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Illawarra legend Damon Lowery has issued a blistering message to his former club, calling on the Hawks players to play like their "basketball lives depend on it" after the club sacked coach Jacob Jackomas on Tuesday. Video: NBL Media.
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00:00 Fellas, it's dudes out there like me who got to go into this job in the real world.
00:07 And not one of you would trade jobs with me.
00:09 Not one of you.
00:10 You're privileged.
00:11 It is not a God-given right to be a professional basketball player.
00:15 You owe it to everybody that's rich in their pocket, paying money, buying jerseys, doing
00:20 all that stuff that you guys owe it to them to go out there and bleed.
00:26 It ain't no time for getting around in a circle singing "Kumbaya."
00:30 It is war time.
00:31 You need to come out this very next game and play like your lives, basketball lives, depend

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