WEBVTT - Jiminy Brickettes & Red Hot Memphis

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, come on, come on, come on.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of the Heat Check, we gotta talk

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<v Speaker 2>about three teams heading into the playoffs. One, the Miami Heat,

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<v Speaker 2>do it right, reach this sort of stress point in

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<v Speaker 2>the season where they're ready to throw down on NBA

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<v Speaker 2>TV during a televised timeout where they know they're being televised.

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<v Speaker 2>The other two just absolute rocket ships. The Grizzlies with

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<v Speaker 2>the second youngest team in the NBA, who I think

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<v Speaker 2>probably might have the deepest best roster in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Minnesota Timberwolves. Yes, we are at the inflection

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<v Speaker 2>point of all the things, all the favorite things that

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<v Speaker 2>I love to talk about, and they have tapped in

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<v Speaker 2>to my guy Patrick Beverly's vibe and they are letting

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<v Speaker 2>folks know that they are here to put their boot

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<v Speaker 2>on your neck. We're coming down to stretch, folks. So

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead, Brock and drop that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm perfect by God name raight my don.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, do we Lucy, we got some splaining to do.

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<v Speaker 2>We gotta talk about the Heat. Yes, the Miami Heat

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<v Speaker 2>have lost two games this week that they had absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>zero business losing. They lost to the Philadelphia seventy six

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<v Speaker 2>ers with no MB and no Harden. Yeah that happened,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're like, uh, well, I mean maybe they just

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<v Speaker 2>weren't ready. They were eight and a half point favorites.

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<v Speaker 2>They lost outright. Okay, sometimes you just don't get up

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<v Speaker 2>for a game. I get that. But what happened last

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<v Speaker 2>night Wolf that cannot does not should not happen. Golden

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<v Speaker 2>State came to town and decided, yeah, we know stefs

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<v Speaker 2>out with foot injury, but we're gonna leave out Clay.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna leave out Dre, We're gonna leave out the

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<v Speaker 2>second coming of Wilt Chamberlain and Otto Porter. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>leave out Andre Iguodala back. We're just gonna leave them.

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<v Speaker 2>Who cares just they're not even gonna show up. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors are a team that is by all intensive

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<v Speaker 2>purposes reeling. They needed a win, and they said, we

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<v Speaker 2>know that they're number one in the East. Four guys,

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<v Speaker 2>we just won't play them, not even were gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>them suit up. And they won that game. They they

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<v Speaker 2>were in danger of losing a spot in the West,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're like, ah, it's okay, we're gonna punk them.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's punk the shit out of these guys. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is what happened the Miami Heat in that game ten

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<v Speaker 2>point favorites, never close. It was already bad, it's already disgusting.

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<v Speaker 2>The Heat trying to make a run in the midst

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<v Speaker 2>of a nineteen oh run to start the quarter, all

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<v Speaker 2>shit hit the fan. Captured in glorious red camera HD

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler and my guy, Eric Spolstra from Portland, Oregon.

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<v Speaker 2>Former video coordinator nice Kid, Nice kid from Portland, Oregon,

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Spolstra. They're at each other's throats, seated seat in

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<v Speaker 2>front of seat, and Eric Sposter looks at him and

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<v Speaker 2>he's like, what, Jimmy, you think I'm gonna fucking fight you?

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on pause. That was Those were words spoken. Those

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<v Speaker 2>aren't words that I just thought he said. Those aren't

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<v Speaker 2>words that I just imagined what he could have said.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are words that were capturing, captured live on video

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<v Speaker 2>that he actually said out loud to his star player

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<v Speaker 2>William A fucking fight you okay, Spolster yelled at Butler

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<v Speaker 2>from across that huddle. Then Jimmy had to be held

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<v Speaker 2>back and then he goes after Spo and then e

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<v Speaker 2>Donnis Haslam, the player coach, enters the chat, who is

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<v Speaker 2>still part of the Miami Heat. He's still part of

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<v Speaker 2>the Miami Heat. Eudas has them want to ring with

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron James and Dwyane Wade. He's still there. He's still

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<v Speaker 2>there as a player, forty something years old, oldest man

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA. And he threatened to beat Jimmy Butler's

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<v Speaker 2>ass live on TV. He was like, yo, I will

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<v Speaker 2>fuck you up, and he would too, spoe through his clipboard.

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<v Speaker 2>Butler finally retreated. You see Kyle Lowry sort of scurrying

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<v Speaker 2>away in the background, like I want no part of

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<v Speaker 2>this nonsense, absolutely trying to call a time out in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of a kerfuffle, like, yo, uh, I think

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<v Speaker 2>we all need some extra time. I know there's a

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<v Speaker 2>game going on, but do you see what the fuck

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<v Speaker 2>is happening you? Things are in disarray. Someone tweeted that

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Lowry's that friend at a bar fight that somehow

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<v Speaker 2>finds his way to the bathroom to wash his hands,

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<v Speaker 2>Like he's like, oh, do do do do do do?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna go ahead and get away from all this.

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<v Speaker 2>And I love Kyle Lowry. He's like a tough guy.

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<v Speaker 2>But he wanted no part of that and bam Adebayo said, this,

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<v Speaker 2>this is us at practice. Pause, why why? Why does this?

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<v Speaker 2>It's like when you see a couple fighting at a

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<v Speaker 2>party or at they have you over for dinner, and

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<v Speaker 2>then all of a sudden, like, you know, a bottle

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<v Speaker 2>of red wine is it to you know, the lady

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<v Speaker 2>friend's expectations and then she's like, this is just like

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<v Speaker 2>con when we went out and you ordered that shit

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<v Speaker 2>bottle of pino. He's like, you know what, Zoey, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>tired of this shit. I'm fucking done. And you're like,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's still at dinner and everybody's looking at them and

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, should we leave? What should we do? Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go ahead and just keep eating on this bolonnaise, great,

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<v Speaker 2>great bowlonnets. Can I get a little ex sure that

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<v Speaker 2>wine since you're not drinking it? And then the next

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<v Speaker 2>day they're like, oh, you should see us when we're alone,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're like, no, this is not how it's supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be. This shit is toxic. I know you think

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<v Speaker 2>this is like a good competitive, we get it all

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<v Speaker 2>out environment, but to me, this is bad. This is

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<v Speaker 2>really bad. So anyway, bam ade Bio back to the story.

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<v Speaker 2>Bam Adebio says, this is us at practice. It just

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<v Speaker 2>so happened. It boiled over to the court. No okay,

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<v Speaker 2>But also you do a whole other things in practice

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<v Speaker 2>that are never supposed to make it to game action.

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<v Speaker 2>Bam at a bio. You know this, bam at a Bio.

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<v Speaker 2>It is now to the point where we have news

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<v Speaker 2>and whispers bubbling out, like by the way, hearing whispers

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<v Speaker 2>that teammates actually don't really like playing with Jimmy Butler,

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<v Speaker 2>hearing whispers that there's a possibility that I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>the heat might make Bradley Beal a part of their

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<v Speaker 2>offseason plans. And to that, I say, with what fucking

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<v Speaker 2>cap space? You know a guy that would fit that

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<v Speaker 2>cap space match pretty good, Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler matches

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<v Speaker 2>my man Bradley Beal's max contract pretty well. Why why?

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<v Speaker 2>Also whispers coming out that Jimmy not particularly liked in

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<v Speaker 2>the locker room, dating back to his time in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 2>when Jimmy Butler decided he was actually the leader of

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<v Speaker 2>the Chicago Bulls, not my man d Rose, former MVP

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<v Speaker 2>who is rehabbing to the point where him an enforcer

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<v Speaker 2>aka the Eudonnis Haslam of the Chicago Bulls aka Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Keem Noah had to be separated. Folks, Folks, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, Okay. In their last seven games, the

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<v Speaker 2>Heat have lost two feets Minnesota, Philly, under Man Philly,

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<v Speaker 2>and now Golden State. I'm telling you this squad. As

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<v Speaker 2>much as I love their heart, their teamwork, their intensity,

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<v Speaker 2>the Heat culture, body weights four point eight percent and

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<v Speaker 2>less like as much as I like them, they are

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<v Speaker 2>right for an upset against what now is a full

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<v Speaker 2>time Kyrie Irving. Eric Adams has found a way to

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<v Speaker 2>skeet skirt around the rules the best of his abilities

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<v Speaker 2>and find some sort of loophole for athletes and entertainers

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<v Speaker 2>like Kyrie and the rest of the unvaccinated Yankees that exist,

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<v Speaker 2>which is pretty much all of them. Yankees big Money.

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<v Speaker 2>You're lucky, Kyrie. You're lucky that lockout didn't last into June,

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<v Speaker 2>my guy, because you would not be playing basket ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do you ask? Last night underscores? Last night last

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<v Speaker 2>night underscores. The problem with this team. The problem with

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<v Speaker 2>the Heat is that there is nobody on this squad

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<v Speaker 2>that you can count on and rely on to get

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<v Speaker 2>a bucket when you need one with guys draped all

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<v Speaker 2>over them, and that is pretty critical to a title run.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go through the East and assess how they compare

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<v Speaker 2>to other teams and whether they have those guys sixers.

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<v Speaker 2>Embiid always getting a bucket late in the game. He

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<v Speaker 2>can go use his big body, either turn around, jump

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<v Speaker 2>or floater on you, or just draw contact and make

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<v Speaker 2>his free throws, which he is now really clutch at doing.

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<v Speaker 2>That's easy Nets. Katie and Kyrie bucket getters no matter when. However,

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<v Speaker 2>when against anyone, doesn't matter who's guarding them, they're finding

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<v Speaker 2>space and they're finding a bucket. Bucks Yannis, Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 2>shooting free throws now. Giannis is using his body like Embiid.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got Chris Middleton. Chris Middleton could get his own

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<v Speaker 2>shot off the dribble, but also around screens, hit very

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<v Speaker 2>clutch shots, which we've seen in the playoffs so far. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>Drew Holliday, do not sleep on him. He can also

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<v Speaker 2>do the same thing. He saw that against the Phoenix

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<v Speaker 2>Suns when they were going back and forth this regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>In that game in Milwaukee where they're trading baskets without

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Paul and Drew Holliday comes up and gets to

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead bucket in traffic with guys all around him.

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<v Speaker 2>Celtics Tatum is known for an iso bucket getter. That's

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<v Speaker 2>all he loves to do. That's what he wants. He's

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<v Speaker 2>like in the Kolbe Kobe Bryant mold Jalen Brown does

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<v Speaker 2>that as well. Let's look out West, Luca. Luca of

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<v Speaker 2>course is going to bully you down the stretch. He's

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<v Speaker 2>going to shoot a step back three in your eyeball.

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<v Speaker 2>Wither point eight seconds left to go night, night sleep Mass,

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<v Speaker 2>Time to go home. Devin Booker, Chris Paul. You think

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<v Speaker 2>they can't get a bucket in the mid range. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that they could like almost elevate into space,

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<v Speaker 2>hang in the air for longer than you can even

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<v Speaker 2>spell your first, middle and last name and get a

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<v Speaker 2>last minute bucket. Of course they can. That's what they

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<v Speaker 2>do super well. Come on now out West. Also, Jokis

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<v Speaker 2>Jokich can do that. He's just seven feet tall, long

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<v Speaker 2>ass arms and can shoot from anywhere on the court.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what is Miami gonna do in those situations?

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<v Speaker 2>Who are they going to rely on in those situations?

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<v Speaker 2>And we know the answer to that, and the answer

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<v Speaker 2>is that is Jimmy Bricketts. Jimmy Jimminy Bricketts is what

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<v Speaker 2>they should call him. Oh, Jimmy Bricketts. Who should they

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<v Speaker 2>really rely on? Probably Tyler Hero or maybe a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who had a funeral for his knee in Victor Oladipo,

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<v Speaker 2>which is absolutely sad. Or maybe a guy that was

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<v Speaker 2>a two way G League guy who played for Team

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<v Speaker 2>Nigeria and made his little appearance and now is a

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<v Speaker 2>full time player in Gae bril Vincent. Those are all

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<v Speaker 2>guys that get buckets better than Jimmy Bricketts. Kyle Lowry.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess this team has no last minute ISO bucket getters.

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<v Speaker 2>That gives me pause. That is not a good situation there.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you watch him, he clinks on the back

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<v Speaker 2>of the him consistently, You watch him down the stretch

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<v Speaker 2>and you would put your beating heart on him missing

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<v Speaker 2>like he like Chris Crosses. It just looks awkward. It's

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<v Speaker 2>always in the mid range. If he shoots him there,

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's probably getting an airball and you're like, Nope,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not going in and it clanks clank, clank, clank, clank,

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<v Speaker 2>clank out. I don't know why, but it's true. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the exact same problem that the Golden State Warriors have.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually in a different way, is that teams triple Steph.

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<v Speaker 2>They blitz him at the half quarter even earlier than that.

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<v Speaker 2>Steph has to pass out of that triple team, and

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<v Speaker 2>then what does he do. He has to have a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who can get his own shot, and that's Andrew Wiggins.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've talked about this. Andrew Wiggins is just like

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler in the playoffs, like this is bad. He

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<v Speaker 2>is not making any shots. You've got Clay, but Clay's

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<v Speaker 2>a spot up shooter. He's not nearly mobile enough right

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<v Speaker 2>now to go ISO and figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 2>get a late minute bucket. And then you got Jordan Poole.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not the guy. This team very similar in some

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<v Speaker 2>ways than the Heat the path forward all that to say,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, let's just face it, they are going to

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<v Speaker 2>get probably and I hate Stephen A. Smith for jumping

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<v Speaker 2>the gun just because he gets first take earlier than

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<v Speaker 2>I do. My show is that he are going to

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<v Speaker 2>get upset in the first round. If they play the

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<v Speaker 2>Brooklyn Nets in the first round, with Kyrie playing home

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<v Speaker 2>games and away games, it's an early exit. It's an

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunate event, is what we would call that. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think the truth is, even though the Miami Heat might

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<v Speaker 2>not want to admit it, the best course forward might

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<v Speaker 2>be the trade Jimmy Butler to the Portland Trailblazers. I

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<v Speaker 2>love him, He's a dog. I think he makes his

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<v Speaker 2>teammates better. I'm not quite sure. And you mention it.

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<v Speaker 2>There are certain events that change your perspective on a

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<v Speaker 2>human being. Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're wrong. But now

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<v Speaker 2>every decision that they make from now on, after that

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<v Speaker 2>seminal event, that inflection point of history, you then look

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<v Speaker 2>at them with a different opinion. Jimmy Butler, to me,

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<v Speaker 2>at one point, could do no wrong, and now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>wondering if he might just be the promise. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the reasons I wrote or do, what is it? Ride

0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:34.360
<v Speaker 2>or Die? I guess Rod or Dode Road or DoD

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<v Speaker 2>for Jimmy Butler is because he went to the Minnesota

0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.600
<v Speaker 2>Timberwolves and he had these punk ass kids on the

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<v Speaker 2>roster that like very clearly just wanted to smoke Weed

0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.000
<v Speaker 2>like very clearly just wanted to like fuck around at practice,

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<v Speaker 2>play in the game, didn't have any interest in winning.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he was he was obviously traded to Minnesota

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<v Speaker 2>for Zach Lavine. And like Karl Anthony Towns and Wiggins

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<v Speaker 2>were on the firing line basically always with a one

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<v Speaker 2>man firing squad and Jimmy Butler, and they were lazy,

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<v Speaker 2>they were soft, They were basically bad teammates, is what

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<v Speaker 2>I thought. Like, these kids suck, and like I can't

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<v Speaker 2>blame someone like Jimmy Butler or Kobe or Chris Paul

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<v Speaker 2>for just wanting players with immense ability and athleticism like

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<v Speaker 2>Karl Anthony Towns and Wiggins and shit, like everybody that

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Paul's ever played with besides these Phoenix Suns and

0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, DeAndre Jordans, etc. The list goes on and on,

0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.680
<v Speaker 2>all the people that Kobe Bryant wouldn't pass the ball to.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, you know what, if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>a dog and you're playing with the ultimate Junkyard Junkyard

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<v Speaker 2>dog and Jimmy Butler or Chris Paul or Kobe, like

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<v Speaker 2>you know what time it is either fall in line

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<v Speaker 2>or get the fuck out. But it turns out that

0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:58.680
<v Speaker 2>Patrick Beverly is the key to unlocking the demons, unlocking

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<v Speaker 2>the dog on the Minnesota Timberwolves squad also Aunt Edwards,

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<v Speaker 2>but that those two together bring a different edge. Aunt

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<v Speaker 2>Edwards actually talked about this recently in his presser. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's let's go ahead and check that out real fast.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like you ain't got swagged, then you're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>lose every game. So I try to come out with

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<v Speaker 3>as much swag as possible, no matter how good I'm playing.

0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.400
<v Speaker 3>And Pete b got his own swag, so I think

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<v Speaker 3>that just make the team have all the swag in

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<v Speaker 3>the world. And after we do that, then nobody can

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<v Speaker 3>beat us. I heard they haven't been winning since like

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<v Speaker 3>oh three or something oh four. I was like three

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<v Speaker 3>years old. But yeah, this is not the Timberwolves that

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<v Speaker 3>never that didn't have swag since O four, Like nah,

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm putting that in my teammates and Pat Bay

0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:46.440
<v Speaker 3>have come up with a lot of swag and he

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<v Speaker 3>put that in the teammates, So we're gonna go off that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>cat last year said a word on the court. Now

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<v Speaker 3>he's talking crazy to people, and because he got swagged

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<v Speaker 3>right now, he got swagged.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>He killing Drip coming to the game. Yeah, showing off

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<v Speaker 3>the watch, showing off you know what I'm saying, iced

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<v Speaker 3>out chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah he's swaggy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that love Cat.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like, you see the biggest difference, Like last

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<v Speaker 4>year in Miami, he almost like you know, almost maybe

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<v Speaker 4>kind of back down and it doesn't do that anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>Nah, he ain't never back now. It's just we ain't

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<v Speaker 3>had no swag, you know what I'm saying. Like now

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<v Speaker 3>we got two people who got swagging and they and

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<v Speaker 3>PP swag is like he just off the off the charts,

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<v Speaker 3>you know what I'm saying. So he gonna make everybody

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<v Speaker 3>have swag. He make my swag go up. And I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like my swag is high as it can get.

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<v Speaker 3>But nah, yeah, Cat swag is definitely rising.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 3>It can get a lot a lot higher. So people

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<v Speaker 3>in trouble for sure with Cat.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow and it can get a lot higher. And it did.

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<v Speaker 2>It did last night, Yes, sir, against the Phoenix Suns,

0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.000
<v Speaker 2>Patrick Beverly and and Edwards. I think changed the culture

0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.199
<v Speaker 2>the Timberwolves and change the DNA of Karl Anthony Towns

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<v Speaker 2>in a way that Butler never could. Because those guys,

0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.360
<v Speaker 2>you see them, Yeah, they don't want to back down

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<v Speaker 2>from anything, but they have fun. They laugh right in

0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.880
<v Speaker 2>your face. I don't know how much Jimmy Butler's having

0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.520
<v Speaker 2>fun out there. He always looks a little mad to me,

0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.360
<v Speaker 2>and you look at Aunt Edwards and it's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not about to punk me, but I am laughing

0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:28.080
<v Speaker 2>and having a great time. He made hoops fun in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that if you're someone like Carl Anthony Towns,

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<v Speaker 2>a seven footer who's been through the AAU system his

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<v Speaker 2>entire life, where hoops is the only thing, everything that matters.

0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.679
<v Speaker 2>You get to the tippy tippy top, you get the money,

0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:45.520
<v Speaker 2>You're like, you know what, I'm kinda good, you know,

0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of like more life. I'm kind of ready

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<v Speaker 2>for a little more life. My entire life has been basketball,

0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.640
<v Speaker 2>and now basketball is fun again like it was when

0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:01.480
<v Speaker 2>I was fifteen sixteen years old. Pat Bell and Edwards

0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:06.800
<v Speaker 2>make basketball fun, and I think that's why he's a

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<v Speaker 2>different a different player this year. Right. And not only

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<v Speaker 2>did he put up sixty which is impressive, he was

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<v Speaker 2>doing it while having the time of his life and

0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.280
<v Speaker 2>it shows last night you saw it. Carl Anthony town

0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.800
<v Speaker 2>gets in Jay Crowder's face face to face, looks down

0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:27.280
<v Speaker 2>at him like, what what are you about to do?

0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.280
<v Speaker 2>And Jae Crowder is a dog to go toe to

0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:33.119
<v Speaker 2>toe face to face, knows the nose or knows the

0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:38.240
<v Speaker 2>chin with Jay Crowder. Impressive. Carl Anthony Towns then wins

0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.160
<v Speaker 2>the three point contest, says, yeah, I'm the best big

0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:45.040
<v Speaker 2>big man shooter in history. Just a level of confidence

0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.600
<v Speaker 2>and a level of arrogance that you never saw. And

0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:49.520
<v Speaker 2>Edward's even talked about it, like in that clip where

0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:51.320
<v Speaker 2>he's like he never said a goddamn thing on the court.

0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.760
<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Butler called him baby shit soft and he didn't

0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:58.640
<v Speaker 2>say anything bad. Do you think he's gonna do that now? Oo?

0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:01.760
<v Speaker 2>And of course, of course Carl Anthony Town's making fun

0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:04.760
<v Speaker 2>of Russell Westbrook's airball, like where did that ball come from?

0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:08.200
<v Speaker 2>It came from the sky. Where that ball came down?

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<v Speaker 2>Like it was a bird there was shot from the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>I personally love it. Some people don't love it, but

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<v Speaker 2>I personally love it. Stephen A. Smith doesn't exactly like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't like the reaction at all, basically argue that Carl

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns has no right to act with such swagger,

0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:31.520
<v Speaker 2>to do such a thing to Russell Westbrook, who demands respect, which,

0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:34.199
<v Speaker 2>by the way, steven A. Smith has been bagging on

0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:37.119
<v Speaker 2>Russell Westbrook from the time that I can remember. So

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<v Speaker 2>very funny that he's trying to like cape for Russell

0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:43.080
<v Speaker 2>Westbrook in a situation against one of the worst teams

0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:46.119
<v Speaker 2>in the last two decades. Steven A. Smith clowned the

0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:48.359
<v Speaker 2>Wolves franchise by saying none of them have done anything

0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:52.359
<v Speaker 2>in the last seventeen years, which is true. But Carl

0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns is right when he asked why Russell Westbrook

0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:58.080
<v Speaker 2>never got shipped from doing the rock the baby thing

0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:00.439
<v Speaker 2>or doing all the antics that he's done on the

0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:03.280
<v Speaker 2>court for a very very long time, he said in

0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:05.760
<v Speaker 2>response to stephen A. Now, when we have a little

0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:10.160
<v Speaker 2>fun with the game, we're being classless. It's cool, though,

0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.159
<v Speaker 2>I understand it's cool when people are doing this, you know,

0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:17.159
<v Speaker 2>the cajone celebrations and people's spaces, right, that was cool,

0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:19.720
<v Speaker 2>That was cool, right, all right? Yeah, yeah, things came

0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:22.800
<v Speaker 2>back to bite for those people. It was all good

0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:26.000
<v Speaker 2>when people were fitting narratives about me and Pat Beverly

0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:28.240
<v Speaker 2>and stuff, Me being soft, Pat Beverly doing nothing but

0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:30.680
<v Speaker 2>yet running around yelling that's cool, right, it was cool?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was cool then right funny ha

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<v Speaker 2>ha ha ha ha. Fuck out of here, stop it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love cat. Now. I've said many years he's never

0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:43.480
<v Speaker 2>gonna be tough. I've said it, he's never gonna be tough.

0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:46.399
<v Speaker 2>He's always gonna be soft, He's always gonna be kitty cat.

0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:49.800
<v Speaker 2>And I am I've pulled a one ad and the

0:21:49.840 --> 0:21:52.399
<v Speaker 2>reason I pulled a one eight is because of Pat

0:21:52.440 --> 0:21:57.679
<v Speaker 2>fucking Beverly. I love him. I love him. I like

0:21:57.720 --> 0:22:01.560
<v Speaker 2>it when teams and it's funny beca because we as

0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:04.879
<v Speaker 2>a collective, not me, but the collective society is all

0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:11.560
<v Speaker 2>four front runners, teams with banners, being loud and audacious, ostentatious,

0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:14.960
<v Speaker 2>just putting their feet on people's throats. Yeah, yeah, we're

0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:19.560
<v Speaker 2>the best. Blah blah blah. Celtics, Lakers, fuck even Knicks

0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:22.240
<v Speaker 2>to a degree. Get out of here with that, get

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<v Speaker 2>out of here. They want to stop the little lowly

0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:28.240
<v Speaker 2>teams in the league. And then when the lowly teams

0:22:28.240 --> 0:22:31.560
<v Speaker 2>try to come up, it's a it's a cast system here,

0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:34.480
<v Speaker 2>and they don't want the surfs of the league to

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<v Speaker 2>come up and rise up like the Timberwolves or the Grizzlies.

0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:41.400
<v Speaker 2>And it somehow just hits us differently. When a team

0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:44.680
<v Speaker 2>punches up straight in the mouth. When a team from

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom of the bottom in the Timberwolves which they were,

0:22:48.800 --> 0:22:51.639
<v Speaker 2>hits the Lakers in the mouth and knocks them the

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<v Speaker 2>fuck out proverbially, that just something hits different people get

0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:59.080
<v Speaker 2>mad about that. And now they have guys that say,

0:22:59.440 --> 0:23:01.959
<v Speaker 2>we're no longer punching bags. We don't care if you're

0:23:01.960 --> 0:23:05.480
<v Speaker 2>the Lakers, we don't care if you're the Celtics, we

0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:07.879
<v Speaker 2>don't care who you are. We are going to play

0:23:08.119 --> 0:23:11.000
<v Speaker 2>in a way that when we win, you note about it.

0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:13.679
<v Speaker 2>In the ways that you guys are allowed to do it.

0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:16.040
<v Speaker 2>That's how we're gonna do. And that's what Pat Bebb did.

0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.639
<v Speaker 2>He gave them swag. He gave him a chip, the

0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:22.040
<v Speaker 2>turn cat from kitty cat into a junkyard dog. Aunt

0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:24.280
<v Speaker 2>was of course born with swag, like you can just

0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:26.320
<v Speaker 2>hear it, and everything everything that he does, everything that

0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.440
<v Speaker 2>he says, you can just tell he has it. Karl

0:23:29.480 --> 0:23:32.360
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns was a nerd. He didn't have it. He's

0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:36.240
<v Speaker 2>dating what Jordan Woods, that was an anomaly, Like she

0:23:36.400 --> 0:23:39.680
<v Speaker 2>probably clowns him all the time. Now he's got a

0:23:39.720 --> 0:23:41.480
<v Speaker 2>little toughness, he's got a little swag, he's got a

0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:44.520
<v Speaker 2>little style. All of that. Aunt Edwards and Pat bebv

0:23:44.640 --> 0:23:48.400
<v Speaker 2>changed that culture for sure, and that is why they're

0:23:48.440 --> 0:23:53.159
<v Speaker 2>going to be a dangerous, dangerous play in or maybe

0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:58.040
<v Speaker 2>even playoff team in the West. So go ahead, Pat Beverley,

0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.080
<v Speaker 2>go ahead, But your bagelded.

0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:04.600
<v Speaker 3>Everybody had up hen they stay there.

0:24:05.240 --> 0:24:13.760
<v Speaker 2>Hen they say airt Hen they say that up tended.

0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:18.440
<v Speaker 2>You don't need prediction time that part of the year.

0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:22.080
<v Speaker 2>Prediction time at worst. The Grizzlies are going to the

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<v Speaker 2>Western Conference Finals plus twenty twenty to one to win it,

0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:31.000
<v Speaker 2>all twelve to one to come out the West. I'm

0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:33.480
<v Speaker 2>gonna bet them just because the value is there. But

0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:37.439
<v Speaker 2>they're just that good. Maybe the most amazing stat that

0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:40.080
<v Speaker 2>has come out this entire year is at the Memphis

0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:45.119
<v Speaker 2>Grizzlies with John Morant, whose MVP caliber play has lifted

0:24:45.119 --> 0:24:50.359
<v Speaker 2>them to the ceiling, are still fifteen and two without him.

0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:54.960
<v Speaker 2>That is absurd. And they don't beat scrubs They've pounded Toronto,

0:24:55.119 --> 0:24:59.560
<v Speaker 2>Dallas twice, Miami Philly, LA Clippers, Pelicans, and now the

0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:05.480
<v Speaker 2>healthy Brooklyn Nets without one of the best three to

0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:08.560
<v Speaker 2>five players in the NBA. He was just sitting there

0:25:08.560 --> 0:25:11.159
<v Speaker 2>in his little Louis cot just with his grill in,

0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:14.479
<v Speaker 2>enjoying the show, had its popcorn in his hand, just

0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:19.760
<v Speaker 2>loving every second of it. And they destroyed the Nets,

0:25:20.160 --> 0:25:23.440
<v Speaker 2>destroyed them. That said everything about a team that is

0:25:23.480 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 2>the second youngest in the NBA at twenty four years old.

0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:29.720
<v Speaker 2>The Miami Hurricanes that are playing right now in the

0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:34.320
<v Speaker 2>NCAA Tournament are older than the Memphis Grizzlies. That is

0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:38.600
<v Speaker 2>actually a fact. That is that is crazy. They took

0:25:38.640 --> 0:25:41.600
<v Speaker 2>it to the Nets, pounded them in the first half.

0:25:41.800 --> 0:25:45.120
<v Speaker 2>Then Brooklyn showed up, gave him their best punch. Kyrie

0:25:45.520 --> 0:25:48.240
<v Speaker 2>and Katie cooked in the third quarter to the tune

0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:52.119
<v Speaker 2>of forty two points, outscored him by fifteen in the

0:25:52.160 --> 0:25:54.919
<v Speaker 2>third and took a one point lead into the fourth quarter.

0:25:55.080 --> 0:25:57.880
<v Speaker 2>Were actually favored to win the game by four points.

0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:02.359
<v Speaker 2>The Nets, Memphis youngest, second youngest team in the NBA

0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:05.520
<v Speaker 2>twenty four years old, did not blink. They took the

0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:09.320
<v Speaker 2>best shot from the NBA's two leading, number two leading

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<v Speaker 2>odds team. They're what plus four point fifty to win

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<v Speaker 2>it all, plus six hundred depending on the day, depending

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<v Speaker 2>on the line, and they just took it to them,

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<v Speaker 2>put the clamps on Brooklyn sixteen points they held them

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<v Speaker 2>to in the fourth quarter sixteen. How is it possible

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<v Speaker 2>to hold an entire team when two of those players

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<v Speaker 2>are Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant to sixteen points in

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<v Speaker 2>a quarter, one hundred and thirty two to one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty. Let me just tell you, folks, keep your

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<v Speaker 2>eyes peeled. This team is a fucking problem. They are young,

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<v Speaker 2>and they are composed. For them to be this young

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<v Speaker 2>and this composed is absolutely absurd. They are deep, they

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<v Speaker 2>are athletic, they are unafraid, they are unapologetic. And this

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<v Speaker 2>was without Jahn Morant. Ja Morant, their number one one

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<v Speaker 2>guy wasn't playing and they beat the shit out of

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<v Speaker 2>the nets rough Row. Imagine if you're trying to break

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<v Speaker 2>down film on who you're gonna guard in preparation for

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<v Speaker 2>a playoff game against the Grizzlies, Like who is their

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<v Speaker 2>weak guy You're going after John Moran. Let's just go

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<v Speaker 2>through the roster second in points in the paint, six

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<v Speaker 2>feet tall, averaging twenty eight points, six rebounds, seven assists,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's twenty two. If you take out Jaw out

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<v Speaker 2>of the game, then you look locked down on Desmond Bane.

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<v Speaker 2>He's averaging eighteen five and three, shooting forty two percent

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<v Speaker 2>from three. Dylan Brooks eighteen three and three. He's clamps.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people think the most talented guard next to John

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<v Speaker 2>Moran is actually d Anthony Melton, who's averaging ten two three,

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<v Speaker 2>ten two and three on just twenty two minutes. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's not even taking into account Tias Jones, the overlook

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<v Speaker 2>point guard who turns the ball less than any other

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<v Speaker 2>point guard in the in the NBA and still manages

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<v Speaker 2>eight too and four in twenty minutes a game. Five guards,

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<v Speaker 2>all of them playing twenty minutes or more, all of

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<v Speaker 2>them getting buckets. Guys like Desmond and Dylan lockdown defenders,

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<v Speaker 2>two way scorers, and defensive guys. Then you look at

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<v Speaker 2>their front line. Nobody ever talks about Jaron Jackson. Jaron Jackson,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the most underrated players in the league, probably

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<v Speaker 2>should be a leading candidate for Defensive Player of the Year.

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<v Speaker 2>He's averaging sixteen to six and one, making players. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>people who thought his extension was bad money look like

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<v Speaker 2>absolute idiots. He's I think at one point he was

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<v Speaker 2>a co leader in blocks per game. Brandon Clark. Brandon

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<v Speaker 2>Clark just an unsung hero ten six and one on

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<v Speaker 2>less than twenty minutes. Can play some small five, he

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<v Speaker 2>can play four, he can play three. Kyle Anderson another

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<v Speaker 2>unsung hero, great minutes off the bench. Steven Adams. If

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<v Speaker 2>you know I like Patrick Beverly, then you know I

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<v Speaker 2>like Steven Adams. A an absolute monster, an absolute tough guy,

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<v Speaker 2>averaging ten rebounds a game and nearly two blocks two

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<v Speaker 2>steals per game. Zier Williamson just a rookie averaging nearly

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<v Speaker 2>twenty minutes a game. Nice little spot up three point shooter,

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<v Speaker 2>definitely like an extra spark. Tell me where is this

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<v Speaker 2>roster week? They roll ten deep on any given night.

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<v Speaker 2>They can actually go deeper if necessary. Xavier Tillman KILLI

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<v Speaker 2>and Tilly. Even John conchar is shooting forty percent from three.

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<v Speaker 2>This team is fucking stacked, and it might be a

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<v Speaker 2>hot take. But the more I think about it, with

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<v Speaker 2>their youth, their springiness, their ability to just go toe

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<v Speaker 2>to toe on a night to night basis because of

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<v Speaker 2>how young they are. They can compete for all forty

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<v Speaker 2>eight minutes and they're deep, right, so that seven game

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<v Speaker 2>series is no thing. They're not gonna get worn down.

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<v Speaker 2>You take them seven, they can go another seven with

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<v Speaker 2>the next team. You know, sometimes you go seven in

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<v Speaker 2>the first round and then the next round is where

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<v Speaker 2>you get knocked out because you're so tired. Not these Griz, no, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that they're deeper and more talented as a

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<v Speaker 2>as a total team than the Phoenix Suns. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is saying a lot. I love the Suns, not saying

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<v Speaker 2>that they have veteran leadership. But if you can run

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<v Speaker 2>five guards out there any given day who can give

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<v Speaker 2>you twenty a night, you are a problem. You are

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<v Speaker 2>a problem. And how many teams have two guys that

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<v Speaker 2>are legitimate on ball, lockdown defenders that you are, that

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<v Speaker 2>are not offensive liabilities? Like I like Matisse Steibel, but

0:30:31.040 --> 0:30:33.160
<v Speaker 2>what is he gonna do for you? Like offensively and

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely fucking nothing. The Memphis Grizzlies are the number one

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<v Speaker 2>team to watch. You've got Golden State that's vulnerable, Denver

0:30:42.760 --> 0:30:47.960
<v Speaker 2>that's missing guys, Utah that's very vulnerable from a defensive standpoint, specifically,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of old guys with acls ready to just pop.

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<v Speaker 2>The Grizzlies are the team to beat other than the

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenix Suns in the West. So don't don't listen to me,

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<v Speaker 2>just no, come back to the tape when the ship

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<v Speaker 2>plays out exactly like I said it was. That's all

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<v Speaker 2>the time that we have for the Heat Check. When

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<v Speaker 2>we back Monday with a new episode, do not forget

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<v Speaker 4>Why to getting bored being so snoop beginning the Hootie

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<v Speaker 4>system over load. I've been running this rap game since

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<v Speaker 4>I when he gets old, I'm hung with the worst

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<v Speaker 4>of them. Plus to my post, some up, blow some up,

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<v Speaker 4>toss them up harder? What blow some up? Pardon me, I'm.

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<v Speaker 3>Molting the raise your up, bless your brother.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't mess with us. We like the youth in the

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