WEBVTT - Referees and The Houston Rockets

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<v Speaker 1>On this episode of The Heat Check, it's a special

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<v Speaker 1>interview with Mavericks Beat reporter Grant Assets of Sports Illustrated

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<v Speaker 1>here to talk about his World Tour basketball that took

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<v Speaker 1>him from the Fever World Cup in the Philippines to

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<v Speaker 1>the Middle East, as well as to answer any and

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<v Speaker 1>all questions about what the fuck are the mass up

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<v Speaker 1>to this season. We'll also cover some of the most

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<v Speaker 1>interesting debuts in the preseason, as well as cover any

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<v Speaker 1>of the news that you might have missed.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta get moving.

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<v Speaker 1>William fighting off a migraine drop that generic aas beat

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<v Speaker 1>right now that should be Rihanna breaks breaking down all

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest NBA storylines. So the Heat Check. The Heat

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<v Speaker 1>Check was just a crack the best podcast covering all

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<v Speaker 1>the drama around the association. All right, let's start out

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<v Speaker 1>with some news from around the league. We'll start in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA front office, where the league has announced something

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<v Speaker 1>very cool in Tay Hwang, a dude who packed up

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<v Speaker 1>and moved his family seven thousand miles from South Korea

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<v Speaker 1>to North Jersey just to pursue his lifelong dream of

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<v Speaker 1>being an NBA referee. Could you imagine like Scott Foster

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<v Speaker 1>would never write like Scott Foster would never move to

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<v Speaker 1>South Korea. If South Korea was the is the hub

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<v Speaker 1>of basketball, Everyone's got to pursue their dream. I just

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why you want to move seven thousand miles

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<v Speaker 1>to be hated by like four hundred and fifty dudes

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<v Speaker 1>and then like, I don't know, millions of Americans. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a guy who's going to be squarely on the

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<v Speaker 1>reperport this year. He was just named though a full

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<v Speaker 1>time staff referee for the twenty twenty three twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four season, which is very dope. This is a very

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<v Speaker 1>funny story in general, very heartwarming, but very funny. He

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<v Speaker 1>has an incredible story that was just covered in the

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<v Speaker 1>Washing Him post by Ben Oliver, friend of show. But

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<v Speaker 1>the short of it is he picked up the basketball

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<v Speaker 1>bug as a kid, got into reffing in college, and

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<v Speaker 1>then worked games in five continents me really likes reffing

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<v Speaker 1>before being asked to be attend the NBA's reffing school

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<v Speaker 1>in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where he scored high enough

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<v Speaker 1>marks to get invited into the G League, than the

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League, and finally the NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>What these five continents?

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<v Speaker 1>That's a travel one thing the league has done a

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<v Speaker 1>good job of is diversifying it's reft. Over the past decades,

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<v Speaker 1>they've expanded internationally as well, and that is now the.

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<v Speaker 2>Next logical step.

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<v Speaker 1>The percentage right now of foreign born players in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA is twenty two percent, so that makes a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of sense to try to get closer to that in

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<v Speaker 1>the in the world, in the realm of NBA referees,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be looking into inta for.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, more because anyone who loves.

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<v Speaker 1>Is kind of like masochistic, is it? Not like it's

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<v Speaker 1>just I don't understand it. It's tremendous. Hopefully we're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to cook him for being the South

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<v Speaker 1>Korean Scott Foster.

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<v Speaker 2>No skits in tay uh no taking money for shaven

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<v Speaker 2>points either. I'm sure on five continents you've learned that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's move on.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a look at some of these preseason debuts,

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<v Speaker 1>shall we? Starting in Houston? Who are my League past

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three League past Team of the Year? Okasee

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<v Speaker 1>is so pass a so last year it's the Pacers

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<v Speaker 1>Folks and the Houston Rockets playing in the preseason. Dylan

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks saw his first action in h town and guess

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<v Speaker 1>what he did? Uh, Dylan Brooks things. Can I ask

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<v Speaker 1>you if things went well?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what do you think? Baby? It's Dylan Brooks. How

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<v Speaker 2>you know they did not go well? You know they

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<v Speaker 2>did it.

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<v Speaker 1>Dylan Brooks is calling himself Dylan the Villain, and so

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<v Speaker 1>you must be doing villain things.

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<v Speaker 2>To keep up with that nickname. He got ejected, Tristan,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you get ejected for?

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<v Speaker 1>He hit Daniel Tyson the nuts, Yeah, Tinton. Daniel Tys

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't even supposed to be playing in the game. All

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden, He's got an ice pack on his

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<v Speaker 1>crown jewels. He wishes he hadn't been playing in that game.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet so this is what happened. Tys set a

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<v Speaker 1>screen at the top of a key. Dylan Brooks went

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<v Speaker 1>Chopa and hi yelled them in the hiaida hyah. Him

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dick refs took a look at it and

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<v Speaker 1>they were like, all right, you got to go, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta go hit the showers. It hasn't even been

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<v Speaker 1>one game in the NBA season yet, and Dylan Brooks

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<v Speaker 1>is back to doing Dylan Brooks things.

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<v Speaker 2>The game Dylan said this, I try to navigate a screen.

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<v Speaker 1>I might have tapped them below the waist, but he

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<v Speaker 1>got right back up, So I don't know. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>weird that every time that happens to me, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I get picked on. So I guess this is a

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<v Speaker 1>part of my reputation. This is gonna be a very

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<v Speaker 1>fun season for emy Udoka in the Houston Rockets to

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<v Speaker 1>start start figuring out how how Dylan Brooks is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>play emy Udoka's defense, stifling defense.

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<v Speaker 2>Without getting kicked out every game.

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you he is going to engage in one

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<v Speaker 1>more nut shot.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise. He also said this in his postgame What's

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<v Speaker 2>my Name? What's my Name? Dylan the Villain? Are we

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<v Speaker 2>serious with this? Are serious? We're gonna be watching Dylan

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<v Speaker 2>penicillin of the Villain all year.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not done talking about Houston, though not by a

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<v Speaker 1>long shot. Maybe it was a good thing that Dylan

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks got tossed because Houston had two other players that

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to watch very carefully.

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<v Speaker 2>Cam Whitmore was one.

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<v Speaker 1>Cam Whitmore was a player that I was loving Evilenova.

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<v Speaker 1>He was considered to be a top five pick, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he slides all the way to twenty and people think, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's because his knees are not right.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people say it's because his attitude is not right.

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<v Speaker 1>But all I know is that Cam Whitmore has been ballin'

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<v Speaker 1>ever fucking since, trying to put the league on notice

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<v Speaker 1>that hey, you guys passed on me. So the Rockets

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<v Speaker 1>end up getting two top five picks in the span

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty picks. That twentieth pick, by the way, was

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<v Speaker 1>the Clippers that they gave away for I want to

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<v Speaker 1>say maybe Eric Gordon.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Cam Wentmore made his debut and he was electric.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifteen points, six for ten, shooting three for four from three,

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<v Speaker 1>four rebounds, a steal in sixteen minutes. He was a

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<v Speaker 1>plus twenty one when no one on the Rockets was

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<v Speaker 1>better than a plus fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this the Cam Whitmore team? Is this the Cam

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<v Speaker 2>Wimore Show.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about why he slipped in the draft, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's very still an under speculation. But uh, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think he has character issues. He's a big boy too.

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<v Speaker 1>You see him in person and he's he's very strong looking,

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<v Speaker 1>very he kind of has like a body like Grant Williams,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's he plays more like a guard. He played

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<v Speaker 1>under control the whole game, worked hard on defense. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the hardest thing for a young player to do. He's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be, I think, a real asset for emy Udoka,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think Udoka is gonna reward him with a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of playing time.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen. Amen. Thompson had his debut and he had a box.

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<v Speaker 1>Score that might might make you think he was just

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<v Speaker 1>terrible one for nine from the field, but listen, man,

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<v Speaker 1>his game's not about scoring.

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<v Speaker 2>He had nine rebounds, that was leading the team. He

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<v Speaker 2>had three assists, a steal. He was a plus nine

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<v Speaker 2>for the game.

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<v Speaker 1>When you shoot one for nine and you're still a

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<v Speaker 1>positive plus minus in the game, like that just tells

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<v Speaker 1>you how good you actually are. The mark against him

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<v Speaker 1>coming into the draft was, of course a shot, and

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<v Speaker 1>that that's not slash lines not dispelling any rumors.

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<v Speaker 2>Fail folks. He's not a good shooter.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not. I don't know. I don't know if he's

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<v Speaker 1>ever gonna be a good shooter. But what's encouraging Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons take notice. Nine shots he was one for nine.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't one for four, and he was like, fuck it,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna stop shooting so everyone can stop making fun

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<v Speaker 1>of me for being.

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<v Speaker 2>A bad shooter. He was like, I'm gonna chuck this

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<v Speaker 2>baby nine times for a rookie. That's pretty impression. It's impressive.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Rockets aren't counting on him and Thompson to score twenty

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<v Speaker 1>a game unless they're all from the free throw line

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<v Speaker 1>or inside the paint. He's gonna be very valuable contributing

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<v Speaker 1>in a bunch.

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<v Speaker 2>Of other ways.

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<v Speaker 1>And if he's patient, he works on fighting those shots

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<v Speaker 1>that suit him.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna be fine. I like him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna be a good player as well Cam Witmore.

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<v Speaker 1>They are gonna be a very fun team. Adding Dylan

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks and Fred Van Fleet to the squad is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be very fun to connective tissue type pieces that

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<v Speaker 1>I think

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<v Speaker 2>Are going to make them shoot up the standings this season.