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Okay, on today's show, we're going to talk about I got some thoughts on Kauai Leonard and the Clippers and the nuggets and culture and blah, blah, blah, blah. We're going to get to MPJ's comments. We're going to talk about the backup point guard situation. We're going to move that to the end, the third segment. So last segment, we're going to talk about the backup point guard spot and kind of

Ryan's thoughts on who can handle who can't, who can run backup point is really one of the

questions I want to ask Ryan.

But we're going to start with some comments from former coach of the Denver Nuggets, Michael

Malone, who was on Sirius XM Radio on Tuesday.

And he's on with the starting lineup with Brian Scalbreni and Franka Sola

and he said he said he's got bad taste in his mouth he says when asked about being a coach

again he says it definitely something I'd love to get back in I still have a bad taste in my

mouth with how things ended in Denver and I'd love to go out on my own terms. With that being said, what I've learned

over my many years in this league is how important it is to go to work every day with people you

care about, you trust, you respect, and that are all pulling in the same direction so when i have a chance to go back

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