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Welcome to Toffy TV, it is the ever news daily. Brazilian superstar Caca has praised Carlo Antialotti and said he's the best coach he ever played for. Caca, who won the Champions League with Antialotti while playing for Milan, was speaking about the Blues boss and said his man management is what sets him apart from other managers. He said he's good tactically, but his man management is brilliant. He makes everybody feel important and involved even though in a 25-month squad only 11 players can play. He said this is why for me he's the best coach I ever played under. Again, you know, Caca is just the latest in the long line of people who've played under Antialotti. He praised the Everton manager and hopefully he can get the best out of the squad. He's not even been at the club for a year yet and hopefully Everton will continue to improve with him in charge. Everton today being linked with a move for bio-leave-occusion winger Leon Bailey. The 22-year-old winger has been an excellent form for leave-occusion so far this season. He was linked with Everton in the summer when the fee was around £25 million. I personally think Everton should have took him definitely in the summer. He'd be a fantastic addition to Everton. He's exactly what Everton need, left-footed, good player, tenor pace, great age. He's also been linked with Tottenham Manchester United as well today. The report in the mail saying that, while he was £25 million in the summer, leave-occusion may be asking up to £36 million now for him, but for me it's still a fantastic deal if Everton could go for him. So, fingers crossed on that one. Nigel Martin has praised young Everton striker Ella Sims and tipped him to make the breakthrough into Everton's 13 within the next 12 months. He said he has all the attributes, six foot one, bit like Dominic Calvert-Lewin. He may be another year off at the moment before becoming a regular starter. He needs to be off the bench as a substitute for the last 25 minutes to just get himself used to playing at that level. He's a striker who's as comfortable finishing in the 90th minute as he is in the first minute and have another real gem on their hands. So, I mean, Sims has been sub-as in here a few times, hasn't got on the pitch in a first team game as yet, but, you know, certainly if he carries on in the form he's been in for the 23s, then hopefully Auntie Lottie will look at him and maybe make him part of the squad. But he's got to improve his all-round game, of course, he has, but like Nigel Martin says, that he's got the attributes to make himself part of Everton's first team squad. And finally, Anthony Gordon has today been linked with a January loan move away from Everton. Gordon's exclusion from the first team squad has surprised a lot of Evertonians so far this season. And Auntie Lottie's not really used them much. He came on at Southampton, but hasn't really had much of a sniff since then and reported now saying that a lot of championship clubs aren't allowed to take the 19-year-old on loan in January for the rest of the season. We'll have to wait and see whether that is the case. Obviously, we've also had likes of Bernard tipped with an exit as well in January. So, I'm not sure whether Evan will be prepared to let Bernard and Gordon go out if nobody's coming in, but to watch the space on them. That is it for the News Daily. Make sure you subscribe.  And if you want more videos, including daily live shows, join us on Patreon. See you later.


Thank you. Good afternoon. How's everybody? Has everybody heard of gaps? Just a few of you. All right, fantastic. So Dr. Trinklein is absolutely right. One of the things that we're really trying to do as we work with producers across the state is educate them about the steps that they can take to reduce the possibility of microbial contamination to specifically fresh fruits and vegetables. So anytime you hear about gaps or sometimes called GapGip, GHP, good agricultural practices or good handling practices, we're really talking about a USDA program. Now gaps is a food safety certification program for producers and producers of fresh fruits and vegetables. That's not to say that there aren't other food safety certification programs that are out there. In fact, there are probably seven that are commonly used across the country. And typically those are used by larger growers who are selling into probably much larger wholesalers than what typical Missouri fruit or vegetable producers selling into. So having said that, I've worked with producers who have pursued gap certification as well as producers who have pursued those other third party certifications which for the record do tend to cost a little bit more than a USDA gap audit. And it's important to point out that the gap audit or food safety audit is something that's voluntarily undertaken by a producer. Now you may not necessarily be volunteering to do it, because perhaps the wholesaler or the entity that you're selling into in some instances farmers markets may require that you have some sort of food safety certification. So if that's a requirement of your outlet then you should probably better volunteer to do it, right? But there's not anything legislatively mandating producers of fresh fruits and vegetables to pursue this sort of third party audit verification. Yet, so that may happen. We're not exactly certain what the food safety modernization act is going to look like whenever it comes out. But we are keeping on top of what that's looking like, what that process is looking like. That law was actually supposed to come out in January and we're still working on what that might look like. For the time being it is a voluntary program. And so I'm not going to talk about those other proprietary certification programs, but just know that they are fairly similar to what the USDA's GAPs program is. And the USDA's GAP program is based off of the FDA's Guide to Minimizing Microbial Contamination to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, which is a publication that's available on the FDA's website. And if you are fortunate enough to navigate the USDA's AMS website to find the GAP stuff, it's also posted there as well. So what is it? It's a quality assurance tool. It's really a way for communication to, for producers to communicate to the people that are buying their product, but it works really between all the players. And certainly there are more players in food distribution, particularly as we start talking about international food supplies than what's just shown here. But for the purposes of this presentation, I think this kind of illustrates for the most part what we're talking about. It's a quality assurance tool that really allows for farmers to communicate to the people that are buying their products, that they're taking steps to at least reduce the chance of microbial contamination to the food that they're producing. So if you are certified, then there's at least that knowledge that your consumer or the individual that you're selling to is aware that you're doing at least some steps to reduce the threat of contamination. But it also works the other way. So it's a way for distributors to know that the food that they're buying and aggregating in their warehouses has been produced with those same thoughts in mind. And of course it works further just from the consumer standpoint. So where does the demand for all of this come? Currently it's right here. So and there are a few direct to market markets that do require some level of certification. But for the most part people who are pursuing gap certification or any other food safety certification are doing it because they're selling to a wholesaler or a large retailer who says we're not buying it unless you can prove to us that you're certified. And so right now that's kind of where we're at. But having said that, well and we'll have a slide about this later on, there are things that go along with good agricultural practices that we should all be undertaking on our farms. And we'll talk a little bit about some of those specifics as we go. When you look at the gap certification program there's a number of parts. In order to pursue certification or to get certification doesn't matter what you're doing. You have to do the general question. So this is just kind of the canopy question. General questions have to be completed by anybody who's pursuing certification. And then really like the first three are generally what we see producers in Missouri going for and in many cases it's just the first two. If you have a packing facility certainly you're going to be interested in part three. But then there are a number actually there's I think about a year ago there were more wholesale distribution centers or terminal warehouses that were sort of the gap certified than there were farms in Missouri that were gap certified which I thought was interesting. So everybody has to do the general questions but you get to choose which ones beyond that. So you may choose parts two part one two and three or maybe just part one and two as a producer. So the general questions this is kind of what they go after. They look for the implementation of a food safety program which means that you've developed a food safety plan and we'll talk a little bit about what a food safety plan is but understand that in a 20 minute presentation we're not really going to get into too much of that. And to be fair I usually give this presentation over the course of about three and a half hours. So look me up if you want to come to one of those. So one of the things about the food safety plan is one of the first things that it does is it identifies an individual on that farm that's going to be responsible for the implementation of that program which means that that individual is going to have to be intimately involved with the development of the plan and know exactly what steps are being taken so that so that they can make ensure that the things that need to be logged on paper are getting logged on paper. Every single part the general questions part one two three four and five include a feature for traceability. Traceability used to be its own part the part of its own but they actually decided that they're just going to eliminate traceability and incorporate it into every single part that exists in the audit. And for the general questions the traceability bit really boils down to you know you have to have a procedure in place and that procedure is going to be a part of your food safety plan and you'll also have a documentation indicating that annually you have successfully conducted a recall.  Can you identify where this product is if it's still on your floor or in your kitchen wherever it might be and if they can successfully produce it because if you labeled it appropriately then you've successfully conducted a mock recall. Another huge thing and this is really this is really the nuts and bolts of the certification is worker health and hygiene. So there's a couple of things that we really focus on there and hand washing is one of them from a worker health and hygiene standpoint. So you know that's you and me and anybody else that's on the farm but any employees as well as any visitors that might be around on the premises. So that really means that you have to have signage in the restroom so we've all seen those in the restaurants that we go to. It's just a continuation of that kind of protocol. So let's talk about number one part one the farm review there's a number of things and this is probably one of the more difficult or the more lengthy aspects of the audit or of the food safety plan to go through. You have to identify your water source and identify how you use it so you may have multiple uses or multiple sources of water on the farm for different uses and there are regulations on what kind of water you can use and where you have to use potable water. So if you're using surface water and you also have to be able to document that you've tested this water unless of course you're on a rural or municipal supply and then people test it for you you just keep a record of what that test indicated. If you're using surface water it's recommended that you test it monthly during the season of use so if you're pulling water out of a stream river or a pond that that water needs to be tested and we're testing for coliform bacteria which is a relatively simple and straightforward test it's not particularly expensive and it's relatively simple to undertake and then there are limits for how you use water depending on what the results of that test show. So if you're using irrigation overhead irrigation water and it's going to be touching the edible part of the plant for instance there's a rule in there that says that the the test that you conduct on that water needs to identify fewer than 236 colony forming units of coliform bacteria in order for you to safely apply it to the edible portion of the plant. If you're overhead irrigating or using other form of irrigation where that water is not going to come directly into contact with the edible portion of that plant then you have a threshold much higher at about 570 colony forming units so there's there's intricacies that are like that throughout all of this and I'm probably not going to use examples on all of them but that's where it starts to get kind of meticulous but I just want to communicate to you that it's really simple to find out what those intricacies are and if you have trouble I'm always here for that. Other things include identification of possible water-related risks so it's one thing to say that you've gone through and actually tested the water but it's another thing to make sure that you've got steps or standard operating procedures in place to reduce further contamination of the pond or of the stream and usually that includes the exclusion of animals wildlife livestock and things like that and making sure that if your house is on a septic system or if your packing shed is on a septic system that you're taking steps to make sure that that there isn't an issue that's going down into the water source. The farm review also includes questions as they relate to manure and municipal bio solids. Municipal bio solids are not acceptable in any way shape or form and then manure also is quite regulated and basically the USDA with their gaps program has adopted effectively the same sort of standards as the organic organic standards board has so what's that mean? Does anybody know what that means? Okay I haven't heard that before but close and I would actually lean your way so he said 12 months between application and harvest organic standard is 90 hundred and 20 days so if you're using fresh or aged manure manure as it is and we'll talk about what manure is in a minute those crops that the edible portion of the plant doesn't touch the ground you can you can harvest those within 90 days or after 90 days after application those crops whose edible portion does touch the ground you have to wait 120 days to harvest after application so that's the 90 hundred 20 day rule if anybody was ever wondering. Other things on the farm review include land use history so you you want to document what the historical use of the land is and of course there's traceability that's in there as well and those are specific questions. Part two field sanitation and hygiene this pre-harvest assessment is something that wasn't initially in the gaps protocol but it is now and that's basically somebody whoever's usually in charge of implementing the food safety program has to go through the field that's to be harvested the day of harvest or within a reasonable time frame prior to harvest and just scout for any potential contamination so usually this individual will have some flags and you know if there's any sign that there was contamination like for instance if there are deer droppings or other droppings that are on the on the plants flag goes in the ground maybe you've got a standard operating procedure in your plan that says if there's a flag in the ground on harvest day you don't harvest anything within say a three foot circle from there and that includes bird droppings as well. Toilet facility availability you're not going to get points for this unless you have a toilet facility one per every 20 employees which is usually not a problem but no more than a quarter mile away from where those employees are located so the theory there is that we want toilet facility is relatively close to where the workers or the harvesters are going to be because if it's close they're more likely to walk to the toilet as opposed to walking to the corner of the field and also from a field sanitation and hygiene you just want to make sure that you have a standard operating procedure in your plan that helps you deal with issues and so if if if something does arise you know exactly what you're going to do to deal with it. Field harvesting and transportation there's a whole host of things but mostly they just relate to the containers that you're using you're not sitting them on the ground while harvesting and then stacking them on top of other produce because you're transferring potential contaminants that may be in the soil to the the fresh fruits or vegetables. Harvesting tools and equipment are kept clean you've got policies and procedures or SOPs to respond to contamination events and you've got things as they're being harvested or as they're being delivered to the packing facility that are labeled so that you know what field that they came from. Again you can kind of get the feel that a lot of these things were developed with relatively large farms in mind so these things aren't nearly as intricate for a small farm as they would be for a large farm. So real quick because I'm not real sure that I covered it but I did want to go back to talking about manure real quick. When we talk about those manure applications we want to make sure that we we define the difference between manure and compost and so composting through the the good agricultural practices program is again viewed in the same light as it is in the national organic program which is to say that you have to document how hot that pile gets and for how long it gets and if it doesn't get over 122 degrees for 15 days and it's not turned at least five times during that period then it's not compost. So if it has manure in it and it's not compost it's manure which means that you have to follow that 90 hundred and 20 day rule so I just wanted to clarify that yes No it's from sewage treatment facilities so if you're using compost it's strictly from plant material nobody really cares if it gets to 122 degrees or not you can you can just call that leaf litter or whatever but it's not it's not manure if it doesn't practically get composted. So that's what we're talking about is if you're producing compost specifically if you're producing compost on the farm with manure you have to log that 15 day period with when times or temperatures were checked and when the the pile was actually turned which is really gets down to that the the essence of what this entire thing is it's the implementation of this plan this food safety plan which really requires just documentation and to make this easy on you you know the horticulture specialists including a few agronomy specialists with University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln University have gone through some trainings where we've gotten together with auditors and we've sat down for days on end talking about these sorts of intricacies that exist and as a result of that one of the things that we did was we compiled just log sheets so bathroom cleaning log sheet uh compost temperature and time log sheets and there's literally like 30 log sheets that we've got so if you are potentially going after GAP certification or if you just want to implement some of these practices on your farm maybe without going for the official certification get ahold of us and we'll we'll hook you up with those log sheets you don't have to create them yourself all right let's let's talk briefly about part three which is the house packing facility there's a number of things this kind of gets into some more interesting stuff because it's not just in the field but uh we want to make sure that where we want a we want to make sure we have a diagram in the plan in the food safety plan that shows the flow of product uh on on the on a map of the facility so we want to be able to document where that product is coming in what process it's going through and where it's coming out the door and then in the practical implementation of it we want to make sure that we've got procedures in place for what's supposed to happen when you know the forklift comes in with a crate of melons or whatever whatever happens whenever the product is coming in the door uh and then whatever happens when it's going to the sorting table you know how often is the sorting table cleaned and sanitized and of course you you can guess that those things are also logged um packing house worker health and hygiene again another big thing um but really we're talking about clean facilities easy access to restrooms that always have soap and and paper towels and things like that um this is an interesting one where we're we're looking at several structural guidelines and one of the things that we talk about is overhead lights uh and doing what we can to keep birds out of the facility and also doing what we can to keep rodents out of the facility and so that means if you've got you know a bunch of stuff stacked up against the wall one of the things you might do is bring it out three or four inches so that whenever you have to do a pest control check because you're going to have pest control devices throughout the the facility you can look right down between the wall in the row of boxes or whatever it is and check to see if there's if there's any activity um real quick just about the lights you gotta have something up there so that if a light bulb breaks it doesn't just fall right down into the product and of course traceability is another thing so we're talking about simple labels that just indicate what field the product came from what data was packed and the name telephone number and address of the farm so how do you how do you how do you know whether or not you pass this well each one of these parts has one of these aggregate sums so you just say all right well in part two for instance um there's a total possible 185 but maybe some of those don't necessarily apply to your your operation so you don't you don't get discounted those those get taken out of the possible total uh and if you get over 80 percent then you pass now with global gaps which is something where uh the USDA has worked with those private entities that do those third party audit programs to maybe make it a little bit more streamlined and maybe really to benefit people who sell to multiple uh outlets say say wal-mart and um price chopper same just examples uh they may a farmer who sells to those two entities may have to pursue a food safety certification through whoever wal-mart wants as their certifier as well as whoever price chopper wants as their certifier so global gaps is an effort to to reduce that redundancy and and in global gaps they don't actually give you a score they leave it up to whoever's buying your product to decide if uh you have met a satisfactory level of uh food safety uh on the farm there are things that exist that will give you an automatically unsatisfactory um immediate food risk present um that could be something as simple as the auditor watching somebody walk out of the bathroom and and finding evidence that they didn't wash their hands automatic fail you're not going to get certified uh there are other things that are included in there uh there's a number of things that it takes but really the top one here the total management commitment and making sure that everybody who's on the farm whether they work there or or visiting are aware of the things that they need to be aware of as it relates to your food safety plan so we kind of already talked about um who who might benefit from it um but i guess i guess this is a different side we'll talk really quickly about why you might consider it well you might consider certification because it could potentially open a door for you from a marketing standpoint if you're at a scale large enough where you think you might might want to start uh selling commercially uh to at a wholesale level um because a lot of those wholesalers are requiring some form of of food safety training and and even more are requiring certification so if you if you are interested in becoming certified there are a number of steps but certainly building that farm food safety plan is at the top of that list and one of the best ways to do that is simply just to go through the audit itself which is what's nice about the USDA they give you the audit this is what i'm going to be auditing you on build a farm food safety plan around it and uh and generally those auditors are good enough to say if you want to send me your plan before i come in and do the audit give me a couple weeks head heads up send it in i'll take a look at it if anything's glaring i might make a comment here there uh but keep in mind that they do have to maintain their third party status so they're not going to hold your hand through the audit itself the other thing is that uh this audit if it's done for certification purposes has to be done while these activities are occurring so you can't become gap certified in the middle of january for tomatoes uh they'll actually have to see the tomatoes growing they'll have to see the producer or the worker harvesting and they'll have to see those tomatoes go into the packing house and they'll have to see them come out of the packing house they have to see the whole process in order to become certified so the audit has to occur during the season which makes winter a great time to start getting together that food safety plan and start thinking about what what sorts of steps do you have to implement or change in your operation to be within reason or in compliance so there's a number of resources that are out there of course there's that guide to minimizing microbial food safety hazards for fresh fruits and vegetables which is that fda guide but then probably the most important thing that you can use if you're pursuing a usda audit is look at the usda checklist and if you have any questions as it relates to uh doing those putting those steps together and actually coming up with a plan get a hold of me get a hold of other extension people because we're we're here and ready to help with that um and and ultimately we feel like even if you don't have to pursue a certification sooner or later you may very well end up having to have that plan like you may have to have that plan and uh so it's kind of a good idea to go ahead and work on putting it together while you don't have to rush around if uh if a mandate does fall down the line so the question was about gap certification in the future will you have to to pay to to keep the keep the certification up and the answer is yes so generally what in my experience the the initial audit is the one that takes the longest and so with the usda you actually pay an hourly rate to the to the auditor uh and and that's usually the first one's the one that takes the most time because that auditor has to get to know you has to get to know the farm has to get to know the kind of operation that you've got annually you don't have to write a new plan but you do have to write an update to the plan which is usually one maybe two pages unless you drastically change the operation so yes you will have to do it but it doesn't take nearly as long as less costly recall our insurance companies requiring this or could that have been prevented if this uh it turned out it was their processing where they were packing that's a good question uh and you know and I haven't heard that insurance companies have uh started mandating food safety uh audits or certifications uh though I wouldn't be surprised if that if that is the case after uh some of the things that we've seen but to be clear that cantaloupe farm was gap gap certified gap certified for tomatoes so you have to be gap certified for specific crops that's right so you do have to be gap certified for specific crops he asked if uh if you have to be gap certified for specific crops um and the answer is yes so you can uh you can pursue certification for vegetables in general or if if you're you know if you're say you're a market producer and you produce you know a ton of different kinds of things but you're interested in maybe going on a wholesale level with a couple of things and whoever it is you're selling wholesale to is interested in that being certified you wouldn't necessarily need to go and certify the entire farm it would really just be interested in certifying those crops so the question is does it need to be done each each year for each crop and the answer is yes so it's it's not like you would have to go through four audits if you had four crops uh unless those four crops were seasonally different so generally what we say is one audit for a host of different vegetables and I've seen and you can get on the USDA's AMS website and you can search to see what farms are uh or who I guess is gap certified that includes farms as well as those wholesale uh and terminal outlets and it'll show you what they're certified for so in many instances it's one two crops but there's a few farms that are out there that have 15 crops that are listed and I'll bet you that it probably is a cost about the same to have 15 crops certified as it does to have two


I miss this season while rehabbing for his Achilles tier, but there are no complaints from the fans or his new teammates. Player of KD's caliber, it's worth the wait, Kevin? Mentor's Decision DA, thank you. I'll look at the Magic starting group. At the four and the five, we have Gordon and Bucovic. Fultz is out there with Evan Fournier and it's Isaac in at the three-slip. And for Brooklyn, Din Whitty runs the point with Laverg flanking him, and it's out there with Atten, and it's Harris in at the three. A team like the Nets, building with out-top picks, player development, focus for their franchise, and you can see the results paying dividends now. Now, here's Din Whitty, because he takes a ton of pride in what he does on defense. Now, here's Fultz in his last shot to go. Outside, Fournier, clock at six. Look at what the Nets player development, guys like Spencer Tinwood and Joe Harris were signed just for each. Yeah, and you know, guys, a coaching staff dedicated to taking them to the next level in terms of improvement in player development, the investment they make in their top-notch training facility, all of that focus paying off for it. You know, that's a quick over four now, and what point do you call the timeout and reset? It's Fournier on the wing, and shot one up for him, and it's the Nets taking it the other way. The pass to Laverg's. He dishes it to Allen, and shot is off. Yeah, trying to get going here, but that's an offer for the first five years' start to be. Isaac gets to Fultz. Kuczevic against Allen. Here's Fultz. The defensive effort. And it's a tough defense. You can tell he'd be able to beat the defensive coverage, even though it was all over. Shot's good from Fournier. Really liked the quick decision making of Fultz there, Kevin. Excellent at surveying the floor for the open teammate. And the first timeout calls for Nikola Kuczevic, very good. And yet, he's been considered a liability at that end. So, in your opinion, which is? You know, Kevin, I think it's a blend, quite honestly. The analytics say one thing, but in this day and age, the way the game is played, big centers are typically challenged from a mobility standpoint, especially trying to defend fleet-footed perimeter guys in pick-and-roll situations and in space. To Butchabitch's credit, he's worked hard at becoming better, trying to be a better rim protector and recognize where he needs to be early on with anticipation. So, he's making progress, but it's a blend of my mind. Last season, he put up about 13 points a game last season. Four rebounds and two assists. The contributions he's been making on the floor have been a boon for this team. Great stretch of games for him. You know, they've given him more responsibility. He's responded, and the way he's going, I think his role is only going to increase. Shoot the opportunity. He's serving his teammates on the court. It seems like a natural leap. It's just a false. Just fight the shoot. It's Alan on the wing. Cover Jared Allen in college. Look at the physical profile he's got. Seven-and-a-half-foot wingspan. Big, big hands. Explosive, really good athlete. He's got all the tools and an upside without limits. He ties it up. We were talking about Alan's length and leaping ability. He's dangerous around the rim. He sure is, guys. Still developing his skilled game, but he's already more than serviceable at the offensive end of the floor. And we know he's a rim protector defensive. The good feet gets up and down. Has a nice touch and good hands. This guy's going to be some kind of player going forward. Now, here's Faltz. 14 points from him. The last game against Chicago. He was piling up those assists in that one. I mean, every pass seemed to be on time and on target. 20 against Robert. Rims outside. That was a sweet-looking tear drop. There was very little defense for that. Swift forward. Clark, do you think he's one of a point guard or two? Well, you know, in Washington, Kevin, I thought he showed the ability to score and assist at a high level. Come against to be really dynamic in both areas. Time will tell if that's the case. But I didn't claim the point to take some of the pressure off of his shot and he gained confidence in that part of his game. First one falls full. Clark, there's nothing like opening night. Preseason in the rearview mirror. Now, the games count for real. Terrific time. Yeah, exciting for everybody because hope brings eternal for all teams in the league after you get beyond preseason. And the games do count. They start calculating and documenting W's and M's. And good on the second, so we mix them both. And you look out there at the magic, one of the taller teams in our league. You know, that's a philosophical bent for the front office. They want long, athletic players, draft guys with great length and then develop their strength and skill level. And I actually kind of like that approach. Have the philosophy stick to it and be true to it. Well, that's a rebound. Here's him. 18 and time for Butchamich. And that is a textbook example of how to defend your rim. And you know, guys, I love his fighting grip on the interior.  Now, here was Harris. I'll win them this by having 40 in. Here's Helen. And it's Helen. Slam it down. And he's so quick with his feet getting out of setting the screen. It makes him hard to guard in the pick and roll. And to get to two points to keep a lot of room off the slick feet. Yeah, the clever Frenchman, 48 solid and recognizing when the defense isn't covering one of his teammates. Passes it to Dan, ready? We've got a lot of Butchamich. Butchamich has got his fourth rebound in this one. No doubt it's going to build a struggle for him here in this border in terms of score. Butchamich is going to pick up the five. That's going to be number two for him. I think he's has to play more conservative from this point on. I mean, that's two fouls already. Wilson-Chandler's checked in for Laverge. Then for the Magic. Hamba comes in for Nicola Butchamich. And DJ Augustine's subbed in for 49. Now, here was Harris. He had a 12 point outing in their last game against the Warriors in San Francisco. Prince, that's 14. Cut the line. Oh, the appearance snows it in. You see the hustle for now in their guys in this group. And the mindset to keep at it really allows them to gobble up those offensive boards. I got that one from Isaac. Isaac's got the game tied up here for the Magic. Boy, from the looks up at it, here's the defense. It's fine with him taking that shot, but he makes him play when they do. He's now in the first for the Nets. The shot goes in. Some solid defense from Harris. Here goes and gets it. That's an all-in. Here's Augustine. And it's the excellent shot blockers result. And Faltz gets it to go. Great pass that time by DJ Augustine. And so it's Dinwiddie, who primes up the ball for Brooklyn. Three point lead. And there's the pass to Prince. Paul is shooting Faltz. Here goes. Not afraid of a little contact. When he's shooting, he looks for contact. And a moment now to quickly take a look at the offensive approach for the Nets. They've been making some really nice passes out there. Excellent passes. That could set the tone for the rest of the game. And it also has been a positive to watch that they protect the balance that they shoot.  And he's got terrific skills and a promise in future. Here's his shot-in for the match. Michael Carter-Williams comes in for Faltz. What do you think back your playing days in high school? What memories come to mind? Well, just the fun of being able to have success all four years. I was at St. Joseph High School and fleeting on the way. The city rallied around us. A senior year when we had a chance to go to a school team. So I'm thrilled to be here. So the teammates and coaches and teachers really found special memories for me. Here's Augustine. He's following. That's good. The assist from Augustine. Augustine's got his third assist on the night. For the Nets, they come into this one following a watch to the Warriors. Despite his size, very slippery off the dribble. He's ill-liked when you talk about him off the dribble, guys. I mean, excellent change of pace. He's got a quick first step. Now, once he gets in the lane, his size helps him be a good face. Take it right. Yourself. First free throw is good. And the 6-6 point guard, Spencer Dinwood. Second round pick of the Detroit Pistons in 2014. You know, Greg, they might have wished they held on to him. One of the most improved players in our league last season. He signed that four-year, $48 million extension from the Nets, rewarding his growth. And hope free throw is good for Dinwood. The next step for Dinwood is to just become more consistent going forward, especially when it comes to scoring, because I think he does everything else pretty well. Augustine Noa. And they've been sensational on the back to start this game. Yeah, sensational is a really good word for it, Greg. They're tearing it up on the plate. Here's Temple. Guys, that's all athleticism and timing. Bomba, a terrific shot blocker because he uses the physical tools he has. Quite well. You almost have to miss. He's going to knock those down. And he hits the whistle. Two free throws coming up. TJ Augustine picks one up. But that said, what good of the line did. They're perfect in four attempts. Two shots. Who'd be next? Karis Leverts, selected with the 20th pick, and Jared Allen, taken at 22. And you might want to throw in, guys, to Rodion's Kuruks, the 40th pick in 2018. Had a big impact, even participated in the Rising Stars Challenge.  And that's exactly what the Nets have done. He is zero for his last, however many this quarter, guys. Might need to get him out and let him settle down a bit here. Here's Temple. The inside, Augustine has a unique ability to get tough shots over the defense. Augustine against Dinwiddie. Establish your three-point game early with the defense right up against it. Braille by five. You've got Wilson Chandler. Here at Temple is out there with Spencer Dinwiddie. And there's Deandre Jordan. And it's clatched in with the four-spot. So that's the Nets five. He's feeling it out a bit. Clock at four. Here's Augustine. Rebound by the Nets. But the D just was not giving in. Just the length reaction there from the defense. And he is always going to finish that one. On the sideline, let's catch up with Hall of Famer, David Aldrich. Nick Vusevich. There was some great first last season. His son Phillip was born in December. And then dad made his first All-Star appearance. Nick is from a basketball family. He said, I'll enjoy telling my son the stories like my dad did with me. We'll see if he likes the game of basketball. As the whistle blows, he'll shoot you. He's never been able to make his free throws. It's in the footwork that keeps evolving every few years. Talk about the changes that you have seen from the time you've played. So the exquisite footwork we see now. Well, you know, some of my peers would say that these guys are being allowed to walk. You haven't talked about this good footwork. So you work with Reggie and other guys. And I hear Hall of Time saying, guys are getting away with this pretty good. I mean, when you think about it, the back three-point shot, the ability to make plays off the dribble, all attributed to footwork. I think it's just an evolution of the game. As players see more and more of excellent work around it all because of the player. He's got a little bit of everything. Washington. Well, you know, the shooting and leaping ability of Ross. Phenomenal. I mean, I think the deeper it is where he can cement it by his game and really improve. He's got all the tools, though, to be an excellent two-way player. The net's making a switch here. Laverge checked in. Evan Fournier is checked in for Orlando. Leading by three. Kicks to Laverge. Laverge to send it. That's something you expect from a seven-footer like Vutovic. He lost to Chicago. Passes to Claxton. Shot clock at three. Here's Tim Redding. And again, it's the net's missing. Shots to drop here in the second quarter. Reggie into this one. Hey, Greg, we've seen it time and time again in games. Effort and determination on the glass can make up for a lot of other weaknesses. And guys, they continue to put a lot of pressure on the interior defenders with their woke-out look. Moving in positive direction. Now, nice upswing here. Ross, like the three-point stroke of Ross, gets it off so effortlessly. And he's got terrific form. And they just can't seem to get going offensively. And I think this time out, guys, is where you draw up some plays that are guaranteed to create some high-percentage shots. Six to shoot. As the magic will gain possession. Let's see what the Brooklyn Nets have coming up on Friday. They'll face off against Paul Jordan and the Los Angeles Clippers. Then on Sunday, they continue to road trip, heading out to Sacramento to take on the Kings. On offense here at the Magic. I'm facing them right now at a 15-2 run. Carter Williams gets to 48. Nice deep. I'm asking from Jordan, doing very efficient in the paint because of his limp, calls to the button number seven for him tonight. And the shot comes in. Obviously, a mix-up offensively on that possession. Carter Williams takes to 48. Here's Puchavich. Great deal they're telling from Jordan. Love his fight and grit on the interior, mate. He never lets a shot go on contest. Well, they'll be happy with that. Ruffin and Schecter for him though. I mean, that's a shot he expects to make every time. Contact on the shot. So he moves forward for the closing. And what is so good at figuring out ways to get the defense to foul him? You just can't be careless defensively when you're guarding him, didn't you? To construct the roster, what would be your preference as a general manager? The direction you might want to go? Well, obviously, if you have an opportunity to get an outstanding franchise-type point guard or versatile wing player in today's game, I think those are the pieces that you really need to start with. That's just so much spacing and so much switching on defense. Exactly. And I feel the mix-in of two-way player at that wigs one. You can defend multiple positions, but also have a very strong offensive skill set. And you talk about the best defensive head coaches in the league. I think Clifford has to be on that show. I would agree with you, partner.  That usually is a reflection of the coach in a good way because of his scoring ability. And Brooklyn making a change. Allen's checked in. Misses shot from the line here, this court. Yeah, you have to make teams pay for fouling you. That's why they call them free. Oh, here's Jordan. This last covering had eight points. He has third foul so far. Here's inside. He's guarded by Ross just for the shoot. 10 possession. A nice season for him last year. Eighth in field goal percentage and a top 15 ranking in blocks per game. Supplying that back line protection that is so key to a great defense. You know, back through his tremendous efficiency shooting by season. His dead eye shooting creates so many opportunities for that offense. Now, here's Fournier. He has six in his first basket of the night. Gordon is one of those guys who loves physical contact. He's really skilled at finishing over difficult defense. This is it to Jordan. This is it to Prince. And the fellow goes against Brooklyn. I'd like to see Fournier drawing contact on his shot to me. He's a crafty player who gives defenses a lot of problems. I had a closer look here at the hustle stats for the match. Well, you'd have to admire their intensity and the paint defense. I mean, really contesting and even blocking shots. Definitely a factor early. And also how about the fact that offensively they're getting that back court and came out in transition, especially in his first half. First free throw is good. He's coming off a 22 point game against Fournier in San Francisco. And he was relentless in that. I mean, he wanted to be the first to have a rebound in almost one point. He should have probably too. He's getting smarter at really in these situations. He's got the worst basketball life in a single. Here's against Fournier. Got a piece of it. So something that was surprising back in 2016. But he's become a very valuable player. You know, he isn't close. Every team wants a dependable and a great point marksman at home defense. Here's Laverne. He's developed a nice passing. Now, here's Faltz. Some points for him. Rage is really impressive. He shoots that thing from deep ease. The team are helping margin, but it hasn't been enough. You know, they're hustling and giving a good effort. That's for sure, but unfortunately the execution has been lacking. Now, here's Faltz. Round points in the game so far. Faltz on the wing. And the pass to Vuchovic. Here's Faltz versus Gull. And Harris gets the assist. Harris has got his board assist on the night. And they're forcing the ball inside and it's working like a charm. Perfect shot fakes in Vuchovic. Being Vuchovic expands his offer to repertoire guys adding to his old school post game. He's now demonstrating perimeter shooting and making a bill. And that's opening some eyes of perseverance. I mean, he's in his eighth season before he makes an all-star game in 2019. Nicola Vuchovic just stayed with it. Continue to get better. Looking at his out there now for the nets. Chandler comes in for Deandre Jordan and Garrett Temple, subbed in for Karis Laverde. Isaac passes to Augustine in the corner. They just couldn't find a way to score. Chandler dishes to temple. 31 seconds left to play here in the second quarter. Prince with it. Faltz was not following this one to get to host the Hornets. That game is the first and last of their homestack. Augustine Nolak. Hey, how about imagining if they were hitting their shots how big the league could be. And so far it's not been the case. Chandler picks to Prince. And he's good on the free ball. He does insist that he scores. He's also good at finding his open team. We've got second half action for you. Thus far a pretty evenly contested game. Like what we're seeing from Torian Prince. And how about the amount he's contributing in the scoring column through two quarters. He has been terrific. And you know what, they've come at him a few different ways defensively and nothing has slowed him down. Through this one, plenty of basketball left in a game that's been fairly even so far. Tipping off the second half here, Steve Clifford's five. At the four in the five, we have Gordon and Butchewicz. Our Cal falls out there with Evan Fournier and it's Isaac into the three. Now, here's Fournier. No contact, not going to bother. This is his second clip to the line in this one.  He's why he is such a respected defender. And you know what? He's not going to give up an easy finish at the rim. I mean, that's just against his constitution. Here now is Dinwiddie. And it's outside. Butchewicz has got double digitally balanced now it's in the game so far. I use it as a defaults. 13 feet away. Prince has got his six from the bell down the night and there's one of four here to start the second half. Keep getting him touches. And team stats last season. 74% shooting. So some numbers that they can definitely improve upon. Carter Williams he's just in four Orlando. Free throw, good, have him. Isaac fights through the contact there, man. Great deep grind on display. Not letting the defense tie him down on these shots. Now, here's Dinwiddie. And Michael Carter Williams hits the whistle that time. That's file number two for him. He's got a side of three and a half minutes point here on the Williams against Dinwiddie. This is it to Harris. From the arc, he's got one call. He's shooting up, Dinwiddie is free. Harris has got his first three points. It'd be good to see Harris play though. These shots will only help him get better. For every edge he can find. Yeah, I mean, maybe he could have tried for a more memorable dog than that one. And we know he's capable of those memorable ones. Keep it simple. It's Allen on the win. This positioning, the defense is in trouble, which in turn forces them to commit the five. And let's quickly check out the scoring breakdown here for the Nets. They keep piling up the assists and they have it cooled off at all. It's been a hot shooting night for them too. I mean, they've had a lot of those mid-range jump shots. The first time, on the change here, on base check in, one of two. And you remember when Aaron Gordon came into the league, Clark, some question whether he had the side to play the power forward position. Not anymore. Yeah, you take a look at what's important at that position. It's about mobility, versatility and skill set. And he certainly fits the bill nicely there. He can defend the three, even some forward positions and brings a lot of energy at both ends. I think he used a big shot here to get this offense going. He's got to take possessions. But what's the need of Gordon's really caused his problem for the defense. He's a hard guy to keep in front of. Now in his sixth season at the NBA, hard to believe Aaron Gordon is still just 24 years of age. Not much more than some rookies coming in. You wonder what his ceiling will be. This is a high-motive player who gives great effort out there all the time. DeAndre Jordan's checked in for the Nets. Chandler comes in for Karis Lavert. And it's what you're also for Orlando. Augustine's checked in. Nets leading by five. Six. He dishes it to Harris. Here's Augustine bringing up now for the Orlando Magic. Here's Gordon. And he gets the whistle. Two from Jones. Cover measured at the combine. He can dominate inside. And you know what, guys, the scary thing is he's got room to fill out. He's got room to add good muscle and weight to that frame. And once he does, he's going to be a nightmare to deal with. This up. But you're also for Orlando. Augustine's checked in. Foul, if you're tonight. Bomba's composure down there. I mean, even when he's under pressure, he stays aggressive and coughs. And that one falls for Bomba's equal gifts for the game. With the longest wingspan. Seven, nine and a half. And that gives him a huge spare of influence. As good as he hits both of the shots. If you look at Bomba, he can touch the rim while still on the ground. He gets off the ground pretty well too. A good athlete still getting stronger and developing his feel for the game. But he has something you just can't teach. 10-18 passes to Jordan. Clocked five. Here's Clarkston. Augustine. You know, that kind of a selfishness, guys, from Augustine is really infectious. Especially when it's coming from your point guard. He right on. Augustine looking around for the lead. Even he has to this one. Five points in the game. That's as long as Augustine has in this league without smart. Very bright player knows exactly where to run when the break is on. Now, here's Denred. Six points for him. And the Magic lead by two. Now it's a five-point Magic lead. Yeah, and Augustine continues to get it done from deep coming and consistent. Three ball shooter who gets his shot up in a hurt. Clarkston the pass to Chandler. Six on the shot clock. Pass to Clarkston. And they pick up two. Clarkston's got his. 10-18 passes to Clarkston. Why he is such a... not going to give up an easy finish at the rim. I mean, that's against his constitution. 17-6 run. And do not go away as we'll be back in just a few moments with the start of our fourth course coming up next. Action and score points. And it's Tim Whitty in at the point guard position. So that's the lineup for Brooklyn. That's what the rebound. He left shot. The closer he gets to the rim, the more dangerous he is. Here's Augustine shooting fellow as the whistle blows. He'll shoot two free throws in the energy steps. How the hustle game has been going for the Magic. Contested shots and blocked shots. They're bread and butter defensively. They're giving up no easy looks. And also they haven't missed a beat in terms of their fast break game. That's been equally as effective all night long. Excellent teammate and a dependable role player. Veteran presence who could really stroke. And the Magic making the change here as well. Shot with an eyes of ease. Judged into two possession game. Game like this. Well, you, everybody on that bank making a statement for sure. I mean, we'll see if they can maintain that aggressive approach guys. Came downhill trying to score. He puts a lot of pressure on the defense and puts them in a tough spot garden. 22. Ladies and gentlemen, picked out the pass nicely. What a tough make that was by Laverne. Refused to be denied. In great concentration. Outside for me. Chacked up a few kicks to Prince. He's getting to a spot. Shooting a ball with confidence. Excellent turnaround for him. Got his fourth rebound with that last one here tonight. To the inside. Passed here in the fourth. The assist from Paltz. Paltz has got three assists in the game. And up the court. A four point Orlando lead. It's a nasusness of 48 men. It does not matter who's guarding him. He's making it. I'm taking it. And so he's picked up his 5-5. That position. If there's one spot on the floor where they can afford to move somebody. That would probably be it. That free throw. No good. And you look at Keras Laverne. Clark out of Michigan. Six foot seven and a tremendous athlete. Kevin, he's one of my favorite players over the last handful of years coming out of college. He had some injury issues his last two seasons at Michigan. But he's an excellent two way player. Outstanding energy. And aggressiveness. Makes all kinds of plays at both ends of the floor. And plays the game the right way. Good on the second. Keras Laverne had a few surgeries before entering the NBA. But took kind of a unique step in writing an open letter to NBA GMs telling them physically he'd be ready for the lead. And you know what? He was right. Oh, here's Gordon. I'm asking good on the assist from Pulse. I love how he establishes his post position inside before he comes. Dinnity issues to Keras. Just five on the clock. For a free miss. He's having a really ugly game. Yeah. Next one puts them on the line so they've got to be careful the rest of the way. Exceptively strong inside. Markel Folt. Not messing around. He doesn't care who's in front of it. It's kind of called the Nets. Great performance by Evan Fournier. And he's just torturing them right now. A good decision to huddle off kind of hit the reset button and figure out how to slow his roll. And that said coach was going over with his team. You warned them they've got to get back and transition. They said they've given up way too many fast break points. And he said we have to slow the pace of the game down and force them into taking some tough shots. Evan. And since half time he has since been ice cold. Just can't seem to get anything to go his way. How's it business? And thus far they've managed to over the knocking down the three guys. So the premier three point gunners in the NBA. Joe Hamlin. Trailing by four. Too many. And since half time he just doesn't have a clue when he comes to shoot. And there have been some terrible shot choices here. Knife through that defense, getting a head of steam on his way to the basket and busting that dunk home. Points now this quarter. He didn't have a single point in the first half. Bagel, zero points. He's starting to get into the groove here in the second. Gordon with it basket by Gordon. You know he was a non-factor in that first half but now he's making it up for lost time. Here's Denwood. He had stolen buzz. Is it how you want to close the gap? It's outside the yard. 6 and 15. Crazy numbers guys. Believe me I was a good rebounder in my day. It is not easy to corral that many boards in one night. Take a break. Take a break. And warm up. But that looked to me guys like a heat check. It was maybe a step out of his range. So now it's a 7 point game. Front pass to the arc. That shot, no good. It gets you. They still talk. And that about that's it up. For Clark Kellogg, Brick Anthony and David Olke, Sparks Group thanking you for tuning in. See you later.