WEBVTT - ROOKIE REPORT: Kel'el Ware

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of the e Check, it's time for

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<v Speaker 1>the Rookie Report, your weekly check in on the rookies

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<v Speaker 1>in the league and how they're doing. We are past

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<v Speaker 1>the halfway mark of the season officially, so now we're

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<v Speaker 1>getting some clarity on the rookie situation. And you know

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<v Speaker 1>who's here to stay? My man Kalail where that's who

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<v Speaker 1>former Oregon duck who transferred to Indiana because who knows why,

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<v Speaker 1>Probably bad things happening in Oregon.

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<v Speaker 2>We break down the Miami Heat rookie today.

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<v Speaker 1>So Anthony, drop that motherfucking beat that should be Rihannava

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<v Speaker 1>Odyssey to cheat.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I feel like I'm appalling a lot, but

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<v Speaker 2>just a lots going on.

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<v Speaker 1>And not only did I just uproot my entire life

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<v Speaker 1>and move across the country, you know, just for my mom,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all. Just like I keep hearing, I'm a good daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>You can continue to tell me that I am. I

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<v Speaker 1>was only home five days and then I went to

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<v Speaker 1>the National Championship to cover that for META in Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I got caught the airport due to some weather.

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<v Speaker 1>I was stuck there for felt like days. So things

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<v Speaker 1>are pretty crazy. There was a blizzard that locked the

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<v Speaker 1>entire South down. My flight was over seven hours late,

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<v Speaker 1>so I did not get back in time to record. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to talk about Miami's Rookie Center.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a lot has gone well for the Miami Heat.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got issues with Jimmy Butler, bam Adebayo. You have

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<v Speaker 1>pat Riley talking about some crazy shit. You got Eric

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<v Speaker 1>Spoltzer telling people, hey, we don't give a fuck.

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<v Speaker 2>Move on, we got enough. This is just how it

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<v Speaker 2>is in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got Jimmy Butler getting bended now for the second

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<v Speaker 1>time because he missed the team playing. We've got Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Butler wearing Phoenix suns shoes and changing his hair based

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<v Speaker 1>on where he wants to be traded. We've gotten Haimi Hawks,

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<v Speaker 1>who's taken eleven steps back after a very promising rookie campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got Heywood Heismith's who has the second most starts

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<v Speaker 1>on the team.

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<v Speaker 2>That's gross. The Heat keeps spinning their wheels.

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<v Speaker 1>They're five hundred and let's face it, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>anybody thinks this is a contender. I don't think this

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<v Speaker 1>is anybody feels confident about what this team is. It's

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<v Speaker 1>been a bad season except for Clei where seven feet

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<v Speaker 1>one center out of Indiana by way of Oregon. Largely

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<v Speaker 1>based around his defensive prowess, he was All Big Ten

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<v Speaker 1>defensive team at Indiana. Miami took him fifteenth in the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>very controversial pick, as it turns out, Jared McCain, who

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<v Speaker 1>would have run away with Rookie of the Year if

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't get hurt. He was selected with the very

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<v Speaker 1>next pick. Ooh, Miami Heat with Jared McCain nasty. The

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<v Speaker 1>pick after that was Dalton Connect, to a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people thought earlier in this year was a Rookie of

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<v Speaker 1>the Year candidate. Eves Missy was taking twenty first, Ryan

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<v Speaker 1>done twenty eighth. All that to say a whoa Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>there were some very good players available that the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>ignored to take Khalil Whaere, and for much of the

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<v Speaker 1>half of this season that seemed like a big mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>He played a total of sixty seven minutes in the

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<v Speaker 1>Heat's first twenty five games, not even enough really to

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<v Speaker 1>make any impression at all. He was the Heat's third

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<v Speaker 1>string center behind Bam and Kevin Love, seemed destined to

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<v Speaker 1>have to wait a year to show if he belonged

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<v Speaker 1>at all. He went up and down in the G

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<v Speaker 1>League and then December twenty first rolls around the Solstice

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<v Speaker 1>where got some playing time fourteen minutes to be exact.

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<v Speaker 1>But what stood out? How about his eight points four

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<v Speaker 1>to four shooting in seven rebounds in fourteen minutes, or

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<v Speaker 1>how about his net rating of plus twenty six the

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<v Speaker 1>game which bam was a negative thirty five and the

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<v Speaker 1>team got outscored thirty seven to eight in the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>quarter when he wasn't playing, to blow a huge lead.

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<v Speaker 1>Also the fact that bam Adebayo's like six' ten playing. Center,

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<v Speaker 1>anyway Clill ware Opened Eric spolster's eyes and he hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>missed a game. Since in the seventeen games since he

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<v Speaker 1>entered into the, rotation he has averaged eleven six and

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<v Speaker 1>one with one point seven stocks per, game shooting splits

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<v Speaker 1>sixty percent from the, field forty one percent from, three

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<v Speaker 1>seventy percent from the free throw. Line the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>The heat have now a seven footer who is a

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<v Speaker 1>forty percent shooter from three at the back end of

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<v Speaker 1>the lottery incredible and every game he's getting. Better in

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<v Speaker 1>his last five, games he's averaging sixteen eleven and one

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<v Speaker 1>and the last game out Against, portland he got his

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<v Speaker 1>first start and proceeded to do something that no player

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<v Speaker 1>had ever done in THE nba Since David robinson in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty.

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<v Speaker 2>Nine twenty, points fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Rebounds and two blocks in their, start and that is

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<v Speaker 1>only the second time ever that AN nba player has

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<v Speaker 1>had that stat line in their first start in. History,

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<v Speaker 1>insane insane and one of the reasons that he's broken

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<v Speaker 1>into The Kiya Rookie ladder for the first time this.

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<v Speaker 1>Season Eric spostra aka The, spobot who has had a

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<v Speaker 1>very rough, season has nothing but good things to say For,

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<v Speaker 1>clei where he says the, rebounding he did some really

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<v Speaker 1>good things defensively at the. Rim he'll continue to get.

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<v Speaker 1>Better the upside obviously is very, encouraging and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>he's in.

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<v Speaker 2>The starting lineup right. Now we, frankly just need to

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<v Speaker 2>get him.

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<v Speaker 1>In there for more, minutes whether it's off the bench or,

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<v Speaker 1>starting and it's an easier way to make that. Happen

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<v Speaker 1>good Shit clil where improving leaps and bounds while his

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<v Speaker 1>offense is improving a, ton it is the dou that

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<v Speaker 1>is on display two games ago Against San. Antonio he

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<v Speaker 1>was given a very tough task of guarding all the,

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<v Speaker 1>time and he did not shrink at. All he had

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five eight and two plus twenty seven net, rating While,

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<v Speaker 1>victor by his, standards had a good but not great

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<v Speaker 1>game twenty one ten to, three negative ten net, rating

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<v Speaker 1>his sixth worst net rating of the. Year so kind

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<v Speaker 1>of dope for Khalil ware because a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>thought Cleil ware Outplayed victor in the game that The

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<v Speaker 1>heat ended up winning in a landslide. FASCINATING i think

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<v Speaker 1>what's actually really, interesting, too is that there were people

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<v Speaker 1>who had ME i had questions About cleilware's at work

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<v Speaker 1>ethic At. Oregon he started as freshman year as a

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<v Speaker 1>projected first, rounder and Then Dana altman's selfish ass cut

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<v Speaker 1>his minutes over what he described as an inconsistent work,

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<v Speaker 1>ethic gross.

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<v Speaker 2>He tumbled down the mock draft. Ladder he had to

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<v Speaker 2>have a fresh.

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<v Speaker 1>Start he transferred To, indiana where he got consistent. Minutes

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<v Speaker 1>he showed enough potential to be the last pick in

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<v Speaker 1>the lottery and the.

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<v Speaker 2>Teammates his teammates love.

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<v Speaker 1>Him Tyler hero, SAYS i love, it nah for REAL

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<v Speaker 1>i love it where gives small guys like my self

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<v Speaker 1>protection behind, us And lord knows he needs that definitely

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<v Speaker 1>on defense and at the. Rim it gives a different

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic offensively. Too that seems like a little shade On

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<v Speaker 1>bam out Of bio in terms of him protecting the.

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<v Speaker 1>Rim Haimi hawke has echoed these sentiments as. Well oh,

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<v Speaker 1>man when you have a seven footer that can do

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<v Speaker 1>what he, do it makes your life really really. Easy

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<v Speaker 1>being able to knock down, shots stretch the floor while

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<v Speaker 1>being a tremendous roll threat is an asset for the.

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<v Speaker 1>Team every time he goes. Down biggs got to make

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<v Speaker 1>the decision to stop the layup or stop the lab

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<v Speaker 1>and that is a tough decision to. MAKE i am

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<v Speaker 1>super proud of how he's come. Along, bam who loves

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<v Speaker 1>Having clearwear on the team with, him says he's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the young guys that just wants to soak the

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<v Speaker 1>information and, Learn so just bringing him along and helping

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<v Speaker 1>him figure things, out because as y'all can, see he's

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<v Speaker 1>a talent in this league AND i feel like he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Around for a long.

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<v Speaker 1>Time so he fans no matter the fact That Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>butler's probably, gone And Tyler hero is your number one

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<v Speaker 1>option on, scoring and how much that sucks for, you

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<v Speaker 1>you at least have one major reason to keep. Watching

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<v Speaker 1>and he's a seven foot one shot blocking monster who

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<v Speaker 1>shoots threes at forty percent and those folks do not

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<v Speaker 1>grow on. Trees that's all the time we, have this

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