2023-24 NBA Finals Preview / The Absurdity of Today's WNBA Coverage

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

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In this episode I'll be doing my NBA finals preview guys so I will wrap up the conference

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finals for the east and the west and then we'll give you a snapshot of the finals coming

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ahead.

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And also NBA, not NBA, WNBA news guys, all the stuff that's going on.

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I'm gonna put my twist on everything.

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You know how I do it.

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Just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys it's your boy GD back with all things basketball with GD podcast.

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And guys we are now approaching the 2024 NBA finals.

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So I'm going to give you my preview.

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Of course we're going to tie a bow on the conference finals for the eastern conference

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and the western conference.

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What lies ahead for the teams that lost.

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And then of course I need to get it to all this WNBA stuff.

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So I actually want to start off with that first to get it out the way.

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So with that said let's get right into it.

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So guys this past Saturday in a game that I actually watched you had the Indiana fever

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of course.

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Caitlin Clark she's on the TV now you know how they doing it guys.

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She's all over the place.

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So she's playing at home against the Chicago sky with of course Angel Reese on that squad

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and also you had Camilla Cardozo making her WNBA debut because she had missed time with

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the shoulder injury.

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So this was appointment TV guys and I made sure I watched and of course there had to

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be a little drama and drama there was guys in two instances one where Angel Reese and

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Caitlin Clark was under the basket trying to get a rebound and Angel and trying to get

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position it looks like she shoves Caitlin to the ground but guys you know Caitlin Clark

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she likes to flop so I think that was more flop than Angel actually pushing her to the

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ground and then when she looked around and saw it was her she said a little something

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and then she kept going.

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I'll get to that the dynamic between those two in a minute but the biggest story of course

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is Trinity Carter her and Caitlin Clark going at it and the end result was Carter pushing

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Caitlin to the ground with kind of a kind of a shove that she knocked her to the ground

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which I think we all can agree is not a basketball play is a frustration play so let's get let's

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deal with the what it is.

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I think we all are under the understanding that that's not a basketball play but to put

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it in proper context prior to that Caitlin Clark you can see her clearly trash talking

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Clark not Clark but Carter she said a little something to Carter Carter took exception

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to it what she said I have no idea and I'm sure you know they were they were pretty much

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drawing back and forth pretty much the game and then I guess things just got out of hand

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for Carter and then she pushed she does the shove on Caitlin and the crime of it all is

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that the officials the referees only called it a personal foul but later the league office

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raised it to a flagrant one.

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So yeah that the you heard me talk about the NBA referee and the WNBA referee and since

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making them look like polished geniuses but I digress.

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So you have the incident there.

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And then after the game Carter and her post game press conference this is what she says

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of course you know the reporters are going to kind of pry and get information out of

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her in terms of you know why you did what you did so on so forth.

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And I'm I mean I guess I get it I understand you you want to interview these people right

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after but emotions are so high so you never know what you're going to get.

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So Timothy Carter obviously still hyped up about the whole situation pretty much said

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I'm not answering any Caitlin Clark questions.

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And of course they kept trying to pry kept trying to pry but coach Teresa Weverspoon

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Weverspoon Weverspoon I'm sorry told them OK that's enough you guys that's enough of

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that so yeah but it's unfortunate but you know again the emotions are high and that's

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the way it was and then a to Reese she skipped the post game press conference and I got to

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hear actually her reasoning family had came in for that game so I guess there was a situation

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where there was a communication between her and her media availability so she ended up

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not available and the team was fine thus because of that.

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But and then also Carter doesn't do herself any favors she doesn't talk to the media but

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she goes on Twitter or X and you know she says it's a whole bunch of stuff there and

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then she says basically that Caitlin Clarks she's only good besides shooting three point

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shots well she's good for which you know that's a bit of a stretch I mean the girl the girl

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is a talent but let's not be mistaken.

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Well I like her to do more stuff than shoot through logo threes definitely she should

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be developing our mid-range game but I guess you know she's doing what she knows how to

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do now but I think she should develop more of a game that's just me but any event so

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she went to Twitter to say those things of course you know shows like night cat with

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onk and old show Shannon Sharpen Chad Johnson they well it was more Shannon really saying

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that you know you had so much to say on Twitter why couldn't you say that in the press conference

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and again I would cut her a little bit of slack because again the you know everything

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was all hiked up and whatnot and and you gotta understand something too about Carter

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she plays with a chip on her shoulder she came into the W actually had a very good

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rookie season then the next season then she had beef with someone on the roster so that

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kind of didn't do her any favors then she goes to she starts out with a Lana dream

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then she goes to the LA sparks and she has issues over there as well so last year she

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just played overseas honing her skill and so forth this year she joins the Chicago sky

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where somebody who someone who probably gets her T spawn a coach like that probably gets

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her and so far she's she's getting good production out of her coming off the bench in fact she

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leads all bench scorers and all bench players and scoring so you have that but nonetheless

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she so she plays with a chip on a show that's I'd say all that to say that so that's who

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she is that's the way she rolls so there's that and then on Monday so there's a she's

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in the press conference Monday you know prior to the game at home against the Liberty and

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then she basically says this I'm a competitor I'm going to compete no matter who you are

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and no matter who's in front of me so that's just what it was the heat of the moment play

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we're getting at it we're going we're getting back we're going back and forth it's basketball

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it's all hoops after we finish the game it's all love and then she continues I'm seeing

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a lot of things players fans not understanding who I am as a player you have to understand

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me as a person and don't just look at one clip or one tape and form opinion about me

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I'm truly I'm truly a passionate person about the game and I'm genuine you can ask all my

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teammates they've got to know me they know the real Trinity Carter so that's what she

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had to say in the presser and I get that I understand that and I'm in 100% agreement

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with her if you didn't watch the game you don't really your opinion kind of invalid

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because you have to see it and I talk about this all the time guys context matters to

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know the context of why it came to that point matters should she have done it absolutely

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not she should the lost control like that but she did and again it was a accumulation

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of all that was going on in the game and it came to a boiling point where she just shut

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her so there's that and then of course people gonna talk about why nobody came to our defense

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and then I heard Nancy Lieberman said she was knocked her out Nancy Lieberman man don't

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play with her that's Queens finest there don't don't mess around with her Queens New York

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don't mess with Nancy Lieberman but she did question also where was the teammates and

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after the play actually a Leo Boston was right there on the in bounds well about the inbound

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the ball so she did go to pick Caitlyn up but everybody else where were they which leads

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a lot of people that Barnes is one to say where's their teammates Nancy Lieberman just

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said it and Drey Mon Green of all people and talk about you know they you need an enforcer

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on the team this and that let me just first say about the teammates if you don't have

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that in you as far as being an enforcer it's not gonna happen guys that's just the way

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it is it's not gonna happen for you if if you're not built to be an enforcer you can't

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pretend to be an enforcer that's what I'm saying to you if it's not in you you're not

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gonna be able to pull it off not convincingly that is so do they need to bring in an enforcer

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in my whole thing is do we say these things about the NBA those days are over in the NBA

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I mean you got tough guys and so forth but right now in the finals and you see the two

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teams there are there any other forces on those teams I think not so the whole notion

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that you know she needs this bodyguard and all this and I think that's before I even

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say that let me read T T Spoon statement and this will probably give you a clearer understanding

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she said in a statement because she didn't talk about it after the game much but she

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made a statement which I give a props for a lot of people said oh why does he why did

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she address it like Dawn Staley would right then and there you got to understand to Dawn

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Staley's been in this coaching business for a minute so she knows how it goes with the

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media how to play things and how to be ready with a response like that this is T Spoon's

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first go around as a head coach so she'll learn the minutiae and all that she needs

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to know as far as dealing with the media and those sort of things so I give her credit

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for making this statement here though physical play intensity and a competitive spirit are

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hallmarks of Chicago sky basketball not surprised there because she was like that as a player

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charity caught up in the heated moment in an effort to win the game she and I have discussed

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what happened and that it was not appropriate nor is it what we do or who we are Trinity

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understands that there are better ways to handle situations on the court and she will

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learn from this as we all will as a team we will grow together and continue to work hard

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to display strong leadership and set a positive example for our competitors fans and partners

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so that is T Spoon's statement there and I say that to say for all these pundits that

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are new to covering the WNBA which is why I have the title there in the scroll there

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the absurdity of today's WNBA coverage these people now talking about the WNBA I gotta

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be wise when I say this but you're just coming to talking about the league you weren't talking

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about it before whatever the reasons are you want to say Caitlyn fine you want to say the

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rookie class fine whatever it is you are now talking about it on your shows and and media

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spaces so I would think if you're going to start to talk about something at least get

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a little bit of knowledge on the history of the sport that you're covering and I say that

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to say physical play is a part of the WNBA for as long as I've been watching I've been

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watching since the inception physical play is just a part of it guys there's no two ways

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around it they got videos on YouTube of young ladies there that play in the W talk about

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there welcome to the WNBA moment and those weren't like handshake moments those were

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elbows in the ribs those were trips those were all these sort of things that they faced as

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a rookie coming into the W that's just the way it is so this whole idea first let me

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say this to Kate Caitlyn clock I did an episode on the overreaction the early overreaction

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about her but in that she'll be fine she'll be okay I stand by that she'll be fine she'll

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be okay but Caitlyn clock came into the WNBA with her eyes wide open she knew it's going

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to be tough she knew about the play some of the physical play she knew she was going to

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be a target and I don't say that as far as people are out to ruin her career and take

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her out I don't mean that but I'm talking about defenses talk about the fact that some teams

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are picking her up full court and you know DN her up because you have to because she's

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not only dangerous with her three point shot but her passing ability is far advanced guys

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so you have to pick her up that's just the way it is and right now for whatever it is

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she's the head of the snake over there for that Indiana fever offense she's the head

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of the snake so you have to cut off the head of the snake however you have to do it you

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do it so if it means throwing a DJ day Carrington honor full court you do that a banaji lady

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Hamilton you do that whoever you have to put on her you put on her and in this case even

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a chimney Carter who can you up you do it so she doesn't wreck havoc on the offensive

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in that's just the way it is guys so there's no target where they're trying to take her

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out no that's not happening guys let us let us be let's keep it a buck all right so in

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the holy does not can't stand or let's let's stop with that notion Charles Barkley you

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got up there it's talking about them being petty don't stop being petty and how she's

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got them charter flights and all that let's let's talk about the charter thing just really

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quick they were working on that anyway after that incident with Britney Griner at the airport

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they were behind the scenes working with that in fact they had it set for Britney Griner

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to take those charter flights herself to take those but it didn't happen for one reason

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or another but they were still negotiating that so did Caitlyn's present kind of expedite

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that possibly so and that's okay but the whole notion Barclay that the whole league is petty

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and jealous and you should know better Barclay and then my whole thing with two is the next

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time you see Barclay at a WNBA game will be the first time you never see him at any game

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so you you don't have even have skin in the game you just ride in the coattail of LeBron

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who talked about it then you got to jump on top of it and then LeBron's angle he tried

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to tie in what Caitlyn's going through with what his son Brownie is going through so that's

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a whole different agenda there but Barclay come on you gotta be smarter than that and

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then you have what happened on Monday on first take with Stephen A Smith was there Shannon

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Shaw was there Monica McDuck was there and Molly Cure of course the moderator and you

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know they were going back and forth and it seemed like Monica was under attack because

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she was basically trying to tell these people these are new arms conversations that we need

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to have in terms of analysis of what you're seeing on the court in the WNBA and that's

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true and that's true so and then we got real heated when Stephen A you know he got pat

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himself on the back saying that who covered who covered the WNBA more than he did and

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that's when she went back at him saying respectfully you could did this three years ago and which

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he was taking a back and he wasn't really able to retort the way you wanted to so of

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course he goes on this little pot should say little excuse me he goes on this podcast

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and he lays it out and says how Monica's wrong and this and that protect the cash cow and

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so on and so forth my whole thing with that discussion nobody's again nobody's trying

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to ruin this girl's career they just don't want to make things easy on a how hard is

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that to understand you know and you hear other people talk about how oh she's getting double

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and triple team and that's not right it's basketball guys and they know her ability

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that's more of a sign of respect than it is of because nobody wants to get shown up by

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rookie nobody wants that to happen to them so they're gonna dear up the way they feel

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they should be around that's the way it is guys so what are we even doing here so when

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you have these people who are new to covering the WNBA you need to do your homework is all

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I'm saying that's all I'm saying you need to have people on your show like a Monica

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McNutt like Andrea Carter who does an amazing job your L Duncan's and Tariqa Foster Brassby

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you need these kind of people on your show because they know the ropes they know what

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what as far as the WNBA goes Christie Scott Winters she's another one very good so and

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then you have some guys who cover cover this league and give it its proper do and its proper

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nuance I like to consider myself one of them also Ron our test brother Daniel our tests

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listen to him he's on 9550 but he has a five pass he does amazing job so this guys of course

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there's women there but there's guys who who understand the level of play that goes on

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in the W and they give it its proper do but when you have these people who come in out

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of nowhere your Pat McAfee's who embarrass himself the other day with what flew out of

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his mouth I won't even utter those words not on this podcast no way but here's what he

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did say that I can utter she's the only reason viewership is up and not the whole rookie class

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stop it stop it stop it stop it you got other teams that's been selling out Las Vegas aces

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two time defending champ they're always selling out Liberty I go Liberty games I see how how

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packed that arena is Atlanta dream they just announced their soul out you got other places

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as well Phoenix they come out and full force in fact they call their crowd the X factor

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out there so this whole idea that it's one person driving everything to me it doesn't

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make sense it's really doesn't if you talk about her games alone I'll grant you that

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I'll give you that but if the Liberty is playing the sky we'll just keep the clock have to

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do with that come on be smarter than that man be smarter than that that's all I'm saying

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and which let of course Angel Reese to come out and say that one kind of what I'm saying

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but she's giving herself credit he's because of the championship game to which and then

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Angel Reese I gotta chide you because when all that was going on with Carter and Clark

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you get up there cheering and carrying on you gotta be more mindful Angel because you

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know this was a nationally televised game you know the cameras were everywhere to have

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you on camera elated cuz Caitlin got knocked down that's a bad look that's a bad look and

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I know you embrace the villain role and all this and that but you just gotta be a little

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wiser I understand she's only 22 years old so was the more coming eventually one day

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she'll look back and say me you know maybe I shouldn't have did it like that but those

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around her you gotta tell her you gotta dial it down just a little bit cuz all the eyes

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were on that game so you know all the cameras gonna be the sea of when that happened if

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if Angel Reese it what she does and boom you give them red meat so you can't nag you can't

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do it like that and then let me just say this for all those oh angel angel hates Caitlin

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Caitlin hates Angel let me take you to a time with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson because

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that's the comparison that they make between those two initially they didn't like each

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other they did not like each other they initially did not like each other believe it or not

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guys they did not like each other you know how they became friends you want to know how

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they shot a commercial together for a converse and it was where Magic was coming out to where

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Larry Bird lives and they challenge over to a game of one on one it's there where they

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became friends that's how that went down and there's so much so Larry Bird mother raves

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about Magic Johnson so sure they may not like each other now wait until they start

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playing on the Olympic teams together cuz Caitlin one day will make the Olympics I believe

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one day Angel Reese will as well and they'll be playing together guys so this whole notion

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of them not liking each other that's okay it's sports that's okay for two rivals not

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to like each other initially no problem whatsoever and you got some people still carry grudges

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till this day talk talk to Paul Pierce when he gives his commentary about LeBron and those

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things he's you can hear for yourself that's just the way it is guys it's sports so this

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whole notion that it should be kumbaya with everybody it's not gonna be but it's not

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gonna be an entire league that's eight and all one one person or the other is competition

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that's all it is this competition Monica Monica McNutt express that to Stephen A I heard

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Elle Duncan's she has a podcast I listen to that today and she expressed the same thing

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and she's exasperated exasperated with it all all the nonsense and then I saw a clip

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of Rihanna Stewart where they asked her about the physicality in the W she looks so like

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she gave her eye roll she tapped the desk like what what are we even doing here asking

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these kind of questions about the physicality when if you've been here you know this league

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is physical so what are we even doing man that's all I'm saying with this that's that's

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all I'm saying and then I heard a very good discussion on CNN between Bob Costas and Kerry

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champion who used to be the host of first take very good conversation in this regard

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and Bob Costas I give him credit he kept it real he said the fact that we saw on national

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television a black girl pushed a white girl to the ground everybody's in the uproar mind

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you about a week ago Angel Reese gets clothesline my fellow alumni and Alyssa Thomas nobody said

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a peep I saw a clip on Instagram and then on YouTube but there was no outrage there

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was no segments that took 40 minutes long like double day with first take there was

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none of that so what are we even doing with this talk say it with me guys the WNBA is

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a physical league that's the way it is that's the way it is should they should the referee

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and be better 100% absolutely no question it should be better where they could kind of

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reign in some of this physical play that goes overboard physical play within the confines

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of the game I don't have an issue with in fact a lot of people say the W is more physical

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than the regular NBA so go figure but I say all that say and then to one more thing then

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I'm done with this the Chicago tribute edit editorial piece in this country seems like

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now we have failed as far as journalism goes we are into trash journalism and this piece

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is trash journalism by the Chicago tribute they call what happened to Caitlin on that

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Saturday tantamount to assault where was your editorial piece when your own player got clothes

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line Angel Reese where was that piece no you didn't have it because it didn't fit your

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agenda it's insanity guys so again I say what are we even doing here keep okay you want

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to complain about it complain about it but keep it on an even keel don't just say because

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it's happening to one person that there's outrage now come on man come on that's all

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I'm saying about this whole thing but yeah so let me just leave it alone right there

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and then add some other stuff but let me get to the crux of it nasty NBA I'll talk about

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the other stuff another time alright guys so that is it for that all I'm saying guys

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just if you're going to commentate on the W NBA get your history down and know what happened

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prior to in order to give a nuance opinion towards today's W NBA that's all I'm saying

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so I'll leave it there alright so guys the conference finals are over and now we have

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the NBA finals so let's talk about it the Boston Celtics the one seed taking on the

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sixth seed the Indiana Pacers who knocked off my nicks unfortunately in seven games

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and then prior to that they beat Milwaukee and then Boston who seems to have a pretty

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easy go of it they faced the Miami team without Jimmy Butler beat them in five games then

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they go on to beat Cleveland Cavaliers minus Donovan Mitchell for a couple of games and

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they vanquished them so they now face an Indiana team pretty much healthy and they just sweep

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them guys it's four games week here's how it went game one Boston wins 133 to 128 so Boston

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just just raining down threes and everything else so they win that one in a game that was

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tied at the half two guys but Boston prevails and then game two also in Boston they win

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that one 126 to 110 and actually the only game that was kind of a blowout there a game

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in which actually Boston was ahead by six and a half but in the second half just really

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took over then you shift over to the Indiana going there in game three Boston wins that

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114 to 111 and actually Indiana led that game at the half by 12 and still took a L and then

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Boston in the last game 105 102 beating Indiana on their home court thus sweeping them a game

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where they were barely ahead at the half 58 57 for the series guys Jason Tatum action

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he comes to life guys averaging over 30 points per game over 10 rebounds so he's averaging

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the double double there 6.3 assists you like that over a steel per game shipping it from

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the field over 46% not so great from three point range guys low above 30% and at the

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free throw line he misses only six free throws in the series he took 28 so Jason Tatum has

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a absolutely wonderful series and then not too far behind us jail and Brown nearly 30

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points a game for him five rebounds three assists two steals he shot it from the field

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almost 52% guys that's how on fire he was 37% from three and from the free throw line

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he did miss 10 free throws out of 29 but Jalen Brown and actually he ends up getting the

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he actually ends up winning the did he get the Larry Brown award I believe he did yeah

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so Jalen Brown just taking care of business guys Derek White solid series for him nearly

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17 points more game for him six and a half assists nearly five rebounds and he had the

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defensive numbers as well over two blocks and two steals so very good series for Derek

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White drew holidays come to life 18 and a half points over seven rebounds nearly six

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assists a steal and a half for him shot a great from the field guys almost 59% which

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you absolutely love well nearly 42% from three and he was perfect from the free throw line

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guys I say he's an X factor guys but I'll talk about that in a minute so that's the

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Boston side of things as far as Indiana Pascal Siakam had a nice series guys over 23 points

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per game seven and a half rebounds four and a half assists shooting it over 55% from the

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field so you love that not great from three guys he only made two attempts no he only

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made two three pointers out of 10 and then from the free throw line he only went nine

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times made seven Andrew Nim heart had a nice series guys 21 points per game for him so

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it was definitely a coming out party for him nearly eight assists and nearly four rebounds

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for him and shot it well from the field over 54% from three he was pretty lethal almost

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50% there and miss one free throw taking nine.

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Therese Holly Burton he missed two games in this series he pulled the hamstring so he

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ended up missing two games he did average 17 and a half points nine assists and three

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and a half rebounds two steals but of course to no avail because he ended up missing the

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two games there.

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Miles Turner not such a great series for him he shot it well but only above 15 points per

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game and only seven rebounds you'd like to see more that TJ McConnell stepped in as

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best as he could but to no avail so Boston gets the sweet guys and I'm like it's banged

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up as my mixes we could have did that got swept out of there but I digress.

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So Indiana they're gone.

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What's next for Indiana right now free agency Pascal Siakam he's a unrestricted free agent

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he was paid last season nearly 38 million so does the Pacers resign him give him that

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large max deal that he may be looking for we'll see Doug McDermott he's somebody who's

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a free agent was just paid 14 million I doubted you see that kind of money again McDermott

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does Daniel Thysse nearly just about 7 million for him and then Obi Toppin that's going to

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be an interesting one there because he has a qualifying offer and that's at above 9 million

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so what they do with Obi Toppin will be interesting to see and to witness what happens there and

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then remember guys I think this gets lost in the whole Indiana talk they were missing

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Ben Maffarin guys Ben Maffarin is a absolute problem and he's a guy who they definitely

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could have used in this series that's for sure swing man who can light it up so getting

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back been Maferin healthy that's going to be key for them of course resign and Siakam

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and then again what to do with Obi Toppin so and just have my little laugh because they

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got swept so this is all right so that is the one series let's talk about the

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Dallas series where they played the Minnesota Timberwolves they were the five seed guys Dallas

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was and Minnesota was the three seed Dallas beats them four games to one here's how it

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shook out guys Dallas takes the first game in Minnesota 108 to 105 and a game that was

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nipping talk guys but they prevail and then game two they also taken Minnesota 109 to

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108 a game where Minnesota actually was leading at the half guys by 12 and still took the

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loss dang you shift the scene to Dallas Dallas takes that first game there 116 to 107 thus

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making it a 30 series and of course you know no team has come back from a 30 deficit and

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NBA history so history was not on the side of the Timberwolves game for they redeemed

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themselves winning 105 to 100 a game that was tied at the half but Minnesota prevails

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and then Dallas takes game five at Minnesota so basically they won't they win three games

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on Minnesota's home floor 124 to 103 a game where they led at the half by 29 guys so so

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they end up getting the win in that series of course the story begins and ends with both

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look at dockage and Kyrie Irving look up for the series above 32 points per game over 9.5

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rebounds over a desis and over two steals for him shooting at 47.3% from the field a

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nice 43.4% from three point range and he only misses six free throws in that series he goes

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to the line 39 times guys Kyrie Irving a lot has been said about him lately how his maturity

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and how he has handled things in Dallas a lot of people was right in the morph in Dallas

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and quite as kept I was one of them I know I thought it was more not behavior wise but

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health wise because he has that in his history but this wasn't the case guys so Kyrie has

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been available and and that's the thing when Kyrie shows up and he's available he's a dangerous

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guy man that's just the way it is so Kyrie for the series 27 points per game he averaged

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over four and a half assists and over three and a half rebounds for him shooting it a

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nice 49% from the field guys 37.5% from three you like that missing only 53 free throws in

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the series taking 26 free throws there so and then of course you have the combination inside

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of Derek Lively the second and Daniel Galford those gentlemen combined for over 20 points

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per game over 14 and a half rebounds and over four blocks between the two of them so these

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guys are really getting it done inside for them and that has been a major difference

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in what Dallas has been able to do in these playoffs and PJ Washington nice series for

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him as well as far as Minnesota goes you gotta start with with the young prodigy there Anthony

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Edwards 24.6 points per game nearly nine rebounds nearly eight assists for him shot in only 43%

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from the field guys a nice 40 plus point six from three three point range and then missing

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eight free throws taking 32 call Anthony Towns you like to see a better series from him but

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that wasn't to be over 19 and a half points per game above eight rebounds couple of assists

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shot it from the field just under 39 38% rather not good at all guys and from three he was

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eight of 33 that's not gonna cut it guys it is not gonna cut it and he was solid from

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the free throw line then you had contributors from guys like Nasry also Mike Connolly Rudy

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Gobiere not such a great series for him just under 12 points per game and not even eight

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rebounds he was averaging under that so that's not what you want to see out of a defensive

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player of the year you want to see him be able to control the inside there the fact

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that he didn't even average at least a block per game very telling guys so with that said

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Minnesota is out of course they have a bright future guys the future looks bright when you

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got a guy like Anthony Edwards so we see what happens there as far as free agency just a

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couple of guys Martin Morris the back of point guard who was making nearly 10 million and

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then Kyle Anderson who's making above 9 million so I'm sure somebody will definitely try and

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get the services of a cow Anderson who kind of a Swiss Army knife himself so definitely

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some player that teams would definitely want to have in their in their in their camp and

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then the big thing too is guys they got money tied into three guys big money Anthony Edwards

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Carl Anthony towns that that max extension is going to kick in and then Rudy Gobiere

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he's still getting a lot of money so between those three guys you're talking 136.4 million

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so that doesn't leave you a lot of room to add but we'll see what happens but Minnesota

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is in a good place you want to see a guy like Carl Anthony towns play a little bit better

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and I'm sure they'll come in time I imagine.

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All right with that said guys we now have the championship game well championship series

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number one seed out of the East Boston Celtics going against the five seed in the West the

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Dallas Mavericks Boston took the series during the regular season two games to none and only

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one of those games was with the new additions on the team and then that and then that game

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actually didn't have Chris that poor Zingas in it so that's a that's something to keep

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in mind key matchups guys I think Jason Tatum versus PJ Washington a huge matchup there

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if you continue to see the jail the Jason Tatum from the Indiana series and this series

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in Boston hat they'll be on easy street guys also Luca Donkage I'm guessing he'll probably

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see a Derek White guarding him Derek White gives up a few inches to him nonetheless but

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to me that's your best backcourt defender there and that's saying something because you have

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Drew Holiday as well I think Drew Holiday will be on Kyrie which will be a very compelling

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matchup as well and then also guys word has it Chris that poor Zingas he will be in he

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will appear in the first game how many minutes he's on we'll see he could be on a minutes

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restriction thankfully these games are spaced out where they're like a game and then you

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have two days off and then another game and it's kind of spaced that way so that will

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help poor Zingas that's for sure in this series if he was to give it a go throughout the series

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and then the coaching matchup of Joe Missoula versus Jason Kidd I think that's going to

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be one of those that kind of flies under the radar my prediction guys I really wanted to

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go back and forth with this one but I gotta say Boston Boston and five guys I know a lot

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of people are high on Dallas now especially with the changes they made especially you

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know getting guys like Washington and Galford but Boston just has too much firepower man

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and I even mentioned Jake Jalen Brown who's going to deal with him Derek Jones Jr. I

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see Jalen Brown getting the best of that matchup so and again if poor Zingas gives you a little

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something you're gonna be a good shape and I happen to like Boston's bench better than

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Dallas's bench when you got guys like Al Horford there Peyton Pritchard Sam Houser so yeah

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I'm going Boston and five guys that's I think they'll be able to they may let Luke and Kyrie

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kind of you know they'll try and keep them at bay but I think if you hold down the other

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guys I think you got really guys shot in this one.

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Alright so that is it for me I thank you for listening as always I have some more WNBA

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news but I'll say that there's always room for that as the season's going on.

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for listening as always and your listenership means so much to this program it's always

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appreciated alright guys with that said I thank you for listening and we'll talk soon

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