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Jalen has put together his end of year superlatives.
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Forget about the worse from last night.
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Jalen has the awards that really matter.
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And let's start with this one.
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Who wins the Load Management Championship award that goes to CO I.
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Hlynur, who missed over 20 games this year on his team, held down the fort without, um, how about this?
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He was 98 in the regular season in minutes playoffs.
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He was first, David, Jacoby and David.
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Let me ask you this, because sitting in that seat where you are right now, Adam Silver said to me, Don't compare co.
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Why?
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Because he was coming off the injury to the concept of resting, Because that's my big concern here.
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Is that all of a sudden the NBA's star's well, look at this and they're going to sit out 20 games a year.
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That is how this is going to work.
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And Jalen, I know you do not like resting.
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Healthy players don't always say well, co.
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I was telling back from injury, which is what I said.
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Okay, let's check in a year from now.
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Let's check in a year from now and see how many games quite Leonard played because he's gonna be healthy next year and we'll check in.
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And so he tells me he'll be right around 80th in minutes and then in the playoffs.
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He'll be right around first in minutes is this.
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Is this going to be the trend in the future that really hate to say it?
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Yes, I think that's why I'm bringing it up.
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I hate rest of healthy players.
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It just not good for the game is not good for the fans.
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But we live in an era now where players are smart enough to know to play the longevity game.
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Yes, so then the discussion is gonna have to be about shortening the season.
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But we'll do that another time.
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Let's get back to the next superlative Jalen, the head of house to home record.
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No, that's Kyrie Irving.
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You return to a team that made to the conference finals without you.
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You bring Gordon Hayward with you and you get eliminated earlier in the playoffs.
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How about earlier in the year he talked about staying with the Boston Celtics and then, before you know, it fell out with Danny, age fell.
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Our brass.
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Stevens complained about the young players, not knowing what it took to win.
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Already bought a new crib in New York.
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By the way, did he?
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Yes, on Which side of the Hudson River want?
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Tell people where you live, I Brooklyn.
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Here's the thing.
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He was in Cleveland, where he was Robin to LeBron's Batman and they want a championship.
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He wasn't happy.
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He goes to Boston.
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They tried giving the keys to what looked like a really good fast driving car.
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Made the conference final a year ago.
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Not happy.
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What is going to make him happy?
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I don't know.
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You know, if again, like we talked about Brooklyn and him going to Brooklyn if I'm gonna say something right now, that probably not get me invited back.
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I'm Sean Marks.
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I might rather have DeAngelo Russell and career.
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I know, I know.
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I know Kyrie Irving is a much better basketball player.
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But this track record that you just mentioned it went bad the last two times.
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He switched teams with that switch things, but was on a team, and we're gonna do it again.
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And I'm gonna lock him in for hundreds of millions of dollars for years and years.
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What if it goes like this again?
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I love what I saw from Vucevic's Middleton and also D'Angelo.
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Russell this year become the first time All Stars, but their challenge is to be perennial all stars.
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Kyrie Irving has done that.
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He is all MBA, and I know you're talking about the personality thing.
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I don't get it twisted.
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There's a different level of Kyrie Irving's game, then DeAngelo right?
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Obviously, obviously, I'm not.
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I'm not comparing them.
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Is basketball players one time the second pick in the draft?
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I mean, there are people who think he is a great player and can be a great player.
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Marquel Faults was the number one pick in the draft.
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Have that conversation next award.
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The JV hoping to make varsity award go JV hoping to make varsity When you're the B team in your own market, that's the Clippers and the Nets.
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They both outplayed expectations this year, no doubt about it, But now they're gonna have him going into next year.
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They won't be sneaking up on anybody, but I love what the Nets did and building a team.
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Caris.
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Levert was on track to be an All Star.
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He gets injured.
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They paid.
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Dunwoody didn't witty, rightfully so.
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And then all of a sudden, D'Angelo Russell emerges during the year and has it all started?
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And what about the Clippers?
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Move.
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Williams, a six man at a year mantra as Hair and I love his game, is a vet, and obviously, Doc Rivers did a terrific job.
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A coat, Do you think is going to go to the Clippers?
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There's something about CO I Leonard, with the smartest thing I can say about the question is, I don't know.
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Yeah, I don't know anything about this guy like I can see him.
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I could see him in the cage about to go to Magic, and it's just like ha, you know, like I just I just don't really know what he's going to do.
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But like, one thing is, the Clipper have is they've got a very solid front office and they've got a very solid head coach.
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Do so did the Raptors.
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That's why you just won the championship.
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I get my prediction.
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He signs the one and one in Toronto and still winds up with the Clippers a year or two down the road.
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Final award.
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Jalen the Mike McDermott Memorial or that man his money.
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That's a reference from the movie rounders.
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Okay, have you ever seen Rounders have Messiah?
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You?
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Jerry gets this award.
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He's never seen Rounders promise.
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He just lied into a microphone.
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He does not know who's in that.
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And Damon, you said in your ear.
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I heard it, too.
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Okay, you are lying.
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You've ever seen rounders, but continue.
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But I do.
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Research forced.
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You may be right.
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May you live, see, not even meet you live.
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It means like it's all just the people.
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I apologize for people to meet.
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You live well.
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I've seen it all seen a YouTube clip.
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OK, OK, the Masai you Jerry took the ultimate gamble greeny that most GM's never do.
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He traded for a guy in the final year of his contract, along with Danny Green bought a championship pedigree to the locker room.
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All of a sudden, it paid out to the point where they won a championship.
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It led to Elton Brand doing the exact same thing in Philadelphia.
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This is now going to be a new MBA trend.
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That Messiah Jiri is the spearhead else's in rounders.
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Just Teoh because I don't know who is Mike McDermott.
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He's in rounders.
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Met James.
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Character is the character in the movie.
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If I was the only one who didn't pick up on that, he's got it.
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Those air Jalen Superlative.
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Forget about the awards they gave that.
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Jalen gives out the ones that really matter.
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