks respond without their anchor in the

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middle Mitchell Robinson so guys that is your injury news let us now talk about the

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end season tournament we had the four teams guys four teams in each conference Indiana

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and Boston Milwaukee in New York and then in the West we had Sacramento New Orleans Phoenix

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and LA Lakers last Monday December 4th of course you had a double header the Indiana

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Pacers beat Boston Indiana was actually hosting that game and they won it 122 to 112 and the

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game that was pretty competitive guys in fact after the half Boston was leading that game

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5548 but the real difference in the game guys number one was turnovers Boston committed

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19 Indiana only six and then also from three Indiana made seven more threes then Boston

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on nearly the same amount of attempts so you talk about a 21 point swing guys and for the

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game Tyrese Holly Burton put on a show 26 points he knocked down five threes in that

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game 13 assists zero turnovers guys and oh by the way he added 10 rebounds to get his

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first triple double as a professional in the NBA so Tyrese Holly Burton putting in work

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and then also yet seven players that scored in double figures Tyrese Holly Burton's father's

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goes crazy in the stands which you know you like to see that you'd like to see the parents

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enthusiastic about their child and after the game he greets him and people on social media

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once say oh him and his father don't have a cool relationship and then Tyrese Holly

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Burton goes on Paul George's podcast yeah it was Paul George podcast and he tells him

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you know he was kind of embarrassed he said he knows pop he knows he kind of goes overboard

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but you know that's who he is so for these morons you know how I feel about social media

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guys for these morons to go on social media and say him and his dad aren't cool because

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they caught a five second clip of him being kind of I don't want to say standoffish but

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like that you kind of embarrassing me you know a moment like that and you taking it to run

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and save him and his father ain't cool that's ridiculous but I digress from the subject

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so that's what Indiana did in the game for Boston Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown it was

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their show guys not much help from others thirty two points for Tatum Jaylen Brown thirty

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points for him that is your one game guys then in the nightcap the New Orleans Pelicans

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go into Sacramento and they get to win one twenty seven to one seventeen the difference

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in that game field goal percentage the pelicans from the field fifty four percent and then

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for Sacramento only forty four point seven so that's kind of your disparity there leading

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the way for the pelicans Brandon Ingram he had thirty points eight rebounds six assists

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Herbert Jones had a nice game twenty three points five rebounds five assists Zion Williamson

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ten points for him six rebounds six assists three steals he played twenty seven minutes

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guys I'm going to talk about him a little further in a minute and then for the Kings

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the Montessabona drops a triple double with twenty six points thirteen rebounds and ten

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assists De'Aaron Fox thirty points for him five rebounds four assists but he had six

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turnovers guys not good pelicans get the win and they move on to the semis the next day

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December 5th Milwaukee Bucks beat the Knicks one forty six to one twenty two so the Knicks

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had to go into Milwaukee to face the Bucks and pretty much got shellacked guys the difference

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in this game Milwaukee Bucks went crazy from three point range they shot at sixty point

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five percent from three that's insane while the Knicks shot at only thirty point four

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percent in fact the Milwaukee Bucks hit the same amount of three point goals that the

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Knicks attempted with twenty three so that tells you the story in a nutshell guys for

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the Bucks Yanisanta Tecumpo thirty five points ten assists eight rebounds three steals for

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him Damian Lillard twenty eight points seven assists and three rebounds Julius Randall

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coming off a player of the week honors he drops forty one points along with six rebounds

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five assists and J. Lynn Brunson twenty four points with six assists RJ Barrett twenty

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three points and eight rebounds for him but the Knicks lose bring him with that you know

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guys I kind of yeah I guess I'll say it me being a Nick fan I am I kind of don't like

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when they're on national television because this opens the door for all this commentary

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and analysis so with that said the inside the NBA guys talk about the Knicks you know

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what is it they need and these sort of things now bear in mind that the Knicks only recently

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have gotten kind of their footing under them in terms of stability in terms of some sort

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of success when it comes to playoffs I mean it's a small sample size but they're in the

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midst of building something that's sustaining do they need pieces sure they do but I think

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the media's overreaction to everything Knicks I think it's for clicks to be honest with

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you because they know how rabbit the fan base is but is it's just it even goes too high

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or too low it's like never like in the middle so with that said the inside the NBA guys

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namely Charles Barkley then Kenny Smith said something utterly ridiculous but Charles Barkley

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says he doesn't like teams that are like stuck in the middle there they're not going up they're

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not going down and basically said they need to trade for a star and we've heard that lament

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all over the place then Kenny Smith goes as far as to say anytime the Knicks play they

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have the second or third best player on the court in other words saying that they don't

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have the guy to which they say that Tuesday night on first take they echo the sentiment

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of course even a being the irrational Nick fan I'm using air quotes here guys because

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some days I question his fandom and he pretty much says he's disgusted by the mediocrity

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which is hyperbole because it's not exactly mediocrity if you made the playoffs two of

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the three years but what do I know and then mad dog Russo's on there and he echoes the

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sentiments and then he names all the other guys including Reggie Brown who we don't know

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who that is but I think he meant Jalen Brown but that's another story but in any event

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this is your media just going nuts over the Knicks and what they done first of all what

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Milwaukee did in that game is unheralded to shoot at 60% from three of course obviously

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that's the problem where the Knicks aren't guarding the three point line well but I mean

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to shoot at 60% is just unseemly and that doesn't happen very often so we have that again I

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say the Knicks do need something I was actually talking about this just yesterday with Jennifer

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from the Knicks Omni fan group and she kind of agreed with them as well saying that you

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probably need a star to guard which I don't disagree with but here's the thing and I

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was actually listening to today on the giving go show a caller called up and he named five

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players who you would want to start a franchise with shy Gilchrist Alexander Tyrese Holly Burton

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who he had a shot at getting also SGA as well Anthony Edwards Apollo Boncaro and the fifth

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player escapes me I don't I don't remember who it was but anyhow I named us to say that

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all this drafting that the Knicks have done when you draft high you have to hit on guys

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other words you're going to be stuck in that middle which we are at so when you have a

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chance to get somebody like a Holly Burton who a lot of people saw me as well saw as

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a guy who can move the needle who could play either guard position but turns out he settled

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as a point guard you have to go after these guys when you swing and miss on a Kevin Knox

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and not get a guy like Michael Porter Jr. you can't afford to take these gambles if you

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will when you avoid getting a guy like also Mikhail Bridges you can't take these sort

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of chances everybody in their mother knew that Mikhail Bridges would be a fine pearl

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and you went for Knox instead when you pick in so high you can't make these mistakes because

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why they'll come back to haunt you and the Knicks are always easy fodder for the media

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especially national media you have to hit on these guys otherwise you're going to get

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clowned so do I think the organization as a whole is moving in the right direction I

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do think that do I think they probably could have done better with some draft picks of

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course but they've hit on some as well and I think I'm alone in this camp when I say

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this actually think Emmanuel quickly if he was given a steady diet of play a steady diet

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of shots I think he could be if not like a Tyrese Maxley a close facsimile of him that's

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why I think I just think the fact that he comes off the bench he has to work his way

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in those sort of things that is not exactly easy to do to work yourself into an offense

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coming off the bench it's not easy if you were a starter per se I think the opportunities

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would be there more sooner than him coming off the bench that's just me I think I'm

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alone in that camp but that's a hill I'll I'm willing to stand upon in terms of Emmanuel

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quickly and you're going to have to make a decision about him anyway so why not at this

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point oh by the way they just decided to bench Quentin Grimes and now they're starting Dante

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DeVincenzo actually thought it should be quickly starting but and I thought DeVincenzo probably

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works best with Josh Hart coming off the bench but again it's just little me with this podcast

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here yeah so that's what they were saying about the Knicks coming out of this game so take

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with it what you will all right so let's move on to the nightcap of that evening and that

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was the Lakers hosting the Phoenix Suns and beating them just beating them actually 106

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to 103 in a game where the turnover battle very much in the Lakers favor Suns with 20

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of them Lakers with nine in terms of field goal percentage everything was in Phoenix

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favor but in terms of field goals they shot it better than the Lakers from three shot

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it better than the Lakers but it was the turnover battle that pretty much did it and then there

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was the controversial call where the Lakers called a timeout and the ball was kind of

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well they're saying it was pinned to Austin and Reeves when they made the timeout call

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and of course the Suns protested it but to no avail and then you know how they have the

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two minute rule the next day it came out that they ruled correctly so the Lakers get the

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win 106 to 103 in that game LeBron James just beasting guys at age 38 31 points 11 assists

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eight rebounds and five steals Anthony Davis 27 points 15 rebounds two blocks and then

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for Phoenix Kevin Durant 31 points seven rebounds for sis then Devin Booker 21 points 11 rebounds

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six assists and Grayson Allen also had 21 points in that game as well so the Lakers

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move on to the semifinals and in the semifinals we have the East semifinals first Indiana

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Pacers upsetting the Milwaukee Bucks 128 to 119 in a game where the real difference guys

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actually at the half they were winning 63 to 51 and then in the third Milwaukee turns

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it around and leaves the third quarter up by three and then in that fourth quarter Indiana

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just took control and won the game real difference the assists totals I imagine 34 Indiana just

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19 for the Bucks and in that game once again Tauri's Holly Burton the star on the court

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27 points 15 assists seven rebounds Miles Turner had a nice game 26 points 10 rebounds

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three blocks and then in a losing effort Yonah's onto to come both 37 points 10 rebounds two

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blocks Dame Lillard 24 points but on only seven of 20 shooting seven assists seven rebounds

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and then with that the Milwaukee Bucks in the locker room it leaked out thanks to Chris

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Haynes he reported that inside the locker room Bobby Porter's kind of challenged the

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coach Adrian Griffin at the time as well as the team inside that locker room a lot

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of people saying stuff like that shouldn't get out so on so forth you know yeah these

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things happen in the locker room so whatever happens in the locker room I'm not surprised

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I would get too lavered up over it I think it's just the way things are see it that's

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anything one way or the other I wouldn't go crazy about it but Milwaukee takes the loss

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here with that said let's move on to the evening game the Lakers remember last week Lebron

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got his worst loss of 44 point loss to the Sixers and this semi finals he kind of exacts

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a little revenge on that bit of history as the Lakers beat the Pelicans 133 to 89 thus

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winning by 44 points and in that game at the half they were winning 67 54 and then in that

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second half they just blew the doors off scoring 66 to New Orleans 35 points and then from

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the field just superior 54.7% to the Pelicans 35.8 and from 348.6% to the Pelicans 22.6%

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the Bron James the man is ageless guys 30 points eight assists five rebounds oh by the

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way he did it on 22 minutes of action Anthony Davis a nice game across the board 16 points

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15 rebounds five assists two blocks and two steals leading the way for the Pelicans trade

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Murphy from the bench 14 points Zion Williamson 13 points three assists two rebounds he did

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that in 25 minutes guys and then Brandon Ingram and CJ McCullum combined for 18 points together

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and they did that on eight of 27 shooting that's pretty horrendous guys one of seven

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from three the Lakers get the impressive win and move on to the end season tournament finals

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now with that said we turn our attention to the Pelicans in the aftermath now everyone

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wants to pile on Zion Williamson inside the NBA and that actually this was the day where

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guys like Stephen A Smith and Michael Wilborn came on the set of inside the NBA and kind

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of lent their expertise there and they did similar on the NBA today broadcast I believe

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Shaq joined them anyhow inside the NBA was talking about Zion Williamson's after game

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saying how out of shape he is and it's just come out now that the team wants him to get

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himself a dietitian to do something about his weight and that led Charles Barkley to

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say Zion Williamson should be the best player on the team right now he's the third best

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player on the team that's saying a lot I know the organization is trying to be careful

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with him he's only missed the game guys can he be in better shape 100% nope make no mistake

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about it and you know what it is you have to have the drive to want to be great the

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Zion Williamson have the drive and him to be great that's a huge question he should be

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at Virginia 2010 guys he's not doing that he's dropping 22 points he's getting close

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to six rebounds again that's not good and that alone tells you about desire rebound

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is about desire does he have a desire to be a double figure rebound guy again another

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good question and then Steven a he went on first take and then he went on his podcast

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to pretty much to say he called him fat will be an understatement he fat shamed the man

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he fat shamed him and he says he's doing it from a place of he wants the kid to be great

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I get that I understand that but you can't do it in such a shaming way and I think you

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went too far with it to be honest Steven a I think you went too far in saying that the

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man is not in shape they talked about it actually I had listened to night cat with Shannon sharp

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and Chad Ocho Cinco they talked about it as well but it wasn't with the same meanness

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as Steven a did on his podcast it was more of a critical I then a sort of shaming I

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but I think everybody's in agreement he can be in much better shape I think in his private

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moments he knows he needs to do that does he have the will is he willing to do that that's

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the huge question and that's one that he and he alone can answer so I guess time will tell

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let's just say time will tell alright let's talk about the finals for the n season tournament

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again I thought the tournament as a whole arousing success kudos to Adam Silver for

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bringing this concept to the forefront of course there's ways you can tweak it and improve

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it but I think overall there was a bit of a desire there amongst the fan base so if

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that said the Lakers end up taking the inaugural in season tournament championship and they

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do it in a 123 to 109 victory and in that game Anthony Davis went absolutely beast mode

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guys 41 points 20 rebounds five assists four block shots this is the Anthony Davis everybody

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wants to see and he was on display even had a primal yell during the game I am him that's

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his frustration with probably you know the way he's being covered and so forth a lot

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of people question his motor and things like that so I guess the primal yell came in time

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for him and then Austin Reeves off the bench 28 points for him LeBron James who ended up

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being the tournament MVP 24 points 11 rebounds four assists with two steals and a game oh

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by the way the Lakers out rebounded the Pacers 70 to 43 so you see the disparity there and

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they shot it 53.4% from the field as opposed to the Pacers shooting at 36.8 to Reese Holly

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Burton nice game 20 points 11 assists and been maffering from the bench 20 points for

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him so the Lakers get the win and I think a big winner and this is the Indiana Pacers

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for them to go and beat the two top teams in the east to make it to that finals says

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a lot about that team and that young man Tyrese Holly Burton who's been the absolute star

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in this tournament and you got to take your hat off to Rick Carlisle Rick Carlisle is

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a guy who hung his hat on defense you saw him win the championship over there with the Dallas

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Mavericks where you had Dirk Nowitzki and you had some key role players guys like Jason

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Kidd Tyson Chandler Sean Marion you just had a solid squad there that took the title over

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here he's had to make an adjustment and say you know what judging from my team I think

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we were gonna have to run guys out of the gym and they're doing that guys they're amongst

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the top scorers in the league top scoring team that is you talk about a metamorphosis

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for Rick Carlisle and that's what good coaches do guys they adapt to the personnel they have

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and they make those adjustments that way right now Rick Carlisle looking very good guys and

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I know we're about 20 something games in we'll see how it looks for the next three quarters

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of the season your all tournament team of course LeBron James Anthony Davis Tyrese Holly Burton

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also rounding out the team you know that's Santa to Kumpo and Kevin Durant and the question is are

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they taking that from just the postseason of the end season tournament if you will or are they

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doing cumulative numbers for the season as well not really clear on that but we'll get some clarity

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one day anyhow so that is your story there and then I heard them talk about this on giving goal as well

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should they hang a banner for this end season win and from what I've told why I just read actually

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they are gonna hang a banner for it and it's gonna be their next home game which is December 18th

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they'll hang a banner up for it but you know something guys a lot of people were clowning LeBron

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James for celebrating in the locker room with the goggles with the champagne and so forth

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I've even seen it on social media where guys would like oh Michael Jordan wouldn't do that

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Kobe Ryan wouldn't do that I'm like really guys really we really want to go there with that

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you know what it is I'm not trying to get into LeBron's head but think about the Max Christie's

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about the Jackson Hazes about the Jalen Hood Chafinos think about the guys at the end of that bench

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who's going to get this $500,000 you know you you need every single one of these guys

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guys even if they're at the end of the bench so this whole notion to clown LeBron James at every

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turn I'm not gonna say I don't get it but I think it's it's an exercise of futility to me that's

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that's all I'm gonna say on that and then of course there's the nick angle to this

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end season tournament final of course there's always a nick angle some kind of way it's like

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the six degrees of separation of the nicks we have two starters there one for each side that was

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a former nick Oby Toppin for the Pacers and Kam Reddish for the Lakers and of course Kam Reddish

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he's bounced around a bit he seems to have found a home with LA and there was a point in the season

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where LeBron tried to boost up the man's confidence and he did that so much so that he's

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contributing now maybe not eye popping on the stat sheet but he's contributing in other ways

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and the reason why is because of LeBron James he's instills this kind of confidence in the guys

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and then of course you have the Oby side where he gets traded over there and you know

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I said too that I thought this was a good situation for Oby Toppin he's got to be careful though

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because he got young guys nipping at his heels but this is an opportunity for him to kind of

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find his way and kind of flourish and seems comfortable there with the Pacers seems like

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Rick Carlisle knows how to utilize him best so does it speak to the coach here in New York

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I'll leave that for the nick fanatics of the fan base to uh Obyn about but I thought I'd just

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bring it up so that is that so that ties the bow on the end season tournament guys kudos to

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Adam Silver and those in the office for creating this and hopefully this is a harbinger of better

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things to come with the tournament with that said speaking of LeBron James, Brony James actually

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makes his debut a day after his father wins the end season tournament and wins MVP so Brony James

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makes his season debut for USC and this is five months after going into cardiac arrest guys

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five months later he plays in his first game he plays 17 minutes scores four points grabs three

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rebounds to assist two steals in a block and a loss actually to Long Beach State University so

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Brony James they're bringing them along slowly just 17 minutes coming off the bench they're

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being careful with him and rightfully so especially after that heart episode in the summer it's great

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to see him out there on the court he even spoke post game about it he thanked everyone you know

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his family his parents of course for supporting him for all those fans following him for the school

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itself for the medical team that worked on him so very gracious very full of gratitude you like

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seeing that ain't a young man and he can't help but wish the best for this young man going forward

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so hopefully this is the first of more to come from Brony James on the basketball court so with

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that said one more news item and that's it guys the WNBA had their lottery in the orders now the

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Indiana fever getting the first pick two years in a row got it with alia boston last year and remember

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two years back they got the second pick in the draft so you're talking two one and then one again

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followed by the LA sparks the phoenix mercury the seattle storm then you go down to the

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dallas wizards washington mystics then the minnesota links at eight the a lana dream and then

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dallas again getting another pick connecticut sun and then rounding out the last two picks are the

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liberty and the los vegas aces in a draft where it seems like caitlin clark she's going to end up

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declaring and going to the WNBA if that's the case i tell you what iowa isn't too far from indiana so

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you'll have the iowa faithful infiltrating that state that's for sure but there'll be a nice combination

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little inside out with caitlin clark and alia boston you need to add pieces that's the important

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thing seems like the indiana fever are doing that major props to lend done in the organization over

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there for the indiana fever the sparks with the second pick it seems like they could go local

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and take cameron brink if we were to have a draft today cameron brink it seemed like a natural fit

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callie girl going to a callie team just seems right and then probably phoenix pagebeckers we

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don't know if she'll declare for the draft or not she can take an extra year if she want

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there's something that she will take it because of the injury to aza fud so it's possible she

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stays one more year so we'll see what happens with her camilla cardozo she's in the mix to be amongst

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the top four players taken then you have other players like alia edwards from uconn rikkiah

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jackson from tennessee you have the young lady from australia there angel reese a lot of people

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they're saying that angel reese could go if that's the case she would fall to

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alana dream so that could be on the radar for her georgia amore elissa pealy from utah who

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looked fantastic overnight she dropped 37 points playing against uh south carolina and elizabeth

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keatley i think it's like a low-key solid pick for a team for vod tech as well so you have the

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w mba lottery and that took place indiana the rich gets a bit richer guys back to back number one

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picks for them so with that said that's it guys that's it for this episode as always i thank you

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for listening always appreciate it and i guess we'll get back to the business of actual basketball

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although there was a couple of games played last week but we get to the full schedule of

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mba games again in week eight so with that said thank you for listening guys and we'll talk soon

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