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[Assistant] So you think about the new guys that's in it, a lot of young, fresh blood that Kevin's probably thinking to himself, hey, we gonna groom something, make something nice, and then you guys is gonna get taken from this staff and it's gonna make me


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[Assistant] I don't disagree. I think so too. That's kind of how Jerry, Jerry's world is. Well that's what a lot of teams are doing now. Not the stadium, but like the practice facility. The star. The Frisco. It's like his own


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[Assistant] And I just think that Jimmy, you just, you take care of the people that you want to take care of. And if you want to take care of a guy by the name of Tyvis Powell, I'm all here for it.


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[Assistant] Jimmy, that's what you need to do. What you need to do is you need to get somebody that's loved and respected by a lot of Cleveland people to pass it because you're


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[Assistant] Apparently Jason thinks that your image is tainted.


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[Assistant] So I'm willing to use my public, my squeaky clean public image to help you for a couple more zeros in my check. Two hundred. Two hundred, two to three hundred dollars. It's not like I'm asking to break the bank. Two to three hundred more dollars in my


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[Assistant] I think it's gonna go down to one of those things that he's gonna ask and keep asking until to see how much he can get.


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[Assistant] So, my thoughts on it is, and I don't care what Bull's saying, anything that Bull says after what I'm about to say, don't believe him, he's lying. But anyways.


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[Assistant] Like, first of all, it's, it's too murky. You know, it, you, you sent a whole video out about what you don't want to see and then you'll put another video out there saying that this is okay and it, it looks the same.


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[Assistant] And as a defender, the worst thing you could do is cause confusion to a defender, you know. And my thing is...


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[Assistant] Like I always go to the, just a regular slant, just a slant. A receiver runs a slant and you gotta run him down. Of course you're gonna end up wrapping him up by the way he's bringing him down and that's considered a hit.


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[Assistant] What about that corner that's a buck 85 that's gotta go up against this 255 pound tight end?


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[Assistant] But that's the reason we play defense is to stop these things and we've come up with so many different ways and been creative enough to get these stops and it seems like every single year y'all do everything y'all can to make it so it makes it even harder for a defense to succeed in this league.


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[Assistant] And, y'all do nothing for the offense, y'all. Like, they just completely can do whatever it is that they want to do. So, the hip drop thing to me is stupid, they should have never did it. Yes, a couple of people get hurt a year, but you know what, they get hurt in other ways every year as well. So, I think this is a dumb rule ban.


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[Assistant] I didn't see nobody say that, but I did see all the defensive players say the same thing I did. Like, it's ridiculous. Of course it's ridiculous. My thing is, the tush push was on the ballot, but y'all let that pass. Well, no one hurt with the tush push, are they?


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[Assistant] It's very violent. One yard? It's a very violent one play. Very violent. What's the difference?


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[Assistant] Like that's dumb. To try to help my team win in a game that's a game of inches, I'ma try to get this man to the ground, but it's gonna cost me.


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[Assistant] $25,000. Like that's ridiculous, man. Y'all, y'all, y'all is, y'all absurd with some of the stuff that y'all do. It really, like I understand the helmet to helmet thing like that. That's right to CTE. That's concussions. I get that. But this right here, that's ridiculous, man.


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[Assistant] Y'all do everything y'all can for them, but when y'all, can y'all ban something? Maybe ban stiff arms. How about that? Some of them is very violent on stiff arms. How about a runner can't lower his shoulder and try to run nobody over? Maybe that's, that's violent on a defender.


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[Assistant] But y'all, that's okay to do. That's what I'm saying. Y'all listen to that and y'all be like, that's blast for me, Tyves. Why would they want to get rid of that? Same thing with a hip drop. Why would you?


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[Assistant] Like I gotta see it because I was reading that it only applies when you land on their legs.


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[Assistant] So this is the thing, so everybody's into the rugby style tackling, and I was too. I learned it at Ohio State and I learned it in Seattle. That's literally what the NFL is trying to implement, this rugby style tackle. Using your shoulder, but what you don't realize is,


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[Assistant] You only can tackle like that when it's head on. A lot of the times, I say 85% of tackles that's made in games are from angles. It's an angle tackle. And a lot of the times, that's wrapping and rolling.


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[Assistant] I mean, I like, I like it because it does give you the opportunity to see kick returns. Uhm, I tell you what, it, whoever, you better be good with your hands on this one. Wow. Because if you, no, you're right.


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[Assistant] Oh, I thought you were saying like pause. No, no, no. But yea, you gotta, you gotta be able to, two gaps, somebody throw them to the side to be able to make a play. Um, it does take the collisions out. Obviously people are still trying to run straight through you after five yards apart, but obviously they can't get that. I have ADD in my zone.


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[Assistant] Make sure you careful how you tackle this man because it will be east and west. So please make sure that you don't hip drop him. That's the only thing on this. I don't want to see you guys getting a 15 yard penalty and getting fined 25k. So maybe they do need to just put


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[Assistant] Which means that a lot of the times the tackles is going to be hip drops. Probably.


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[Assistant] Listen, the Cavs game was, it started off bad, I tell you that. It wasn't, it was not going great out the gate. My boy DG still wasn't looking.


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[Assistant] Great, and I don't understand. Now you finished with a double-double. I'm pretty sure you had 10 assists. It was nice to see Allen still doing this thing. I think he has 17 and 13, so that's great. You know, as critical as I am of Mobley being in the starting lineup, I think he has 17 and 7, and he's becoming more efficient. I think he was 8 of 12.


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[Assistant] So that's actually really good with eight assists. So that, you know, they swinging the ball around.


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[Assistant] And Marcus Morris getting ejected, brought some puss in fighting y'all, and y'all decided to come out there and play even harder. So that, that's nice. But it's Charlotte, it shouldn't even been in that situation. Y'all need to hold y'allself to a higher standard to where you don't need something like that to happen to get you fired up.


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[Assistant] But I get it, when you're going up against somebody as terrible as Charlotte, sometimes, I've been in a situation where you're playing a lower tier of a team and it's like,


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[Assistant] Hard to find motivation or inspiration to win that game. So thank God Marcus Morris did what he did. But you guys cannot play down to y'all in competition. If y'all want to get to where y'all want to go, y'all need to go out there and start dominating now. It's not a switch that you could just flip and just turn it up right then and there. That's not the case. I need to finish this season off strong. That's my take on the cab.


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[Assistant] If Donovan wants out, it won't be that bad because LeBron is a free agent and they can just draft Brownie so you can have LeBron and Brownie.


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[Assistant] Well, that's the thing. It's something that you forgot to say that's more important than opening night on Thursday. And that the fact that the Mega Million is 1.1 billion dollars. That's tonight, right? Once I hit it, I got y'all.


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[Assistant] Is this for the season or Thursday? No, for the season.


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[Assistant] I don't want to do that. I don't want to be that guy that does that. I gotta be different to y'all. I'ma be different.


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[Assistant] You're not gonna play enough. Listen, the whole team gonna hit better this year. I just don't think he's gonna play enough.


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[Assistant] I'll take it. Take it to the bank. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] Mike Brayboy is one of the nastiest coaches I've ever had, man. That man, listen, there's some real classified stuff. That man almost got into it with some coaches on the coaching staff. Who? Can't say no name. We almost got into it, man. That man is the real deal. He's a, he's a man's man and that defense gonna be nice.


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[Assistant] Nasty having Mike out there. Oh my goodness. The linebacker should be running through brick walls, but make sure you don't hip drop because you will get fined for it. But you know what? He's so good at the coach, he'd probably say, I pay the fine. That's how, that's how real Mike is. Chris Lowry. Go Bucks.


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[Assistant] What division would you want outside of the AFC North? AFC East. Which one got the Chief in it? The West.


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[Assistant] I'm Jason Lloyd. We're going to talk about the Browns free agent approach this year. We think they're going to reconstruct the offense. It's going to look much different next year than what it did last year. What's going to be more dependent on that? The coaches that they hired or the free agents that they signed?


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[Assistant] I think it's all going to change because of one name, Deshaun Watson. It doesn't matter the free agents, the coaches.


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[Assistant] They're building it around the quarterback. And I do think it's going to be a different scheme. And I think that they're bringing in coaches.


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[Assistant] And, and specifically Ken Dorsey, who has a little bit more experience in running with these spread type quarterback shotgun approach. Ken calls very much out of the shotgun he has in the past with, with Cam Newton and Josh Allen and these guys he's coached previously into Sean Fitz that mold.


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[Assistant] So anyone that you see sign on the offensive side,


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[Assistant] I believe comes with the question of how does this person fit around Deshaun Watson. We are bringing this person in.


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[Assistant] Because it fits around Deshaun. We are building this offense around Deshaun. We are bringing in the offensive coordinator because he better fits with what Deshaun likes. All of this is surrounded by what puts Deshaun in the most comfortable position to have success this year.


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[Assistant] Again, I've talked about this before. I talked to him after the Baltimore game where he broke his shoulder. Right. And he said like, this whole under center concept is new to him. He wasn't complaining about it. He was just saying,


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[Assistant] Kevin very much believes in play action. Like we saw that, that's how Flacco had so much success. And I've got volumes of numbers to back it up. The success that they've had.


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[Assistant] Deshaun is at his best sometimes when the play breaks down and he can just go ball. And I think you're going to see a lot more of that in this offense.


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[Assistant] How's that? How's that? Really? Yes, that's the name that I'm giving you. That is stunning! I know it is, because I was the one saying roll with DTR.


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[Assistant] The reason I like Jacoby over Joe Flacco, we've laid it out on the YouTube show a hundred different times, I think there's too much risk in bringing Flacco back just because of the locker room. He was...


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[Assistant] It was, it was just too much. It was too much success.


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[Assistant] I think there's too much where if there's any sort of struggle with Deshaun, it's gonna divide the locker room where guys are gonna go, why aren't we going with that guy? That guy who came in last year and played so well. Plus, I don't know that Flacco really fits what they're gonna go to on this new offense.


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[Assistant] Jacoby's a safer bet. He has familiarity with the system. He's not gonna cost them a ton. He also is very widely respected in this locker room, but it doesn't come with the same threat. That's the word Bull used in the YouTube show, and I loved it. That's exactly the word I was looking for.


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[Assistant] Jacoby doesn't provide the same threat that Joe Flacco does to the locker room. Not necessarily to Deshaun, but to the locker room.


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[Assistant] It's a safe, competent backup. I think it makes a ton of sense all the way around. Jacoby Brissette on a one year deal for five and a half to six million dollars. Gee. Oh, he said he don't have a crystal ball. I got one.


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[Assistant] It's because Kyle Manzardo is not in this lineup because I don't think he's going to be on the opening day roster.


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[Assistant] But I do believe that he'll be up probably early May or so. I went with, and I kind of went back and forth on this. Obviously we know Stephen Kwan and left. Andres Jimenez is typically batted lower in the order. I originally had him lower in the order and I had Tyler Freeman starting in center field and batting second.


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[Assistant] But Freeman has an option left. Floriel does not. So ultimately I landed on Estevan Floriel in center field. I don't think Maio Straus is going to be a regular this year. I think they want Floriel to work out. I think Tyler Freeman has really asserted himself well this year in spring training. I think you're going to see him a lot in center field, but again, I don't know right away.


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[Assistant] So for now, there's some names in there that you might roll your eyes at, but I think you will see Kyle Manzardo at some point, Tyler Freeman at some point, but for opening day to start the year, that's what I'm going with.


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[Assistant] If Freeman is on the team, I agree with you. He'll be in the opening day lineup in center field. I'm not sure he makes the opening day roster because he has an option left. It is definitely possible. They've got a lot of guys right now they've been trying to work through. That's fair. Go ahead, Mike.


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[Assistant] I wanna see Gabriel Arias in the lineup everyday. At shortstop. Put him out there everyday.


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[Assistant] I mean, I had a lot of fun in June of 2016 when, I don't know what the number was, but there was a lot of people downtown and they had a pretty big party there. I wouldn't mind doing that three times over one time, so give me more.


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[Assistant] I'll take quantity over the quality of the Super Bowl. I know the Super Bowl is a bigger deal and the NFL is a bigger deal and all that. But those parades, those baseball and NBA parades are an awful lot of fun too. Give me those.


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[Assistant] Well that made me wonder, when is the last time, cause he's sitting here booing. When's the last time he- He was actually booing.


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[Assistant] When is the last time you actually booed at a sporting event? Me? Yea you. You. Have you ever booed?


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[Assistant] Being a former player and knowing what that feels like, when is the last time that you booed another man at a sporting event?


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[Assistant] Lurie County, southern Lurie County, in LaGrange. But yeaah, I covered.


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[Assistant] He's having a phenomenal year and Mike and I were talking the other night, he's making himself a ton of money right now. Teams still aren't going to guard him until he does it.


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[Assistant] So he doesn't crunch time and the Knicks just proved it to the other night. But I don't think this Donovan thing is that terrible. I've been saying all year long.


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[Assistant] Find another way to win a game or then give it to Donovan and get out of the way. Well guess what? You're playing really good teams now without Donovan Mitchell. You're gonna have to find ways to play left handed. You're gonna have to find ways to go win games without your best player where it's not just give it to Donovan and get out of the way. So I don't...


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[Assistant] Ultimately, I don't think it's that big of a deal. And that was a bad loss here tonight. It was a really bad loss. I'm not going to overreact to one loss. It did conjure up a lot of the criticisms of last year. True. But it's still only one loss in the regular season and it exposed some things that


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[Assistant] We kind of knew about them already, and I think, I haven't written this yet, but I think Tristan Thompson can play a really big role for this team in moments, in a post season series against a team like the Knicks, and whoever would have thought that we would have said that in October.


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[Assistant] But I didn't see it. But no, I think you can help them. But, but with this, with Donovan being out the next couple of games, okay, you still have Darius Garland and Evan Mobley and Jared Allen. That's more than enough to go win NBA basketball games. And then Celtics are beat up tonight. I think Porzingis is questionable. Jalen Brown's questionable. We'll see if they wind up playing or not. I don't know if they're going to have a shoot around.


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[Assistant] You know, especially about the 21-22 Darius Garland, he didn't have another ball dominant guard playing next to him.


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[Assistant] Before the, uh, Knicks game, like Chicago inserted Andre Drummond specifically for the Cavs. Andre Drummond is an offense player at this point in his career, but he starts against Cleveland. Why? Because they know they can push around.


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[Assistant] I don't want to misspeak on this. That's why I wrote it when it happened and I thought it was like a muscle build.


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[Assistant] He's being reevaluated after 3. He easily can miss more than 3.


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[Assistant] Darius' best season was when Colin was hurt, when he had the ball in his hands. Donovan was in Utah, Colin Sexton was having knee surgery, and Darius was running the show. That was his best season.


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[Assistant] Go ahead. Now, is that the best version of the Cavs? I don't know, but that's the best version of Darius is when he's got the ball alone. I think we're seeing enough evidence of that, but you could still have


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[Assistant] And, and we'll see what happens with Donovan this summer. And you can have the same conversation with the Bigs, you know.


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[Assistant] The best version of Jarrett might be without Evan on the court, but the best version of the Cavs is probably figuring out how to get these two to play together. And I still, I think that's still a work in progress and JB clearly agrees because he's still trying to.


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[Assistant] Tag team these guys in and out as much as possible and run one big on the floor as much as he can.


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[Assistant] If he makes that, you know what that does for the confidence of everybody?


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[Assistant] You know, I mean, Tom Thibault clearly has said, I don't trust you. I don't trust you. Like, you guys can stand there all day long. We are not scared of you. We're going to follow him. But the way that you loosen that up is by making that pass and having him make that shot. And until that happens, that's going to continue.


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[Assistant] I'm just spitballing. Is that Niang struggles? And I mean, Max has a shot at great, but I don't know how many have been from the corner. Isaac's been money from the corner.


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[Assistant] I don't think anyone expected strews to be a flamethrowing 40% 3.2.


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[Assistant] I thought he was an upgrade at the three, which he was at the time. Overall Coral? Overall Coral. I agree with that.


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[Assistant] You know what really changed the game? 2001 when they changed the rules about guarding in illegal defense and zone defense.


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[Assistant] David Stern and Jerry Colangelo were hell bent on loosening up the game and spreading up the game. That's what changed. And then Golden State broke the game when they got all these shooters together.


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[Assistant] And that was not the plan. Like, I don't think that they planned to necessarily do it that way. It was very organic. Whoever thought Draymond Green was going to become the player that he did. I mean, Prime Draymond was a beast as a second round pick.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he had a great game 7th. Yeah. I think I talked about it before, the Cavs were trying to get Klay Thompson in that draft. Yeah. They were, they were, they thought they were close to getting up and getting a third top 10 pick. They were going after Klay. Imagine how much different history would be if they got Kyrie and Klay.


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[Assistant] Everything you said is reasonable and makes perfect sense that they should be embarrassed after that loss. They should come out ready to compete, ready to play. It's all logical.


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[Assistant] It's a sound argument and I agree with it. And then I think back to Mitchell Robinson laughing at them last year and then he came out and did it again. So I don't know. We'll see, but I hope you're right. I hope that this team is embarrassed about the way that they played the other night. They should be. It's a terrible game, terrible effort, terrible game, terrible loss. And again, like Boston may not be in full strength tonight either.


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[Assistant] No, but it's, it's March 5th, and if they lose this game, when the playoffs begin, everyone's still gonna pick them to win. They are.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's why I said earlier, like, just go back and look at what happened last year, where Mitchell Robinson was laughing at you in the locker room, and I thought for sure they would come out and show some sort of fight. Nope. They did it again. So that, like, part of it, this is who they are. I don't want that to be true, Jason.


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[Assistant] But again, that's where I think, and I don't want to make too much of Tristan because I don't want to make this Danny Green last year where I kept saying you gotta play Danny Green because you got nobody else and Danny Green didn't help him either. Because Tristan's at the end. But at least Tristan will bring the fight. That's true. Tristan will bring the fight to you.


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[Assistant] And if Tristan was out there when that chain popping went on, there'd been other popping going on.


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[Assistant] No. You're around the team for like practice and stuff.


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[Assistant] It was true last April, it doesn't mean it has to be true now. We just need some sort of evidence to show that it's


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[Assistant] I don't think so because I think I'd remember and have heard about it. I don't think you do. I feel like Jared Allen's never been fined in his life.


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[Assistant] It's just, it's answering the moment. It's, it's, it's answering the moment with physicality when it's called for. That's what I think you're looking at. Don't call somebody.


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[Assistant] He had some rebuilding to do and he's a wonderful NBA player. Is he the most, is he Kendrick Perkins down low? He is not. But he is a very skilled big man who is very good at what he does. And, and like I don't want to start dumping all over Jared again because he's


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[Assistant] He took a lot of abuse and rightfully so in that next series because it was a terrible series for him. He's a very good actor.


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[Assistant] Ja is so hard to gauge anymore. It's hard to put a grade on him. I'm not a Harden fan. I've never been a Harden fan. I know he's living his best life and the slippers are getting their best version of Harden right now, but I don't expect it to last because it's not April yet. April, May, and June, he'll do what he does.


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[Assistant] I don't know if Halliburton deserves to be in there yet, but I don't think Donovan is. Would you trade Donovan for Kevin Durant straight up? I would. I'd rather have Kevin Durant on my team than Donovan Mitchell. Right now Durant's better. Yea. I mean, people in Cleveland may disagree. I'd rather have Jimmy Butler than Donovan Mitchell. Jimmy Butler in the playoffs? I'll take that guy every time.


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[Assistant] Davis? I'd, I'd rather have AD than Tom Mitchell. Well, he'll be AD obviously.


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[Assistant] This sort of illustrates what you and I were talking about on the Cavs podcast a couple weeks ago about when everyone was screaming trade Darius, trade Darius, trade Darius.


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[Assistant] I'm saying, guys, I don't think he has the value that you think he does. He's got a max contract, biggest contract in team history. And by the way, I'm not for trading Therius even without that.


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[Assistant] But I, I, I just. You're bringing up a different point. Yea, I'm making a different point here. Of the value, the trade value around the league isn't what you think it is. He's an undersized point guard with a massive contract with a long injury history.


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[Assistant] And now, and I don't, I mean, Kevin O'Connor is not the authority on NBA, but there's one guy's opinion. He's not even a top 50 player.


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[Assistant] What do you think you're gonna get for this? Like, you're not gonna, the return you're gonna get on him is not even close to what he provides you.


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[Assistant] On this team. So I, I mean, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw it. I'm like, well, that kind of proves the point we were making on the podcast.


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[Assistant] Trade value around the league just isn't there right now. I still believe in Darius. I think he's an excellent talent. I think he's a great player.


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[Assistant] I think he's probably better without another ball dominant guard next to him.


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[Assistant] But again, what we're seeing earlier in the show, the best version of the Cavs is they have to figure it out and play together. And if that means sacrificing a little bit. I think I would have him on that list. I would have Darius over some of those guys you're talking about. I think he is a top 50 player in the NBA.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's, it's, when you lay it out in those terms, it's interesting how low he is. And I have to say, like, I was...


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[Assistant] From day one, I was one of the guys saying Evan Mobley will be a number one on a championship level team. That's how much I believe in this guy. That's how good I think he's gonna be. That's what scouts were telling me going into the draft. And, and he doesn't mean he's not gonna get there, but he hasn't progressed to the level that I thought that he would to this point. That's fair.


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[Assistant] Everyone's gonna yell and scream at lists like this.


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[Assistant] No, I don't think so. I mean, you can quibble about the order.


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[Assistant] That does not win championships. That does not win championships in the NBA.


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[Assistant] That, that is the, we've talked about it before, that is the one series you can put on Lebron and say, you blew that. That should have been a Miami one. That should have been a Miami one.


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[Assistant] Jason? If you get one splash move, I'd rather be a receiver and make, but those options are dwindling.


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[Assistant] It's so hard to say. I, I personally, I, I'm just kinda getting the sense that they'll probably, they're gonna try and bring Sedarius back. I think. I think.


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[Assistant] Dalvin Tomlinson was the big splash move last year at that spot. That was the, that was a big money hire. I don't know that I would do that two years in a row. I would look at end, but I do think Zadarius is coming back and I, I think you would look at receiver. Although again, those options are dwindling. So the splash move might be drafted as a second round receiver in the draft. That might be the splash move.


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[Assistant] Had this been last year, we would all be saying yes, please. Coming off the year before in free agency, I think we would all be, I just think they've done enough. I take it.


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[Assistant] Because, I think you have a lot of questions.


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[Assistant] It's not a crazy proposal. And the reason I hedge on it is because I don't know how long the Browns can continue to pay two guards 16, 17 million or whatever it is, but Tonio and Wyatt are making.


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[Assistant] Want to have a substance, a semblance of a run game. And I don't know that there's a ready-made replacement for him.


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[Assistant] Can Nick Harris be your starting right guard? I don't think so.


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[Assistant] I don't know if Washington wants a 29 year old guard who's had a lot of leg problems the last couple of years either. They just make it 17 million dollars.


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[Assistant] You wouldn't. It's actually, it's a good question. My initial reaction was no, but the more I think through it, I think you...


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[Assistant] Maybe you do have to consider it. I just don't know that... I guess I'm not opposed to moving wide in the right situation. I just don't know that defensive tackle is a big area of need right now. I think that there's better...


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[Assistant] It's not outrageous. It's not outrageous.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you've had some wacky ones, but you call them that this is insane.


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[Assistant] There are very few people, cause I normally roll my eyes at the whole trade game and trade scenarios because I don't know what these guys are thinking.


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[Assistant] But Mike has hit me now with probably three or four that are like, man, that makes a lot of sense. And very few people normally come up with trade scenarios that make me say like, no, that's not bad.


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[Assistant] The more I think about it, it is compelling. I just feel like there's more pressing positions of need than defensive tackle. If you're going to trade one of your best players. Because I still consider Wyatt one of the best players.


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[Assistant] Warriors. And Petonio in that to come back out and finish that Houston game.


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[Assistant] I was talking to him after that game, I don't think people have, the man had a high, not a Trevor Lawrence high ankle sprain, he had a legitimate high ankle sprain, and he played through it in a blowout. Like that guy.


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[Assistant] Joel. Joel should be. It's gonna be hard for guards and he doesn't have a ton of...


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[Assistant] I just, I'm shocked that they made the move. I'm not, I didn't think they'd cut him, I thought he'd be on the bench for sure. I'm shocked, I was shocked last year when it was trending this way. Let's put it, it became pretty obvious. Really? Were you shocked?


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[Assistant] For the ownership to eat that kind of money, that's pretty shocking.


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[Assistant] I don't know. And maybe there's a way to put Pickett on the bench. I don't know that I see this as possible. They already did it. Put him on the bench for two years. Put him on the bench for two years and then rough him for the next two years.


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[Assistant] And then go back to him. I don't know if that's really feasible or not. But for today, for the moment, Russell Wilson is significantly


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[Assistant] But if everybody's healthy, obviously you have to factor in health. If everybody's healthy, the Steelers are the fourth best team in that division just based on quarterback play. But you put Russ Wilson on that team, they're back in contention for division.


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[Assistant] I can't think of one. Just Paul DiBadesta. He's an executive. Why there haven't been other executives that have crossed over, I think.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was my consultant role.


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[Assistant] You could, I think you could easily flip Baltimore and Cincinnati. Those are one and two. And Cleveland and Pittsburgh are three and four. And you could flip whichever order you want on three and four. Exactly.


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[Assistant] I'm just trying to get back to that tier. The clock is ticking quickly.


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[Assistant] I would totally not be surprised if LeBron is trying to politic on the backside of things.


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[Assistant] This isn't a top five player. Like, it's not like you're, it's not, it's not,


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[Assistant] It's not Lebron or Wemba Yama. It's not Cooper Flag. Yeah, yeah. It's not like, you know. Jason, I can't believe you going there.


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[Assistant] You're gonna get money, you're a half state, you're gonna make money just fine.


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[Assistant] Uh, Savannah ain't leaving LA. I mean, I guess she'd come in for, to see her son play.


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[Assistant] I, I, I, I don't think Bryce is worth up, overhauling your entire program for. I mean, I know it's the- I agree with that. I know it's the brawn, but like, this is not a top-


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[Assistant] Three talent that's gonna bring you a national championship, which is what's really gonna bring you the money and the notoriety.


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[Assistant] You know, it's, it's, it's, it would be a, I don't know. I, I kind of roll my eyes at a lot of this, the whole thing. But I don't think Bryce James is worth uprooting your program for.


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[Assistant] Right, right. When Thad came, Thad was the hot coach, the hot up and coming coach, and Ohio State got him.


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[Assistant] And that was unusual for Ohio State basketball. It was a great hire. It was a great hire. And if they can replicate that with another


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[Assistant] a hot up and coming coach and Ohio State can have them, then you do it, but you don't do it because...


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[Assistant] Is he from Indiana as well? I'm trying to remember now. He was at Butler. Maybe it was Indiana. There was a place where like everyone thought he was gonna go.


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[Assistant] I have like, NCAA tournament, I can't remember anything.


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[Assistant] You know how I made a bracket the last time I made a bracket? Did it off mascots? I did it off coin flips.


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[Assistant] It was terrible. Are you saying you're not gonna do that? Yeah, that was the last time I did a bracket. I was in Portland. I was, I forget what pool I was in. And I was in Portland for, it was while I was covering the Cavs. I'm like, screw it, I'm just gonna do this by coin flip. And I did every game by coin flip.


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[Assistant] So we had a couple 16 seeds, I think, advancing to like the Elite 8.


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[Assistant] I'm covering the first and second round for us in Pittsburgh this year for the athletic. Looking forward to it.


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[Assistant] I can't believe that they're gonna go back to anything defensive. It's been an offensive league for... They should! They shouldn't make some sort of defensive move.


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[Assistant] 30, 18, and 27, that's possible. That's for sure possible. Evan, Evan gets you a quiet 20 a lot of nights. He does.


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[Assistant] I would take the calves covered. Yea, I'd take the calves covered. They better.


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[Assistant] He's been, he's had a great spring. I think if you do that, you're moving Jimenez to short and I don't know that you want to do that at this point. Uhm, I think the real question


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[Assistant] Is Tyler Freeman in center? Can Tyler Freeman win the center field job out of nowhere? Because I left Arizona thinking it was Esteban Florial's to lose. I thought that they really wanted... Is this not Miles Strobel? It is not Miles Strobel. It better not be. But I, I left when I, when I got on the plane, I thought this is Florial's job to lose in center. I think they really want him to win it. And Tyler's really had a good spring so far.


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[Assistant] And he's really sort of emerged. In fact, I was texting with Zach Meisel about it last night and Zach felt like they could go to like a committee and like, of course they could. Who does a committee?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, I saw him throw a line in there. It wasn't a report, it was a... He put a line in there that he could be, you know, for the day. That would go against... Kyle Manzardo's starting in AAA, like...


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[Assistant] Shocked if DeLotter broke camp with them. Because they're not going to give up the year of control.


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[Assistant] They'll just bring him up, if he's really ready, they'll bring him up in May. They'll bring him up after the deadline where they can control him for an extra season. I would be shocked if they started, if he started on opening day. I mean they did it with Quan a couple years ago.


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[Assistant] You know, but I, I, I think the Lauder and Manzaro both start in AAA. Maybe I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong.


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[Assistant] That's legit. Yeah, I think it's legit. I think it's... What about my boy T-Mag? That's who I care about. Tristan McKenzie. He's...


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[Assistant] I didn't talk to him about it because I was told he's kind of sick of talking about the elbow, but it's a risk man. He's, he's really running a risk this year. That's my boy. I hope I, you know, all tears are different and it's in different spots and hopefully he can, he can emerge from this and be just fine.


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[Assistant] Uh, but Bieber, I think is legit. He worked at DriveLine, which everybody knows that's where you want to go when you try and put things back together. DriveLine has helped a ton of guys get their career back on track. This is a monster year for Shane. He passed up their offer.


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[Assistant] Uh, years ago, he declined. The Guardians tried to extend him. And, and now this is his time to get paid. So this is a massive, massive year for Shane. I think the velocity is legit. I think, I think he's in store for a big year.


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[Assistant] I think they could be in contention and still trade them because they just can't, they are not in a position, and I know they're full of prospects already, but I don't think this is an organization that can risk losing a talent like that and getting nothing for them at the end of the year. So even if they're in it, if, if these other guys, if, if Bybee continues to take another step, if Gavin Williams takes another step,


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[Assistant] If T-Mac proves he can pitch through this and be okay, I still think you have to explore it because the prices will be so much higher at the deadline than they are now.


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[Assistant] What you can command for him at the trade deadline. There's very little pitching available every year at the trade deadline. If he's the top starter, you could get...


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[Assistant] Plus, ba-da-da-da-da, you're lovin' him, Mikey McNuggets. And so many big names, it would take me hours to say all of their names.


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[Assistant] And that's the issue. Make the pass. Make the pass to Evan. Let Evan take that corner three.


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[Assistant] We tell everyone around here, pick them to win what? The series. Whoever they play, if they're in two or three seed, whoever they're playing, they're more than likely, most people are going to pick


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[Assistant] Alright, so what are we talking about? At the end of the day, he's gonna help you win games. He's gonna help us bring money. Ohio State's got plenty of money.


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[Assistant] And we are live on a Wednesday. Mikey McNuggets, G. Bush, Kivis Powell, we have Anthony behind the glass, Director Steve and Earl kicking it with you guys today. A big Wednesday show coming up and we did something on Friday, guys.


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[Assistant] That has led to a very special interview for us today. We talked about James Winston, why


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[Assistant] He's quarterback too, we all understand he's not taking Deshaun Watson's job, but!


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[Assistant] He may be one of the most entertaining, fascinating, and funniest guys off the field. His team got wind of that segment we did.


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[Assistant] And they said, we got to get his trainer on so we can go over some of these clips and these workout videos that have taken the internet by storm. So coach Otis is going to join us at 12 30 today, a big show coming up. But first and foremost, how y'all doing today? What's up times? Are you ready? Ready for what? That's the question we start with every day. Are you ready?


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[Assistant] Speaking of gambling, and we'll get into topics in one sec, have you guys seen this John Tate Porter situation? Who? Michael Porter Jr.'s younger brother.


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[Assistant] He's being investigated by the NBA right now. Here's why.


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[Assistant] On two separate occasions, John T. Porter, who y'all have never heard of, was the single most bet on player in the NBA on a specific night. His props were.


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[Assistant] The unders on Jontay Porter's props were the number one most bet prop out of any NBA player.


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[Assistant] Well, wouldn't it be a coincidence that Jontay Porter Jr. didn't finish either of those two games?


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[Assistant] He played three minutes and got sick one game. He played four minutes, got hit in the neck and said he hurt his eye in another. Didn't come back. The others hit.


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[Assistant] And then got hit in the neck and said he hurt his eye. Did not play, they're now investigating the situation. How do you investigate that?


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[Assistant] Well the NBA, so each sportsbook reports their like biggest winning bet each day. Right?


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[Assistant] So it was weird because it's usually LeBron or Jokic or Janus or players who people would most likely be betting on.


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[Assistant] And then all of a sudden, all of a sudden, boom boom boom, star star star star, Jontay Porter.


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[Assistant] Okay, happens once, whatever. Star, star, star, star, star, star, star, star, Jontay Porter.


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[Assistant] Interesting. And then he realized he didn't play. There's no official conclusion. But the NBA is investigating this.


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[Assistant] He plays, he plays the same minutes that like, uh, George Yang plays essentially. Okay. So yeaah, he's not a guy that just pops in and out, but still, whether you're gambling, do it responsibly, and if you wanna make money,


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[Assistant] I would not recommend betting on John Tate Porter in the future. He probably ain't gonna play, and you could be caught up in some risky business. Speaking of risky business, Ant, before we do the fan door read, I gotta get you guys' opinion on this.


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[Assistant] Uniform Watch, which is the item shifter of uniforms across all sports, baseball, NBA, NFL, soccer. They put out a tweet yesterday that set the grounds, and here's the tweet.


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[Assistant] Riddell has advised retailers that Brown will have a new primary helmet for 2024.


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[Assistant] It is unknown exactly what the change will be, but it is believed the face mask will be white. Geebush.


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[Assistant] We have all wanted the white face mask it looks, and this guy is as on it as anyone in the industry when it comes to uniform apparel. White face mask.


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[Assistant] It's classic, I understand, but it never looked, it never looked as clean as the white one does. It accentuates everything else. Just gives you a little more swag. So big fan of the white face mask in the chat. Give us a one. I'm gonna see a G Bush line here. If you like the white face mask, drop a one in the chat. If you would rather them stay with the old black.


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[Assistant] Face mask, drop a two, one for white, two for the black face mask.


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[Assistant] He texted me yesterday he was watching the show while packing. So that is a true A1 fan, we appreciate you Darren. Let's get into this stuff today though guys. Andrew Berry at the NFL annual meeting said that Nick Chubb


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[Assistant] Is taking the next step from recovery to getting back on the field. He's going from his conditioning rehab into pre-football activity rehab and should be running, sprinting and doing agility drills here in the next few weeks. He did not guarantee.


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[Assistant] And refused to say whether or not he believes Nick Chubb will be on the field for the Cleveland Browns in week one. But Tyvis, hearing Andrew Berry give us a positive prognosis on Nick Chubb's rehab, how does that make you feel about number 24 status for their week one game against whoever said opponent will be?


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[Assistant] Anything that's not a setback is a step forward for Nick Chubb. And I'm approaching everything we get in that vein. He's going from conditioning to pre-football activity. This is pre-football activity.


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[Assistant] Prior to being able to play football, as Gene mentioned, these are sprints and agility drills. Straight line stuff.


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[Assistant] You can't walk without crawling. You can't run without walking. Nick Chubb can't play football without knowing he can sprint and stop and start on a dime.


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[Assistant] We'll get to the football activities later. But in terms of the rehab process, this is the next step we needed to hear from Nick Chubb. It's a positive step in the right direction to seeing 24 back on the field. And unlike normal ACL tears guys,


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[Assistant] He tore all three ligaments in his grave. We call Nick Chubb Batman and he very well may be a superhero, but he's not actually Batman.


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[Assistant] You know what I'm saying? You've seen Christian Bale fall off a building, get up and walk himself away, dust himself off and fight seven more bad guys three minutes later in the movie. As great as the Dark Knight series is, Nick Chubb is a superhuman and recovers way faster than the normal person, but he's not actually Batman, so...


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[Assistant] As long as he's taking the necessary steps towards getting back on the field.


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[Assistant] Every ounce of information we get from Andrew Berry, from Kevin Stefanski, from anyone in that organization regarding 24's recovery is great news. And to Gee's point,


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[Assistant] If it takes him four or five weeks into the regular season to be healthy, give me 12 games of 100% healthy Nick Chubb.


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[Assistant] Over 17 games of 70% healthy Nick Chubb because come playoff time,


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[Assistant] That's when I think the Browns are going to need 24 the most and making sure he is as healthy as humanly possible for that late December, January, and hopefully February, March. Getting him ready for that stretch is more important than having him on the field on some first weekend or second weekend, whatever it is in September.


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[Assistant] Also, the way Tavis said that makes me feel like you have inside information as a Browns employee that you know for a fact they're gonna go to Brazil on week one, Tavis. No, I don't know for a fact. The way, the way you, he made a sound


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[Assistant] Roll reversal where Tyvis thinks, we think Tyvis is giving us stuff on the bramble, really. Nah, he's giving them stuff on us.


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[Assistant] We'll wrap up Chubb, move on to the next topic, but real quick. What percentage chance do you think Nick Chubb plays in week one? Whether it's in Brazil, Tyvis, wink wink, or if it's on that Sunday. Chances Nick Chubb is in uniform. Oh, week one. Week one, getting carries for the Browns. Ten percent. Ten? Gee, what do you say?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think the chances of week one are pretty lost, like 20%. Uh, but I do think there's a pretty high likelihood he starts the season on the PUP list, G. Yeah. Sit out six games, come back week seven, they keep the roster. That's nice. They signed Deontah Foreman for a reason. Yeah. And we keep talking about how many running backs can they, they have on the roster. And we'll talk about Nahim Hines in a sec with these new rule changes.


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[Assistant] So be it, Nick. Take as much time as you need because the Browns do need you healthy. Speaking of new rule changes, guys, Tyvis gave an impassioned speech yesterday about the banning of the hip drop. Jimmy talked about the new


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[Assistant] Kickoff rules the NFL has implemented. Looking at the Browns roster, top to bottom.


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[Assistant] Which player do you think benefits the most from these new role changes? G, start us off. Himes?


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[Assistant] In your trial, if it doesn't work, we go back to the old kickoff rules in 2025. So I'm all for it. I think it should be fun. Tyvis, who do you think benefits most from these NFL rule changes?


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[Assistant] Joker was one for me, Himes was two, so I'll give you my third answer. It's the guy we just talked about, Nick Chubb. When he does come back, and if he is healthy,


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[Assistant] He was already damn near impossible to take down by linebackers, defensive linemen, and defensive backs. If he gets into the open field, you're eliminating Titus' point with the hip drop tackle.


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[Assistant] Ways for smaller defenders to try and get Nick Chubb to the ground. When he gets an open space, especially when they run some of these outside zones, which we saw Jerome Forward do later in the season, and I'm not quite sure how they'll scheme these up from an offensive line standpoint with Callahan out and Andy Dickerson in, but I assume it'll still be a staple of their playbook.


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[Assistant] I'm not quite sure what defensive backs are supposed to do when 24 is coming at them in the open field. Which brings me to my next point, which kinda scares me and I'm curious what you guys think. Don't get mad at me, I'm just asking this question and I don't know the answer. Please don't get mad. You can't hit high on running backs anymore, or anybody. You can't hip drop.


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[Assistant] Are we gonna see dudes go low again? Like is that the only thing they're allowed to do and is that gonna open up?


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[Assistant] Offensive players to the potential of another Nick Chubb situation again. Is that an unintended consequence of this new rule?


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[Assistant] But because you can't hit drop do you think defensive players will target or attempt those kind of tackles more frequently now?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean there's definitely unintended consequences we'll see and hopefully there is some sort of, uh, balancing out act to where player safety can be improved but also not making the game two hand touch.


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[Assistant] Trust me, there you go, Fall. The other guy who is a beneficiary from these new rules, though, is not a player, it's both a Ventrone, who the Browns hired last season to replace Mike Priefer as their special teams coach. And we saw the improvement in kicking, but I'm not sure if that was Ventrone or that was just Hopkins from Cade York. And then in the return game, back in Indiana, Indianapolis when he had Hines, very successful returner,


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[Assistant] He comes in, he's got a chance to prove why he's highly regarded as one of the smartest special teams coaches in all of football.


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[Assistant] Seeing how he can utilize different return packages, different formations, the right returners. They brought Proche back. Maybe they go to a two returner set, which you are allowed to do in the NFL now with this. You could always do it in an old kickoff, but in this new kickoff in the XFL, it was one returner. You can do two now, so we're going to get to see Bubba Ventrone flex his creative abilities to come up with unique and effective ways to maximize this new kickoff rule.


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[Assistant] Or reverses. Yeah, like I need that. I saw, I heard Adam Schefter on ESPN this morning saying the XFL rules.


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[Assistant] The return percentage should lead to about a thousand extra returns throughout the NFL season this year. Four to five a game, sixteen, seventeen games, or seventeen games.


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[Assistant] Uh, 32 teams, about a thousand extra plays. You saw the Steelers as soon as this deal went into play. Went and signed Cordero Patterson, the NFL's all-time leader in kick return touchdowns. The Browns, Bubba Ventrone was regarded as a top five special teams coach. If any team is positioned


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[Assistant] To take advantage of this new rule, it is Cleveland with a guy with Ventrone, leading the ship and a guy like Naheem Hines now, who hopefully can get back to his 2022 form, leading their return unit. And we got a read, we'll move on, what's up?


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[Assistant] I said that right. Interesting, whatever the word is. Uh, win total projections. We'll start with the Cleveland Browns on this one, guys, before we look at the rest of the AFC, before we look at the rest of the division and before we look at the highest win totals projected in the NFL. Start with the Browns. They're over under for 2024, coming off a season in which they won 11 games. It's just eight and a half. What say you, Titus?


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[Assistant] Gee, you stole my whole point there. The Browns won 11 games last season with Deshaun, DTR, PJ Walker, and Joe Flacco.


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[Assistant] They bring back almost the entire defense. They swap out Taki Taki for Jordan Hicks. If nothing, it's a minor upgrade, but it's essentially the same.


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[Assistant] Offensively, they added Jerry Judy and upgraded wide receiver too.


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[Assistant] They're supposed to have Nick Chubb back. A massive upgrade in the running back room. Their offensive line is still intact. DeJuan Jones comes back. That should be an upgrade. Sure, the schedule is a little harder. That probably plays a little bit of a factor in this, but the reality of the situation is this is all Vegas'


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[Assistant] Take on Deshaun Watson and Vegas is telling you they don't believe in Deshaun Watson as a legitimate


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[Assistant] Top tier quarterback in the NFL right now. But here's the good news, Browns fans. Vegas is off and raw.


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[Assistant] And if you have a, you have an opportunity here, and I'm serious, because I'm with Tyves and G on this, I think Vegas is way off on this one.


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[Assistant] If they could win 11 games last season with the Sean playing 5 or 6 games depending on what you want to count the Indianapolis game.


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[Assistant] And they can win games with DTR and PJ Walker and the rest of the brain trust is back. The offense is better if the defense, if nothing else, is exactly the same as what it was last season. I assume they'll take a step up.


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[Assistant] You have a chance to bet responsibly, and there's a key word there, responsibly, to make some money on this. I think at worst, at worst.


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[Assistant] The Browns are a 500 team. Absolute worst. That is the worst case scenario. It can't be 500. Well that's 8, 8 and 9, 9 and 8. Which gives you to the bottom line of what they can get to. That is if everything


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[Assistant] It was the inconsistent play at quarterback. They led the NFL in turnovers. The last time a team, I forget the exact year, but it was in the 80s, was the last time a team led the NFL in turnovers and still made the playoffs. Just based off turnover luck alone, G. Just based off that alone. Take everything else out of the equation.


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[Assistant] The Browns have like 15 more possessions than they had last season. And with Deshaun back and Nick Chubb back and Jerry Judy in the fold, there's no reason to think this offense won't be better than it was in 2020.


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[Assistant] I think that's morbid. And we gotta remember, this is a Vegas line.


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[Assistant] This is a ve- Vegas sets the line to where they think they'll get equal action on the over and the under. So people who like Deshaun look at this line and go-


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[Assistant] You know why. Move on. I don't believe this, I'm just gonna give you the reasons as to why someone would vote.


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[Assistant] For that 9% on the under tie. A, you don't believe in Deshaun Watson.


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[Assistant] And Ben, you think some of the games he played last season, whether it be against Arizona, where I think G. Bush could have beat Arizona at quarterback, whatever, were part of the reason. Two, the schedule is harder.


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[Assistant] Just call it what it is. The schedule is significantly harder next season than it was in 2023. And three, you think the Browns and what they did with DTR and Walker and Flacco specifically


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[Assistant] Was fool's gold and unreplicable. And if Deshawn gets hurt again, you don't have that same faith in Jameis Winston or Tyler Huntley or DTR to be able to come in and they're back up quarterbacks last season when it combined seven and, seven and five. So.


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[Assistant] At the end of the day, G's right though. It comes back down to people just don't like Deshaun. Let it go. Some people, no matter what he does, they will never come around G. Is that a fair assessment of?


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[Assistant] Let's look at the rest of the AFC North, according to that same sportsbook. And the Browns, as we mentioned, they're over under projected at eight and a half. The same with Pittsburgh, also at eight and a half. The Bengals over under on win total, 10 and a half. The Ravens, 11 and a half.


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[Assistant] Guys, let's start with the Ravens, we'll make this quick because I know we gotta get to the other highest win totals in the NFL. Under. Ravens, 11 and a half. Under. Over-under. Under. I'm taking the under. Yup, me too. Bengals, 10 and a half, over-under. Under. I like, I think I'm gonna take the over-under, I think they're gonna go 11 and 6 this year.


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[Assistant] Under. I'm going the over now. We're all taking the over on the Browns. Yup. And the Steelers. Over. Over. I agree too.


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[Assistant] Is there a chance, I don't know if this will work out, is there a chance every team goes 10 and 7, 11 and 6 next year?


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[Assistant] It almost happened, but the Ravens were above that threshold.


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[Assistant] It's a gauntlet though, man. It is. It's a gauntlet. And when you look at it, if you pull up the highest win totals in the NFL, it's the very next graphic.


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[Assistant] 11 and a half where Baltimore is, is tied with Kansas City and San Francisco for the highest projected win total in the entire NFL. Couple teams at 10 and a half, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Detroit, Dallas, Atlanta, which that one


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[Assistant] It's the Deshaun Watson factor in that Vegas is daring you to bet against or bet on Deshaun Watson.


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[Assistant] Uh, also we have the lowest win totals real quick. Let's throw them up there for one second. But New England and Carolina at four and a half, Denver and Tennessee. Uh, for all the talk about the Deshaun Watson trade, the Russell Wilson trade in Denver has been even more of a colossal failure at five and a half.


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[Assistant] While you're paying a quarterback 40 million dollars to play elsewhere is just, it just hurts to see.


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[Assistant] It's your boy. Go Bucs. Your boy, I put him on there just for you. I couldn't think of another patron.


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[Assistant] The odds, so if you want to take the over on the browns or the under, it was even odds at minus 108. So essentially bet a dollar, win a dollar. At eight and a half.


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[Assistant] On a confidence scale of 0 to 100, how confident are you that the Browns will surpass


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[Assistant] I'm 90% sure. I'm gonna go 82%. 82%. I do think, at worst case, if it is the season from hell on all accounts.


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[Assistant] I think this team is just too talented, it's too well coached, and they have too well, uh, they have too much invested, and talent-wise, outside of even the quarterback position, for them not to be a, at minimum, at minimum 9 and 18.


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[Assistant] You're no pro at that point. Uh, and last thing before we move on, let's throw up the home and away schedule. We talked about it twice, but just to give people an idea. Oh, I don't have the graphic, but I can run you through it real quick.


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[Assistant] I saw someone put out, the Browns have like the second hardest strength of schedule in football ahead in 2024.


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[Assistant] Cause they also play in the AFC North. Strength of schedule preseason means absolutely nothing. Don't even bother looking at it. Falcons are projected to win 10 and a half games according to that sports book. It doesn't matter. The reason their strength of schedule is so high to start every season as they play in the AFC North, which is by far unquestionably the best division of football. So take a deep breath. It's going to be okay.


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[Assistant] The Browns are a very, very, very good football team heading into next season.


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[Assistant] Let's talk a little Cavs, guys. They have 10 games left in the regular season.


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[Assistant] They have 44 wins as it stands today. They play the Charlotte Hornets tonight. This team won 51 games last season and they took a victory lap. Hey, we won 51 games in the regular season. Let's parade that that counts for something. It didn't matter in the postseason.


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[Assistant] But there are 10 regular season games left, Tivus. Gee.


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[Assistant] They have to go 6 and 4 through the final 10 to reach that 50 win mark again. Can they do it? Gee?


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[Assistant] You may be positioning yourself to play the three, six matchup, but the six seed could rotate between three teams. Ideally, the Cavs want to play Indiana in the first round. Yes. Like that is the ideal matchup. They play them in the second to last game of the regular season. And I do think this team though does get to 50 wins at the end of the day. You look at this 10 games they have left after you want to pull that schedule back up. They play Charlotte twice. Yep.


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[Assistant] You better beat Charlotte tonight and you better beat Charlotte to end the regular season. They're essentially trying to lose to better, their draft pick. After that, that's a gauntlet, by the way. Philadelphia is tough and Bede won't be back, but they're fighting for their playoff positioning. They beat the Cavs in Cleveland the last time they played here. That's never an easy game. Then you have Denver, the best team in basketball right now.


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[Assistant] I guess you could say the Celtics as well, but the best team in the West, the one team in the West, Utah's Frisky.


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[Assistant] That is not an easy place to play. They're usually significantly better in Salt Lake City than they are on the road. By no means an easy game. Phoenix, they're fighting to stay out of the play-in in the West. Think about this. A team with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal may not be a top 6 seed. That's how deep the Western Conference is. You fast forward to the next 10 games. You have a back-to-back in LA.


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[Assistant] The Lakers fighting for a playoff spot, like literally a playoff spot. The Clippers fighting to have home court advantage in the first round. That's the four or five right now.


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[Assistant] And then you finish with three games. Memphis, who wants to lose. Indiana, we'll see what happens. They should win those final three games. So if you take those three final games as dubs, you take the Charlotte game tonight as a dubs.


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[Assistant] That's 4 of the 6 you need to get to 50. You have to go 2 and 4 against the rest. The Cavs are too good of a team not to go at least 2 and 4 against those teams. Hell.


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[Assistant] If Donovan's healthy, the Cats should be favored and should win. It would be a giant disappointment if the Cats did not win.


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[Assistant] It's not, the Magic are not a great matchup on paper for Orlando. Orlando has two legitimately elite defenders.


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[Assistant] Suggs, the guard, one of the best defensive guards in all of basketball. Jonathan Isaac, who's finally healthy right now.


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[Assistant] Is probably the single best defensive player in the entire NBA. He can only play 10-15 minutes a game. They're still, uh, like slowly working way back in from injury.


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[Assistant] A couple, the, the wars a couple years ago, but in most cases, I don't think Orlando's a special team. I think they're a promising team, but not special. It takes what we saw in what happened to the Cavs last season. A playoff shell shock of...


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[Assistant] Unless Darius finds a 2022 version of himself, unless Jared Allen continues to play at this incredible level he's kind of found this season, and unless JB figures out how to kind of reinvigorate this offense without Donovan,


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[Assistant] If 45's on the court, it's gonna be a short and disappointing play.


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[Assistant] They completely threw Darius and the entire team, frankly, and JB Bickerstaff included, out of a loop, right?


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[Assistant] They did some things defensively that Cleveland hadn't seen and they didn't even look prepared for.


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[Assistant] It's a copycat league in the NBA. You know, same thing in the NFL. You do something one week, the next team sees it, they implement it. Right, Davis? That's how it works in basketball. In basketball, it's an even quicker turnaround.


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[Assistant] I was gonna do something else. Me and Jason were gonna do something on a cab show last night. We ran out of time, so we figured we'd throw it in here. Alright. This is how Darius attacks some drop coverage yesterday. If you guys aren't familiar with what drop coverage is, it's when in a pick and roll situation, the guy guarding, play the clip man whenever you're ready. Yea, the guy guarding,


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[Assistant] The screener in this case, it is Nick Richards, drops off, given Darius plenty of room to operate. That's a wide open three that he hasn't been making.


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[Assistant] But if that shot's open, he's gotta shoot it every single time. Every single time. We'll see it again. They're gonna give you that much room, uh, Darius. You have to step up, make that shot, or they're gonna just continue to play way off you. They did it again in the second quarter. He comes off. Instead of shooting it here, he tries to get two feet in the paint.


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[Assistant] Uh, Nick Richards, not a great defensive player. Watch number four. Ty, you know how you talk about the spinning? What?


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[Assistant] Yeah, he realized he completely lost anybody. So if they're gonna play drop coverage off the areas like this, he's gotta make them pay. You gotta make the defense pay. And in those two instances, whether it's a shot, getting two feet in the paint, that's how he was able to take advantage against Charlotte. Now the other coverage Miami used,


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[Assistant] Was they bootsed him? Tried to get the ball out of Derrick's hands. Now he is a...


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[Assistant] An over dribbler at times. Is that fair to say? Yes. Now against, against Blitz coverage, hey take the next clip whenever you're ready. Against Blitz coverage, you can't hold the ball too long. Here's Darius in two different situations, making quick decisions which leads to open buckets for Evan Mobley and Jared Allen. Here's the first one.


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[Assistant] The defender steps out, boom, that's a nice little pocket pass. Not a lot of space, gets it through, defense can't recover in time, Mobley gets an easy deuce. But importantly to watch how quickly he makes that decision. Here he is, 2-3 dribbles, goes right past Pajemski, forces the help, dump off.


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[Assistant] One, two dribbles and go Darius. Now he took one before that before he actually went to set it up. Fine. But it's the quick decision making Darius has to implement to hopefully get himself in some rhythm. He's taking five, six, seven dribbles going side to side.


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[Assistant] It's taking time off the shot clock. They're not gonna get offense. Move on to the next one, Ant. Let's keep, let's keep this thing rolling. We got three or four. This was my favorite play from the entire game.


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[Assistant] Check out this big to big alley-oop here in a sec. They blitz this screen. Allen to Mobley, Dunk City. If that's a shooter in the corner, I'll show you here in one sec. That could be an open three, in this case it's a dunk. But they blitz the screen. What does he immediately do? Kicks it at Jared Allen. Wide open. In the middle of the paint.


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[Assistant] If that's Max Struse in the corner, that's George Yang. Open three ball, that's his defender. I hope he's not a shooter. Comes in big to big hoop. Can't draw it up any better than that. But once again, it was the quick decision making by Darius. Comes off the screen, one dribble at his hand.


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[Assistant] Can't rotate quickly enough to get back to defend that. And here's the last clip just for fun here. This has nothing to do with Darius Garland. This is just George Niang being a really smart basketball player, turning Miles Bridges into a top here. I'm going to spot shadow him on a sec. You may not notice anything on the first thing, but we're going to spot shadow Miles Bridges. Check out the slight relocation here of George Niang.


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[Assistant] That's Miles Bridges. He's guarding George Niang. Keep an eye on him right there. George, two, three steps.


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[Assistant] That's a full spin. Tyvis, remember when we were looking at the, uh, oops, I effed up play upstairs?


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[Assistant] Rayshon Jenkins, ooh, I lost the assignment. Yeaah, he drops his head. He knows he screwed up. That was just the Cavs executing offensively. They took what they learned against Miami. They tried to make some fixes against Charlotte. It worked against Charlotte. Charlotte is here defensively. Miami is here.


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[Assistant] We gotta see him do it against good teams, but at least it was positive to see JB, Darius, uh, Evan.


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[Assistant] And everyone on that offense kinda come together, alright, this is what they did to us, how can we counter it? They countered it against Charlotte, we'll see if they can do it against better teams, but at least it was a step in the right direction after that absolute debacle on Sunday night.


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[Assistant] You're just not buying anything to the playoffs. Why? You're just not. Hey, that's fair. I can't even fault.


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[Assistant] For, for Derek's lot, it's just the processing. And the quick decision making when he plays with pace and tempo, I think he's a lot better than when he tries to slow the game down.


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[Assistant] And, and, and with Donovan back, and he's expected to be back, JB has said once again, no exact timetable for Donovan, Struus, and Dean Wade, but they're all expected to be back for the end of the regular season.


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[Assistant] Donovan, Darius, Struce, Allen, Mobley, Isaac, Cares, and Niang. Dean Wade or Niang. You have your hot hand. Your hot hand. If you need more defense Wade, if you need more offense Niang.


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[Assistant] Which is still very good. But since that unbelievable hot streak, he's cooled off a little bit, and if he's not making shots, and you know me, I'm the biggest Sam Mero fan on the show, I think he's a phenomenal player.


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[Assistant] He doesn't offer enough outside of his shooting, that if he's not an elite shooting at an elite elite elite level, in the playoffs they're just gonna hunt him. They're gonna hunt him.


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[Assistant] So you said that, that stars win games? Yes. In a seven game series, and LeBron's a perfect example of this, LeBron's gonna win you three of those games.


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[Assistant] Your whole player is going to win you one game. And it could be a Sam Mero game. It could be a George and Ian game.


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[Assistant] He had five threes against Charlotte last night. It could be a Keris Levert game. Play game six. So it is all imperative that you need your stars at their best.


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[Assistant] Uh, Jameis' coach is texting me, he's logging in the system right now, so we'll get to him in 10 minutes. But ehm, let's get a read and we'll get to our Guardians topic before we bring on Jameis' coach.


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[Assistant] Let's talk guardians tomorrow night is opening night for the Cleveland guards. I am very against starting the season on the west coast. They play the Oakland Athletics first pitches at like 10 17 Eastern time. So it's going to be a late Thursday night for us. We'll go around the horn 10 minutes guys.


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[Assistant] Who is your breakout player of the season for the Cleveland Guardian?


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[Assistant] G-Bush, who's your breakout star for the Guardians in 2020.


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[Assistant] Andre Samvenis, I feel like he's kind of a cop-out pick time. It is, it is. He's an established player. Bo Nailer, I'll buy that one. I was going to go chase the ladder.


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[Assistant] But because he's not on the major league team to start the season, I went with a different guy. By the way, he should be on the major league team and I expect to see him by May 1st. I think he will be on the major league team by May 1st. I'm going with Tyler Freeman, guys. And here's why.


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[Assistant] Told us when he was in Arizona about a month ago. Hey, keep an eye on this Tyler Freeman kid. They're trying him out in center field. I'm not sure how it's gonna work, but...


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[Assistant] They don't really have a ton of options in center field, so maybe he's a guy that can win that position.


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[Assistant] I don't want to say cheap, but how cheap of a franchise they've been over the last few years. Down to AAA, he cleared waivers so they could keep a roster spot open for Tyler Freeman.


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[Assistant] Jason also said a couple weeks ago, I think this guy's a 280 professional hitter.


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[Assistant] He's hit in the college levels. He's hit in the minor league levels. He's gonna hit in the pros. So did his stats last year.


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[Assistant] I'm not sure I considered Tyler Freeman to be in that same class of prospects the Guardians had with the Arius and the Gavin Williams and the Bobbies. That top, top, top tier. Maybe I'm wrong for not including him in that category. Maybe he was and I'll admit if I'm wrong, my bad.


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[Assistant] I always thought he was a guy that had potential, and is a name we've been hearing for a while. And the fact that he was able to carve out a spot at a position he's not used to, that'd be like Tyvis going to Brown's camp, coming in as a defensive back.


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[Assistant] And making the 53 man roster as a wide receiver. You're capable of it.


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[Assistant] But it wasn't what you came in. He impressed enough defensively at a secondary position on top of his capabilities at the plate. Did I do think Tyler Freeman?


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[Assistant] And that is a very late, and I'm sending you his contact information right now.


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[Assistant] It should be good. It'll be, uh, it's Shane Bieber verse...


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[Assistant] I believe JP Sears is getting the first start for, no, Blackburn is getting the start for Oakland in week one.


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[Assistant] They start the season in Oakland, then the Mariners, then they play Minnesota.


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[Assistant] So they play three games against Minnesota in Minnesota.


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[Assistant] They got a bunch of other candidates as Anthony tries to figure out the video situation with Coach Otis. Uh, we got audio though at least, so we'll have Coach on in a sec.


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[Assistant] Uhm, they had a couple other candidates who I think could be poised for breakout seasons. Couple of the young guys, Rokio at shortstop is going to get a chance to prove what he is. We talked about Gabriel Arias who has not lived up to expectations and I think is going to be a platoon guy to start because Rokio beat him out at shortstop.


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[Assistant] David Frye, another guy who made the Major League roster, as a utility guy, can play catcher, can play the corner outfield spots if needed.


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[Assistant] Steven Vogt's looking at this whole lineup with a different approach. He is not going by the same guardrails Francona had put on this team for the last few seasons, so I'm curious to see.


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[Assistant] The Go- The Guardians start their season tomorrow night. So make sure y'all- Did we lose a man?


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[Assistant] Alright, well do a, do a read, or I'll do a read, I'll promote here, just hit the button, I'll do a read, get them back ready.


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[Assistant] If y'all missed the Ultimate Cav Show last night, make sure you tune in and check it out. It is on the YouTube channel. Ultimate 216 with Earl of Pearl airs tomorrow night, 5pm. His conversation with Cecil Shortz continues on Friday. It's G. Bush on the Ultimate Brown Show as always. That's also every Monday as well. Join the Ultimate


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[Assistant] Myzel joining the team and that was a great first episode. They'll have a ton to break down coming off the Guardians weekend series against Oakland and starting their series against the Mariners.


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[Assistant] To prepare you, coming up next Monday, so make sure you guys tune in, check it out, hit the like button, hit the subscribe button, we can listen to podcasts more if you're not currently watching.


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[Assistant] Alright, so let me set up this interview real quick. Hit the other transition button so we can clip that. You gotta end the transition. Beautiful. Alright, we're gonna set up this interview here. On Friday, we did a segment and we called it


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[Assistant] Jamis Winston will be your new favorite member of the Cleveland Browns.


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[Assistant] We went through some of Jameis' workout clips, some of his interviews, some of just the funniest Jameis moments that we could find on the interweb. And let me tell ya, Jameis Winston's a funny dude. He can play football.


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[Assistant] He has some prolific numbers from the NFL, from college, and he does things in some untraditional ways, which is how we got in touch with his head, or his personal trainer, Coach Otis, who's going to join us here in a second to explain how they came about coming up with some of these workouts that have allowed Jameis Winston to go from being a five-star recruit


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[Assistant] To a Heisman Trophy winner, to a national champion, to the first overall draft pick, to throw in for 5000 yards in a season, and now being


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[Assistant] Real quick breaking news from Jason Lloyd. Cavaliers All-Star Donovan Mitchell targeting a return to action Friday at home against the 76ers, sources tell. Jason Lloyd tweets. Jason Lloyd breaking news? Well him and Shams work together to break some of those kind of stories.


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[Assistant] The whole nose thing was just a facade for the knee injury. I'm sure he's gonna be wearing a mask. He broke his nose. I mean, he broke his nose. They called it a nasal fracture, but...


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[Assistant] It's a broken nose, yeaah. So, that is from Shams Donovan's return. More eminent than expected.


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[Assistant] Alright, so we now have Coach Otis. We teased it. We are thrilled, honored, and frankly, this has been a long time coming. Coach Otis, Jameis Winston's personal trainer, joining us here on the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. Coach, how you doing today?


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[Assistant] Alright, well we'll continue to work on that. We did have Coach Otis here for a sec. He's been Jameis' trainer, by the way, since the eighth grade. Otis himself played in the NFL for four seasons. He played with the Washington Redskins, the San Diego Chargers, and the San Francisco 49ers. So he is a well accomplished NFL player in his own right.


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[Assistant] And then he got to training Jamus. He trains a couple other, uh, professional athletes. Amir Abdullah, I believe was another one on his list. Uh, modern day fitness is their training company. So we will make sure we.


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[Assistant] Uhm, while we're waiting for Coach Otis, I got a topic I want to throw out to you guys. Alright.


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[Assistant] Unprepared, the NCAA tournament gets back into action tomorrow night at Sweet 16.


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[Assistant] LeBron James never went to college. Correct. Wanna straight to the NBA? Sure didn't.


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[Assistant] Do you think if LeBron went to Akron for one season? Championship, that's it.


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[Assistant] Oh, he's gonna get no buckets. I think, I think it'll be a 2002 NCAA title.


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[Assistant] It was Okafor in 2004, it would have been that year.


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[Assistant] Alright, we got Coach Beck. We're gonna see if it works better this time. Coach, we apologize for the technical difficulties. We know you've been working with Jameis since the 8th grade, so I'm curious. How did you and Jameis first get connected? And now this relationship has obviously blossomed for almost two decades.


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[Assistant] Blame Anthony today. It's all Anthony's fault. We appreciate Coach Otis for trying here. If it doesn't work today, we'll definitely get him back on.


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[Assistant] Uh, maybe we gotta try the Zoom plugin, Steve. This might be the time we get forced to use Zoom, but...


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[Assistant] NBA players right now, if you put them on Stetson to win the NBA, the NCAA tournament this season.


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[Assistant] Like how many- How many players would it take for- No, no, no, no, like-


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[Assistant] You put LeBron on Stetson. They won the tournament this year. How many NBA guys could single-handedly carry Stetson who was a 16 seed in the tournament? Two.


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[Assistant] Uh, Steve Becker just texted us, cause this year's UConn team beat an NBA team. No! Vegas put out a line the other day.


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[Assistant] They would be 49 and a- according to Vegas, Yukon vs the Celtics, 49 and a half point underdog. Yukon has zero chance to beat an NBA team.


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[Assistant] Well, they have a lot, like, Stefan Kass is a late lottery pick. They don't have, like, a guy. Like, a dominant A1 player. So yea, not a chance.


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[Assistant] Ow, ow. What is his injury? Stroofs? Eugh. Uh, sore knee.


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[Assistant] Is it elbow or knee? I forget. Elbow or knee? Elbow, I think. Should I just keep running? I got a whole list of topics just for shows. Should I just start throwing out topics?


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[Assistant] Is that to avoid a John T. Porter potential situation or avoid the...


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[Assistant] And I just got an email from, uh, Jameis' team. They said that Wi-Fi at the hotel is bad. He's gonna try logging in somewhere else. So, just a heads up.


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[Assistant] Alright, you wanna just, should I just run off topics from my list real quick?


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[Assistant] Alright, here, you ready for this one? And by the way, so I just keep a running list, this is-


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[Assistant] Literally two years, some of these are super old. Alright. Don't necessarily know what inspired these. Alright. Would you rather be a Bills fan?


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[Assistant] Or a Washington fan. Good and lose tragically every year? Or just never be good and not get your expectations up?


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[Assistant] You get to rent a player for the playoffs from a team in your conference below the playing. Yeah, pull up the standards, pull up the standards.


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[Assistant] Eastern Conference. Oh, it's gotta be in the Eastern Conference. Who would the Cavs rent for a playoff stretch?


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[Assistant] Bridges are ahead of that. Scotty Barnes. He can't shoot though, you can't have another non-shooter.


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[Assistant] No that's not. Well in the west it's more interesting. Who would the Nuggets take? Who would the Nuggets take? Cause they don't need Wemby, you can't take Wemby. Who?


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[Assistant] Marking would be a nice fit there, that stretch forward. Yeaah. Take Aaron Gore now.


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[Assistant] Alright, can I just, can I give y'all a spicy take that I'm not 100% sure I believe in? I haven't fleshed this fully out yet. Yeah, let me hear it. Earl, don't clip this.


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[Assistant] This is for live viewers, and I saw what you just said, don't clip this. This is for live viewers. I'm not even fully sure I believe this yet, but I had a thought.


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[Assistant] Let me ask you this. Is Darius Garland the NBA's Baker Mayfield?


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[Assistant] Good but not good enough. Consistently inconsistent. Shows flashes of elite potential.


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[Assistant] Yes. Hey, we're going to reschedule with Coach Otis, by the way. He just texted me. I'm going to read this real quick. Uh, sorry, the wifi here is terrible, but we will definitely get together. I really want to talk to you guys. God bless. Have a great day. So we'll definitely get you coach back on soon. Uh, apologies to everyone out there for the wifi issue, but we will absolutely.


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[Assistant] Get coach Otis here in a few, hopefully a few days. And we got a fan duel or a game time read and some super chats.


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[Assistant] I'm taking Kyrie over James Harden. And read your, read your Super Chess and then we'll do top point cards. Hold on.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna read this. Keep a tally because sometimes it's hard to read and count at the same time. I'm gonna give you a player who's listed on ESPN as a point guard.


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[Assistant] You tell me if you take that player or Darius. We'll see how many we take before we take Darius. Alright, y'all can play along at home too. Yea, play along in the chat. Uh, Luka.


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[Assistant] Trey Young. Trey Young. Tyrese Maxey. Maxey.


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[Assistant] Now it gets to where you can have your conversation. Now we can start having- Drew Holliday. I think it depends on the team. It depends on the team.


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[Assistant] I'll hear you both ways on that one. Alright, here you go. Drew Holliday's a championship player, a gold medalist. Alright, so I got twelve. They consider Derrick White a point guard. No. I don't think he's a point guard. He's not. Uh, Colin Sexton.


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[Assistant] I'm not done reading these, I'm just, like I said, I'm going through in uh, in order here. Kate Cunningham.


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[Assistant] Thirteen. That's probably the only ones you could have an art- You're not taking it like Jordan Clarkson obviously, no. What about Kobe White?


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[Assistant] Jaws definitely in there. Guys who haven't played enough are already on this list. Uh, James Harden.


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[Assistant] And that's probably all the guys you could argue as. Everyone else is more of a two. A legitimate two.


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[Assistant] Speaking of that, we're gonna do this, I don't know if we'll do it this week or next week, we're gonna do a draft.


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[Assistant] Of Cleveland Cavaliers individual skill sets. So like, we'll do a little teaser right now. You would pick one one in this. You could pick any.


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[Assistant] Mowgli's rebounding, Darius is def- like whatever you want.


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[Assistant] Is there a consensus 1-1? What is the best singular skill on this Cavaliers team?


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[Assistant] Sam Mero's a better shooter than anyone on the cast individually.


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[Assistant] That's another great pick. So we're gonna do a draft, we're gonna do a draft of that, uh, probably next week. I don't know if we'll have time for it this week. We'll do it next week.


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[Assistant] Wait, can I ask you an honest question? Let's say that for overtime. I got a real quick question on Caleb. Okay. Did you see the video of him at the game the other day? No. What game? He was at the USC women's basketball game. Okay. And people made a big fuss.


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[Assistant] Because he had a pink phone case, a pink wallet, and pink nail polish on at the game.