BASKETBALL ILLUMINATI - The Number 11

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Kyrie Irving's connection the number eleven has been called to the Illuminati's attention for further inspection, and whether his affinity for the number outweighs that of Klay Thompson. Donovan Mitchell's explosive seventy one point evening is indicative of a burgeoning scoring trend in the association, thanks to influences far beyond Mitchell himself. The Ghost of Christmas Future brought James Harden some interesting "news", while LeBron James has altered his DNA in the fight against Father Time. Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Merch: Shirts - Hat 1 - Hat 2 Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.9	Slack.com slash DHQ. I don't know if I was ever wondering why third eye Kai, where's
0:32.9	number 11? But I'm so glad that I know now. Ashley Shamadi did a great report the other
0:39.6	night while actually the nets were in town in Charlotte, North Carolina. She explained
0:44.6	the thinking behind Kyrie Irving his selection to wear number 11. And here it is.
0:50.6	All right, guys, I know we love a good numbers game. Really, Sarah Collins, I know you do.
0:54.2	How about this for Kyrie the reason that he wears number 11? It's a huge significance in
0:58.4	his life. His multiple reasons. He was born at 111. His dad wore number 11 when he played
1:03.2	College Bob Boston University. Kyrie Irving is exactly 11 letters long. Even the letter
1:08.9	K is the 11th letter of the alphabet. And after playing a total of 11 games at Duke due
1:14.3	to injury, he was drafted pick one of round one in 2011. He even scored his 11,000 points
1:20.5	come on. On the 11th of March. No. Wow. Get getting better, better, better, better.
1:26.6	He'll have the layers. Oh my goodness. It's really felt like an episode of the rehearsal.
1:30.6	I mean, listing it all out like that back to back. The significance of the numbers. But
1:36.2	Tom, I remind you that earlier this year, another NBA player expressed his affection for
1:42.7	the number 11. Oh yeah, play Thompson. Let's give everybody a refresher on that just in
1:46.7	case. I was drafted in 2011. I was the number 11 pick. K is the 11th letter in the alphabet.
1:55.7	I think 11 is just my life number. It just continues to follow me. I just think it's a great
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