Welcome back to MoodSwings presented by Landmark Lincoln…your new favorite sports therapy show. The second half of the season didn’t start the way Denver hoped. After the All-Star break, the Nuggets stumble and slide to 4th in the West — falling to a .500 Clippers squad and raising real concerns about late-game execution. Is it fair to put the blame on Jamal Murray’s clutch struggles, or is it time to have a bigger conversation about Nikola Jokic and the team’s championship urgency? Plus, the NBA is once again tackling tanking. Proposed lottery changes could reshape how teams rebuild — from freezing odds at the trade deadline to limiting consecutive top picks. But do these fixes address the real issue, or is the league’s 82-game season the bigger problem? In this episode of Mood Swings, we break down: - Denver’s shaky post–All-Star restart - Jamal Murray’s clutch reliability debate - Why Jokic deserves scrutiny too - New anti-tanking proposals and their impact - The case for shortening the NBA season - How fewer games could improve health, intensity, and fan engagement Is the integrity of the game at risk? And would a shorter season actually fix what’s broken? The Lincoln Certified Sales Event is happening now at Landmark Lincoln. Discover the confidence of Lincoln Certified Pre-Owned vehicles. Meticulously inspected, thoughtfully refined, and ready for the road ahead. For a limited time, enjoy special APR rates starting at 2.49% for up to 48 months, or 4.49% for up to 72 months. Luxury, performance, and peace of mind. Discover your sanctuary, only at Landmark Lincoln. www.landmarklincoln.com #NBA #DenverNuggets #NikolaJokic #JamalMurray #NBATanking #NBALottery #AdamSilver #BasketballTalk #MoodSwings
The Denver Nuggets stumble out of the All-Star break and suddenly the vibes feel… off. Liv Moods reacts to Denver’s loss to the Clippers and asks whether this team is quietly slipping into an identity crisis as Nikola Jokic returns from injury but doesn’t quite look like himself. From Jamal Murray’s late-game struggles to the Nuggets’ rhythm being disrupted by a constantly shifting lineup, Liv questions whether Denver has enough time to rediscover who they are before the postseason begins. Plus, a disturbing sports betting incident involving Russell Westbrook’s family sparks a broader conversation about fan entitlement, athlete safety, and the growing dark side of legalized gambling. Later, Liv dives into potential NBA rule changes that could fundamentally reshape tanking, lottery odds, and how teams chase superstar talent in the future.
00:00 Landmark Lincoln Presents MoodSwings
00:43 Brihanna Crittendon Named McDonald’s All-American
04:31 Sports Betting Incident Involving Russell Westbrook’s Family
08:34 Nuggets Lose to Clippers After All-Star Break
09:33 Jamal Murray’s Late-Game Free Throw Issues
10:25 Nikola Jokic’s Recent Play Raises Concerns
12:42 Was Jokic Ready to Return From Injury?
13:08 Nuggets Finding Identity Without Jokic
15:20 Injuries Disrupting Team Chemistry
16:23 Jokic’s Turnovers and Defensive Struggles
17:00 Are the Nuggets Facing an Identity Crisis?
18:25 Proposed NBA Tanking Rule Changes
20:09 Why Teams Are Incentivized to Be Bad
22:20 Who These Rule Changes Could Impact
24:52 Shortening the NBA Season Debate
28:13 Integrity of the Game and Load Management
29:02 Final Thoughts + Looking Ahead to Nuggets vs Celtics
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Liv Moods
Welcome into another episode of Mood Swings with Liv moods I am Liv moods and as always, this is presented by Landmark Lincoln.
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Shout out to our friends over at Landmark Lincoln. Make sure you head to their location.
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Off of.
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Bellevue and Broadway to figure out why they.
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Have been the.
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Number one Lincoln dealer in Colorado for as long.
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As they have. I say it every single show. I'm going to say it again.
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I'm the proud new owner of a 2025.
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Lincoln Nautilus and could not love my car.
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More.
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So, like I said, head to their location, see what they have to.
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Offer, and.
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Maybe join.
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The landmark Lincoln.
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Family. Enough about vehicles though. Let's get into the show.
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We are going to get.
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Into all things.
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Basketball. For the most.
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Part. I think I've got a couple of things I want to say about football, but for.
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The most part.
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It's a basketball heavy show and I'm coming off of the tails of a basketball evening. Actually, I.
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Went up north last.
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Night. We had.
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The honor and the privilege.
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Of being.
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Present.
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With McDonald's as they basically.
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Formally let Riverdale Ridge High.
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School know.
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That their very own Brianna.
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Crittenton was getting, the honor.
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Of playing.
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In the McDonald's.
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All-American.
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Game. She is an absolute.
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Superstar here in Colorado.
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And one of the best, actually, one of the best high school.
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Basketball players in Colorado.
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Male and.
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Female. Forget about it.
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She is amazing.
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She broke.
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Chaz's all time.
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Scoring mark.
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On Saturday. Passing Tracy Hill's tally of 2934 points. That was standing.
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For 43 years and.
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She just passed it. She is an absolute superstar. I believe she just committed to Texas to play basketball.
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There.
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She has won state, like I said, McDonald's All-American player.
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She really is.
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One of one.
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Five star athlete. Even cooler.
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Individual.
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I got to speak with her. We got to chat with her.
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We got to be.
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There watching her teammates celebrate her, her family there. I mean, really such a huge accomplishment.
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Not only to be the athlete that she is, but also to be named a.
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McDonald's All-American player. So it was such a privilege and an honor to be there.
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With McDonald's to.
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Cover.
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That. We've also.
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Had the privilege and the honor to work.
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With McDonald's.
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In terms of how they're involved.
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In the community.
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Which is a really, really cool.
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Thing. One of the biggest ones being the one class at a time.
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This is one of their charity programs.
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Where they give away $2,000.
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To a local classroom every two.
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Weeks. I have a mom that is a school teacher.
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And has been for nearly 30 years. She's in her last year shout.
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Out mom,
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She's about to retire. But teachers are.
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To me, that's one of the most.
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Underappreciated.
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Occupations.
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In the world.
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Teachers are so special. Classrooms need to be funded. So what McDonald's does to help fund.
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Classrooms every two weeks.
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Is amazing. We've had the.
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Privilege and the honor to work with.
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Them in, in filming these things and kind of showcasing.
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How great McDonald's really can.
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Be. I am a huge McDonald's fan, not just the McDonald's.
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All-American game.
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Not just the one class at a time. But the food as well. Okay, I'm going to tell you the go to.
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Order from McDonald's. Here it is. Write it.
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Down. Hot and spicy, no mayo.
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Extra.
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Lettuce.
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Well-done fries, and a large sprite. Yes.
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I'm a McDonald's.
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Girl through and through, but truly.
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I think it's much easier to give, a business my business when I know just how involved.
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They are in the.
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Community and.
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All the great things that they're doing.
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So yes, McDonald's.
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All-American player in Brianna, she.
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Is one of one. It was such an.
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Honor and a privilege to be up there.
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To watch that moment.
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Happen for her.
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And to be able.
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To celebrate such.
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A huge accomplishment. She is joining the list of some of the most iconic players, NBA.
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Players, WNBA players ever.
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By being.
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A part of this game. So really, really cool, really, really special. It was super.
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On, and it was.
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Such an honor to be there and be involved.
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In that, and.
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Even more of an honor to be.
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Able.
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To work with.
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McDonald's. And see all the things that they do within the community. The one class at a time.
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Is really a really, really.
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Special thing. I don't know if many people know that they do that.
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Every two weeks. They are giving.
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Back to.
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Classrooms. I just think that's a really, really special thing.
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The local McDonald's.
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Owners out here in the Denver area are really.
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Some, some special people that do a lot for the community.
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So we're honored to be able to work with them whenever we can.
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And and what.
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A cool opportunity for Bree.
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To be involved with the McDonald's.
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All-American.
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Game. Want to get into some basketball stuff.
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Here as.
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Well? Just talking about.
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Things in general. First and foremost, I didn't have this as a part of my run down, actually.
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But I but I need to talk about.
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It, and I need to bring it up.
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Let me specifically read what I saw. Okay. As you guys know.
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Big Russell Westbrook. Stan.
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Okay, that's not changing anytime soon. So just get used to it. But Pnina.
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Westbrook, Russell Westbrook's.
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Wife.
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Received an.
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Email from a Joel Molina. Yeah, she didn't block your name out. And I'm so glad she didn't.
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You're a piece.
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Of effing Bleep husband sucks. Too effing bad. Can't even get ten points is pathetic. I hope you both die in a car crash. Dumb Bleep. Hi.
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This one's for the losers. If you're not a loser keep scrolling. If you're a loser listen up. Let me make it very clear.
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These athletes don't owe you a thing okay? You spend.
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Your free time.
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Watching the job that they choose to do and using it as entertainment.
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What a privilege.
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It is to watch a.
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Player like Russell Westbrook.
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And be able to be entertained by his game for so many seasons. 18 by the way.
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It's an honor and a privilege.
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To be able to watch these athletes do what they do. They put their bodies on the line.
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Russell Westbrook has been for now.
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18.
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Years.
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And because he couldn't score.
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You.
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Ten points and help you hit.
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Your bet.
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You thought it would be.
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Appropriate.
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To reach out to his wife.
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And threaten their.
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Life.
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You're so weird. I don't even think there's enough words.
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In my vocabulary.
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To describe what a loser you are. If this is.
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How you.
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Operate. And this is the problem.
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I actually love sports betting and what it's done.
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For the.
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Community of fans.
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Where, you know, after Covid, it was hard for us to feel connected. During Covid. It was hard for us to feel connected to our favorite team or player or whoever.
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And sports betting kind of.
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Gave us that opportunity in.
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What what a cool opportunity it is. But it's.
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A.
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Privilege to be able to.
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Bet on sports, and it's a privilege that can very.
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Quickly be taken away if you don't know how to handle it.
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Grow.
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Up.
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Grow up.
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I mean, it's actually.
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Embarrassing that there are grown.
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Adults out.
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There.
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That find.
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This behavior appropriate or okay.
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At all. And by the way, I am so thankful she didn't block your name out because I hope you.
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Struggle to get a.
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Job moving.
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Forward. I hope everybody knows.
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How you speak to people.
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I want your name on.
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Full blast because you had the audacity to send the email. You should have the audacity to suffer the consequences. I think this is someone that should never be allowed inside a stadium ever again. To watch any sporting event, if.
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You are willing to threaten athletes and their family over a sports.
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Bet, you should not have the.
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Privilege.
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At all to be at another.
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Sporting event ever in your life, ever.
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Because you don't know how to act, because you get.
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So worked up over a sports bet that it creates.
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It makes you want to.
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Threaten.
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The family of an athlete. I mean, it's unhinged behavior. It's called mental illness. I hope you get better. Because this is just absurd.
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Sports betting is a privilege. And if we're not careful.
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It will be taken away. So if you enjoy sports betting, cool it.
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Take a deep breath in.
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Through the nose, out through the mouth, like it's a little insane. These athletes don't owe you shit.
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Excuse my French.
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They don't owe you a thing. They don't. You don't have to watch them. You don't have to place a.
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Bet on their player prop, but you.
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Choose to. They don't owe you anything. Nothing.
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They owe their team something.
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That's their job. They don't answer to you.
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You are not their employer. You are not their boss.
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You choose to watch the NBA. So you're choosing to.
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Give your views and your money to.
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The NBA. Then that's on you. These athletes don't owe you a thing. So to think, in any.
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World that it's appropriate to.
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Message a family.
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Member of an athlete and threatened.
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Not only.
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The athlete, but the family member because your player.
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Prop didn't hit you have mental illness. Seek help immediately. Okay.
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Great. Let's move on from that. We're going to stay.
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On the subject of all things basketball today. I was going to talk a little bit about some football, but we'll say that we'll.
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Save that for another show.
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I want to talk about.
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Denver for a second. I want.
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To talk about.
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Denver.
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And the rough.
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Start.
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To the second half of the season that.
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We got from Denver just last.
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Night, losing to the.
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Clippers.
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I think every team.
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That knows what's good for them, or just any team that is competitive and wants to win.
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Knows how important it.
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Is to come out of.
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The All-Star break.
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Swinging. It is so.
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Important to come out of the All-Star break.
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Swinging. We're going to get into the NBA season as a whole. I've got some thoughts about some thoughts and some hot takes.
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But it's really, really important to come out of the All-Star break and give it your all right.
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We kind of know as NBA fans that.
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You get a very different version of your favorite team, your favorite player following the All-Star break.
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It's kind of like lock in mode. It's like, all right, second half, let's get serious. Okay. What you don't want.
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To do is drop to fourth in the Western Conference.
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To a 27 and 28.
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Clippers.
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Team. You don't want to do that. But you did that Denver. You did that. Why I don't know I.
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Think it's really easy.
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In this moment to blame.
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Jamal Murray right.
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Game on the line missing free throws.
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This is not the first.
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Time this has happened. In his all star season.
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We're seeing.
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This quite a bit. He's been rough in the clutch game on the line. I don't trust him.
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Unless it's versus the Lakers right now in.
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This moment, which is crazy because you get.
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Jamal Murray versus the Lakers.
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He's the most clutch.
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Player in the world.
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Lately, not so much. Not so much in the final few seconds of games.
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Where he gets to the free throw.
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Line and it's literally.
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Do or.
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Die. We're not doing we're dying. So I don't feel.
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Comfortable.
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With the game on the line. Saying that Jamal.
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Murray can.
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Win. It's a basketball game. I used to be able to say that. I can't say.
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That right now.
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That being said, you know, it's. So I would say it's easy to look at that game.
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Right out of the All-Star break and say.
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Jamal WTF? But we have to talk about Nikola Jokic. I love Nikola Jokic. Do I think the basketball we.
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Saw versus the Clippers and.
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Some of the games that we saw.
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Prior to the All-Star break are like worth having conversations.
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Of his legacy being affected. And now all of a sudden he's not.
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The best player. No relax chill. But I'm not overly pleased with what we're getting out.
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Of Nikola Jokic. And more than that, I'm not.
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Please, what we're getting.
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Out of the nuggets since Nikola Jokic came back I'm just not. The nuggets had a much.
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Stronger record without.
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Nikola Jokic this season than they have since.
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He returned from his injury.
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I don't love that.
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Now here's the reality though. I think what we're getting.
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And this is something that I think most of us.
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Were a little worried about, right.
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Like we we knew when he came back oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh.
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Oh gosh. They're going.
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To do that thing that they do.
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Where you know.
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They they start to play complacent.
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They're less.
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Locked in and they rely on Nikola Jokic too little too much.
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That's its own separate issue.
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I want to talk about the issue of kind of this lax a days a messy basketball. The Nikola Jokic is playing I love.
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Nikola Jokic I love the Denver Nuggets.
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I am.
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A ride or die Denver Nuggets.
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Fan. But I am also not going.
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To pretend like.
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What I'm.
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Getting from Nikola Jokic right now.
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Is enough. It's not it's not let's let's call it what it is. I have to keep the.
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Same energy across the board.
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If SGA were to do that foul baiting nonsense at half.
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Court I would freak.
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Out. Can't have it. Jokic you're too good. Play ball. You know none of this flopping.
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Stuff where we're over it.
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Especially in.
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A game where the ball is being turned over quite.
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A bit. This is not the.
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First time I remember before the All-Star break versus the Grizzlies. Nine turnovers in one game for Nikola Jokic versus the Clippers.
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Coming out of.
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The All-Star break. Six turnovers.
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He's ice.
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Cold from the three point.
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Line. He's not his the.
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Best version of himself.
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Offensively. And then defensively. He's kind of getting cooked.
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Right.
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Now.
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So here's the deal. There's a world where Nikola Jokic was not ready to come back yet.
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But he did.
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He did. He's back.
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So as far as I'm concerned.
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I need MVP caliber.
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Play from Nikola Jokic. Because if you return to me.
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That means.
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You were cleared. You're good to go. You're ready to play. If you're not.
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Good to go.
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Cleared and ready to play.
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Then don't play. Because this nuggets team in my opinion is now in a bit of an identity crisis. Why?
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Because before for about a month there.
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They had to figure out.
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Who they were without.
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Nikola Jokic. And I liked who they.
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Were without.
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Nikola Jokic. Not because I didn't want Nikola.
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Jokic out there, but I.
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Liked what we saw from this nuggets team. I like the way that they pushed themselves. I liked the way that they.
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You were able to.
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See the value.
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Of other people that you otherwise.
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Wouldn't. Because typically the game plan is let your could you do it all.
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So when you removed your.
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From the equation, you.
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Got some really great.
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Basketball out of some of these guys that I don't think you otherwise would have if Nikola Jokic was healthy.
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Right.
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So they found this momentum. They found this identity without Nikola Jokic. Unfortunately the the.
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The injury bug.
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Got them. But they got got they got got by the.
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Injury bug.
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Okay. So then you get Peyton Watson out who was kind.
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Of the centerpiece.
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Of that non Jokic identity.
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He was really crucial.
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He goes out young which comes back CB's back. Cam Johnson's back. You're getting guys back.
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But they're still very unfamiliar with.
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What this identity looks like.
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Because they were really sure of.
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Themselves without a CB without a Cam Johnson without a Nikola.
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Jokic without an Aaron Gordon.
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They became really.
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Sure of.
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Themselves. Then you.
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Start trickling these.
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Pieces back in without, in my opinion, a good.
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Proper game.
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Plan of hey, we still want a guy like Tim.
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Hardaway to.
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Do what he's been doing. We still want a Julian.
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Strother to be.
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Doing what he's been doing. We just want to plug some of these other guys back in to give these guys that have been pushing.
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It and working.
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And playing.
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A little bit of a breather.
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But don't pull them back completely. Keep them involved. I think what happens, what happens when you have.
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Injuries that are so.
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Back and.
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Forth and.
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Who's in, who's out.
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Your starting lineup is changing every other night.
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Is it?
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It's makes it really hard for.
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This nuggets team to get in sync. You're starting five. Can't get in sync.
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Right now because every.
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Night it looks a little.
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Different. That's hard. That's really really.
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Tough. So I think the Denver.
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Nuggets right now are in a bit of an identity crisis.
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Because they had to.
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Figure out who they were without Nikola.
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Jokic. They liked what.
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They were without.
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Nikola Jokic, which is a little bit of a mind.
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Trick right.
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It's like wait a minute. Jokic is the best.
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Player in the world and.
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Our most valuable.
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Player.
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But we like.
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Who we are without him.
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A little confusing.
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There right.
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Then you get Yogi back and naturally it's like well then we.
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Should just be better because we're good.
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Without him. So when you plug him back in, it should just make things even better.
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It threw things.
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Off. It took them.
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Out of their sync, out of their rhythm. And it's a little chaotic right now because.
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Their best and most valuable player is also not playing his best. So not only did you plug him in and kind.
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Of disrupt their.
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In sickness.
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Their chemistry, their rhythm.
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But you plugged him back in and he also isn't playing well. That's the truth I love Nikola Jokic. You know he's playing messy. He's playing chaotic.
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He's turning over the ball a lot.
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He's ice.
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Cold from the three point.
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Line. He's getting cooked defensively. These are all facts I love Jokic. But these are the facts. So not only.
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Did him returning to the starting.
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Lineup.
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Disrupt the rhythm.
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But he's also not contributing in the same ways that he used to. So it's a tough spot. I think it's easy to look at a Clippers game and blame Jamal because with the game on the line, he has.
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Unfortunately.
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Come up.
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Short more than once.
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This season. But I also watched the game as a whole and go Jokic is.
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A part of this problem right now guys.
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So I said last week that I felt like we were this close.
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We were playing with fire. We were.
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This close to the Denver Nuggets succumbing.
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To the injuries that they.
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Have been dealt. This season. And I'm.
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A little worried we're getting there.
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Because like I said following.
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The All-Star break, the most important thing.
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To do is to come out swinging. And they did not do that. So there's still time. But I got to tell you.
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I'm a little worried about the Denver Nuggets.
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I am.
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I'm a little worried.
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That they're in an.
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Irreversible identity crisis right.
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Now. Just given the.
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Nature of the injuries, that there is not.
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Enough time left in the season.
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If the injuries keep progressing.
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This way, there's not going to be enough time in this season for them to.
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Solidify their identity.
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Ahead of the postseason, because you can't be.
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Figuring.
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Out who you are in the middle of a seven game.
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Series. Get real.
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You need to know who you are.
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Before the series even starts.
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Do the Denver Nuggets have enough time for that?
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We're in that.
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Second half stretch now. But do they have enough time? Given the fact that you still don't have a G back, you still don't have Peyton Watson back and you have Jokic back but not the Jokic we know and love. I don't know.
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I'm a little worried okay.
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Quickly I want to talk about the potential.
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For.
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Tanking to be a thing of the.
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Past right.
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Shams multiple sources with knowledge of the GM meeting.
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That was recently.
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Had as well as another committee meeting, committee meeting in late.
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January.
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ESPN was told that the following concepts have been discussed in order.
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To.
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Hopefully.
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Curb tanking. First first round.
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Picks can be protected only.
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Top four or top 14.
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Plus lottery.
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Odds freeze at the trade deadline or a later date. They are no longer.
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Allowing a team to pick top.
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Four in.
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Consecutive.
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Years and or.
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After consecutive bottom three finishes. Teams can't pick top.
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For the year.
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After making conference finals. That feels a little targeted. I feel like that that one's a specific one. That could only.
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Hurt certain, certain.
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Organizations.
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With that rule.
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Lottery odds allocated based on.
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Two year records.
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Lottery extended to include all play in teams and and odds.
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For all lottery.
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Teams. Now, I think solving the tanking.
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Issue first starts with.
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Solving the.
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Lottery.
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Issue. I think it's funny, even if.
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We're going to pretend like the lottery system.
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Is this like.
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Very fair and.
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Like.
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Structured system.
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It's not it.
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Doesn't really ever seem like it's fair. So the lottery odds freezing.
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Feels like the most.
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Important.
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Change, in my humble opinion. Here. We know.
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That it is virtually.
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Impossible to win and have a successful season or win a championship without a legitimate superstar. So when you make it.
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Clear that the worst teams.
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In the league have the best chance at the most elite talent, you're going to get teams that want to be bad.
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You're going to get teams are like, well, crap, we don't really.
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Have a.
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Superstar that we.
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Feel like we can win a championship with. And if being.
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The worst.
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Is how you get the best, then I want to be the worst. I mean, it's it's a it's a tough thing because.
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You're.
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Wanting teams to not.
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Tank, but you're also kind.
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Of enticing them to a little bit. Okay. Some of the things that have been discussed that we.
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Don't know for sure if they're.
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Going to be.
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You know, true.
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But some of the things that are being discussed to.
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Me feel very different, feel like they're going to directly impact certain franchises.
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You know, I look at what the what OKC has on the.
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Horizon in terms of.
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Picks. They're likely going to make the playoffs. They're likely going to make the finals, the.
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Conference finals for years to.
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Come.
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The Pacers are a.
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Team that has had to deal with this. So some of this feels.
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Like there's.
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Some intentional, maybe not digs.
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At.
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Particular teams, but definitely is going to affect particular teams.
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More than others.
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So that's why I.
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Say addressing the lottery to me.
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Is like probably the most.
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Important step.
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That should just be.
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The priority at this point.
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But I do have a hot take.
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And we're going to like.
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End the show with this hot take. Actually.
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I don't.
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Even really.
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Know if tanking is.
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Necessarily the problem. I think it's part of the problem. Right?
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I do think tanking is an issue that needs to be addressed. Nobody wants to watch it. It's not good for business like nobody wants to deal with it.
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More than.
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That, though.
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I really.
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Feel like the issue that is involved with tanking, if I if I looked at every issue in the.
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NBA, are the.
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Things that I want to change or have fixed it all kind of has the same underlying issue to me, and that's that the.
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Integrity of the sport of.
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Basketball has.
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Been compromised.
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In my humble opinion, and I.
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Think the reason it's been compromised.
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Is.
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Greed.
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I do.
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Greed from the players and greed from the.
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League. Let me explain.
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The greed from the league is money. More games, more money, more tournaments, more All-Star.
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Extravaganzas.
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More money, better for business.
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What can we do to increase the viewership?
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How can we make more money? That is probably front of mind for Adam Silver at all times. Greed.
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I'm not mad at.
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Him for it. It's a business right?
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82 games to me is too much.
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Now, before you get.
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Upset, I am also fully.
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Aware that.
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They have been playing 82 game season since 1967. I'm aware, so this isn't.
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A matter of.
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Me.
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Feeling sorry for these million dollar.
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You know.
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Millionaire athletes.
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No, they can play 82 games. They're capable. That's not the point. I'm not.
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Worried.
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About that.
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And before you.
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Say.
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The injuries are a problem.
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I got to tell you, research has shown that in the 172 game season that we did have in the year 2020.
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Exempt the Covid related injuries, the illnesses of that season. They still had.
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More injuries that year. And you could probably say.
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Yeah, in the bubble season they.
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Weren't getting the same training the whatevers.
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But based on the one season since 1967 where.
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We played.
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Ten.
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Fewer games.
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In.
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The NBA, are we.
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Consumed ten.
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Fewer games? The athletes were more injured than they were in the.
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82 game season. So I'm not even saying it's too many games because I want to.
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Protect their.
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Body. I want to protect the integrity of the sport.
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I want quality over quantity.
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And just like us NBA fans, I believe these athletes.
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Don't really start giving a crap.
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Until post.
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All-Star break.
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You understand that is a week in.
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October, a.
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Week in.
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February.
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Then that is all of.
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November, all of December, all of January. We're getting three.
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Months and two weeks of, basketball because they don't.
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Really start locking.
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In until post.
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All-Star break.
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What's the point then? What are we doing when I watch the NFL? I know that.
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Every one.
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Of those 17 games.
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Matters. Every single.
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One of them I know I'm going to watch, likely.
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Unless they're injured. My favorite player I know they're going to be giving it their all. I know they're going to be.
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Giving me the highest level of football because that game matters. Technically speaking. Do all 82 games matter? Yes. But do they actually now they don't. And you know that. And I know that okay.
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The reality.
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Is we know that I want the.
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Season shortened.
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Not because of.
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Injuries and better health for these.
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Athletes, because like I said, this has been we've been playing 82 games since 1967. So, you know, if it's about the the.
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Injuries.
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And the this and the that, it's like, hey, we actually have better technology now than they did in 1967. So I'm not going to give these guys a pass and say, you know, I'm not going to coddle.
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Them like they're babies. These are millionaires. This is their job. This is their.
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Sport. I'm not going to.
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Treat them.
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Like babies. They need to play the 82 games, right? That's not what I'm saying. But I want the quality to be better of these games. I want them to.
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Care about these.
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Games more. I want these athletes to treat each game like it matters more. The quality of the games to me should be better. And then you talk about like the technicalities of the game, making the quality better.
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More rest in their.
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Bodies to me should produce better basketball. We hope and we pray.
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But that's the truth.
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We've had issues in the past with with the load management.
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With stars being rested.
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You've got a kid that flew thousands of miles to.
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Watch his favorite player and his favorite player is not.
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Playing. Why? Because he's resting. I just think you get better value out of the games if you have fewer.
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Of.
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Them. Each matchup means a little bit more.
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The rivalries mean.
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A little bit more. I just I want to protect the integrity.
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Of the game.
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And I think greed.
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Is ruining this sport from a money.
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Perspective.
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And from the perspective.
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Of we're kind.
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Of raising.
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This entitled.
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Brat syndrome a little bit in the NBA, where these players.
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Have this instant gratification of I want to.
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Win right now, I believe I deserve to win a championship. Right now.
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I'm going to go to a team until I can.
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That's not basketball. That's I want to win and I want to be a.
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Winner, and I want to have a ring. So there's just greed within the sport, which is fine.
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You know, I think.
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Greed is everywhere.
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Hell, I've got it. You've got it. You know, that's normal. But I just, I think less games to focus on.
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The quality over the quantity.
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To me would also maybe, maybe not help the tanking issue. But I don't tanking to me is one problem of many. I think the main.
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Concern in the NBA for me.
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Is the.
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Integrity of the game.
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Being compromised.
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And I just think.
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Fewer games.
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Would help that I do. I think it'll help the casual fan be a.
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Little bit more.
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Locked in to games because they.
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Feel a little bit more.
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Meaningful. You'll you'll get the better.
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Viewership.
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That way. So I know it maybe feels like to an.
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Adam Silver who's trying to.
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Push this business, that it's not a good idea because it's less money, but it might end up being more money because.
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More people.
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Tune in to that, to that nationally televised game that's going on because they get.
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Fewer of them.
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Get what I'm saying? I don't know. I think it's it's something that should be potentially looked at. You get these rested basketball.
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Players because they're having to play fewer back to backs or whatever the.
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Case.
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Rested.
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Basketball to me is better basketball.
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Maybe it's a little more aggressive. Maybe they're playing better. I hope.
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So. The games mean a little bit more.
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I mean, there's there's.
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Just to me.
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Quality over quantity has never been a.
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Bad thing, ever. But in order to do something like this, I.
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Understand that there is a.
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A lot that has to go into it.
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Right?
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The financial aspect of it. Balancing that with the quality of the game.
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Would be a very difficult.
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Thing.
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I know that there have been conversations.
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About is it 72 games? Is it 62 games? I don't know, but all I do know is.
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There's three months.
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And two weeks of basketball.
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From October till the All-Star break, where I.
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Don't even think.
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The players are as locked.
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In as they should be, because I know the fans.
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Aren't. We're waiting for.
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Post All-Star basketball. We talk about it all the time.
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I think the players are no different.
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So to me it's like three months of what, like.
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Boring.
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Anyway.
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I don't know. The integrity of the sport.
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Has been compromised and I would like it to be fixed, that's all. Anyway, that does it for today's episode of Mood Swings with Liv moods. I'm Liv mood signing off for now. We'll be back Monday ahead of the Nuggets Celtics game.
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Yeah that's right I'm excited.
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About that one. We'll chat about all things Denver.
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Nuggets will reconvene.
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After the weekend. Thank you guys for tuning in. And as always this has been presented by Landmark Lincoln. Shout out to.
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