WEBVTT - Southwest Conference Preview: Spurs and Mavericks

0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:06.000
<v Speaker 1>Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines. Lord

0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:08.600
<v Speaker 1>did so the Heat Check. The Heat Check was just

0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:12.400
<v Speaker 1>a cracker, the best podcast covering all the drama around

0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:19.160
<v Speaker 1>the association. Let's move forward San Antonio's birth. They were

0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:25.720
<v Speaker 1>twenty two and sixty last year they add City Big

0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:28.680
<v Speaker 1>Booty Sousoko. I mean, seriously, you've got to see him

0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.120
<v Speaker 1>in person. It's like the biggest booty of a rookie

0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:34.599
<v Speaker 1>you've ever seen. No, I mean, I'm serious, it is

0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.080
<v Speaker 1>something to behold. I don't mean to objectify him in

0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.200
<v Speaker 1>any real way. I mean it's that it's that stark

0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.640
<v Speaker 1>that that's the first thing I think about City Susco

0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.960
<v Speaker 1>as Wow, that boy's got a caboose. And then of

0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.040
<v Speaker 1>course the man with no caboose, Victor Wan Binyama that

0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:53.320
<v Speaker 1>they add, who's added twenty pounds of muscle. But I

0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.000
<v Speaker 1>can't really tell, but he does look fucking good. Not

0:00:56.160 --> 0:01:00.400
<v Speaker 1>since the days of Lebron James's rookie year there been

0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.720
<v Speaker 1>this much buzz about a rookie. It just hasn't been,

0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:08.840
<v Speaker 1>and the hype is getting louder and larger. I am

0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:13.399
<v Speaker 1>talking about Wemby the Machine Victor when Beyama time, and

0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:18.640
<v Speaker 1>guess what he in preseason is currently exceeding the hype

0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:24.160
<v Speaker 1>in three preseason games. Think it is just outrageous. The

0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.560
<v Speaker 1>other night, National audience twenty three four and four on

0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.880
<v Speaker 1>ten for fifteen shooting with three blocks in twenty three minutes,

0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:35.679
<v Speaker 1>numerous highlight real plays dunking over Thomas Bryant. Where Thomas

0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.560
<v Speaker 1>Bryant was, he literally was outside of the restricted area

0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.760
<v Speaker 1>and dunked on Thomas Robert Thomas Bryant's face to the

0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.720
<v Speaker 1>point where Thomas Bryant looked to the camera that was

0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:48.840
<v Speaker 1>like fifty feet away. Room was like, what the fuck

0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:53.720
<v Speaker 1>was that? Bro? What he called for a lob at

0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:59.960
<v Speaker 1>the three point line? Are you serious? He grabbed up

0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.720
<v Speaker 1>pass just inside the three point line and never took

0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:07.040
<v Speaker 1>a dribble and dunked it. I swear to god, dude,

0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.800
<v Speaker 1>I don't. I've never seen anything like this guy in

0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.640
<v Speaker 1>my life. After the game, Greg Popovich was like, I

0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.600
<v Speaker 1>only call one play for him all night and he

0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.920
<v Speaker 1>still got over twenty. He did that because he's that

0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.680
<v Speaker 1>boy Good. That's basically what he said, that boy Good.

0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.840
<v Speaker 1>He knows how to play one play. All you called

0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.760
<v Speaker 1>is what play for which one wasn't, which one imagine

0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:32.560
<v Speaker 1>when they install an entire offense around like the you know,

0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.079
<v Speaker 1>like the Tim Duncan era, like the David Robinson era.

0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:39.000
<v Speaker 1>We got Victor H. Wemby over here freestyling and putting

0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:44.760
<v Speaker 1>up twenty twenty three points on people. This man most

0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.359
<v Speaker 1>of his points came off a transition, but at one

0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:51.919
<v Speaker 1>point he euro step from three, caught the ball, passed

0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.200
<v Speaker 1>the three point line, took two steps in dunk the

0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:58.920
<v Speaker 1>ball never touched the floor. This man's stride is he

0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.800
<v Speaker 1>could probably go from the entire length of the court

0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:06.440
<v Speaker 1>in like five steps, maybe less, maybe four. It's crazy.

0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:10.280
<v Speaker 1>What is going on here? How are they making human

0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:15.120
<v Speaker 1>beings that can do this? I was rolling through some

0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.399
<v Speaker 1>Spurs sites. If you're ever sad, you're in a bad day,

0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:21.840
<v Speaker 1>just go on Reddit for the Spurs because it's the

0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.399
<v Speaker 1>happiest place on Earth. Boy. They are they are elated.

0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.840
<v Speaker 1>They can't even believe that this is real life. They're

0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.919
<v Speaker 1>posting memes of Lebron from his pool, like, oh my god,

0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.440
<v Speaker 1>I cannot believe this is my life. So much joy.

0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.920
<v Speaker 1>It's like they've never had a center before, but they've

0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.120
<v Speaker 1>had them over and over and over again. It'd be

0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:44.320
<v Speaker 1>like if Green Bay the Green Bay Packers just Brett

0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.520
<v Speaker 1>Farr Aaron Rodgers, and then all of a sudden, now

0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.840
<v Speaker 1>they get Caleb Williams and they're like, oh my god.

0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.320
<v Speaker 1>It's like, yeah, that's that's what you guys. Do you

0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.320
<v Speaker 1>know what I mean? That's just like insane. Wemby made

0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.200
<v Speaker 1>so many believers last night. I think he could start

0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.680
<v Speaker 1>his own religion. I think he could. I think he

0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:07.080
<v Speaker 1>could solve world hunger. Of course there's jealousy Portland getting

0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.560
<v Speaker 1>the third overall pick. It's like, I think we were one.

0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:13.360
<v Speaker 1>I think we're one, ping pong ball off a couple

0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:18.800
<v Speaker 1>of times. Who's counting? Though, Really so much potential. The

0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.160
<v Speaker 1>hype is so great, the money come into the team

0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.320
<v Speaker 1>so great. Also, Dame wouldn't have had to ask for

0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:25.840
<v Speaker 1>a trade. He would have been fine to stay. It

0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.680
<v Speaker 1>would have been all great. A Reddit user named stoblow

0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.080
<v Speaker 1>it's a real name posted this. I think it describes

0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:35.560
<v Speaker 1>the hate from other fan bases towards Wen't be better

0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.599
<v Speaker 1>than anything I've seen. The amount of hate VIC is

0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:43.600
<v Speaker 1>already getting is insane. I've watched the NBA's YouTube channels

0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.559
<v Speaker 1>highlights and like forty percent of the comments are people

0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.960
<v Speaker 1>saying that his legs are going to break and he's

0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.360
<v Speaker 1>never going to play a full season. Before the Summer League,

0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.240
<v Speaker 1>he was over hyped. During the Summer League, he was

0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.960
<v Speaker 1>a bust and now he's going to die in his

0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:02.080
<v Speaker 1>first regular season game. Yes, bingo ding ding ding, you

0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.919
<v Speaker 1>got it. You got it. Spurs fans. Get used to

0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.520
<v Speaker 1>the hate. You are like the person that won the

0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.840
<v Speaker 1>one point six billion dollar lottery. You show up to

0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.360
<v Speaker 1>your high school reunion and a goal played at Bentley

0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:17.279
<v Speaker 1>and you're like, don't you guys love me, love me? No,

0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:21.000
<v Speaker 1>we fucking hate people like you. We want the Bentley,

0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:25.800
<v Speaker 1>we want the billions, don't you get it? Spurs fans?

0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.159
<v Speaker 1>I actually am happy for them, though, because it's been rough.

0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.240
<v Speaker 1>You know, like you've had the thing that people don't

0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:36.520
<v Speaker 1>understand on it Link is like they've had these riches, right,

0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.120
<v Speaker 1>They've had the David Robinson's, they've had the Tim Duncans,

0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:45.160
<v Speaker 1>they've had the Kawhi's and the Manus. But let's be honest,

0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.440
<v Speaker 1>were those guys like that exciting? No, those guys were

0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:53.839
<v Speaker 1>fucking boring. Kawhi plays like the most AI generated version

0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.240
<v Speaker 1>of Michael Jordan you've ever seen Like, if Michael Jordan

0:05:57.360 --> 0:06:02.279
<v Speaker 1>could be boring, that guy would be Kawhi Leonard, David Robinson,

0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:07.799
<v Speaker 1>Tim Duncan, the big fundamental No, no, no, baby, Spurs fans,

0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.320
<v Speaker 1>You've earned this. This is all the flash, all the

0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:13.680
<v Speaker 1>fucking pizzazz, all the dunk on your eyeballs. This is

0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:17.880
<v Speaker 1>gonna be fun. Spurs fans, I tell you what, congratulations,

0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.480
<v Speaker 1>You've earned it. I have no idea what to think

0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.040
<v Speaker 1>of him, though, I mean, this has not been just

0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:27.520
<v Speaker 1>like a slob fest for Wembiyama. Like Devin Vassal signed

0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.120
<v Speaker 1>a long term extension. He's ready to take the next step.

0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.440
<v Speaker 1>I like him as a player a lot. Jeremy Sohan

0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.039
<v Speaker 1>is now the quote unquote that is what Pop said,

0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.880
<v Speaker 1>quote unquote point guard for this team. I think he

0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.440
<v Speaker 1>was a four at Baylor. That's scary. There's some nice

0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.839
<v Speaker 1>pieces on the team. Davonte Graham, Trey Jones, Kelton Johnson,

0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:49.640
<v Speaker 1>Kelvin Johnson's like very underrated, Malachi Branham, Zach Collins, c

0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.719
<v Speaker 1>d Osman, Doug McDermott. There's somebody else that I'm forgetting,

0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.000
<v Speaker 1>but he's there's a lot of good players on this team.

0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.520
<v Speaker 1>What's the upside? I don't know. I don't know. Do

0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:03.160
<v Speaker 1>we even who care? Really? Like, no, we don't care.

0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:06.880
<v Speaker 1>Play in playoffs? Who gives a fuck. It's a generational

0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.800
<v Speaker 1>player and we just have to be along for the ride.

0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.520
<v Speaker 1>Who are they bumping for the playoffs and the loaded

0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:16.880
<v Speaker 1>Western Conference? Probably no one? Probably No one. The perimeter

0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.840
<v Speaker 1>defense and rebounding. Very suspect they're gonna be exploited by

0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:26.880
<v Speaker 1>other teams. But there's gonna be so many highlights, probably

0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.680
<v Speaker 1>twenty two wins. Again, who knows. They'll probably get another

0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.560
<v Speaker 1>generational player, while we'll probably get Cooper Flagg, you know,

0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.520
<v Speaker 1>because that's who they are. No matter where they finish,

0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.560
<v Speaker 1>all eyes are gonna be on San Antonio in the

0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:43.120
<v Speaker 1>future is so bright you need fucking some sunshades. Let's

0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.960
<v Speaker 1>go with the Dallas Mavericks. Oh God, I'm so tired

0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:50.280
<v Speaker 1>of them, so tired. Thirty eight and forty four, they

0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:54.240
<v Speaker 1>intentionally missed the playing tournament because they wanted their tenth

0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:56.280
<v Speaker 1>overall pick that was going to be owed to the Knicks.

0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean a lot of hoopla was made about that.

0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.840
<v Speaker 1>Grant Williams. They add nice piece Derek Lively, Olivier, Max

0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:07.440
<v Speaker 1>and prosper Rashaun Holmes, subtract, Reggie Bullock, who knows why

0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.840
<v Speaker 1>I think they cut him, Christian Wood, JaVale McGee, and

0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:15.720
<v Speaker 1>Davis Berton's all of last episode with the interview was

0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:19.200
<v Speaker 1>talking to Grant Asseth about the future of the MAVs.

0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.960
<v Speaker 1>So I really don't want to go over it again.

0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:26.040
<v Speaker 1>This is a team that does not inspire a lot

0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.480
<v Speaker 1>of confidence or excitement, so you should probably learn from him.

0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:34.040
<v Speaker 1>You learn a lot about what the Cavs positives are

0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.000
<v Speaker 1>their weaknesses. We talked about a lot of the questions

0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:38.560
<v Speaker 1>going to the season with the MAVs. I'll give you

0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.320
<v Speaker 1>the three pressing ones in terms of what he said overall,

0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.600
<v Speaker 1>Luca and Kyrie already banged up. Their health is paramount.

0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.880
<v Speaker 1>They are top ten players. I am not sure, entirely

0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:51.520
<v Speaker 1>sure that they are going to be healthy, and I

0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.880
<v Speaker 1>am not entirely sure, nor is he that they can

0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.600
<v Speaker 1>work together in the long run. Will this team have

0:08:56.720 --> 0:09:00.880
<v Speaker 1>enough defensive athleticism to be good teams? That is very

0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.720
<v Speaker 1>up in the air as well. They added some pieces

0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:07.800
<v Speaker 1>that could be great rookies, and Grant Williams and they

0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:11.079
<v Speaker 1>other have other teams that have turnstiles like Luca, Kyrie,

0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.840
<v Speaker 1>Tim Hardaway, Rashawn Holmes, Seth Curry. Who knows how in

0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:16.640
<v Speaker 1>the world will they move up in the standings is

0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:20.400
<v Speaker 1>a bunch of other teams get better cause, uh, who

0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.079
<v Speaker 1>are they going to displace? Are they better than the Nuggets?

0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:27.240
<v Speaker 1>No Sons, no Grizzlies, no Lakers, No, definitely, no Golden State,

0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.559
<v Speaker 1>no Sacramento. No, that's pretty much locked that one through six.

0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.360
<v Speaker 1>So if they're a planing team and they're gonna lose

0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:38.920
<v Speaker 1>their pig, then aren't they like a thirteen seed. I

0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:40.720
<v Speaker 1>hate to say it. I hate to say it, but

0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.200
<v Speaker 1>I talk to Grant and I asked them, like, Hey,

0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:44.800
<v Speaker 1>they're not gonna do that shit again, are they? And

0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:47.880
<v Speaker 1>He's like, I think they might. So, yeah, Dallas is

0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.959
<v Speaker 1>a troubled team who might just present us the next

0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.839
<v Speaker 1>Dame Willard aka Luca asking out for a trade and

0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.000
<v Speaker 1>that would be a damn shame. That's all the time

0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.079
<v Speaker 1>that we have for the Heat Check. Come back later

0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:00.760
<v Speaker 1>on for an all new episod, so check out the

0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.000
<v Speaker 1>feed for past episodes, which will drop unexpectedly. We've got

0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:08.319
<v Speaker 1>more interviews coming as well. Do not forget to download subscribe.

0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:13.120
<v Speaker 1>Tell your friends go to the Apple Store download the

0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:17.440
<v Speaker 1>shit on their phones. Every single one of them go

0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:18.760
<v Speaker 1>over there and be like they're like, Oh, what are

0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:20.679
<v Speaker 1>you doing. There's like, Oh, I'm just downloading the heat

0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.600
<v Speaker 1>check on this Apple phone. You know, sharing is caring

0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:26.559
<v Speaker 1>and follow us on socialie at this heat check and

0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.720
<v Speaker 1>a trist to Creek on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. Big

0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.520
<v Speaker 1>shout out to my new producer William and big shout

0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:33.960
<v Speaker 1>out to you and we'll see you next time.