WEBVTT - Atlantic Division Preview: Nets and Knicks

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<v Speaker 1>Braken was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines lor so.

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<v Speaker 2>The heat Check. The Heat Check was just Cray the

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

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<v Speaker 1>Let's move on to the Brooklyn That's very fun team. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>they were forty five and thirty seven, sixth place. They

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<v Speaker 1>of course a lot of those wins came with Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant on the team. Key editions Noah Clowney in the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>Derek Whitehead, and my guy Lonnie Walker, who I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think is going to be a massive addition for them.

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<v Speaker 2>Key subtractions.

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<v Speaker 1>You lose Seth Curry, you lose Joe Harris, you lose

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<v Speaker 1>Patty Mills.

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<v Speaker 2>Brooklyn, Ye're one of The rebuild has begun.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like it's like a post apocalyptic society living

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<v Speaker 1>in a silo like common as the Sheriff. They have

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<v Speaker 1>now fully embraced the rebuild. They have shed KD and Kyrie.

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<v Speaker 1>They have brought in Mikhale Bridges and Cam Johnson as

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<v Speaker 1>the cornerstones of this team. They swapped out the bright

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<v Speaker 1>lights of the Big City for let's be real, a

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<v Speaker 1>tunnel three thousand miles below the Earth's surface. Instead of

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<v Speaker 1>this team being all glitz, glam and Kardashians.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Ma and Pa Kettle.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a sexy, particularly sexy team. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>throwing shade at Dorianfinny Smith or Spencer Dinwoodie.

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<v Speaker 2>I like this team, Okay, I like them. I like them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're very cute, They're adorable, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not doing anything of note, but they're gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>fucking fun. And the Big Three era, of course, is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be marred by what ifs. But it's time to

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<v Speaker 1>forget about all that, all the stars, all the egos,

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<v Speaker 1>all the trade capital that you gave up for James Harden.

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<v Speaker 1>No more ifs and butts, candies and nuts. Okay, now

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<v Speaker 1>the eyes are on the future. Let's build a winning

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<v Speaker 1>culture here. Let's build a winning team like we did

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<v Speaker 1>the last time, where you had D'Angelo Russell and Jared

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<v Speaker 1>Allen all these young young up and comers, like gritty,

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<v Speaker 1>scrappy players. They also lost Utah watt Nabe, so that

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<v Speaker 1>was a key piece lost as well. This is basically

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<v Speaker 1>an overhaul. The most interesting thing that they have is

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<v Speaker 1>a healthy Ben Simmons, very important piece and an aspect

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<v Speaker 1>of this team that could be very interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows what it means. I don't fucking know, Like

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<v Speaker 2>is he healthy, is his mind right?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he right handed? Is he left handed? I don't know, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. That's They have a pretty good defensive

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<v Speaker 1>team because they have Michail Bridges, Cam Johnson, Ben Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>Spencer Dinwiddie and Nick Claxton. The only player on this

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<v Speaker 1>team that really isn't strapping you is Dimwitty. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>fun ass core. Then you add Lonnie Walker, Dorian Phini's,

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<v Speaker 1>Royce O'Neill. This is like a top six team in

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<v Speaker 1>the East. Honestly, this is a team that could be

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<v Speaker 1>better than the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 2>Not gonna lie to you.

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<v Speaker 1>I like this team, very pesky defensive team, got some

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<v Speaker 1>bucket getters. If Michel Bridges can do what he did

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<v Speaker 1>last year, but for the entire season, I mean give

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<v Speaker 1>me thirty thirty five a game, which I'm not counting in,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm just saying he can be that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be very fun. Are

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<v Speaker 2>they a winning team?

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not, but they're gonna score enough to beat the

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<v Speaker 1>lot of good teams on a lot of good nights

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<v Speaker 1>at a couple exciting young players in.

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<v Speaker 2>The draft next year. Who knows?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a team that's on the up and up,

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<v Speaker 1>on the straight come up. It's not smoking mirrors. The

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<v Speaker 1>culture is being built. No more star hunting, no more chasing.

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<v Speaker 1>Which brings us to another team, the New York Knicks,

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<v Speaker 1>fifth place team last year forty seven and thirty five.

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<v Speaker 1>They end up getting Dante DiVincenzo from the Warriors. They

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<v Speaker 1>become Villanova New York Villanova team. Right, they got a

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<v Speaker 1>few of them, they lose Dereck Rose and Obi Toppin.

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<v Speaker 1>Ain't no stopping Obi topp and now that he's not

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<v Speaker 1>with Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to make of them. I really don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I go back and forth. Sometimes I feel very optimistic.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I feel like they can't shoot a lick. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure they got much better this year. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think so. Actually, do you swap out d Rose and

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<v Speaker 1>Obi Toppin for Dante DiVincenzo. It's gonna be a team

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<v Speaker 1>that tries hard all the time. You sign Josh Hart

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<v Speaker 1>to an extension, that's big. Jalen Brunson's obviously there as

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<v Speaker 1>the connective tissue. They won forty seven games last year.

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<v Speaker 1>They can win games. Mitchell Robinson one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>room protectors in the league. But this roster bro if

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<v Speaker 1>you look at it, doesn't inspire much confidence. Can they

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<v Speaker 1>improve on the fifth place finish?

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<v Speaker 2>Probably not.

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<v Speaker 1>The question really is can they do better than they

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<v Speaker 1>did in the playoffs last year when they looked awful

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<v Speaker 1>against the Heat.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of that I think comes from RJ. Barrett.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna need to see him take that next step.

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<v Speaker 1>He showed flashes, but he would also disappear. They're very tough.

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<v Speaker 1>They're a defensive, scrappy, hardworking team, like all Tom Thibodaux

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<v Speaker 1>teams are. Jalen Brunson played in FIBA. How's that going

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<v Speaker 1>to affect him? He was very meh and feba very

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<v Speaker 1>me You add that to Julius Randall, who is an

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<v Speaker 1>All Star but kind of plays like he's not an

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<v Speaker 1>All star, kind of plays like he's still most improved

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<v Speaker 1>player before he was most improved, went healthy. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>real problem, but he also disappears in big moments. You

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<v Speaker 1>add in Josh Hart, who's like a roller coaster from

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<v Speaker 1>the perimeter shot fifty percent from three as a Nick,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it was like twenty percent from three

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<v Speaker 1>as a Blazer. Quentin Grimes is nice. Mitchell Robinson I like,

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<v Speaker 1>but can't make free throws. He's not really a bucket

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<v Speaker 1>for I like Isaiah Hartenstein a lot. You add them in,

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<v Speaker 1>this could be a forty five win team.

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<v Speaker 2>What do I think of the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm, as you can see, like, very confused. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>fun team. They could make some little baby noise. They

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<v Speaker 1>need to swing for something, Let's be honest. They need

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<v Speaker 1>to try to figure out a way to get Donovan

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<v Speaker 1>Mitchell or just wait for him to be a free agent.

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<v Speaker 2>They're a piece away.

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<v Speaker 1>There's now news that they could be going after Karl

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Towns.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how much I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>As long as Thibodeau is coaching this team, they're not

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<v Speaker 1>in the doldrums, but I don't see them really competing

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<v Speaker 1>on any real level with the rest of the teams

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<v Speaker 1>in the East.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all the time that we have for this episode.

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