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Mar 2020
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Say What?! | The Sultan Speaks

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About this episode
On today's Say What?!, Tas and JD act out recent conversations had by NBA broadcast teams that may or may not have happened. It's up to Skeets, Trey and Leigh to guess whether the discussions were real or fake. Today's ep. features the fantastic broadcast crews of the Nuggets, Hawks, Clippers, 76ers, and Bucks.


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