What to watch for in Minnesota Timberwolves Summer League Opener + Daishen Nix signs

What to watch for in Minnesota Timberwolves Summer League Opener + Daishen Nix signs

hello and welcome to another episode of lock on wolves today on the show it’s the Las Vegas summer league opener for the Timberwolves today we’ll talk about what to watch for what to expect from Josh Minot from Leonard Miller and also from the rookies this year and Jaylen Clark who we’ve never seen play what to expect what to look for from each of those guys plus the timberl F filled their final two-way contract spot and uh we’ll talk about that today as well welcome in you are locked on wolves [Music] you are locked on Timberwolves your daily Minnesota Timberwolves podcast part of the lockon podcast Network your team every day hello and welcome to the lockdown wolves podcast part of the lockd on podcast Network your team every day my name is Ben Beacon I’m the host of lockon wolves happy Friday everybody happy weekend happy Las Vegas summer league opener like hey it’s only been like five weeks since the aoll six weeks the Timberwolves played last and this isn’t the real Timberwolves but it’s still Timberwolves basketball there’s still going to be people on TV playing basketball wearing Minnesota Timberwolves jerseys kind of sort of practice jerseys whatever still a big day summer league kicks off we’re going to talk about that today among other things a big thank you off the top for making lockedown wolves your first listen every day of course this show is free and available everywhere that includes YouTube as well as all of your favorite audio platforms no matter where you like to listen to podcast you can find lockdown wolves you can also watch on the lockdown Sports Minnesota app on both Roku and Amazon Fire TV and you can follow on X at lockon T wolves and also at B Beacon with two B’s two e’s cken all right let’s cover some of the uh I don’t say minor news but I guess more relevant Timber’s news here off the top uh Anthony Edwards competed in the Team USA scrimmage on was it Wednesday night I think it was actually Wednesday night that he was in the scrimmage and uh played really well one of the best players on the floor certainly I think it’s going to be pretty interesting to see how much run he gets he’s still coming off the bench of course a nod to even in a lineup that started three guards I mean the the Team USA started Drew holiday Steph Curry and Devin Booker with LeBron James and Joel embiid now uh embiid fouled out in 12 minutes in this game and this was a uh you know a scrimmage um against a good a good opponent Team Canada is gonna be really good this year we talked about that the other day because Nick Alexander Walker’s on the team uh but like Curious to see how much ant plays remember last summer when he played for Team USA that was of course the uh it was the World Cup team it wasn’t the Olympic team it wasn’t exactly the same caliber of player and of course ant was coming off the bench to start that as well now things have changed over the last 11 months related to ant standing in the NBA so uh curious to see what that looks like I’m not saying for sure he’s going to start moving forward but that could change he ended up playing 19 minutes in the game and he scored uh I think 13 points yeah 13 points in the game five of eight on twos one of two on threes three boards an assist a steal a couple turnovers he had the buzzer beater before halftime so good game for ant with all the the talent on this team I mean like also Off the Bench you have Jason Tatum you have teres halberton like this is a obviously it’s an Olympic team it’s an incredible team you’re gonna have Kevin Durant playing minutes once things kick off here eventually in the Olympics so a stack team to be sure um even without the exit of Kawhi Leonard of course uh but interesting to see how much run ant gets and uh what that looks like as they get close to the Olympics I don’t have any hot takes on that other than uh it’s gonna be a lot of fun to watch Anthony Edwards be part of this caliber of team for Team USA uh also DEA Nicks signs a two-way deal with the Timberwolves the Timberwolves now have filled all three two-way contract spots they are full other than their final standard roster spot which they’re very likely to leave open and the PJ doer contract reported a little over a week ago was reporting partially guaranteed so in theory they could still add someone else and then ultimately wave doer or I guess anybody else but doer would be the most likely since he’s the only partially guaranteed contract for this season everybody else on the roster has been reported as or I believe is a full based on uh all the reporting that’s out there and and the numbers that are out there everybody has a fully guaranteed deal except PJ doer so if they really felt necessary to add a 15th or yeah 15th player they could and then if they wanted the roster spot still they could wave doer later they bought themselves a little bit of flexibility there but now the two-way slots are full too they’ve they have Jaylen Clark on year two of a two-year two-way deal they signed Jesse Edwards who we talked about a couple different times this week the center who played at West Virginia last year after four years at Syracuse uh big big uh Rim running role big he’s he’s on a two-way deal as an undrafted rookie who’s G to be 25 soon and then Dean Nicks is back as a two-way player and the Nicks thing is interesting to me and I’ve been critical critical is a strong word uh I I’m pretty I’m I’m pretty neutral on DEA Nicks like clearly there were some bench Vibes going on there and I’m sure that plays into him coming back and he brings a sort of attitude and Edge isn’t the right word he’s not on the floor enough to like truly bring an edge to the opponent but clearly there’s some there’s some bench Vibes some locker room Vibes there with daan Nicks and I mean like even even in the g-league last year when he played he was an inefficient scorer like my Cliff Notes on last year when they initially signed him to an exhibit 10 deal and brought him to training camp was he was one of my least favorite guys they brought to training camp because that’s what he is he’s a he’s a big body high usage low efficiency guard and well the Tim rolles and Tim Connelly certainly Lov their big guards I just wasn’t sure what he was bringing to the table other than high volume inefficient scoring and that’s kind of what he did in the G League last year too I mean he played 13 total g- League games he averaged 22 six and six which is great but he shot under 40% for the field and 24% from outside the arc he’s only 64% on free throws last year in the G league so I think he’s a better shooter than that and in limited NBA action he’s been a little bit of a better shooter than that but you go back and look what he did in two years with Houston at the NBA level certainly a younger player kind of the same deal so there’s a little bit of upside there still but it’s really more of a Vibes two-way signing there isn’t much at risk there for Minnesota and you know enough other guys have left I’m sure that that plays into it too some familiarity there and that’s kind of the luxury of having this third two-a spot you can have him there on the bench and it gives you an emergency backup point guard of course the Wolves only have two point guards on the roster with Mike Conley and Rob Dillingham that’s it they didn’t sign a third point guard they didn’t bring back mofin and bring back Monte Morris and their quote unquote third point guards are some combination of Anthony Edwards and N Alexander Walker and Joe Engles like those are the guys who are going to initiate the offense if dillingham’s not on the floor or if they want Dillingham to play off the ball a little bit more so it sense to sign Nicks remember last season the timber rules entered the season with only two point guards on their roster and Des Nicks only played rotation minutes in one game and that was that game in Utah when they had like eight guys that or maybe nine guys that suited up because of the goar got hurt cat was out it was like in late March I think it was and Dean Nick was fine in like I don’t know eight to 10 rotation minutes but regardless of whatever else happened even when Conley was resting like Dean Nicks wasn’t suied up and playing for this team last year maybe that changes this year but it’s so much more of a depth and Vibes signing than anything else I don’t I just don’t know that there’s a whole lot of upside there other than he’s going to give you some volume scoring and I do think he’s a better shooter than the 24% he shot in the g-league last year it’s only 16 games it’s a or 13 games it’s a relatively small sample um I think he’s a good enough shooter and again big guard big body he could do some things so I’m totally fine with him signing him it does kind of limit like now there’s in my mind and I could be completely off base here but I think having the open two-way was kind of an extra incentive in summer league to get the very best out of guys now at the same time if you’re not getting the best out of guys that are trying to for their NBA for their pro basketball lives to to get a spot wi summer league then maybe probably you don’t want them anyway if they’re not going to play hard but just kind of have that carrot like hey this this two-way spot could be open I mean remember that’s how Nas Reed was first signed was to a two-way that’s how Jordan mcgoffin was first signed both out of Summer League The Wolves then converted the nas Reed 2A into a a a partially guaranteed essentially a second rounders type contract that same summer M Laughlin it took him a season to get there but that’s how he got in with the team as well was a strong showing in summer league so I you know I think there could have been some benefit to leaving it open and we talked a lot about nadir Kei the other day um I like realistically he’s probably too raw to be at the NBA level and I actually think there’s some similarities I think higher upside version of desan Nicks frankly I think he’s a better shooter probably um but if you’re a Conference Finals team are you really looking looking for super high upside with your final two-way spot are you looking for depth pieces and locker room pieces and that’s exactly what de Nick should be all right next I want to get into summer league we’ll spend the rest of the time today on exactly that we’ll talk about what to expect what to look for from each of the timber wolves I’m going to focus specifically on the players that are on standard NBA contracts with the Wolves we’ll go through all five of those guys what to look for from them coming up here next today’s episode of locky wolves is brought To Us by our friends at eBay Motors passion drive and patience the formula for winning championships is also what keeps your ride or die alive eBay Motors has everything you need to maintain your vehicle and level it up to Peak Performance superchargers roof racks exhaust 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streaming 247 on YouTube or the free Amazon Fire TV channels app part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day all right so the tip rolls going into summer league they have five guys that will be playing actually now if you include Dean Knicks that I would consider standard roster guys two of them are rookies actually technically three of them with Jaylen Clark uh one was a draft pick last year one was a draft pick two years ago and then you also have the actually two two-way guys so Jesse Edwards and um well Jaylen Clark’s a two-way guy too so all three two-way guys but Jaylen Clark is also somebody who I would include as a regular roster guy because he was on the team last year then you have Jesse Edwards and DEA Knicks but I want to focus on those Five Guys Rob Dillingham Teran Shan and Leonard Miller Josh Minot and Jaylen Clark what to look for from those guys what are the timberl looking for what should we be looking for as we’re watching Summer League let’s start with a headliner that’s Rob Dillingham I I actually don’t know how much to take out of Summer League with Rob Dillingham because all the things he’s already really good at he like that fits in with how summer league Works he’s going to be good in transition he’s going to be good scoring the basketball he’s efficient and in the question marks are almost entirely on defense it’s weird like I’m that comfortable with his offensive game and he’s that good offensively we talked about this with Tyler meta of no celan NBA a couple weeks ago if he was two three inches taller he’s almost surely a top three pick if not the top pick in the draft this year uh the concerns are related to his defense and his size the size probably will not matter in this sum in Vel Vegas Summer League at least not significantly the defense I’m most curious about but it’s gonna be really hard to tell in the summer league opener over the course of four to six Summer League games what that defense is going to look like yeah he’ll probably play against some better athletes and some better backcourt guys uh than he saw in the SEC probably more athleticism maybe some more experience depending on who they play that I haven’t looked at the rosters of the opponents yet for summer league um it’s always kind of a fun surprise when you’re watching the timber wolves in summer league you’re like ah that guy’s on that team and then you look up the roster and it’s like three guys you remember from multiple summer leagues past or from playing small college basketball or March Madness or whatever uh anyway the defense is obviously the big question with Dillingham but we’re not going to learn a whole lot from Summer League I I’m looking mostly for feel and command which are things that he was very good at at Kentucky but the vibe changes a little from not a little a lot even from the SEC changes from college to the NBA it it the the vibe in terms of running a team changes that much so it well at the same time I would argue that the that the actual shooting and scoring ability well complicated is um not complicated well it’s it’ll be more challenging at the NBA level he’s a good shooter he’s going to be able to shoot the ball at the NBA level he’s crafty enough and to get his shot off he’s got good enough touch to get his shot off um so I I don’t really worry about that um and that’s not that’s not what I’m looking for because again I think he’s going to score the basketball what I would watch is how he runs the team again not the same thing in summer league but it’ be a good a good indicator if he’s able to kind of command the floor call plays know when to slow it down or push the pace in transition and just look really comfortable in all situations it’s the command it’s the feel it’s things that I’m confident he’ll be good at at the NBA level but I just want to see it I want to see it at the next step which is often disorganized kind of Helter Skelter yet competitive and and and you know difficult summer league play can he look calm cool collected and in charge in what’s going to be a again Helter Skelter kind of hectic environment that’s what I’m most curious to see with Dillingham he’s going to score he’s going to score relatively efficiently I think defense I’m not going to come out of this saying man he can defend in the NBA or or he has no shot summer league won’t do that for me but I will feel better or worse about how he commands the team as as the floor General as a point guard that’s what I’m watching for Dillingham uh Josh Minot he’s the player that I’m most excited to watch because I think he’s got the biggest swing of man this guy hasn’t learned anything or he can be the 10th man this year and has a shot to play real rotation minutes the the biggest thing for Min not I actually think it’s hard to tell in terms of feel I actually think he’s shown he’s played really well in summer league the past especially last year he had at least one 20 plus point game last season was getting the postgame interview on ESPN like I actually think Min not looked the part last year in summer league and I had some hope he would get some minutes last season during the during the season it didn’t end up playing out that way but if he continues to show feel as a cutter as and it’s weird because in summer league his role is not the same as it’s going to be if he gets on the floor with Anthony Edwards and Mike Conley and Carl thony towns and Rudy gobear this year and that’s what I always thought was a little bit weird like McDaniels three years ago they wanted to see him you know on the ball more do more stuff put the and like it was good for his growth and development and and obviously this will be for Josh Minot but they’re going to want him to be more aggressive offensively in summer league than he ever would be in the regular season for the Timberwolves if he’s ever on the floor as part of the rotation and the regular season for the Minnesota Timberwolves he’s the fifth option maybe the fourth option at best but he needs to show when he gets a catch a shoot three-point opportunity can he knock those down can he make the right choice to pump fak and drive to the basket can he finish through traffic and in transition through contact can he get to the line and make free throws is he active enough as a cutter off the ball when he is off the ball again he’ll get have the ball in his hands more in Vegas than he will in the regular season but if he excels in all these different areas he’s going to make his his case the big question for Min out is always the shot I in his career in the g- league over the course of last two seasons showcase cup plus regular season play he’s like I think he’s 34 for 101 from three so a shade under 33% or right about 33 % from three-point range that’s well below League average at this point in the NBA in limited limited limited action mostly garbage time at the NBA level he’s he’s a little better than that but he needs to show that he can shoot somewhere close to League average now McDaniel struggled to shoot that well last year but we also know the year prior he was about 40% so uh you know the the runway or I guess the at this point the opportunity for Min not has been limited and this is still a limited opportunity it might only be four games of Summer League Play but he needs to show that growth is he comfortable and confident shooting open threes no one’s asking him to shoot it off the dribble like Anthony Edwards no one’s asking him to handle the ball in the open floor much although that’s the other thing I’m going to look for is can he handle the basketball again he’s not going to have to do that very often in the NBA If he if he’s the 10th man this year he’s going to be out there for energy for defense for offensive rebounding for blocking shots help defense but if he gets the ball in the half court can he pump faking and get to the basket without dribbling the ball off his foot can he make the right pass swinging the ball in the perimeter to the open guy on the corner the decision- making some of those skills that are going to be vital if he is a rotation piece he needs to show those in Las Vegas and I go back to what I talked about last summer with him in college he had a steel rate that would have been the best in the NBA his block rate would have been a top 10 block rate in the NBA if you look at what he did in college and in g-league those numbers aren’t quite to that level the block rate’s actually close the steel rate isn’t but it’s it still be really good like his steel rate in the g- league would have ranked very highly on the Timberwolves last year so the knows for the ball the the the stocks he’ll he’ll get the activity level uh the do stuff ability as I like to call it it’s been a while since I’ve said that probably since I talked about mine out last summer um the those are the things that Tim wolves need out of a ninth 11th guy on the roster and he’s going to be that regardless but is he going to get minutes over teren Shannon Jr over Josh excuse me over uh Leonard Miller it’s kind of those three guys VY for that 10th spot in the rotation and there are 10 guys that play most nights especially early in the season go back and look for Denver last year and all the guys that were playing in November Julian Str and and um Zeke naagi and guys that were not playing in April and May but if these guys play if Min not plays well in summer league and he plays well in training camp and he plays well in preseason he gets a spot in the rotation when the season starts and then plays well then then he becomes kind of a staple of the rotation like he’s got a real shot at that and I still think he’s got that Brandon clarkes upside as a like a a do everything for that can guard some threes that can rebound like a five uh all of the above is is there for Josh minight he’s got to show some growth there and especially in addition to the field he’s got to knock down some threes in in summer league and look comfortable and confident doing it he’s got to maintain that level of activity though on the glass and defensively though too that’s also going to be really important all right we still have to talk about lard Miller we got to talk about jayen Clark we got to talk about teren shaneon Jr three guys to cover here what to look for from them what’s most important for them in summer league we’ll do all that here next today’s episode of lock die wolves is brought To Us by betterhelp Show sponsored by better help comparison is the thief of joy and it’s easy to to Envy other people’s lives it may look like they have it all together on Instagram or whatever your social media platform of choice is although Instagram certainly feels like it brings out the uh best SL worst in people in regard to comparisons in reality they probably don’t it’s a highlight reel right if you’re looking at people on social media comparing that to your life you’re looking at 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get to here still let’s go with Leonard Miller because he’s the other guy that was on the roster and and played I’ll be it sparingly last year Leonard Miller has all the tools and he was very impressed last year in the g- league and and showed and of course he spent the year prior in the g- league ignite remember he didn’t play college ball he’s from Canada played g- League ignite was drafted the second round by the Wolves was thought by many to potentially be a first round talent and last year improved all of his numbers the overall efficiency was down but he shot more threes and shot them better he just didn’t shoot as well from two-point range last year in the g- league as he did the year prior with the ignite um but improved his scoring averages shot 38% in regular season play and 33% from three in the Showcase cup and did a little bit of everything and the appeal with Leonard Miller is he’s got the size of a center at least the the length and the height of a center but he’s got the skill set of a of a point forward of a guard really and he can do really everything there’s there’s no real question other like the only real questions about him as a prospect are consistency that’s number one and it’s on both ends of the floor can he consistently do what everybody knows he’s capable of doing and that’s that’s one of the biggest proba with for any Prospect right but he literally has all the skills then the only other thing would really be building out his body making sure the frame uh is is strong enough to absorb NBA level contact consistently now he’s been playing professionally for two seasons it’s a it’s a much smaller number of games he’s played what he played 22 games total last year and like 36 the year before so if he’s ever going to be a rotation level player at the NBA or rotation player at the NBA level he’s going to play a lot more so building his body out is going to matter significantly when it comes to that um and there’s some you know Rumblings maturity wise too uh there’s some questions about maturity level and that goes along with the consistency some things that I’ve heard related to you know uh behind the scenes and some stuff like is he going to consistently uh show up every day put the effort forward take it all seriously and um and you know do do all the above plus the basketball side because the the tools are all there so I’m very curious to see if if he shows up I don’t want to say in terms of Summer League well I guess yeah taking it seriously like that matters like even though he didn’t play anything but garbage minutes at the NBA level garbage time minutes I should say uh he’s still coming into this as an NBA player like he played in the NBA last year he was a draft pick he’s an NBA contract he could approach it as a too cool for school type situation will he be take it seriously will he also be composed and not trying to do too much we saw that at times last year in summer Le which is understandable from a rookie I don’t want to take anything uh I I don’t want to be too harsh on him but he’s got to show that he’s ready to put it all together and he’s got a shot at that 10th Man role too I think he’s probably the least likely of the three of Min not teren Shannon Jr and Miller I think Miller is the least likely of the three to see actual rotation minutes just because he doesn’t like Minette has a a very clear skill set and path Teran Shannon has a very skill set clear skill set in path and we’ll talk more about him in a minute Leonard Miller is kind of a jack of all trades I don’t want to say he’s master of none because he’s pretty good at at most of them but you don’t necessarily know what you’re going to get and Terence Shannon’s a rookie but he’s he played five years in college and I think we know mostly what we’re going to get out of him or like what his floor is same thing with Josh Minot he’s been in League two years he was very raw coming in but you know he’s gonna give you energy defense rebounding and not a whole lot offensively Leonard Miller can do all everything all the things we’re talking about or aren’t talking about he can do it but what’s the like the floor is maybe lower than the other guys we don’t know exactly what that’ll look like at the NBA level because he hasn’t been given the chance he’s got to prove it in practice in summer league in preseason in training camp before the timberl give him a legit shot so this is one of those checkpoints for Leonard Miller can he be composed can he take it seriously can he do all of the things he can do consistently over the course of a very admittedly very short you know week to 10day window in in Las Vegas all right uh Jaylen Clark put simply like how is he going to move he hasn’t played basketball in a year and four months he tours Achilles in I think March or or late February of 2023 at UCLA could have been a lottery pick was the best point of attack defender in the NCAA That season and he has it like he played in he practiced with the g-league with the Iowa wolves very late in the season like right at the end of their season and he was cleared for full game contact about a week ago so what’s he going to look like when he gets on the floor in real game action how does he move and the bigger question for him longer term and I don’t want to overreact because he hasn’t played in so long but what will he be able to do offensively he was not a good offensive player in college can he develop as either somebody who can initiate some offense and get into the pain a little bit or can he develop a jumper which he did not have at UCLA so we’ll spend more time on that I think we’ll know a lot after we see him play this weekend um so but but put simply what does he look like after so much time off how does he knock the rust off I’m not going to come out of Summer League saying I’m not going to overreact either way with him although if he looks great off on both ends of the floor I may a little bit I’m not gonna overreact if he doesn’t because the Dude hasn’t played in almost a year and a half uh lastly Terence shanon junor I spent a lot of the show on Thursday on Terence Shannon Jr uh talked to Sunny Verma of locked on Eli about his two seasons at Illinois what he improved on and I’ve talked a lot about him in the last couple weeks he’s going to be really good in summer league because he’s a high volume score high volume three-point shooter a terror in transition I keep using that phrase but it’s absolutely true he’s going to dunk on guys he’s going to knock down threes in transition he’s going to get and ones although he does need to finish at The Rim the actual at The Rim percentage wasn’t outstanding last year at Illinois and he did get to the line a bunch um so like I didn’t watch Enough full games of him to know was he simply trying to draw contact that didn’t come so he’s throwing up circuit shots or is he’s struggling to finish their contact we’re going to find out pretty quickly summer league could be pretty handsy pretty physical these guys are all battling for their professional basketball lives and uh but I think for the most part this is kind of tailor made for a dude like Terence shanon Jr who’s Big physical athletic loves to shoot the three loves to get out in transition loves to jump passing lanes and get steals he’s going to look good I’m Not Gon to react too much either Direction with Taran shanon Jr either unless he just looks absolutely awful uh but this should be kind of in his Wheelhouse in terms of his skill set at the at well not just at the NBA level at any level this is this is what he does is play fast and wreak havoc on both ends of the floor score in bunches uh you know get pick sixes like that’s what he’s going to do in summer league it should be a lot of fun to watch so I’m looking forward to watching him then of course the two two away guys Jesse Edwards the big the center played last year at West Virginia four years at Syracuse and uh we talked about dish Nicks earlier those guys on the roster as well so uh the timber play today they play Friday at 4 pm that game is on I believe it’s on NBA TV I’m trying to pull up the schedule here uh no sorry ESPN 2 four p.m. central ESPN 2 on Friday then they play Sunday afternoon at 4:30 on NBA TV so on Monday’s show we’ll talk about my reaction and takeaways from wolves Pelicans summer league Friday wolves Pacers summer league Sunday that’ll be Monday show kind of not recapping but key takeaways from a two- game sample and then uh they play again Tuesday night and Thursday night next week so we’ll talk next week about what the overall schedule is but primarily going to be focused on summer league over the next week or so week plus um and of course the format is after the four games the top four teams play in the semi-finals they each play there’s two semi-final games and the winners play in Championship so the max number of games they can play is six the minimum is four uh Point differential Etc plays into and head-to-head record plays into whether or not they Advance into the semis which would be a week from Sunday all right that’s all we got for you today we’ll be back on Monday we’ll talk about the first two Summer League games on Monday show big thank you for making lockon wolves your first listen every day of course this show is free and available everywhere that includes YouTube as well as all of your favorite a audio platforms wherever you like to listen to podcast you can find lockon wolves you can also watch the lockon sports Minnesota app on both Roku and Amazon Fire TV and you can follow on X at lockon T wolves and also at B Beacon with two B’s to e cken a reminder that lockon has launched the first ever National Sports 247 streaming Channel on YouTube it’s also available on Amazon Fire TV and the free Fire TV channels app lock on sports today is here for you 247 covering the top sports stories of the day with the local Experts of lockdown 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The Minnesota Timberwolves open Las Vegas Summer League play on Friday. Ben Beecken (@bbeecken) breaks down what to watch for from the rookies and standard roster players the Wolves will have on the floor, including Rob Dillingham, Terrence Shannon Jr., Josh Minott, Leonard Miller, and Jaylen Clark. Plus, Daishen Nix re-signs with the Wolves on a two-way deal and Anthony Edwards plays well in Team USA scrimmage.

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