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The Celtics bench development is just as important as the starters' playing time

We don't have our top guys today. This game matters even more. Because development goes a lot of different ways... you have to deliver every single night when you are a Jalen or a Jason... to give them three, four nights where they have to deliver that to me is just as important to their development as the skill work.

This is a philosophical coaching stance on player development.

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John Morant will be ready to start next season despite his ankle injury

I thought he was done for like the entire off season. I thought that it was like ja morant questionable for starting of next year when he came down on his ankle... But then he is like, you know what, fuck it, I'm gonna go back in. [He'll] be fine.

Ja Morant was ready for the start of the 2024-25 season.
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Zach Edey needs to stop bringing the ball down on rebounds to avoid being stripped

somebody needs to pull him aside and be like, youngster, you need to quit taking the ball down on rebounds. Yeah. You put that ball up higher, you're taller than everybody else. 'Cause he's addicted to it. He does it every single time to get stripped.

This is a fundamental basketball technique critique that remains subjective based on Edey's future turnover rates on rebounds.
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NBA divisions are completely useless and should be abolished

Divisions in the NBA are, there's literally no reason for 'em. It's meeting, there's... Just get rid of them. Get rid of them. So stupid. No one cares about the divisions.

While they exist, their functional impact on seeding was largely removed in 2015.

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Duke is the best team in the country and it would be an all-time failure if they don't win the title

This is the best team in the country. It would be an all time epic failure if Duke doesn't win the national title. They are the first time I believe that a team has reached plus 40 in Ken Palm since 1999. Duke... This team has it all.

The 2026 NCAA tournament has not occurred yet as of the episode date.
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Duke not winning the national title would be the most consequential sports story of all time

I think it would be the biggest sports story of all time. If Duke did not win the national title this year. All time. I think all time story... Duke not winning at all this year would be the biggest, the most consequential sports story of all time. Not our lifetimes of all time.

The outcome is pending, but the scale of the claim is subjective and satirical.
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Arizona's Tommy Lloyd is a candidate to choke in March because he is a Mark Few disciple

Tommy Lloyd being a Mark Few disciple, even though Arizona is really, really, really good. Yeah. I'm just like, that guy's getting choke in March.

Dependent on Arizona's 2026 tournament performance.

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