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The team y'all need to worry about in the East, if they stay healthy, is the Sixers.
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That's the team y'all need to worry about.
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If indeed with the the way that they are right now, and then you'll have uh our guy, Paul George, he's gonna have fresh legs.
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He was doing three sixty dumps before he went out with the suspensions.
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We know how he was doing it.
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We're not worried about it.
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Was he enhanced?
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The fact that he was doing it.
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Was he enhanced?
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He had nine threes in one game.
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We haven't seen that since the bro, go with drop ball, talk to pick a rope.
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We're gonna up the scroll touchdown.
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We the winning team champions when you walk through the hall.
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Alright, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
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You know who it is.
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I am Derek Thompson.
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I'm Diego Thompson.
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Mr.
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Davis.
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And who are we?
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The Pick'em Pros.
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The Pick'em Pros coming back at you in the house with a special episode of Who You Got.
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Man, we are uh coming up on NBA, NBA second half.
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We got out of the the all-star game, and now it's almost the real season because regular season is trash as always.
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But uh it's time for the playoffs here in a couple of months, man.
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How y'all feeling?
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I feel great, honestly.
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The all-star game was surprisingly good.
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Um, I will say, Derek, you called it on uh pain points.
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Yep.
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Basically said that USA would win.
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I got didn't have the faith, but you know, we USA did hold it down.
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Shout out to Anthony Edwards.
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Um, I'm glad that Wendy set the tone now for the rest of the game.
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So I'm very excited to see what the rest of the season will bring.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Yeah, all-star game was great, made up for the uh awful dunk contest.
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So I'm glad that they uh terrible.
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Glad that that ended up being good.
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Yeah, yeah.
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All-star game ended up being being good.
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I mean, yeah, the All-Star Game ended up being good.
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Uh, very happy about that.
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I mean, all you had to do was get USA versus the world, and that changes, changes everything.
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Wimby setting the tone, everybody else.
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Wimby playing well, yes, Wimby.
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Big, big shout out to Wimby.
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Wimby single-handedly saved it, you know, Ant-Man.
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I figured he would come in with a lot of with a lot of juice, but Wimby was the one that set the tone.
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So thanks to Wimby, we've got a uh, you know, someone that's gonna be an ambassador for the league.
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So really excited about that.
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Well, let's dive into what we're gonna talk about today.
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So we've got a bunch of fire topics here today.
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So, first we're gonna talk about the Detroit Pistons, okay?
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Are they for real or not?
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So we're going into that.
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Then we're gonna talk about Tatum.
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All right, Tatum, uh, can he carry the Celtics?
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And as we talk about uh the Pistons here in a second, Mike Sims is gonna join us.
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So we got him in the studio.
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All right.
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Uh OKC Thunder is our third topic.
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Are they uh resting or are they falling apart?
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So we're gonna get your takes on that.
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We've got uh Wimby, is it too early for him to compete for the finals?
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We're gonna dive into that.
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Uh Mitchell and James Harden now together in Cleveland.
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Can they make it to the finals?
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We're gonna talk about that.
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Uh the Hornets, the Charlotte Hornets, all right.
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Hometown team here are turning a corner.
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But um, just like the Charlotte Hornets, kind of maybe doing it in the wrong year.
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Just so happen to have a uh generational lottery here, and this is the year they'll decide to make the playoffs.
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We're gonna talk about that.
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There's three big games that you want to look out for um right before the season ends.
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We're gonna touch on those and then we'll touch on the NBA finals.
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All right, all right, okay, okay.
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So let's uh let's bring in Mr.
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Michael Sims here.
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Okay, Mike Sims, man, joining us from an undisclosed location.
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He's suited up, suited and booted here, joining us virtually.
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Uh, he is the Detroit Pistons uh man, uh with whisperer from Detroit, hometown, Blease Detroit.
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So we can't talk about the Pistons without having him on.
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And he's joining us.
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What's up, man?
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Hey, what's going on, Derek?
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Excited to be on the show, Pickham Pros.
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But uh yeah, I'm at uh uh uh a Gala, an event that I'm speaking at, but I had to stop for Pickham Pros and uh just got outside just so we can talk about the Pistons.
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Uh what can we say?
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Fire, they on fire.
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All I can say is y'all need to hop on the motorcade.
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If you don't know about it, you better drive on it.
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The motorcade, because I'm not saying the finals, I'm not saying we're gonna win the finals, I'm saying we're going to the finals.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Okay.
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And if you don't believe it, just get yourself a little taste of beef stew.
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That that's one of the coldest nicknames, man.
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Yeah, beef stew.
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I love, love that, love that.
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Okay.
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So uh, thank thanks for joining us.
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You know, stick or stick around as long as you can.
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We understand if you have to dip because you are there handling business with the gala, but we're gonna give our takes and then we'll circle back to you if if you're still on.
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Okay, okay.
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So, Diego, man.
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So, Mike, you know, says they're definitely going to make the finals.
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All right.
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Um, is that is he too emotional?
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Is that hometown bias in there?
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Or uh are the Pistons legit and not just a regular season team actually going to the finals?
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What do you think?
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Yeah, I think that might be a bit of hometown bias there.
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And I'm not mad at it.
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I understand how it is.
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That's okay.
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We've all we all had our experience with that.
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But um, you know, I just think there are some other teams in the East that you know have had more experience that are more ready for this moment.
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Now, I think the Pistons, they got a good young core, they got Cade.
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I think they need one more year, and then maybe next year they can maybe get to the finals.
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But I like the Celtics, I like I like the Cavs and even the Knicks.
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So, yeah, I those are I'd have all those three over the Pistons in the playoffs.
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Okay.
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I want you to get a little taste of peace too, baby.
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I want you to get taste of paying attention, Diego.
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You know you my man, but you ain't been paying attention.
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The Pistons were one game away against New York, they're already going through that maceration, right?
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And remember, the motorcade is at a point right now where he knows where he's at.
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He hit that an elevation where you looked at for the Celtics and even for the Knicks from last year.
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Now they they're going on to take it a step, especially since they just beat the New York Knicks three times in a row.
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Okay.
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The average point spread is 20 points.
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Celtics can't handle them, especially without Tatum.
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Oh, Celtics are gonna have Tatum in the playoffs, and that's gonna elevate him even higher.
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I mean, and there's their second in the East without an a first-team All-NBA guy.
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And with the Knicks, right?
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I believe I think the Knicks, unlike any of these other years, are gonna be healthy and rested in the playoffs, and they're gonna have a good, a healthy Brunson, a healthy cat.
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All their guys are gonna be ready, and there that's gonna help them go deeper.
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I can't wait.
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I can't wait to get you a can of beef stew.
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Oh, yeah.
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But we're we're we're gonna have a whole show just on this, right before the playoffs.
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We're gonna have a whole show on the pistons.
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So we're definitely gonna come back to that.
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We're gonna get you here in studio, Mike, so we can all be face to face and diving into that.
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So I I can't wait for that.
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Hey, I gotta run, but I appreciate you guys having me on for a second or two.
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Hey, Diego, keep your chin up, remember and stuff, man.
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I know you just I know you just not I know you're just not getting your license, but you can always drive the motorcade later.
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All right, all right, Mike is out.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Oh man, yes, yes, yes.
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Wonderful having him.
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Okay, so C Pain, what's your take on the pistons, man?
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Listen, um I think the one thing we're forgetting about is the X Factor that is there.
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We go okay.
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I think we're forgetting about the X Factor known as Jalen Duran in like seeing his step this season.
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Okay, I will say that like he is he has become one of the better defensive forces in addition to Isaiah Stewart on that team, plus he does contribute on offense.
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Kate has become one of the better point guards in this league, and they still play that ferocious level of defense.
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Uh I will say that my issue with just writing them off and saying that they're like one year away at this point.
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The Celtics, we're not gonna know what their chemistry is.
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We're gonna get into this later.
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What the chemistry is gonna be like because Jalen Brown has now emerged into a zone and feels like he's a superstar now, right?
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So, how was that?
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How could that chemistry be impacted?
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And I'm sorry, the Knicks, uh every single time over the past few seasons, we've said the Knicks are our finals team, the Knicks are going to the finals, and they just haven't seemed to do it.
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Again, they got dog walked by the by the Pacers, who were uh who to me don't have as good of defenders as this Detroit Pistons team.
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So shout out to the Knicks, shout out to Jalen Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns.
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But the one thing I will say is that the game that K played, I think it was on Thursday, where you saw him go at everyone.
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It didn't matter who was going against him.
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He was like, I'm just gonna take it to the hoop, I'm gonna do my thing.
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That's that's something that I feel like the Knicks only had that with Jalen Brunson.
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There's a bunch of other players on the Pistons who like feel galvanized by the energy, right?
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And that's why I think that like I'm not really worried about Carl Anthony Towns in the playoffs series, not like I'm used to.
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I'm sorry, like he's good, and everybody's acting like he's still like one of the premier centers when he hasn't really played up to stuff when it comes to the playoffs.
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So that's why I would say I do think the Pistons are a finals team.
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Okay, maybe my honestly, it really depends on the chemicals.
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It really depends on like if the Celtics will return to the forum with chemistry, okay.
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Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown.
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That would be the only thing that would stop me from saying them from them not making the finals.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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This is gonna be good.
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It's gonna be good.
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So Diego says no.
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Mike Sims says that um they are definitely, but he's you know, hometown, a little biased there, but again, says they will be there.
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You not biased, you don't don't have a you know, dog in a fight with that, but you say yes, they are, and they are showing a lot.
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I love the um the enthusiasm they're playing with.
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I love the intensity.
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Uh, love how they went in there and handled the Knicks.
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Um, I definitely didn't see Cade being this good.
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So he he's exceeding expectations, at least mine, and is playing very well.
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I still I still don't know.
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You know, again, we'll make our official, official, official picks.
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This is pick them pros.
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We'll make our official picks right before the playoffs.
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And that's when it'll really matter.
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We'll kind of give our way too early at the end of the show here.
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But right now, without seeing what what you know they do these next two months, I can't put them in the finals just yet.
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Not now.
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That may change come April, but I've I've got to side with Diego on this one.
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I'm not gonna put them in the finals just yet.
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Maybe if they had Beasley doing the wheel.
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Now, now, hey, there's still time.
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He's a free agent.
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If they could just ignore the gambling investigation and go ahead and pick up Beasley, then I might be with him.
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Yes, they are missing my guy in the league Beasley.
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That's the whole X factor.
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Yes, yes.
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Now you give them Beasley, hey, I'm all in.
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And my thing is, can Cade with no playoff experience go toe-to-toe with the Tatum and Brown duo that's won a championship and has played together for eight years, the playoff Donovan Mitchell and James Harden, and playoff Jalen Brunson healthy?
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Like that, like that's those are three really good teams, like three really good guard guards.
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I don't know.
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You said playoff James Harden.
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You said playoff James Harden.
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I said I said playoff Mitchell.
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No, playoff Mitchell.
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Oh, with Jalen.
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Okay, Mitchell.
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Okay.
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We need to do that.
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James Harden doesn't have to be the star anymore.
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This is a clarification.
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You clarified that.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Okay.
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Well, let's uh that's great, great time.
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We got a lot here, and we've got to uh drop by 8 30.
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So we're gonna move on to our next topic, but we're gonna do a whole show on the Pistons and bring Mike in here.
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All right.
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So let's move on, man.
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Let's move on to the Boston Celtics, okay?
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Uh Tatum looks like he'll he'll come back.
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You know, they don't want to say that right now, they don't want to put pressure on him and whatnot.
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Um, but it looks like he's making great progress.
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I feel that all signs point to him most likely coming back.