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[Assistant] I almost wonder if he works now that I've lost so much weight and I've got the teeth especially. The script that I have right now that I haven't filmed because I've been traveling so much is uh, and I need like a stand in and I need like a camera man to film it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so I need like my heavyset friend to come in and be the other person.


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[Assistant] But I want to film like a Francis vs. Boogie fist fight over the teeth in which I literally black out some of my teeth like the teeth stuff and so it looks like


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[Assistant] You know, Francis has knocked out Boogie's new teeth, right? Right. That's why I want to draw and lead into the story fire stuff too. But again, it's so frustrating to do that for YouTube for 20 bucks and I can upload a story fire and make a couple hundred, you know. So I don't upload a story fire.


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[Assistant] I want to go back to my roots on YouTube. I gotta check that platform out soon. Yeaah. It's small right now and video is brand new, but uhm, it's interesting because he's designing it in a way that can make people rich because


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[Assistant] There's like a premium currency, right? Uhm, but you, and you can buy it, but you can also earn it by writing stories or filming videos and putting it on there. And then eventually they're going to go public because it's based off of Ethereum. And so they're eventually going to go public with that crypto.


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[Assistant] And when they go public with that crypto, they're gonna pump it themselves with their own money, right? And so you're gonna have, say,


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[Assistant] 10,000 blaze, right? And then it goes live and then everybody pumps it, right? Cause I'm gonna buy some, you're gonna buy some, we're all gonna buy some.


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[Assistant] And when we all buy some that day, you bought it for 19 bucks for 20,000 and now that's 20,000's worth 200, 500 bucks, right? Right. So it's, it's an interesting because the people who are early platforming it are giving an opportunity to like make money and I think that's really cool.


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[Assistant] I really think you're right. It's interesting because uhm, I know obviously you know a lot more people in porn, but I've got a few fans who are porn stars, right? Some male, some female. And I've hung out with a couple of them, out with a couple of them. I know some sex workers as well, and fans and stuff.


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[Assistant] And so I'll talk to them about their business because I'm fascinated by it. I want to learn how you're making your money, what your business model is, if you could diversify, if there's anything I can do to help. So if a female or male actor, you know, Pornhub,


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[Assistant] Uh, original content person comes to me, like, let's see what your CPM is. Let's see if you can diversify. Is merch an option? Is brain deals an option? What can we do here?


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[Assistant] And I'm surprised because every time I hear about the CPMs from Pornhub, it's pretty fucking good. It's pretty similar to YouTube. I've heard like as much as five or six bucks for a CPM for a monetized porn. I've never seen that on YouTube. Yeah, well my average is about...


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[Assistant] Not per real, but monetized, whatever, monetized for, I'll get like 5 bucks on a gameplay video and on a Francis video I'll get 20 cents.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well I, off of a million, at my best days, a million would come close to $10,000 on my best days, right? Oh my god, dear lord. But, you know, we're talking about like my original...


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[Assistant] That guy dramatic splash falling into the pool, right? And that's like 20 million views. So maybe it's earned $20,000 across the last 10 years, right? And that's good money. Don't get me wrong. I'm not faulting it, but you know, it's funny because I know the fine brothers, you know, the guys who did react world and like had that big controversy.


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[Assistant] But they went from television to YouTube, and they have publicly said that when we went from television to YouTube, we took a 90%


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[Assistant] Television says, hey, don't advertise on The Walking Dead or not, but we get the views. Right? And you're gonna advertise on The Walking Dead whether you object to, uh, uh, Negan splitting heads open or not, right? Yeah. Cause you need, that's the best spot to put your money. YouTube needs to say,


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[Assistant] Well, like I said, I live right next to Walmart Home Office, and when that first day apocalypse happened, I won't say who at Walmart Home Office told me this, but he said, look, we don't give a shit about the moral stuff.


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[Assistant] We give a shit about coming back in six to eight months and getting a lower bid when we do.


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[Assistant] We want to pay less for the same advertisement. So we're just going to pull for six months because we can afford to do it with Walmart and then we'll come back. But we're just playing the pity card right now. We don't actually care. And I'm like, obviously.


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[Assistant] Obviously. Like, what everybody's doing. Nobody actually gives a shit. Because the same people, when the Christchurch shooter was blowing people up in New Zealand, uh, and Fox News was covering it, they advertised Nissan cars on, then they advertised Walmart right there.


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[Assistant] Come buy your fucking hemorrhoid pads at Walmart right now, and now back to this guy murdering people.


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[Assistant] I got nothing but, I got nothing but love for Susan and at the end of the day, thank God for the opportunity she's provided and, and I get that she's running a very difficult ship to run. I understand all of that.


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[Assistant] It's just some of the decisions that they have made have personally hurt my business and personally hurt my life and it sucks. And it's hard not to take it personal even though it's not personal. She's just trying to do the right thing and she knows she's trying to do the right thing.


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[Assistant] As someone who's spent a lifetime in abusive relationships, this is the most abusive relationship I've ever been in. I'd rather have my mom beat the shit out of me everyday than deal with YouTube.


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[Assistant] And it's, it's heartbreaking. Like, cause here's the thing, I am privileged in one way, since I'm OG.


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[Assistant] Oh, never, my career, everybody's like, oh, his career is gonna die, dead channel, dead channel. It's never gonna die, buddy. I'm always gonna be somewhat relevant. I, I can't imagine, this clip will not age well two years from now, right? But I think two years from now, I'll still be pushing through a couple million views. And I think those couple million views are still gonna pay my fucking rent, okay? So I'm going to be fine, right? I don't worry about me. What I worry about is small creators who are struggling.


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[Assistant] Those people are, are determined whether or not they can have to give up on their dream all over all, right? And it's, it's heartbreaking because I know some really talented creators who've been grinding forever and never made it. I know some that just made it and had the rug pulled out from under them in the last couple of years.


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[Assistant] Uhm, probably one of my favorites is a channel called Zombie Go Boom and they film right there in Northwest Arkansas with me. And they take zombie heads made of plaster and plastic and shit.


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[Assistant] And then they use weapons on those zombie heads. Sometimes they should hit them with a crossbow, sometimes they hit them with an axe, sometimes a chainsaw, whatever. I smashed one in the back of the head with an Xbox to see if I could crack the skull open, right? That's Francis, obviously, you know? Right.


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[Assistant] And it was a great channel and they were making big money and they were getting big views and then the first adpocalypse happened and they never got remonetized. Literally, they can't earn nothing. And so they, they're living off of brand deals but because the videos are suppressed now and because they lost a big core of their audience because YouTube doesn't like to share or demonetize videos as much or


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[Assistant] videos that it thinks has, cause you know they use red blood, now they're starting to use green blood, they finally learned about that, but if you don't know that,


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[Assistant] The, the YouTube algorithm, if you, Mortal Kombat 11, it will demonetize the Mortal Kombat 11 video in this red blood.


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[Assistant] But if you have two characters, one with blue and one with green blood, or both with green blood,


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[Assistant] It doesn't demonetize it. This is a thing. That's an actual thing. Oh my goodness. That's something that's been reported from the moral commons.


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[Assistant] Right? One of my other, one of my other favorite things is somebody can wear a tan-colored suit.


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[Assistant] They were wearing tan clothes, and they thought they were naked.


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[Assistant] And then, uh, I have a few rap songs that I'm not good at it, but they're comedy rap songs that are funny.


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[Assistant] But I've always had a soft spot for sex workers in my whole life. My mom prostituted herself out for drugs for God's sakes. How do I not try to learn to love somebody who does that?


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[Assistant] I've had nothing in the world but, like, love for sex workers and, like, I never understood the concept of, quote, slut-shaming, quote, because I always tell, like, when men do it, they're, like, mad at cosplay girls or e-girls. I'm like, dude, at least you get to look.


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[Assistant] Right? Like, what if that girl didn't even let you look? Like, at least you have some outlet you fuckin' incel, like you, you know? Well, that's a positive outlook, yeah. And, and, and God forbid, an actual slut, a girl who's actually loose that lives in your high school, is in your school,


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[Assistant] You should be really nice to her because there's a slight chance she's gonna fuck your ugly smelly ass, okay? So that's the person- I'm not saying porn stars are loose or anything far from it. Some of the girls I know who do porn are-


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[Assistant] I am, I will tell you right now, I, uh, after getting divorced,


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[Assistant] I immediately got on every website I could to find as many girls as I could, right? And I was just nuts for it. And, and so I dated a few girls and then a few girls got, it got real bad. I got blackmailed once. Somebody tried to blackmail me. Another girl made a hit piece video of me lying and shit.


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[Assistant] Tried to have sex with a girl and, I mean, I've had a few girls who were like old friends and like, hey, let's hook up. Okay, I've done that a couple of times, but I'm not pursuing anything new and I'm not even trying because I just don't want to have my heart broke. I'm not looking for anything emotional.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and what I was looking for then was just like somebody to take it like Roost Chris and then out to a museum and out to a show and then come back home, right? With, I wasn't looking for a relationship, I was looking for fuck buddies, right?


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[Assistant] Cause I mean, like, we were surprised to have really good sushi in Northwest Arkansas. And of course we have all the southern comforts, like the barbecue and stuff.


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[Assistant] But we have a couple of places like New York style and LA style and like.


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[Assistant] Some 4.5, 5 stars, like Bordino's is pretty good, but the problem is, since nobody can afford LA prices out there, you're eating LA style food, but for 25 bucks, 30 bucks, right? Like an expensive meal in Northwest Arkansas is rouscris, cause it is 100 bucks, but you get a better meal at one of these 5 star local eateries and, and they feel bad for charging you 40, cause


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[Assistant] No, don't get me wrong, there's some really expensive places in Bentonville, but when it comes to favor, which is the college town.


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[Assistant] I walked in and I laughed at the prices because I'm used to LA prices. And I'm like, you want 35 bucks for what? Are you kidding? That's a 16 ounce Kobe. What is happening?


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[Assistant] Cafeteria pulled pork sandwich, like you really didn't taste like meat, but it tasted good enough to where I'd eat that three or four days a week and spare a life.


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[Assistant] No, not really. And that's what's so surprising because he's vegan and I'm like, obviously he's, he's buying. So I'm just going, I'm only letting him buy whatever he wants, right? And so he's like, let's go to this vegan place. I'm vegan. All right, I'll try it. I don't have a problem with the vegan food. You know, I just don't choose it for myself.


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[Assistant] You see, here's the thing, I went to 4-H camp when I was a kid.


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[Assistant] The first week of 4-H camp, they introduced us to a cow. And they're like, hey, here's a cow, meet the cow. And I'm like, neat. And they're like, you're all gonna clean the cow and meet the cow and you're gonna learn his tricks and stuff. And I'm like, okay. And so we, uh, one time during the camp, we had to go there and like clean the shit and like pet the cow or whatever. And then in the fifth week, they're like, alright, everybody say goodbye to the cow. Where's she going? Slaughter? We're gonna eat her.


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[Assistant] And so they wanted to show you that this living thing becomes your meat.


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[Assistant] And we want you to respect the meat because we're farmers and you're going to be a farmer and we want you to respect the meat.


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[Assistant] And that kinda changed things a little bit because...


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[Assistant] Once they're gone, they're gone, it's okay. And as long as they don't suffer that much while they're here, I ain't, I don't have that much of a problem with them.


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[Assistant] I went to Katsuya or something like that, a sushi place right near my hotel. And oh my god, it was so good. And here's the other thing, fuck fish. Cause they are not smart animals. I don't give a shit if a fish suffers. One of the very first merit badges I got in Boy Scouts was the fishing merit badge cause no one else wanted to clean the fish. And I was like, these things are barely alive, man. I don't give a fuck.


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[Assistant] Hey, that's what I want for dinner now. I'm gonna get some salmon.


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[Assistant] So all the people out there listening, hey listen, go download Storyfire, check out g4bygolpa.com and if you need to get your teeth fixed, they're giving away stuff, youtube.com slash boogie298, uh, twitch.tv slash boogie298, and I love you very much. And if you take nothing else from anything I've said in this podcast, if something I've said in this podcast has upset you, here's what I want to tell you, okay?


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[Assistant] I mean it all very lovingly. I have nothing but good intentions. The only thing I want in this world is I want you and me and everyone else to get along. I want us to learn to love each other. I don't care if you're black or white, short or tall, skinny, fat.


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[Assistant] Gay or straight, I don't care. A conservative or Republican, I think we need to learn to love each other again and we need to empathize together again. And that's my goal and that's my message and that's the only thing I give a shit about.


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[Assistant] Like I don't give a fuck about the economy. I don't care about anything other than you and I learning to live in harmony and learning to love each other. That's my entire goal of everything I do.


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[Assistant] Let's get it, ladies and gentlemen. It is Monday, July 3rd. Tomorrow's the 4th. There is no show tomorrow, but after a massive weekend.


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[Assistant] And then we got G Bush here to my right. G, big weekend.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you got that hand sanitizer after messing around with the earpiece. Yeah, it's...


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[Assistant] No, we got, we got a big show for you guys and we appreciate everyone tuning in. Like I said, no show tomorrow, but we are here today on the third following a massive weekend in free agency for the Cavs. They signed Max Struse in a sign and trade with the Heat. They got George Niang.


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[Assistant] Ty Jerome, Damian Jones will talk about each of those moves, what they paid, was it worth it, how they'll affect the team moving forward. We're also going to talk to little guardians, they got two all-stars.


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[Assistant] And on the day Klaus A was named an All-Star, he gave up four runs for the first time in his career. So, impeccable timing, but we'll break down that and preview a big series against the Braves coming up. We'll talk a little Browns. Former Browns running back, Greg Pruitt, is gonna make his UCSS debut. He was supposed to come on a couple weeks ago, it didn't work, so fingers crossed it all goes smoothly this time, but guys,


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[Assistant] We can't start anywhere without the big news of the weekend, and that is what the Cavs did in free agency. How we're gonna do this, just so you guys know, we're gonna go.


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[Assistant] Try to go player by player, talk about each player and their impact on the team for the upcoming season. Then we'll do it in totality, how much better are the Cavs than they were before. So let's start with the big, the big move.


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[Assistant] G, you got your red bull? Jason? Ready to go. Is it his best Miami vice gear? And we'll start with the guy they got from Miami. That's Max Shrewson, a sign in trade with the Heat. They had to give up Jetty Osmond and Lamar Stevens in a second round pick to fit the three, uh, four year, $63 million deal into their cap. Jason, let's start with you.


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[Assistant] Max Drews was the guy you said last week was your number one target. They got him here. How's the fit? How do you like it? Did they overpay? The floor is yours.


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[Assistant] The Cavs signed Max Struess who was the starting 2 slash 3 on an NBA Finals team. The numbers when you put them side by side look comparable. They are completely different players. One was a third, fourth option on a starting unit. The other guy was the first or second option on a terrible bench.


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[Assistant] They take Jetty for the $6.7 million exception and don't have to spend $63 million to bring in a guy from Miami. If they had any ounce of confidence, he could even do 60%.


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[Assistant] 55, but they are different players. And here's some numbers that I think really.


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[Assistant] Emphasize what Struce brings to the table. We always talk about the Cavs being a pick and roll heavy offense, which I want to talk about how Struce coming in will affect and maybe change up their offense in a sec. But when you have a pick and roll heavy offense with two ball handlers like Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland, you need guys to space the floor, right? Especially in the corners when you're running pick and roll. So it's all spaced out. Last season, Max Struce,


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[Assistant] On a extremely high volume. Once again, that was 162 attempts last year. He made 75 of those. It's according to Second Spectrum stats from the corner. Now, as far as what Struz does.


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[Assistant] He's not just a standstill shooter. If you watched a minute of the NBA Finals,


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[Assistant] Streus runs around like Klay Thompson. Yeaah. He had the fourth highest. They track it by miles on second spectrum.


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[Assistant] He ran the fourth most of any player in the second half of the season last year, meaning he doesn't like just to stand still. He's a guy that, and this is where JB, listen up here, this is where a lot of it comes onto you now.


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[Assistant] You have a guy that has a skill set that they didn't have at all last year. Jenny was a stand and shoot guy. Akura was a stand.


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[Assistant] And not scared to shoot guys. Lamar Stevens scared to shoot. What Max Struess does better than anyone the Cavs have had on their roster in the last couple years is come off pin downs, come off double screens, and in a pick and roll heavy offense,


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[Assistant] He may not be getting as many shots, but at least they can occupy the backside of the defense.


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[Assistant] To take some attention away from the pick and roll ball handler, whether it be Mitchell or Garland with Mobley, Allen, Damian Jones, wherever else they have in that pick and roll situation. Last year, and this is all stats according to Second Spectrum, Max Drews took six, catch and shoot threes per game.


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[Assistant] So no dribbles, catch and shoot. Whether that's stand in the corner, catch, come off a high screen, a pin down, catch and shoot, shoot.


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[Assistant] No one in the cast of more than three and a half of those last season. That was Donovan Mitchell. And guess what? On those catching shoots, which are a much harder shot than just standing in the corner, he shot 38%.


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[Assistant] One of the highest marks in the league on catching shoots for a guy who is in the top 10 percentile of the NBA on opportunities. This dude's an elite shot maker.


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[Assistant] When it comes to those kind of situations. And yeaah, he's not Kevin Durant. He's not Steph Curry.


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[Assistant] But you weren't getting those guys in for agency. He was as good as you were getting at a position and a skillset they needed available in this for agency class.


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[Assistant] P.J. Tucker in Philadelphia, he's a guy who, I don't know the numbers, I would guarantee you, I bet you 90% of his shots are set in the corner threes, and that's it. He's not coming off any screens, any pin downs, and that's the kind of thing that Max Struse brings as a shooter that some other guys who are corner specialists do.


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[Assistant] Wings are gold in the NBA. Look at any wing who signed this weekend. Did anyone get


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[Assistant] Market, what we, what we assume would have been market, market value. Bruce Brown, who people thought might get a mid-level exception deal, signed for $22.5 million with the Pacers.


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[Assistant] And we're gonna talk about all the other free agent deals in a sec, but with Struce and the other guys, the Cavs sign.


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[Assistant] They all got overpaid. Why? Cause it's a supply and demand situation. Max Drews can shoot. Is he a great individual defender? No, but he's a solid team defender who comes from the Miami system and you can't play in Miami if you don't play defense. So he's a good team defender or at least a serviceable team defender. None of the wings out there who were coveted by multiple teams took a market discount. And why would they?


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[Assistant] And to your point, Jason, as the salary cap continues to rise with this new TV deal, 63 million may seem like a lot now. In two, three years, it's gonna be a bargain.


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[Assistant] I hadn't thought of that, but that's brilliant. They really do seem to be on the same track. And last week, I think it was...


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[Assistant] Last Thursday, when Earl was producing, he asked us, what's the biggest issue with the cat's makeup? And we all said, it was the roster. And we all agree that you can criticize JB, we don't think he was spectacular last year. They had youth and playoffing experience, doesn't matter, but the construction of the roster was, they didn't have shooting, and if you don't have shooting, it doesn't really matter. Whereas what you guys both said is true.


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[Assistant] They have the shooting now. And now, anyone who has said for the last at least 12 months that I've been watching and kind of consuming Cleveland media on a daily basis,


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[Assistant] JB's not a good coach. It's on JB. Where's the offensive creativity? Where's the offensive plays? All we do is we're pick and roll. Well guess what?


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[Assistant] We're gonna see now if you guys are right or if the cows are right for giving JB an extension because now all the ingredients, all the


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[Assistant] I'll say talent, but all the different positions of need, skill.


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[Assistant] Size, shooting, ball handling, defense. They're all there, JB. And now it's on you to make that work, so.


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[Assistant] There's no more excuses. It is officially put up for shut up for JB Bickerstaff and we're going to find out pretty early on, not necessarily 20 games into the season. I don't think it's as quick as a runway of six games for Stefanski here with his track record and some of these other guys, but.


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[Assistant] We're gonna find pretty quickly if he's gonna adapt to utilize these new guys' talents or if it's gonna be rinse and repeat and make these guys fit square pegs into round holes.


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[Assistant] George Nie Yang ranks in the top 15 of all active players in career three point percentage.


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[Assistant] The answer is true. George Niang, the six foot seven, six foot eight, 230 pound, three, four, five wing from Philadelphia does rank


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[Assistant] Three point shooter for his career. Jason, we started with you as streus, I'll start with you again with Niang.


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[Assistant] I really like this move. Are you as favorable on this signing as you were with Struz?


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[Assistant] 45%, pretty good. According to Second Spectrum stats...


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[Assistant] Another element he adds to this offense, which they did not have last year, is a pick and pop.


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[Assistant] This is a pick and roll friendly offense, but when you have Jared Allen and Evan Mobley as your rollers, or your screeners, they're rolling every time because as we've talked about time after time after time, neither can really shoot.


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[Assistant] The most common play in basketball is the pick and roll. And the reason it's the most common play in basketball, it's the staple of most teams offense, it's the hardest thing to guard. You're at a disadvantage inherently when a guy screens.


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[Assistant] His defender has to come over a screen, go under a screen, so it's really two on one and a half.


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[Assistant] Then you have to pick where you help from. And if you have non-shooters in the court, it's easy to choose who to help from. If you have in a situation.


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[Assistant] Darius Garland or Donovan Mitchell. Pick, doesn't matter. We'll just pick pick one. Who do you want to use for this?


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[Assistant] We'll use Garland with the ball in his hands. And we'll use Mobley as the screener. And you're spacing the floor with Donovan Mitchell, 40% 3-point shooter.


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[Assistant] George and Yang in the corner, 52% from the corner and max juice in the other corner at 45%. Where are you helping?


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[Assistant] You cannot leave one of those guys. It's a pick your poison situation.


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[Assistant] And that is what we didn't see against the Knicks. The Knicks were able to completely collapse the defense, have five players with at least one foot in the paint, because they weren't scared of Isaac Okuro.


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[Assistant] Sorry, Jenny. Jenny. Sorry, Lamar. Lamar. Sorry, Danny. Danny Green. They weren't scared of anyone else in the Cavs roster shooting, so they were able to collapse, and that just clogs the middle and it makes it, it's like trying to run against a 10 man box. And I would say- They're just not lanes. Now that they have weapons,


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[Assistant] Everything spreads out. It makes it easier. There's more assist opportunities for both Garland and Mitchell and guys.


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[Assistant] The game of, this is stupid but serious, the game of basketball is so much easier when you make shots. And Donovan Mitchell isn't going to have to think when he drives, sees two guys collapse.


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[Assistant] What's a better offensive opportunity for my team? Me taking a tough jump shot?


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[Assistant] With the guys in the corners now, that's the right basketball play. You make the right basketball play, good things happen, and I'm telling you,


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[Assistant] They were the only defensive team because they tried really hard at defense.


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[Assistant] I'd expect them to still be a top 10 defense next year. I got one stat and then one thing I gotta tell you guys about Niang.


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[Assistant] Uh, from one of his former coaches. But this is my favorite stat about the Strews and the Yang Hires. I'm gonna read this so I don't get this wrong. From Second Spectrum Sports. Last season.


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[Assistant] The Cavs made 953 pointers as a team. That was 19th in the NBA. If you replace Struths and Niang for Osmond and Stephens, they would have finished fifth.


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[Assistant] Just swapping those two. They go from 19 to 5th.


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[Assistant] That's 205 additional threes made last season between Struce and Niang and Osmond and Stephens.


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[Assistant] They may not seem like name-wise, massive upgrades. Trust me, on the court, these are massive upgrades for what they want to do. One last thing on Niang, before we move on to the last two here.


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[Assistant] Jason's connected in the NBA circles with everybody. I got a couple connections. One of them happened to be with the Sixers where we just got George and Yang from. Uh, Eli, who I've told you guys about their video quarter, and George, that's his tightest guy on the team.


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[Assistant] He texted me as soon as George signed with the Cavs and goes, dude, y'all got a great one.


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[Assistant] He's one of the smartest basketball players he's ever worked with. He goes this dude could run every play in our playbook from every position. Just a nice little tidbit to have.


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[Assistant] He is the nicest and most willing to help dude. He's with all the rookies working with them after practice shooting. I'm hoping the first thing he does when he gets to Cleveland is goes find Evan Mobley and goes, Hey, let's get a 500 jump shots. Yep. And he goes, listen, the rebounding numbers, they look abysmal.


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[Assistant] We told them box out, let other people get rebounds. You can't jump, George. So just box your guy out, make sure your guy doesn't get the rebound. So yea, the 2.4 rebounds for his career is definitely like, how's a guy who's 6'8", only average 2.4 rebounds. His job was not to rebound. His job was box out, don't let your guy get the rebound. We have Joel and other guys to get the rebound. And last but not least, he's not a good individual defender.


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[Assistant] Not just his skill set on the court, but it seems like the makeup of who he is.


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[Assistant] Fits in exactly with what this young corp, cause he's played three years in college.


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[Assistant] He's a little bit older than your traditional first contract guy, but I think he's going to be really, really good.


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[Assistant] All right, we're going to move on to their next two signings here. We've talked about Struth, we've talked about Niang.


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[Assistant] They also got Ty Jerome here, who's been a serviceable backup for the last four years, was a top guy coming out of college out of Virginia. And I want to actually let Earl start with this because Earl came in this morning.


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[Assistant] One of their biggest, most impactful. I like that one the best. So Anthony, tap Earl. Let him get on the mic. Earl, real quick before we break down the numbers. Why are you so high in the tied room? I'm signing for the Cavs.


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[Assistant] I don't know how much they're expecting from me. I know they had money to bring in an extra guard here, but a guy like Ty Jerome who's 6'5 and a pretty good defensive player. I just don't know how much they still believe in Ricky Rubio as the full-time permanent backup behind Garland and Donovan Mitchell. Jason, did you get that feel with this signing or?


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[Assistant] Yeah, Jerome didn't play, he's never actually played in a postseason game, which, we talk about guys, you can look down your bench and play, well.


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[Assistant] He's been on a couple of playoff teams and has never played a postseason minute. I'm not, let's not disparage him. Just keeping the reality of what you bring in here. He's a backup.


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[Assistant] Potentially third string back at point guard. Here's what he does do very well.


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[Assistant] He's a facilitator. He's got a 3.2 to 1 career assist to turnover ratio, which is among the best in the league. Now granted, he doesn't play as much. Those numbers are always going to be a little skewed, but I'd much rather have a guy with a 3.1 coming in off the bench than a.


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[Assistant] You know, essentially a one to one. I want my backup point guard to be a floor general, a facilitator. He does that very well. Defensive wind shares are a tough metric to really gauge and I don't even want to explain to you. Just know that anything positive is good.


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[Assistant] And he had a two defensive windshare last year, so he's a plus defender at 6'5 on the wing for any situation where they may need a bigger guard to guard someone in the league.


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[Assistant] He's, he's, he's only played 48 games, er, 48 games is most he's ever played in the season. He has had some injury history. He's never played a ton of minutes, but it's per 36 numbers, which is just take their career numbers, drag it out in case they played starter minutes. If he wants to do that,


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[Assistant] His per 36 numbers are 14.5 points for rebound 6 assist.


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[Assistant] That's a pretty damn solid backup point guard.


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[Assistant] And if you need him to play more minutes like we saw in that Cavs game last year, I think he is serviceable. I- Do I think he's better than Ricky Rubio?


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[Assistant] I think it's pretty damn close right now after what I saw from Rubio last year, maybe Rubio with a full year back in the ACL.


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[Assistant] Can return to the form he was prior to the injury because prior to injury or Rubio is better than Ty Jerome.


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[Assistant] Having a guy like Ty Jerome to be his backup or potentially his replacement is a really, really good luxury to have.


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[Assistant] And I do think Jerome could play a little off ball too, if need be. Like, he is 6'5", he shot 39% last year, 33% career shooter.


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[Assistant] He's been a journey man. He's been on, he feels like he's been in league forever. He's been on six teams in seven years. He goes back to those golden state days. They got him from Utah in a trade yesterday. Listen.


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[Assistant] Robin Lopez is gone, they got nothing from Robin Lopez last year. It's a pick and roll offense, he's an athletic, 6 foot 11 big, a rim runner, a dunk threat, if nothing else,


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[Assistant] We can expect 5 to 10 really cool LU pilots from this year. If nothing else, that's what we're going to get from Damian Jones. I don't think he's going to be a huge contributor in any facet, but he's certainly a nice depth piece and he certainly is a highlight we are waiting to happen in the pick and roll game with Derek Garland and Donovan Mitchell.


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[Assistant] Jason, same feelings, just a nice guy to have, but.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but he played Spaniardly in Utah last year. Like I said, he's a...


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[Assistant] Guy who in theory provides a little rim protection, he's 6'11", he's super athletic, he went to Vanderbilt. I believe he was a first round pick, I think he was the 30th pick in 2017.


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[Assistant] Uh, when the Warriors were in all those championships and he kept getting those opportunities late in games. Bouncy, will catch, oops, he has no offensive game outside of dunking. They don't need him to have an offensive game outside of dunking. And they needed a big man to replace.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Robin Lopez minutes, at the price they add to, the price they acquired him for, and the money he makes, there's not a ton of options in that big man role. Correct.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's, like I said, it's not gonna make a big impact, but he's a guy I like having at the end of the bench as opposed to a big stiff who I don't think ever could really contribute.


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[Assistant] Oh, okay. You wanna start? Go ahead. Well, it's the Sixers, first and foremost. And that's cause they fired Eli, cause they brought a new coach. Nobody's at all. But in all seriousness,


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[Assistant] You're losing James Harden. I don't know what you're bringing back for James Harden that is the equivalent on the court talent immediately to equal what James Harden is. Darrell Morey has two theories of thinking. He's done this his entire career. Get stars or tear it all down and rebuild.


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[Assistant] I don't know who's trading a star back to Philadelphia to replace James Harden, and if they're gonna go in the path of a quasi-rebuild, or at least starting that process?


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[Assistant] Then they definitely take a step back from being a two seat in the East, going down Milwaukee, resigned all their guys, they changed their coach. Who knows if that makes them better or worse. Boston switched up Marcus Smart for Chris Daphne Porzingis. The Knicks got rid of Bobby Toppin. I'm not sure they signed anybody, did they? I know they traded Toppin. The Knicks? I don't think. They got DiVincenzo.


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[Assistant] They got DiVincenzo, they got the whole Villanova squad reunited. DiVincenzo's a nice move for them. Nice added piece. They still got heart.


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[Assistant] If you look at the totality of the East, last year the Cavs were in that second tier. They were the 4C, they lost the next yada yada.


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[Assistant] We did the fence rider question, Jason, you and I were the only people who said we thought the Cavs could contend for a top two seed next year. Not necessarily win, but contend. With the moves they've made, with the rest of the fluctuation of the Eastern Conference, if they're not contending for a top two seed, I'll be really disappointed in this team next year.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and it's back to what you said with the Browns earlier. And I can't believe I didn't think of this bad job out of me. They are on the exact same path.


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[Assistant] I like your creative math. There you go. The pressure is on. We hope they win. And Kobe does this for all the times that last week we crapped on the roster and said what did you expect JB to do? Kobe kudos to you because you had a masterful weekend.


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[Assistant] The regular season is now pre-season, and the regular season is post-season. Which means, JB, I want to see some pin-downs for Struz, I want to see some pick-and-pops, I want to see some line-ups with one big and the Yang as the forward, whether it's Allen, and we better, my point is we better season.


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[Assistant] Get all that overtime content in the starters to your membership parks and everything else. We put the banners up. You know you've seen it.


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[Assistant] Please hit that like button. Please subscribe. We appreciate you all. Anthony! What's going on PCC?


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[Assistant] And for the first time ever, I think we have to rebuke some of the internet comments. Do you want me to read the comments for you, or do you want to read the comments and I'll read the poll? Oh yea, give us the poll and I'm going to read some of the comments.


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[Assistant] I want to read some of the comments here, and then Jason and Gio want you guys to respond.


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[Assistant] This is from the YouTube community poll, which we just did. We had over 800 votes in the poll, so shout out to the voters. The question was, which new Cavaliers free agent will have the most significant impact this season? Basic question, right? Here's some of the comments we got. I'm more excited to see what Imani Bates will do.


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[Assistant] Next answer, none. All are a waste of money.


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[Assistant] Next, not really feeling any of these moves. I don't feel like the Cavs are any closer to being a top 5 team in the East. They maybe win a game or two more than last year. I still don't see any dogs on the roster. Next comment, none of these players will have an impact. Next player, all bums. Max Struth, overpaid, Cavs fell for it.


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[Assistant] Next comment, none. Next comment, all bums. Next comment, bunch of shooters but no defense.


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[Assistant] Listen, we love you guys, we appreciate you participating, and Earl, I'll let you chime in here in a sec.


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[Assistant] I just don't know who- if you don't like these two, I don't know who else you wanted them to sign. Uh, we mentioned Niang.


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[Assistant] Like the day after the season ended as one of the guys I thought was a realistic candidate for the mid-level exception.


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[Assistant] They got him and then they got another guy who got more than the mid-level exception. Like, I just think that's a home run for what their financial constraints were. And the three things, I go back, we'll move on to the rest of the NBA winners. Last week, the question we asked on the show was, what was the cab's biggest issue last year? Coaching, roster, or youth?


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[Assistant] They addressed the roster, they added two guys who have a combined 99 playoff game. You realize George Names played more playoff games than Donovan Mitchell, right?


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[Assistant] He's played in more playoff games than Donovan Mitchell and Max Deuce's 43 career playoff games. They brought in, oh, 89. Yeah, cause 40, yeah, 89, not 99, excuse me. 89 combined playoff games. They address the youth, they address the roster. Now it's going to come down. Can J, can JB coach these guys up?


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[Assistant] Let's talk about some other moves throughout the NBA. Some guys got paid. Anthony, real quick though, it's 12 o'clock. You know what that means.


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[Assistant] So Ben, I was wrong last week. Vanderbilt wasn't a free agent. He was under contract. And that was, I said that wrong last week, my bad. Reeves? When they re-signed Reeves, they got Gabe Vincent.


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[Assistant] Hachimura, they re-signed D'Angelo Russell, they signed Tory and Prince, they signed Jackson Hayes, and they signed Kam Reddish. And somehow they're not a billion dollars over the same.


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[Assistant] It's well balanced and like Austin Reeves, they were talking. He's great.


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[Assistant] Torian Prince just feels like a playoff guy, 3-and-D guy, who got bought out of Minnesota because they didn't want to pay the luxury tax when we see the new CBA coming into effect. Gabe Vincent was phenomenal in the NBA Finals.


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[Assistant] Now he just lands in LA for 3 years, 30, I think it's 33 or 31 million, whatever it is. It seems like they hit a home run. I hate to cross.


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[Assistant] It will become real, but the reason you kind of make that trade to give assets is because players wanted to play with LeBron. They got a bunch of guys on minimum contracts who would have made more money, who just want a chance to win a ring in Phoenix, who came. They just got Eric Gordon.


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[Assistant] In a way, I didn't think they'd be able to. I thought they had a really good free agency period too.


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[Assistant] But these maxes, you see 260 yet. Is he worth 260 right now? No, but as these TV contracts and max edges continue to go up.


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[Assistant] The next year's extensions are going to be more than this year. It's just how the process works. He's a really good player. You had him with Bruce Brown now who's a perfect fit as that complimentary off ball guard, small wing, can play a little point, can play off. I really like their off season too. I put them in the winner category.


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[Assistant] Do you have any issue with the Blazers GM coming out saying, Hey, I know Dame wants to go to Miami, but that's not the best package we get back. We're going to go and get the best package we can find. You have to do it in the best interest of your organization.


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[Assistant] I have no issue with it. Like you said, the GM has a job to do.


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[Assistant] Top 75 player all time, he was named the list two years ago. One of, if not the best player in Portland history.


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[Assistant] Took them to a Western Conference Finals. They never got past the Western Conference Finals, but led them to some serious playoff success.


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[Assistant] If a team out there that's not on this list is willing to offer twice as much of what Miami's paying.


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[Assistant] You go get the bat. We can't be mad at any player. We can't be mad at Bruce Brown saying, well you just won in Denver, but...


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[Assistant] He has no necessary royalty to Dame Lillard to trade him to Miami for a lesser package when he has to be the one who's staying in Portland trying to rebuild it afterwards.


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[Assistant] Woj came on ESPN, I think two nights ago, and said something fat. I hadn't thought of it like this. With the new CBA.


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[Assistant] Go ahead. Is there anything you can share about? Yeah, yeah, but go ahead, finish your thought. Well, it's just fascinating now that it's...


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[Assistant] Teams are stuck, and the Celtics haven't signed Jaylen Brown to an extension yet. Jaylen Brown has a chance to be the highest played player in the NBA when he signs his extension. He has yet to sign this extension yet. And it's a little curious that now... Bane?


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[Assistant] Lamello Ball, Tyrese Halliburte, and Sabonis have all signed their extensions, but Jalen Brown hasn't.


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[Assistant] I'm not quite sure what to make of that, but it seems like in today's situation, the NBA where players can say, I want to be traded with four years left in my contract. All they want to do is sign that max deal.


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[Assistant] It's just a weird dynamic and change from how it's been in the past, and I don't know if-


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[Assistant] This situation helps teams more, if it helps players more, but if you think...


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[Assistant] Having max cap space means nothing anymore. The Rockets had max cap space.


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[Assistant] We talked about- I don't think anyone actually- No, you kinda wanted him here, didn't you?


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[Assistant] But for 20 million a year, I think that is a gross overpay. But guess what? Because the new CBA, they had to spend that money, and they gave Fred Van Vliet more money than Kyrie Irving.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm just gonna plead the fifth on that situation. Uh, I have nothing good to say about James Harden. Let's start with Guardians now, Anthony. As we pivot, do we ever read first, or should we just get right into it?


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[Assistant] I'll be down there next Tuesday. Earl and Jay will be down there next Wednesday. So make sure y'all, if you guys are around, come say what's up. Come hang out with us. We'll be down there for, uh, for the show. Let's talk to the little guardians, guys. They are still one game under 500.


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[Assistant] They're tied for first place in the central. They just took two of three from the Chicago Cubs and one of the


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[Assistant] I'll say ugly, weird, confusing wins we've seen in a long time. They were up 6-2. They were up 6-0. Then 6-2 in the 9th. Klausse, hours after being named an All-Star, has a unique way of blowing the save. A couple infield singles. Josh Naylor plays the role of the can't make a play at first place to playing the hero. And they start a big series with the Brave Sniper. Let's start last night in the game.


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[Assistant] Gee, were you surprised at the Guardians resilience? I mean, I know they blew the lead, but they came right back in the next inning and took the win.


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[Assistant] I like the resiliency from the team, because this, and we were on the show last Friday, last Thursday, when they lost the game after Jose stole home, and then Klasi, did Klasi vote in the tenth? Yea, cause Stefan blew it earlier.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, so yeaah, so they came back, Jose steals home and you think, hey, this is it, this is the moment, this is the turning point, and they blow it, and it's just, it's deflating. So last night to have a situation where,


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[Assistant] And that's just deflating. You know what I mean? It's like, it's like little paper cuts.


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[Assistant] He's been the best offensive first baseman in the American league this year. Hands down, Barton, I don't care what any of the advanced metrics say. No one's been better with the stick in his hand than Josh Naylor offensive this year. So to see him come back and immediately, not in the 13th, not the 14th, Hey, next step at let's pick up class day. I love to see that from this team.


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[Assistant] But I've learned my lesson the hard way that I am not getting all in on the Guardians bandwagon.


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[Assistant] Big, big start. His first two starts came against Oakland. Now he's in the majors.


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[Assistant] I am excited to see how he performs. The Braves, I don't know if you guys saw the stat and now we're in July, but in June.


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[Assistant] Had more home runs in the month than the Guardians at all season and they had just finished the month with a team batting average over 360 home runs in a month.


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[Assistant] 60 home runs in the month. They had 59 going to the last day. So I'm going to, I don't know if they hit, don't quote me on that, but yeah, they, they had one of the best offensive months in the history of baseball. Crazy. And now we're going to see if Gavin Williams, the guardians top pitching crossback can shut him down. He looks phenomenal in his last start. I love it.


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[Assistant] Outside of a guy's debut, I mean, when Vibe debuted, when, like, actually, like, just a regular game, this is appointment television.


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[Assistant] Today's matchup is Gavin Williams against...


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[Assistant] Bryce Elder, who 6-1 was at 2.4 ERA this year, 96 in his pitch. Dang.


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[Assistant] Matt Olson leads the National League at Home Runs at 28. How many do you think, do I have a team this year?


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[Assistant] They break 60? I don't think they broke 60. He's got 15 more than Jose, who beats the Guardians.


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[Assistant] He's got 336 to 21 home runs and 54 RBI's and a 1.08 OPS. That's pretty good baseball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, we're, we're gonna see him. Hopefully he doesn't do anything against the Guardians on Wednesday. Or this whole series, honestly, but.


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[Assistant] It's gonna be a dog fight. And Gavin Williams, if we saw...


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[Assistant] If we get 70% of what he pitched against, was it Kansas City at the second start, right? Yea, Oakland was the first, Kansas City the second, and he was dominant against Kansas City. If we get 70% of that, the Guardians have a chance to win tonight. I think that's all you can ask for going up against a game against an opponent such as Atlanta.


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[Assistant] Do you know how much standing room only tickets cost tonight? I looked, I wanted to go. For the standing room in the outfield, 70 bucks.


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[Assistant] They have all the young guys, it's, which of the young guys are going to step up and actually prove they're the future in the infield as opposed to the other guys who are going to naturally get washed out. Then you look at the guys in the outfield, like Chase, Chase DeLotter, is that pronounced that right?


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[Assistant] He's with the Lake County Captains now. He's actually hit really well his first couple of games over in Lake County. They have guys in the pipeline they're excited about. It's just a matter of when those guys get to the MLB level, will they perform?


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[Assistant] You talk about being loaded, and I'm just using the Braves as an example to get to the loaded that you want to. I know we have Greg Perwitz, so we'll get to Greg in two seconds, but here's their, here's their lineup from a game last month against the Mets. Lead off with Ronald Acuna, and you have Matt Olson, who leads Acuna, who's bidding $336. That's how much baseball has changed.


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[Assistant] You got Matt Olson who leads the league with 28 home runs. Then you have Austin, or leads the national league, Shohei Otani leads the American league. Then you have Austin Riley.


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[Assistant] So the game's sold out tonight, so you cannot get to Progressive Field, but the next two games, go check them out. The UCSS squad will be there on Wednesday if you come see us. Sold out. Come say what's up. Tonight's game is sold out.


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[Assistant] Anthony Edwards' future absolute superstar. He's a dude. Absolute superstar. He's a dude.


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[Assistant] Speaking of dudes, speaking of superstars, it is time to welcome on Greg Pruitt, former Browns running back to the show. Greg, how you doing? Thanks for joining us today.


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[Assistant] Greg, when I was doing some research for this interview, I came across maybe the biggest flex humanly possible.


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[Assistant] Is there any way to have a bigger flex than have a name, a rule named after you for what you did on the field? Cause that seems to be maybe the coolest thing in the history of the entire world.


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[Assistant] That's crazy, Greg. We see the pictures flashing on the screen during some of the montages and...


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[Assistant] You know, 2-3,000 yards if you had normal shoulder pads back in your day that were more aerodynamic, not slowing you down, right? Those things are crazy.


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[Assistant] Greg, we talked about this time after time again on the show here, but we all feel...


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[Assistant] It's kind of a make or break year for us and how, if you can, how does that affect preparation and how you guys go about handling your business?


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[Assistant] So earlier, or I guess last month now, we went out, we mic'd up Adam DeBolt for a little league baseball game. He coached his team and they lost 7-5 in the little league game we were out there for.


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[Assistant] But we knew they were going to lose because heading in, or no they were going to lose, but both teams were 3-9 entering that game. The expectations were not, not to win.


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[Assistant] It might be the problem. I might be the problem going to get Jay next, but uh, last week I went out, mic'd up coach Jason Lloyd. You know Jason as the NBA insider extraordinaire, but you don't know Jason like this. Play it, Mike.


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[Assistant] It like, I can hear a basketball from 10 miles away. And I'm like, ooh, someone's playing basketball. And it makes me, it like hurts me to walk past just like parks on a nice day and just see empty courts. And if anyone's playing, I'll stop and watch. I don't care if it's two four year olds playing, like I cannot walk past the basketball court with the game going on and not stop and watch. And to your point, G, like going out there, I played baseball for two years in high school. It wasn't any good or anything, but to see kids having fun,


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[Assistant] I will say, great group of kids. They're awesome. You told them before the game, hey, pretend the camera's not there.


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[Assistant] I was invisible. The other coach recognized, or not recognized, the other coach was asking me to move and try to be on camera. Not try to be on camera, but you know what I'm saying, like played around the camera more than any of the kids. And uh, obviously I wish they had won, but.


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[Assistant] Great group of kids to be around and clearly listen and respond to you very well.


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[Assistant] Best, uh, best part that you guys didn't see on camera for this. And Anthony, I'll let you go real quick. Game start at 6 o'clock.


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[Assistant] Good coaches make a total difference. We will see you on overtime and Jason, uh, Jay is getting mic'd up next sometime soon. Peace!


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[Assistant] Hey, that's what's up, man. I appreciate you having me on the show.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. Hey look. Talking about prison all the time reminds me every day. You know what I mean? This shit's a shit show, man. I don't ever want to go back.


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[Assistant] Uh, everyone was kind of maturing before me, so I really had to step it up a notch, you know what I mean? And I really cranked it up. I really cranked it up. And I started getting arrested as a juvie.


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[Assistant] And that was when I first got caught up with the law, man, uh, trying to steal a little porno.


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[Assistant] And pulling off, you know, strong arm robberies every freaking night to meet a quota to get some cash for the next party night, you know.


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[Assistant] I'm horrible with dates, uh, names, numbers. No specifics. We don't need specifics. 16 in high school was when I first went to Jupe, uh, for grand larceny and breaking into a house. And then, um, I mean, 17 and just hit.


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[Assistant] Uh, I said I was convict or I was charged with, I ended up getting into a fight. Uh, I was at my house, a group, a long story short, a group of guys pulled up to my house.


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[Assistant] But the cops came to my house. They arrested me. Turns out they said that I not only stabbed them, but they said that I followed them.


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[Assistant] I guess was too much force and someone kinda had to pay for it.


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[Assistant] I could have ran in the backyard or something, but I'm not thinking like that. I'm thinking it's my house.


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[Assistant] The abduction charge, you know, malicious wounding, I mean, uh,


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[Assistant] Kidnapping, whatever, that carried, you know, over 50 years, so.


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[Assistant] I went in there expecting not to be leaving no damn time soon, man, so.


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[Assistant] And a lot of people disagree with this, but a lot of people agree. And this is a big topic, man. Uh, you know, drugs and music put together. I idolize certain rappers.


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[Assistant] Back then, man, you know, our minds are developing. I was 17.


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[Assistant] Uh, man, I was just out there, man. I was lost and now I'm back, you know.


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[Assistant] And you know, I've always liked to play cards and dice and stuff like that. So, you know, I always tell people on my channel,


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[Assistant] If you know how to play cards, you can really fit into the system. And I loved it, man. That was honestly how I got into the mix of everything.


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[Assistant] I mean, I've probably seen a handful of AB Aryan Brotherhood or, you know, white groups, uh, and if they were grouped up, they had no power, they had no say, so most white dudes.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, they're claiming, you know, GD, Bo, or...


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[Assistant] I'm only like, I'm only like 5, I'm 5'9". I guess that's kinda normal, right?


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[Assistant] I'm not drama free, and I'm not the guy that starts stuff, uh, so, I've always, every time I talk to someone, it seemed like they just enjoyed my company, and, uh,


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[Assistant] I guess a gift of gab you can say, man, uh, I always showed respect and I always listened to people's stories. Uh, I never really judged them for, you know, regardless if they had.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I mean, for the most part, yeaah. But, you know, there's always that.


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[Assistant] For the most part, like I said, it was smooth sailing. I mean, I got fights. Regardless, I can only guarantee 99% of the time if you're doing


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, over a year or so, knock up, you're gonna get in a fight. Right.


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[Assistant] You know, when you're on probation, you can't catch nothing, at least in Virginia. Any charge will send you back in front of the judge.


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[Assistant] That's what it was, man. You know, it was absolutely insane. I couldn't believe, I knew that they were going to give me some time.


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[Assistant] Uh, buy anything that would give me that much. Man, I was hoping to get time served or something, but.


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[Assistant] I had children then, you know, when I first got locked up, I had no children. So I didn't have no wife. So I was acting crazy as hell, man.


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[Assistant] You know, those four years or whatever else, I was acting really wild, uh,


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[Assistant] I did, I don't know if y'all ever heard of Love Boat, man. Someone has some, uh, laced weed.


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[Assistant] Uh, Levote, Differs, PCP, whatever you want to call it.


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[Assistant] I didn't have no social media. I was always one of those low-key guys.


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[Assistant] Uh, I didn't want nobody knowin' anything about me, man. And uh, I got out, went to a bar, met someone.


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[Assistant] I tried it out, I tried it with a, what is it, prison tattoo machine.


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[Assistant] He had some crazy stories, but yeah, that's what I was talking to. He was talking about all these different jail stories from, you know.


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[Assistant] New York City, man, and that's a, you know, that's a different beast on itself, man. You know how the city is.


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[Assistant] Actually, when I got out, okay, uh, my father owns an art business.


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[Assistant] And it actually just blew up while I was in prison on my last go-round. You know, before that.


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[Assistant] Me and my family have always been struggling for money, but his art business blew up and


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[Assistant] I came out and I started working for him. So we do a lot of artwork, uh, surf art as a matter of fact, uh, and


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[Assistant] The lockup system in America, man, it's, it's ridiculous. People are getting locked up for serious amounts of time for petty shit. Uh, and, and that's, that's...


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[Assistant] Probably why there's such a huge appetite for man. And also it's the unknown. No, people love to figure out the unknown.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it seems as though it's like, uh, it just was a bad nightmare, you know. Uh, I'm kind of growing towards the square life, uh, you know.


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[Assistant] With the gang shit, man. It seems as though a lot of people think this gang shit is so cool nowadays. It's not, man. It's not. That shit will ruin your life. You'll either end up dead if you're really in it for real. You'll either end up dead or you'll be in prison the rest of your life. You know?


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[Assistant] Sounds like fun, it, it, you know, it could be fun, but after about two days of doing it, you're like, shit, you know, this ain't me no more, uh, you know.


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[Assistant] Being locked up, you really realize the finer things in life. I mean, shit, just going outside and seeing a patch of flowers.


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[Assistant] And you know, watching 4K, you know, just stuff like that. When you're locked up, you really.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, I'd say probably 10-15% of people will sit there gambling, time will fly, like mine. But for the most part, people are sitting there, bored out their damn mind, or worrying about if they're gonna die, you know. Uh, terrified, and the boredom will just annihilate you, man. And uh, you know.


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[Assistant] And people are getting locked up behind this stuff, man.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm right, man. It's, it's crazy, man. It's been going for a little over a year and, uh,


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[Assistant] Yeah, I tell people all the time, man, just be you. That's it. Just be you, man. You know, you'd be surprised. I got all these crazy cameras and lighting and stuff now, but I'll tell you what.


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[Assistant] Some of the videos that have the most views were the shittiest quality camera.


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[Assistant] Good. If you'll all follow me, I'll show you where you can sleep.


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[Assistant] Carlos, right? Mind if I steal your daughter for a secret mission?


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[Assistant] It's about a king that brings food to a poor man. The king and his servant march all night through a cold winter storm to reach the man. The storm is very strong.


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[Assistant] After a long time it gets so cold that the servant can't go on. But the king tells the servant to just step in his tracks.


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[Assistant] Clem, we could use some help. Here, Sarah, you take this and string them up over there.


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[Assistant] You knew Kenny before. It must be incredible to see him again. When I met him, well, he's so different now. Did he say anything about before? No. He won't talk about before I met him. Oh. Everything takes a little coaxing these days. Perfect. Now we just need the topper.


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[Assistant] My family didn't celebrate Christmas, but I still love the decorations.


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[Assistant] She looks so cool. Beautiful. I used to love this time of year.


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[Assistant] You know, now that your friends are here, this place is starting to feel like a real home. Matthew and Walter are amazing people. Honestly, it's dangerous to be this kind, but they can't help it. Wait until you meet Matthew. He's a real character. Where is Matthew?


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[Assistant] Oh, he likes to go on long walks. He and Walter used to vacation here. He should be back soon.


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[Assistant] Clem, I wanted to ask you, does Kenny seem different to you? I didn't know him before, and well, I'm curious.


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[Assistant] But I'll tell you, when I met him, he couldn't lift a fly.


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[Assistant] The thrust of it was that it was very likely that in a post-conflict situation in Iraq there was going to be a lot of violence. You're going to have a period of general lawlessness. You're going to need


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[Assistant] To establish the rule of law, you're going to have to deal with prisoners, for example.


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[Assistant] The same thing happened in Panama. As soon as the fighting ended, mobs went into the street of Panama City and


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[Assistant] Destroyed Panama City, looted the city, did more damage to the Panamanian economy than the conflict did. And, uh, so my presentation, uhm,


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[Assistant] was largely about the kinds of forces that we would need in order to deal with that kind of violence. And those lessons were ignored. Uh, we had meetings with people on


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[Assistant] Their basic approach was that they couldn't really foresee exactly what was needed so they were going to wait until they got there and then they were going to make recommendations.


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[Assistant] Secretary Rumsfeld made these now famous remarks about this is what happens when you allow people the freedom to act on their instincts.


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[Assistant] Stuff happens, I think, you know, there were all these remarks that he made, and that struck me as, as...


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[Assistant] Irresponsible is a pretty harsh word, but basically irresponsible.


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[Assistant] U.S. military forces that were there on scene stood by and watched. Why? Because they had no instructions to intervene. And two, because there is this feeling, and has been on the part of the U.S. military consistently, that the U.S. military doesn't do police. It doesn't do policing functions.


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[Assistant] There is a major difference between military and police. Soldiers are trained to deal with soldiers. They're trained to deal with opposition armies. They're not trained to deal with civilians. There's a different ethos here.


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[Assistant] And so while soldiers are trained to, as one officer said, uh, shoot people and break things, police are trained to preserve and protect.


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[Assistant] And with that came this much more short-term profit-generating competitive mentality.


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[Assistant] I grew less happy about my work and what I was doing every day.


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[Assistant] Candidly, I felt it was beginning to change my own values. You know, how I looked at myself and how I valued myself.


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[Assistant] Super Friday! So normally Friday feels great because you get two days to sort of decompress. But in this case, most people will have four days to decompress. Not us though. Because shows going on, Monday and Tuesday? Just Monday. Just Monday. No show on the 4th. Smart move. Why do a show on the 4th? People are out.


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[Assistant] Doing things, having fun. In fact, Monday, to be perfectly honest, it's looked at as a holiday and a vacation at most places anyhow, because I know our Channel 3 offices here will have single digit employees in the building. But we will be here. It's going to be sparse out there.


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[Assistant] Good. Well, that's a win for the, for the viewer. Uhm, but yeaah, so it's, it's supposed to be good weather with the exception of like some intermittent stuff tomorrow and Sunday, but then Monday and Tuesday clear out look to be very good. Summer pattern weather, 80 degrees, hot, humid, swimming weather.


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[Assistant] Including New Delhi and Beijing and India and China, you know, they're just, hey, global warming, what global warming? They're just pumping it into the atmosphere. Uhm, so when our cities, when our air quality is worse than anywhere in China or India, it's scary. Uh, but it's supposed to be clearing out. My buddies upstairs, Matt and Betsy tell me weekend it should be gone.


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[Assistant] What you're saying is no matter how much work we do to try to clean up our environment, we still, it's not like we can build walls around our country and keep other people's bad air out. We all have to work together. Yeah, that's exactly right. Or none of it works. I mean, you feel like you're playing tug of war and the two biggest countries in the world


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[Assistant] That thumb their nose at that kind of stuff are pulling in one direction.


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[Assistant] And then most of the developing nations, they got other bigger fish to fry. They're not worried about that.


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[Assistant] I read a piece yesterday where this is going on in Canada because they don't deforest like we do. We have deforestation programs where you go through and you cleanse the death in the forest, which becomes highly flammable during drought situations.


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[Assistant] Every time there's the end of a drought cycle, when you get into a drought cycle and they had very little rainfall in Canada, that's why they have 500 active.


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[Assistant] And the reason for it is we clean out our forests before they die and before they become basically kindling.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and Canada hasn't done that as we have, and now everybody's paying the price. Enough of that bullcrap. Uhm, I like today's show because we've got some alternative stuff going on. Savannah bananas, I'm pretty sure by now everybody's aware of who they are.


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[Assistant] It's kind of the Harlem Globetrotters version of baseball. They put on an incredible show. I'm surprised that we got someone from their organization. You've seen the clips on Instagram and TikTok.


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[Assistant] I'm surprised we got someone from their organization, Zach Frangillo, is coming on. The game is sold out in Akron. From my understanding, and has been for months.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, so, I mean, I think it speaks to the organization, even though they're not trying to sell tickets, I love it. They're still doing, uh, they're still doing shows like this to get the word out. I want to pitch.


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[Assistant] For either the Bananas or the other team, I don't care. And I'm gonna beg when Zach comes on, I'm gonna tell him, I need to wear a Bananas uniform for the Akron Games. Flat out, pause.


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[Assistant] Alright, I need to wear a Savannah baseball uniform. So anyhow, if you don't know about the Savannah Bananas, you're gonna learn everything you wanted to know but didn't. The night that Deshaun Watson's accuser did her, uh, profile interview on HBO Real Sports, later in that episode, they, they featured the Savannah Bananas.


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[Assistant] We can't talk about bananas on this show. Alright, uhm, so Zach's gonna be here. Also, the reason I said I'm excited is because we've got some alternative angles. Uhm, he was in last year. He was in studio last year. He's going to join us on on a zoom call this week.


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[Assistant] But Skip Holtz, who led Birmingham to the USFL Championship in its inaugural season last year, is trying to repeat. And he's going to be taking on our boy and the Pittsburgh Maulers. So Boogie Roberts is going to run into Skip Holtz, two friends of the show. Who do we root for?


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[Assistant] Okay, we can't tell Skip that though. We can't tell him that the whole staff is rooting against him.


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[Assistant] We'll keep that for us. We'll be gracious hosts, and we'll tell them good luck, but we can't say we're pulling for you.


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[Assistant] Kip's awesome. I worked with his dad Lou for a number of years at ESPN.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I can see that Skip has a lot of very similar traits to Lou. Terrific, terrific human beings, both of them. So he's gonna be along.


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[Assistant] We're gonna talk about the Guardians who had first place sole possession for just a minute. Just a little minute. They pissed me off. I was so hot yesterday because Jose Ramirez's slide was the single best slide I've ever seen in baseball. Second best. Defy me if I, tell me if I'm wrong. What's the best?


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[Assistant] It further solidified what I've said about Jose Ramirez. I'm not gonna say he's an MVP. He's certainly an MVP candidate. He is the biggest bargain in professional sports, period.


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[Assistant] By almost everybody's, uh, analysis, he could have made at least a hundred and maybe a hundred and fifty million more dollars to go to Toronto or a number of other cities.


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[Assistant] He is the leader of this team. I would hate to think about where they would be without him. It would be atrocious where they'd be without him. He's been on fire lately. I think he's the biggest barman in pro sports he has. He's caught really fire. And, you know, we are where we are.


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[Assistant] They're tied for first place. They've played like ass, they're tied for first place. So, we're gonna talk about the Guardians, uh, in the second hour of the program. And again, Skip Holt. Dive in with NBA Free Agency, and I'm gonna say right off the bat, you guys are gonna do all the work on this because


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[Assistant] I'm not into it. You didn't miss nothing. I'm just, what I'm saying is, I am less into this NBA free agency season than any that I can remember in my adult life.


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[Assistant] I mean, everybody would love Kyrie Irving, but not with the baggage he brings and the expense that he's going to add to a team's payroll. And to your point, I want you to explain it further because I know you will understand it better than any of us.


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[Assistant] The game has changed. The money game in the NBA is different. You no longer are you going to be able to stack superstars on your roster and compete. You could still fit three or four.


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[Assistant] But you're gonna have 8, 10 dudes. Just guys.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so if you want to go just over the cap, there's a tax, it's punitive. But if you decide to go over a second line, it's almost illegal.


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[Assistant] Why not make it more punitive financially?


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[Assistant] To where if for every dollar you're over the 17 and a half, it costs you eight to the league.


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[Assistant] He's indicated that I don't care. Him money doesn't matter. I don't care. Money does not matter. He took his games.


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[Assistant] All the league's deals are with cable operators. They're local deals. He said, I'm going to put them on free over the air TV. Do you know how much money he's leaving on the table by doing that?


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[Assistant] It's a smart move. It's gonna help his fan base tremendously. And you'll still get revenue share with whatever local affiliate is carrying the local games. But he's losing a ton of dough. So my fear is you're gonna have that renegade owner, and he seems to be it, who's gonna say,


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[Assistant] I don't care, tax me. Well, if that's the case, if you want to go over that, I love all of those little things that are punitive over the 17 and a half million, but throw another financial penalty on top of it.


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[Assistant] For every team that picks up a big free agent, there's a...


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[Assistant] Equal sized fanbase that's disappointed that that player has moved.


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[Assistant] So, loser LeBron here. Let's see for a team like Cleveland, who are we gonna pick up?


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[Assistant] I have friends that used to follow every dribble of the entire season and they lived on it. Now they tell me, I hate college basketball. You can't watch it, won't look at it. And one of the reasons they all say is because the players are transient. They're one and done. The good ones come and they go. And so if it's done that to college basketball,


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[Assistant] By the players just dipping in and dipping out. Now I know when an NBA player, superstar, changes teams, he's still in the league.


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[Assistant] But it's so hard for a fan base to sink its team. Even when Donovan Mitchell's ink was barely dry on this trade deal, and we were already hearing whispers that, well, he wants to go to New York. Like the player movement


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[Assistant] Did you guys discuss at length the Wind Horse tweet? Like the cryptic? Yea, we did a whole... What was your takeaway from all of it? Because I reached out to some people and I'll let you know what I found, but what did you guys decide? We did a whole...


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[Assistant] But even when you go back to his comments before the Donovan Mitchell trade, do you remember? He always knows what's going on.


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[Assistant] He coyly sat there and became a meme. Point this guy, yeaah. Yeaah. Yeaah. I don't know what's going on.


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[Assistant] And a lot of guys are in that situation. I'm sure if Jason was here, he would tell you that guys tell him stuff off the record all the time. Now what's interesting about Wendy is he'll actually


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[Assistant] And I think it's smart for his brand. I think he'll actually say, I'm sitting on a piece of information right now that is


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[Assistant] No, that's what I'm saying. These are guys that will not be Cavaliers. Okay, so I thought you were saying guys that we could fit in, but wouldn't come to Cleveland. You're saying it's not possible.


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[Assistant] So this is pie in the sky names that either by their choosing or by the semantics of the cap can't end up here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but let me ask both of you this. Would you want them here? Yes. I would too. In a heartbeat. In a heartbeat. Without a question, put them on my team.


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[Assistant] In terms of need and skill set. But I don't think with the chemistry of this group that he fits in. Totally fair. I'm just saying as far as a basketball fit, he does fit. And you gotta be very careful if you're Kobe. I've heard coaches talk about this a lot. I remember it was an issue in Tampa Bay when they brought Keyshawn Johnson in. The issue was


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[Assistant] Can one, can one bitter guys poison the soup?


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[Assistant] Who the hell is this guy? And how do we not know-


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[Assistant] That's why I keep holding out hope with Mowgli. When you think about how young he is and how much he does have to grow, you know, he could be a guy that at 24, 25 is a complete package player that has inside post moves and a better shooter and develops his body a little


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[Assistant] Maybe that's the wake up call he needed. Plus he's surrounded by good character guys. And I think that that's why I said on the show last week, or Monday, I think this is the best place for him, personally.


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[Assistant] Wow, see I don't know because there's so many, there's so many hurdles to a team taking a guy like him on.


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[Assistant] I think they've been incredibly patient. Now, they won the lottery.


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[Assistant] So that, and they won the lottery the year you won it. Which is by the way, how they built their first dynasty. Yep. But I think they are the perfect example of an organization who lays in the weeds and knows when they can make a move and when they need to just be ordinary.


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[Assistant] I gotta tell you, I think the NBA's done a great job with these moves.


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[Assistant] I do, because it made it easier in the past for San Antonio's, Detroit's, Houston's to sit back and try to win the lottery and hit the jackpot.


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[Assistant] Now they can't do that. Now that, now that there's a floor, which I think should exist in football and baseball too.


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[Assistant] I don't think so. I know they have a cap. But I don't think there's a floor. And the thing of it is, in baseball, where there are, if there was a 90% floor, if there was a cap in baseball and a 90% floor, you overnight


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[Assistant] Would take a league that has about 8 to 10 teams that legitimately could win. You would take that and double that and probably be close to 20.


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[Assistant] And I think, I know what they're doing. They're saying we need the New Yorks, LAs, and Chicagos in the playoffs because that's what sets our TV number for the year.


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[Assistant] Nonsense. You're gonna have years where those New Yorks get in, but I think it's good for the sport if a Pittsburgh slides in there. A Cleveland slides in there. In 2016, you had the number 3 market, and you had the number 18 market. You know, Cleveland's a small market.


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[Assistant] And if we can fit him into the limitations that we have, I think that's a win.


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[Assistant] It's not the needle mover that a lot of people are looking for. It's certainly not a top tier talent. But we've got those on the roster. We have specific needs. And we have to go out and find players with the skill set that we lack.


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[Assistant] And it's the last piece that they need. So if he's a guy that's chasing a ring, and aren't they all? I mean, I would think that that would be, I know that the money is big, but God, I want to win every night. So you would be able to tell him, you are the missing link. We've got everything else that this team needs to contend for a championship. Come win one with us.


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[Assistant] You know, uhm, I wonder if they're expecting a bigger crowd because Pittsburgh, which is probably geographically, I think undoubtedly is geographically the closest team, the closest city to Cannes, because I have some friends that follow this sort of stuff.


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[Assistant] Like, yeah, he's doing his thing. You know, I'd like to see Boogie wear a wire, um, for the championship game that the broadcast has access to. Like in the XFL. Like the XFL. To me, that's my favorite feature in the XFL.


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[Assistant] But here's a guy who has all kinds of personality. He's a top tier player.


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[Assistant] Open that mic, let me hear what goes on in the hall. Let me hear what goes on in the trenches.


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[Assistant] Break into stardom in the NFL. And they can say, because remember when, uh, Kurt Warner came from the Arena League.


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[Assistant] So just when I gave credit to the Savannah Bananas for making someone available when they've got two sellouts, did the guy, is he called in?


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[Assistant] Man. I can only imagine. Coach Bull had to be playing to the cameras and the mic, right?


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[Assistant] No, no, it's not him. I can't think of it now. Uhm, he plays in our league, uhm, and he always comments about the show. Tequila Mockingbird? Yea.


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[Assistant] Tequila Mockingbird plays in our league. And I've had some other guys in our league that watch the show that say, bro, like, you're like one of the best pitchers in the league. I'm the best team in the league and we'll get out. We haven't seen them feature. Like I said, that's, that's by design. I don't want them to feature. No, we'll get out. We'll get out there. Maybe not. I can't do this. It's like the UCSS.


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[Assistant] Without seeing this piece, I can just about assure you that he coaches with the intensity of a Game 7 World Series. He is, oh listen, Bull, Bull is, yeah, Bull is,


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[Assistant] We got the package. How long is it? Three minutes. Yeah, we have time. Do we have time or no? Yeah.


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[Assistant] Steve, whatever you want to play. Coach Bull. Yea, let's see. This is, this is Raging Bull.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, uh, I give the, I hand out the tournament to the, uh, the trophy to the winner every year. I'll be, I'll be there, uhm, Sunday for the final, after the final round. And I'm also going to be there Wednesday at least, uhm.


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[Assistant] Uh, and Paige Speranic, the big golf media influencer. I'm sure if you've got an Instagram account and you're into golf and you're a male, you probably follow Paige Speranic. She's going to be there. She's playing in the, uh, in the Pro-Am with Matt and, uh, Dan Klepper and I believe


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[Assistant] Jimenez, which is like going to be the greatest golf force in the history of Pro Ams. That's squad. Yeah, that's going to be a lot of fun. So, we'll do that Wednesday.


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[Assistant] Do we have our guest? We have our guest. All right, great. Uh, Zach, I hope I get this right. Is it frangillo? Is that how you say it? Frangillo. Frangillo.


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[Assistant] Alright, awesome. Okay, so here's how I'm gonna start. I'm gonna fanboy out for a minute, okay? I've known about you guys since the very beginning.


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[Assistant] I saw the HBO real sports feature on you guys. I think what you're doing is revolutionizing sports because you're making it fun in a different kind of way. It's not necessarily about the outcome


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[Assistant] Am I right when I say it's the Harlem Globetrotters meets baseball?


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[Assistant] Because a lot of games, I know, uh, some of the area games, um, outside were canceled because of the airport.


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[Assistant] Now, are most of these guys college baseball players, minor league players, what's the average background?


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[Assistant] That might be the most perfect, uh, marriage in sports history. Spaceman Lee and the Savannah Bananas. So you're not in a league and you're called the Savannah Bananas. So tell our viewers


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[Assistant] Where, like, do you play the majority of your games in Savannah? I know you're on this tour across the country that has been wildly successful. In fact, you're coming to Akron and both games have been sold out forever, much to my dismay because I wanted to go and see you and maybe if I can't go and watch,


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[Assistant] I'll let you know that I'm a former independent league, minor leaguer. I pitch, I still play. I'll get out there and throw the pill. I'll swing the bat. If you need an extra player for the Akron games, either one of them, I'm your dude. I'm your guy.


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[Assistant] And uhm, the, the St. Paul Saints, which were kind of a, like a, like they're,


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[Assistant] Maybe one of the forefathers into what you're doing, but I mean, they obviously were professional baseball players that were signed to contracts, but they made the show fun. I mean, that's what it was all about, going to a Saints game.