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All right, we bring on Jonathan Zaslo.

Zaslo Show 2.0.

I mean, if you got anything on this game,

if you mean, feel free.

But my God, I'm sure it's been a rough couple of days down there in Miami for you, too.

So feel free to go either direction you want the floor is yours, my friend.

Well, I will tell you that I thought the Packers were the play tonight,

so I'm hoping for a strong second half. I just got home. I have not been watching, but I do know

the score. So obviously I'm not pleased with that. And as far as the news yesterday afternoon,

I'm like, I was shocked. I was shocked. I feel stupid. I was very confident that the heat were going to land

Damien Lillard. And, you know, as more and more the details come out, you realize that the heat really

never had, they never had a chance. And that part is aggravating if you're a heat fan. It's not that

the Blazers owe the heat anything. It's not the

heat's right to be able to trade for any player they want. The Blazers just don't want to talk to them. They don't have to talk to them. And that seemingly is the direction it went. So that part, as a Heat fan, is frustrating. Why do you think they didn't want to talk to you guys? Because I think, I think things got personal.

I think they got in their feelings.

And I think that,

and look,

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