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The Wizards lose to the Knicks 121-105 in DC. Julius Randle drops 39.



The Wizards lose to the Knicks 121-105 in DC. Julius Randle drops 39.

What’s good everybody it’s your boy Brandon Scott again the Washington Wizards lose to the New York Knicks 121 to 105 in DC led by 39 points by Julius Randall so today we are going to talk about how did the Wizards lose this game I me get into the first unit and the

Second unit and break it down for you guys and then we’re going to do a preview for Monday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder so let’s get to it next on locked on Wizards you are locked on Wizards your daily Washington Wizards podcast part of the locked on podcast Network

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Aed.com so everybody um definitely we were supposed to do a live preview um last night but my voice man was going out so I could really talk so I had a delay to this morning but I definitely wanted to get this um recap and preview out for you guys today um I’m hitting

Out the FedEx to the commanders gaming against the Cowboys today so I’m trying to get my voice right but I definitely wanted to get this video out for you guys so definitely today uh the Washington Wizards lost to New York Knicks in typical fashion 121 and 105 in

DC Julius Randle drops 39 so let’s get into it shall we now looking at the overall stats obviously you know um the Wizards were down 20 at the half it was but not not much change in the second half I mean we did outscored them 32-28 in the third

Quarter but it was even in the fourth is but again if you look at overall stats you know we uh we shot or they shot 49% for the field we shot 47 uh from three- Point 38 for them 35 for us rebounds we actually won the Battle of the rebounds

By two and offensive rebounds by one so you know we did commit more turnovers 20 to 14 but points of the paint were even at 52 so how do we lose this game simple effort effort effort effort we showed no effort we had no energy on the defensive

End or the offensive end now there were a couple players now K kumman did have a good game and D ya had a really good game but we’re GNA get into it but looking at it from a team perspective man effort um they they capitalize in

More strategic ways right um if you look at another stat to look at is this Second Chance points they had 20 we had nine so they capitalized on their offensive rebounds more than we did by getting 20 second chance points as opposed to r n so it came down to effort

It came down to coaching it came down to game planning and adjustments and the fact that we didn’t make any adjustments after the half and their plays were more strategic and more important like I say said you know yeah from a statistical uh standpoint very even but they outplayed

Us there was no effort I mean there was a play in the first half where you know I I say it all the time this team has slow defensive rotations and in the first half they everybody was looking around as Julius randle’s in the corner hitting a three and then there’s many

Times where they drove the lane everybody’s looking around everybody’s I mean there’s no communication on the defensive end there there’s no accountability on the defensive end I mean the rotations are so slow the close out the shooters if they even happen are slow I mean transition we get beat you

Know you got players like Gaff and like like I said I like gab but D going man I mean he’s taking his time get down the court this team has officially checked out this team if you’re a veteran they’re waiting for the deadline if you’re a young guy you’re also waiting

On the deadline so you can get more minutes and trying to Showcase whether you’re part of the equation going forward for this team or maybe you’re a trade candid that down the line yourself but everybody’s tradable but and I think the players know that because they have

Officially checked out I mean it is hard to watch both games in Cleveland were the effort was not existent then you’re at home and and obviously there’s more Nicks fans with fans it happens in DC I mean if you’re not familiar with the DC area the DC area is a Melting Pot of

Government workers and people who come here to work a lot of people are from outside the area so more often than not you know not so much Nats games but mostly um Wizards and commanders games you were outnumbered by the other teams fans and there was booze tonight from

Our own fan base and the Nick’s fans took over I mean so it’s just another game where different game same script no effort defense is horrible rebounding is horrible and even tonight we had a pretty good night rebounding but again you know Second Chance points kill us so

Getting into the um the starting five um like I said this was a struggle again T night now two people to kind of showcase now look at at Nicks Rook quick obviously Julius Rand dropped 39 points on the Wizards shooting 13 for 23 and Bronson 33 points shooting 10 for 18

From the field overall eight assists and shooting four for eight from three including nine for nine from three or from the charity strike so Brunson and Randall single handly handle the Wizards now looking at the Wizards and their stat line individually uh Ty what’s get with the what’s go with the most positive

News Kyle kman 27 points now he did shoot 10 for 21 including four for 10 for three but you know we know what his emmo is KZ is a consistent sword of 20 plus points now how many how many shots does it take to get there that is a really

Good question now um he takes a lot of shots to get up 20 plus you know that has been you know he yeah he’s a consistent source of points absolutely um but you know it come and often comes at the expense of a lot of shots I’m

Looking at Denny Ava in 33 minutes 23 points 10 rebounds six assists he was four assists away from a triple double two Stills look I’m not a mad at Denny really good showing 9 for 13 for the field two for four from three very very very very aggressive Drive in the lane I

Like what I saw from Denny AIA he was a definitely bright spot him and kozz you know I get it shot selection at times um Can Koz be a real reline on that three-point shot yeah but 12 uh 27 points still had a good game for us and

Getting back to Denny I thought he had a really good game y’all I mean he drive the lane he drive I mean he used his left hand on a few times finishing at the lane you’re definitely see him evolve offensively so I I’m not even mad

What I saw from Denny but looking at the um the rest of the starting five man I mean TI Jones 11 points eight assists assist numbers are definitely there where I want them to be but four for 13 for the field two for six from three um Jordan P again another underwhelming

Game from Jordan P he has definitely just cooled down from his time in Golden State man he is just not that guy that he was in Golden State four for 10 for the field inning and 10 points for Jordan P one for five for three I believe he’s officially checked

Out too I mean and really out out of everybody on the roster he can’t check out because he has no value right now so he is not being moved to the deadline so I definitely want to see Jordan P get a little more dog them because look you’re

Gonna be in Washington to at least the end of the year so you have to pick it up and definitely boost your value if you indeed want to be moved elsewhere or if you want to be part of the foundation going forward but I definitely want to

See a lot more effort from Jordan pool um and then rounding out the stting five Daniel G for six points 12 rebounds three assists one block one steel and again a very underwhelming performance from Daniel Gafford um looking at his counterpart I mean hardenstein eight points but 19 rebounds

19 rebounds okay let let’s be I’m gonna be 100 right now man hardenstein is a backup he was Mitchell Robinson’s backup so everybody who says that you know look it’s it’s kind of harsh to say that Daniel Gafford is the worst starting center in the NBA okay okay fair enough

But he gave him 19 points to a backup so if you’re a backup and you’re giving him 19 rebounds to a backup what’s that tell you I mean the the effort Gafford again I’m I’m I’m gon stop saying this yeah I like Gaff man but the effort is non-existent the effort is nonexistent

Y’all I mean this this lethargic defense where you’re just watching people the Nicks killed us with ball movement let’s be real ball movement killed us they have ball movement it was a lot more fluid it destroyed our rotations as far as rotating on the defensive end you

Know very often our guys are sitting there watching them shoot and it’s just like you know Gaff is standing there watching them shoot that Julius Rand um three-point shot in the first half in the corner the rotation was terrible no communication on defensive end and Julius Rand sits there he had enough I

Mean there there was a shot by Jaylen Bronson that he he bounc the ball one time and still had enough time to get the shot off that mean no effort no care in the world and you know it just you know like I said I’m going get into the

Second unit and break down a lot of the young guys second unit but look at the starting five yeah Koz he led the way with 27 points but like I said we know what his emmo is and Denny avad look was the bright spot for the team Denny

Played well Denny definitely showed what he can do on the offensive end he’s definitely evolving but you know as far as Denny man two factors right confidence and consistency that’s what I I want to see from Denny we you got the bag we know you can score we know that

You can add that element to your game right now defense he does need to step it up a little bit more but defensively he’s still a really good Defender Elite I don’t see that right now but he’s a good Defender but offensively he is looking better but I’m looking for

Consistency right that’s what I’m looking for from Denny so ring out the starting five very hard showing from the starting five so next I’m going to get into the second unit and then we’re going to do a preview from money nice game for the OKC Thunder but before we

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Unit now again guys you know we can get into the second unit but overall team wise is effort it’s effort when I say effort it’s just they they talk about building a culture right but what is culture culture is playing the right way playing to the end of the game playing

To the last whistle you know playing all four cours playing for the name in the front not the name in the back playing to win you know you know look if there’s a talent Gap I get it if you play and you still lose and you play hard at is

And you still lose I get it but that is culture we don’t have culture here we have a we have a squad that has half veterans ready to leave and half young guys ready to actually get minutes and nobody cares except for a couple of the young guys

Bal cares kbg cares jny cares kma cares because he’s put up numbers but eventually he’s he’s gonna be trying to go to a contender but H most of the teams checked out so yeah let’s go ahead and get into this second unit everybody because like I said I am very passionate

Because it is I get it is a rebuild but it’s also getting old the effort part to me you especially when you’re getting booed at home um shows that this fan base look this is a very loyal fan base DC is a sports town now do we get

Overshadowed by other sports towns like New York and Philadelphia and obviously maybe Boston because we’re east coast city yeah but I mean this is a sports town going back to the skin I’m not gonna say I can’t say the full name but uh getting going back to their former

Name you know three Super Bowl titles man the very very loyal following I mean if you even the time of the bullets they had a very loyal following in DC um the list goes on the Nationals have a big list goes on this is a sports town so it

It’s just it blows your mind that this team right now is just a lack of effort man you know this fan base deserves better and like I said a lot of us man are prepared for the rebuild but you gotta play hard you got to show up

So anyway let’s get into the second unit um BL kabali had his moments but very underwhelming night 27 minutes played Four Points three rebounds three assists shooting two for five for the field over two for three so defensively he was solid offensively not his best night dlon right

Again very underwhelming 16 minutes so he’s definitely still ramping up to get more minutes I’ll come back from injury but two points three rebounds three assists one for six from the field uh kissper not too bad at 14 minutes uh eight points three for four for the

Field one for two from three mascala one point R rebound 0 for four from the field 0 for three from three so um the one bright spot on the second unit is again I’m I’m gonna bring up two guys that definitely need play in time after the deadline Jared Butler and emoryie

Now Emory not his best night but he only played three minutes so he never had time to really get going 0 for one for the field got a rebound and one assist but Jared Butler again in three minutes eight points two assists three from three from the field and two from two

From three look y’all Jarett Butler and Eugene amarie need to get minutes after the dead line these two guys could play they need to get a minutes we need to see what we got in these two guys because they got doging them they got the effort factor and they are ready to

Play they’re ready to earn the next contract and that’s the type of player I want to on this team guys are going to fight for the spot guys are going to fight for the minutes guys are going to fight for that contract guys that aren’t checked out so um definitely you know

Jared B again and only three minutes eight eight points and it’s usually stat line you see from Amari comes in three to five minutes provides quality minutes and you usually gets around what eight points three rebounds couple assists so you know rounding out to Second unit everybody I mean Johnny Davis got a

Basket but you know at this point I think that this organization is pretty much checked out on Johnny Davis now could he get minutes after the deadline after a lot of these dominoes have have fallen as far as these veteran contracts yes but confidence I mean we we we talk about

Confidence with young players you know Denny is a player that you know relies heavily on his confidence you know Daniel gaffer is a player that relies heavily on his confidence most of the players rely heavily especially young guys rely heavily on their confidence now B is one of those guys where he’s

Confident regardless man I mean he’s 0 for7 he’s still up putting out their putting out effort and you can say the same about D yya Cory kissper when the shots not dropping he is now learning to cut more use that basketball IQ so I definitely like to see him trying to

Contribute when his shots not Fallen but that’s it man um so we’re gonna go ahead and round it out this was a total I mean I’m not gonna say a total team loss because from a statis statistical standpoint we rolled with the Knicks they just the ball movement killed us on

Defensive rotations and we just didn’t care those were the two fact that J lost his game at home against the Knicks they are so much better they their ball movement was Immaculate and we just don’t care we don’t care there was no care in the world nobody’s even trying

To do anything especially on the defensive end so like I said changes need to happen in the offseason we need to evaluate headit coaching um there’s been names out put out there Joan Howard from the University of Michigan former Washington Bullet Washington Wizard could be a candidate um but obviously in

Offseason me and my guy e we are going to go over I mean we’re not gonna go over head coaching candidates until it’s official if it happens that Westell Jr is indeed not the coach anymore but why is he coach I’m not gonna do that man but I definitely think there’s options

Out there if he indeed is not the coach going forward but changes need to happen let’s be real changes need to happen you know we got a new front office now changes need to happen and it needs to start with a hit coaching position you

Know we need to go ahead and and look everybody’s tradeable let’s go ahead and get a lot of these veterans off the books um we need to go ahead and start rebuilding because right now we’re in a transition year we need to start rebuilding and that means getting a lot

Of these veterans out of town and that means finally evaluating a lot of this young talent and it starts with Denny it starts with bow you know seeing what we got in kissper see what we got in Johnny Davis going to the draft try to rebuild

His team but it starts with culture and where does that start with head coaching it starts at the head coaching position if your players have checked out what does that say about the head coach what does it say about discipline what does that say about holding people

Accountable what does that say about the name on the front not the name in the back what’s that say what’s that tell the fan base when people spend hundreds of dollars in a bad economy in an economy that is really going downhill where people are hurting to get

Groceries people spending money to go out here and watch you play and then you turn around you don’t care what’s that really tell people I mean let’s be real man what’s that tell people you know people are hurting right now people in the DC area people on a worldwide basis

Right now are hurting to even provide groceries and people are still showing out in and buying tickets spending hundreds of dollars where it could go through other places personally and you don’t show up that that is a slap in the face of his fan base man and and and

It’s not on ownership it’s not on ownership not this time is it on the front office maybe a little bit because while they’ve made All the Right Moves 95% of the time the lack of Center depth and the fact that they went ahead and

And I get it for a peace of mind and the West kind of feel comfortable but I thought that giving him that fourthe option was really premature and they would should have spent this year EV valuing hit coach because when your players don’t care to the point where

They’re getting booted at home what does that tell you what does that tell you there’s no displine this locker room this locker room he he officially lost his locker room and I hate to say that I really because I like West I like West and I want to see him succeed but he’s

Lost the locker room he’s lost it and you have to look at a head coaching position at the end of the year if not sooner because this team is abysmal this team is probably one of the worst defensive and rebounding teams I’ve seen in DC since I I’ve been on this Earth it’s

Terrible it is terrible we were better defensively under Nick Young in being in DC we were better with javal McGee in DC we were better with kwami brown at DC at least they cared they may not have been the best players and in in in the position of Jamal javal McGee how many

How many rings does he have so I mean he’s put himself in the best position to succeed andri on contending teams so you can’t really throw no shade on him I mean this is there’s no effort at all no care in the world we don’t care you know

We’re just watching people shoot it’s just it’s it’s abysmal and in this team the city deserves better in my opinion so yeah this is another really bad showing so we’re gonna go ahead and get into a preview for Monday night’s game against the OKC Thunder SGA and Chad

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$100 so let’s get into the preview um beating a dead horse we know about effort and all the issues so let’s get in into the preview and I would actually be at the game on Monday night covering the team from the Press Box so definitely definitely appreciate all in

Love with um lockon Wizards gaining a lot more capabilities man me and my gu AR real Oliver we have a team press credentials so man we have a lot more um a lot more opportunity to get a lot more content for you guys definitely a lot more access to practices and shoot

Arounds a lot more access to press conferences before and after regular season games so we’re very excited because we can provide a lot more content to you guys a lot more perspective a lot more behind the scenes look at at the Washington Wizards man so definitely definitely but I will be

There so if you’re there definitely let me know on my Twitter handle which is below um and we can definitely do a meet and greet I would definitely like to meet you guys I’ll chop it up with you guys so again I will be at the game on

Monday night and definitely tune in because my guy the real Ed Oliver will be doing the live recap so definitely definitely come out and show support to my guy my boy because he will be doing a live recap after the game so getting into a preview for the Washington

Wizards game against OKC Thunder Man this is this is a starting five in Oklahoma City that this team’s going to challenge in the west now are they ready for a championship run I think they’re kind of like Minnesota where playoff experience shows and I think that their

Lack of experience is going to be the one factor that is going to going to keep them from winning a title but OKC man they’re on their way they have a nice Squad I mean rounding out to starting five obviously SGA man Shai gorus Alexander man um or gigas I’m

Sorry um SGA is a MVP candidate in my opinion he is a guy who definitely has to be top five in MVP votes man because he has been playing out of his world he has finally reached that All-Star level a superstar status I think the SGA is

Going to be a heck of us an assignment for tyus Jones and O Jord pool I think he he’s going to be a heck of because of his height his size his ability is he’s going to be a tough cover I’m looking at you know Josh giddy a taller two guard a

Guy who can cause problems matchup problems again Jordan P that’s gonna be a matchup problem I’m looking at Lou Dort a shorter player but a defensive 3 andd player a guy who’s going to give he’s going to be on I’m telling you right now he is going

To be all over the place so that’s that’s one match up that I go you know kind of getting to keys to development I think Denny because of height I think it’s a matchup that he needs to I want to see him be a lot more aggressive in

The offensive end definitely I think that due to height um with Denny being taller than L Dort I definitely think that it’s a really good match up for Denny but I want to see him drive I want to see him drive with confidence drive with Power Man definitely want to see

Him more aggressive driving the lane because I think is a very real match up now yeah L Dort is a three in0 guy who man who can lock down on defense but I think due to height I think that Denny has an advantage here and then rounding out Jaylen Williams and Chad hongren

This front Court versus ours is Chad hongren is going to test Gafford and we and and all do respect the Gaff man but this is a match where you could look prize picks definitely you know fanuel wherever you bet definitely bet on Jan hren getting 15 plus rebounds let’s be

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And with a team that is so bad at defense and a team that struggles on the perimeter defense a team that struggles in interior defense transition defense defensive rotations defensive communication I mean this team is going to give us the smoke man let’s be real so I’m not going to get into a

Prediction I think Oklahoma City is going to win this in an easy fashion um but a lot of lot of matchup problems on this team man I mean we’re gonna have a we have a fight ahead of us now a couple things I’m looking at looking at their

Second unit um Isaiah Joe Aaron W Wiggins Kendrick Williams and case Wallace you know I think our bench matches up well against SS I think this is definitely a game where I want to see bow definitely Drive the lane definitely do not be hesitant to shoot that jumper

I want to see a lot more aggression on the offensive fan I want to see that dog offensively from bow because defensively he’s got it offensively I think this is a game where he can eat I think this is a game where you’re definitely going to see our bench be the more productive

Unit in my opinion um looking at Cory kissper and let me get it out um B kabali so I definitely think the bench can definitely definitely match up well against OKC man so if they hope to keep this game close I think it starts with

Our bench I think Cory kissper this is a game where I want to see him definitely hit them shots man definitely be aggressive on the three-point line and you know bow definitely be a dog and um we’ll see Johnny Davis how many minutes but you know again two more you know two

Guys I think they they need to start giving minutes to especially after the deadline Eugene Amari and Jared Butler they have provided they have put in quality minutes every time they get minutes three to five minutes per game and they’re put in qual so I definitely want

To see more from them so um getting back into it guys um my prediction I think this is an easy easy win for the Thunder Over the Wizards at home in DC so um we’re going to go ahead and roll from there um definitely appreciate you guys man it’s

Gonna be a long year but look um me and my guy Ed man we are definitely definitely dedicated to giving you guys content man and definitely chopping up with you guys and keeping it positive right because we know it’s a rebuild it’s gonna be it’s G to be a a long

Rebuild but look here at lock on Wizards man we are here to rock with you guys and we ready for the Long Haul so definitely rock with us man we definitely appreciate you guys man because without you guys we don’t have the success we’ve had on this channel I

Mean this channel has grown so much um since I came on here and en jooin forces to become the best back court in DC with my guy the real dead Oliver and it’s been a pleasure definitely pleasure not only working with Ed but rocking with you guys every

Single day so definitely looking forward to the next time we do a video but again my uh my guy that real Oliver will be doing the live recap on Monday I will be at the game so again uh if you plan on attending the game let me know on

Twitter and we will meet and greet man and definitely chop it up so I’m gonna go ahead and call it there again uh the Washington Wizards do play OKC Thunder Monday night n DC so tune in show your support and let’s try to play hard man

Let’s try to get some effort out of these guys man so um lockone has launched the first ever National Sports 247 streaming Channel on YouTube lockone sports today is here for you 24/7 covering the top sports stories of the day with a look at Experts of the locked

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We have fun on here uh we are definitely hitting you guys up with the up to-date any transactions any news with the team and definitely live Recaps after the game um for 99% of the time uh usually Fridays we it varies and on weekends it definitely varies but most of the time

We are rocketing with you guys live after each and every mostly every regular season game uh on the on the podcast side if we earned it five star review is much appreciated so again appreciate you guys man so hell to the Wizards and peace see you guys later

Brandon breaks the Wizards loss to the New York Knicks. He also does a preview for Monday night’s game vs the OKC Thunder.

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13 Comments

  1. I just love the way Kuz is playing. Despite his questionable shot selection and ball hogging, something tells me that he's actually all in and he loves playing with Deni, Corey, Bilal and the younger players. That play in the second half where Deni told him to play the screen fake – chef's kiss. Ended with an and-1 too.

  2. Deni is the number 2 guy on the team. I don’t care.
    Poole did his thing in gsw but hiding behind hall of fame guys.

    About the evaluation.
    Deni bilal and Corey you know what you gonna get from them.

    Butler, Eugene, Rollins and pbj, run them.
    Trade kuz, try to trade Poole.

    Tyus jones, extend!
    He’s a good pg.

  3. most of the starting players ain't playing D.
    D.A & B.C who comes in as 6 man try. but the rest ain't. the second unit is trying but lack of a good rim protector with second unit is a problem. I would try switch gaff and M.M because m.m will spread the floor. and Gaff can complete a defensive second unit.

  4. the rebound problem is a discipline problem not an effort problem.
    Players need to box out. Gafford need to stop jumping for blocks when helping so he can box out and take the rebound if its out.
    there is more to it but thats the start. WUJ suppose to know that If I can see it and only played in high school

  5. Stats!!!! Dude did you even watch the game? Wizards made it close in the 3rd quarter but Knicks were just better. LOL

  6. Poole seems to never have checked in. Kisbert may be my greatest disappointment he has been inconsistent from the 3 this year. He is much stronger since last year and is able to finish at the rim, but again they need his outside shooting since Poole and Kuz are so inconsistent. It is not fair to ask more from him when one looks at salaries, but as a first draft pick more is hope for if not expected relatively. This is even more relevant to Bilal. I really got concerned when his defensive production began to drop. I'll have to wait to see how much stronger he will get over the next two years to see how I should be judging his development. Strength alone can make a big difference. Again Kisbert has the strength now but the consistency is still not as high as needed. These two especially will be costly to the franchise if they don't pan out, given the time invested in them. I was surprised to see him say Gafford was not hustling. He seems to be in better condition since the last month and hustling from what I can see – even scoring basket other than dunks.

  7. The good news is that the Wizards were more aggressive taking rebounds , the bad news is that they increased their turnovers, shot poorly and neglected their defensive assignments.

  8. I've been saying this for about two years now, but it has to be down the ineffective and ineffectual coaching. The front office can make as many trades as they like (and they've burned through a load of talent in the last two and half years), but we will still end up in the same position, that being a demotivated and clueless team who still look at each other on court like they don't know what they're supposed to be doing out there. As you alluded to, so many defensive assignments were missed, in addition to embarrassing turnovers off missed dribble hand-offs.

    Why we still persist in putting out the same starting line-up game after terrible game is symptomatic of the cluelessness. Why not try a new lineup? Why not let Poole come off the bench to run the second unit? Why not start Kispert and Bilal? Run the office to get Kispert pin-downs like the Clippers did the with JJ Redick, with Corey then able to go back-door, especially as he's better at taking it to the rim than Redick. Why not let Deni run the point? Try something new at least. If we got rid of WUJ now, there's a chance we could get Coach Bud or Doc Rivers who could at least give us a new lease of life and make the most of the players we already have. I don't want to see any more post-game interviews with WUJ with him looking confused and talking about the team's performance like it has nothing to do with him. It's bizarre.

  9. 3 thing. I really wanted Gafford to succeed but listening to you and seeing what everybody sees, my conclusion is that he is not nba player and to think that the wizards has no backup for him is truly a fuck up.
    second ..Jorden poole should not be in the startup five. kispert by all means need to start.
    third… i really admire you. some of the points that you bring are spot on and others open my eyes. thank you.

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