Speaker 1: You're tuned into Heat Check with Triste Quick.
Speaker 2: On this episode of the Heat Check, there is a
Speaker 2: brewing rivalry between the Pelicans and the Suns.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be something to watch going forward. Zion is
Speaker 1: putting himself firmly in the MVP race. Rich Paul is,
Speaker 1: let's be honest.
Speaker 2: Caping for Anthony Davis again, and GQ, why isn't anyone
Speaker 2: talking about Kate Cunningham because it looks like he might
Speaker 2: be done for the year. Kate Cunningham might be done
Speaker 2: for the year, and no one is saying a damn
Speaker 2: thing about it. And I explain why Mark Cuban is
Speaker 2: now mad at the Mavericks and also Luca is mad
Speaker 2: at the Mavericks.
Speaker 1: And all the fans are mad at the Mavericks again.
Speaker 2: A lot to get to Oh yeah, boy on Bogdanovich
Speaker 2: might be on the move to the Lakers, so ton
Speaker 2: to get to Nick drop that beat.
Speaker 1: It's getting hot. Sh shit is getting hot between the
Speaker 1: Phoenix Suns.
Speaker 2: And the New Orleans Pelicans. And you know what, I
Speaker 2: am absolutely here for this. So Adam Silver, as institute
Speaker 2: of this weird Baseball schedule, We talked about this in
Speaker 2: a couple episodes ago where teams play each other two
Speaker 2: or three times in the same week, sometimes on consecutive days.
Speaker 2: And it's been attacked, right, It's been attacked by Greg Popovich,
Speaker 2: It's been attacked by other media members because it's a
Speaker 2: playoff institute, a playoff atmosphere, and it's.
Speaker 1: Not really warranted.
Speaker 2: We're in the regular season, we shouldn't have a playoff atmosphere, right,
Speaker 2: But I like it. I like it because a playoff
Speaker 2: atmosphere creates rivalries, and that's what we need in today's
Speaker 2: soft ass NBA. More rivalry and the birth of a
Speaker 2: rivalry might just be what we got on Friday in
Speaker 2: the first of a three game series between this and
Speaker 2: the Pelicans, three games in the span of one week, tensions.
Speaker 1: If you remember.
Speaker 2: Boiled over in the first round series between the Pelicans
Speaker 2: and the Suns, Right, things.
Speaker 1: Got very, very spicy.
Speaker 2: As a quick aside to just the rivalry that's brewing
Speaker 2: and what happened on Friday night, because it was awesome.
Speaker 1: Is Chris Paul is Chris Paul the worst? Now? Like
Speaker 1: what happened.
Speaker 2: I liked Chris Paul for so long. I've been talking
Speaker 2: all kinds of positive things about him. People hate him.
Speaker 2: I've been saying, No, he's a phenomenal leader. He's one
Speaker 2: of the best pass first point guards in the league. No,
Speaker 2: he's not washed, but man, he is a world class
Speaker 2: cheap shot.
Speaker 1: He's the worst. I am now out on Chris Paul.
Speaker 2: Do you remember when Jose Alvarado essentially ruined Chris Paul
Speaker 2: got under his skin, forced him into a backcourt violation,
Speaker 2: then he picked his pockets in another game, Chris Paul
Speaker 2: started chirping him to get back on defense and to
Speaker 2: not pick his pockets again because he was he.
Speaker 1: Was Chris pauling Chris Paul.
Speaker 2: Also, remember when Chris Paul kicked Jose Alverado in the
Speaker 2: nuts in the middle.
Speaker 1: Of that series.
Speaker 2: Then after the series calls Jose Alvarado Alvarada Ho calls
Speaker 2: him a hoe. Also, by the way, Zion wasn't in
Speaker 2: that series because he had a foot injury, So that's
Speaker 2: important to note.
Speaker 1: Because of what happened on Friday.
Speaker 2: Zion wanted to be He wanted to put his imprint
Speaker 2: on this little back and forth that they have going on.
Speaker 1: So this is what happened. During the game. Chris Paul
Speaker 1: continued to be as my grandma would have.
Speaker 2: Said, a little shit sneaky elbowing Jose Alvarado in the
Speaker 2: chin as he goes by for no reason. They're not
Speaker 2: even playing basketball is nowhere in sight. And after a
Speaker 2: really tight game, the Pelicans pulled away from the Suns late.
Speaker 2: But I really got the son's pissed was that the
Speaker 2: Pelicans had nothing to play for at that point. Game
Speaker 2: was over, and instead of just running the clock out,
Speaker 2: Zion took an outlet pass from I forget who maybe
Speaker 2: Alvarado and proceeded to do a three sixty windmal dunk
Speaker 2: at the buzzer with like two seconds left on the clock.
Speaker 1: Then he flexed for the home crowd. Sons did not
Speaker 1: like that.
Speaker 2: They did not appreciate that whatsoever. Uh, they went nuts.
Speaker 2: It was a little kerfuffle. You had people fake fighting,
Speaker 2: pushing each other. Refs got involved, Willie Green got involved, literally,
Speaker 2: head coach Willie Green was ready to throw down for
Speaker 2: his team, and was Willy Green's team who initiated it, honestly,
Speaker 2: So it was funny and.
Speaker 1: It was a really good announcement that Zion his back.
Speaker 2: Zion's like, I am so healthy that in a meaningless
Speaker 2: two seconds of a game. I am willing to get
Speaker 2: my bounce and whim mill that shit down thirty five
Speaker 2: points on thirteen for seventeen, shooting unstoppable, going downhill in
Speaker 2: a way I think only in the way that Yannis
Speaker 2: is capable of doing right and oh boy, oh boy,
Speaker 2: perpetual black cloud. Chris Paul looked like he was gonna fight. Afterwards,
Speaker 2: Campaign explained exactly why he was pissed, exactly what pissed
Speaker 2: him off so much. He said, the game was pretty
Speaker 2: much over and they kept playing. Feel like that was
Speaker 2: a little unsportsmanlike. We don't really like that. We do
Speaker 2: the right thing. We feel like they should have done
Speaker 2: the right thing, and then they didn't. We don't take that.
Speaker 1: Well. Come on, now, come on, now, let's not act like.
Speaker 2: This isn't the same team that saw Jay Crowder cheap
Speaker 2: shot Anthony Davis by stepping on his foot, pushing him
Speaker 2: in the lower back with his left hand, and swiping
Speaker 2: at his right ankle with his right hand. Let's not
Speaker 2: act like this is a team above it, like it's
Speaker 2: above me. Now, we don't do that here, we are
Speaker 2: the Phoenix Sons, a perennial Wait, hold on this is
Speaker 2: a team that's been bad for forever since after Charles
Speaker 2: Barkley left. Chris Paul is constantly throwing chippy elbows at people,
Speaker 2: constantly doing his best Draymond Green impression. Let's call the
Speaker 2: call off the pearl clutching campaign for a second, because
Speaker 2: I don't buy that for one minute?
Speaker 1: Do you?
Speaker 2: And my guy Eddie Johnson, friend of show, he does
Speaker 2: a color on the broadcasts for the Suns. He had
Speaker 2: the absolute gall to call and say that the anger
Speaker 2: aimed at Chris Paul because Pelicans fans obviously hate him
Speaker 2: now for a myriad of reasons.
Speaker 1: One being that Chris Paul left.
Speaker 2: At the goal to say that the boos were fake,
Speaker 2: that the booze were just merely echoes from some sound
Speaker 2: machine making the stadium and arena louder than it actually is.
Speaker 2: A sound machine to amplify the booze. Get the fuck
Speaker 2: out of here. This is why we'll hold off on.
Speaker 2: This is why DeAndre Ayton, of course, might have been
Speaker 2: the only son with a reasonable response. Essentially, yeah, it's
Speaker 2: a home court, he's doing it first fans. I don't
Speaker 2: take any of that stuff personal. I love DeAndre Ayton
Speaker 2: so much. He is so much better than anyone. He's
Speaker 2: too good for the Suns given who they are, and
Speaker 2: Zion he had this to say, that.
Speaker 3: Was at lot of character for me. But you gotta understand,
Speaker 3: I mean, you can understand it or not. They sent
Speaker 3: my teammates home last year. I missed all last year.
Speaker 3: I got carried away a little bit. I admit that.
Speaker 3: But you know I was in that locker room. My
Speaker 3: brothers were down because you know, the Sun sent us
Speaker 3: home last year. That would that's a tough moment to
Speaker 3: be a part of. So in that moment I got
Speaker 3: carried away. I admit that I was out of character
Speaker 3: for me. So you know, if they was to do
Speaker 3: the same thing, I wouldn't have no problem with it.
Speaker 1: If they were to do the same thing, wouldn't have
Speaker 1: a problem with it.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately, the Sons don't have anyone athletic enough to do that.
Speaker 2: So I don't know about you, but if Zion keeps
Speaker 2: playing this way, there's gonna win MVP.
Speaker 1: Yes, they're the number one in the West.
Speaker 2: He's averaging twenty five seven and four with a steal
Speaker 2: gets blocks all time. If he has even a modicum,
Speaker 2: as my mom would say, a modicum of defense, and
Speaker 2: they continue.
Speaker 1: To play this way.
Speaker 2: Number one in the West, and Zion is doing three
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty degree windmills at the end of games,
Speaker 2: causing a scuffle to the point where it becomes Sports
Speaker 2: Center first take.
Speaker 1: And you know what time it is. That's how MVP
Speaker 1: are born.
Speaker 2: Stay healthy, Zion and listen his odds on Thursday night,
Speaker 2: fifty to one to win the MVP. His odds today
Speaker 2: twenty to one to win MVP. That is what we
Speaker 2: call diminishing value.
Speaker 1: You should probably jump on Zion tickets right now.
Speaker 2: And you know what's crazy is outside of that fight,
Speaker 2: the media hasn't set a peep, myself included.
Speaker 1: We are just hoping and praying Zion is a bust,
Speaker 1: don't we.
Speaker 2: It's like we are just thinking that maybe he'll tear
Speaker 2: something or erode or break a toe or just get
Speaker 2: fat again.
Speaker 1: Who knows.
Speaker 2: We're just weighted with baited breath to see if something
Speaker 2: wrong goes on. Because Zion as this version of Zion
Speaker 2: and the team that's the number one in the West.
Speaker 2: Oh boy, they are fast, they are deep, they have
Speaker 2: stars everywhere. This team is a killer, and I think
Speaker 2: that they are the most dangerous team to any contending
Speaker 2: team based on this roster alone. And the last question
Speaker 2: that I have because I was thinking about this when
Speaker 2: every Son was bitching and complaining and moaning and saying
Speaker 2: about unsportsmanship and blah blah blah and how unlikable they are.
Speaker 2: I have rowed for the Sons. My grandmother loved the
Speaker 2: Phoenix Suns. But are they the most unlike? Are the
Speaker 2: Phoenix Sons the most unlikable team in the NBA right now?
Speaker 2: People absolutely hate them. People absolutely hate Chris Paul And
Speaker 2: now that hate is extending to Devin Booker. I don't
Speaker 2: know why that is, but they hate him too, probably
Speaker 2: because they both fucked the Kardashian and you've got Campaign.
Speaker 1: They don't like Campaign. He's kind of a little bit
Speaker 1: of a unsportsmanlike himself. Jay Crowdery when he was on
Speaker 1: that team, was very much dislike.
Speaker 2: The only likable player on the team is DeAndre Ayden,
Speaker 2: and he wanted out