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Target On Our Backs?! Joe Mazzulla & The Celtics Are Ready! || Hold My Banner Ep.56

In this episode, we dive into a range of engaging topics. We start with a discussion on Joe Mazzulla’s confident remarks about the Celtics’ chances of repeating. His bold statement, "People are gonna say that the target is on our back, but I hope it’s right on our forehead in between our eyes,” prompts a closer look at the team’s outlook for the season.

We then preview the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 2024-2025 season, focusing on key players like Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Rudy Gobert. We assess their offseason moves, discuss their potential for making it to the Finals, and touch on the ongoing Rudy Gobert vs. Shaq beef. Plus, we explore the best bets for the Timberwolves this year.

In a fun segment, our hosts George Balekji and Ountae Campbell share some of their all-time favorite basketball movies, giving you a peek into their personal favorites. Did we miss your favorite?

Finally, we preview the exciting matchup between the Sun and the Aces. We analyze whether the Sun, with standout players like Alyssa Thomas, can secure a win, and how crucial this game is for both teams, especially with a potential Finals showdown featuring A’ja Wilson and the Aces on the line. Catch 'Hold My Banner' every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on NESN's Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Duration:
31m
Broadcast on:
06 Sep 2024
Audio Format:
mp3

In this episode, we dive into a range of engaging topics. We start with a discussion on Joe Mazzulla’s confident remarks about the Celtics’ chances of repeating. His bold statement, "People are gonna say that the target is on our back, but I hope it’s right on our forehead in between our eyes,” prompts a closer look at the team’s outlook for the season.


We then preview the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 2024-2025 season, focusing on key players like Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Rudy Gobert. We assess their offseason moves, discuss their potential for making it to the Finals, and touch on the ongoing Rudy Gobert vs. Shaq beef. Plus, we explore the best bets for the Timberwolves this year.


In a fun segment, our hosts George Balekji and Ountae Campbell share some of their all-time favorite basketball movies, giving you a peek into their personal favorites. Did we miss your favorite?


Finally, we preview the exciting matchup between the Sun and the Aces. We analyze whether the Sun, with standout players like Alyssa Thomas, can secure a win, and how crucial this game is for both teams, especially with a potential Finals showdown featuring A’ja Wilson and the Aces on the line. Catch 'Hold My Banner' every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on NESN's Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, and wherever you listen to podcasts.


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I'm doing good George can you tell me though really quickly he tell me about this stuff going on with the 76 because I know this is home for you bro so just talk to you about bro this is why I love doing shows with you you just you throw up the oop I throw it down like it's LeBron James I want to give a shout out Ariana and Doney on she's a female she's Armenian and she's now the vice president a player personnel for the 76ers. She goes back to the Houston rocket days with Darryl Maury as a scout on his staff and one of the very few if if if maybe the only female NBA scout in the league at that point but she's credited with identifying the T. Steibel for Darryl Maury and that's how he ended up getting to the league like she saw that spark in him and she was with him with the rockets once he went to Philly she's actually been with Zach Kleinman of the Memphis Grizzly since 2020 again really good front office lead really good eye for talent and NBA someone that knows how to lead a front office so she's coming with all this talent taken on a huge role with the 76ers hits home for me because she's Armenian I know the bigger thing is that she's a female in the significant role but we just see the growth in the game right it's started with pop and Becky Hammond it's now Ariana and Doney on I'm sure there are others on leaving off the list but I saw this headline come up I DM'd it to you right about it's my bro check it check it anytime for the folks listening for the folks watching you see an IAN or a YAN at the end of a last name there are Armenian I don't have one because I'm Lebanese from my dad's side with the last name but just to educate the folks I'm always going to put it out there that's a best thing to tell them so shout out to Ariana and Doney on and her new role with the 76ers I'm stoked am I all right now Jimmy Hardin's not there yeah I could root for the 76ers in Joel and B now yes right you got to stop calling them that bro but look all right you know I got the fresh phase George you know from the south and my Dominican brothers they got me right you know what I'm saying but where I'm from a fate is what you do with your fence hands up you know what I'm saying swing it whatever and it looks like Joe Missoula is going to catch a couple fates this year based off of his comments today did you see what he said bro yeah man shout out John Corral is getting this interview it's over on lockdown Celtics John's a good dude obviously has a good relationship with Missoula but he hopped on and they had a good combo like talking about a lot of different things like his relationship with his wife what it is like right now the parade denting Larry Obitrovi the quote from Missoula was great day and you sent this to me people are going to say that the target is on our back but I hope it's right on our forehead in between our eyes that's Joe Missoula the psycho for you that is the guy and I was hyper critical of them all playoff run all to the regular season but for a Celtics team that cruised through the regular season and cruised through the playoffs matter of fact end of the day the job the priority job of NBA head coach is can you get guys to show up it sounds so dumb it sounds so simple but these are the best athletes in the world they're developed at this point especially if you have a star-studded pack team like the Celtics Tatum Brown Holiday White Porzingis list goes on and on you don't got to teach these guys basketball can you get them to buy in a to what you're doing on defense and his offensive system which they love shooting that many threes and be can you get them to lock in especially for a playoff run that things never got dangerous things never got cute the only time they lost a game throughout the postseason Tay was opponent was unconscious from three Celtics when cold from three it's as simple as that so like this I love it's going to grab people like our Missoula is back here he's going again but this is the psycho Joe Missoula that is an NBA champion and this is the psycho head coach the Celtics need if they want to repeat we talk all the time about second apron new CBA coming how long is this core together Joe Missoula is going to be a key reason why they repeat so I love this quote tell you what did you think of that bro yeah I thought the quote was great as well like you said number one job for NBA head coach is motivating you know I mean a number two job is just managing egos you know I'm saying that's pretty much your job as an NBA coach and with this quote that's all he's doing is motivating is guys because I've been on teams like that right where your coach comes into the locker room and he says something like that and it's just like yeah you know what I mean sir hit your chest you getting all excited you know it's just how it goes so I love this quote from a Zula is going to make sure that his team and he's as excited as he is to play this upcoming season to repeat we saw from Tatum and Oche bersettes that he's locked in ready to repeat he's already talking about how he's not putting a ring on his pinky finger because he's gonna save it for the next one you know so these guys are locked in and Joe Missoula just embodied that with that quote so I love it as well it's just big of and even hear that from Tatum because you know we're my like I have to think of like what could go wrong it's not what does the Celtics team need to do right to repeat we've seen it they just be them and they can repeat my worry is how did Jason Tatum take this off season as he rests on his laurels he wins as a relief as he attack at just as hard we saw for Jalen Brown back in the pool back doing those underwater workouts best thing to happen to JB was getting snubbed from Team USA I hope it comes back with a vengeance in four years for Spain, Canada, France whatever but that is what motivated him but to hear Tatum say something like that like they have to lock in and whatever they did in the off season leading into the regular season however they approach the regular season day to day you got to do that again you got to do that if not more because as Missoula is saying it the target is right between our eyes it's going to be even harder as talented as they are as deep as they are as just all around elite as they are on all levels of basketball targets going to be bigger going to be between the eyes to hear from Tatum to see it from Brown what they've been doing that's what's big end of the day man we know the the ownership of the Celtics keep swirling these guys don't care because they know it's right effing now to repeat before that second apron and every Peter tax comes knocking tight it's real it's real this year that's what I love about this season come up in the NBA before stuff gets real with a second apron it's a hard cap it's not soft it's hard as the owners ask for an office peeps this is the last go for the Celtics to repeat they need to do it now for sure all right let's talk about a team out West that could compete against the Celtics and the NBA finals this year the Minnesota Timberwolves they're the team that's up for our NBA preview George how do you feel about the Timberwolves upcoming season man I'm excited to see this one I want to see the jump that we get from Anthony Edwards on time because we saw what he did of carrying that team being on the spot wanting the ball in his hand late in games and just honestly having like the sports world in the palm of his hand which bled into the Olympics but we saw his legs run out like he just simply didn't have any more juice towards the end cool bet going to the off season how do you hit the weight room how do you hate conditioning how do you come back to get your body through an 82 game regular season and then win 16 games in the post season because that's what it's all about and however long that can end up taking as well I'm excited I look at this team and when you do think about it you go what can they be they could be western conference champions I wouldn't be shocked at all it's because of Anthony Edwards it's because of how they attacked the draft as well getting a Tarrant Shannon junior trading after he's drafted for Rob Dillingham a guy we both love we were like yo we wait cuz it was San Antonio right we're like the Spurs got him with wemby yeah look let's get and then they traded him to T wolves I'm like why would San Antonio do that but I love that the T wolves did that because that's a shot creator a slasher and an NBA ready guard to play off of Anthony Edwards the question is man and this is where the red flag is with this team you got to go through green flags you got to go through red flags it's just like when we're on dating apps around Boston right I'm two years retired though luckily what is the red flag with this team right what's the red flag with it to go to the NBA finals it's too Rudy go there and Carl Anthony towns I love what Ant-Man pulled out of Carl Anthony towns to breathe confidence into him but they hold it back and it's because of how big their cap hits are and how they're already over the second apron like if it doesn't happen now and they have to break things up it's going to be because of those two too like it's it is it's for every team but it is the window is right now before it could shut for this creation of the timbre wolves yeah the window is now like you said the it's a gonna go on Carl Anthony towns it's gonna go on Rudy go bare but everyone got paid George everyone got paid so their window is super super short even though we're there a young team you talked about Rob Dillingham you talk about Terrence Shannon there are guys that are going to help them out in the future and it's going to be there for forever but Rudy may not he might have to get moved on. Kat may not he might have to get moved on eventually because everyone got paid they got paid ain't got paid McDam got paid everybody gets paid in Minnesota and when you got 75 owners and we don't know who's on in the day and on in tomorrow you know what I mean type of situation with a small market team that second apron is scary as heck you know what I'm saying so you got to be a team that has to go out there and win right now and I think they did that with it in the draft like you said that's what they went in got guys who are going to bring instant offense because we you know as an NBA fan you and I know that them losing Carl Anderson was a huge loss for them this offseason you know what I'm saying huge so if these two young guys can come in and kind of add to their team and be good players immediately that would be fantastic the you know you would pat the GM on the butt tap coach fits on the back of the back and say hey man you guys did that you know so they're really going to have a tough time because there's timeline is so small for a team that's just now starting to figure it out but man you get to meet at in February asked me then like hey hey do you think this team is a finals team if they're sitting there like 4045 wins I'm gonna look at you and say hey George this team is legit you know what I'm saying so we'll see I'm not I'm not afraid to speak finals with this team I'm afraid to speak finals with the nuggets like as crazy as it is I hate the nuggets offseason you know what the T wolves did with their off season but you're right I mean you lose slow mo is a guy whether it's been with the timber wolves with the grizzlies with the spurs just to name a few of his stops he's always been a significant piece Sharon Shannon Jr. a little smaller he is he does have a big build but he's not as long as Kyle Anderson at least he has it on both ends of the floor like a good defender at Illinois a good offensive player at Illinois as well and dealing him we know can get downhill and get buckets different but I feel like tired Shannon can help fill would not do it himself can help fill that Kyle Anderson void because you get into the postseason guys like slow mo matter what I'm excited for they brought my boy Nas Reed he's still there my boy from Jersey who is huge especially matching up on the perimeter brings that shooting as a he's tall but a thinner forward where he could play that five that four but match up and defend people on the perimeter you could trust him there any can shoot I love Nas Reed it's interesting how they can replace Kyle Anderson but they got 82 games in the regular season to figure that out I'm not worried about this team first round second round I think this is a team western conference finals floor finals ceiling am I able to say NBA champion yet no because the Celtics loom on the other side but if they get into the finals I wouldn't be shocked yeah definitely not ready to say NBA champion because I the way the Celtics look like they are prepared it looks like it's already a done deal you might as well give Tatum is pinky ring right now George I don't you know really like any of the best that I've seen I think I kind of like hitting the over 52 and a half wins this season for the temper walls but I'm not really sold on that one just yet are there any bets from this team that you like Anthony Edwards MVP 13 and 1 I mean it's a narrative award right tell you know Kitch and Donchitch and the three best players in the league right now the SGA is about to come up and get into that combo I think the Nuggets do fall off of the back-to-back long seasons it had including the Olympic run by Nicole Yokech Donchitch I just don't know what will get from him Janice could be the wild card and come out even more motivated than ever and being back to be the effing dog that he is but Anthony Edwards is the eye that is just like the diamond in the eye of everyone that watches the NBA's most charismatic guy the league loves him writers love him he's so good that because of the narrative oh yeah and he's in a lead baller bro at 13 to 1 I think that's a really good number on Anthony Edwards I would be surprised if he wins MVP because I think it would be an SGA Aluca maybe a honest or Tatum answers a combo maybe a Jalen Brunson plays party record because of the Knicks but again I'm thinking narratives 13 to 1 for a great narrative like Anthony Edwards I do like that yeah you know what I just thinking of and I haven't looked at the numbers right I would kind of like to see what the numbers are for Go Bear winning Deep Boy again you know why because we talked about disrespect and being locked in and all that other stuff we talked about the disrespect that Tatum and Brown saw you know throughout the off season with Team USA and all of that stuff this summer Rudy kind of have the same you know what I mean he had disrespect coming from France he got bench he was supposed to be their best player we know when he is but he's supposed to be their premier best player on their team right he's coming off the bench for them later in the second half of that Olympic run and then on top of that today Shaq is over here on complex talking about oh Rudy Go Bear is the worst player of all time and all this other stuff and Go Bear basically was hitting the rich home and quad and he got no problem make you feel some type of way I'm shining you know me will make the type of work you know what I'm saying so recipes rich over quads have to get that without but you know Go Bear is over there basically saying why are you pocket watching bro like you mad cuz I'm making money you mad cuz I'm shining like stop doing that so it seems like he's disrespected and feels disrespected and if he comes locked in like we know Tatum Brown are going to be this summer after this summer he could be a guy that wins Deep Boy over win beat again this episode is brought to you by Microsoft Azure turn your ideas into reality with an Azure free account get everything you need to develop apps across cloud and hybrid environments scale workloads create cloud connected mobile experiences and so much more discover what you can create with popular services free for 12 months learn more at azure.com that's A Z U R E dot com and sign up for a free account to start building in the cloud today I'm not afraid to talk about that yeah I'm not afraid to talk about an all NBA guy but no when we talk to the go bear he's been disrespected in the past does this light it up even more I hope so end of the day I know that a game may be a series clincher it comes down to if car, I think towns can show up and that's what I'm afraid of mentally I know what Anthony Edwards will bring for entire post is mentally physically all of that but I just don't know what we will get with cat and go bear so much the same thing but he does his role and he does it well all that money he gets on me like road shack I paid he's worth so much if he was around today he would get dog like Zion for out of shape is Kobe wants to kill him for that I was hesitant to say that I don't want to go as shack I love him but like that's a fact so for him to do it now it's like bro look who's talking like oh you're perfect you ain't got no flaws come on now yeah I feel that all right George I want to ask you about this man I want to know your top three basketball movies of all time George I even got a ring we'll start from we'll start from three we'll go to one oh okay and I'll give you tell me your three first I mean your first your third place yeah I'll go three yeah yeah and then I'll give you my third place movie I'm gonna go three I'm just gonna go like Mike Brown such a good movie it takes me back to my childhood I think that's all the time I was between here and above the rim but like I didn't watch above the rim until last few years like Mike grew up watching it anytime it's on you know it's wholesome right it's nothing crazy but with Bow Wow starring in it gets the shoes or the magic loses on and at the end he gets adopted with his best friend man I'm just gonna cry talking about it so it's not the best basketball movie but for me it's my number three I go I go like Mike that's all right okay and for me I know mine is probably not the best basketball movie ever either number three I gotta go with the one with Anthony Edwards as Kermit and he's sitting there and he goes oh that's your daughter up there oh is that her mom oh oh okay I see what's going on here yeah hustle man hustles a great movie I love Adam Stanley he makes some great movies bro hustle is hilarious it has some great moments and it has some heartfelt moments in it as well too you're on the edge of your seat hoping that this kid gets drafted or gets a chance to you know join an NBA team so hustle was a great thriller bro I know it's not the best but it's one of my favorites you know it hits on the heartstrings it's kind of like click like it's Adam Sandler movie again but it's like click meets sports of like you just feel in your heart especially at the end he finally answers that call to get on NBA bench and he matches up with his boy who he helped to get to the league so I love that my two this is tough between my one and my two but my two it's going to be a white man can't jump now I know I said you watch above the rim until recently I watched white man can't jump like I think I was like 11 12 years old first time I saw that the cast let's just talk about the cast Wesley Snipes Woody Harrelson Rosie Perez I was someone that was madly loved with Gloria growing up I still am to this day when I watched that movie bro Gloria isn't all time but I just love the entire plot of the movie where their butting heads they hate each other but they need to get out of trouble they're using each other to hustle and even I think one of the best cameos I've ever seen in a movie is a guy that's from your area from LA Marquis Johnson in that scene where the play pickup they hustled they're getting the argument he goes that's it I'm going to my car I'm getting my gun I'm showing everybody's ass and they dart out of there Marquis Johnson to this day is a legend for executing those lines I just love white man can't jump in and the soundtrack everything they finally play one on one at night and like that side like just deserted lot but there's a hoop in it dude I just I love it and then they finally get Gloria on jeopardy and she gets him out of it I that's such a good movie white man can't jump for me bro yeah man that's a great movie white man can't jump look I can't lie to you the remake with Jack Harlow I'm not going I'll never watch no I don't care to watch it you don't touch that movie bro you don't touch that movie trash man Wesley Snipes yeah definitely a great movie bro for sure alright for me another one that I love is just he got game bro it's number two for me because number one holds near and dear to my heart which we'll get to but he got game Jesus shovels worth bro you don't understand how bad I wanted to be Ray Allen growing up as a kid like Ray Allen was the guy because of that movie bro and it's a freaking Spike Lee movie with Ray Allen and Denzel Washington what more do that ask for you know what I'm saying and then Rick Fox comes in when he goes to on the college visit and he's acted all swab and chillin out like bro this movie is hilarious it's got all of my favorite people in it you know it was just it was a good movie bro I probably shouldn't have been watching it when I was watching it I was watching it at like 10 years old but like a bad that movie is undefeated undefeated I agree you're gonna love my number one it's he got game bro same thing I watch it well before I showed up and yeah I bet like you were good at hooping like your whole life but when you watch those recruiting like when he's going on recruiting visit scenes you're like I want to go play college I just want to go on the visit everyone through a busier way I just love the casting Denzel's elite in that role I mean it's Denzel bro like obviously but Ray Allen to go from the court into that role and play the way he did and even the characters like big time willy trying to like pry him off and get him to go to his side like just the way it was cast and it's a Spike Lee joint white man he got game excuse me that's my number one no doubt about it I can't wait to hear your number one then Number one you know this about me George I went to the University of Texas El Paso which used to be called Texas Western who won the 1966 NCAA championship and men's college basketball and when they did that they were the first team to win a national championship and also to start an all black starting five in college basketball so I absolutely love that story my movie that I love is Glory wrote it kind of brought that story to light for me but if you haven't seen that movie it's a hilarious movie it's heartfelt it's got some great moments of you know it's Disney-ified so it's like the stories are you know blown up a little bit but you know I have the opportunity of playing at UTEP Willy Cager came to all of our games I made sure I dapped him up before every single game that we played and that I played at the University of Texas El Paso at home having Willy there learning knowledge from him before he passed away man it was just a special opportunity to get close to somebody that I looked up to growing up as a kid just you know helping pave the way for guys like me to have basketball as an opportunity as an outlet for us to express ourselves and be you know good human beings and use the game to do more it was just such a great feeling to be able to meet him and meet guys around that team and playing the Don Haskins Center and you know all of that type of stuff so I love Glory wrote it's not the best basketball movie ever but man I sure do love it I quote it all the time so my boys know show them how to make a layup slowly mose is way you know that makes a little regular over the hand layup or whatever and you know they're like nah I gotta do it with style coach you know so yeah I love that movie it doesn't have to be the best as to be the best to I think all those reasons are great that's also saying it was above the ramp coach Carter Glory Road those were the three that was like I want them but yeah man what it means to you and I agree the message is amazing I didn't know Utep used to be Texas Western I get why they rebrand you don't want to be a directional school as I say I think Utep is fire as hell well that's really cool to know that Texas Western is now Utep I had no idea yeah it is it is alright George look we don't have that much time left we'll get to a stop me when in a later episode because I know you really want to talk about the player that we got to get to I really want to talk about something that's important to us right now the sun faced the aces to night alright to team that could match up in the WNBA finals if the aces happen to get there because I'm already claiming that my son are getting there George how important is this game for these teams tonight I mean both it's huge we know the run that Asia Wilson's been going on but for the sun I mean this is it like the son of a deeper team but then the aces have the best player in the league and of course she's got some great teammates with her it's just so hard to pick I want to go aces just because I want to go with the best player in this matchup with the CT son come in and upset the aces in this one by the way that's a game with the one and a half point spread so that just shows you how tight these two teams are and the sun have been hotter as of late winning five of their last seven so they've been getting it right I think this game is huge and you mentioned I mean it's a finals preview this is what's great for the league we see the teams have clinch playoff spots both of them obviously have but these are the games that find tuners before you get into the postseason of how ready are we what's a taste of what we get I'ma go with white T wearing Asia Wilson I'ma keep it simple I like the aces in this matchup I just gotta go with the best player but it's tough the sun are that good with the Wanna Bonner and everyone else they bring to the floor yeah son at home I'm taking the sun on this one look the aces have been struggling throughout this season and it's crazy to say that oh they're struggling and they're fourth and the tired WNBA but they have a super team they got the Avengers just like playing team USA basketball whenever you play the aces they had like four ladies on the USA team this summer there's no excuse for them to be this bad especially when Asia is playing out of her mind I mean she's literally leading the league and scoring since the Olympic break she was carrying team USA with Brianna Stewart she's just been having a fantastic season and like you said she's winning her white tees because she's coming in locked in but the sun are just been unbeatable basically since the break as well Marina Mayberry she's been coming in and just lighting the floor up and giving them that scoring kick that they really really needed on a consistent basis the Wanna Bonner you know what she does she's scoring a basketball you know what Alyssa Thompson is doing you know what a DJ Nae Carrington is bringing to the floor she's locking everybody up one of the greatest defenders in the WNBA I think the sun are gonna come out because they also have to play the aces again before the season ends before we get to playoffs I think they're gonna come out on their home court try to make a statement coming off a loss of the Seattle Storm that they were not happy about they're gonna be locked in and they're gonna go at the aces from tip to finish you know what I mean they're gonna be locked in so I'm excited to see this matchup I don't even know what I'm gonna have to do split screen or something NFL on this screen sun on this screen because this is gonna be a good one I love what smart is I mean the NFL is going like gonna have the game on Peacock which is so dumb WNBA is just gonna be accessible on ESPN throw it throw on that game people are gonna be shuffling and you know what good for the WNBA I mean the audience continues to grow the sport continues to grow it's gonna be an awesome arena being a Mohegan son and guess what everyone's gonna be looking for this game on Friday be like oh wait I can't watch it boom throw on ESPN everyone's gonna be watching that one I like it we're head to head on this one right I just love that it's just tough for me to bet against Asia Wilson but that's when I look at the Sun I said it's a start like the Sun are so deep they have so much talent I'm not gonna be shocked if the Sun lose Sun excuse me if the Sun win on Friday I won't be shocked at that and it's a great appetizer before we get into the main course of the playoffs yeah 100% alright George that's it for us bro wrap this show up man wrap it up man it was good to bring it on hey I'm gonna wrap it up with this quick story I got for you you talked about your fate off the top I want to let you know the summer that we met summer 2015 I'm living in LA for an internship of Fox Sports 1 right I'm taking an Uber ride I forget where I was going but I see some guy just pop out of a barbershop sickest fate I've ever seen I was like all right put a pin down in my phone week later I'm like all right I just got to go get a cut I don't want to do walk in five six chairs of older Hispanic men and women like I'm saying like the youngest barber in this spot had to have been 50 men women grandma's grandpa's mom's dad's whoever they were I went to every single chair there's like five or six chairs in here because I would just go in no appointment every fade I got a was the greatest fade I've ever had outside of my boy drew who cuts me here in Somerville that's how LA gets you right and the biggest catch of it all bro it was like 11 bucks for the fade $11 I bet the price still holds right now my man that's crazy bro I but you're right like I back at home go to this guy and Christina 20 bucks old hat mom and pop type shop you know what I mean he's got like three chairs in there they got like half salon in the back bro but every time consistent knows he's going to be on time he's always giving me good wisdom regular barbershop talk he's talking to me about a man you think take them got it you think you know due holiday is this you think I'm a man you know what I'm saying this is great time you chop it up you walk out of there with a smile and your wall is happy as well and so is your cut man you're cutting you know your cut is fresh so yeah bro shout out to the l.a. barbers man if I'm ever in LA need to come I'll go right to your guy he's on take Campbell I'm George Bilecti this was hold my dam banner enjoy your weekend 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