WEBVTT - Brandon Miller, Ben Simmons, and NBA Media Rights

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<v Speaker 1>Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines did

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<v Speaker 1>so the Heat Check. The Heat Check was just a cracker,

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<v Speaker 1>the best podcast covering all the drama around the association.

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<v Speaker 1>Number two pick Brandon Miller. Brandon Miller, Paiging Brandon Miller

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<v Speaker 1>saw his first game in the NBA and it was

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<v Speaker 1>as delicious as I expected. Struggle Bus City. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to like, I don't dislike Brandon Miller. I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>glad my team dodged a bullet and didn't get him.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's like a Sam Bouie Michael Jordan's situation, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean, only we didn't get fucked. That's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of what I'm thinking. Eight three three in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two minutes. He was three for nine for shooting. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a guy though, that was supposed to be a

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<v Speaker 1>sniper from three and he was zero for four and

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<v Speaker 1>he had three turnovers. Deer in headlights, paging, Paging, Brandon Miller.

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<v Speaker 1>On the plus side, his MIDI his mid range looked

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good. On the negative side, his spacing was absolutely atrocious,

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<v Speaker 1>which was often an issue in college. The floor is

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to get wider, Brandon, except for that he could

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<v Speaker 1>get away with all that shit in college because he

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<v Speaker 1>was the focal point of the offense and he was

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<v Speaker 1>so athletic and everybody just moved around him. Considering that,

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<v Speaker 1>I just read an article where Scoot Henderson was called

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<v Speaker 1>the steal of the draft, I'm gonna guess that is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be an indictment on the pick of Brandon

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<v Speaker 1>Miller at two. Don't you think will he blossom into

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<v Speaker 1>some all star? I actually hope, so, I just don't

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<v Speaker 1>think he's gonna be as good as Scoot. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of what I saw in twenty two minutes was reminiscent

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<v Speaker 1>of what I saw at Summer League. A lot of skill,

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<v Speaker 1>bad hips, big holes in his game, and flashes when

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<v Speaker 1>he actually finds a way to stay locked in. His

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<v Speaker 1>first Summer League game was a mess, though, but by

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<v Speaker 1>the end he was playing really good basketball. So I

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't hit the panic button just yet. But I do

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<v Speaker 1>like making fun of him because he's an easy target

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm cheap. Uh. Maybe all is not lost in Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>after all, there's more folks, more players that they find

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<v Speaker 1>out of nowhere, out of fucking nowhere, like Cole Swider.

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<v Speaker 1>Cole Swider, I think the Lakers fucking released him for nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>so they get him. He balls out, highlighted by two things.

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<v Speaker 1>Jimi Hawkes. He was rumored to be a part of

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<v Speaker 1>the deal for Damian Lillard. They did not want to

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<v Speaker 1>give him to us. The Blazers were interested in himie,

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<v Speaker 1>but they were interested in a lot of picks and

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<v Speaker 1>some other players that can contribute right away, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was not that. But he had thirteen points on five

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<v Speaker 1>for eight shooting, which is definitely something that this team needs.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Haymi hawkez of other great interest to Heat fans.

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<v Speaker 1>I am sure is like I said Cole Swider, He's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the next Max Strus. I can just

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<v Speaker 1>feel it. Fuck though Guys, an undrafted six' nine forward

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<v Speaker 1>out Of villanova And, syracuse spent the last year on

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<v Speaker 1>The LAKERS G league. Team he got called up to

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<v Speaker 1>the Real lakers team, too BECAUSE i remember seeing. HIM

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<v Speaker 1>i don't know WHY i would know his name otherwise

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<v Speaker 1>BECAUSE i don't really FOLLOW G league players on The.

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers that would just make me. Sick he bawled, out

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<v Speaker 1>though he Made heat fans. Swoon he went five for

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<v Speaker 1>nine from three for seventeen points in thirteen and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>Minutes that feels reminiscent Of Max strus in The Summer.

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<v Speaker 1>League god damn, it his pedigree is. Good the only

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<v Speaker 1>team better at extracting value from undrafted players than The

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<v Speaker 1>lakers is The. Heat so it was a good, Idea,

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<v Speaker 1>Rob it was a good, idea Mister. Buss you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have let him go that. Soon you never can get

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<v Speaker 1>over being dumped by a. Supermodel but, maybe just maybe

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<v Speaker 1>getting Col swider will help you. Heal let's move forward To.

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<v Speaker 1>Phoenix The suns and The nuggets engaged in a heavy

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<v Speaker 1>white heavyweight, fight even with all of their stars not

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<v Speaker 1>on the. Floor it was super, fun even If Kevin,

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<v Speaker 1>Durant Bradley, beal And Devin booker didn't. Play athletic dropped

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<v Speaker 1>its annual think piece On, katie this time about turning thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>five which is not really like a reason to create

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<v Speaker 1>a feature, article but, hey, WHATEVER i think we're just

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<v Speaker 1>reaching very very much a puff, piece and it obscured

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<v Speaker 1>WHAT i think is far more interesting that emerged About

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin durant around the same. Time according To New York,

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<v Speaker 1>Post durant would have been happy to remain A Brooklyn

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<v Speaker 1>net if Only Ben simmons would have been. Healthy excuse,

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<v Speaker 1>me what what hold? On Kevin durant would have been

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<v Speaker 1>happy to remain A brooklyn net If Ben simmons would

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<v Speaker 1>have been, healthy that is fucking. Wild Ben. Simmons Ben

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<v Speaker 1>simmons was the lynchpin Of. Kevin he was, LIKE i don't, know,

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<v Speaker 1>MAN i don't know if he's ever getting back on the.

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<v Speaker 1>Floor he keeps coming to practice these multi Colored versace

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<v Speaker 1>sweaters AND i just can't stand. It, ben get back

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<v Speaker 1>on the. Floor help, me help. Me he said that

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<v Speaker 1>this was true even if and When Kyrie irving got.

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<v Speaker 1>Traded we never got really too much on What katie

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<v Speaker 1>thought Of ben during the time. Together but that is

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<v Speaker 1>an endorsement no matter how you slice. It, Really Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>durant is all about winning, titles and if he thought

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<v Speaker 1>he could win With ben And ben was driving the,

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<v Speaker 1>ship that is a fascinating. Comment fascinating. Comment all of

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<v Speaker 1>that Makes ben simmons back issues even more of a

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<v Speaker 1>bummer for. Me ben's back really did read derail the,

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<v Speaker 1>season but also the Entire Kevin durant era In. Brooklyn

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<v Speaker 1>that era of those guys was just kind of one

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<v Speaker 1>of those things you would have loved see for. LONGER

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<v Speaker 1>i would have really loved to See, KYRIE kd And

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<v Speaker 1>harden play together for more than what was, it twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>games because they were taking the league by. Storm they

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<v Speaker 1>were a machete chop on everybody that they. Played and

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<v Speaker 1>then if you would have gotten a Healthy Ben simmons

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<v Speaker 1>When harden got, traded that would have been an interesting

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic as. Well another one of the great what ifs

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<v Speaker 1>in THE, nba just adding another layer of depth to

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<v Speaker 1>its and a puff piece About Kevin durant during thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>five which is fucking. Crazy we've talked a lot about

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<v Speaker 1>the expansion on the heat check the past couple of,

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<v Speaker 1>years and it looks like it might be coming sooner then.

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<v Speaker 1>Later according TO, oaj all Of Adam silver's attention right

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<v Speaker 1>now is on THOSE nba media. Rites, baby give me

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<v Speaker 1>those give me all that, Money give me that money

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<v Speaker 1>for that. Betting give me that seventy five billion. Dollars

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<v Speaker 1>that's what they're. Saying it's worth seventy five. Billion and

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<v Speaker 1>when they get, it what are they gonna. Do they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna spend. It oh, yeah well they spending it. On

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<v Speaker 1>they're spending on, teams new. Teams adrian War janowski, says

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<v Speaker 1>once the league gets done with these media rights, negotiations

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<v Speaker 1>the league will start to look towards Expansion Las vegas With.

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<v Speaker 1>Seattle thank God seattle is getting a team. BACK i

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<v Speaker 1>love that because they used To, Portland portland And. Seattle

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<v Speaker 1>they used to drive TO uh to play one. Another

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<v Speaker 1>it's not that far at. All so they used to

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<v Speaker 1>get into a little bus LIKE aau players or their

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<v Speaker 1>cars or their fancy little, cars and then they would

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<v Speaker 1>go up To seattle and. Play it was The battle

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<v Speaker 1>OF i. FIVE i remember one, TIME i think it

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<v Speaker 1>Was Damon. Stoudamire If i'm, wrong it Wasn't Damon. Stottamayer

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<v Speaker 1>it was Probably Rashid. Wallace one of them got stopped

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<v Speaker 1>FOR uh for. Weed they ended up getting pulled over

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<v Speaker 1>on the way back from a game on THE i

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<v Speaker 1>five and they FOUND i think they found weed inside

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<v Speaker 1>of like A teni foil. Ball it was just a hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>Story it's, like why would you travel on a road

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<v Speaker 1>trip with a tinfoil ball of? Weed look up the.

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<v Speaker 1>STORY i. DON'T i, mean this is all off the

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<v Speaker 1>top of my, head so look it. Up it was

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<v Speaker 1>fucking crazy. Anyway league just getting bigger and bigger every.

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<v Speaker 1>YEAR i for, one love. It two teams on the same,

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<v Speaker 1>timeline which is. Great we'll see who ends up getting that,

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<v Speaker 1>team whether That's lebron or whether That's, mayweather or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they'll do a little. Collabo and then Onto europe in

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<v Speaker 1>the two thousand and, thirties which is where all go

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<v Speaker 1>when our healthcare has been stripped of us and we're

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<v Speaker 1>no longer in, Democracy so look forward to that as.

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<v Speaker 1>WELL a little end of the week treat for the

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<v Speaker 1>real ones out, there