WEBVTT - The Big Takeaway!

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of The Heat Check, the first week

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<v Speaker 1>of the NBA season is in the books, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>here to break it all down for you. Our big

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<v Speaker 1>story of the week is the Denver Nuggets. We get

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<v Speaker 1>into our what the fuck moment, we break down some

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<v Speaker 1>news from around the league, and we finish it off

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<v Speaker 1>with our Week one. Kenny Association's back William to drop

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<v Speaker 1>that genericast beat break.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines your children.

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<v Speaker 2>So the heat Check, the Heat Check, it's just craky,

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<v Speaker 2>the best podcast covering all the drama around the association.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's start the show with the one big takeaway,

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<v Speaker 1>the one big thing, so to say. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what the I don't know exactly what we're gonna call

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<v Speaker 1>it yet, but it's like the one thing that we

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<v Speaker 1>got to talk about at the top of the show.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, the one thing, the big takeaway is that

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<v Speaker 1>the Denver Nuggets are inevitable, like thanos. They're just an

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<v Speaker 1>immovable force. So many people were like, oh, yeah, Trista,

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<v Speaker 1>they lost Bruce Brown, they lost Jeff Green. They didn't

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<v Speaker 1>do a goddamn thing to replace him. What did the

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<v Speaker 1>Nuggets do to protect the throne. Nothing, not a goddamn thing.

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<v Speaker 1>They are cooked like barbecue chicken. And on paper that

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<v Speaker 1>was true. And then the GM of the Nuggets, Calvin Booth,

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<v Speaker 1>went on the record with the athletic and was like, Yo,

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<v Speaker 1>Brucey b good luck with all that you guys enjoy him,

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<v Speaker 1>Indiana buyer, Beware, he's not as big, he's not as skilled,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not as athletic as our guy Peyton Watson. And

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<v Speaker 1>we all chuckled. We all said, oh, he's being he's

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<v Speaker 1>just being silly. We were making fun of him. Had

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<v Speaker 1>come out and he had to apologize about those comments.

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<v Speaker 1>But guess what. Guess what he didn't say. He didn't

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<v Speaker 1>say he thought that he was wrong. He didn't say

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<v Speaker 1>that he misspoke about Peyton Watson. So everyone was out

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<v Speaker 1>there being like, Okay, the Denver Nuggets are gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>significantly worse. And then the actual basketball started. They rolled

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<v Speaker 1>the ball out and it was like, oh shit, we

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<v Speaker 1>are screwed. Because the Nuggets folks are a goddamn wagon.

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<v Speaker 1>They are unstoppable, doesn't matter who they play. They reeled

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<v Speaker 1>off three straight wins in a shortened first week against

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, the Los Angeles Lakers went to the

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<v Speaker 1>Western Conference Finals. The Grizzlies, top three team in the West,

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<v Speaker 1>the Oklahoma Sydney Thunder consensus most exciting team to take

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest jump in the Western Conference, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was disturbing how they did how they did it

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<v Speaker 1>was disturbing, specifically how they handled the Lakers. Lakers were

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<v Speaker 1>talking all that shit, Oh yeah, they fortified the roster,

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<v Speaker 1>we found a Jokic killer, we got healthy. They circled

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<v Speaker 1>a matchup on their calendar. They were a confident boy,

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<v Speaker 1>oh yeah, and guess what his game started and it

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh oh, this is not gonna work for

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<v Speaker 1>the Lakers. They just got trucked by jokicch and them boys.

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<v Speaker 1>Ad had seventeen at the half. We were like, yay, Ad,

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<v Speaker 1>And then he had seventeen at the end of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>He was running around trying to chase the yokicch down.

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<v Speaker 1>He was out of breath, he was tired, he wasn't ready.

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<v Speaker 1>He It was so bad that every morning show the

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<v Speaker 1>next day destroyed. Anthony Davis, steven A was skipped. It

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<v Speaker 1>was Jason Williams. They're like, oh yeah, Ad, can't be

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<v Speaker 1>this version of you. If the Lakers are gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>a goddamn thing. Lebron's complaining. He's like, oh, the only

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<v Speaker 1>reason we lost is because I was on a minute restriction.

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<v Speaker 1>He's yelling at the coaching staff, being like, I could

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<v Speaker 1>play point guard two. Why am I just floating around

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<v Speaker 1>out here against the defending champs. Michael Porter Junior turned

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<v Speaker 1>into Rodman overnight. I think he had twelve rebounds. He's

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<v Speaker 1>now a rebounding machine. The Nuggets made Austin Reeves look

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<v Speaker 1>like some random white boy from Arkansas. They ruined Gabe

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<v Speaker 1>Vincent's career in a span of like that they exposed him.

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<v Speaker 1>He was in negative seventeen, zero for four shooting from three,

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<v Speaker 1>two turnovers, three fouls, and twenty two minutes. He's essentially

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<v Speaker 1>not playable. Same story with the grizz Zero answers for you, Okich,

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<v Speaker 1>Anne Murray, Aaron Gordon, KCP Strap, Desmond Bane. Desmond Baine

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<v Speaker 1>was one for ten from three the game before. Desmond

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<v Speaker 1>was five for ten. The Grizzlies, by the way, had

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<v Speaker 1>to play all their starters thirty plus minutes just to

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<v Speaker 1>stay in the game, and we got twenty minutes of

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<v Speaker 1>who Peyton Watson my God, they were playing with the Grizzlies.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't care. They had all their little role players

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<v Speaker 1>playing big time starter minutes. I'm like, where is Jokic?

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<v Speaker 1>I think Jokic had twenty two points? Is casual? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>See we thought that might be a game. Today they

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<v Speaker 1>get their doors absolutely blown off. To the tune of

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Porter, Junior didn't even get his ten rebounds because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he played the whole fourth quarter. Jok

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<v Speaker 1>j had a very easy twenty eight, fourteen and five.

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<v Speaker 1>Tad Chet Holmgren, Well, it's like to be a big man.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen here, sir, I've got one hundred pounds on you.

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<v Speaker 1>He went from seven blocks in his previous game to

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<v Speaker 1>zero blocks against the Nuggets. Christian Brown, he's a player

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<v Speaker 1>plus twenty five and twenty one minutes SGA Game one

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<v Speaker 1>and two over thirty points SGA in Game three against

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<v Speaker 1>the Nugs seven points, two for fourteen shooting. Oh boy,

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<v Speaker 1>so okay. To recap, the Nuggets beat three playoff teams

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<v Speaker 1>out of the blocks by an average of sixteen fucking points.

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<v Speaker 1>More than that, they weren't even trying. They weren't even

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<v Speaker 1>trying even when the Grizzlies came back and made it

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<v Speaker 1>a game, or the Lakers got within shouting distance. Eh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's okay, we're all right, We're good with ours. That

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<v Speaker 1>happened with Yokich on the bench, by the way, pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much once he gets on the floor, you might as

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<v Speaker 1>well be up twenty points, because if you're not, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a rap for you. Night night, sleep mask. So I

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<v Speaker 1>would say that the rumors of the Nuggets to demise

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<v Speaker 1>the decline has been greatly exaggerated. This is the team

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<v Speaker 1>to beat. They are the best. Michael Porter Junior now

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<v Speaker 1>embraces his role as the crash the board specialist, board

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<v Speaker 1>man gets paid, Peyton Watson, Christian Brown, Reggie Jackson lighting

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<v Speaker 1>it up off the bench, and the best starting five

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<v Speaker 1>in all of the league. The Nuggets, dare I say,

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<v Speaker 1>might be better than they were last year. And if

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<v Speaker 1>they are, good luck trying to beat these motherfuckers.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk and then and the talk t