WEBVTT - Ja Morant is BACK & Bradley Beal is Hurt AGAIN!

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

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<v Speaker 1>I said what I said, it's the heat Chat Chat Check.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a crick.

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<v Speaker 2>On this episode of the Heat Check, there is so

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<v Speaker 2>much popping around the league.

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<v Speaker 3>Guess who's back. Guess who's back back again? Drummer Rant's back.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh this is bad.

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<v Speaker 4>I should just stop right now. Drum rants and pending return.

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<v Speaker 2>We wonder what the fuck is happening with Bradley Beale's ligaments,

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<v Speaker 2>and we get into all the news from around the league.

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<v Speaker 3>Since it's Monday, you also know it's time for.

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<v Speaker 4>The Hmmy Award.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus we have a bonus interview with Clippers insider law Murray.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't have much time to chat, so let's do me

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<v Speaker 2>a favor. Drop that motherfucker beat that should be Rihanna. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So the big news in the NBA is that our

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<v Speaker 2>guide Jamorant. And if you say that you just don't

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<v Speaker 2>care about this or that John Morant is no longer

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<v Speaker 2>a top five, top seven point guard in the league

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<v Speaker 2>because you haven't seen him in a while, Like, that's

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<v Speaker 2>just ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>I've said this a million times. I'm going to continue

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<v Speaker 3>to say it.

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<v Speaker 2>Jahn Morant on a Tuesday in December is the most

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<v Speaker 2>electrifying player in the NBA, maybe one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>electrifying players we've ever seen in our lives. Like that's

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<v Speaker 2>how I'm not saying he's better than Ann Edwards. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not saying he's better than Steph Curry. I'm saying, on

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<v Speaker 2>a Tuesday, John Morant will have you call in your

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<v Speaker 2>friends and people.

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<v Speaker 3>Are sleeping, sleeping he will be.

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<v Speaker 2>Back from his twenty five game suspension, which combined with

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<v Speaker 2>missing a ton of time due to suspension last year,

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<v Speaker 2>means that most people haven't seen him in a while.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think, like I said, I think people forgot

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<v Speaker 2>y'all must have forgot.

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<v Speaker 3>The Jahn Morant is that guy? How long does it

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<v Speaker 3>take for you to forget how good.

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<v Speaker 4>This player is?

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently turns out twenty five games, But now that that

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<v Speaker 2>shit's behind him, now that it seems truthfully like he

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<v Speaker 2>has looked inward and made some changes. I, as a

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<v Speaker 2>basketball fan and as a ruter of John Morant, I

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<v Speaker 2>could not be happier, not just because I get to

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<v Speaker 2>see my favorite offensive player in the league back on

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<v Speaker 2>the court where he belongs, but also before because I

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<v Speaker 2>think this break, this situation, this time off, could have been.

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<v Speaker 4>Exactly the thing that he needed to get his head straight.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of your job and

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<v Speaker 2>all the responsibilities that you have, all you can do

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<v Speaker 2>is just hold your head about above water, and you

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<v Speaker 2>start getting into some routines, into some activities that you

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<v Speaker 2>really shouldn't be due to the health concerns or whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>what have you. This is what Jas said when he

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<v Speaker 2>asked about when he was asked about his suspension. In

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<v Speaker 2>the end, I feel like it made me better. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I learned some stuff about myself during that process.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very eye opening. It kind of gave me

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<v Speaker 2>a new look on life, how I go about my

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<v Speaker 2>days and how I carry myself. Those are, of course

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<v Speaker 2>the right words, the proper words. But in all fairness,

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<v Speaker 2>Ja Morant did say some right words.

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<v Speaker 4>To Jalen Rose.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's why I'm concentrating on what he said after this.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't, you know, make nobody believe me outside of

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<v Speaker 2>my action, So me answering this question with just words

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<v Speaker 2>probably won't mean nothing to nobody.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's true.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody is believing Ja Morant right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But that right there. Listen, I'm a liar. I lied

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<v Speaker 2>once before I did a bunch of bullshit actor. I

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<v Speaker 2>said I wasn't going to and I know that you

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<v Speaker 2>can't believe me. So all I'm going to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to do is just every day show up and do

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<v Speaker 2>the right thing. That is the beginning of growth. That

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<v Speaker 2>is the beginning of self awareness, the realization that actions

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<v Speaker 2>are the only thing that matter, and not your words.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody gives a fuck what John Morant says that he's

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<v Speaker 2>learned in the last two months.

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<v Speaker 4>Nobody cares. Nobody.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want to hear about how much you've gone

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<v Speaker 2>to therapy. We don't want to think about how much

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<v Speaker 2>you've watched film, or how good Desmond Bane is right now,

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<v Speaker 2>or how guilty you are that you've set your Grizzlies

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<v Speaker 2>back by not being available for the team. Nobody wants

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<v Speaker 2>to hear that. The reason that I feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>can begin to trust him is because he said, do

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<v Speaker 2>not trust me. That's the kind of thing that people

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<v Speaker 2>say when they want to accept accountability. They in the

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<v Speaker 2>past tried to weasel out of accountability, They've gotten killed

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and then they realize, you know what, it's

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<v Speaker 2>easier to just do the right thing, accept responsibility then

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<v Speaker 2>to run away. Becoming better, becoming stronger, becoming more self

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<v Speaker 2>aware is very hard work. And if people don't believe

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<v Speaker 2>the words that you say when you tell them that

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<v Speaker 2>you've changed, that's okay, And that's okay to say I

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<v Speaker 2>get that I have broken everybody's trust and they shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>believe the thing that I said that you have to.

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<v Speaker 4>Prove it to them.

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<v Speaker 2>I always like the people who are skeptical about how

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<v Speaker 2>others perceive the words that they say.

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<v Speaker 4>But one thing is for.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, Grizzlies they need John Morant bad right now. They

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<v Speaker 2>are six and eighteen right now, and they are staring

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<v Speaker 2>down the barrel of six and nineteen because they play

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<v Speaker 2>the OKC Thunder a day before Jaw comes back. They

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<v Speaker 2>have Jaron Jackson right now and Desmond Bane and that's

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<v Speaker 2>about it. And now with Job back, it's now like

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<v Speaker 2>Luca in Dallas, Jaw, we know what time it is.

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<v Speaker 4>With Jaw, he is good enough to make a.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad team a playoff team all by himself, with a

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<v Speaker 2>healthy Desmond Bane, a healthy Jaron Jackson, and soon and

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<v Speaker 2>soon a healthy Marcus Smart who knows what we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>see from this team is a plan, a possibility. All

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<v Speaker 2>I know is what Kendrick Perkins said the other day

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<v Speaker 2>is correct. It's all about building the culture again. The

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<v Speaker 2>last thing I'll say is this. Jaw was asked what

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<v Speaker 2>he thought of the team's play out on this year.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, it's definitely some guilt at that. Obviously I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not on the floor. Nobody likes losing, so our job

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<v Speaker 2>is to go out there and get a win. I

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<v Speaker 2>take full responsibility to that, obviously, even though.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not on the floor.

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<v Speaker 2>Decisions I made didn't allow me to be out there,

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<v Speaker 2>to go in battle with my team, taking accountability upon

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<v Speaker 2>every question, even when it's not about him. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>level of leadership that we want from John Morant. And

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<v Speaker 2>if John Morant plays like he plays and is a

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<v Speaker 2>new man off the court, holy shit, watch out the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the week.

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<v Speaker 4>All right?

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<v Speaker 2>Moving on, what the fuck is going on with Bradley

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<v Speaker 2>Beal's ligaments?

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<v Speaker 3>What the fuck is going.

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<v Speaker 2>On with Bradley Beal's health. It feels to me like

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<v Speaker 2>final destination for Bradley Beal. It doesn't matter what you do,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter where you go, what bus you get on,

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<v Speaker 2>what train you get on, what plane you get on.

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<v Speaker 4>That thing is crash.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't matter what team you're on, It doesn't matter how

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<v Speaker 2>many minutes you play. Your ankle is busting, your back

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<v Speaker 2>is busting, your knee is busting.

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<v Speaker 4>Injury is coming for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Why Probably because you signed that no trade cause knowing

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<v Speaker 2>that on that super Max deal, knowing you.

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<v Speaker 4>Weren't gonna stay in Washington.

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<v Speaker 3>It happened right pretty much right after he signed that thing.

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<v Speaker 2>In his second return this season from injury, he sprained

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<v Speaker 2>his right ankle in less than five minutes on the court.

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<v Speaker 3>And is now on the injury reservo list again again again.

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<v Speaker 3>No star player has been more snake bitten than Bradley Beal.

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<v Speaker 3>Bill went down because Dante DiVincenzo didn't allow him space

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<v Speaker 3>to land. He also got technicled up for that, and

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<v Speaker 3>although the Sons are happy that there's no major ankle date,

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<v Speaker 3>damage is now a several week Grade two type sprain.

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<v Speaker 3>Six to eight weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it's gonna take, realistically to see Bradley Beal

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<v Speaker 2>back on the court again. Frank Vogel described this as

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<v Speaker 2>a frustrating injury type of season, but if you're like,

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<v Speaker 2>if we're honest, it's kind of been like a bad

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<v Speaker 2>five years for Bradley Beal. Over the last five seasons,

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<v Speaker 2>including this year, a total three hundred and thirty three games.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna shit your pants over this.

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<v Speaker 2>Beal has missed one hundred and twenty of those games,

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<v Speaker 2>which is thirty six percent of available games.

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<v Speaker 3>That is ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>To give you perspective, the guy that we call skin

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<v Speaker 2>of paper, glass of bones, Anthony Davis, Anthony Day two

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<v Speaker 2>Day Davis has missed one hundred and sixteen games during

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<v Speaker 2>that stretch, or thirty five.

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<v Speaker 3>Percent of available games. Can we call it?

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<v Speaker 2>Start calling them Bradley can't heal? Bial because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what to say. It's hard to bang on them

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of these injuries were not his fault,

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<v Speaker 2>landing on Deven Changeo's ankle. What are you gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>about that? So much of that is credited to bad luck.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is a trend now in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>his career. From twenty sixteen to twenty nineteen, he only

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<v Speaker 2>missed five games in three seasons. In his first four years,

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<v Speaker 2>he averaged missing nearly a quarter of the games. Though

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<v Speaker 2>as a whole. So that means eight of eleven of

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<v Speaker 2>Bradley Beal's NBA career have been plagued by long stretches

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<v Speaker 2>on the aisle. When he's on the floor, we know

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<v Speaker 2>what he is.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a bucket. He's a bucket.

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<v Speaker 4>He's a bucky. He's a bucket.

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<v Speaker 2>But the best ability, they say, is availability, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is what is missing in the case of Bradley Beal.

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<v Speaker 3>I bet you Miami is so fucking glad they didn't

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<v Speaker 3>trade for him. Oh my god, pat Riley strikes again.

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<v Speaker 3>This year. Bradley Beal is gonna be lucky to play half.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the Sun's games.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows, who knows what he's gonna were gonna see

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<v Speaker 2>him probably all Star Break after the season. Beal has

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<v Speaker 2>three years and one hundred and sixty million dollars left

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<v Speaker 2>on his contract, and a guy making fifty three million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars a year, I think, personally, just my opinion, should

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<v Speaker 2>be counted on probably to play more games than two

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<v Speaker 2>thirds of the games in any given season.

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<v Speaker 3>That's just me.

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<v Speaker 2>Though some guys have bad luck. That might be what's

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<v Speaker 2>up with Beal. Certainly he wants to play as bad

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<v Speaker 2>as anyone. No one's blaming him for this. I'm certainly

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<v Speaker 2>not saying that this is his fault, but damn hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>he can get himself right. Hopefully he can get himself

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<v Speaker 2>back healthy, because the one thing that's dead certain almost

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<v Speaker 2>no one gets more healthy in their thirties, no one,

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<v Speaker 2>and Beal just went past that milestone this past year.

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<v Speaker 3>So all that to say, what the fuck is up?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, Bradley Beal's body