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Speaker 1: Heat Check, Heat Check Check. It's just a crit on
Speaker 1: this episode of the Heat Check. It's cold outside, but
Speaker 1: the league is heating up. We got the latest on
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell Aunt Edwards has some baby mama drama. You
Speaker 1: don't say, James Harden destroyed the Pacers, gets back at
Speaker 1: all his haters and Philly once and for all. And
Speaker 1: we get some other news around the league and a
Speaker 1: special interview with spoke Teckskeith Smith. Let's get right into it.
Speaker 1: William drop that motherfucking beat that should beat Rihanna. So
Speaker 1: we mentioned on Monday that after a very mediocre start
Speaker 1: to the season, the Calves have now been hit with
Speaker 1: the injury bug in a huge way. Evan Mobley out
Speaker 1: eight weeks, gonna have surgery, and Darius Garland broken face,
Speaker 1: long stretch on the ir as well. That's what it was,
Speaker 1: broken face, Just a rough quarter of the season for
Speaker 1: a team that a lot of people thought could take
Speaker 1: another step. It was an inflection point for the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Cavaliers and they are going the wrong direction. Some people
Speaker 1: penciled them in for a top four spot this year.
Speaker 1: But that's not all, folks, that's not all that's unsettled
Speaker 1: in Cleveland Cavalier land, and maybe those things are connected.
Speaker 1: The backdrop to all of this is that their star player,
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell. We want to know what his fate is
Speaker 1: gonna be. It is strange considering that he's under contract
Speaker 1: until July twenty twenty five, but that's the NBA today.
Speaker 1: If you know this man's not extending, you can't wait.
Speaker 1: You can't wait for next free agent season. You can't
Speaker 1: wait for next summer. By that time he's gonna be
Speaker 1: a free agent and he leaves. You can't wait till
Speaker 1: next trade deadline either, because his value is gonna go down,
Speaker 1: so he must if you're going to trade him, he
Speaker 1: must be traded before this deadline. Brian Windhorst and Tim
Speaker 1: Bontemps on the Hoot Collected both agree Donovan Mitchell not
Speaker 1: staying with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is not signing an extension.
Speaker 1: He has already turned one down. And Matt screens oo oo,
Speaker 1: oh my god. We just paid a boat load for
Speaker 1: this man and it's not going well. And we knew
Speaker 1: that was kind of the case. Right, we knew you go,
Speaker 1: He's going to Cleveland. Okay, He's been wearing Mets hats
Speaker 1: and Yankees hats all summer long. I think just Mets hats,
Speaker 1: been wearing New York gears, showing up all around, going
Speaker 1: to going to all kinds of events, going to concerts,
Speaker 1: all in New York City. Trade me, trade me, Trade
Speaker 1: me to New York please nix trade for me. And
Speaker 1: then he ends up in Cleveland. Of course he's not
Speaker 1: gonna stay. You kidding me. It's Cleveland. Remember what Jokeim
Speaker 1: Noah said about Cleveland. I barely even go outside or
Speaker 1: look out my window. It's Cleveland. The sooner though, that
Speaker 1: Cleveland moves on from him, then the better. There could
Speaker 1: be as many as five teams in the mix, Wendy said.
Speaker 1: Actually two of them, the Nets and the Knicks, could
Speaker 1: get into a bidding war over Mitchell in the near future.
Speaker 1: But also the Heat. What are they gonna give. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give Tyler Herro a top twenty unprotected pick in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine, like we know what time it is
Speaker 1: with the Miami Heat, don't we. Also two more teams
Speaker 1: in the Southwest Division are in the mix which they
Speaker 1: he won't say who Dallas, Memphis, Houston, New Orleans, and
Speaker 1: San Antonio. Ooh, Memphis would be sick whoo. But you
Speaker 1: could no, can't do that, God, Desmond Baine. But really,
Speaker 1: I've got some thoughts what y'all talk about in a second,
Speaker 1: in terms of who I like in the Southwest Division
Speaker 1: for him to go to. I have a team in mind,
Speaker 1: but here are my initial thoughts. So the Calves give
Speaker 1: up a boat low for Donovan Mitchell one of those players.
Speaker 1: Now there's new news surfacing that Danny Ainge will not
Speaker 1: trade Lori Markinen for less than five first round picks,
Speaker 1: which is just so Danny Ainge. It's like, man, I
Speaker 1: know this man like the back of my hand. I
Speaker 1: know Danny Ainge in his moves more than I know
Speaker 1: my own mother's Laurie Markanen. Five first round picks, Okay, anyway,
Speaker 1: that's just one piece that you traded for him. You
Speaker 1: traded Oshay, ok Bogie, he's probably worth the first calling Sexton,
Speaker 1: God knows how much he's worth. And you traded three
Speaker 1: first round picks and pick swaps. That's at least nine
Speaker 1: first rounders that they're in the hole four, just getting
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell as a rental. And here is what I
Speaker 1: find fascinating. Utah got all of that because Utah didn't
Speaker 1: need to trade Donovan Mitchell. There was no urgency to
Speaker 1: trade Donovan Mitchell. They wanted to make that move, and
Speaker 1: they wanted to clean house, and they wanted picks and
Speaker 1: young players right now. But now, folks, the Cleveland Lears
Speaker 1: are on the clock. Every single team in the league
Speaker 1: knows that they're on the clock, tick tick tick until
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell decides to be a Nick Nick Nick. What
Speaker 1: do they get back for Donovan Mitchell. You imagine that
Speaker 1: the only places that can trade for him are places
Speaker 1: that he will extend or re sign. That's that leads
Speaker 1: us to the Nets and the Knicks New York. What
Speaker 1: would that package look like For the Nets, I mean,
Speaker 1: you're probably looking at like Cam Johnson when he's available
Speaker 1: to be traded in January. You got dfs. They need
Speaker 1: wing depth at Spencer Dinwiddie. They need a backup guard
Speaker 1: or a starting guard really to pair with Terius Garland.
Speaker 1: For the Knicks, it's probably RJ. Barrett's probably somewhat similar
Speaker 1: to the package that they would have put together for him,
Speaker 1: initially only less because he's under team control for less time.
Speaker 1: But a team that I actually think Donovan Mitchell will
Speaker 1: be a great fit on, and a team that is
Speaker 1: sneaky not been discussed at all, but I think fits
Speaker 1: the caliber of player that he is. The culture fits
Speaker 1: him are the Houston Rockets. My oh my, have things
Speaker 1: change so fast? Ima Udoka has these boys playing like dogs,
Speaker 1: straight dogs. I think he would be an excellent fit
Speaker 1: next to Fred van Fleet and Dylan Brooks. He's tough,
Speaker 1: he's physical, he plays bigger than he is. Him and
Speaker 1: Fred are a nice undersized backcourt, and you get rid
Speaker 1: of Jalen Green, who is just a chucklehead. What does
Speaker 1: that package look like? Probably some of the depth that thought,
Speaker 1: Maybe Jabbari. I don't want trade Jabari, but probably something
Speaker 1: like Jabbari and picks. As for Donovan, he's tired of
Speaker 1: this shit. He's like, I, you guys already know what
Speaker 1: time it is, Like, I'm not gonna say a word
Speaker 1: because i don't want to make the Cleveland fan base upset,
Speaker 1: so I'm just not gonna say anything at all. He's
Speaker 1: like single handedly carrying this Calves team until his players
Speaker 1: come back and everybody's like, are you getting traded? Do
Speaker 1: you want to be tree? Where do you want to
Speaker 1: be traded? What would that package look like? Have you
Speaker 1: picked out a new house yet? And he's like, yo, stop,
Speaker 1: this is his quote. My job is to focus on this.
Speaker 1: We have two guys that are out, so I'm not
Speaker 1: answering anything, and no disrespect. I appreciate that you have
Speaker 1: to ask the question, but I'm not going there. Quit
Speaker 1: asking stop, stop stop. My focus is on these guys
Speaker 1: being out and us trying to find a way to
Speaker 1: get wins. Oh boy, did he get a win last
Speaker 1: night or two nights ago? Thirty seven points? Willing his
Speaker 1: way to win, And now that MBT seems happy again
Speaker 1: in Philly, everything looks right in Philadelphia. Donovan is now
Speaker 1: the big star that's going to be on the move.
Speaker 1: He's the number one big game that everybody is hunting.
Speaker 1: So if you want to change your fortunes overnight, it's
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell and only Donovan Mitchell. So let's keep a
Speaker 1: very close eye on this moving forward.