WEBVTT - |FULL POD| The Detroit Pistons found a GEM in Marcus Sasser

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<v Speaker 1>Going up on a Tuesday. See you know what time

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<v Speaker 1>it is on the Heat Check. It's time for the

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<v Speaker 1>Rookie Report, rookie from around the league. No, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>break down if that's Rookie of the week, and like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what's what? Tell them what timing is? When

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<v Speaker 1>drop that motherfucking meat and should be Rihanna's breaking down

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<v Speaker 1>all the biggest NBA storylines. You're children, So the Heat Check,

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<v Speaker 1>the Heat Check, it's just a cracky it's the best

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<v Speaker 1>podcast covering all the drama around the Association day. We're

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks into the season now and it's a Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going up on a Tuesday. It's Rookie Report time,

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<v Speaker 1>Rookie Report. I mean we could do this every week, right.

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<v Speaker 1>We can talk about Victor Wambin Yama. We could talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Wemby aka the Alien Akaa? What the fuck is that?

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<v Speaker 1>I did a whole segment though on him on Monday

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<v Speaker 1>download subscribes. We're not gonna talk about Victor. I can

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<v Speaker 1>tell you who's climbing up through the ranks though, who's

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<v Speaker 1>not getting profiled and probably should get profiled. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you three names that you may not have

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<v Speaker 1>much knowledge on yet. First is Derek Lively from the

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Mavericks, coming off of a fifteen point fourteen rebound,

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<v Speaker 1>one assist performance. He is currently second in the NBA

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<v Speaker 1>and field goal percentage, which is ridiculous, seventy seven percent

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much just a bunch of layups and floaters and dunks.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet we're gonna be checking on him in a minute. Second.

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<v Speaker 1>Is obviously Austar Thompson. We could do something about him

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<v Speaker 1>every single week. His twin brother. As a quick side note,

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<v Speaker 1>injury to his ankle. We don't know if it's grade

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<v Speaker 1>two or worse. Grade three is probably twelve weeks out

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<v Speaker 1>Grade two, somewhere between three to six. Anyway. Auser has

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<v Speaker 1>been balling, playing lights out fourteen nine and four in

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<v Speaker 1>his last game, four steals, four blocks. Jesus Christ, Auser,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you doing up? Next? Is to Mani Kamara,

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<v Speaker 1>who everybody thought was a throw in piece in the

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<v Speaker 1>Damian Lillard kind of Sun's Element where Nurkic goes to

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<v Speaker 1>the Suns, Portland gets DeAndre Ayton and this guy to

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<v Speaker 1>Mani Kamara, I think a lot of Suns fans are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be mad that they got rid of too many buckets.

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<v Speaker 1>Is an absolute hound dog on defense, He's gritty, he

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<v Speaker 1>gets under your skin. He's pissing off Marcus smart, so

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<v Speaker 1>you know he's gritty and you know he's about it.

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<v Speaker 1>He put up eight six and two in his last

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<v Speaker 1>game and people on Twitter are very mad, so you

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<v Speaker 1>know he is a dog. But the rookie of the

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<v Speaker 1>week this time around is Marcus Sassor out of Detroit. Yes, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>you heard me right. Marcus Sasser twenty fifth pick in

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<v Speaker 1>the draft. He was not expected to contribute a ton

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<v Speaker 1>this season, but man, oh man have though those plans

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<v Speaker 1>gone out the window. Money Williams very high on Marcus Sasser.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because he is a winning player. A winning player.

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<v Speaker 1>You thought maybe there was too many damn guards on

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<v Speaker 1>the Detroit Pistons, which there is for Marcus Sasser to

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<v Speaker 1>get any love. But guess what, he is climbing up

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<v Speaker 1>the depth charts. I did some social clips that went

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<v Speaker 1>viral this weekend on Jade and Ivy and why he's

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<v Speaker 1>getting less minutes in the rotation than last year. One

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<v Speaker 1>of those reasons is that Monny Williams hates Jade and Ivy.

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<v Speaker 1>The other reason is that he loves Marcus Sasser. So

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<v Speaker 1>many of Jade and Ivy's minutes have it gone to

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<v Speaker 1>Marcus Sasser. They have increased from six in Game three

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<v Speaker 1>to thirty in his last game. Jay and Ivy did

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<v Speaker 1>not play in that game, by the way, he was sick.

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<v Speaker 1>Moni said after the twenty two point performance that he's

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<v Speaker 1>always ready to play, and he responded to the tune

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty one to three and four in his last

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<v Speaker 1>two games combined. We should probably have expected it because

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<v Speaker 1>he's a Houston Cougar and he's a winning player. He

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<v Speaker 1>played multiple years under Kelvin Samson, and Kelvin Samson is

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<v Speaker 1>that guy. He was the go to dude in the

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<v Speaker 1>tournament down the stretch, in the crunch time, he could

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<v Speaker 1>play defense, he could shoot the three, and yes, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>he is in the NBA. He's hitting sixty percent so

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<v Speaker 1>far this season. That is outrageous. And also he's got

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<v Speaker 1>a little push shot and he's probably under six feet

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<v Speaker 1>tall to begin with, so that is very, very impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>The moment never seems too big for him, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>probably because he played all those minutes for the Houston Cougars.

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<v Speaker 1>And not only is he shooting sixty percent from three.

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<v Speaker 1>He hasn't had a single turnover in his last one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred minutes of play, which is not only incredible for

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<v Speaker 1>any guard, but for a rookie, ridiculous sixteens is zero

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<v Speaker 1>assist a turnover ratio during his stretch. The moment, like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, never seems too big for him. In college,

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<v Speaker 1>he played in so many big time games where he

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<v Speaker 1>was the go to dude down the stretch, and he

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<v Speaker 1>has ball in his DNA. Dad was a college star.

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<v Speaker 1>Both of his uncles were all Americans and they played

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<v Speaker 1>in the league, and even his great grandfather was an

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<v Speaker 1>NBA player, which we got to talk about because he

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<v Speaker 1>has an impressive stat line that rivals even Wilt Chamberlain. No,

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<v Speaker 1>there was no question what field Marcus Sasser was going

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<v Speaker 1>to go into. Hoopin' MANI said this about him. He

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<v Speaker 1>understands when to shoot, when to drive, and he defends.

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<v Speaker 1>There were times tonight when he was outmatched with the

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<v Speaker 1>bigger guy and he just kept fighting. So, in other words,

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<v Speaker 1>Marcus Sasser is a classic Money Williams type player, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna get more and more playing time as the

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<v Speaker 1>season goes on. Detroit found a sleeper in Marcus Sasser,

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