WEBVTT - New York Knicks Trade For OG Anunoby! 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:04.640 On this episode of The Heat Check Trade, We've got 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:07.280 a trade o g N, and Ob goes to New 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:09.959 York for r J. Barrett Emmanuel quickly a couple of 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:12.840 other pieces, but ones that not even ESPN is putting 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:14.840 on their lower third. So I will not even mention 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:19.400 AKA Malachie Flynn. I'm sorry, Malackie Flynn. Shout out to you. Also, 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.040 we are off to a hot trade season. What the 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.840 fuck are the Brooklyn Nets doing? We'll talk about that 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:27.680 the hit me of the week, and we'll also get 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:31.320 into some news around the league, including an incredible James 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:35.040 Johnson's story courtesy of you, Donnis Haslam and bam ade 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:38.560 Bio watch of shit popping right now. I wondered whether 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:40.760 I could cuss. I don't know where I am right now. 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.120 I am on my own podcast. Yes I can cuss, 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:47.800 So William Jake, Actually Jake dropped that motherfucking beat that 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:54.720 should be Rihanna. You're listening to the hottest, the hottest 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:59.360 podcast out here. I said what I said, it's the 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.320 heat Check Check. 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:06.759 Who's Jake? 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:12.319 They say, Jake's Jacob who is editing the podcast today? 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:14.199 Happy twenty twenty four. 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:17.240 New changes are afoot hence the reason that Jake is 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.160 going to be editing today's podcast. My producer William has 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:25.520 to step away for bigger, better opportunities. Please forgive us 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.720 if things are choppy where echoe as we onboard a 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.399 new producer who will be with us shortly, should be 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.680 pretty seamless. I hopefully hope, hope, hope, but I got 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:39.039 to be transparent whenever possible. Lots though has happened over 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.000 the Christmas break. The first thing that we have to 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:45.800 talk about is the trade. It finally happened, the big 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.600 news we've been waiting. It's like John Collins, right, is 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:55.280 John Collins the grim Reaper and og Anobi? 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.600 When will the news come down? When will the knock 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:03.200 not your mailman? And it will be the og Ananobi trade. 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.280 We finally got it. Toronto Raptors finally pulled the trigger. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.880 They send him pressures that Chuia Malechi Flynn to the 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:15.320 New York Knicks for RJ. Barrett, Toronto's own Emmanuel Quickly 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.320 six Man of the Year candidate and a second round pick. 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.799 There's a lot of people mad about this trade. A 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.960 lot of New York Knicks fans that are mad. Emmanuel 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.920 Quickly was beloved. I get that, but he was about 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:31.360 to try to make thirty million dollars a year and 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.640 he's coming up to the end of his contract, and 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.840 I promise you do not want to pay Emmanuel quickly 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.600 thirty million dollars when there is a finite amount of 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:43.280 resources to pay players. My initial thought is love it. 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.440 Love it for both sides. Love it most. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.400 Specifically for the New York Knicks. 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.919 You get a three and D guy who can shoot 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:51.440 forty percent from the corner. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.440 You saw this in the Miami. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.040 Heat Series when both teams went ice cold from deep. 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:01.720 Everyone starts to pack the paint. The passing lanes are 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.920 more difficult. The driving lanes are more difficult. Why because 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:08.440 everyone starts to collapse because they don't respect the shooters. 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.120 Now you're gonna be able to give the ball to 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.120 ogn Andobi driving kick out to him, and he's gonna 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:15.640 get that respect that he needs. 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.680 Also, his defense, even. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:19.840 Though he's not playing as good a defense as he 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.040 has in prior years, well at least the numbers say 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.400 that he hasn't. I think that's mostly due to the 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.920 system that he's playing under with Darko, So there's not 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.640 more like there's not that many guys that are three 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.679 and D that could also guard one through five. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:34.240 Like they're just not. 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.280 Like, there's not very many lockdown guys that are better 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:43.280 than Ognanoby seventh to two Wingspam six seven, big body, 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:48.600 very thick, can play multiple positions offensively and defensively, and 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:52.000 like I said, lockdown defender. For example, they just played 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.800 the Minnesota Timberwolves in his first game, hadn't even really 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.640 read the playbook, had not gone to any practices, barely 0:03:58.640 --> 0:03:59.720 spoke to Tom Thibodau. 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:00.880 What's however, And. 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.560 In sixty eight possessions spanning thirteen minutes defending aunt Edwards, 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.880 he held aunt Edwards to four for fourteen, with three 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.640 turnovers and zero assists. And that is a guy aunt 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:17.359 Edwards that is virtually unstoppable. Fred Katz, he covers the Knicks, 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.440 he said after Ognnoby's first game. Oh, by the way, 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:27.760 only twenty minutes for ognnob three threes, seventeen points, one steal. Anyway, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.200 he covers the Knicks. And he said this, you would 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.919 never guess that Annobe hasn't practiced with the team. He 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.440 finished with the Knicks debut with seventeen points on three 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.320 for six shooting from three. The principal reason the Knicks 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.320 brought him in was his defensive presence, But on Monday, 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:47.560 this Knicks offense changed two. When Ognanobi was asked about 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.320 a trade, he said, when I found out it was 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:52.960 the Knicks, I was definitely excited. I've always liked the team. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:54.880 I grew up a fan of basketball, and I've always 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.200 watched the Knicks. So ognnob now is going to re 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.360 sign with the Knicks. I promise you that he wants 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.400 to be in the area. He loves playing for them. 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.599 He's wanted to go to New York. He may even 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.159 take less money to be in New York. Jake Fisher 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:13.120 reported that ognob is looking for forty million dollars aav 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.080 but might take less for the Knicks, which is very 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.640 interesting and something that is setting up Domino's potentially to 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:20.560 fall down the road. 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.680 The Domino that I keep hearing about is a long shot. 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:28.360 But Joel Embi for the Raptors, they needed this, They 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.840 needed to shake some shit up because they had no 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.040 shot creator, and now they. 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:34.040 Do in Emmanuel quickly. 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.360 Emmanuel quickly now goes from the sixth man to the 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.120 starting point guard for the team. You now move a 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.919 disgruntle player who's wanted a bigger role for a long time, 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:45.120 and you replace him with a couple of players who 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:45.800 I think can. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:46.800 Really light it up. RJ. 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.159 Barrett. I'm not a huge fan of I'm a huge 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.800 fan of his game, but maybe he works better on 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.880 this team, even though they don't have any shooters either. 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.800 He's averaging eighteen four and two and that shot creation 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.600 is badly needed for the Raptors. Emmanuel Quickly right now 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.640 off the bench is giving you fifteen to three and 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.640 three and twenty four minutes per game. Both are considered 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.640 to be very high locker room guys. I think the 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:12.520 team is going to fall in love with and the 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.440 fan base is going to fall in love with IQ immediately. 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.920 They're both very young, young enough to rebuild the team 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.360 around them. And Scottie Barnes and now Barrett comes home 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.400 to Toronto. So it's a natural fit to me for 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:29.919 a team that's Long Sense, like Long Sense lost its identity. 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.560 Barrett was sad to leave the team that drafted him, 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:34.960 but he said he was happy to come home. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.440 He said, I'm really excited to be here. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.000 I'm thankful, I'm blessed I grew up a Raptors fan 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.120 all my life, so to come here and put the 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:45.000 jersey on, it's going to be great. I do think though, 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:49.200 as in aside, Zach Lowe made a good point when 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.000 he said the RJ. Barrett maybe has a toxic asset, 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.400 Maybe he has a toxic contract, And I think that's 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.200 probably a fair description for him. He's not a bad play, 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.360 but he makes a lot of money. And the only 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.560 reason he got that amount of money is because New 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.440 York knew that he was a trade piece. He was 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.880 supposed to be the trade piece to Utah for Donovan 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.640 Mitchell and they ended up getting og Anobi instead, which 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:15.320 I think is a much better fit. By the way, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.320 I don't think you have Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.000 as your back court and you move RJ. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.160 Bear I don't think that works. You needed a wing. Also. 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:27.160 The problem though, is that og Anobi is on an 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.119 expiring so he's going to be looking for forty million 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.080 dollars a year, and I honestly think OG's going to 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.679 take less to stay with the team. Tom Crean thinks 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.440 that this is going to change the entire outlook of 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:37.880 the East. 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.240 I don't know about that. I somewhat agree. 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.720 I think og Anobi will absolutely change the complexion of 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:49.240 the offense and the defense, but change the entire outlook 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.200 of the East that's a long shot. I do think 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:55.040 he'll flourish in Tibbs's system. I think pressures that you 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.040 helps them. They need some sort of backup big With 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.440 Mitchell Robinson out for the year and then Toronto, IQ 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.240 and Barrett are gonna immediately become starters on a team 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:05.240 that struggles to score. 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:07.480 And the Raps, by the way, would have. 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.480 Loved I'm sure to hold on to og and Andobi, 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.560 but he was gonna walk for nothing. So it's a 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.120 good thing that Massia has learned from his mistakes, because 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.320 you don't want to end up in another situation where 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:19.120 you lose a player for nothing, like you did with 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:23.400 Fred van Fleet or possibly Pascal Siakam. More on that 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:28.080 we gotta keep an eye on as well. Moving on 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.120 to a bit of old news is like a week 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:35.000 old ish, maybe a little longer, but the news of it, 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:39.920 the decision of it, the thought process of it is 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:44.280 still sticking in my crawl. I don't know why I 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.360 can't get over it. I don't think other people are 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.800 getting over it either. It's like just a regular season game, 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:54.719 idiot move, but it showcases the dysfunction that I have 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:59.800 been hearing about from the Brooklyn Nets for weeks. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.120 Now nex week's eight weeks. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.760 All of that to say, what the fuck are the 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.679 Brooklyn Nets doing? What are they doing? This team is 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.680 all kinds of fucked up. I can't understand what their 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.200 philosophy is. I can't understand. 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:14.640 Why they're doing the things that they do. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.480 I said the six weeks ago, people didn't believe me, 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:22.160 and now thankfully they're showing their ass. Thankfully they're showing 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.760 their ass. Last Wednesday, this is what happened. The Nets 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.760 played a Bucks team that has been struggling. It was 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:33.400 the nets fifth game in seven days. But let's be honest, 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.560 this is a very young team. The Bucks are playing 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:39.480 their third game in five days, so both teams probably 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:43.480 gassed right. The Nets, by the way, at home during 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:47.720 the Christmas break, wanted to sell out the arena, put 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:55.160 on a show, Yannie Dame, you know the crew, Michel Bridges, 0:09:55.920 --> 0:10:04.439 Nick Claxton, support them Brooklyn Brooklyn right right, like that's 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:05.040 the vibe. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.800 No wrong, not this Nets team. 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:13.200 It's grinch time, baby only Cole and you're fucking stalking 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:17.440 Why because we want to take the last little shred 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.680 of hope and desire and fun and excitement that you 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:25.080 have for this dog shit team, and we're going to 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.800 smash it into smithereens. Because why the Nets were like, 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.760 everyone that you want to see, we're not letting you 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.880 see besides Giannis and Dame. So the Nets decide to 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:41.200 sit Nick Claxton, Spencer, Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney Smith and Cam Johnson. 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.640 None of those dudes were injured at all. But by 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.520 the way, they still have mckail Bridges, right, they still 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.959 have Royce O'Neil, they still have Cam Thomas. Maybe Cam 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:53.600 Thomas will put up like sixty five right. No, also 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:57.520 not so fast. Jacques Von decided after the first quarter 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:02.040 to sit Bridges, Thomas, and O'Neill, and they were down 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.480 by one point. One point, they were not getting blown 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.640 out by thirty was like, okay, let's just send in 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.040 the white flag. No. 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:11.040 No, it was a competitive game all the way into 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.640 the middle of the third quarter. Fourth quarter comes round, 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.560 the Scrubs get gassed. Shocker. They lose by like a 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:23.120 million they've trailed by seven and a half time. This 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:24.959 is outrageous. 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:29.760 Not only have fans gone ballistic, not only did they 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:33.760 get eviscerated by the nets in the other NBA media even. 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.120 The other players. The players who got bench were like, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.440 I don't know what the fuck is going on. Don't 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.600 ask me. I have no clue what is happening. 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:45.439 Mikel Bridges was asked about why and his thoughts about 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:49.120 why he played only twelve minutes. Did not like the choice, 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:53.520 whatever that was, but it's whatever. Definitely was not a fan. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.080 How does he feel? What do you think that culture's 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.679 like right now? When Michel Bridges is like, didn' like that? 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.160 Whatever that was? 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:06.960 Yeah, whatever that was. When asked if he needed a rest, 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.840 he said, no, never need a rest. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.480 This is a dude who just went viral on TikTok 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:18.960 for eating Chipotle every single day for ten straight years. 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:24.760 A man of routine started a game every single game 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.360 for the last five years, maybe the more impressive stat 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:29.120 you've ever seen. 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.079 And guess what, and guess what, and they. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:37.079 Were like, fuck you, no shot, fuck your Chipotle and 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.960 your minutes played. Roy O'Neil was also asked about getting benched. 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:42.920 And he said, who. 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:43.760 Doesn't want to play out there? 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.000 I feel like if we had the chance, we would 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.360 say we don't want to rest. So let's check in 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:54.600 on jacque Von. Jacques, why'd you do it? Why would 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.640 you do that? Considering that it was a home game 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.920 that coincided with Christmas break when tons of kids would 0:12:59.920 --> 0:13:00.800 be coming. 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.160 Home to Barclays. 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.679 Jacque Von, are you actually the grinch that stole Christmas? 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:09.360 And he said, I've got to think short term and 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:10.960 long term and. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.760 Make executive decisions for the betterment of the group. It's 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.200 unfortunate tonight that they got to the point where we 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.600 were putting them in harms way by putting them out 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:20.520 there tonight. 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.040 What the are we going to war? 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:28.199 Is? This? Is this Vietnam? Like at Barclay Center? Were 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:32.280 there people in the bamboo with sniper rifles? What is 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:36.960 happening putting them in harm's way? We are talking basketball, 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.200 We are talking about a game. 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:41.520 Are you serious? 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.920 I would like Jaqvon to sit there and tell all 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:50.320 eighteen thousand and ninety nine paying customers who packed the 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.880 arena with the capacity of seventeen thousand, seven and thirty 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.040 two when this is one of the least sold out 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:01.040 arenas in NBA, one of the least watched teams in 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:06.600 basketball on TV. But hey, right, don't blame Jacques, blame 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.720 what the Nets call their quote unquote performance team, which 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:13.560 is tasked with figuring things out like load management. I 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.120 would like to say, as a strong believer in logic 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.760 that this is one of those games where Sean Marks 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.920 calls Jacques Vaughn up and says, we need to get 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:30.720 some minutes for Noah Clowney what like whoever like these 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:35.200 randoms on the team then probably need to be traded. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:40.200 Let's get some additional playing time for Harry Giles and 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.800 Dayron Sharp and Dennis Smith Junior. 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:45.440 Maybe it could be a nice. 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.640 Little piece to a contender needing a backup point guard. 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:53.320 Let's get Trendon Watford and Dereek Whitehead. Can you imagine 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:58.480 you're ten years old, right? Like you like Michale Bridges 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:03.000 and Nick Claxton, Right, hell, you even like Cam Thomas 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.680 and his chuckin' and you go there and you're excited. 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:10.160 It's Joannie versus your team, Jannis versus Nick Clackson. Instead, 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:15.080 you get a steady dose of Trendon Watford. Do you 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:17.600 know fucking pissed. I would be as a kid. Are 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:21.240 you serious? Vaughn's trying to play the good soldier. Sean 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.800 Marks has got his fingers in the mix. He's blaming 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.840 things on the performance team players have no clue. Nobody's 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:30.040 obviously communicating with them what the story is because they're 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:31.920 not playing the good soldier either. 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:33.360 They're saying we're clueless. 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.280 And when when Toll Bridges and Cam Johnson were upset 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.600 over the decision, guess what Jock Vaughan had to say. 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.560 This is where it gets more insane. He says, it's 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:47.160 just like my kids. That doesn't mean you have to 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.040 agree with me. I understand I have to make a choice. 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.840 That's my position as the head coach. But it's just 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.480 like my kids. Doesn't mean you have to agree with 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:57.280 my decision. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:15:59.040 Are we serious? 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:03.960 These grown men make millions of dollars and if they 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.640 don't win and get the playing time that they need, 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.520 that affects their careers. This is not like a kid 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:13.120 that wants to sleep over at his friend's house. This 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:17.640 is ridiculous. Thankfully, Damon, Giannison, Middleton, and Lopez all played. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.600 All Bucks starters played twenty nine or more minutes, even 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.720 on the road, even in their third game in five days. 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.880 Let me say this, If it was the other way around, 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:28.880 I would have understood it. 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.760 What does Milwaukee care about what Brooklyn fans think? 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:36.200 But no, they're the ones going out like Kobe Bryant 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:40.920 and showing out on a random game against a dog 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.480 shit team. The Nets have now lost eight of ten games. 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.200 They are now in danger of what I already saw, 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:50.280 which is punting on the entire season. They are perilously 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.840 close to losing their entire fan base after the toxicity 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.600 of the last three years. This was supposed to be 0:16:56.640 --> 0:17:01.440 the year where everyone got excited about the rebuilt, scrappy players, 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:10.080 development fun Kenny Atkinson nets, D'Angelo Russell nets, Jered Allen nets, No, no, no, no, no, 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:16.119 Dereek Whitehead Nets, Trendon Watford Nets. No one thinks this 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:18.560 team was ever gonna compete for a title, but a 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.719 playoff spot right now in the East real possibility, and 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:25.000 that that was a game you absolutely could beat the 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.480 Bucks in and that would have been a huge success 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.600 even for a franchise that's been a massive disappointment, just 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.359 beating the Bucks over Christmas break Those. 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.880 Are the little wins that would have been very meaningful. 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.560 But no, they're still gonna do bizarre things. Turn the 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:43.199 offense over to Cam Johnson or camp Thomas excuse me 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.200 when he's a liability, find a way to make mckailbridges 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.160 regress bench their starters when they're not hurt. And now 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.240 they're being investigated by the league to see if they're 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.760 in an in violation of the new NBA Anti tanking 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.680 roles rules, which, by the way, they are, they are 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:57.960 in violation I. 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:58.600 Think we all know. 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.320 Is not like the nets even matter if they're tanking 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:03.840 because they don't even have their own picks. 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.960 So what the fuck are the nets doing? 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.560 I have zero idea, and from the sound of things, 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:12.960 no one else does either. Can we also get the 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.760 hashtag free Spencer Din Whitty trending, free, Mchelbridge's trending, free, 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:23.800 Cam Johnson's trending. Please someone fix this now? 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:25.800 All right, let's move on. 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.320 It's time for the first Heimmie of the week. In 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:31.920 twenty twenty four, we go with the Joker pretty much 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:33.760 every week. I can go with Joe l Embiid even 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.200 though he's been banged up eleven games away. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:37.359 By the way, not being. 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:39.679 Eligible for a postseason award, which would be terrible, but 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.399 instead the himI Award goes. 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.800 To Jaw Jaw. 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:49.600 Morrat is back baby like he's never left. He's averaging 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.240 twenty five to five and eight in his last four games, 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:55.280 not even peak John numbers, but what is. 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:57.240 The Grizzlies are four and. 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.440 Two in the six games he's played, which is pretty 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.000 much the percentage of winning that everyone expected them to 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:05.800 be in. Imagine that John Moran is just discovering his 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.440 sea legs. He's only five for twenty nine for three 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.879 this season, and when he starts hitting more threes, his 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:15.080 numbers are going to inflate, jump up above thirty. 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:17.240 That's what we expect from Drummran right. He was named 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:19.760 NBA Player of the Week. That was well deserved. 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.480 He's resurrected a tough season for the grizz given the 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:24.399 fan base hope we need that, we need that. 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.200 His return coincided with a four. 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:32.560 Game winning streak and included wins against the Hawks, the 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.800 Pacers two wins against the Pelicans. Those are not terrible 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:39.840 teams either. Those are legit tough to beat on any 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:42.880 regular season night type of the games. The entire team 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:47.000 is now excited, now transformed, which is why Jamarant is 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:50.240 a star. Not just a star, but probably one of 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:53.919 the five best players in the NBA star when he's healthy. 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:57.840 I was on Memphis Radio's U When with my guys 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.639 Jason and John and I stand by though what I 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:02.879 told him. This is a league that needs Jamran on 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:04.880 the floor. There's just nobody like him on the league. 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:08.040 There's just nobody. It's obvious when you see Jaw that 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:11.160 he is the best show on the hardwood, even when 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:14.280 he does the obnoxious dance clown and the Pelicans on 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:17.480 their own floor with their own dance after beating them 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:19.000 with like two seconds left. 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.840 That's very entertaining. That is peak Jaw. 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:24.760 So of all the hymmies I've given out this year, 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:28.359 this one makes me the happiest. Thank God Jamran is back. 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:31.760 Jamran is the Hemmy of the week. Many more himmies 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:32.480 for him to come. 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:35.040 He is I and I am him. Slim with a 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:39.320 tilted brim, He's him. Lots of little news stories. 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:41.720 From around the league, so let's get into a few 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.800 things that caught my eye. This is a crazy story 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:49.560 about Aaron Gordon. He has missed a week's worth of 0:20:49.640 --> 0:20:53.280 games because he got bit by his own dog. 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:55.720 Man do I know that story better than anyone else. 0:20:55.920 --> 0:21:00.000 I have a twelve pound Pomeranian. She is vicious. 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:02.600 If I touch the back of her at night, she 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:04.840 will bite my face. And that is what happened to 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:08.080 Aaron Gordon as well. But I don't think of Pomeranian. 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:11.240 I think a very very big dog. Sham's dropped the bomb. 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:14.240 Boom, This is the bomb. This is the sound of 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:15.080 the Shawn's bomb. 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:17.760 He dropped the bomb on Christmas Day when he reported 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:22.320 that Aaron Gordon has suffered serious injuries to his face 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:26.439