WEBVTT - Rob Williams, Joel Embiid, Timberwolves & Steph!

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<v Speaker 1>Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Heat Check. The Heat Check was just crack

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<v Speaker 2>the best podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Covering all the drama around the association.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's move to some news from around the league. We

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<v Speaker 2>start in Portland. It's bad Shade and Sharp has been

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<v Speaker 2>lighting things up. Yes he has.

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<v Speaker 1>He is leading the league in minutes as he should be.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremy Grant finalists for Player of the Week. Great, but

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<v Speaker 1>all of that is overshadowed by the fact that Rob Williams.

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<v Speaker 2>They broke him, folks. So they broke him in Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he's now headed for surgery again on his knee,

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<v Speaker 1>and who knows how long it's going to be until

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<v Speaker 1>he comes back.

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<v Speaker 2>We know time Lord has been injury prone. That's been

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<v Speaker 2>a thing for him.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that probably that's because Boston ran him into

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<v Speaker 1>the ground to get to the finals and he probably

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<v Speaker 1>should have had knee surgery. Then. He was a big

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<v Speaker 1>part of the Dame Willard trade, as was Malcolm Brogden,

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<v Speaker 1>two guys with injury history.

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<v Speaker 2>Did the Boston Celtics finesse the Portland Trailblazers.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but it kind of feels like one

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<v Speaker 1>of those Gary Payton scenarios where they suit us try

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<v Speaker 1>to get their draft picks back. Turns out time Lord

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<v Speaker 1>needs surgery and his right knee and there's no timetable

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<v Speaker 1>for his return, no timetable for his return.

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<v Speaker 2>Sean's just tweeted this.

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<v Speaker 1>Portland Trailblazers Rob Williams is facing potential season ending surgery

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<v Speaker 1>to repair a bone and ligament damage due to right

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<v Speaker 1>kneecap injury. Williams and doctors could also choose cleanup procedure

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<v Speaker 1>with a two to three month timetable. Wait wait, wait, wait, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>so the other one is two to three months, and

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<v Speaker 1>what's the first one? Is that like shut down season?

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<v Speaker 2>Feels like it? Rob we know is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best defenders in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>I could only hope to imagine what it would be

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<v Speaker 1>like with him fully healthy and DeAndre Ayton fully healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>But now I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Hoping that it's just dominate in season and that Rob

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<v Speaker 1>Williams finally gets healthy. We let him sit on ice

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<v Speaker 1>and develop because Lord knows this is a rebuilding team.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's to hoping that Rob Williams gets his knee

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<v Speaker 1>back fully fully one hundred percent Because we know, like

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<v Speaker 1>guys like Lonzo ball.

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<v Speaker 2>This thing can last many, many years. Let's move forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get some man his flowers. Joelle Embiid leading the

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<v Speaker 1>new look Sixers no more James Harden absolutely awesome start

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. He could have been the Hottest player

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<v Speaker 1>of the week. He has been incredible. How good as

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<v Speaker 1>Embiid been? Well, I know this may not sound like

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, but against the shitty ass Wizards, he was

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely elite. In the third quarter alone, Jojo went for

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nine, ten for ten, shooting all of them, almost

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<v Speaker 1>all of them from the mid range, nine for nine

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<v Speaker 1>from the free throw line, added a pair of rebounds

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<v Speaker 1>and assists in a block that was more points than

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<v Speaker 1>anyone in Washington had scored all night. The dude is

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<v Speaker 1>like not just a microwave. He is one of those campfires.

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<v Speaker 1>So Jojo ends the game with forty eight eleven and

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<v Speaker 1>six on seventeen for twenty five shooting in thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>In thirty minutes, Jojo, I know it's the whiz, but again,

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<v Speaker 1>forty eight points, eleven rebound, six assists, fourteen for fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>from the free throw Mott line in thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>What a hell of an effort for the big man.

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<v Speaker 2>These sixers look dangerous. They really do. Let's move forward.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked a little bit earlier about Aunt Edwards and

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<v Speaker 1>what he's doing for the Wolves, but I do want

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<v Speaker 1>to remind the people that the Minnesota Timberwolves all is

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<v Speaker 1>not lost. They are the number one defensive rated team

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA right now. It is not particularly close either.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is a simple way to see how defensive efficiency

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<v Speaker 1>impacts winning.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 1>The Wolves have now beaten the current number one seed

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<v Speaker 1>in the Eastern and Western Conferences. In their game against

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<v Speaker 1>the Celtics, they held Boston to seventeen points below their

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<v Speaker 1>season average despite the game going to overtime.

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<v Speaker 2>That's ridiculous. Against the defending champs, the Denver Nuggets, the Wolves.

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<v Speaker 1>Held Denver to twenty six percent, twenty six points below

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<v Speaker 1>their season scoring average as well. Whoa wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Finch's supposedly.

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<v Speaker 1>The offensive mastermind doing the Lord's work on defense and

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<v Speaker 1>it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Why Because this.

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<v Speaker 1>Team is filled chockfull, swarming with players that are long

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<v Speaker 1>rangey six' ten six, seven six' eleven, positive wingspan Guys Like,

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle anderson, Jade McDaniels Nikaile, alexander walker, Of.

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<v Speaker 2>Course, Rudy Gobert carl.

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony town, just man he could kind of probably go

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<v Speaker 1>same Situation where rudy was exposed, last year and With The,

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<v Speaker 1>utah jazz they've decided they're going to change. Things up

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<v Speaker 1>the defensive scheme now relies far more this year on switches,

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<v Speaker 1>on screens moving away from the drop coverage and the pick.

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<v Speaker 2>And roll That Left rudy. Gobert, exposed again, nerd stuff but.

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<v Speaker 1>It matters it's simpler and, in result creates more offense,

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<v Speaker 1>from defense a lot more, transition buckets putting pressure on the,

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<v Speaker 1>other team a lot less Pressure, on rudy a lot

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<v Speaker 1>less Pressure on cat and has worked. Incredibly well rudy

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<v Speaker 1>was a plus twenty four Against. The CELTICS that's, i

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<v Speaker 1>mean When Has rudy bart ever been a plus twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four against the? Contending, team really let's. Be honest he's

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<v Speaker 1>now in the Running For defensive player Of the. Year

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<v Speaker 1>Again could Rudy go Bear Win defensive player Of the?

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<v Speaker 1>Year again, come, on sir very. Encouraging moves maybe they'll

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<v Speaker 1>just move On, from Cat keep rudy and they'll just

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<v Speaker 1>keep it pushing.

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<v Speaker 2>If they can keep it up. All year this is the.

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<v Speaker 1>Team That gave jokic And the, nuggets problems and they

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<v Speaker 1>might just be.

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<v Speaker 2>A team they could go To The Western. Conference finals

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have. To see here's a quick cup Day On Stephan.

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<v Speaker 2>Wardel curry we mentioned last week he's been.

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<v Speaker 1>Very hot he has had a historically, hot start especially,

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<v Speaker 1>from three.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is like what he does.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now we are entering the third week of, the

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<v Speaker 1>season and, Guess What steph curry, still hot still, very

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<v Speaker 1>hot currently averaging, thirty one five and four insane shooting

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<v Speaker 1>splits forty eight percent.

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<v Speaker 2>From three but that's not even telling the. Whole story by,

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<v Speaker 2>The way.

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<v Speaker 1>He's nailing fifty eight percent of his catch and, shoot

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<v Speaker 1>threes thirty nine percent of his pull, up threes and

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<v Speaker 1>has hit four or more threes every single game, this

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<v Speaker 1>season and five or more in six of.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight games what, The? Fuck steph steph IS. Our mvp

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<v Speaker 2>we need to give it to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Right Now, Like jokic, i'm sorry you deserve it, every

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<v Speaker 1>Year but steph is.

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<v Speaker 2>Winning it, i'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Case close just put your, ballots in put them in,

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<v Speaker 1>the Mail and steph get ready to collect.

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