Speaker 1: Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines. So
Speaker 1: the heat Check The heat Chack was just a crak
Speaker 1: the best podcast covering all the drama around the association.
Speaker 2: Real quick, quick hitters from around the league. Speaking of
Speaker 2: Nick Nurse, so he gave a big interview on the
Speaker 2: eve of training camp. Well we got training camp froming
Speaker 2: soon Media days in two weeks, and the big takeaway
Speaker 2: is Joe Ellenbi needs to play more minutes. Yep, that
Speaker 2: is what Nick told Sixers Wire. I think that we're
Speaker 2: looking at it maybe a little different than people think
Speaker 2: we might be. We're not trying to get him to
Speaker 2: play more games. Our goal is that it's going up
Speaker 2: for him, not the other direction. Some people would say, oh,
Speaker 2: that's playoffs is he going to be We're just trying
Speaker 2: to get it the other direction. I think that's just
Speaker 2: what our people believe here, that he can play. And again,
Speaker 2: knock on wood, cross our fingers, all that stuff. What
Speaker 2: a quote, I am confused, kind of fascinating. Reminds me
Speaker 2: of what stam May and Gunny said about Zion that
Speaker 2: he didn't need to play less to stay healthy, he
Speaker 2: needed to play more. So Nick giving him be more minutes.
Speaker 2: He's probably very in tune with his coaching philosophy, which
Speaker 2: is to keep his starters to play as many minutes
Speaker 2: as possible and hopefully that keeps him healthier in the process.
Speaker 2: We'll see about that one. Gonna be a fun little
Speaker 2: piece of tention to watch those two duke it out.
Speaker 2: Quick update on Dame. Willard Dame is now out here
Speaker 2: spinning how the whole trade situation has gone down. Not
Speaker 2: really interested in what he has to say about that,
Speaker 2: other than for the first time in a long time,
Speaker 2: he said he'll he'd wish and would be happy to
Speaker 2: finish out his entire career in Portland. Do not want
Speaker 2: to talk about is a deleted IG story where he
Speaker 2: said future Heat legend.
Speaker 1: No.
Speaker 2: What fascinates me is that there is a secret team
Speaker 2: that appears to be making a move to swoop in
Speaker 2: and steal Dame from the Miami Heat. What team could
Speaker 2: that secret team be? Sam Presty and the Oklahoma City
Speaker 2: Thunder oh Man, Do I love this for both teams?
Speaker 2: Sports Illustrated Chris Mannix reports if Dame is still on
Speaker 2: that block Blazer's roster in January, and if Okase is overachieving,
Speaker 2: if they're playing really well. Do not be surprised if
Speaker 2: they go out and make a run at Lillard. Hell yeah,
Speaker 2: the Thunder. I have to cut good players anyway to
Speaker 2: get under the number this year. They have so much
Speaker 2: talent on the team. They have a million draft picks.
Speaker 2: They're steering down the barrel at three first round picks
Speaker 2: next year, meaning even more cuts because all of those
Speaker 2: contracts are guaranteed. And you know what that means, trading
Speaker 2: first round picks and young talented players like Alexi Pokoshewsky,
Speaker 2: Lou Dort, maybe Josh Giddy to the Blazers four game.
Speaker 2: And that's right. Here is everything that I wanted as
Speaker 2: a Blazers fan. Players that I can feel good about,
Speaker 2: draft picks that I can feel good about. Dame gets
Speaker 2: a chance to win it all. He gets a chance
Speaker 2: to play with Shay Gojess, Alexander and Chet and a
Speaker 2: bunch of other young talented players. Scoot and Shaden get
Speaker 2: paired with young awesome talent too. Oka See is building
Speaker 2: a brand new stadium for nine hundred million dollars that
Speaker 2: keeps them there until Aliens come down and steal our earth.
Speaker 2: I can think of no better way for building excitement
Speaker 2: than Shay and Dame. And as an aside, Scoot Henderson
Speaker 2: loves Portland. He said this, I think living here is
Speaker 2: pretty dope. All the people show love and support the
Speaker 2: best fans. I see why they say that. So if
Speaker 2: Dame has to go, I say, fuck the heat and
Speaker 2: their bullshit. Will we won't we throw in Nikola Yovich?
Speaker 2: Will we won't we throw in Caleb Martin. I don't
Speaker 2: give a fuck. I don't give a fuck. We want okay, see,
Speaker 2: because they have a Brinks truck and you know what,
Speaker 2: Miami is a miser and they are cash poor. Finally
Speaker 2: some breaking news. We move on out of Milwaukee. There's
Speaker 2: a whole lot of fear in Deerland, Deerville, whatever the
Speaker 2: fuck they call it about Giannis already seating his exit
Speaker 2: for Milwaukee. But there is one guy out there doing
Speaker 2: his best to set the record straight. Talking about Chris Middleton.
Speaker 2: He put to bed one of the biggest controversies in
Speaker 2: NBA circles. Who's the real number one option in Milwaukee? Okay,
Speaker 2: all right? Chris said this, There's never been a struggle
Speaker 2: about who's the number one and number two between us.
Speaker 2: As we got older, the respect that was formed and
Speaker 2: bonded between those intense practices. Then as time goes on,
Speaker 2: we realize none of this matters. Oh sounds like the
Speaker 2: quote of a loser. We had our battles in practice.
Speaker 2: Now our job is to go out and win. So
Speaker 2: whoever is one, two, three, four, five, that doesn't matter.
Speaker 2: As long as we win, everything takes care of itself.
Speaker 2: Everybody gets paid, everybody is happy, and everybody gets to
Speaker 2: go wherever they want to go. Everybody gets to go
Speaker 2: wherever they want to go. That's just the way we learn.
Speaker 2: Hold up, he just snuck in. Everybody gets to go
Speaker 2: where they want to go. I hope he means winning
Speaker 2: the championship. It's never really been a struggle between Batman
Speaker 2: and Robin. Batman knows he's Batman and Robin knows he's
Speaker 2: Robin U. And these two did have tension before Giannis
Speaker 2: gained one hundred and fifty pounds of pure muscle, and
Speaker 2: Chris Middleton we realized was an absolute bucket. But Chris
Speaker 2: Middleton really really, it feels like Chris Middleton Middleton still
Speaker 2: kind of believes there's a debate between who's the number
Speaker 2: one option and who's the number two option. It's like
Speaker 2: Jeremy Renner being like, you know, there's never really been
Speaker 2: a shit struggle about who's the number one and number
Speaker 2: two between me and Tom Cruise on the set of
Speaker 2: Mission Impossible. A lot of other people think that I
Speaker 2: do stunts better than him, but when we're all doing stunts,
Speaker 2: we can all win and make good movies. It's like, uh, okay, Middleton,
Speaker 2: you're a great player, but Giannis is without question, one
Speaker 2: of the three best players in the league, and you're
Speaker 2: not even close to a top ten player. No question
Speaker 2: between who's number one and number two. What an absurd quote.
Speaker 2: Chris Middleton is like Spain saying there's no struggle with
Speaker 2: the US in terms of who controls NATO. He is
Speaker 2: the potato telling the steak that they're both equally important.
Speaker 2: On the dinner play, he is Molly Karen being like, yeah,
Speaker 2: there would be no first take without me. And by
Speaker 2: the way, Chris Middleton, without Drew Holliday, Jannie is out
Speaker 2: do see you later. You need to be begging at
Speaker 2: Drew Holliday's feet, kissing his toes, hoping he doesn't retire
Speaker 2: in twelve months. O wise, Yanni is gonna be playing
Speaker 2: for Golden State. That's why Yanna said he would even
Speaker 2: consider coming back, and the only reason was that Drew
Speaker 2: has to stay. And we know that Drew says he
Speaker 2: wants to retire. So Chris Middleton from the Batman Robin
Speaker 2: scenario is more like Alfred. I like Middleton a lot.
Speaker 2: That is just an objectively funny quote, more of the
Speaker 2: kind of thing you would see from Kelly Oubre than
Speaker 2: Chris Middleton.