WEBVTT - Ja is Back and He Kept Receipts!

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to The Hottest The Hottest. It be a

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<v Speaker 1>podcast out here. I said what I said, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>Heat Chick, Heat Check Check. It's just a creaking on

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of the Heat Check. Let's try this again.

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<v Speaker 1>My computer just absolutely crashed in the middle of this episode.

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<v Speaker 1>It was it was very funny. Only only I will

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<v Speaker 1>know though though that only you will not know that

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<v Speaker 1>Jaw is back out here doing Jaw things. I am

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<v Speaker 1>so freaking excited. I could not be happier. It's also Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>Time to check in on the Rookie of the Year

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<v Speaker 1>futures market. There is some wild movement and we will

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<v Speaker 1>get into some news from around the league on Joel embiid,

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<v Speaker 1>Zion Williamson, and my favorite rando in the league, blood

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<v Speaker 1>Sport James Johnson. Lots popping here, so let's get right

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<v Speaker 1>into it and drop that motherfucking beat. It should be Rihanna,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. So John Marine returned back to action in

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<v Speaker 1>New Orleans for the first time of the season, and

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<v Speaker 1>he showed everybody why his presence has been missed so

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<v Speaker 1>freaking much so. The Grizzlies played the Pelicans right. They

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<v Speaker 1>fell down big fast, which in all reality has been

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<v Speaker 1>happening all year long, right all year long. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>reason that they were six and twenty five or six

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<v Speaker 1>and nineteen to start the first twenty five games of

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<v Speaker 1>the season, and that's because they stink. I said that

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they were the worst roster in the league without

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<v Speaker 1>Jahn Moran, and I wasn't lying. They're basically a more

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<v Speaker 1>expensive Detroit Pistons without Jahn Moran, swear to God. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>they're down. They're down big. I think they're down like

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<v Speaker 1>twenty something point and John only has seven points at halftime,

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody's like, ooh, it is John rusty, Oh my goodness,

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<v Speaker 1>is he not gonna be himself for a little while?

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<v Speaker 1>Are the Memphis Grizzly sunk? Is their season and sunk?

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<v Speaker 1>How long is it gonna take for Jaw to be himself?

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<v Speaker 1>And that is, folks, that right there we have the

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<v Speaker 1>kernel of doubt. Not me. I'm a Jaw fan. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a John believer, you know what I mean. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>my hand to the jaw God. Anyway, anyway, that's when

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<v Speaker 1>Jaw comes back in the jaw we know, the jaw

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<v Speaker 1>we love and is remarkable. Heroics take over. They return

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<v Speaker 1>and guess what, and guess what, and guess what. A

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four point lead shrivels and just crumbles into Dustoo.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the sound of their lead leaving the building. That

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<v Speaker 1>is their sign of their hope starting to diminish. Because yes,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, we're gonna have to talk about this too,

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<v Speaker 1>Willie Green. At some point, we got to talk about him.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighth double digit lead that the Pels have blown in

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<v Speaker 1>the second half of games this year. Who does Willy

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<v Speaker 1>Green think he is? He thinks he's Brad Stevens. In

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<v Speaker 1>a quick side note, I don't know if that's for

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<v Speaker 1>the real ones, Like if you don't remember Brad Stevens.

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<v Speaker 1>At one point I had a white board just for

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<v Speaker 1>Brad Stevens, just for Brad Stevens blown leads, swear on

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<v Speaker 1>my mom's life. And at one point I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was eighteen leads that had been ten points or more

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<v Speaker 1>that had ended up into losses. There's incredible Brad Stevens

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<v Speaker 1>won a run to end his coaching career. Anyway, back

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<v Speaker 1>to Jaw. Jaw went ballistic, no pun intended, firing from

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<v Speaker 1>all over the court, no pun intended, and at one

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<v Speaker 1>point he even used a massage gun. No Pun intended

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<v Speaker 1>on his calves during a time out. Three gun references

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<v Speaker 1>in a sentence that's not about guns and it's about Jaw, Trista,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you do it? Anyway? With the game tied

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<v Speaker 1>one thirteen, one thirteen, nine point six seconds left, the

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<v Speaker 1>Grizz call a timeout. Taylor Jenkins on a missed basket

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<v Speaker 1>for the Pelicans. Jaw gets the rebound. He's ready to

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<v Speaker 1>cruise up like a thoroughbread, but no, Taylor Jenkins must

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<v Speaker 1>call a time out to rain Jaw in from doing

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<v Speaker 1>something stupid and firing away. No Pun intended. It's almost

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<v Speaker 1>like he doesn't trust Jaw in crucial situations. But I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that makes sense, right. Jaw's made some questionable decisions

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<v Speaker 1>over the last year. I thought he probably should allow

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<v Speaker 1>let Jaw cook or whatever. Anyway, Jaw had some ideas

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<v Speaker 1>and he wanted to run him past Desmond Bane. What

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<v Speaker 1>were those ideas on how to win the game? Jah

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<v Speaker 1>came up to me and asked me. It was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to run a postuff for Jaren And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, no, Like we go to get to the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>He told me, no, you getting the ball? So at

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<v Speaker 1>that point. It's just you know, I pretty much just

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<v Speaker 1>had to you know, lock in and go delive and delivery.

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<v Speaker 1>He did also imagine a world where Jaren Jackson, with

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<v Speaker 1>nine point six seconds left, gets the ball. Just don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>like Ja Morant is here, Jaw is Superman. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to give the ball to Is there a Superman refers,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Like, do we need to give the

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<v Speaker 1>ball to Catwoman when we have Superman? No, we do not.

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<v Speaker 1>So just like that, Jaw with five seconds left in

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<v Speaker 1>the game down the lane, Herb Jones on him isolation

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<v Speaker 1>on an island, one of the best defenders on ball

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<v Speaker 1>in the league. And you know what Jaw did say,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care who you put on me, sir, I

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<v Speaker 1>am going to create space on you and put a

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<v Speaker 1>bucket on your dome piece. That is what he did.

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<v Speaker 1>Hit him on the island. Tween spin, body contortion, not

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<v Speaker 1>an easy uh nothing but net kind of a shot. No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>Ja Morant doesn't roll like that, waiting until he almost

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<v Speaker 1>is touching Earth back from the sky, puts the ball up,

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<v Speaker 1>rattles around the rim, ball goes through the net and

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<v Speaker 1>just like that, just like the ball going through the net,

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<v Speaker 1>the soul leaves every fan at Smoothie King Center, Because yes, Sir,

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<v Speaker 1>Jaw Moran is back. Your division rivals are here, and

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<v Speaker 1>Jaw game blouses one fifteen, one thirteen. Jaw finished the

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<v Speaker 1>game thirty one points, six rebounds, eight assists and a

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<v Speaker 1>game winner over one of the best defenders in the

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<v Speaker 1>league period period. My lord, Just like that, folks, Grizzlies

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<v Speaker 1>back in the action. Grizzlies are gonna be nationally televised again.

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<v Speaker 1>Jaw goes through the tunnel. I kept receipts. I kept

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<v Speaker 1>the receipts too. Who was saying this, Who was saying

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<v Speaker 1>Jahn Moran's not gonna be any good when he comes back?

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<v Speaker 1>What he didn't tear his achilles? He got suspended for

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<v Speaker 1>brandishing a gun. Brandish my new favorite word, brandish. Brandishing

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<v Speaker 1>a gun that may or may not been the lighter

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<v Speaker 1>for his handles. John Morant with a chip on his

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<v Speaker 1>shoulder is all the league needs. Yes, Sir, I cannot

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how exciting that was for me. Just proven

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<v Speaker 1>the Jaw doubters wrong, all of the naysayers, all the

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<v Speaker 1>people who want to wish upon that man's downfall, not me,

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<v Speaker 1>even after the game, Team Rant's like, yo, you thought

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<v Speaker 1>it changed. The inner circle is still the same. Just

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<v Speaker 1>because DeVante Pack is not allowed to come to Grizzlies games,

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<v Speaker 1>He's still up in our circle, folks. We also now,

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<v Speaker 1>for now get to enjoy one of the greatest players

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<v Speaker 1>in the world winning a game on a last minute shot.

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<v Speaker 1>All is right in the NBA world. This is why

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<v Speaker 1>I said jaw on a Tuesday in December, which is

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<v Speaker 1>what that was, is the most exciting player on planet Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>And now he's showing everyone why that exactly