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Look at my guest list. Just got just got into the chair a little late today. Joy Taylor is joining me in a Thursday. Joy, how are you?

Good morning. Well, we've got the dust has settled and all this free agency stuff. We also have some good NFL stories. We have a breaking NFL story. I'll get to in about five minutes here.

We've got some football stuff seeping in and we'll kind of segue into football here in the next couple of weeks when camps open.

But the dust has settled with all these free agents and everybody now is making lists and who's good and who's not.

And you know, Bucky Cousin said yesterday this team on paper is unbelievable. This is a great. Now remember how players see basketball players love Russell Westbrook.

He doesn't play winning basketball players love I'll Iverson. He doesn't play winning basketball players love talent.

You know, they like guys in the gym. Players never brag about Kiki van Dewey or Alex English. You know, players just like talent coaches like fit.

That's what coaches like coaches like stuff that fits together. It's a big crossword puzzle. Bill Balechek isn't enamored with talent. Bill Balechek's enamored with what fits with Tom Brady.

Players love just talent guys who can play even if their way past their prime as I've said the Lakers are a movie poster.

I'm not sure if it's going to be a good movie, but it's interesting. Frank Vogel yesterday is talking about the Lakers roster.

I'm just not as high on it as everybody else is. I think the Clippers are better. The Warriors are better. I think the jazz pieces fit better.

I think the I think Denver could be better. I think the Lakers again. It's a I would say strange.

If the Lakers were a movie, they would have two stars and seven Christopher walkins. That's what it would be. It's a lot of strange.

You ever go to a circus as a kid and it was a trap. Bees and there was the giraffe. They don't know the corner. They had the tent with the guy with seven fingers and the bearded lady.

There's a lot of that with this Lakers. You have guards that can't shoot.

Rijon Rondo. You have a two guard in KCP two years ago that had somebody personal problems. He wore an ankle bracelet.

Jiveel McGee's fun, but quirky. Bougie cousin struggles to get along with people. You have a great defensive big and a D an atrocious one in Bougie cousins.

You have Danny Green who by the way can shoot but can't create anything. It's a roster full of size and shooters, but the juice is all abroad.

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