WEBVTT - Grizzlies Fire Taylor Jenkins & Ja's Emptying The Clip + Bad Boys Pistons Pt.2

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<v Speaker 1>You're you're listening to the Hottest, the Hottest podcast out here.

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<v Speaker 2>I said what I said, it's the Heat Check, Heat

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<v Speaker 2>Check Check on this episode of the Heat Check. Two

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<v Speaker 2>weeks left in the NBA season, Baby.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got a surprise firing just nine games left in

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<v Speaker 1>the regular seasons. Taylor Jenkins gets the acts in Memphis immediately.

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<v Speaker 2>The gun fingers returned in his absence.

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<v Speaker 1>Jalen Brown is hurt and it might impact everything. Ad

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<v Speaker 1>has returned to Dallas. Don't know how Dallas feels about that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a nice story, but it won't impact anything at all.

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<v Speaker 1>And Bad Boys Too has hit Detroit.

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<v Speaker 2>That Pistons team is coming out swinging all the way

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<v Speaker 2>to the playoffs. So much to talk about. Drop that

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<v Speaker 2>motherfucker beat that should be Rihanna. Oh boy.

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<v Speaker 1>So we gotta talk about something that's pretty rare, pretty

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<v Speaker 1>under the radar, Definitely something that most national media didn't

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<v Speaker 1>see coming. A lot of people in Memphis did see coming.

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<v Speaker 1>Memphis Grizzlies have fired longtime coach Taylor Jenkins with nine

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<v Speaker 1>games left in the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people were shocked.

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<v Speaker 1>Not the least of which because it occurred so late.

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<v Speaker 1>What a crazy time to be deciding to swap out coaches,

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<v Speaker 1>especially this team will be in the playoffs. If you

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<v Speaker 1>read the tea leaves, though, you knew that something at

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<v Speaker 1>some point was going to happen like this because in

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<v Speaker 1>the offseason nearly all of Taylor Jenkins had assistant coaches

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, were fired over the summer, and Taylor Jenkins

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the one to fire them. This was in order

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<v Speaker 1>from above from Zach Clemen. Any coach who loses their

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<v Speaker 1>entire coaching staff at the behest of not them probably

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have a very long lace from the front office,

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<v Speaker 1>and that turned out to be the case for Taylor Jenkins.

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<v Speaker 1>The new coaching staff installed a new offense. Taylor Jenkins

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<v Speaker 1>was essentially a lame duck, and for some reason, nine

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<v Speaker 1>games left in the season, they decided to give.

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<v Speaker 2>Him the acts right then.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not surprising that he got fired, but it is

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<v Speaker 1>surprising that he got fired when he did. I would

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<v Speaker 1>have been much more understanding if this happened at the.

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<v Speaker 2>All Star break. So there's like a lot of strange days.

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<v Speaker 1>Going on beneath the surface in Memphis that I think

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<v Speaker 1>need to be explained.

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<v Speaker 2>Take Noel la Roche. Noel L.

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<v Speaker 1>Roche was hired over the summer to replace one of

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<v Speaker 1>jenkins fired assistants, specifically to change and revamp the Memphis offense,

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<v Speaker 1>moving away from the pick and rolls that John Morant,

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<v Speaker 1>their star player loves so much, to a motion offense,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's largely worked. The motion offense that Laroche implemented

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<v Speaker 1>had the Grizzlies with the sixth most potent offense in

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<v Speaker 1>the entire NBA, so that was working, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>was fired at the same time Jenkins was fired. So

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Kleman didn't like Taylor jenkins offense, hired somebody to

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<v Speaker 1>fix the offense, and then fired both those guys with

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<v Speaker 1>nine games left with the Grizzlies in fourth place, So

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<v Speaker 1>what is happening?

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on in Memphis?

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<v Speaker 1>Just from a schedule standpoint, the Grizzlies are a disappointment

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<v Speaker 1>by all intents and purposes. They have not beaten a

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred team since defeating the Bucks on February second,

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<v Speaker 1>which is insane. That's almost two months. That's over two months.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a damning stat. The team has been plagued

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<v Speaker 1>again with injuries. John Moran has missed thirty games. Gigi

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson and Vince Williams have been out a bunch of games,

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon Clark is not done for the season, and Jenkins

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<v Speaker 1>has done a pretty good job juggling lineups in order

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<v Speaker 1>to make this team competitive. At the time of this

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<v Speaker 1>they fall into eighth place, just a game out of fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's how tight things are in the Western Conference.

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<v Speaker 1>Not exactly the time to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Letting your coach go.

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<v Speaker 1>Assistant coach tuamas ia Zolo, whom the Grizzlies hired before

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<v Speaker 1>the season, he was the one making major bread. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he got paid in the millions of dollars per

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<v Speaker 1>year as an assistant coach, so we knew what time

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<v Speaker 1>it was. Most likely, if somebody gets clipped, he's the

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<v Speaker 1>one to take that guy's place. There will be no

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<v Speaker 1>white horse and no White Knight riding in to save

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<v Speaker 1>this team the final stretches of the season. Ia Solo

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<v Speaker 1>is a finish offensive savant. He brought in to help

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<v Speaker 1>reconfigure Memphis offense as well. Now he's been given the reins.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the job is his. I think the job

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<v Speaker 1>has been his. All of this begs the question, though,

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<v Speaker 1>how does Jean Moran feel about this. All the reports

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<v Speaker 1>are that he had zero impact in Jenkins's firing. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>he was completely in the dark, was riding ten toes

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<v Speaker 1>down with Taylor Jenkins since that was the coach he

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<v Speaker 1>had since the beginning of his career in the NBA,

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<v Speaker 1>and that remained the case to the day that Taylor

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<v Speaker 1>Jenkins was fired. And now jaw enters a mega extension

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<v Speaker 1>where there's a ton of questions about whether he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be there or whether even Memphis wants him to

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<v Speaker 1>be there in the long run.

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<v Speaker 2>Memphis went on record earlier this season.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember where they said, hey, keep dreaming, we're not trading

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<v Speaker 1>this man. But that's a lot of money to pay

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who's not playing even close to the eighty

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<v Speaker 1>two games in the season. Issues that seem to have

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<v Speaker 1>been put to bed, like, for example, the whole Jahn

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<v Speaker 1>Morant and gunsting have re emerged in the firing when

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<v Speaker 1>John Morant simulated gun figures at Steph Curry and Buddy

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<v Speaker 1>Held in the Golden State bench. And not only were

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<v Speaker 1>John Buddy Healed warned by the league to stop with

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<v Speaker 1>this nonsense, yet again John Morant the very next game

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<v Speaker 1>did it again. Desmond ban came after Santi Aldaman the

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<v Speaker 1>Hundle last week, pushing him down and telling him.

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<v Speaker 2>To play fucking harder.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's just say the roster has had some turmoil.

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<v Speaker 1>A reporter for The Athletic wrote this about Jaw. Someday

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<v Speaker 1>Joh looks like he's ready to play, and some days

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<v Speaker 1>he looks like he doesn't want to be there because

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<v Speaker 1>he hates the offense. So if this new guy wants

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<v Speaker 1>an offense that the star player hates, how is that

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go? Despite GM Zach Kleman saying that the rumors

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<v Speaker 1>that the Grizzlies might shop Jaws Jow is a fantasy,

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<v Speaker 1>the Grizzlies fired the only coach the Jamur ever had.

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<v Speaker 2>They fired his favorite.

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<v Speaker 1>Assistant coach last summer, a guy who spent two years

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<v Speaker 1>working with him during a rehab, and the controversy following

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<v Speaker 1>the rehab.

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<v Speaker 2>It does not sound like the franchise.

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<v Speaker 1>Is doing everything that they can in their power to

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<v Speaker 1>keep their superstar happy. Kind of wild keeping your star

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<v Speaker 1>in the dark while you fire a coach probably also

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<v Speaker 1>not great fascinating storyline. As for Taylor Jenkins, I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna be a hot commodity. I think a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of teams are gonna want him. He's the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>coach of the team like Portland might want, a team

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<v Speaker 1>like Sacramento might want. So much of this now depends

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<v Speaker 1>in Memphis on how they do the playoffs. Most people

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<v Speaker 1>thought the Memphis were gonna lose, probably in the first round.

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<v Speaker 1>They were dead ducks, sitting ducks. And that's if they

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<v Speaker 1>make the playoffs at all. The truth of the matter is,

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<v Speaker 1>even if they do make the playoffs, are they gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be favored against anyone? I don't think so. If they

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<v Speaker 1>make the play in probably gonna be a rock fight.

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<v Speaker 1>An early exit in the playoffs is just gonna cause

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<v Speaker 1>more speculation about what the outcome for Taylor Jenkins and

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<v Speaker 1>Memphis will be. And a whole lot of that is

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about whether you can win a title with John Morant.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, moving on, seems weird to speak in any way,

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<v Speaker 1>shape or form negatively about the Boston Celtics, But there's

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<v Speaker 1>just a tiny hiccup in the back to back title

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<v Speaker 1>possibility that threatens to blossom into a full blown issue,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is that Jalen Brown is hurt. Jalen Brown

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<v Speaker 1>has what is called a right knee posterior impingement, an

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<v Speaker 1>injury that has caused him a bunch of discomfort on

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<v Speaker 1>the court, has time limited his playing time in a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of games, and even though he's still putting up

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<v Speaker 1>numbers he had twenty four four nine and this lost

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<v Speaker 1>the Miami Heat the other night, he basically acknowledged that

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<v Speaker 1>he's just gonna be playing through pain. Yeah, he said

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<v Speaker 1>he's committed to playing and playing aggressively even though he's

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna be feeling good.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a couple of ways to look at this.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, Jalen Brown says he's working with the

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<v Speaker 1>medical staff to undergo treatments to get his knee ready.

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<v Speaker 2>For the playoffs, which is still at this point a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks wait.

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<v Speaker 1>And on top of that, when they play the seventh seed,

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<v Speaker 1>they're probably not gonna be playing anyone they really care

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<v Speaker 1>that much about. Seems like enough time to get right.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what he had to say at the presser.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I've got some stuff lined up with the

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<v Speaker 1>medical staff in order to feel better come playoffs. But

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<v Speaker 1>for now, you know, it's just mentally working through not

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<v Speaker 1>feeling great but finding ways to be effective on the

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<v Speaker 1>other hand, if Jalen Brown continues to be gimpy, his

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<v Speaker 1>ongoing knee issue probably means he's not gonna be nearly

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<v Speaker 1>as effective in the postseason and his amount of minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>his amount of usage is going to be limited, meaning

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<v Speaker 1>that the two headed Snake might just end up being

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<v Speaker 1>Tatum and some other player that needs to step up

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<v Speaker 1>on any given night, and the Celtics then have to

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<v Speaker 1>rely more on their depth, like our man Peyton Pritchard,

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<v Speaker 1>like our man Christas Porzingis, and who, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>is also facing some lingering health concerns heading into the

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs as well. Listen, I'm not one to make anything

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<v Speaker 1>out of a couple of games. The Heat had one

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<v Speaker 1>of the better games of the year. They broke back

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<v Speaker 1>Boston's nine game winning streak. But this team is just

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<v Speaker 1>not nearly as good without a completely healthy JB. And

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<v Speaker 1>if he's not there one hundred percent, that means that

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<v Speaker 1>the Celtics are beatable. And there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>teams out there looking at take the crown from the

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics aka the Cleveland Cavaliers, and they're coming, baby, they

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<v Speaker 1>are coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, moving on, woo. Anthony Davis is back.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Dallas Mavericks probably one of the weirder, most

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<v Speaker 1>goofiest teams in the NBA this season. They are clinging

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<v Speaker 1>onto the ninth spot in the West, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know necessarily if they even want that, But the man

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<v Speaker 1>at the center of the most controversial trade in modern

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<v Speaker 1>NBA history is back. The guy that our man, Nico Harrison,

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<v Speaker 1>is taking his entire future on, finally came back from

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<v Speaker 1>injury after playing just one half of basketball for the

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<v Speaker 1>team that just traded for him. And holy shit, did

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<v Speaker 1>he ever make a re entrance. Remember in his MAVs debut,

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<v Speaker 1>Ad had a game for the Ages. He had twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen and seven in basically the first half of a game.

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<v Speaker 1>The MAVs beat a tough Rockets team won sixteen one

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<v Speaker 1>oh five. The problem was that he heard his missed.

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<v Speaker 1>The next eighteen games, MAVs were falling fast in the standings.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, Kyrie Irving also towards ACL.

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<v Speaker 1>Then on March twenty fourth, he made his return, and

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<v Speaker 1>ever since he's been back in the LA lineup. The

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<v Speaker 1>MAVs are now four and one. His last game thirty four,

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen and two with five blocks and a game winning

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<v Speaker 1>bucket in the final seconds against Atlanta, a team that's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get into the plan as well. The wild

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<v Speaker 1>part is that our man took an elbow to the face,

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<v Speaker 1>he left the game, got four stitches, and still managed

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<v Speaker 1>to come back and hit the game winner.

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<v Speaker 2>Ad is a star.

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<v Speaker 1>He is an All Star, one of the best players

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA by all accounts, a good dude. He's

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<v Speaker 1>also been historically very fragile, so it kind of sucks

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<v Speaker 1>that he's been seen by some people as the bad

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<v Speaker 1>guy in the Luca trade, even though according to Jenie Buss,

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<v Speaker 1>he was unhappy, he did want to leave LA and

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<v Speaker 1>probably was looking for a way out, but he's just

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<v Speaker 1>never going to get over with MAVs fans the way

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<v Speaker 1>that Luca did. Luca was endeared, he was loved, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's not just because Anthony Davis can't win he won

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<v Speaker 1>a chip in LA, but because Luca is a young

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<v Speaker 1>generational player, transcendent player who didn't look like a generational

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<v Speaker 1>player at the time where they got used to guys

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<v Speaker 1>like Dirk Novitzky, and Luca kind of fell walking into

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<v Speaker 1>his footsteps. The other only other player in the league

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<v Speaker 1>right now that's like that is probably Nicole Jokic. So

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<v Speaker 1>what does his return mean for the MAVs. They're currently

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight and thirty nine. They sit ninth in the West.

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<v Speaker 1>The recent return of Ad couple with the anticipated comebacks

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<v Speaker 1>of players like Derek Lively Daniel Gafford makes them a

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<v Speaker 1>huge question mark, but Vegas is not buying it. The

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<v Speaker 1>MAVs playoff odds right now are plus six hundred, which

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<v Speaker 1>is less than a fifteen percent chance to make the postseason,

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<v Speaker 1>and that turns to zero without Anthony Davis.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm happy Anthony Davis is back on the court.

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<v Speaker 1>It's probably the only thing that MAVs fans can even

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<v Speaker 1>cheer for. But listen, this is one of the more

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<v Speaker 1>stacked drafts in recent memory.

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<v Speaker 2>So maybe just maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>Missing the playoffs all together is a good thing for Dallas.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, moving on, you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember the Malice in the Palace, boy I do. I

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<v Speaker 1>was a freshman year, a freshman in college. We watched

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<v Speaker 1>it into my sports marketing class. It was fucking wild,

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<v Speaker 1>no franchise and it has a longer history of brutality

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<v Speaker 1>and force and fighting in the NBA than the Detroit Pistons.

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<v Speaker 2>They were the reason. There was a reason that they

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<v Speaker 2>were called the bad boys. They were swinging on.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody call these guys the JB. Bickerstaff Pistons bad boys too,

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<v Speaker 1>because if it's not Isaiah Stewart clawbering Thomas Bryant, it's

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Holland coming for Jordan Clarkson. Every night the Pistons

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<v Speaker 1>are in some sort of squabble and they are down

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<v Speaker 1>with it. The latest is a full blown bench clearing

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<v Speaker 1>brawl between Ron Holland.

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<v Speaker 2>And Dante DiVincenzo.

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<v Speaker 1>Holland fouled nas Reed, Dante DiVincenzo is Saya. Stewart of

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<v Speaker 1>course started a jaw and then everything went to hell

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<v Speaker 1>and a hand biscuit basket, Both benches emptied, the entire

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<v Speaker 1>scrum fell in the stands under the basket of one

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<v Speaker 1>of the uglier moments of the season, and in the

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<v Speaker 1>end seven people got ejected. Seven Pistons head coach JB. Bickerstaff,

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<v Speaker 1>assistant coach Pablo Prigioni, Wow and players Ron Holland, Stuart Sasser,

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<v Speaker 1>along with Timberwolves De Vincenzo and nas Reed. Following the review,

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA suspended Stu for two games due to his

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<v Speaker 1>prior history of unsportsman like contact. Remember he got into

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<v Speaker 1>it with Lebron James, while Ron Holland Marcus Sasser, nas

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<v Speaker 1>Reed Dante DiVincenzo each received one game suspensions. I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say this, I like the Pistons. I like this feistiness.

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<v Speaker 1>This is so much better than winning fourteen games and

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<v Speaker 1>doing an goddamn thing. They don't back down to anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to see them in the playoffs. Isaiah

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<v Speaker 1>Stewart loves to fight. We knew that from back in

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<v Speaker 1>the day. He couldn't wait to fight Lebron James and

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<v Speaker 1>throw elbows. Come on, he fights for the love of

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<v Speaker 1>the game. In fact, he reportedly asked Dante DiVincenzo if

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted to meet him outside after the game. Yo,

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to meet me outside? And I know Dante's

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<v Speaker 1>like says he's a scrapper, but he's not a scrapper.

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<v Speaker 2>No chance.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't think there's many people who want to

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<v Speaker 1>wait for beef Stu after the game. Beef Stu will

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<v Speaker 1>come for you. The Pistons team is dangerous. Are they

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<v Speaker 1>good enough to win it all?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course not?

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<v Speaker 1>Are they good enough to make the Eastern Conference Finals

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<v Speaker 1>out of the five spot. Probably not, but they are

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<v Speaker 1>good enough to make life hell for whoever they play

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs. What a great story and what a

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<v Speaker 1>great team for Detroit and the city to get behind

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<v Speaker 1>because they represent their city as well as any team

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<v Speaker 1>in recent memory. Fun, gritty, and hard as a coffin nail,

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<v Speaker 1>just like the city of Detroit. Quick note, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like a broken record, but we're finally moving over to

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<v Speaker 1>a new platform and we'll be back to a regular

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<v Speaker 1>schedule next week.

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<v Speaker 2>Love Detroit.

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<v Speaker 1>Playoffs are coming, new platform is coming, and that's all

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<v Speaker 1>the time that we have for this episode of heat Check.

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