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The Importance of Defending Elite Talent

I'm willing to lean into it if that's the kind of talent we're playing with. The best players make themselves useful on defense in the biggest games. I almost want to see scoot with Simons in Lohler just to continue the legacy, almost like in a succession of of a Star Wars movie. It's going to be use of Nerkits playing the two effectively because you just don't have it. If you're looking at the actual components of it, there's no way in the world they could trade for a star and still be good.

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