Speaker 1: Lastly, as we were about to record, major news dropped.
Speaker 2: Wanted to keep you updated.
Speaker 1: We'll have something more on the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow when
Speaker 1: we record. But Steven Adams of the Memphis Grizzlies, the
Speaker 1: strongest man in the NBA, the guy that is in
Speaker 1: a movable force, has a PCL sprain and will miss
Speaker 1: the next three to five weeks. Oh my god, I
Speaker 1: don't know that I can overestimate how big of a
Speaker 1: deal this is for the Memphis Grizzlies. He's not only
Speaker 1: important to the Grizzlies in general, he is very important
Speaker 1: to chaw John Morant in particular.
Speaker 2: Not only does Steven Adams.
Speaker 1: Average you know, a decent amount of points, you know,
Speaker 1: eight point six points, eleven and a half rebounds per game,
Speaker 1: two and a half assists per game, but he also
Speaker 1: leads the NBA offensive rebound rates. More than that, he
Speaker 1: is a hard rock and someone who enforces and keeps
Speaker 1: John Morant from losing his life every time he gets airborne. Right,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna mess around with him when you know
Speaker 1: the JA Morant has Steven Adams right there. Jaw drives
Speaker 1: does not get hit and struck out of the air
Speaker 1: like a bird right by a hunter. You could probably
Speaker 1: make an argument that Steven Adams is the second most
Speaker 1: important Memphis Grizzly player right now, and that's saying a
Speaker 1: lot considering that Jared Jackson is probably gonna win Defensive
Speaker 1: Player of the Year. Memphis currently in second place, They're
Speaker 1: gonna face ten to fifteen games with doubt them. You're
Speaker 1: probably gonna see more Brandon Clark, who I love more,
Speaker 1: santi Al Dama, who I like and does not get
Speaker 1: nearly enough minutes, I don't think, and probably a heavier
Speaker 1: dose of Xavier Tillman, which has the Internet right now
Speaker 1: a tizzy.
Speaker 2: People are losing their shit over.
Speaker 1: Xavier Tillman starting tonight's game. And I tell you what,
Speaker 1: I can't blame them. Honestly, I can't blame them. None
Speaker 1: of them, no matter how good they are as a collective,
Speaker 1: are gonna come close to Steven Adams.
Speaker 2: He's the only person on the floor.
Speaker 1: Probably that made Shannon Sharp in his four thousand dollars
Speaker 1: cardigan that he was popping out of look small.
Speaker 2: Next to him.
Speaker 1: And then when he said, oh, John didn't want smoke,
Speaker 1: Team Moran didn't want smoke.
Speaker 2: Dylan Brooks didn't want smoke.
Speaker 1: Remember, Shannon Sharp somehow mysteriously forgot to mention that Steven
Speaker 1: Adams did not want any smoke, So.
Speaker 2: Just be aware of that.
Speaker 1: Injuries they always impact the NBA season, as we know,
Speaker 1: and Memphis has actually faced their fair share of it,
Speaker 1: the fact that they're in second place right now, considering
Speaker 1: that Jaron Jackson has been out for the beginning the season.
Speaker 1: He was out, Desmond Bane missed time with his toe.
Speaker 1: Now you've got Steven Adams missing considerable time. Even Jaw
Speaker 1: has missed eight games. So we're gonna see how the
Speaker 1: Grizzlies do and how they handle their business over the
Speaker 1: next month, because if they can hang out and just
Speaker 1: stay steady, that would be a huge win. I tell
Speaker 1: you what, though, there are a lot of teams that
Speaker 1: have the Grizzlies in their crosshairs, and without Steven Adams,
Speaker 1: our Sacramento Kings put a beat down on them and
Speaker 1: they don't have their incredible Hulk to protect them when
Speaker 1: they talk all that shit even from the stands.
Speaker 2: Next up, really Quick, could not end.
Speaker 1: This show without telling a little bit about the latest
Speaker 1: from our favorite holy roller in the NBA, Joe Missoula. Yep,
Speaker 1: we gotta talk about him. Yep, Hey Joe, Joe Missoula.
Speaker 2: Is everything. Okay, my guy, you okay. I think you're
Speaker 2: under a little too.
Speaker 1: Much stress out there in Boston because, according to Celtics
Speaker 1: beat writer Adam Himmel's back, Joe Missoula just just walked
Speaker 1: past Marcus Smart in the locker room, did a fool,
Speaker 1: did a full summersault in front of him, turned instead,
Speaker 1: turned and said you can't do that, then walked out.
Speaker 1: That's a real story that sets how crazy it is.
Speaker 1: What what's happening?
Speaker 2: What is going on? I am worried. I am worried
Speaker 2: about Joe Missoula. What is he doing? What? What?
Speaker 1: What kind of ninja summer salt mental health cry for help?
Speaker 2: Nick? Is this? Are you a six year old girl
Speaker 2: in tumbling class or are you the head coach of
Speaker 2: the Boston Celtics. Random somersaults? You know those girls that
Speaker 2: just randomly do just out of nowhere, They just start
Speaker 2: they do what's the other thing? Was the one you
Speaker 2: do this side.
Speaker 1: The handstand, handstanding, the sumrsault.
Speaker 2: And they just land it. They're like, see, bet you
Speaker 2: can't do that, Like that's a girl. The people who
Speaker 2: do that are girls.
Speaker 1: Named Tanya, not not Joe.
Speaker 2: Missoula.
Speaker 1: The head coach Himmel's Bach probably saw this up close,
Speaker 1: because otherwise how would he even know about it? No
Speaker 1: one's gonna tell him this story. He viewed this like
Speaker 1: all of us and me who is currently in tears.
Speaker 1: Bewildered by this, he went to Marcus Smart and said, hey, dude,
Speaker 1: was that some kind of inside joke between you guys?
Speaker 1: And Marcus Smart literally shook his head no, and he said,
Speaker 1: I have zero idea where that somersault came from.
Speaker 2: Then he rolled his eyes and said, we need to
Speaker 2: stop giving.
Speaker 1: Him sugar did Are we sure that's not a story
Speaker 1: about Deuce Tatum? I have so many questions about this.
Speaker 1: Why for what reason would a thirty four year old
Speaker 1: man just pop out in a gymnastics move in the
Speaker 1: locker room and say, bet you can't do that. Second
Speaker 1: question that I have is this a Is this gonna
Speaker 1: be a pattern? Has this happened before? Are we going
Speaker 1: to see more progressions of gymnastics in the locker room?
Speaker 1: Are we gonna see him do a forward role into
Speaker 1: a tuck jump, a hop to safe landing into a
Speaker 1: log roll, I.
Speaker 2: Need to know.
Speaker 1: Third question, even though Marcus Smart said he had no
Speaker 1: clue that this was coming, why was it he more
Speaker 1: shocked or shook by this. I am reading this, and I, personally,
Speaker 1: who was not there.
Speaker 2: Am shooketh.
Speaker 1: I would if I had anyone that I worked, would
Speaker 1: jump into a somersault right in front of me and say, bet,
Speaker 1: you can't do that. Yeah, no, I can't do that.
Speaker 1: And I don't think you should be doing that either.
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, we have an insurance policy out for you.
Speaker 1: We got one coach who's already been suspended for it
Speaker 1: is fucking own gymnastics in the bedroom.
Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: We got another guy, Bible thumper, doing gymnastics in the
Speaker 1: locker room, and we don't even get one side eye
Speaker 1: from Marcus Smart.
Speaker 2: And you know what that means. Marcus Smart has seen
Speaker 2: some shit.
Speaker 1: You know. If that doesn't phase you, you've seen things.
Speaker 1: And if you had to pick one guy in the
Speaker 1: NBA who's not getting a lot of adult gymnastics in
Speaker 1: his life, it's Marcus Smart.
Speaker 2: He's way up at the top of my list.
Speaker 1: I hope, I hope that there's more of this story
Speaker 1: to be told. And this I think is just a
Speaker 1: sign that Joe Miszula is just a strange cat. If
Speaker 1: this is a sign of him crying out for help,
Speaker 1: like Blink twice show if you need something, things are
Speaker 1: only gonna get weirder in Boston. That is all the
Speaker 1: time that we have for the Heat Check. My God,
Speaker 1: Joe Mizula, come back Friday for.
Speaker 2: An all new episode.
Speaker 1: As we have trade deadline coming in less than three weeks,
Speaker 1: We're gonna be very busy filling you in on all
Speaker 1: the details. Do not forget to read this story about
Speaker 1: Joe Mizzula because I did.
Speaker 2: Not make it up. It seems like I did, and
Speaker 2: I did not do.
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