WEBVTT - Northwest Conference Preview: Nuggets

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

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<v Speaker 1>The Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 2>The Heat Check with Crista Craker, the best podcast covering

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<v Speaker 2>all the drama around the association. Denver Nuggets, Denver Nuggets.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's saying, oh my god, they've lost everything. They've lost

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<v Speaker 2>all their depth, They've lost all these key players. What

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<v Speaker 2>will they be able to do?

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<v Speaker 1>They lost Bruce Brown, they lost Jeff Green, they lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas Bryant, who did not play more than a few

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<v Speaker 2>minutes in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>What will they do? The sky is falling?

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<v Speaker 2>They do add Julian Strawther, Jalen Pickett, and Hunter Tyson.

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<v Speaker 2>I like Hunter Tyson a lot. They are your defending

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<v Speaker 2>world champions folks. And Calvin Booth is filling himself. He's

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<v Speaker 2>doing ten thousand word features with the Ringer, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>throwing people under the bus while he's at it because

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<v Speaker 2>why because he just who won a championship and fuck them,

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<v Speaker 2>that's why, blowing up players who helped them win a

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<v Speaker 2>chip and then left Denver. And he's like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>take that mental finger, sit on it and spin strap

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<v Speaker 2>in because this feature got weird. The Nuggets returned the

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<v Speaker 2>same starting five.

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<v Speaker 1>And won him a championship.

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<v Speaker 2>Jokiic, Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter, Junior Kentavious Callwell, Pope, AKAA

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<v Speaker 2>KCP and.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course Jamal Jamal NBA Murray.

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<v Speaker 2>They are key bench players, Bruce Brown, Jeff Green, Thomas

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<v Speaker 2>Bryant who have left for greener or more money pastures.

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<v Speaker 2>Calvin Booth had, of course, nothing but glowing things to

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<v Speaker 2>say about them, right, you know, like, just.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep it classy, keep it cute. No, absolutely fucking not.

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<v Speaker 2>No. Calvin Booth was like, fuck those guys. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be on our team, then fuck you. This

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<v Speaker 2>is what he said in an interview. Some of these

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<v Speaker 2>teams were trying to get Bruce Bruce Brown, trying to

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<v Speaker 2>make it worth it, and I'm like, be careful what

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<v Speaker 2>you wish for. Peyton Watson's bigger, Peyton Watson's longer, he's

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<v Speaker 2>more athletic, he guards better, he passes better. End quote

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<v Speaker 2>my quote, Trista's quote pause, that's a lie. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he might be bigger, he might be longer, he might

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<v Speaker 2>be more athletic, but he's not a better player than

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<v Speaker 2>Bruce Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>Calvin and you fucking know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Why Because your entire scouting department was sitting next to

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<v Speaker 2>me in the Summer League and they were putting their

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<v Speaker 2>hands over their eyes because Peyton Watson was fucking terrible,

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<v Speaker 2>terrible in the summer league. Hey, Calvin, did you know

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<v Speaker 2>that the when you do an interview, it's all on

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<v Speaker 2>the record because they quoted you and you looked salty.

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<v Speaker 1>If you think he was.

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<v Speaker 2>Done with the ricochet shots on other Nugs players, he

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<v Speaker 2>was striking up that nug and getting a little high

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<v Speaker 2>and saying whatever came to mind.

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<v Speaker 1>We are just getting started.

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<v Speaker 2>His first big move as GM was trading Bones Island

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<v Speaker 2>to a lot of people like they were wondering, what's up?

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<v Speaker 1>Why did you do it? Why did you let him go?

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<v Speaker 1>Two playoffs ago?

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<v Speaker 2>He was important, had meaningful contributions when Jamal Murray was injured.

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<v Speaker 2>Jamal Murray's not injured anymore, folks. So here's what Booth

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<v Speaker 2>had to say. Uh, I knew you couldn't have two

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<v Speaker 2>guys that couldn't guard, and we couldn't have two guys

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<v Speaker 2>that were young and kind of more me guys. Mike

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<v Speaker 2>makes thirty million and he's one of the best shooters

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA. So Bones There's no place for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, why did you have to treat Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Putter Junior that way? I know he was mediocre in

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<v Speaker 2>the finals, but damn it, you didn't need to shoot

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<v Speaker 2>at his confidence by calling him a non defensive minded me.

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<v Speaker 1>Guy that you kind of make it sound like he's

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<v Speaker 1>overpaid you.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no place for you, Bones, get out of here.

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<v Speaker 2>No soup for you, sir, No soup for you. Jesus bro,

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<v Speaker 2>what is Calvin Booth up to? I've never seen this

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<v Speaker 2>from a GM in my life that's currently a GM

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<v Speaker 2>of that same team. The article where these quotes came from,

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<v Speaker 2>published by The Ringer, mostly about how he started this

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<v Speaker 2>dynasty or how he wants to build one in an

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<v Speaker 2>area Erarow where dynasties are very hard to build. The man, Calvin,

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<v Speaker 2>you did not have to do Bruce Brown and Bones

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<v Speaker 2>and MPJ like that.

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<v Speaker 1>As for the team, Calvin Booth.

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<v Speaker 2>Is very high on the guys that he selected in

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<v Speaker 2>the draft, as you might imagine. Julian Strawther from bust University,

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<v Speaker 2>the WCC aka Gonzaga, the other two Hunter Tyson and

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Pickett five years college ball. To me, that's very interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Most gms would say if you played four or five

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<v Speaker 2>years in college, you are worthless. But if you're a contender,

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<v Speaker 2>you say that guy can help me. Right now. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have any time to waste with these little puppies.

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<v Speaker 2>I need a finished product. And and that is what

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<v Speaker 2>Christian Brown was, and Christian Brown is going to take

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<v Speaker 2>another step. Will any of them be as good as

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<v Speaker 2>Bruce Brown. I don't know, but I tell you what

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<v Speaker 2>I like Christian Brown. The Nuggets are still going to

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<v Speaker 2>be very hard to beat. Why because nobody really has

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<v Speaker 2>found an answer in their off seasons for Jokic.

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<v Speaker 1>That's about as simple as it gets, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>When you have Jamal Murray and you have Jokic together,

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<v Speaker 2>and you add Aaron Gordon. By the way I saw

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<v Speaker 2>stat today, the Jokic to Aaron Gordon assist duo was

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<v Speaker 2>only second to James Harden and Joel Embiid. That is

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<v Speaker 2>fucking scary. You should be frightened by that stat. And

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<v Speaker 2>they are only getting closer by the second. Aaron Gordon said, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you think we have chemistry on the court, We're even

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<v Speaker 2>tighter off the court. It is nightmare scary hours for you.

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<v Speaker 2>If all three of those guys are healthy. The problem, though,

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<v Speaker 2>is big risk.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that they were a very very healthy team last year,

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<v Speaker 1>healthier than they've been so.

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<v Speaker 2>MPJ played eighty two out of one hundred and two

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<v Speaker 2>games despite missing forty five percent of his games in

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<v Speaker 2>the previous three years. Jamal Murray played eighty five of

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and two games last year, but missed fifty

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<v Speaker 2>three percent of the games.

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<v Speaker 1>That he was supposed to play the previous three years.

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<v Speaker 2>And Aaron Gordon, who played eighty eight of one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and two games, he missed thirty three percent of the

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<v Speaker 2>games in the previous three years. So none of this

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<v Speaker 2>is a guarantee, folks. But I tell you what, if

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna make an NFL analogy, this is the San

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<v Speaker 2>Francisco forty nine ers of the NBA, the least amount

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<v Speaker 2>of flaws that you can find. A GM who, despite

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<v Speaker 2>being obviously mean as a snake to his former players,

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<v Speaker 2>knows how to build a roster where he talks about

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<v Speaker 2>having a lack of redundancies in his lineup. KCP was

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<v Speaker 2>a massively important move, and I like the Nuggets a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>The West is a pit of vipers. You never know

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<v Speaker 2>who's gonna rise up and strike at any moment. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lakers have definitely added some depth and athleticism. They find

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<v Speaker 2>a way to increase their size and the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>try to match up with Jokic. That's gonna be fun.

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<v Speaker 2>But listen, one thing is for sure. As long as Jokic,

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<v Speaker 2>Jamal Murray, and Aaron Gordon are healthy, this team has

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to repeat and win three out of the

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<v Speaker 2>next five and boil boy will they need some contributions

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<v Speaker 2>from those role players. Otherwise they're probably gonna get traded

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<v Speaker 2>and Calvin Boo's gonna say some mean things about him.

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<v Speaker 1>Next week though Eastern Conference. We move on.

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

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