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🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Logan and Raja are joined early this week by the Mad Hooper, The Ringer’s Jomi Adeniran, who has something to say about Lakers sophomore Talen Horton-Tucker (0:01). Then they get into the confusion around the NBA's COVID policy that caused Kevin Durant to be pulled in and out of the Raptors-Nets game on Friday (8:30) and the fairly widespread player discontent regarding the NBA’s plans to hold an All-Star game in Atlanta (19:30). Finally, they discuss Steph Curry’s 57-point performance in a loss to the Mavericks on Saturday and whether he will ever win another NBA championship (43:45). Hosts: Logan Murdock and Raja Bell Guest: Jomi Adeniran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So we're back on the real ones and I have the mad Hooper and quite frankly, he's pretty mad.
0:05.2	He's in Los Angeles right now. He has on his W and Bay hoodie. He is a big time Lakers fan,
0:10.9	big time Sparks fan, but he is mad. I am with Xiaomi, the mad Hooper. Xiaomi, where are you mad?
0:17.3	So I'm gonna tell you why I'm mad Logan. I got two reasons why I'm mad. First, your THT agenda.
0:22.7	All right. I came in a group chat and I was like, hey, this TAC player can play and he was like,
0:27.1	no, man, it's just preseason. He just out here, you know, doing the stinkers. It's the preseason.
0:32.3	Brut, brut. He's out here playing big minutes with LeBron James. How many second year players?
0:37.9	First of all, he really, he didn't really play last year a lot. How many guys with that little
0:42.2	of experience out here playing big minutes with LeBron James? They don't do that. That doesn't
0:46.5	have him for him. All right. He has to, he's in the third most used lineup for the Lakers, right?
0:51.2	And they got a plus minus of 15.7. All right. How many second year players have that? They don't.
0:56.8	All right. He got a bag on both sides of the ball. All right. He can finish with the reverse
1:01.2	layers. He got the step back. He can dime. All right. And on defense, he's long. You can put anybody
1:07.1	in front of him. They not getting past him. Okay. He got West Matthews. All right. A great NBA
1:12.8	vet. Glue to the bench. West Matthews can't see the floor. Not even Brian and Brian Scala-Brenney
1:18.1	minutes. Okay. He makes mistakes. Sure. All right. But he's young, but he's the Lakers future. All right.
1:24.4	Don't forget Frank Vogel. Trust some LeBron. Trust some. All right. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait.
1:29.7	We have a, we have another mad hooper that is just walked into the building. What? Why are you mad?
1:35.2	I'm going to tell you why I'm mad. Let me tell you why I'm mad. First of all,
1:39.2	West Lee Matthews, I question how much he got in the tank. So the fact that T.A. Who the hell is T.H.T.
1:44.0	And then secondly, you, the fact that West Matthews is glued to the bench is squirreling on West Matthews
1:48.8	soldiers, soldiers. And then you will come out here talking about he's the face of the franchise
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