WEBVTT - 2023 Summer League Recap

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<v Speaker 1>You're tuned into Heat Check with Trystal Quick. On this

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<v Speaker 1>episode of the Heat Check, it's officially the off season. Baby.

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<v Speaker 1>We are about to head on a much needed content vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>Where is Windhorse right now? Probably on a beach. Where

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<v Speaker 1>is Zach Low right now? Probably in the trees of

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<v Speaker 1>the forest. Guess what we're putting out the last episode

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<v Speaker 1>of the NBA podcast season. Let's put a bow on

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<v Speaker 1>the Summer League and the tea that's been brewing around

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA. I gotta get up out of here, nick.

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<v Speaker 1>I will be gone for the next two weeks unless

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<v Speaker 1>I'm breaking news goes down. So do me a favor.

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<v Speaker 1>Drop that generic ass beat. This should be Rihanna all sad.

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<v Speaker 1>The Summer League exhibition in Las Vegas that nearly killed

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<v Speaker 1>me is over. Google for yourself really fast in me

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<v Speaker 1>the Las Vegas throat. It's not what you think it means.

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<v Speaker 1>It really is not. That's what I had pause for

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<v Speaker 1>the last nine days in Las Vegas. Turns out the

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<v Speaker 1>frequency of my voice doesn't penetrate pause at the club.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying. A title game between the

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<v Speaker 1>Rockets and the Calves ended tonight. Do you know that

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<v Speaker 1>the Cleveland Cavaliers were thirty to one to win the

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<v Speaker 1>whole Summer League? Did you know of that? Just a

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<v Speaker 1>beat down over the Rockets. The Rockets hadn't lost a

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<v Speaker 1>game before Amani Bates and friends came through with the

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<v Speaker 1>Tomahawk to decapitate the Houston Rockets. Did you watch it? No,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you didn't. Don't even lie. Cam Whitmore, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, one MVP. We'll talk about that in a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Remember he was expected projected to be a

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<v Speaker 1>top five pick, and then even the team that's light

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<v Speaker 1>years ahead of everyone else, the Golden State Warriors, passed

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<v Speaker 1>on him so that he goes to the Houston Rockets

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<v Speaker 1>at twenty, which begs the question, though, does anyone really

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<v Speaker 1>give a shit about the end of the Summer League?

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people joking in the Twitter streets saying

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<v Speaker 1>that it should have been shut down after the first

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<v Speaker 1>weekend most big league players leave big parties tendem only

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<v Speaker 1>happened in the first few days, which is actually a

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<v Speaker 1>lie considering that the WNBA parties were absolutely lit. Cannice

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<v Speaker 1>Parker was getting busy on the dance floor anyway, I digress.

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<v Speaker 1>ESPN coverage takes a dive like broadcasters you've never heard of,

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<v Speaker 1>and Isaiah Thomas start debating the usefulness of the silent

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<v Speaker 1>e in the English language, like that's where we're at

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<v Speaker 1>in the summer leagues. Teams shut high draft picks down

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<v Speaker 1>after the second game, interest in buzz memes by Joe's

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<v Speaker 1>Tsaiah starts to weigh on the internet. It becomes one

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<v Speaker 1>of those boo boom, boom boom. It's like just straight

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<v Speaker 1>dust mothballs in the Twitter streets. So who cares about

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<v Speaker 1>the second half of Summer League? Does anyone actually give

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<v Speaker 1>a shit who wins the tournament? That's a very complicated question.

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<v Speaker 1>It depends on who you ask. If you are Ausar Thompson,

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<v Speaker 1>if you were aiming Thompson a fifth pick in the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>top five lottery pick, you probably don't care. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that affects your life in absolutely no way. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>worried about the Warren Lagarry Summer League ring and the

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<v Speaker 1>MVP trophy? The answer, no, shade to Warren in the

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League MVP Trophy, but no, Like that does not

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<v Speaker 1>affect you at all. Like you see Summer League as

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<v Speaker 1>a way to announce your arrival to the league, to

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<v Speaker 1>show out, to show your teammates what's up, to show

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<v Speaker 1>the batties out there. Who needs to be putting a

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<v Speaker 1>target on your back. You're already getting four years, five

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<v Speaker 1>years guaranteed. You're probably wrapped by Bill Duffy. You're probably

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<v Speaker 1>got multiple endorsement deals, already, set up gatorade cases in

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<v Speaker 1>your garage, shoes on, shoes on shoes. What else do

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<v Speaker 1>you need? Life's good. So if you win the Summer League,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's just you're just sitting there in street clothes,

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<v Speaker 1>popping a bottle of Rose Champagne, get your mug on

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<v Speaker 1>ESPN Torque with Holly Row and navigate your new found fate.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you are an undrafted free agent, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a second round pick, the championship game, getting to the

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<v Speaker 1>championship game where eyeballs are on you important, eyeballs are

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<v Speaker 1>on you, very important. It's an extra game in front

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<v Speaker 1>of a national TV audience. It's an opportunity to showcase

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<v Speaker 1>your skills to your coaches and your organization. And more importantly,

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't latch onto your original team in the

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League, it's more important that you show yourself to

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<v Speaker 1>other teams like Max Struce. Max Streuce initially impressed at

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<v Speaker 1>the Bulls Summer League while secretly catching the eye of

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<v Speaker 1>Andy Ellisberg and pat Riley, and then he parlayed that

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<v Speaker 1>into a ten day contract with the Heat and into

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<v Speaker 1>a sixty three million dollar contract with the Cavs. That

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<v Speaker 1>is what the exposure at summer league can do for

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<v Speaker 1>a player who very badly needs exposure. Even if fans

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<v Speaker 1>aren't in the stands, they are. It's a convention, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>they're executives and scouts, and they still remain and they

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<v Speaker 1>are everywhere like fleas, like flies, like rodents. They are

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<v Speaker 1>putting in the time watching Orlando versus Dallas yuck at

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<v Speaker 1>nine pm yuck at the Cock Center, yuck on the

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<v Speaker 1>last Friday night of Summer league. Yuck. And they think

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<v Speaker 1>about it like it's Game seven of the Western Conference Finals.

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<v Speaker 1>Kobe Buffkin might as well be Kobe Bryant to them

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<v Speaker 1>to like third string scout who lives for this shit.

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<v Speaker 1>He just wants to talk about wingspan and like hip

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<v Speaker 1>size and mobility. That's him. That's his shit. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>a good thing too, because the vast majority of summer

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<v Speaker 1>league roster players never make it to the NBA, but

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of them are gonna play professionally somewhere. Summer

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<v Speaker 1>League will give him instant credibility, instant access to their

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<v Speaker 1>tape where you cook a lottery pick. He's been touted

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<v Speaker 1>as the next best thing, and you know what, you

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<v Speaker 1>twisted his ankles up. That is how a kid from

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<v Speaker 1>Towson ends up making seven figures a year at Olympiacos

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<v Speaker 1>or Fenner Bacchi or Leon a Bug or any of

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<v Speaker 1>the one hundred euro teams that exist there. And some

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<v Speaker 1>of these guys they parlay euros success then as a

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<v Speaker 1>path back to the league as a scout or executive

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<v Speaker 1>or a coach, as brand ambassadors. It's corporate liaison, and

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<v Speaker 1>god forbid, maybe they actually make it to the league. League.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk to Patrick Beverley about that. They just want to

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<v Speaker 1>be surrounded in the game that they love. They're willing

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<v Speaker 1>to spend years traveling by bus, probably at the little

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<v Speaker 1>tippy top of the bus, like those double deckers in

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<v Speaker 1>the dusty roads and the icy snow conditions and the Balkans,

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<v Speaker 1>just to figure out a way to play one more season,

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<v Speaker 1>just to figure out a way to win at any level.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of these guys returned the Summer League to start

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<v Speaker 1>the process all over again, like moths butterflies. That's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of beautiful to me. So here's what we're not gonna do.

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<v Speaker 1>We are not mocking the end of Summer League because

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<v Speaker 1>we didn't see Chet Holmgren, or we didn't see Victor

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<v Speaker 1>wembin Yama. By the way, I figured out a way

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<v Speaker 1>to say his name. It's not Wambayama anymore. It's wembin Yama. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So we're good there. Summer League isn't just for them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's for Wendell Green and Luke Travers and Craig Porter Junior,

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<v Speaker 1>all of whom have played for the Cavs. It's for

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<v Speaker 1>Trevor Huggins and Matthew Mayer, har Harrold and James Hoff

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<v Speaker 1>of the Rockets. This means something to them. So celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League from beginning to end. It's like the end

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<v Speaker 1>of a marathon. You're too tired to celebrate it properly,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know you did something and you accomplish something great.

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot wait for that next year. I absolutely flourish

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<v Speaker 1>at Summer League. It is the best thing in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>Event Wise, I'll see you guys next year. So the

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League released it's awards directly following the championship game.

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<v Speaker 1>The MVP of the Summer League, Cam Weird body concern,

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<v Speaker 1>medical issues, mental concern. Whipmore. Yeah, yeah, that guy, the

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<v Speaker 1>guy that was supposed to be a top five draft

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<v Speaker 1>pick that they thought Houston might pick at four over

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<v Speaker 1>Amon Thompson. Oh no, he slipped all the way to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty and then ended up on the same damn team

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<v Speaker 1>that was thinking about drafting in the fucking first place. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not so sure why that happened again. Is it

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<v Speaker 1>his medical Is it because Cam Whitmore doesn't smile for

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<v Speaker 1>the cameras, Yes, sir, No, sir. Oh, I'm so happy

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<v Speaker 1>to be here, sir. I don't know. Some people said

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<v Speaker 1>his knees and his ankles were all fucked up. He

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<v Speaker 1>looked pretty damn good to me. He looked pretty damn

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<v Speaker 1>good to me. He was consistently the best player on

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<v Speaker 1>the floor as soon as Jabari Smith got shut down

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<v Speaker 1>most of the Summer League, he was incredible. If Keyante

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<v Speaker 1>George didn't get injured, maybe he wins it. But his

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<v Speaker 1>slash line was crazy. Twenty six and two and three

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<v Speaker 1>steals a game. Cam Whitmore was everywhere. Did you see

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<v Speaker 1>his jumper? If you look at he is a pro

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<v Speaker 1>everything about Cam Whitmore head two toes is pro basketball player,

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<v Speaker 1>jump shot, wet, strong, athletic, can dunk, can get out

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<v Speaker 1>into transition, decent form in terms of his jump shot,

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<v Speaker 1>arc release all that. He also made first Team All

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League, which was also announced. Here's the first full team,

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<v Speaker 1>Kyante George for guard Sam Who the fuck is Sam Merrill?

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations Sam Merril, We got you. Viral, my guy, we

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<v Speaker 1>got you. Viral. Hunter Tyson at the forward spot also

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<v Speaker 1>got a little love on the IG page. Cam Whitmore

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<v Speaker 1>and Orlando Robinson, who was ballin'. Here's the second team,

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<v Speaker 1>Max Christy in the backcourt, Javon Freeman, Liberty who are you?

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<v Speaker 1>Where'd you come from? And oh my god, baby Tatum,

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<v Speaker 1>Baby Tatum, Xavier Moon from the LA Clippers. I slanted

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<v Speaker 1>this man, I said, the Clippers at such a bad roster.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what, he did nothing but make shots.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all he did. I don't think he missed a

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<v Speaker 1>shot really in five Summer League games. Every time I

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<v Speaker 1>saw him put one in the hoop, it was like

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<v Speaker 1>the thirty six of thirty six in the front court

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<v Speaker 1>Amani Baits from the Calves, Jabari Smith from the Rockets,

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<v Speaker 1>and jay Lynn Wilson, another Kansas grad plan for the

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn Nets. I'm sure Keegan Murray would have made the list.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure Scoot would have made the list, but listen,

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't play enough games. I am especially impressed with

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<v Speaker 1>Amani Baits. He looked like a stud right away. He

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<v Speaker 1>looks very solid. Hunter Tyson seems primed to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>a way to be into the roawation steal some of

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Green and Bruce Brown's minutes. Why did they pay

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<v Speaker 1>Reggie Jackson and not Jeff Green. I'm just still kind

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<v Speaker 1>of confused by that. But what's moving forward? I love

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<v Speaker 1>Summer League. It's even getting busier and busier and more

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<v Speaker 1>fun every year. Who will be the next young undrafted

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<v Speaker 1>or late first round, early second round to make the

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<v Speaker 1>first team All Summer League. We're gonna have to find out.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's move forward to the tee, a little tea around

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA iced tea, hot tea, any tea. Before we

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<v Speaker 1>break for the month, we're gonna have to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on. In Philly. Yeah, of all the teams

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<v Speaker 1>during the start of a very sleepy season, the Sixers

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<v Speaker 1>are in disarray. I hate to see that, I do.

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<v Speaker 1>Philly is now facing not one but two potential star

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<v Speaker 1>player crisis, the first leading directly into the second. Domino

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<v Speaker 1>that seems to fall just as often on the floor

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<v Speaker 1>as a domino. So the latest, I'm really surprised you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't find that to be funny. So the latest is

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<v Speaker 1>that the NBA's Butch Cassidy and Sun Dance, Darryl Morey

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<v Speaker 1>and James Harden aren't like peanut butter and chocolate anymore,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't like peas and carrots anymore, aren't like macaroni and

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<v Speaker 1>cheese and greens anymore. Their relationship, according to Sham's big word, fractured, fractured, fractured,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, big time. Harden is of course looking for

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<v Speaker 1>a long term deal. He gave them a mench move

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<v Speaker 1>last year, took a team friendly two year deal. He

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<v Speaker 1>opted in because he's like, you will not pay me,

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<v Speaker 1>I will be traded. He let the team sign PJ.

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<v Speaker 1>Talker and Daniel I fucked the COVID tester in the

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<v Speaker 1>bubble house. Junior. Sham's reported Sham's reported excuse me, Sean'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>The relationship between James Harden, I almost call him joms

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<v Speaker 1>Harden because of Sean's Joms Harden and Darryl Moury is

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<v Speaker 1>essentially severed. Uh, it's actually worse than fractured, severed. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you want your leg to be fractured or do you

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<v Speaker 1>want your leg to be severed? Okay, that's how I

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<v Speaker 1>process that. It's essentially fractured throughout this process. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers are uninterested in signing up Big Gang James long

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<v Speaker 1>term because why, I mean, you know why. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna be easy trading him to where he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to go, which is the La Clippers. So we've got

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<v Speaker 1>a big old fashioned Western standoff here. We got Darryl Moury,

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<v Speaker 1>who outlasted even Ben Simmons and figured out a way

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<v Speaker 1>to get James Harden for him, versus James Harden, who

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden seems to have eaten his way

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<v Speaker 1>into another fat suit alongside of little Baby who still

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<v Speaker 1>looks fantastic with perfect skin, all in the span of

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<v Speaker 1>two years. The unexpected outcome of all of this is

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<v Speaker 1>that Joel Embiid is maybe thinking about playing for another team.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you ask, oh, well, because Harden doesn't appear

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<v Speaker 1>to want to come back. Buckle up, folks. Joella Embiid

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<v Speaker 1>said this when Rachel Nichols asked him how he felt

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<v Speaker 1>when he heard the news about James asking out of Philly.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, disappointed, But then again, I also understand that

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<v Speaker 1>it's a business. You know, people make decisions, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>more appreciative of the way that he's handled the whole situation.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna be boys forever. I want him to come back, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>so we can go out and accomplish what we want,

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<v Speaker 1>which is to win a championship, which is obviously not

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<v Speaker 1>a possibility. I mean, everybody knows that anyway. He elaborated

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<v Speaker 1>further to Uninterrupted to Maverick Carter Lebron, James is a

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<v Speaker 1>business manager in a like Ted talk environment, in a

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<v Speaker 1>way that made some Sixers fans very fearful, he said this,

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to win a championship, whatever it takes.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know where that's gonna be, whether that's Philly

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<v Speaker 1>or anywhere else. I just want to have a chance.

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<v Speaker 1>Say it ain't So that's the beginning of a Damian

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<v Speaker 1>Lillard situation. I know that because I've been involved in

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<v Speaker 1>that or anywhere else. I just want a chance. That

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<v Speaker 1>is dame. That's how it starts, and it ends with

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<v Speaker 1>guys like Joel Embiid hosting a trophy for the New

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<v Speaker 1>York Knicks or the Oklahoma City Thunder. I know. Joelle

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<v Speaker 1>came out and said on Twitter that he was trolling

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<v Speaker 1>because that's his middle name when he wants to get

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<v Speaker 1>people all riled up. But so did Damian Lillard when

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<v Speaker 1>he was in Wherever the fuck Overseas and all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, coincidentally, a big Willie style will Smith started

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<v Speaker 1>playing Welcome to Miami, A'm benito a Miami on the

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<v Speaker 1>IG Live and he was like, oh, oh that's a

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<v Speaker 1>total EDG. Does not mean anything. And then all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, like nine days later, it was like, Damian

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<v Speaker 1>Lillard requests to be traded to the Miami Heat. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe that's just why he thought of it. Maybe it

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<v Speaker 1>was just a coincidence of the song and you just

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<v Speaker 1>had a little divine revelation. No shit, that song's on,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go to Miami now. This is a crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>crazy offseason. It's all fun and Games Sixer fans, until

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<v Speaker 1>your star player has one intended destination that is not

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<v Speaker 1>the team that he is currently on. Joe Ellenbiid is

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<v Speaker 1>not making the Sixers feel any more cozy inside about

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening. Funny funny how the Sixers feel like they're

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<v Speaker 1>about to become the next Portland Trailblazers. That's all the

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<v Speaker 1>time that we have for the heat check. A little

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<v Speaker 1>housekeeping news, we are taking a well earned content vacation

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<v Speaker 1>for the next two weeks. I probably will still be

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<v Speaker 1>the pod. Things are slowing all the way down, but

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<v Speaker 1>we will be back. In early August. We were preparing

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<v Speaker 1>you for the new NBA season talking about how these

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<v Speaker 1>me for now three full NBA seasons. We will see

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