Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. Run it back. Run it back. Run it back. Run it back. Woo! Happy Monday morning, y'all. Welcome to Run It Back on Fandall TV. And what a weekend in sports it was. I mean, we could just sit here for the, I don't know, entire hour. Talk about WrestleMania, obviously number one. Oh yes, in college basketball. And Shams running around getting scoops in the college game for us, which we'll get to here in a little while. But we did have a lot of NBA action. Guys, the Bucks told y'all, it's over. It's dead. It's done. They lose to New York for a straight game. They've lost six of their last seven jail in Brunson with, you know, 43 Dante Divenshezzo with 26. Giannis did have 28, but they did lose Middleton early. He got hit in the mouth. So I ask you, Shams, before we get to some of this action on the core, what's going on in that organization right now? This, it feels like a bit of a spiral. Doc Rivers, the players, coaches, everyone said it publicly and privately, like these losses, three in a row, they lose to subpar teams last week.  This is the final week of the regular season. They've all said these losses are unacceptable. And they are trying to work through these issues. They know they have a lot to fix to play as one unit, play as one team. I'm told on Saturday, Doc Rivers called for a team film session that included nine of their top rotation players, veteran guys that includes Johnston and Tete Kumpo, Damian Lillard, Chris Middleton, Brooke Lopez, Malik Beasley, Bobby Portis, Patrick Beverly, Pat Conniton, Jay Crowder. And all of them went one by one to speak their mind, essentially, and talk through the issues that this team is facing. This team is dealing with, with just four games left in the regular season and then the playoffs. Yes, there's still the number two seed. After all this, we know all the ups and downs this team has gone through coaching, change of Adrian Griffin, bringing in Doc Rivers. This team is under 500 in the Doc Rivers era. And one source told me it's only the start of these tough and necessary conversations that this team has to have. It starts with hell. Last night, even Chris Middleton going down after getting a toot knocked out, they haven't been able to consistently, consistently keep their big three on the floor. But even still, Doc Rivers said, we can't lose these games, even when players are in out of the lineup. So the expectations were heightened the moment they got Damian Lillard and they're dealing with it now. And each day, it seems like they're having more and more of these conversations. So before we get to sort of where we think they are as a team and the whole landscape, but what do you guys, what's your reaction to this idea of a film session and sort of a one by one? Sounds like a town hall meeting is what it sounds like, Lou. Is that something that you would gather around? I've played, I've played for Doc before. He's one of those type of guys when there's some slippage there. He likes to get everybody in the room and be held accountable. And he likes to he likes to teach on film. You know, that's one of his strong suits. And, you know, I just remember going through a lot of these moments when we had some slippage with the Clippers where, you know, we would get everybody in the room and discuss defense of issues where we were on offense and trying to get everybody on the same page. You know, my, my opinion with the Milwaukee Bucks team, you know, they had issues that predated Doc Rivers, right? That's how the job even became available. They were 30 and 13 when they fired Adrian Griffin. And, and, you know, they still had some synergy issues that still was with some issues and them having that that record. You know, I felt like that team was talented enough you know, where they didn't need anybody to stand over there and coach. And so now that Doc is there and some of those issues still exist going into the playoffs, I think it's important for all of those guys to get on the same page. And then here's something that's also interesting to me. I'm looking at the standings. It may be more of a better match up for them to play Indiana than a Philadelphia team that just got a L and B bet. So behind the scene is there is there a situation where they might be playing a little chicken and trying to get a more favorable match up? Who knows? Those are some of the games that teams play as well when it comes to this time of the season. But, you know, for me with them being the team that they are, having guys that's won championships on this team, I would prefer them to be playing better basketball going into the playoffs. So who knows what's going on in Milwaukee?  There's always extra film sessions, just the whole morale of the mood and the facility is just not the same and it's pretty negative. So I'm not shocked by this. How Doc basically is making these team meetings with the guys that are on the floor, right? These are the guys that are going to be playing in the playoffs. These are the guys that got us in this hole. These are the guys that are going to get us out.  How do we fix this with the guys that are actually playing? So this doesn't surprise me at all, especially when you've lost three, you know, you're three and seven in your last 10 games in the most critical part of the season before you get to playoffs, where you're kind of now starting watching the standings. Who can you play? Who's going to happen here? But these are real issues. And there were real issues with Griff and these are real issues with Doc. And I think just they assumed that they lost all the confidence in Griff. So let's make a change. I don't even think it was necessarily a Doc Rivers thing. It was they just needed someone different other than Griffin and hasn't drastically improved and changed. No, not really. There's been some nights where they've been more consistent. There's some nights where their offense is so good, their defense has stepped up. And I think initially when Doc took over, they started, you know, defending differently. Their coverages got different. Their terminology probably switched up a little bit, made things more simple. But this is a team with a lot of holes still on the defensive end. And this is a team where offensively, yeah, if they get going and they're healthy, they can be very, very good still. And are we panicking? Sure, because there's such a difference between the field and the Boston Celtics. But at the end of the day, they are still the second seed. At the end of the day, they still have enough talent to get by in the playoffs and still make it to the Eastern Conference finals. So looking at their upcoming schedule, it's brutal. And whoever they play in the first round, whether that's Indy, Sixers or the Heat, it's not gonna be easy the way anyway. So I think no matter where they finish six, seven, eight, it's one, two, three, whoever finishes six, seven, eight, it's gonna be a dogfight for them. So let's go to the Doc thing, right? Cause for, I didn't think that it was a Doc issue. I thought something changed with the vibe of this team when Yanis started talking about, oh, I gotta make sure everybody else is bought in like I am. It felt like the seeds were planted there for him to leave at some point. And then we had all the coaching stuff and everything that went on after that. So Lou, I don't know if you can put your finger on it. So why don't we just look at Doc for one second? Was that the right move? If you could do the hindsight game right now, did they make a mistake in making the coaching change? My opinion to me, Doc is a proven coach. You know, if you can have an opportunity to bring in a Doc Rivers caliber coach, you know, with the, I don't know who was in the pool of coaches that they were even considering, but if you can bring in a caliber of coach of Doc with the talent that you have, I think you give yourself an opportunity. I think you give that, you give that a look, you know? So I don't think there's any regrets there. And at the end of the day, like Chandler just said, there's still the second seed. They've had some slippage. There's been some issues throughout the course of this season for the Milwaukee Bucks. But through all of those things, they're still in a position to compete at a high level.  We can criticize them all day long. And when the ball go ups, the start of the playoffs, they can become a completely different basketball team and figure it out on the fly and get all of those things together that we've been criticizing them for. So I don't think it's the wrong move yet. I think we should wait, see how this thing play out. And then we give our opinions from there. It's also caused spate of spate here. Losing Drew Holiday is huge. I don't care how good Damien Lillard is offensively, how much he can shoot it, how much on paper that sounds great, Damien Lillard and Giannis. There's a reason that Grant Hill and there's a reason that all these guys on Team USA are making it a priority to go and get Drew Holiday for the freaking Olympic team. Like he is that important. He is that good of a defender. He is that good of a set up guy and just a solid player that when you take that off any team, there's gonna be a hole. And so I think that initially kind of spiraled their defensive woes and kind of had a trickle effect from there. But I think Doc, I think players, either a play form, Lew have everything I know about him. He is a proven guy, right? So he's got the resume, he's known, he's respected at least to where I think they thought, okay, let's bring this guy in. At least he can relate to these players. He can get along with these players. He can bring the best out of them right away, do things that Griffin couldn't. So is it the right, the wrong hire? I think it's too early to tell. Like Lew said, this team could turn it on and dominate whoever they play in the first round, second round and then have a doozy of Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics. They're that talented, they're that deep. Guys like Portas, Lopez, Connors, and Giannis. Chris Middleton, I think is key, him going down. Obviously he just got hit in the face, I think. So it's not going to be anything serious, but this team, they're like the Phoenix Suns. They have the firepower to be very, very scary. All right, so let's play that game for a second. They could do that and go ahead, Lew. No, just the channel's point. I think that's the best point of all. When you create culture and you win a championship with a certain group of guys, that may be more of the issue than anything that we're talking about. Besides Doc, not all of these things. Drew Holliday being missing off of this basketball team. That changes your identity. That changes your culture on defense. That changes everything that's been able to be successful for you. And once you get rid of him and you have an opportunity at a Damian Lila, obviously you give that a serious look. And that's what Milwaukee Bugs did. But, you know, right now when it comes to chemistry and synergy and things like that, it looked like it's costing them right now. All right, so, Lew, let's just hypothetically, what is your gut telling you? Are you thinking that the Bucks go further than expected? Or do you think that's more likely that we see a first round exit? No, I think looking at these teams around the East, I think the Bucks are still right there in a mix. I think they're still one of the teams that's gonna give the Boston Celtics the best run for their money, along with New York and how they're playing. And it's just, it's crazy to me that Philadelphia with Joe L and B back in the mix is sitting right there at seven. They're gonna shake up this playoff picture as well. But I think they're still right there. I think they still give Boston the biggest threat coming out of the East. Man, do you agree, Chandler? Yeah, I mean, when you look at it, it's deep one through eight, but there's no powerhouse other than Celtics. Like right now the Bucks, you know what I said last night, this is the first four game losing streak since 2021. They're not used to this. They're sure our emotions running high right now. Are they frustrated? They're playing and also they're losing to bad teams. So I think it's really even sinking in more. But yeah, I like them against the sisters in the heat. I think it's gonna maybe go six or seven, but I like them. And then I like them in the second round against whoever else they decide to play. So again, they're so talented. They are that Phoenix Suns kind of team to me where if they do figure it out, they're still really, really, really good. But it's just you don't want to be talking about these type of things. We're talking about the coaching if that's the right move, a weak left in the regular season. Like this isn't where they want to be just vibe wise and team morale wise. They want to be peaking. They want to be cruising right now to that first round matchup. And they're not. They're talking about Chris Middleton's out again. They're talking about as damned do we mess up by the fire and grift still is dame. You know, there's still all these questions still and it's April. That's not right. Yeah, four games left and we're having a conversation. We had two months ago. It feels a little bit weird to me right now. Let's go to the West for a minute because things are happening over there as well. They have been. It's been jumbled up in Clippers. Woo, 26 point comeback. That is kind of awesome. Third largest comeback in franchise history. Paul George had 23 of his 39 in the fourth, but we can talk a lot more of the Terence man, a mere coffee of it all who hit some of the biggest shots. It got the attention of one bones Highland. People were paying attention to this game but three straight, six of their last seven. That's what they've won Chandler. We're over here talking about the Bucks not peaking at the worst possible time. What do you say about this Clippers team right now?  Now you can look at how did this happen? How did they get down so deep here? The calves were up 80 to 59 at halftime shooting 80 per 60% of the field and had 40 points first and second quarters. They went on 10 0 6 0 and 80 runs all separate in the second quarter and still somehow find a way to trick this game. So I think to me it shows a lot shows that the Clippers can allow this to happen still but are still resilient mature team that can come back and Paul George was unbelievable 39 11 and seven. He looked like prime Paul George perfect from the free throw line 16 16 which was also great. But the fact that they do have this deep team where Terence man and your coffee they're the ones hitting the big shots down the stretch with Kawhi Leonard out is awesome. It comes back to me with James Hardman like why Kawhi Leonard out? Why are you taking 11 shots? Like I'd like to see him take over 17 shots especially when Kawhi is out. But again, I talk about kind of the morale of the team and the vibe Clippers right now seem to be figuring out starting to win some games and that's kind of the attitude. That's the momentum and the positivity you want at this point of the season going into the postseason. You obviously want to get Kawhi healthy because he's there a chance to be a real contender. But this is a big one. This is a nice comeback when this is a field they feel good today at the facility. Lou, this is your team. I mean, for a while there we're starting to think it doesn't look good. How are you feeling now? Yeah, I'm still rolling.    That's why I had the big smile on my face. But I still like this team in the West when it comes down to it when it comes down to being healthy and having all of your pieces and if somebody go down still being able to afford an injury or two here and there the Clippers are that basketball team they're deep enough to have to be able to go through some adversity and still be able to survive everything so I still like them in the West. What about this Cav scene? They've lost three in a row. Again, worst possible timing to start looking like you're falling apart, Chandler. Are we thinking first round exit? What's more likely for them? It's tough because it's so tough and we didn't touch on it but it's crazy because the Orlando Magic are just sneakily 46 and 32 and they're half their game behind the Milwaukee Bucks. Guess who they played two more times this week? The Milwaukee Bucks. So they have a chance to go up there and sneak that second seed but the Cavs is tough. No matter who they play, it's going to be tough. It looks like it's going to be New York right now but they're still Orlando, New York and Cleveland they're a half game away from each other so there's still a lot of shifting that could happen but same thing with them they need to have a Mitchell healthy just as the Clippers need while Leonard just as other teams do the guy they do have a lot of pieces. I do like the additions. I thought they would have a much better season but they've obviously been up and down and inconsistent with incidents this year. I kind of saw them in the two or three spot this time of year is what I would predict but yeah, the series against the Knicks it is not going to be easy. Can they pull it off? Yeah, I'm giving them a fighting chance for sure but the way Jalen Brunson is playing I trust him more right now than I trust this Cleveland Cavaliers team. Yeah, they were on such a tear for a while there that was that stretch. My opinion, the game of the night is up next, Sixers at San Antonio. This one was fun. Who knew I didn't have this on my docket for yesterday? Tyrese Maxi, career high 52. It was a double overtime game win for Philly. He was not efficient. He went 19 to 41, two to 10 from three but he was 12 to 12 from the line and it is his third 50 point game of the season. No indeed in this one, Chandler. So how impressed are you by what Maxi continues to do? I'm super impressed. This is what I want to see James Hardin do when Kawhi Leonard's out. I want to see him take 41 shots. This is what they have to them to win. He took 41 shots and that's exactly what they needed for them to win the game. You know that you're going to have Joelle back. You know you're going to have to monitor his minutes and his health going forward but outside of Joelle and me, Tyrese Maxi, he's the guy. He has been an unbelievable, you know possibly most improved player this year. He has become a household name. He's an all star. You have the green light to go and take 40 plus shots when your big fella is out and you are trying to rise in the rankings the final week of the season. So this was super impressive. I don't care that it was inefficient. Kelly Ubrey also played good chippin' in 26 but we can't beat it out. I'll take a 19 out of 41. That's efficient to me. I don't know. You're saying it's harder to actually, it's harder to take the 40 shots than to actually go 50 percent. That's 20, that's 20 May shots basically. That's efficient. I'm just thinking of his arms. All the fame percentage is what he shot last night. That's okay, fine. If you want to look at it like that it's just if you think about the 41. By the way, what is this? He's the first player to score 50 in high school and the NBA in the same arena. That's a weird little piece of trivia that is. They're really going for it. They're going for it. That's what trivia is about. I bet you that's not even right. I guarantee you someone else did that. Oh, you're hearing that somebody. I guarantee you like someone in high school who did that and another, you know what I mean? I feel like that's such a reach of a stat. Okay, well, we'll spend the next week trying to figure out if we can. Put our guys on it. Put our guys on it. Put our research, get on it, please.  They won five straight, sit their seventh right now which is kind of crazy, a game behind the Pacers. Hey, let me read you their schedule. Pistons, magic, nets, all at home. So easy question. Do they win out and secure that sixth spot, Lou? Yeah. Wow. All right. Because to me, two of those teams are already done. They're already packing up. They're in get out of the season healthy mode. So, you know, we won't have a summer rehab in Orlando Magic. You know, they're still in a playoff run. But like I said, when you have Joe L and B back and you're trying to make a run for something, I like the 76ers team over a lot of teams coming out of the West including Orlando Magic as well as their plan. So I think they get these last three and they went out. Hmm. I don't think they beat Orlando. I think Orlando's gunning for that hobbling as Milwaukee Bucks team right now. The only good thing is, and we didn't touch this on Milwaukee, they play the Celtics, the Magic twice in the Thunder. The Celtics don't care, right? So like that sounds like a crazy schedule, but the Celtics in the Thunder, they pretty much they know where they're gonna fall, right? So those aren't done. The hard part is the Magic twice. The teams that still have some shifting, still have some moving up and moving down to do. So the sixers are in a good spot. The fact that they're all in home is great. The fact that they had Joe L and B, the back is great. Well, the Thunder can still move Chandler. I mean, it's tough, but they technically could move. They matter to the Thunder. It doesn't matter to the Celtics though. Definitely doesn't matter to the Celtics. Yeah, but I have a question. Do the Celtics view tomorrow's game in Milwaukee as like, if we win and Orlando went like, we have a chance to move Milwaukee down to three or four, and we don't have to face them in our accident. Strategy? Like, is there any motivation like that? Yeah. Yeah, do y'all think about that? I don't think they're scared. They're home court all the way through regardless. You know, if they see what they're home, they're home court all the way through. I don't think they're worried about anybody, honestly. I'll tell you this, though, the most intense game of this whole postseason is probably going to be that 7-8 Eastern Conference play-in. I think it's going to be the play-ins on both sides. I do too. Because nobody, it's going to be the best. They want to win that game and be that two-seat and play Milwaukee or Orlando. That play-in first game, whether it's sixers and Pacers, sixers and he, that game is going to be intense as nobody wants to Celtic smoke first round. No, just put that off to the last minute if you possibly can. Chandler, don't worry. We're going to talk some mavs here. It's kind of crazy what these two dudes have been doing and they seem to actually like each other, get along. But Kyrie had a season high 48. Luca had 37, 12 assists, nine rebounds and 25 of Kyrie's points. We're in the fourth quarter and over time. They beat Houston officially official now. They're out. But they embraced at the end of this one. They just seem to be really liking each other. Lou, are we surprised at all? Considering where we were in the Kyrie Irving story for a while there. And now we get to see this moment. What are you thinking? Yeah. We love a good bromance in sports, right? We love the guys are getting along and playing well together. But listen, this one-two punch is going to be dangerous. This is exciting. This is, we're finally getting to the point of the season where all of these storylines and everything that's happening is starting to make sense. Dallas were limping for a while in this season. They figured it out and put themselves in a great position for a nice four or five matchup coming up here if they can stay in that spot. So having these guys clicking and being on the same page at this time of year is priceless. It's going to pay dividends and it's going to be exciting to watch. Yeah. Again, this duo just, it's working. And they found a balance on when to take turns on how to play and transition, how to play in the half-port offense. I've talked all year long. This is the deepest. This is the most balanced team Luca's had and Kyrie Irving's the best player Luca's ever played with. So that alone makes it this much easier. And yeah, look at the standings. The way Luca torches the Clippers, the year-end, year-out, I love the Mavs in this first-round matchup. And it's not going to be easy. It's going to be probably the best series of all here. But yeah, when you have the offensive fire... I like the good one. When you have the offensive fire power, like Kyrie and Luca and these guys do this together. And by the way, the first quarter looked, they were down 42 to 27 in the first quarter and just completely flipped the script, completely did what they did that was working. And these two guys, they scored so many different ways too. You can't, it's kind of like that son's kind of look where, damn, are we going to double team KD today? Cause then book's going to go crazy. Are we going to blitz book and pick and rolls because then we're going to leave KD alone on the ISO. You can't really guard both them. There's not two guys on any team that can shut these two guys down, which is funny because when you think about it, the two guys that should be able to are Paul George and Kauai Leonard, who are possibly who they're going to face in the first round. But this is just an exciting team. They're really fun to watch. They can shoot the ball. They can score in there. It's the deepest team Luca's ever had. This, I can't wait. This whole first round is going to be insane. And speaking of, why don't we go to the two teams in the West that again, who the hell knows what's going to happen? Lakers and Warriors. So yeah, we got, we got that week left here. The Lakers right now, ninth, they've won nine of their last 11. Warriors of court, 10th, they've won seven of their last eight. Lakers, a half game back to the Kings. That's where we got to concentrate for eighth with three games remaining. And the Warriors are one and a half back of the Lakers with four games left. So there is a world in which these both could advance in that top eight. So I ask you, what is more likely? Or do you see a world loop in which that does happen? For a while there, it felt mathematically like it couldn't, but here we are. For me, I feel like it's going to be one or the other. They're going to run into each other at that nine, 10 matchup. As it stands, you know, this is who these, both of these teams have been all season. It looks like that's what it's going to come down to. So I don't see a scenario where both get in and these, these, these, the standings change any, you know, especially with, with these games dwindling down to the last three or four. I think it stands as it, as it remains right now. And they're going to have to face each other in that first playing game. It's going to be one or the other. When it comes to one game, if I'm picking the Lakers or the Golden State Warriors, I'm going to still have to pick the LA Lakers for this one. I think they're just more equipped for the moment at this, at this point of the season, and they move on. So I hate to say it, but- Come on, Shayla, make it interesting. Tell, tell me they're going to, tell me the Lakers take up the Kings and we get an actual world in which they, they both go after the start. It's possible. There's just enough time, but I'm with Lou. I don't see it. I would rather that. I'd rather the Lakers and the Warriors there in that seven and eight seed than the Sacramento Kings and New Orleans. I think that'd be great for the league. I think it'd be a better for TV. I think it'd be better for ratings. It'd be better for everything. And I just don't see it happening. But again, that nine, 10 matchup, that's going to be something. As now we're talking about two legendary organizations. We're talking about two of the greatest players of all time. And it's going to be an exciting play. And I'm, again, the play in has just worked, man. It's, it's so excited. I hated it at first, just like the in season tournament. I hated playing works. And this is going to be an electric game. And I'd have to take the Lakers too. I know all I can think about is when LeBron was like, whoever came up with the plan should be fired. That might be one of the few times where his basketball opinion might not have been right. He's probably needed more than anybody at this point. And it's worked for him. It's completely worked for him. Shoms, the Lakers did lose to Minnesota last night. Do we have any updates on where Kat is in his progress? Great news for Carl Anthony Towns. He participated in his first team scrimmage on Sunday since that March 4th absence that he's had with that tour. Maniscus, Anthony Edwards said post game in his interview. Carnegie Towns will be back. Kat will be back is the exact words. Indeed, I'm told he is very, very close to returning to action. The Timberwolves have four games this week at home against the Wizards on Tuesday, then on the road Wednesday in a back to back against the Nuggets and then back at home for two to finish the season Friday against Atlanta and Sunday against Phoenix. There is optimism that Carnegie Towns will play before the playoff starts.  Let's see when he makes the return. But obviously great news. I don't think the Timberwolves, when that injury happened, expected him to come back, but he's been working out, progressing. Obviously, you have to work extremely hard with that tour. Maniscus after surgery to get back on the floor in just a little over a month.  Denver back to back. What? What's that? I said, it's crazy how quick these cats are healing. It's insane. No pun intended. See, it used to be season ending. The fact that and by the way, even if Carl Anthony Towns, just the fact that he's coming back and he's going to be on the floor and he plays 15 to 20 minutes gives the Timberwolves that much more and that much of a boost of a confidence just to have their guy back. So this is huge for the Timberwolves going into the postseason. The crazy ending of schedule. Speaking of, we've got we've got more schedule looking right now because the Pelicans and the Suns also play. This is a big one. New Orleans wins it. One 13, 105. You got 31 from CJ, 29 from Zion. Both teams sitting with a 46 and 32 record. Suns right now have the tiebreaker and they both have four remaining. Well, we can show you these schedules, Chandler, when I ask you this, because I'm asking who's finishing with the better record. So for a point of reference here, New Orleans plays at Portland, at Sacramento, at Golden State. Then they play the Lakers. Phoenix plays at the Clippers, then the Clippers at Homes, at Sacramento, at Minnesota.  OK, what are you thinking? I mean, I can see them both going two and two. And it depends on the Pelican schedules easier. So and they just and they just beat them. So I'd have to take I'd have to take the Pelicans. But if I take this team, this, you know, this question in a series or like a play in, I swear, I'd still ride with the Suns. I still think they have more, which is crazy, because they're fully healthy last night. They finally had a big game from all three guys, twenty three from Durant, twenty five from Booker, thirty three from Bradley Biel, and then they give up, you know, thirty one to CJ and let Zion go off for a game near Triple Tubble and still find a way to lose the game.  But I think New Orleans finishes with a higher record. It's going to be an interesting situation again. Come play in. Not wait. I see it. I see it. The opposite channel of New Orleans playing their last three out of four games. They're playing teams that these games matter. They're going to get some. They're going to get some tough runs right here. They're going to play against three really, really motivated teams. The Sacramento Kings, Golden State and L.A. Lakers, I think with Phoenix with the two Clipper games, the Clippers are basically going to be going to be in fourth or fifth. You know, they're obviously playing for a home court advantage. They're going to want to stay in their fourth spot. But other than that, they have the leeway to kind of rest rest some guys wanted one of the two of these games, Sacramento. Like I said, that's going to be a challenge. Minnesota is going to be a challenge trying to work back into back back in. But I think this road is a little bit more difficult for the New Orleans Pelicans, their last three out of four. So I like I like Phoenix finishing better with a better record than than New Orleans. And it is true, like these these last couple of games, we have no idea who's going to be resting and who's going to play. Who cares what seed? You know what I mean? So these games are going to be really unpredictable and hard to tell. Oh, it's going to be fun for your gambling channeler. Let us know how that all works out at the end of the week. Great. Take a quick break. When we come back, Shams with the news. John Calipari and where is Caitlyn Clark ranked all time when run it back returns? Oh, Shams delving into the world of college hoops. All right. What happened? John Calipari switching teams. Why? What? How? What's going on? John Calipari out at Kentucky. He's nearing a massive new deal at the University of Arkansas. The Arkansas Razorbacks. His time was out in Kentucky. It was done 15 seasons there, Michelle. They have not made it out. The Wildcats have out of the first weekend since 2019. And this is really a best case scenario for Kentucky, for John Calipari, for Kentucky. It would have been thirty three million dollars in a buyout to John Calipari. If they fired him, now they owe him zero dollars. He moves on to a new team, fresh start for John Calipari. And in Arkansas, he's going to get around eight million dollars a year. Obviously, a multi-year contract. And Arkansas is making significant NIL commitments to John Calipari in that basketball program. This is looked at as a pretty high level job in terms of the potential growth and the money that's being invested by the boosters and everything else in Arkansas right now. So John Calipari, it is a complete end of an era. I mean, you see all the graphics made right now of all the NBA players that have come through Kentucky, but that era is now over. John Calipari will be moving on. Yeah, he has contributed billions of dollars of NBA talent to the league. Guys, you know what? When the athletic director of Kentucky put out a two sentence tweet and said, I had a meeting with John Calipari and he will be back. I was like, oh, that's not that's not very exciting. But here we are. Moves have been made, guys. Chandler, right time, right place. Yeah, like like Sean just said, that kind of ran its course there from everything I know. And I've heard Calipari and the AD don't have the best of relationships. And now with this NIL deal and with the money, with the Walmart and the Tyson chicken money that Arkansas has, apparently they're putting together a huge little NIL pot where Cal is just going to be able to do what he did at Kentucky and do it at Arkansas and get all the recruits and be able to, you know, financially provide a lot of stability for these kids. So I think I think it's the right move. I think it's the right time. It's interesting. I was just crazy, just going from a, you know, a same conference from a Kentucky to an Arkansas. And it'll be awesome to see him go back and kind of see the reaction that the crowd and the fan base of Kentucky will give him after everything he's done for that school for the 15 seasons. But now I'm looking like who's getting that Kentucky job? Because that is a great job. You hear Billy Donovan, you hear maybe Patino. That kind of gets me going to see who's going to kind of follow Cal Parrish footsteps and who gets that gig next. But, you know, Kudos to Calpari. He's getting a bag. He's going to go to the same type of town. And then he's got a big old, big old pot of money from his boosters to get all the best players. So it seems like the right move. Do we have a preference? Do you want Billy Donovan to be the coach at Kentucky?  If he goes to Kentucky from Florida, no way. I'll never speak to him again if he takes that job, but it'd be a great job. Lines have been drawn. OK. Oh, the Gators, my bad. All right, I get it. So he's not out there. Chandler just said he's never going to speak to Billy D. You're never going to speak to him again. Get that out there. Get that. His first few feelings are just unacceptable. I get it. Yeah, but what if he wants to go back to Kentucky? You don't go Florida to Florida State. It's just he just don't do it. I get it. But what if it's the best job and he wants it? You're not going to take it just from somewhere? He should probably take it and I'll probably talk to him still, but I won't be happy.  All right, moving on. Shams, we're all on Brawny Watch. Whether we want to be or not, it is a talking point.  Where's Brawny going? Brawny James is declaring for the 2024 NBA draft, but he's also maintaining his college eligibility going to enter the NCA transfer portal, leaving USC, regardless of where this goes. I'm told this is just the start of the process where Brawny James priority is to stay in the draft, of course, but that's going to depend on how the evaluation comes from his team workouts, team visits. He's going to have to go through a thorough evaluation through this pre-drive process. When I talk to NBA teams, there's a clear consensus that as a defender, he's already at that caliber of an NBA defender. We know about his basketball IQ as well. Obviously, great genes there. But shooting, offensive game, ball handling. I think those are all things that scouts talent evaluators will keep an eye on as he goes through the pre-drive process. And I think if there's a draft to be in, though, this is probably the draft by all accounts to stay in. And it's not like Brawny James, the guy that's hurting for money. This is something that I think him, Rich Paul, his agents at Clutch Sports, they're going to make sure he finds the right situation, whether that's in the first round, the second round, if he does stay in this draft. And any GM that takes Brawny James and takes on the persona of what this is all going to mean, you're going to have to have some level of comfortability with their job status as well. So we'll see where Brawny James ends up. We'll know in the coming weeks and months. OK, hear me out, guys. Remember that video of Linda Rambas and Jeannie Buss all huggy, huggy with LeBron? Based on that video, I think Brawny James will be a Laker and they will all just stay put in Hollywood. Where are we on that? Good theory? Yes. Go, Lou. I mean, it's low risk versus high reward, right?  So if you can get Brawny in the late first round, early second round with a draft pick and have an opportunity to keep his pops happy, have an opportunity for him to be in a system where he's not needed right away. I think this works out. And like Shum said, if there is a draft to do it, this is the draft. There's no disrespect to these young guys out here. But it's not a lot in his draft. And so if you can get an opportunity to get a Brawny James and have an opportunity for him to be in your environment, in your organization, along with his father, I think you do it. Yeah, if I'm a team and I have a late, you know, first round pick, early second round pick and I'm just in front of the Lakers, I'm thinking about taking Brawny James and sabotaging this whole plan that we think they have, for sure. Because look, if he was LeBron's son, would we be talking about like this? Probably not.  But that's also not saying much because he wasn't very good this year with the health issues and what he's on the floor. So that's a completely different story. But if you get their chance, yeah, getting LeBron James and you're either a small market town, like, you know, like, like a Memphis or like someone, something like this that could use the Jersey sales and the buzz and the TV games, sure, you're not going to get fired as a GM for taking Brawny James with the 33rd pick if that means you get LeBron James. I promise you will not get fired doing that.  Yeah, I think it's, I think it's extremely, extremely low risk for high reward, like Lou said, to take a flyer on him. So we'll see, obviously with the rules now, he could just also go back to school. He could transfer, he could not enter the draft. So it really doesn't matter until it's final. But yeah, I'm taking the risk of drafting him with the 29th pick. If that means next season, I get LeBron James for sure. I think this is Lakers all in, though. I don't think another team really gets an opportunity at him. I think he's Lakers all in. That's the only way it makes sense. If like, if he goes to who knows small, well, the small market team for this. Yeah, like he goes to, like LeBron's not going to Memphis. I don't care what he said in the past. I don't care. Obviously, the narratives already starting to change a little bit, right? Like he's already said, I don't know how long I'm going to play. I don't know how I'm going to feel this in that the narratives in the timelines are already starting to change with things that he said in the past and in years in the past. And so if he goes to a Memphis or a team like that, Brandy, I think you're on your own. And so are the Memphis Grizzlies going to be as patient with Brony James as the Los Angeles Lakers? I don't think so. So I think this is Lakers all in. I noticed that Chandler always sends everybody to Memphis. I appreciate it. The consistency has been there all for two seasons now. Yeah, we're going to love how you're there with us. I know it's like we like them. We hate. I don't know. I don't know if she friends again, that's fine. We'll see you in the morning. OK, Chandler doesn't like them. Thank you, sir. And we do have some hot headlines to continue to speak about gentlemen's Iowa, South Carolina. You know, the result wasn't the surprise. South Carolina won this one becoming national champs. Third one, 10th team to compete in an undefeated season the way they did. But Caitlin Clark, obviously, is the big story of the weekend. She's now lost consecutive title chances. Does it, in your opinion, Chandler, do anything to what her legacy has been overall? No, because she played them on stars last night. That were 38 and no. And by the way, congratulations to South Carolina. That's what an unbelievable season. Like, you don't just do that by luck or by chance. That is an unbelievable. They have did not lose a game from October to now. That is insane, too. So Don Staley, shout out the coach, the team. That's great. But no, Caitlin Clark has single handedly put this sport on the map.  I have never seen that type of vibe and that type of atmosphere for a woman's basketball game.  It's unbelievable. The recognition, even the wins and losses, they're going to come and go. Right.  She's getting whatever it is. She's she's gave women's college basketball, at least for now, that boost of ratings. You see the ratings of the Yukon game, the most game ever. Like it's insane. So that aspect, yes, there's been a lot of great women before her to play. There'll be a lot of great women after her to play. But she has definitely lit this on fire. Yeah, I don't think this. Yeah, this doesn't affect her legacy at all. She was transcendent. She brought so much attention to the women's basketball game. And I and I love it. Being a coach, being around these young women, we were in the AAU gym yesterday and the lobby was packed with people crammed, watching these two small TVs behind a smoothie bar, checking this out. And a lot of that was because of Caitlin Clark. So, you know, she's been the best player in college basketball. She's run into the best teams in college basketball two years in a row. And the results show because of that. But that changes nothing that she's been a been allowed to do on the women's side of sports. I look forward to seeing her in a WNBA, you know, the talk is even transferring over to how she's going to be played to the pro level. And so with that, she's brought awareness to the WNBA and she's going to bring a lot of a lot of new fans and a different fan base to it. And I think that's what the women's game needs. So salute to Caitlin Clark for being transcendent and also shout out to Dunn, Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks for being dominant as they were this year and all the other women that had a great impact on the year. And by the way, it's her WNBA arrival is already being planned for because teams are changing venues when the fever visit. I think the aces are moving to the bigger arena for that particular game. So it's it's badass. Think about the one two punch we're going to be able to see. We're going to be able to see her and Aliyah Boston as a one two punch to be able to play against the loss to play against the aces with the powerhouse that they have with the New York Lively with the powerhouse they have. This is the excitement that the WNBA needs. They need that star power. And Caitlin Clark is at the head of it. This is going to be fun. I look forward to seeing her compete against the rest of the pros. Adam Silver better be on the phone already with her agents getting her to All-Star Weekend too. Oh, yeah. It's moving. It's moving. It will. They're not going to miss that opportunity. There's no way. Quick break. When we come back, we will have a little Batman as a family. Running back, running back, running back, running back, running up. Oh, that man does have a family. Why not? Winby, this might be the one future I got right when I said he would lead the league in blocks this year in October. We got it. Is he is he defensive player of the year next year, Lou? It looks like it. Not this year, but next year it looks like it. This show better come back because it's going to be fun next year, y'all. That's all I want to be all winby. All winby. Which is the name of the show. All right, here we go.  What is that? It's like a cartoon. Call it a dime. It's crazy is this is probably like the fourth nicest play that he did. All game long. Everything he does is so nuts. It's so nuts. All right. Yeah, Mr. Robinson. Oh, dear. Oh, oh, bye. I'm sorry, Greg. Tori, Greg's on the bulls. We're not doing this. Come on, sir. I'm sorry, you take it. Japs, take him off the dugout. Oh, he almost hurt himself for that one. Let me see. One, two, three, four, five, seven. Oh, no, nuts. I mean, he must have tripped, though. That's crazy, but that was a very hard fall. I'm going to go ahead and say he tripped a little bit. Oh, this almost falls too. But yeah, that's nasty. Dude, we've seen these so many times and yet every time. Come on, there he is. Like, at this point, you just got to pull the ball out, man. If you look back and see LeBron James trailing, you just got to pull the ball back. Do you feel him or do you see him? Like, what is it? You feel him, you know, he's coming with him. He's got his soup. Oh, he's gotten so good at this that even if you do a reverse, he can he can beat it up. Yeah, like crazy. Lexi Pokeshevsky. Poku. Oh, it's clean. OK. Oh, yeah. He's up. Oh, no. No, he's working muscle. He don't got some muscles. He got half. This is amazing.  This is for you. He may wait a thing. I can't touch. 160 pounds. So get wet. No, the ref didn't even see it directly. I expected his flex. That that was made me laugh. All right, Paul. Paul George again. They got it for you. Oh, my God. That was a game where.  Sir, in his bag today. Oh, clean one, please. And he makes the shot, which is obviously the chair. A big shot. Oh, well, that's. That's how you don't. That's how you don't do a chase down block. Well, but I appreciate the effort. And guards know better. What are you doing? Kobe, he's effort. I'm not surprised. Kobe White, that's that's very him. Quick break. Wrap things up when we come back. Who you got Purdue, Yukon.  Lou, you first. I'm throwing a big, old, big, old, big, old bag on Yukon. That's that Chandler. Did you hear that? I mean, they're the best team. They've been the best team all year long, but I'll make it fun. I'll take Purdue. I think Zach Edie is too much. He's too big. Yeah, he's looking at you with that big. You see how he's looking at you? Chandler, he's the only little man that's looking at you like you're some kind of a genius. You should enjoy that. But I'll see you all tomorrow.


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Hi, I'm Zor. Welcome to Unisor Education. I would like to present a couple of problems which I have already discussed in the previous lecture about trigonometric series. Problems are exactly the same. However, I would like to offer an alternative solution. And this alternative solution, I would say, is quite artificial. So it's like if you know this solution, it's kind of easy to come up with it. But if you don't know the solution, the whole idea, well, not necessarily comes as the first thing in your mind. However, knowing the answer to these problems which I have derived in the previous lecture, I can actually think about some other solution and that's exactly what I'm going to present right now. So, the first problem was about some of cosines and the second problem was about sum of sines. So let's start with a cosine. So we have a problem of summation of this particular series. So we have n numbers in the series. The base is n times 5 and then on each step it's added delta 2 delta 3 delta up to n minus 1 delta. Now, our problem is to come up with a formula which will be in a concise form reflecting the result of this summation. Now, using the correspondence between trigonometry and complex numbers, I have derived with a formula which after certain transformations, which I also put in the notes in the previous lecture, looks like this. Cosine 5 plus n minus 1 delta over 2 sin n delta over 2 divided by sin delta over 2. So that's the result. And again, knowing the result, I can come up with actually something really alternative to whatever the approach I took. I still like the approach related to complex numbers and geometrical progression better, which is in the previous lecture. However, it's interesting that it can be derived differently and the idea about how it can be derived comes from this particular formula. Now, what does it mean? It means that the sine of delta over 2 times this should be equal to this product of these cosine and sine. And I also remember, and again, that was addressed in the previous lecture, something like if you have cosine of u minus v minus cosine of u plus v, it's equal to what? Cosine cosine plus sine sine. This is also cosine cosine and minus sine sine. So cosine will reduce itself and what I will have left is 2 sine sine. Now similarly, if I will add them together, I will have cosine cosine plus sine sine, cosine cosine minus sine sine, so sines will be reduced and I will have as a result this, cosine u cosine v. Now, if I want to have sine and cosine mixed together, I should really do with the sine. Sine u plus v is sine cosine plus cosine sine, right? Now, if I will add sine u minus v, what I will have?  So what I will have is 2 sine u cosine v. So basically these are transformations which I used in the previous lecture and they are kind of trivial actually. These are trivial identities. And here is what I have, sine. If I will multiply it by all of these, somehow sine and cosine must be played against each other. So let's see how it happens. My general member of this particular sequence is cosine of phi plus sum n multiplied by delta. And I am multiplying this by sine of delta over 2. Now, what will happen? Now, I will use something like this, right? So my n plus delta would be equal to, this is a cosine, so this is v, and delta over 2 would be u, right? So I will have, well, this is 2, so I will have to have one half of this, right here.  So it's phi plus n delta plus delta over 2, which is sine of phi plus, how about this? 2n plus 1 over 2 delta. Is that right? n delta plus delta over 2, n delta plus delta, correct. And the cosine, no, sine plus sum plus sine of u minus v. Now, what's u minus v? It's this minus this. Now, if I will change the sine and put this minus this, I will have minus, right? That's easier for me. Sine of this minus this. Now, in this case, this is phi plus 2n minus 1 over 2 delta. Correct? Now, I am supposed to have u minus v with a plus sine, but if I will have v minus u, sine is an odd function than this minus would be, right? And in this case, I do want v minus u, because this is kind of greater than this. So this is my formula for the common member of this series, where lowercase n is changing from 0 to uppercase n minus 1. Now, this is actually the key to the whole thing, because if you will consider this and you will really use this common member and rewrite your series substituting for each member of this, we have multiplied by this sine of delta over 2, right? So whenever we multiply by this and then multiply by the common member, we will have this difference, and let's just do it from the very beginning. So 1 half over. Now, this is member with n is equal to 0, and so in my parentheses, I will have sine of n is equal to 0, and sine of n is phi plus delta over 2. This is minus sine of phi minus delta over 2. That's n equals to 0. Now, n is equal to 1 plus, well, actually I'll give this square bracket. This is over the entire thing. With n is equal to 2, I have plus sine n is equal to 2, sorry, n is equal to 1. n is equal to 1, so it's delta plus half delta, so it's 3 delta over 2, 3 delta over 2 minus, and this for n is equal to 1 sine of delta over 2, phi plus delta over 2 plus. Now, for n is equal to 2 now, sine of phi plus. If n is equal to 2, I have 5 seconds delta. Minus sine of phi plus n is equal to 2, so it's 3 seconds delta plus delta. Now, do you see what happens here? This is what happens. This is reduced to this, this is reduced to this, and basically every member would be reduced with the one which is step over it. Now, what will be remaining is the second member from the first, which is this, and the last member for lowercase n equals to n minus 1, the bigger one. So, the remaining one, if lowercase n is equal to n minus 1, it would be sine of phi plus 2n minus 1 over 2 delta. That's what it is. This will also remain. If I'm not mistaken, right? Again, if lowercase n is equal to capital N minus 1, then this would be 2n minus 2 plus 1, which is minus 1, divided by 2 delta. And the one which has a minus will be reduced with one of the previous ones. So, the only thing which remains in this case is one half, the last one, which is sine of phi plus 2n minus 1 over 2 delta, minus the second part of the first member, which is sine of phi minus delta over 2. That's the result of the summation of the cosines. Now, so if I multiply sine of delta over 2 by all this, we get this. Now, but my formula was this. Is this the same thing as this? Let's check it out. Let's check it out. So, again, if you have sine u times cosine v. Remember what it is? Now, this is sine of u plus v. It will be sine cosine plus cosine v. Then plus sine of u minus v. Am I right? Is that the right thing? And that would be too obvious, right? So, again, sine cosine, which is this, and this is sine cosine. And then the second member would be cosine u sinv and this is minus cosine v, which is reduced. So, that's what we have. Okay. So, in our case, n would be equal to nw over 2. v would be equal to 5 plus n minus 1 delta over 2. Right? So, let's check it out. What happens? u plus v equals to 5 plus n and n minus 1. So, it's 2n minus 1 over 2 delta. u minus v is equal to minus, do it again, 5 minus n delta over 2 and minus delta over 2. That's my v. And u is equal to n delta over 2. Oh, plus, sorry, plus. So, if I will subtract from uv, I will have minus 5 minus delta over 2. Okay. Seems to be working fine because this is minus 5 minus delta over 2. So, the sine of this would be equal to... So, v minus u is equal to 5 minus delta over 2. I changed the science, right? And that's what actually this is because I can always put, instead of plus sine, I can put minus sine v minus. Right? That's the same thing. And that's exactly what I have here. Minus sine of and v minus u is equal to this. And this is equal to u plus v. So, this, the numerator, is equal to this. And 2 will be reduced for... multiply by 1 hub would be exactly like this. So, this is exactly the same formula. Now, what does it mean? It means that if I am smart enough to solve my problem, the original problem as follows. Let's multiply the whole sum by... So, this is s. Let's multiply s by sine of delta over 2. If I'm smart, if I know that somehow, magically, it just occurs to me. Let's multiply by sine of delta over 2. What happens? Then I will have sine and cosine, sine and cosine, sine and cosine, I never remember. Then I will use my formula to convert sine times cosine into a difference between two sines. And they will reduce each other and all of a sudden I will get the final result very simply because only the last member and the first member actually remains. Now, it's similar to summing the geometric progression. If you remember, if I have a geometric progression like this, how can I sum it up without remembering the formula, of course? Well, I multiply it by d. In this case, the number is multiplied by v. So this will be this, this will be this, etc. And then I subtract. And as soon as I subtract, I will have this. Instead of this complicated thing, I have only u, v to the n, the very last one minus the first one, which is very similar to whatever we did. So if we're smart enough to multiply it by something, which then would be reduced and would result in reduction of all the intermediate members, only the first and the last one will be remaining. And from here I will just resolve it. And that's the formula, actually, which some people do remember, but not me. All right, so this is how you can solve this original problem if you know the results, if you kind of... Well, quite frankly, if you haven't experienced with solving some other problems similar to this one, that's where it is. Because now let me just replace this problem with a different one, and let's see if I will have similar results. Well, instead of cosines, use sines. That's the second problem, which also was resolved in the course of the lecture when I was using complex numbers. What if I have the sines? Well, again, let's be smart and let's multiply sum by sin of delta over 2. So what will I have? I will use a little bit more, like, mathematical notation. So instead of doing this, I will have s is equal to sigma, which means sum. This is the operation of summation. The general member, the common member of this series is this, where n from 0 to capital N minus 1. All right? So if I will multiply by sin of delta over 2, I will have sigma from N is equal to 0 to N minus 1, sin of delta over 2 times sin of 5 plus N delta. That's what I will have, right? So I multiply sin of delta over 2 by an entire sum, and using the distributive law, I can always replace it with multiplication by each member and then have a summation. So multiplication and summation are reversible in this particular case, obviously, for distributive law. All right, fine. Now, how can I deal with this one? Well, again, remember, cosine u plus v minus cosine of... Well, actually, let me start with u minus v, because u minus v will result in a plus. Minus cosine of u plus v is equal to 2 sin u sin v, right? Again, this is cosine cosine plus sin sin. This is cosine cosine minus sin sin. Now, cosine will be reduced, and this minus cosine and this minus will be plus, and that's why I have 2. Now, so this is basically what I have, right? So let's consider that u is equal to 5 plus N delta, sorry, and v is delta over 2, which means that my sum would be sigma N from 0 to N minus 1. So this is u, this is v. So I will have cosine of u minus v, which is 5 plus 2 N minus 1 over 2 delta. Am I right? It's 5 plus N delta minus delta over 2. Right, that's what it is. Minus cosine of 5 plus 2 N plus 1 over 2 delta, right? So that's what we have. And now, let's think about it. With N is equal to 0, I will have cosine equals... Now we can convert back into the explicit sum. Phi N is equal to 0, so it's minus delta over 2, minus cosine phi plus N is equal to 0 delta over 2. Next one. When N is equal to 1, I will have cosine of 5 plus delta over 2, minus cosine of 5 plus 3 seconds delta. That's first two members. Now, the next one for N is equal to 2. That would be 4, 3, 2, cosine of 5 plus 3 seconds of delta, minus cosine of 5 plus 5 seconds of delta, plus, etc. Now, the same thing exactly happens. This is reduced with this, this with this, this with this, etc., etc. And the only thing which would be remaining is the one with a negative sign of the last pair, which is for lower case N equals to N minus 1. So that would be cosine of 5 plus. This is my general... If N is equal to... Lower case is equal to N minus 1, it's 2N minus 2... No, this one will remain. This one will be reduced with the previous one. So this one will remain. So plus 2N minus 2 plus 1, minus 1 over 2 delta. That's the one which will not be reduced. Right. So whenever I multiply this by this, I will have only two members, cosine of 5 plus 2N minus 1 over 2 delta with a minus sign. Yes, minus sign. Because the previous one with a plus sign will be reduced. And the one which in the beginning would be with a plus sign, cosine of 5 plus delta over 2. So that's the result of summation in a concise form. Because now you can say that since S times sine of delta over 2 is equal to this, then S is equal to cosine of 5 plus delta over 2 minus cosine of 5 plus 2N minus 1 over 2 delta over sine of delta over 2. So this is the final formula. And again, it can be converted into a product using the same basically philosophy as I was using before. Because the final formula should look like a product of two sons. Now the final formula as I wrote it here is sine of 5 plus N minus 1 delta over 2 times sine of N delta over 2 divided by sine of delta over 2. Now the question is, is the product of these signs exactly the same as this? Again, it's probably very easy to prove using exactly the same formulas as before. So 2 sine U times sine V is equal to what? How can I get sine by sine? For sine I have to have cosine of difference and minus cosine of sum.  And this is also cosine cosine but in this case minus. If all signs will be reduced, signs will remain, this minus and this minus will be plus sine. So that's the formula. So my question is, if U is equal to 5 plus N minus 1 delta over 2 and V is equal to N delta over 2. U minus V is equal to minus delta over 2, am I right? And U plus V is equal to 5 plus 2 N minus 1 over 2. Is that right? Here, I actually made mistake here. That should be minus. So cosine of this and cosine of this. Yes, I think I made a mistake when I was transferring the formulas from one to another. So basically that corresponds to the formula which I have derived in the previous lecture. And the purpose of this was, if you are experienced enough solving all these problems, different methodologies will probably come to your mind just by themselves. So the one methodology which I was presenting on the lecture, in the previous lecture, was about using the complex numbers and geometric signals. Now in this particular case, I actually came up with a different solution, multiplied by sine of delta over 2 and then transform product of sines or product of sine times cosine into a difference and all consecutive members will be reduced. Well, that's another approach. You just have to be equipped, so to speak, that you can approach it this way, you can approach it that way. There are only a finite number of approaches. So the more problems you solve, the richer your repertoire is basically. So I will probably present some more problems in the same kind of area. And most likely either one of these two approaches would work. The only thing is you have to recognize, you have to find out, okay, I really have to multiply by delta over 2, the sine of delta over 2. Why? Well, in this case, I can actually give you a hint why. You see the difference between all consecutive members is delta. So whenever you have delta over 2, that's half of the difference. Basically what you're doing is you're replacing two consecutive members with the middle one minus delta and middle one plus delta. Well, actually delta over 2 if this is delta. So you have the middle one, the delta is a difference, and you replace this one with middle one minus half delta and this one with middle one plus delta. And then whenever you're doing other calculations, they are reducing each other. Each consecutive member would be reducing. Right? Because this one is middle minus delta over 2. But in the previous step, you had middle plus. So that's why. All right. So again, this is all I wanted to say about this particular problem, these particular two problems. And again, I'll try maybe to put some more on the web. But don't forget that everything would be in the notes on Unisor.com for every corresponding lecture. That's it. Thank you very much and good luck.


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I'm excited to introduce you to Sami Bloom. Sami, Sami is a creative director, performing artist and founder of Bluing Studio. I've been drawn to his really deep interest and commitment to both his life as a creative and this field of impact investing. He's an amazing human bridge between the artistic community and all of the work that is represented in the audience. So in dreaming up Socap 18, I asked Sami to create a piece for this main stage and he has outdone himself. He will be your emcee over the coming days, but tonight he is a performer with a treat to kick off Socap 18. I'm so thrilled to have you all here and if this next performance surprises you, let it be the first of many surprises for the week. I hope it warms you up for the many valuable strangers you will meet and the insights you discover from every corner of the social capital markets. So without further ado, please welcome to the stage Sami Bloom. A picture of beautiful band of a chromatic continuum of values, some describable, some ineffable, all blended just right. This image is born in the center of a dying star, an engine of energy 150 million kilometers far, inside of its core, 200,000 times hotter than this room. Under 3.84 trillion pounds of pressure per square inch, a family of photons begins their journey. Through emission and absorption, they bounce through the body of the sun for tens of thousands of years before their journey to the surface is done and then they are flung into the vacuum of space. If you were to travel as fast as these photons, you could travel around the earth four times in the blink of your eye. After a multi millennia migration from their fusion fueled formation, the photons leave the hand of their plasmatic parent for just an eight minute jot before colliding in earth's atmosphere with the liquid of life, droplets of rain that refract them just right, producing the bowed image we know to be the visible spectrum of light. Each color that we see has its own frequency, the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time because each color has a different wavelength, they're each slowed to a different degree and refracted at a slightly different angle. The combined effect of this two degree spread is light scattered into perfectly blended bands. Now here's the trick. Rainbows only happen when the sunlight is coming from behind you. As the light shines into a curtain of raindrops in air, front of you, only one color from each droplet will refract at the exact angle necessary to reach your eye. That is to say that in one part of the sky, all the raindrops will bounce red light into your eye. All the other colors from those same particular droplets will scatter too high, too low, or too far to the side, but just a few degrees away in the sky. The orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet light, bouncing out of these raindrops will be the ones to be seen by you. You know that rainbows actually form in a full circle in front of you? It's the Earth's horizon, however, that blocks you from seeing the full circle, exposing just the upper arc. And this means that you'll always be at the center of a rainbow you see. Now some pilots, astronauts, and mountaineers under the right conditions have been able to see a full circular rainbow. So these colors that we supposedly see, well, how do we? A physicist might tell you that color is a property of the surface of objects, not what we think we detect, but rather a disposition to absorb and refract light of different wavelengths. They call this a spectral reflectance profile, one that sits in a certain denial that color is anything but what's on the surface. Well, a neuroscientist might remind you that there's no color in your mind, that all colors are acts of interpretation, a nervous system activation, producing a sensation that becomes part of a grand hallucination that we agree to label as reality. A philosopher might think differently, labeling color as an ecological property, a feature of the way light and surfaces interact, and that in fact, color holds no contract to be stable. They would say that because under certain lighting we can believe in optic fable, that color is locked inside the same box as our historical quest to understand how we perceive everything and why. And lastly, an artist might show us the image of a tree, ask us to focus on what we see and then propose what is a tree's least favorite color? Green, for it's willing to give it all away. Now, it's fair to assume that humans have observed rainbows for millennia, but prisms came later. Early Latin writers of the Roman Empire first reported on the play of colors through crystal and glass, supposedly mimicking the spectral phenomenon well before Isaac Newton in the 1600s. What Newton determined that no scientist or philosopher had before him was that scattered light could be refracted back into its original form, proving that prisms did not color light, as had once been believed, but rather exposed its component parts. Over the following centuries, you would come to discover that the visible spectrum we see is an incredibly small portion of a larger electromagnetic spectrum. From the longest of radio and television waves that stand as tall as buildings, to microwaves that range from our height to that of a tree, to infrared, that would fit on the point of a needle, to the visible light that a human eye can see, to the ultraviolet light that molecules, to X-rays, the size of atoms in our bones, to gamma rays who at the size of atomic nuclei can alter the DNA in our cells. So, let us review. Photons born tens of thousands of years ago in our sun are flung into space for an eight minute race to Earth. Flying over our shoulder, they collide with droplets of rain, creating a different bowed spectrum for each of us, none of them the same. The jury is still out on what color is that we see. From physics to neuroscience to art and philosophy, we still haven't cracked how we perceive and what it means to be. What we think we can see sits on an invisible electromagnetic axis, far larger than the chromatic cut our eyes alone can pick up. We'll come back to this idea again. But first, let's explore light sibling, sound. Sound is a vibration, an audible movement of a medium such as water or air. It sits on a spectrum too. Loud is a rock concert or quiet as a feather in air. See, visible light because of the length of its wave can't pass through most things we see every day. But sound can bend around objects and join itself again. Thus, we can think about the spectrum of sound as the power of our voice, about our ability to move through and around obstacles by choice. So, now that you're experts in the spectra of sound and of light, we can talk about how and why the concept of a continuum has been a critical analytical tool across multiple disciplines. When I envision disability, I picture a spectrum of ability upon which we all exist. What if we were to consider that people are not able or disabled, but the built and virtual environment inhibits us under differing conditions from full and equitable participation. People who experience physical and or cognitive barriers to access and participation, including myself, are integral members of our community. We often possess a unique perspective and distinctive hyper-trained abilities that can be powerfully utilized across job sectors and events. However, even for those who experience extreme barriers to access, they deserve and we all benefit from their participation in our broader culture. As time goes on and under different conditions, our position on the spectrum of ability shifts. To consider all persons in the spaces and features we use to work and gather, it's a recognition of self, of community, and of the essence of humanity. I should note that this talk utilizes language that includes assumptions about our ability to see, to hear, and to comprehend complex information. Developing new language that will make sure more of us are welcome, regardless of our modes of perception, is tied with our collective liberation. When I envision gender, I picture a spectra of identity, attraction, sex, and expression. Modern Western understandings of gender put forth the idea of a static binary. This was long after native and indigenous people who knew that members of their tribe were capable of holding multiple spirits within themselves and often called upon these members for their wisdom. Gender identity is who we know ourselves to be. Based on what we have been socialized to believe our options are, and how much we align or don't align with one of those options. There is a broader invisible axis of all the genders that we could have. Then there are the options that are visible to us, and then there are the colors that we choose to mix. Attraction is the different ways we feel drawn to other people, whether romantically or sexually, and is most often categorized based on our gender and the gender of those we feel attracted to. This is what we refer to as sexual orientation. With a spectrumized view of gender, so too can one have a spectrum of attraction. I, for instance, identify with a word that was once derogatory and now reclaimed queer to describe my attraction to people across the gender spectrum and my non-binary place on the gender spectrum as well. I should also note that some people experience both romantic and sexual attraction, some only one and some neither. Sex refers to the anatomical physical makeup of our bodies, and specifically all the body parts we've named as sex characteristics, including the primary traits we're born with, such as genitalia, and the secondary traits that we may or may not develop later in life, such as body hair, breasts, and an Adam's apple. These characteristics are not mutually exclusive, and thus, maleness and femaleness also exist within spectra. I want to repeat this loud and clear for the Trump administration to hear. Gender is not defined by what we are assigned at birth. What was is or will be between our legs are the chromosomes that make up our DNA. Believing this is an antiquated and lethal perspective for the lives of our trans and gender non-conforming siblings. Lastly, gender expression is all the different ways we present ourselves through our actions, our language, our clothing, our demeanor, and all the gendered representations of how that is socially interpreted. I was able to safely dance upon this stage in these heels. In front of this audience is because of the trans and gender non-conforming women of color who gave their lives to a movement for human rights. And this brings us to the most complex and relevant spectra of them all. When I envision power, I picture spectra of privilege and oppression.   To note the ways that gender, race, class, ethnicity, and ability intersected to bring visibility to how identity affects the world we experience and the world we see. Power is a spectrum of ability to make the world as you wish it to be. Power is a spectrum of ability to make the world as you wish it to be. So if creating a better world is what we supposedly seek to do, here today in our lives, in the lives of the next generations to come, that we need to recognize that we will never see the full spectrum of what is true. We see our own sliver, our own unique vision in our mind's eye or way high up in the sky. In most of Western culture, we conceptualize time as a linear journey, a straight path from birth to death into whatever is or isn't beyond that we each individually believe. Now my ancestors, they view this differently. They use the Hebrew word kedim, which means in front of to describe the past. To describe the future, they use the word ahar, from the word aharit, saying on the beams of light from our tendency to listen to what we see. And in turn, we can move backwards together towards an unknown future, piece by piece, color by color, sound by sound. Constructing an aligned image, a remarkable vision, a beautiful band of light that we would all want to live in under the sun. I'm 6'10 in these heels, so if anyone wants to volunteer to try this, you can come on up, I'll teach you a lesson. This next section is a privilege to introduce who's coming to the stage as an individual who I've had the pleasure of getting to know since last year. And is the rightful representative of the territory that we have the privilege of occupying through this gathering.