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00:00 When you look at the Western Conference, as NBA season started to get heated up, what really excites you?
00:07 I think the... and again, I'm exposing myself as a bit of a homer here.
00:13 I think the Luka, Doncic, Kyrie Irving pairing, now that we know that they get along fine,
00:20 which the great Grant Efseth, who traveled overseas to Abu Dhabi and Spain and all of it...
00:28 Did he get on a camel?
00:30 That's a good question.
00:32 I wonder.
00:33 Well, everybody else over there did, didn't they?
00:35 That trip and DallasBasketball.com's coverage of it allowed us a really good glimpse into those...
00:41 They clearly get along.
00:43 And that wasn't the case with Porzingis when he was here with Luka.
00:48 Whose ever fault it was.
00:50 And when that's not the case, it can be a disastrous thing.
00:54 The Houston Rockets, for instance, are trying to put together... they're trying to assemble piece by piece by piece this team.
01:00 And every time, frankly, that they take a little step forward, something like the Kevin Porter incident happens in New York,
01:07 and they disinvite him to training camp.
01:10 It's tough to do business that way.
01:12 So yeah, I'm excited that two guys that are perennial all-stars, they both play the same position, they both struggle in this area,
01:19 but I think that's a really exciting prospect for the Mavericks.
01:23 I truly do.
01:24 And then, obviously, Wemby in San Antonio.
01:29 That's a headliner.
01:31 And how soon does he turn that thing around?
01:33 Right.
01:34 His highlights already are exciting.
01:36 They're incredible.
01:37 Like, wait a minute, is he really doing that?
01:39 He's got just the right coach.
01:41 He's embraced by somebody who is also present in the Spurs family, in Tim Duncan.
01:47 And he's been little brother to Tony Parker, another member of the Spurs family.
01:51 I mean, what a setup that's so perfect.
01:56 If you're an NBA fan who thinks the lottery is rigged, it's awfully perfect.
02:04 So Rockets struggling to put those pieces together.
02:07 The Spurs have one gigantic literal piece.
02:11 Britney Spears is even going to turn out to be a Wemby fan.
02:15 That would be shocking.
02:17 Yes.
02:18 And I think the Mavericks are highly intriguing.
02:21 And not being a playoff contender last year, I think that's a fluke.
02:26 I think that gets fixed.
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