Salt Lake City Summer League Preview

Salt Lake City Summer League Preview

who’s going to be balling in the Beehive State at the SLC summer league find out next on locked on NBA [Music] bigboard welcome in lockt on NBA bigboard I’m Leaf toen joined by James Barlo you guys are used to us hanging out and talking and Hoops well today is going to be no different yesterday we previewed the California classic featuring The Kings the Lakers the heat uh we’ve got one that’s more near and dear to my heart and I think for those of you who are draft junkies like ourselves you might like this one because there’s a lot of high-profile rookies this is the Salt Lake City summer league where my Utah Jazz the Oklahoma City Thunder Philadelphia 76ers and Memphis Grizzlies are all going to play three days of basketball from the Delta Center I’ve gone to it the last couple years and this is the most excited I’ve been because the Jazz have three picks in it Cody Williams at 10 Isaiah Coler at 29 uh the and Philip psky at 32 the Thunder have a top 12 pick and topich not going to play but McCain 16 9 we’re going to talk about all that but first let me tell you today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel make every moment more as playoffs wind down the sport stop sporting like we want them to but this summer FanDuel is cooking up all or hooking up all customers where you can cook up your your plays with a boost or a bonus daily that’s right there’s something for everyone every day all summer long visit fanduel.com lockon to get started alrighty James so I I briefly alluded to it the Jazz the Thunder the 76ers the Grizzlies you got two top 10 picks in uh Ed at nine and Cody Williams at 10 Jared McCain went 16 and the Thunder picked Nico a topic at 12 he won’t be playing because he tore his ACL but they do have another first-rounder in Dylan Jones um let let’s go team by team let’s start with my jazz though I I know I I always want to talk about them but but I think I think they’re the most intriguing team in this not just because they have three first or three picks this year two of whom were first rounders the other one Kyle filipowski a notable name but the Jazz whole roster uh their actual quite quite literal Utah Jazz roster barring Lowry Markin John Collins who may be on the Move Clarkson who may be on the Move They’re all playing that’s Cody Williams you’ve got Isaiah Collier Kyle filipowski Keon George Taylor Hendricks both of them were top fif I guess 16 Picks last year Bryce sensal went 28 last year and then Walker Kessler who was all rookie team and 12 months ago in the same time he didn’t play in the summer league what did he play on he played on the USA select team along with the likes of Jaylen Brunson Tyrese Halbert and Josh Hart all those guys he was on that team now he’s playing in the summer league and then there’s one more guy that I know you love I’ll let you get to him but that that’s a quite a squad that might be the best summer league League team in terms of how much of that team is comprised of the actual team that I’ve seen since watching the summer league and I’ve been watching the summer league since I’ve been a little boy yeah it’s it reminds me of those teams uh in the past where you’re like you know what that is that’s half of our rotation right there uh I just have a quick question for you so we mentioned and the obviously the biggest surprise to me Walker Kessler is playing what are what is the staff looking for when you throw out Walker Kessler in this setting uh being that he’s going into his third year in the NBA and he’s not like I’ll let you explain it to me what what are they looking for from him well I think it’s a confidence booster for Walker Kesler I I was told by Tony Jones unlocked on Jazz a few weeks ago that Walker Kesler was frustrated and the Jazz were frustrated Walker Kesler and there’s a disconnect of what was expected of him and what he was doing and then it became a bit of a Rift you saw him get varying minutes in playing time last season for the Jazz after being an all rookie first team third and Rookie of the Year voting his rookie year falling from grace to playing summer league I I think this is a confidence Builder saying hey you’re going to rim run you’re G to play hard and we’ve still we still really M really believe in your ability and this is how we’re going to show it you play here you’re going to play in the in the actual games we know you have an elite skill set as a shot blocker but let’s diversify your game and this a good time to try it uh the the last thing about Kesler in in my opinion that that needs to be noted is Walker Kesler was in trade rumors and the Jazz met with uh Kesler and Kesler with the Jazz and I think they sorted out and came to an agreement of like oh this is where it went wrong this is the path forward and that’s what I’ve been told and so I’m I’m that’s the guy I’m most eager to see how how he plays and I I wonder if he’s just kind of plays one or two games and that’s what it is the Jazz fans though they don’t they don’t really want to see a known commodity they want to see Cody Williams Isaiah klier Kyle filipowski and then there’s I think everyone thinks Keon is going to kill it in the summer league because he did last year but Taylor Hendricks didn’t play in the Summer League last year Bryce Sensa didn’t play in the Summer League last year they both emerged at the end of the year I think the Jazz fans are gonna be very curious to see what Hendricks does along with Cody Williams so I transition into saying that I left out one player who who I know you want to see so I want I want you to introduce him because Jazz summer league actually saw him last year and maybe the year before that too I think I’ve seen him in summer league two years before but he along with one of the newer guys that you want to see and you expect the ball out so the the mystery guy which is shouldn’t be a mystery Kenneth Lofton Jr he’s it feels like he’s been around for five years and he’s only 21 years old I know he recently there’s been uh video or I guess you could say footage him he’s lost some weight I want to see what he looks like uh because again the weight loss was probably key for him on defense but at the same time like his him being a bigger guy he used that to his offensive Advantage so it’ll be interesting to see if he can still be that bully that he was before even though he’s lost some weight and again he’s he’s still only 21 he won’t be 22 until uh next month but uh as far as like you had mentioned keante I don’t expect ke to play more than one or two games like you think that a guy who’s who started I want to say the second half of the season I don’t know exactly how many games but he did start a good chunk of the games you don’t expect for him to struggle in this setting and I really want him to and expect him to just flat out dominate um and I you know Keon is a competitive dude he keeps his his head uh Focus so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s like oh you guys drafted a point guard I don’t care where you drafted the point guard at I’m still here I’m still going to show you that I’m the point guard of the future uh and speaking of that point guard that they did draft I do want to see what Isaiah K looks like so like you said I mean it’s a it’s a loaded class for the Utah Jazz but it’s uh it’s also very important because uh I think we counted what six at least six guys who have an opportunity to be in the rotation so uh but yeah even with Ken Lofton Jr you know he is what appears to be a borderline guy well they just drafted a center so he’s gonna have to play outplay Kyle filipowski and yeah uh but this is this Jazz team is going to be a lot of fun I mean even guys like Jason Preston like he was a NCAA favorite let’s see what he looks like in his I believe his third year and then uh also I think that this is uh really important for a Taylor Hendricks considering that he didn’t play a lot last year and that he did play in the G league and he spent time in the G league and you want to see like that big step from your second year guys in this particular set so it’s like I’m not worried about Keon I expect Keon to do what he does but secondy Year guys like s ball and and Hendricks this is where if you don’t play well you can kind of get lost in the sauce yeah I I I expect sens ball to score the rock like that’s what he does I think this will be a nice setting for him I I actually did a podcast last year previewing on locked on Jazz who’s going to play well in the summer league s didn’t play at all they were talking about he and Hendrick might play Vegas this year they’re both playing and both of them played substantial minutes at the end of the year albe it the Jazz had no inclinations of winning but they played NBA basketball and I would say performed pretty well Keon like you said more of a known commodity I think he will get shut down because of he’s going to ball out I I’m very curious to see what Cody Williams does um what what’s the what do you expect from a guy like him who who you’ve described as a jack of all trades but a master of none what do you think he can do to to impress you at the summer league um and impress Jazz fans and more importantly Jazz coaching staff because they’re really high on him but he’s his game’s maybe not as much catered to just get in a bucket he does a lot of things well so what what type of things are you looking for for Cody Williams to do to impress you you know I would like to see him stuff the stat sheet and that doesn’t mean he needs to go out there and try to score 20 but if he just show me the playmaking show me that you rebound that you have the intention to rebound that you’re pushing to break like show me that kind of guy uh don’t go out there and Float there are there has been times where you know Cody Williams I know he started off kind of slow and he was just like and he’s a top five pick and it took a while to get going then he did get going then he got hurt then it took him a while to ramp it back up so it’s like I want to see him just to stuff the stat sheet I want to see blocks steals rebound a lot more rebounds than what he was doing at uh Colorado and going out there and just you know playing defense and kind of I mean if you’re gonna be the master of none jack of all trades and I expect you to be like Andre Iguodala in the type where your imprint of the is on the game whether or not you score 15 or score five that’s what I want to see from Cody Williams yeah I’m with you I want to see him score well I don’t even need to see threes I just want to see him have the ball in his hands a fair amount even though there’s Keon even though there’s Coler and I want to see what he can do with the ball score if he facilitates because I I believe in his defense well coming up next we’re going to talk about uh some other teams including another top 10 pick we’re going to talk about the Memphis Grizzlies a big guy coming in Zack Edy and then they may have one of 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because he seems like someone who can really bought the summer league like we saw Lofton and established postgame knows what he does well Zack e could be one of those guys so is he bound to impress James I expect him to to sound like to sound like Shaq I expect him to dominate like it’s the summer league and we know exactly what you’re here to do be the guy that you were at perue like I yeah and yeah it’s him and G GG right yeah GG Jackson I I I’m reading an article and it says that GG Jackson is set to play in both the he Jo it says he’s expected to be joined in Utah July 8th through 10th in Las Vegas 12 through 22nd by GG Jackson Trey Jameson along with Scotti Pippen Jr and then they’ve got DJ Jeff who played at Memphis and for college and then uh and that’s that and then they’ve got Jaylen Wells and cam Spencer both of whom were picked in the second round Jaylen Wells from Washington State cam Spencer an intrical figure on yukon’s National Championship team so that’s going to fill out to a pretty good roster but all eyes will be on the Behemoth Zach e yeah I even even so like we know G’s gonna go get his he had 30 he’ll tell you he had 30 on LeBron so I’ll get to gg in a second but I fully expect Zack Edie to dominate and then that opening night match up you get Kyle filipowski that is going to be a good test we we expect you to dominate Philip palski on that end of the floor on the offens end of the floor but defending in space is where uh I’ve had my concerns with Ed but he’ll get an opportunity if Cal filipowski is making shots like he is supposed to make shots and facilit like how he’s supposed to facilitate at the five and then you get Kenny Lofton Jr like that is what I’m most interested to see what it looks like for Ed defending NBA fives in space even though these are the you backups like what’s it going to look like for him but as far as GG Jackson he’s a guy that uh I expect him to obviously dominate he’s too it’s crazy he’s he’s young enough to be a rookie obviously because he’s just 19 but I expect him to pick up where he left off last year but I want to see him make plays like I wonder if they’re going to feed him that even though he’s still really really young and technically he’s rookie age but will they send him to the summer league to say hey look we know you can score but we need you to rebound more we need you to be more of a playmaker besides being a bucket because if Gigi unlocks the playmaking ability with his skills at 69 his ability to handle you have a future Allstar and I’m not even like being like factious I’m with you I mean I had him in my top seven last year I said he would be the number one pick this year if he stayed so you’re preaching the choir there but but I actually believe they will do that because Desmond Bane who is a more of a finished product in the sense of he was a senior when he came out of TCU shot the ball well as in a supplementary role his rookie year he came out and played against the Jazz in summer league and I want to say Devon vasel was the other rookie there and he he looked like hey that guy’s pretty good too but then Desmond Bane came on and he ran everything like everything he did was easy he played the point guard he had the ball he’d come around the screen I think he had 22 at halftime and they’re like okay we we’ve we’ve seen our experiment yeah he knows how to play yeah he can have the ball in his hands well sooner rather than later they actually were without jawar when it mattered a few years uh down the road and Desmond Bane put himself into allair contention so I think GJ Jackson will have the chance and will take advantage of the chance to demonstrate more than than just scoring the ball and round out his game both defensively rebounding maybe a little facilitation because right now he’s just kind of Ballin hand score guy I think you’re going to see um an evolution of GG Jackson here uh do do any of uh Jaylen Wells cam Spencer those type of guys movie at all do you think they they crack the rotation for the Grizzlies soon see had you told me that Gigi wouldn’t emerg and that Vince Williams didn’t Emer is it Vince Williams or Vince Jackson i v Vince Williams Vince Williams I don’t want to get a mixed up with the guy that was at Purdue but you would have told me that they weren’t there then I would think there would be a spot for them as a shooter potentially but is going to be hard I personally think for them to crack the rotation I think Jaylen Wills is going to spend time in the G League regardless because he’s still like young in a sense and he does have talent I think he still needs to fill out but you know I they’re they still got Kar like they still have a lot of guys they have a lot of wing depth so it’s going to be hard for them to to crack the rotations but I do expect them to like play well in this setting because they can shoot and that’s something that you expect to translate right away not asking them to be more than what they really are but like you said with Gigi and it’s crazy I was thinking like is that is that hyperbole but yeah like if he handles the if he can make plays he’s an Allstar not next year and maybe not even with the Grizzlies because it just may not be enough opportunities but he has All-Star level talent and it’d be interesting to see if he can take on that responsibility at this age because you did mention Bane but Bane was probably what 23 going into that when they were like hey man go take go handle the ball asking a 19y old Ford to do it but I really hope that he is able to because man they got something there with him yeah I’m with you I really am excited to see what GG Jackson does and like you said Ed is gonna take headlines Ed and Kesler Edie filipowski I want to see GG Jackson and Taylor Hendricks guard each other G GG and and Cody Williams too yeah I’m I’m very excited for that opening game uh you know the crazy part is the other team other teams got some nice Talent as well so coming up next we’re going to tell you guys about the Oklahoma City Thunder what they have on their roster and what the Philadelphia 76ers have on their roster in the Salt Lake summer league preview um but we’re gonna we’re going to take a break and tell you all about that next welcome back to locktown NBA Big Board I’m Leaf tulen joined by James Barlo we are talking about the Salt Lake summer league I’ll be there know James will be watching we’ll probably communicate about it do podcasts about these games uh we’ve talked about what we’re excited about about the Jazz and Grizzlies the teams that are kind of the consolation prize in game two on Monday are not too shabby themselves the Oklahoma City Thunder did have the number 12 pick nicoa topic won’t be playing and the Philadelphia 76ers are headlined by Jared McCain who went number 16 what are you looking forward to most about either of those two teams and we’ll we’ll follow what you follow your lead on this one so with Jared McCain he played primarily off the ball at Duke because they had two small guards at that I guess if you call uh teres a smaller guard but will he be out there playing point guard what does it look like for him as a primary ball handler for the Philadelphia 76ers that is what I’m most interested to see I know he can shoot but is he somebody that you can use as a backup point guard or somebody that you can take the ball out of Tyrese’s hands and let him play off the ball some too we didn’t get to see a lot of it at Duke but uh without having all their roster information he’s the he was their only first round pick I don’t know if they had anybody in the second round picking off the top of my head but you’d have to imagine that he’s gonna have full reign of that offense in summer league and that’s what summer leagues for because come you know October November especially with them signing Paul George the opportunities to handle the ball won’t be there so let’s see if he can handle that now in this setting yeah I mean I think that’s the storyline for for the 76ers uh I’m very curious to see how he defends at the NBA level especially I know we’re talking about him playing against the Thunder but when he plays against the Jazz and Keon George Isaiah Collier uh those type of guards attack him uh because he will be attacked he’s a good fit in the sense that that Philadelphia has other ball handlers that’ll get him the shot because he can really shoot it but he’s going to be attacked all the time defensively so I’m curious to see how he handles the defensive assignments as well as how how Adept he is with the ball like you said uh I wish I wish that we they’ announced their rosters uh last year they had Ricky Council they had tvon Smith uh Philip petev a lot of these type of guys that were good college players but their roles weren’t too clear what they’re going to be in the NBA so I am curious to see how they surround Jared McCain but McCain will certainly steal the spotlight and I I think he’s one of the best Shooters in this draft class and so if you want an individual skill he’s certainly going to be up there yeah and you so Ricky counil you have to think he’ll be back in this setting because he was a rookie last year but even then he’s not somebody he is a scoring Wing so I’m still saying telling McCain hey man I need to see if you can play point guard at this level so yeah I want to see what he looks that’s that’s going to be interesting and I know he’s um he’s a very confident kid right like he has to be a confident kid to dance around in public all the time but I wonder if if if he isn’t doesn’t have like as much success as he thinks he’s had or is used to having does that kind of like shake his confidence a little bit or is he just one of those guys that’s like you know what I got hit in the mouth I’ll be back and I’ll be back doing my dance moves and you know tick tocking it up so I want to see what he looks like as a primary ball hander and like you said and even then it’s so we’re going to attack him and then now you got to come back and bring the ball up the court and initiate offense like that’s it’s a totally different anal what he’s experienced that dude you know who might erase some of those attacks I just I just found a roster after searching ADM Bona a Dem Bona might erase some of those attacks of Jared McCain if they go to the rim he can erase shots he’s a tremendous athlete runs like a deer he was the he was the guy I was most like wow that guy’s a freak athlete of anyone at the NBA Combine where there’s a lot of really good athletes he’s the guy who wowed me the most uh he really ran well jumped well played hard which were all Givens but then he he shot well I’m not expec him to shoot a lot in this thing but I think this a guy that goes in the second round slips in the draft he’s not prototypical in terms of measurements height-wise but he’s a guy that I think will stick just off energy and heart uh and then Justin Edwards went undrafted who at one point some people believed was going to be a top five pick I I never really was on the Justin Edwards hype train I know you weren’t either but he’s he’s a guy that will be fighting for his uh NBA career to begin with right here because this team does have wings you me obviously Paul George is gonna take a lot of those chances Tyrese Max is gonna have the ball in his hands Jared McCain’s likely gonna get a spot and so now you now you look at guys like him Ricky Council should Ricky Council come back uh I’m curious to see what Justin Ed WS is able to do um in a setting that should play to some of his strengths you get downhill you shoot open shots um but these games are often kind of Mucky like you don’t really see too much Rhythm and and I think he’s a guy who benefits from Rhythm and he he got jostled between hey you’re gonna play with this lineup you’re gonna play with that lineup there’s this expectation on you so he’s a guy that I think has a lot riding on this I don’t expect enormous numbers but I I want to see what his impact is because he’s got to transition to playing a role as opposed to thinking he’s the star yeah and you know he kind of struggled at Kentucky fitting in and guys just flat out more aggressive POS probably because they were better with the basketball than he was and well that’s not going to change because like Ricky Council can hoop right so is he going to try to prove that you know hey I should have been a I should have been drafted which is crazy to say I should have been drafted or is he going to say you know what this is my role I’m a settle in into this is what’s going to get me minutes at the next level because you have to think they they need Wing dep they only brought back uh UB and Paul George I don’t know what the I think Buddy hild is available free agent so they still need Wing guys so I guess you could say my advice to Justin Edward is hey man you you got to do what’s going to get you on a roster you don’t need to put a chip on your shoulder in this situation because you have an opportunity to crack that roster and that’s what’s more important than trying to prove where you should have been drafted because ultimately that doesn’t matter in two to three years yeah and the final team uh has a few guys that that do have chips on their shoulders or have at least in the past uh that the headliner is ironically enough a guy from who played his college ball in Utah in Dylan Jones he went 26th he’s the first rounder on this team second round pick was AJ Mitchell and there’s Quenton post where the picks um that were in the draft you also have Trey Mitchell of Kentucky cormack Ryan of Northern uh North Carolina uh mevie Leon from Bradley was a really productive player and then if you watched March Madness you’d know these two guys buddy beheim from the Detroit Pistons but he was at Syracuse and Jack gki from Oakland so there there’s gonna be players that you know on all of these teams what are you looking for on the Thunder really quick is Cas on the roster uh it doesn’t appear to be interesting interesting I I would have thought that well yeah that’s interesting because he kind of you mean he not kind of he got boxed into the role of the three inde shooting guard and he shot the off way better than what anybody thought he would he’s actually ahead of schedule as far as his shooting but I would think that they would um possibly have him play a couple games to see just get him comfortable handling the ball because eventually you’re not going to be able to pay everybody in Oklahoma City and it’s like what is his role going to be is he just going to be a catch and shoot guy or do you think that he can be the Drew holiday type where he can be more than he can be a pass shoot dribble guy instead of a catch and shoot guy so maybe they’re saving him for Vegas I don’t know but I he honestly was the person that I was most um interested in seeing but again maybe just because they have two different t two different events that saving him for the I guess you could say the bigger stage but Dylan Jones is if no casing in Los in Salt Lake City I want to see what Dylan Jones looks like does he have a drill down roll he said all the he said more than right things in his like draft interview like I I’ve I’ve been the guy I’ve been the guy so I know what it what it takes to help the guy and he won his interview but I I gotta admit when he was picked 26 I was stunned like like a huge reach there was a lot of Talent on the board and I understand he fits the hey he can do a lot of things he rebounds well they’re not very good at rebound he defends well I I mean I thought he defends well in in the college ball I think it’ll be interesting to see if he does in the NBA but he doesn’t shoot very well off the ball in my opinion so I thought that was a very peculiar pick so I think he’s got a lot to prove and he’s playing where he played his college basketball or at least in the same state so I think that will be very interesting to track and I think there’ll be a lot of fanfare for him in Utah that is the best interview I’ve ever heard in my life like he took that quote is going to be stolen so many times like he set the bar extremely high like I know what it’s like to be the guy and I need yeah that was hey man he he almost sold me on him going 27th or 28th but I’m I’m still not sold I wouldn’t have taken him there like I said in this but in this event he’s gonna be able to handle the ball right because who else they have that’s gonna handle the ball besides him and AJ Mitchell so he’s gonna look good but and maybe you sit here and say and he’ll be a second unit guy who we just give uh I guess Reign to to initiate offense but like I said um he’s just not a good shooter and he’s an older guy that can’t shoot so like that’s to me like a really big red flag on top of him being a 664 man I guess you could say but I think he’s gonna play well but how how much of what he does will translate at the next level I still have my concerns I do as well I’m excited to see what AJ Mitchell brings uh he’s a guy seen in person and and I just remember thinking okay that guy like knows how to play with rhythm he reminds me of a in a sense of nard in the sense he’s a second round pick maybe not the scoring role that nard took this leap for the Pacers but he knows how to play with rhythm he plays well in pick and roll he sees the floor well changes pace and has plus size I think that’s a combination to get you on the NBA floor that the place he landed not exactly conducive to playing time early obviously Shay’s there we talked about K having having to fight and find a role well obviously AJ Mitchell will as well um to to a further degree but I’m excited to see him kind of Patrol the floor and control the game for the okoma City Thunder summer league team well any other guys uh on the Thunder or just overall on this that you’re excited to see or just what you’re watching for in general I just I want to see the second year guys not look like second year guys which means like you know what I’m here for a little bit because I’m way too good for this setting they’re going to shut me down like when um you know when when Brandon Ingram played his second year he sprayed his ankle they paying the Magic Johnson Magic Johnson did the No No seen enough and you didn’t see Brandon inam again because he was way too good for that setting I want to see the second year guys Dominate and I want to see like I mentioned before I want to see Gigi handle and want to see what uh Edy looks like defending in spcs again I know he’s an athlete but I want to see him defending in Space the different looks that he will get having the guarded Kenny L Kenny Lofton Jr and Philip palsky so I’m excited man I mean I’m this is covering the draft is cool right and we spend hours and hours and hours talking about it researching this I get more excited for summer league than I do draft KN to be honest with you because now we find out like who can play who’s going to get hit in the mouth and who’s going to make adjustments and then you’re going to be like okay he might not be that good or you find out hey man this team really got a steal so like I’m I’m ready for it to start yeah I’m with you I’m very excited hearing you talk you say that made me think okay I can’t wait for July 8th 9th and 10th I’m going to be there at those games I’m G to sit at the media tables and and take notes and I can’t wait so uh stay tuned with us especially that week we’re going to have all the breakdowns from California classic Salt Lake summer league uh up to the Vegas Summer League Of course and and much much more and we want to thank you for making us your first listen with your next list and go check out locktown MBA take you through all the crazy Whirlwind of free agency uh there’s been too much to even go through but they’ve got you covered and lastly I just 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Leif Thulin and James Barlowe break down the Summer League rosters featured in the Salt Lake Summer League. The Jazz, Thunder, Grizzlies and 76ers all had top 16 picks and some of these teams feature 2nd year stars so listen to learn what to expect from the talented players on this quartet of young teams.

NBA Draft analyst Rafael Barlowe from NBA Draft Junkies and current author of the NBA Big Board newsletter is joined by Richard Stayman (@MavsDraft), Sam Ferris (NBA Draft Dummies), and Leif Thulin to breakdown the NBA Draft. Rafael & Team gives passionate NBA Draft fans a deep look into the NBA Draft with great guests, Mock Draft, player rankings, and of course BIG BOARDs. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network.

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