Speaker 1: On this episode of The Heat Check Trade, We've got
Speaker 1: a trade o g N, Andob goes to New York
Speaker 1: for r J. Barrett Emmanuel quickly a couple of other pieces,
Speaker 1: but ones that not even ESPN is putting on their
Speaker 1: lower third. So I will not even mention AKA Malachi Flynn.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Malackie Flynn. Shout out to you. Also, we
Speaker 1: are off to a hot trade season. What the fuck
Speaker 1: are the Brooklyn Nets doing? We'll talk about that the
Speaker 1: hit me of the week, and we'll also get into
Speaker 1: some news around the league, including an incredible James Johnson's
Speaker 1: story courtesy of you, Donnis Haslam and bam Ade Bio
Speaker 1: watch of shit popping right now. I wondered whether I
Speaker 1: could cuss. I don't know where I am right now.
Speaker 1: I am on my own podcast. Yes I can cuss,
Speaker 1: So William Jake, Actually, Jake dropped that motherfucking beat that
Speaker 1: should be Rihanna. You're listening to the hottest, the hottest
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Speaker 1: Heat Check. Who's Jake, they say, Jacob who is editing
Speaker 1: the podcast today? Happy twenty twenty four New changes are afoot.
Speaker 1: Hence the reason that Jake is going to be editing
Speaker 1: today's podcast. My producer William has to step away for bigger,
Speaker 1: better opportunities. Please forgive us if things are choppy where
Speaker 1: echoe as we onboard a new producer who will be
Speaker 1: with us shortly, should be pretty seamless. I hopefully hope, hope, hope,
Speaker 1: but I got to be transparent whenever possible. Lots though
Speaker 1: has happened over the Christmas break. The first thing that
Speaker 1: we have to talk about is the trade. It finally happened,
Speaker 1: the big news we've been waiting. It's like John Collins, right,
Speaker 1: it's John Collins, the Grim Reaper and og Anobi. When
Speaker 1: will the news come down? When will the knock not
Speaker 1: your mailman? And it will be the og Ananobi trade.
Speaker 1: We finally got it. Toronto Raptors finally pulled the trigger.
Speaker 1: They send him pressures that Chu you Malechi Flynn to
Speaker 1: the New York Knicks for RJ. Barrett, Toronto's own Emmanuel
Speaker 1: Quickly six Man of the Year candidate and a second
Speaker 1: round pick. There's a lot of people mad about this trade.
Speaker 1: A lot of New York Knicks fans that are mad.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel quickly was beloved. I get that, but he was
Speaker 1: about to try to make thirty million dollars a year,
Speaker 1: and he's coming up to the end of his contract,
Speaker 1: and I promise you do not want to pay Emmanuel
Speaker 1: quickly thirty million dollars when there is a finite amount
Speaker 1: of resources to pay players. My initial thought is love it.
Speaker 1: Love it for both sides. Love it most specifically for
Speaker 1: the New York Knicks. You get a three and D
Speaker 1: guy who can shoot forty percent from the corner. You
Speaker 1: saw this in the Miami Heat Series when both teams
Speaker 1: went ice cold from deep. Everyone starts to pack the paint.
Speaker 1: The passing lanes are more difficult. The driving lanes are
Speaker 1: more difficult. Why because everyone starts to collapse because they
Speaker 1: don't respect the shooters. Now you're gonna be able to
Speaker 1: give the ball to ogn Andobi driving kick out to him,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna get that respect that he needs. Also,
Speaker 1: his defense, even though he's not playing as good a
Speaker 1: defense as he has in prior years, well at least
Speaker 1: the numbers say that he hasn't. I think that's mostly
Speaker 1: due to the system that he's playing under with Darko,
Speaker 1: So there's not more like there's not that many guys
Speaker 1: that are three and D that could also guard one
Speaker 1: through five. Like they're just not. Like, there's not very
Speaker 1: many lockdown guys that are better than Ognanoby seventh to two, wingspan,
Speaker 1: six seven, big body, very thick, can play multiple positions
Speaker 1: offensively and defensively, and like I said, lockdown defender. For example,
Speaker 1: they just played the Minnesota Timberwolves in his first game,
Speaker 1: hadn't even really read the playbook, had not gone to
Speaker 1: any practices, barely spoke to Tom Thibodau. What's however, And in
Speaker 1: sixty eight possessions spanning thirteen minutes defending aunt Edwards, he
Speaker 1: held aunt Edwards to four for fourteen with three turnovers
Speaker 1: and zero assists. And that is a guy aunt Edwards
Speaker 1: that is virtually unstoppable. Fred Katz, he covers the Knicks,
Speaker 1: he said after Ognnoby's first game. By the way, only
Speaker 1: twenty minutes for ognnob three threes, seventeen points, one steal. Anyway,
Speaker 1: he covers the Knicks. And he said this, you would
Speaker 1: never guess that Annobe hasn't practiced with the team. He
Speaker 1: finished with the Knicks debut with seventeen points on three
Speaker 1: for six shooting from three. The principal reason the Knicks
Speaker 1: brought him in was his defensive presence. But on Monday,
Speaker 1: this Knicks offense changed two. When Ognnobi was asked about
Speaker 1: a trade, he said, when I found out it was
Speaker 1: the Knicks, I was definitely excited. I've always liked the team.
Speaker 1: I grew up a fan of basketball, and I've always
Speaker 1: watched the Knicks. So ognnob now is going to re
Speaker 1: sign with the Knicks. I promised you that he wants
Speaker 1: to be in the area. He loves playing for them.
Speaker 1: He's wanted to go to New York. He may even
Speaker 1: take less money to be in New York. Jake Fisher
Speaker 1: reported that ognob is looking for forty million dollars AAV
Speaker 1: but might take less for the Knicks, which is very
Speaker 1: interesting and something that is setting up Domino's potentially to
Speaker 1: fall down the road. The Domino that I keep hearing
Speaker 1: about is a long shot. But Joel Embi for the Raptors,
Speaker 1: they needed this. They needed to shake some shit up
Speaker 1: because they had no shot creator, and now they do
Speaker 1: in Emmanuel quickly. Emmanuel quickly now goes from the sixth
Speaker 1: man to the starting point guard for the team. You
Speaker 1: now move a disgruntle player who's wanted a bigger role
Speaker 1: for a long time, and you replace him with a
Speaker 1: couple of players who I think can really light it up. RJ. Barrett,
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of I'm a huge fan
Speaker 1: of his game, but maybe he works better on this team,
Speaker 1: even though they don't have any shooters either. He's averaging
Speaker 1: eighteen four and two and that shot creation is badly
Speaker 1: needed for the Raptors. Emmanuel Quickly right now off the
Speaker 1: bench is giving you fifteen to three and three and
Speaker 1: twenty four minutes per game. Both are considered to be
Speaker 1: very high locker room guys. I think the team is
Speaker 1: going to fall in love with and the fan base
Speaker 1: is going to fall in love with IQ immediately. They're
Speaker 1: both very young, young enough to rebuild the team around them.
Speaker 1: And Scottie Barnes and now Barrett comes home to Toronto.
Speaker 1: So it's a natural fit to me for a team
Speaker 1: that's Long Sense, like Long Sense lost its identity. Barrett
Speaker 1: was sad to leave the team that drafted him, but
Speaker 1: he said he was happy to come home. He said,
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to be here. I'm thankful, I'm blessed.
Speaker 1: I grew up a Raptors fan all my life, so
Speaker 1: to come here and put the jersey on, it's going
Speaker 1: to be great. I do think though, as in aside,
Speaker 1: Zach Lowe made a good point when he said the RJ.
Speaker 1: Barrett maybe has a toxic asset, maybe he has a
Speaker 1: toxic contract, and I think that's probably a fair description
Speaker 1: for him. He's not a bad play, but he makes
Speaker 1: a lot of money. And the only reason he got
Speaker 1: that amount of money is because New York knew that
Speaker 1: he was a trade piece. He was supposed to be
Speaker 1: the trade piece to Utah for Donovan Mitchell and they
Speaker 1: ended up getting og Anobi instead, which I think is
Speaker 1: a much better fit. By the way, I don't think
Speaker 1: you have Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell as your back
Speaker 1: court and you move RJ. Bear I don't think that works.
Speaker 1: You needed a wing. Also. The problem though, is that
Speaker 1: og Anobi is on an expiring so he's going to
Speaker 1: be looking for forty million dollars a year, and I
Speaker 1: honestly think OG's going to take less to stay with
Speaker 1: the team. Tom Crean thinks that this is going to
Speaker 1: change the entire outlook of the East. I don't know
Speaker 1: about that, I somewhat agree. I think og Anobi will
Speaker 1: absolutely change the complexion of the offense and the defense,
Speaker 1: but change the entire outlook of the East that's a
Speaker 1: long shot. I do think he'll flourish in Tibbs's system.
Speaker 1: I think pressures that you helps them. They need some
Speaker 1: sort of backup big with Mitchell Robinson out for the
Speaker 1: year and then Toronto, IQ and Barrett are gonna immediately
Speaker 1: become starters on a team that struggles to score. And
Speaker 1: the Raps, by the way, would have loved I'm sure
Speaker 1: to hold on to og and Andobi, but he was
Speaker 1: gonna walk for nothing. So it's a good thing that
Speaker 1: Messia has learned from his mistakes, because you don't want
Speaker 1: to end up in another situation where you lose a
Speaker 1: player for nothing, like you did with Fred van Fleet
Speaker 1: or possibly Pascal Siakam. More on that we gotta keep
Speaker 1: an eye on as well.