Speaker 1: You're tuned into Heat Check, but just a quick on
Speaker 1: this episode of the Heat Check. Everybody right now is
Speaker 1: doing an NBA season preview episode. Not everyone, though, is
Speaker 1: doing and redoing their preview episode, because that is exactly
Speaker 1: what we are doing today. This is the real shit
Speaker 1: right here, just for you Heat Checkers. No Locked On collaboration,
Speaker 1: no corporate crick. This is the real shit right here.
Speaker 1: Hose Apparently there was request for the word hose in
Speaker 1: the episode, So we will be talking about your favorite
Speaker 1: your favorite team, and mine why they probably won't win
Speaker 1: the championship. I'm no sellout, folks, just remember that, so
Speaker 1: do me a favor, Nick and drop that motherfucking beat. So,
Speaker 1: followers of the Heat Check, no, if you have this
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Speaker 1: and you should as well. I recorded a special crossover
Speaker 1: episode with the folks from Locked On dun nunchdn don
Speaker 1: dun nunch uh and now regular listeners may have noticed
Speaker 1: that something was a little different than the normal Heat
Speaker 1: Check episodes. How would I put the difference? What's the
Speaker 1: best way to describe it? I was, well, I'll let
Speaker 1: my two favorite guys, Dlo and Casey let you know
Speaker 1: what they thought, courtesy of their awesome DL and Casey
Speaker 1: show on thirteen twenty ESPN in Sacramento, where I have
Speaker 1: the honor of being their guest every Friday at five
Speaker 1: pm Eastern Standard Time. Here is what they had to
Speaker 1: say on the show. I love the new podcast, by
Speaker 1: the way, the preview of the NBA season hold On,
Speaker 1: hold On, I mean, I don't know what's going on
Speaker 1: here with Corporate the corporate champion. I knew that was corporate.
Speaker 1: You went, you turned heeled just like The Rock did
Speaker 1: back in ninety ninety eight and aligned himself with Vince McMahon.
Speaker 1: You didn't call no one a hoe. You didn't cuss
Speaker 1: one single time in that podcast. Oh yeah, so yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: yeah yeah yeah yah. Hold on, godden up, Trista crick.
Speaker 1: So they found out, but it was pretty obvious, apparently,
Speaker 1: and a commenter in the Chatty House Delo in Casey's
Speaker 1: YouTube said it best. Tristan was like when your parents
Speaker 1: get on a phone call from work and you're looking
Speaker 1: at him like, who is that? Who is that person
Speaker 1: that I'm listening to on the phone. So I figured
Speaker 1: because a ton of the teams that I was planning
Speaker 1: on talking about with Donna. Didn't end up get getting
Speaker 1: talked about that we should do it again, And in hindsight,
Speaker 1: I think I was a little bit too corporate for
Speaker 1: the lockdown folks. So I figured, let's do a more
Speaker 1: comprehensive preview of the teams, including the teams that I missed.
Speaker 1: So let's get into it, hose the big question everyone
Speaker 1: wants to know, of course, who's gonna win it all?
Speaker 1: Who who is it gonna be? Let's go through the
Speaker 1: contenders according to what Vegas has to say. Golden State
Speaker 1: plus six hundred, That means six to one odds, Boston
Speaker 1: plus five hundred. Kind of crazy considering everything that's going
Speaker 1: on with them. Milwaukee plus six fifty, Brooklyn plus seven hundred,
Speaker 1: and the Clippers plus seven hundred the two top favorites.
Speaker 1: How would I put this? They're going through some shit
Speaker 1: right now, aren't they. They are having some internal struggles.
Speaker 1: We already know what was going on with Boston. And
Speaker 1: the last time that we discussed the Draymond versus Pool incident,
Speaker 1: we didn't have no video, And now I've got the
Speaker 1: video and looking at it, it looks like looks like
Speaker 1: something close to a scuffle and probably borderline assault. And
Speaker 1: so now we do have the videos, We've got all
Speaker 1: kinds of think pieces Bitten being written by Tim Kawakami
Speaker 1: of The Athletic, probably from probably pushed from Jordan Poole's
Speaker 1: PR team, because it's very pro Jordan Poole about oh,
Speaker 1: I don't know, Draymond's now potentially the odd man out
Speaker 1: and oh, Draymond's possibly gonna get traded because they can't
Speaker 1: possibly pay everyone. That Jordan Poole now has all of
Speaker 1: the power, and that, oh, if Jordan Poole is uncomfortable
Speaker 1: playing basketball with Draymond Green, it might just mean that
Speaker 1: Draymond Green has to go. And that would be a
Speaker 1: totally fair perspective of Jordan Poole, considering that he was assaulted. Folks,
Speaker 1: it's a cool it's a cold game out there. It's
Speaker 1: a cold game, cold game. I've seen some things on
Speaker 1: instag Yes, I have some rumors, rumors about what Jordan
Speaker 1: Poole said. Did Draymond Green talked around, have asked around
Speaker 1: a little. One person said, you know what, there's only
Speaker 1: a couple people in the league. I dislike Jordan Poole
Speaker 1: is one of them. And you know what kind of
Speaker 1: happy to see Draymond Green hit him in the face.
Speaker 1: I think the term was stole on him. I was
Speaker 1: glad to see Draymond Green stole on him. So so
Speaker 1: that is an interesting little element. The things I saw
Speaker 1: on the internet are true dirty game, some dirty triple
Speaker 1: single accusations, some things. Does it mean, though, that they're
Speaker 1: gonna really trade Draymond Green? Does it mean that they
Speaker 1: shouldn't be considered the top or at least the second top.
Speaker 1: They should be the top, Let's be honest. They want
Speaker 1: it all. Whoever wins it all should always be the
Speaker 1: top unless they lost half their team or all their team.
Speaker 1: Is it a bad look? Yeah, it is a bad luck.
Speaker 1: Does it make the Warriors part of this new a
Speaker 1: nobody messing with? M click click of the dysfunctional teams
Speaker 1: around the NBA? Yes, yes, they're all in a little
Speaker 1: lunch table together somehow a lot of them are contending.
Speaker 1: I've been to the finals in the last two years,
Speaker 1: but here they are. Here they are. Does it give
Speaker 1: other teams hope, you damn right it does. But to me,
Speaker 1: it's Golden State that should be the title favorite. Steph
Speaker 1: is dominant He's a cyborg somehow, more and more dominant
Speaker 1: by the year. He's gonna get another MVP before it's
Speaker 1: time for his time to come to a close. What
Speaker 1: in the hell did Steph learn how to play elite defense?
Speaker 1: By the way, he used to be a sieve like
Speaker 1: Damian Lillard. No shade to Damian Lillard, you are a sieve. Though,
Speaker 1: Clay has mental block right now about playing pick up
Speaker 1: basketball because he spent the summer driving his boat around
Speaker 1: the bay because he tore his achilles three offseasons ago. Right,
Speaker 1: but let me ask you, this is there such thing
Speaker 1: as an NBA playoff scrimmage. They don't exist, right, we're
Speaker 1: talking about scrimmage, We're talking about pick up miss me.
Speaker 1: I am not worried about Klay Thompson. He looked just
Speaker 1: fine in those playoffs. He looked just fine. And I
Speaker 1: think there's a ton of more opportunities for this team
Speaker 1: to get better. There's a lot of people being like,
Speaker 1: but Trista, they lost Bilichia, they lost on a porter.
Speaker 1: No one's saying that, But people who cover the Beat
Speaker 1: are saying that the Warriors beat. I don't care. I
Speaker 1: don't care about I don't care that he went back
Speaker 1: to Europe. I don't care that Latto Porter went back
Speaker 1: to Toronto. I don't care that well. I do care
Speaker 1: that we got Gary Payton. I do because of me,
Speaker 1: like I care for the for the Blazers taking something
Speaker 1: from the Warriors. But I don't think this is going
Speaker 1: to be meaningful for the Warriors. They have guys that
Speaker 1: are gonna step up. Moses Moody's gonna step up. He
Speaker 1: looked really good, Javan Kaminga. If he becomes less of
Speaker 1: a chucklehead, he'll be good. You've got my man PBJ
Speaker 1: Pat Baldwin Junior hitting threes very high IQ. Probably if
Speaker 1: he would have gone to Douke, he wouldn't even be
Speaker 1: there at that point in time that they were. They
Speaker 1: drafted him. So this is a very very sneaky team.
Speaker 1: Plus they have Dante DiVincenzo coming in to try to
Speaker 1: basically be Gary Payton the second. He's six', four he's,
Speaker 1: bouncy he's got That Vanilla Villanova Vanilla villanova. Pedigree he
Speaker 1: is a little vanilla except for that he got caught
Speaker 1: for those, tweets so you can't really call him vanilla.
Speaker 1: Anymore remember when when my guy FROM Usa, today dug
Speaker 1: up all the tweets after they won the national, title
Speaker 1: like four minutes, later and then he had answer. Questions
Speaker 1: that was. Crazy, Anyway moving on other teams that need
Speaker 1: to be, Considered i'm, Sorry. BOSTON i think it's pretty
Speaker 1: clear if That milwaukee was fully, healthy they would have
Speaker 1: beaten your. ASS i think they would. HAVE i don't
Speaker 1: think it would have gone. SEVEN i think it would
Speaker 1: have gone five or. Six Pat connaton was a big.
Speaker 1: Loss middleton was a big. LOSS i think The bucks
Speaker 1: are still very much for. Real if you Have, giannis
Speaker 1: you're for. Real that's. It Drew, middleton jo, honest for.
Speaker 1: Real My manianis is hitting, threes My manianis is hitting
Speaker 1: his free. Throws he's coming out with. Documentaries, yeah they're for.
Speaker 1: Real Los Angeles. Clippers this is a very deep. Team
Speaker 1: they should be considered as, well deeper than probably any
Speaker 1: other team in THE. Nba John wall did you see?
Speaker 1: Him did you see those? CLIPS i know they've been
Speaker 1: circulating the. TWITTERS i know people have been seeing it
Speaker 1: around the. Back lay didn't look the, layup didn't look,
Speaker 1: clean hit a lot of, rim but it went. In
Speaker 1: he looks. Fast he's got another layer of playmaking for this. Team,
Speaker 1: Kawhi John, Wall Paul. George IF Paula george can stop
Speaker 1: being so mentally weak at the most critical, moments that's
Speaker 1: a big three on its. Own you Add Norm powell
Speaker 1: to that. Team you Add Rob covington to that, Team
Speaker 1: you add all the. Squad Regg, jackson mister what they call,
Speaker 1: him Mister. October, yeah they call him Mister. October nick
Speaker 1: Batoum garden people ninety four feet getting his Little french
Speaker 1: body up into. Him this team is a, squad very.
Speaker 1: Dangerous but the next team is The Brooklyn. Nets what are?
Speaker 1: They are they a? Contender are they a team that's
Speaker 1: gonna get bounced out of the first round and get?
Speaker 1: SWEPT i don't, know, DOG i don't think anyone, knows
Speaker 1: AND i don't think they. KNOW i know That Kevin
Speaker 1: durant is very. GOOD i know THAT i Know kyrie
Speaker 1: is very. GOOD i know That Ben simmons can pass
Speaker 1: his the last off as long as his back is fully.
Speaker 1: HEALTHY i know that this team's very. Deep and one
Speaker 1: thing right now that we know is That Steve nash
Speaker 1: got booed In brooklyn by his own fan. Base fascinating,
Speaker 1: stuff fascinating, stuff things you hate to. See couldn't happen
Speaker 1: to a more qualified. Coach. Shit this, team, though is stupid,
Speaker 1: deep so deep with Ice cube they put her ass to.
Speaker 1: SLEEP i don't know who they're gonna put to, sleep
Speaker 1: but it could be Maybe chicago in the first. Round
Speaker 1: this team has. Guys Now Steve nash can incorporate them
Speaker 1: into the rotation if he even knows what a rotation
Speaker 1: is in very important. Moments we're not sure What Ben simmons'
Speaker 1: role is gonna. Be we talked about that last episode
Speaker 1: on the. Pod some players to WATCH Tj. Warren he
Speaker 1: was very good in the. Bubble is he gonna be?
Speaker 1: HEALTHY i don't, Know Nick, claxton will he get free?
Speaker 1: Throws he's gonna get a lot of. Lobs you better
Speaker 1: make those lobs because those free. THROWS i think he
Speaker 1: was like a sixty percent free throw. Shooter and then
Speaker 1: you know they're defensively a. Mess but if they, TRY
Speaker 1: i guess they'll be. BETTER i was more optimistic last
Speaker 1: week Before Steve nash got. Booed i'm not gonna. LIE
Speaker 1: i want him to be. BAD i. DO i Want
Speaker 1: kyrie And kevin durant to be, good BUT i Want
Speaker 1: Steve nash to. Fail it's true he didn't deserve that.
Speaker 1: Job he never will have deserved, it and he's not
Speaker 1: very good at his. Job and the people who actually evaluate,
Speaker 1: players evaluate, teams people that we, trust they also think
Speaker 1: he's not very. Good so it's not just. Me let's
Speaker 1: go through, though the next tier of teams that are
Speaker 1: one level below quote Obvious vegas, Contender teams that are
Speaker 1: Like stella trying to get their. Groovebacks teams that have
Speaker 1: gone to the finals recently and are trying to find
Speaker 1: their way back. There, Phoenix, Miami denver went to The
Speaker 1: Western conference, Finals philly went to The Eastern. Conference semis
Speaker 1: And dallas who made their way to The Western conference
Speaker 1: finals last. Year let's talk about, Them, Miami. Miami it's an,
Speaker 1: ugly ugly path for. Them it is always. Gross it
Speaker 1: never looks like they're gonna be able to do, it
Speaker 1: and then they do Somehow Someway Jimmy butler makes life,
Speaker 1: hard even when he's making your forty two points per.
Speaker 1: Game it's, like, man it looked hard for. You they've
Speaker 1: been in the mix, though. Too out of the last three,
Speaker 1: years right they've always adding. Guy they're always adding guys
Speaker 1: you've never heard. Of they get him, Undrafted they come
Speaker 1: out of. Nowhere they fill roles that you did not. Expect,
Speaker 1: so for, example they get rid OF Pj. Tucker, Right
Speaker 1: so who's going to REPLACE Pj? Tucker they get this,
Speaker 1: Kid Darius days AT. Lsu darius Day days is who
Speaker 1: is his? Player? Cop, well just ask. Him he says
Speaker 1: IT'S Pj. Tucker so it's not a shocker that they
Speaker 1: REPLACE Pj tucker with a, younger up and COMING Pj.
Speaker 1: Tucker Jerry west one of his favorite young. Players he
Speaker 1: didn't get. Drafted If Kyle lowry is backed to being,
Speaker 1: available he missed a lot of time for personal issues
Speaker 1: And i'm not even sure what those issues. Are then
Speaker 1: he missed time due to. Health so if he's healthy
Speaker 1: and engage and those personal issues are cleaned up and
Speaker 1: he's playing seventy five, games let's just be more, realistic
Speaker 1: sixty five seventy, games they could be a problem for
Speaker 1: a lot of. Teams are they good enough to be
Speaker 1: a Healthy becks? Team? No does it? Matter they might
Speaker 1: not even face. Him so just play your best, Basketball
Speaker 1: miami and we'll see for the, heat, though to be
Speaker 1: able to truly get, there to truly be able to
Speaker 1: compete for a, TITLE i Think bam out Of baio
Speaker 1: needs to be that. Guy he needs to be so.
Speaker 1: Dominant he needs to make life hard on whoever is guarding.
Speaker 1: Him he needs to bam and not lay. Up he
Speaker 1: needs to hit his free. Throws he needs to be
Speaker 1: a problem night in and night. Out so many times
Speaker 1: he Goes David copperfield and just all of a, sudden
Speaker 1: you don't know where bam About adebayo? Is is he
Speaker 1: even on the. Floor oh, yeah he's got four points
Speaker 1: in thirty eight. Minutes that's. Unacceptable so two years, now
Speaker 1: by the, way we've had role players not show up
Speaker 1: for their. Teams you Had Kevin durant and The, nets
Speaker 1: and you Had Jimmy butler in the. Heat they were
Speaker 1: just putting the team on their back so much that
Speaker 1: when it came down the closing, time closing, time they
Speaker 1: were so exhausted that they couldn't hit the final shot
Speaker 1: in order to seal it. Out so role players got
Speaker 1: to show. Up moving, Forward Denver nuggets man easy to
Speaker 1: forget how good The Denver nuggets. Were the bubble Of Denver, nuggets,
Speaker 1: unstoppable just the, kids the comeback cardiac. Kids they played
Speaker 1: The warriors, close and it was just just checks, Notes
Speaker 1: Doc rivers's son off the couch And jokic and Rookie Bowlan's,
Speaker 1: highland and it was a sweat for The. Warriors it
Speaker 1: looked like his see a five, Game oh, gentlemen. Sweep.
Speaker 1: NO i watched every single one of those. Games it
Speaker 1: came down to the, wire down to the. Wire When
Speaker 1: Doc rivers's son is your second option and you win
Speaker 1: any games against the team that ended up winning it,
Speaker 1: all like that's a. Wow you add back In Jamal,
Speaker 1: murray who's a. Bucket you add back in Hopefully Michael
Speaker 1: Porter junior from, injury, which, like by the, way this
Speaker 1: has been a concern since he was drafted From. Missouri
Speaker 1: that's why he slipped in the draft because he had back.
Speaker 1: Issues so if he's healthy and back to being one
Speaker 1: of the best three point shooters in the, league but
Speaker 1: one of the best two way wings in the, league
Speaker 1: then oh. Boy then you add in ksep who's a
Speaker 1: very good versatile. Defender you add In Bruce, brown who
Speaker 1: again can do a lot of. Things he was a rebound.
Speaker 1: King he was a nice little small ball five for
Speaker 1: The Brooklyn, nets and Before Joe harris just went into
Speaker 1: a milk, carton they were gonna beat The. Bucks everyone's
Speaker 1: gotta stay, healthy. MAN i think that they can really
Speaker 1: make some. Noise If Jamal murray is himself AND mpj is,
Speaker 1: Himself Phoenix. Suns you move forward and, say how Could
Speaker 1: phoenix really? Compete how tell me how are they going
Speaker 1: to get back to being an actual team, team a
Speaker 1: team that likes each other and is around each other
Speaker 1: and has chemistry and can overcome adversity when things get.
Speaker 1: Bright we have seen them when they do like each
Speaker 1: other and they get. DERAILED i think that they are
Speaker 1: gonna have a real hard time getting over that drama
Speaker 1: of the, offseason the issues With DeAndre, ayton the issues
Speaker 1: with you, KNOW, covid let's be, HONEST covid ravaging their,
Speaker 1: team the issues With Monty williams not speaking To DeAndre
Speaker 1: ayton for the entire, offseason which is fucking, weird And
Speaker 1: DeAndre ayton not reaching out to, him which is fucking.
Speaker 1: Weird him wanting to go To indiana and still being
Speaker 1: In phoenix because they have no other, Options Robert sarver
Speaker 1: being forced to sell a. Team you know the whole,
Speaker 1: thing you know the whole. List how are they going
Speaker 1: to get back to the. Finals they are, Not they
Speaker 1: are not what needs to. Happen, Well DeAndre ayton has
Speaker 1: to be. Happy otherwise it's The Bismack biambo. Show AND
Speaker 1: i tell you, What i've seen a lot Of Bismack
Speaker 1: biambo when he played For. CHARLOTTE i saw him In
Speaker 1: phoenix as. WELL i don't know that you want him
Speaker 1: being your starting. FIVE i just don't think. So booker
Speaker 1: gotta be AN mvp and this team might just might
Speaker 1: go to the second. Round philadelphia very intriguing. Team so to,
Speaker 1: contend they kind of need to be uh Like, Jedis
Speaker 1: embiid And harden have to know what each other is
Speaker 1: thinking at all. Times they need to be able to
Speaker 1: look into each other's eyes and know who wants the
Speaker 1: rock where they want. It how? Much how do you
Speaker 1: Feed embiid? First how do you Feed embiid and not
Speaker 1: Castraight James? Harden that's the question because When james is,
Speaker 1: aggressive he's not looking for anyone, else and when he's a,
Speaker 1: distributor he's not nearly as aggressive with his. Shot can
Speaker 1: we see The Houston rockets version Of harden mixed with
Speaker 1: early nets Hardened that would be an absolute. Problem are
Speaker 1: they going to be good in the? Post are they
Speaker 1: going to be able to? Rebound they were one of
Speaker 1: the worst rebounding teams in THE nba last. Year Doc,
Speaker 1: rivers who's a, liar said On woja's podcast that they
Speaker 1: look very good right now in. PRACTICE i also saw
Speaker 1: some footage where they said. That he said they didn't look,
Speaker 1: good but that was a week, ago SO i don't.
Speaker 1: Know they both need to be in, shape they both
Speaker 1: need to be. Healthy they're usually, neither both of. Them
Speaker 1: so we'll, see we will. SEE i am. Intrigued let's
Speaker 1: just say THAT i Love tyree S. Maxey he's the
Speaker 1: most likable player on this. TEAM i think when you
Speaker 1: add nobody's talking about it that. Much after the SIGNING.
Speaker 1: Pj tucker as a whole new. Element they said after
Speaker 1: they lost to The, heat they need some, dogs and
Speaker 1: they found. ONE. Pj tucker is that. Guy he absolutely
Speaker 1: is that. Guy you Added Daniel House, junior Which i'm
Speaker 1: not sure why they picked him up other than the
Speaker 1: fact that he can literally game up any woman in any.
Speaker 1: Setting remember he got kicked out of the bubble for
Speaker 1: bringing down THE covid. Tester he took her to his
Speaker 1: room later, later right. Down so maybe he's Like James harten's.
Speaker 1: WINGMAN i don't know why he's on the, team but
Speaker 1: it's not to be a, dog it's to be something.
Speaker 1: Else all, right let's move Forward. Dallas in order For
Speaker 1: dallas to, contend what do they need to? Do they
Speaker 1: need to acquire. Someone let's be. Honest they need to
Speaker 1: figure out another backcourt teammate With. Luca this is a no.
Speaker 1: Brainer nobody is in more dire need of someone to
Speaker 1: acquire Than. Luca he needs a backcourt. Mate losing jyleb
Speaker 1: bro was a really big. Deal they were fifteenth in
Speaker 1: offense last, year, fifteenth and then they lose the guy
Speaker 1: who can put up buckets at any moment With. Luca
Speaker 1: he was a very key. Piece When luca was out
Speaker 1: against The, jazz he put up forty. One do you
Speaker 1: trust anyone else on that team to put up forty
Speaker 1: one If luca's not in, There, no you. Don't who
Speaker 1: can they? Get Maybe Mike, conley he can give you
Speaker 1: twenty five. Minutes he can give you some, shots a little.
Speaker 1: Lefty he's got a three point. Game he's not gonna
Speaker 1: be a starter or. Anything he's not Gonna maybe he,
Speaker 1: starts but he doesn't play huge. Minutes even for twenty
Speaker 1: two minutes a, game he's gonna. HELP i don't trust In.
Speaker 1: Woodie i've said, That javal, McGee Christian, wood they need
Speaker 1: to be. Better they need to be an absolute. Bucket
Speaker 1: Christian wood needs to hit. Threes he needs to be completely.
Speaker 1: Engaged we can't have any more of those those reputational
Speaker 1: things and question marks That Christian wood has had. Before
Speaker 1: are they? True are they not? TRUE i don't, know
Speaker 1: BUT i know that they're out, there so they need
Speaker 1: to figure that. Out, Also Jayden, hardy If Jayden hardy
Speaker 1: becomes Like Aunt edwards mid, season then yeah they can.
Speaker 1: Compete but that's you, know obviously a big if deeper
Speaker 1: teams are coming and they do not care If luca
Speaker 1: puts forty five up on them at. All this is
Speaker 1: a potentially a play and team barring a. Trade, yeah it's.
Speaker 1: True the next tier of teams on the, rise getting,
Speaker 1: better doing the work in the, gym looking, good looking
Speaker 1: to take some heads Off Cleveland, Memphis, Minnesota New, Orleans.
Speaker 1: Toronto all of these teams make me more excited Than.
Speaker 1: Dallas and that's. That AND i Love. Luca that is
Speaker 1: a sexy ass. Group woo Wooh Hey, Memphis, Woo, Minnesota,
Speaker 1: Woo New, Orleans Woo. Toronto hell, Yeah, minnesota let's talk about.
Speaker 1: Them first biggest money move of the offseason swang for
Speaker 1: the fences For Rudy. GOBERT i think it's a fascinating.
Speaker 1: Move how is it gonna work With Carl Anthony? TOWNS
Speaker 1: i have no. Idea ALL i know is it means
Speaker 1: That Carl Anthony towns isn't going to be a defensive,
Speaker 1: liability isn't going to be caught on film talking all
Speaker 1: kinds of trash and people be, like we Have, minnesota,
Speaker 1: now we Have. Minnesota. Now ALL i know is that
Speaker 1: it means That Carl Anthony towns can lock. In and
Speaker 1: if anybody needs the shoulders of the blame for, anything
Speaker 1: we already know who it. Is It's. Rudy rudy always
Speaker 1: shoulders the. Blame he's good at, That he's good at
Speaker 1: being an. Escapegoat Hopefully aunt and De lo are gonna
Speaker 1: feature him more Offensively Rudy. GOBERT i think you can
Speaker 1: get him a ton of. Lobs the question is our
Speaker 1: team's gonna try to run him off, four try to
Speaker 1: go small on him like The clippers, did Like dallas
Speaker 1: did last. YEAR i don't, Know we'll have to. See
Speaker 1: ALL i know is That Aunt edwards is gonna be.
Speaker 1: COMING i think he takes another. STEP i think he
Speaker 1: becomes someone who's Like, jaw doesn't win THE, mvp but
Speaker 1: is very much in the mix of THE mvp, conversation
Speaker 1: and they're gonna win a lot of. Games they're gonna
Speaker 1: be a top six team in The. West moving, forward
Speaker 1: another TEAM i absolutely love salivate over The New Orleans.
Speaker 1: PELICANS i am so excited about. Them may be my
Speaker 1: favorite team to even imagine how good they could. Be, Yes,
Speaker 1: zion of course is, Interesting But i'm actually less concerned
Speaker 1: or interested In zion BECAUSE i know what he. Is
Speaker 1: how is this team going to continue to? Improve you
Speaker 1: Have Dyson. Daniels, now you Have Dyson. Daniels you Have Brandon,
Speaker 1: ingram you HAVE. Cj, McCollum you Have Jose, Alvarado you've
Speaker 1: got man just so many. Dudes yonus valencunas the. Question,
Speaker 1: also big question mark is How zion and bi are
Speaker 1: going to. Coexist they've had issues with that. Before how
Speaker 1: does this change the identity of The New orleans team
Speaker 1: that they built Without? Zion big question marks. There he
Speaker 1: has a fifty million reasons to make it, work to
Speaker 1: stay in, shape to run back on. Defense BUT i
Speaker 1: tell you, what this is a train that's. Moving how
Speaker 1: DO i not even Say Herb? Jones Herb. Jones they're
Speaker 1: gonna move with or Without, zion and it's gonna be
Speaker 1: very interesting to. WATCH i think they could be a
Speaker 1: two seed this. YEAR i think they could literally be
Speaker 1: the biggest surprise in The. West or they could be
Speaker 1: a dumpster fire If zion doesn't play any. Defense, memphis,
Speaker 1: man they were so, Good they're so. Deep they Took
Speaker 1: Golden state to the. Brink there were so many moments
Speaker 1: that were fifty to fifty. Jaw of, course getting injured really.
Speaker 1: Hurt Jaron jackson being god awful from three Point land was.
Speaker 1: Awful and they still have a ton of. PICKS i
Speaker 1: think that they're a team that's very up and, Coming
Speaker 1: BUT i do they think they take a step. Back
Speaker 1: their wing positions very thin right. NOW i think they're
Speaker 1: going to try to Develop Zire. WILLIAMS i like the,
Speaker 1: grizz but they're not gonna be sneaking up on. ANYBODY
Speaker 1: i think they are now the hunted and they're the
Speaker 1: loudest mouth team in THE, nba so a lot of
Speaker 1: teams are going to be coming for them and they're
Speaker 1: going to be looking to embarrass. Them Losing Jaron jackson also.
Speaker 1: Hurts AND i think The Anthony, melton WHO i didn't,
Speaker 1: mention is now a. SIXER i think he helps a.
Speaker 1: Lot cleveland super interesting. Team they have so much. Versatility
Speaker 1: they could be kind of Who cleveland was last year
Speaker 1: for uh my man got hurt with THE Aclu Ricky.
Speaker 1: RUBIO i need to, see, though How donovan meshes into the, team.
Speaker 1: Right can he buy into the defensive scheme he's telling
Speaker 1: US i can, DEFEND i can. DEFEND i. Promise it's, like,
Speaker 1: well we haven't seen it Since, Louisville, like were you
Speaker 1: just not doing it on purpose when you're At? Utah
Speaker 1: was it just the. ASSIGNMENTS i don't know what was
Speaker 1: happening with, it BUT i know that two small guard
Speaker 1: lineups where you've got two, six one sixty two guys
Speaker 1: with negative. Wingspans i've seen. That i've seen that up
Speaker 1: and close With portland and it did not. Work we
Speaker 1: went to The Western Conference finals and we got. Swept
Speaker 1: that's what. HAPPENED i tell you, what it's. Pain it's
Speaker 1: a lot of. Pain they're gonna Miss Lori. MARKETING i
Speaker 1: tell you. WHAT i never thought i'd say, that but
Speaker 1: they're gonna miss. Him they have a lot more interior
Speaker 1: help Than. Portland they Have mobiley, obviously they've Got Jared.
Speaker 1: Allen Even Kevin love can play some, four even though
Speaker 1: they'll probably have him on the. Perimeter BUT i tell you,
Speaker 1: what this team will be very. FUN i think they
Speaker 1: are going to be an actual playoff team this year
Speaker 1: and not a play in team moving forward With. Toronto
Speaker 1: toronto is one of those teams that if someone takes
Speaker 1: a leap or they add, someone they could be a.
Speaker 1: Problem like if Og ananobi turns into An All, star
Speaker 1: this could be a real nightmare matchup for. Everyone like
Speaker 1: we've said, before it's a bunch of six seven to
Speaker 1: six nine guys who can play every single position on
Speaker 1: the floor and can do. Everything in the era of positionalists.
Speaker 1: Basketball Nick nurse loves his. Lineup they add in obviously
Speaker 1: on top Of Scottie barnes on the cusp of being
Speaker 1: An All. STAR i think you add In Otto, porter
Speaker 1: you add In Christian, colloco that helps a lot with the.
Speaker 1: Defense and they took a flyer On Josh jackson who
Speaker 1: went To kansas. Busted just an absolute nightmare of a.
Speaker 1: Bust but he has, height he has, length and he
Speaker 1: could potentially thrive as a role player In Nick nurse's.
Speaker 1: System moving, forward on the fourth tier of teams that
Speaker 1: are all big name teams with big name question, Marks, Lakers, Hawks, Bulls,
Speaker 1: knicks And. Blazers, well you know HOW i feel about The.
Speaker 1: Lakers we don't even need to go into. It ALL
Speaker 1: i know is the top question is did they really
Speaker 1: just run it back With Dennis, Shrewder, like did this?
Speaker 1: Happen did he really just get back into the. Country
Speaker 1: his visa issue was a big hurdle for him to
Speaker 1: be able to play basketball. Games did he really just
Speaker 1: turn down that much money and then go back to
Speaker 1: the team that he turned down for the veteran? Minimum
Speaker 1: did that really? Happen that is. Sad they're probably looking
Speaker 1: at him visa departments, like, hey you turned down four
Speaker 1: years for eighty seven million. Dollars you're an. Idiot you
Speaker 1: can't come in. Here you gotta stay In, germany, Sir i'm.
Speaker 1: Sorry you know what's up with The. Lakers they don't
Speaker 1: have enough. Shooters they're old a bunch of point guard
Speaker 1: issues point guard In Russell westbrook who probably doesn't really
Speaker 1: mess with the, system and they're actively looking to trade,
Speaker 1: him even though they're telling the world that they're not
Speaker 1: looking to trade him Because darvinham loves. Him but we're
Speaker 1: not really sure what the truth. Is and we're not
Speaker 1: really sure Whether Russell westbrook can adapt because he never,
Speaker 1: has he's never had two AM i high on, Them absolutely.
Speaker 1: Not you add In anthony Data davis into the, mix
Speaker 1: who's now gonna be taking on the number one role as,
Speaker 1: scorer And Lebron james actively looking to get his ass
Speaker 1: into ownership. Mode this, team this team is a play in.
Speaker 1: Team at the best case, scenario they might not even make.
Speaker 1: That they might not even make. That atlanta big question with,
Speaker 1: Them John collins De Jontay. Murray murray comes home in
Speaker 1: the trade with The. Spurs how do he And Trey
Speaker 1: young work? Together Is Trey young coming off a. Ball
Speaker 1: is he gonna move around Like Steph? Curry because that
Speaker 1: could be. Interesting Trey young loves to have a ball
Speaker 1: in his. Hand what's gonna happen with De Jontay murray
Speaker 1: If Trey young? Does what's up With John? Collins does
Speaker 1: he want to be? There this is like giving me
Speaker 1: big Big DeAndre ayton Slash Myles turner? Vibes Like John
Speaker 1: collins has been shopped for three years. Now people have been,
Speaker 1: SAYING i was in my first year At Barstool sports
Speaker 1: the first TIME i ever heard Of John collins trade.
Speaker 1: Rumor that's, Insane LIKE i am many years out of
Speaker 1: That John? Collins does he want to be? THERE i
Speaker 1: don't know which version of him will we? See are
Speaker 1: we gonna see the version of him in twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: twenty twenty when he averaged like twenty two points a
Speaker 1: game or last year when he was Like David? Blaine
Speaker 1: are they gonna be balanced offensively and? Defensively because defensively
Speaker 1: last year they were in. NIGHTMARE i really like my
Speaker 1: Guy DeAndre, hunter but he doesn't seem to stay. Healthy
Speaker 1: he's the only defensive wing player that they really. Have
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen With Kaevon herdery being. Gone, now who's
Speaker 1: gonna be that like last minute bucket, getter you, know
Speaker 1: sort of tweet or two to three guy outside Of
Speaker 1: dejonte And, Trey Trey young took a big step last.
Speaker 1: Year he was on a milk carton in the. Playoffs
Speaker 1: he literally was an under machine in terms of his player.
Speaker 1: Pop if he could be used Like Steph, CURRY i
Speaker 1: think that makes things. Interesting but this is a team
Speaker 1: that again gives me play in. Vibes we move on
Speaker 1: to my, Team tisk, tisk The Portland. Trailblazers gotta be
Speaker 1: careful WHAT i say here because uh a lot of
Speaker 1: people From portland still listen to this pod and they
Speaker 1: get mad IF i say anything too slanderous Because i'm
Speaker 1: a fan and they Say i'm too much of a.
Speaker 1: Fan the question is. Defense this has been a historically
Speaker 1: bad defensive team for the last four years. NOW i
Speaker 1: think they had one good year in and three historically bad.
Speaker 1: Years they were thirtieth in the league out of thirtieth
Speaker 1: in a year that had the worst defensive rating in,
Speaker 1: history so they were historically the worst defensive team in the. League, ever,
Speaker 1: so how Does Jeremy grant and a sire little help
Speaker 1: THAT i don't? Know Can Josh hart help the? Defense
Speaker 1: and his grittiness and his? Intensity these are all very legit.
Speaker 1: QUESTIONS i just just saw last night they got their
Speaker 1: doors blown off By Sacramento. Sacramento AND i know that
Speaker 1: it's the, preseason but that, offense it looks. Discombobulated it
Speaker 1: looks like it looks Like Scott brooks is running. It oh,
Speaker 1: wait check's. Notes he is running. It he is maybe
Speaker 1: one of the worst offensive. Minds and we kind of
Speaker 1: give him, credit AND i hate to say it because
Speaker 1: he's a very nice, man we kind of give him
Speaker 1: too much credit because he had he Had Russell westbrook
Speaker 1: in his, Prime Kevin, Durant James, Harden, like who couldn't
Speaker 1: make that? Work Besides Steve, nash that's the only one who.
Speaker 1: COULDN'T i, mean it is just like gonna be. Bad
Speaker 1: it feels Like portland has a lot of work to.
Speaker 1: Do this team is a ways away from. Me i'm very,
Speaker 1: intrigued of, course By Shaden. Sharp Shaden sharp is a.
Speaker 1: Bucket Shaden sharp can get any shot he. Wants Shaden
Speaker 1: sharp is six six with a seven feet, wingspan can,
Speaker 1: block he can, shoot he can get to the, rim
Speaker 1: he can steal the. Ball he is butter smooth like
Speaker 1: he could be the. Guy he could be the franchise.
Speaker 1: Guy there are people texting me right now saying we are.
Speaker 1: Ready this is not even the full season. Yet, hey,
Speaker 1: uh you guys might need to move on From. Dame what,
Speaker 1: sir it's the. Preseason but there's. Hope Hopefully dame will be.
Speaker 1: Healthy Hopefully Anthony simons will still be. GOOD i don't
Speaker 1: know who's gonna be when he's With dame And Jeremy
Speaker 1: grant is, here And nurkic is getting paid And clutch
Speaker 1: got him a nice new, contract so he should be feeling.
Speaker 1: Good he needs to stop being A european bitch and
Speaker 1: said it sometimes sometimes he can be a little too.
Speaker 1: SOFT i know it's so. Bad people are already Saying
Speaker 1: Chauncey billets might need to step. Down that's kind of
Speaker 1: where we're. At i'm not. THERE i don't believe. THAT
Speaker 1: i still, hope hold out hope because this team couldn't
Speaker 1: even lose games on purpose at. Points last, year those
Speaker 1: young guys were so. Fun but this team is not
Speaker 1: making the play in. Tournament to, me they're a thirty win. Team,
Speaker 1: UNFORTUNATELY i hope to be. Wrong big question In chicago
Speaker 1: is can this team play any? Defense they have and
Speaker 1: have been one of the worst defensive teams for much
Speaker 1: of the season outside Of. Portland they have to stay.
Speaker 1: Healthy the season's already looking like a dumpster. Fire Lonzo
Speaker 1: ball nowhere near playing. Basketball Kobe, white who knows what he.
Speaker 1: Is it's a huge loss for a team that lacks.
Speaker 1: DEPTH i cannot see that this season being better than
Speaker 1: the last season when they made the sixth seed in the.
Speaker 1: Playoffs they will Have Pat williams for the entire, year
Speaker 1: so that's. Good on the other, hand, uh he's currently
Speaker 1: being benched For Javonte, Green so everything that you thought
Speaker 1: that he was with the fourth overall, pick we're not actually.
Speaker 1: Sure keep in, mind this guy actually volunteered For Leonard
Speaker 1: hamilton to come off the bench when he was in.
Speaker 1: College they didn't win a bunch of. Games but that's
Speaker 1: not exactly the kind of like dog mentality that you
Speaker 1: think of from an alpha like number, two number three.
Speaker 1: Score he's a nice, guy maybe a little too. Nice
Speaker 1: damar is still gonna get, buckets But he's not gonna shock.
Speaker 1: Anyone Alex caruso has to be. Healthy he missed a
Speaker 1: ton of time last. Year are they gonna be better
Speaker 1: than sixth? Place? NO i don't think. So they had
Speaker 1: a bunch of time With Lonzo ball last year and
Speaker 1: he bawled. Out so, no, NO i think that this
Speaker 1: is another team that could take a huge step. Back
Speaker 1: sorry to, say, Wow no one looking better in preseason
Speaker 1: than The New York. Knicks what hardly, surprising, though because
Speaker 1: this is, like this is Like tibbs a Super. Bowl
Speaker 1: it's like when everyone else is not, TRYING i am
Speaker 1: going to, try and we're gonna look. Amazing like he
Speaker 1: has him running wind sprints From, august hopefully for his
Speaker 1: sake to in his mind To, june but By, December, January,
Speaker 1: february like the windsprint energy is starting to wane and questions.
Speaker 1: Remain what Will Julius randall look like this? Season is
Speaker 1: he the most improved type player that we saw two
Speaker 1: years ago or is it the same version that we
Speaker 1: saw of him last year where he was just clearly
Speaker 1: wanting to play point guard but just so inept at
Speaker 1: that just, dribble, dribble, dribble step back brick at the
Speaker 1: end of a shot. Clock they had no one to
Speaker 1: get a, bucket and now they. Do now they Got Jalen,
Speaker 1: brunson And Jalen brunson's gonna be the initiator. Now so
Speaker 1: how Does Julius randall fit in with? That is he
Speaker 1: a guy that you're just gonna be able to dump
Speaker 1: the ball down low to and he's just gonna play.
Speaker 1: Bullyball he likes to play on the. Premater, NOW i
Speaker 1: don't know how that's gonna. WORK i don't. Know and
Speaker 1: he's always been the best with the ball in his.
Speaker 1: Hands is gonna be a spot up shooter on the?
Speaker 1: Wing very curious about. This Obi toppen, though looks. Amazing
Speaker 1: Obi toppin might just Take Julius randol's job. Now he was.
Speaker 1: Electric he played off the, bench had twenty something, points had,
Speaker 1: steals had, blocks had four, threes had A tomahawk looking
Speaker 1: dunk that made every highlight reel On twitter and On
Speaker 1: instagram and on. TikTok so that should be something that
Speaker 1: you should be excited. About emmanuel quickly looked. Good all
Speaker 1: the young kids look. Good Will tibbs play? Them that's
Speaker 1: the main. Question will he played. Them and the biggest
Speaker 1: question also, too is what role Will Evan foignier. Play
Speaker 1: they paid a lot of money to. Him what is
Speaker 1: his best role on the bench or on another. TEAM
Speaker 1: i think so we're starting to get to the bottom
Speaker 1: of the glass teams hoping to make the play In, Sacramento, Washington, Charlotte, Detroit,
Speaker 1: indiana a lot of gross. Teams. OBVIOUSLY i Like. SACRAMENTO
Speaker 1: i said this last, PODCAST i think they're gonna break.
Speaker 1: Through they smacked the shit out of The blazers With Damian.
Speaker 1: Lillard they played a bunch of team. Defense they moved
Speaker 1: the ball like. Crazy someone called it basketball, porn and
Speaker 1: that was AGAINST Us Keegan murray looking like A rookie
Speaker 1: of The. Year Mike brown has got them at least
Speaker 1: somewhat interested in defense right. NOW i like. THAT i
Speaker 1: like The Sabonis deer In Fox Keegan murray. Connection this
Speaker 1: team's gonna be able to score a lot of. POINTS
Speaker 1: i think they put up one hundred and thirty or
Speaker 1: something On. Portland and then you've Got, daveyon and you've
Speaker 1: Got Kavon, herder and you've Got Malik. Monk they have
Speaker 1: some very very fun guys that may come off the.
Speaker 1: Bench for them to, succeed they just need to play. Defense,
Speaker 1: really they need to play good team, defense and they
Speaker 1: need to do it night, in night out and be.
Speaker 1: Consistent this is a team that can go on. Runs
Speaker 1: we've seen that pretty much year after, year where they
Speaker 1: are sitting there right around the eight, seed and then
Speaker 1: all of a sudden they go on a ten game losing.
Speaker 1: Streak that can't. Happen can they take a step forward
Speaker 1: like The? Pelicans they sure? Can will They we're gonna
Speaker 1: See Charlotte. Hornets they are a dumpster fire of a.
Speaker 1: TEAM i don't. Know DO i Like Steve? CLIFFORD i don't.
Speaker 1: KNOW i don't think. SO i don't think. So people
Speaker 1: say nice things about, THEM i know. That are they
Speaker 1: founded in evidence or? Facts you know how it. Is
Speaker 1: it's a nepotistic. Business people say nice things about just
Speaker 1: human beings that might be, nice but not be very
Speaker 1: good at their. Job The hornets need to be able
Speaker 1: to protect the. RIM i don't know how they're going
Speaker 1: to be able to do. That they Have Mark williams,
Speaker 1: now but he's a. Rookie now you've got you, Know
Speaker 1: Miles plumbly as the. Backup he's not doing Much Miles,
Speaker 1: bridges whereas he maybe heading for. JAIL i don't, know
Speaker 1: how do you replace his twenty points per? Game probably
Speaker 1: going to be. Hard LaMelo And jello, together very fun.
Speaker 1: Story he. Made jello finally made LaVar ball's prophecy come.
Speaker 1: True all three of his kids in THE. Nba none
Speaker 1: at the same time Because lonzo is still not. Playing
Speaker 1: but you, know can't have it. All can't have it.
Speaker 1: All who are they replacing as top ten in The?
Speaker 1: East probably, none probably no. One, honestly Getting hayward off
Speaker 1: the books is going to be very. Important bringing someone
Speaker 1: in with some defensive intensity is going to be very
Speaker 1: important as. Well to make sure that they don't lose
Speaker 1: like one forty four forty, games because that's what it
Speaker 1: was last. Year A ton one thirty, eight one thirty,
Speaker 1: Seven charlotte loses in. Overtime but you still Have LaMelo,
Speaker 1: ball you still HAVE. Pj. Washington so you're a fun young.
Speaker 1: Team probably not going anywhere anytime. Soon sorry to. Say
Speaker 1: when you hear the Words Washington, wizards don't you just immediately, Repulse,
Speaker 1: like don't you immediately just GO i live here AND
Speaker 1: i don't like this. Team there's nothing fun about this team.
Speaker 1: Whatsoever Bradley, beal he's a bucket, getter but it's just
Speaker 1: him out on an island all by. Himself there is
Speaker 1: no one. There he tried to pedal to us that
Speaker 1: him And porzingis are gonna be some sort of like magical.
Speaker 1: Duo never played With porzingis, Before we've never shared the floor.
Speaker 1: Together who knows what that could? Be me And Montey,
Speaker 1: Morris what the fuck are you talking? About this team.
Speaker 1: Sucks not only do they, suck they don't even like
Speaker 1: The pacers suck where it's. Fun, like there's nobody on this.
Speaker 1: TEAM i am excited. About who else do they Get
Speaker 1: will the Thrill barton Like portland got rid of, him
Speaker 1: And portland doesn't get rid of anyone good because they
Speaker 1: can't get anyone. Good so Is Delon, Wright Monte, Morris Will,
Speaker 1: Barton Ruey Hachi, mura Poor zingis ugh good. Luck bradley
Speaker 1: be will enjoy all that? Money oh, Yeah Johnny davis
Speaker 1: Ough Maker, Maker no, sir no. SIR i hate to
Speaker 1: be so, negative but it's the. Truth Detroit, pistons, man they're.
Speaker 1: Fun they are still getting, better but they are ways,
Speaker 1: away ways Away jade And. Ivy in order for them to,
Speaker 1: compete he needs to get better at decision. Making he
Speaker 1: needs to get better at a lot of. Things Caid
Speaker 1: cunningham With jade And. Ivy If ivy was to develop
Speaker 1: the way That caid did late in the, season they
Speaker 1: could be fun, together could be really scary. Together Jalen,
Speaker 1: duran he needs to be a dynamic player like he
Speaker 1: was in THE Ncaa tournament For. Memphis it feels like
Speaker 1: this team's like a year or two. AWAY i really
Speaker 1: Like Sadik bay as. WELL i don't think that they're
Speaker 1: a playing. TEAM i don't think they're a playoff. TEAM
Speaker 1: i do feel like they will be one of those
Speaker 1: league past teams that you go out and watch and
Speaker 1: they always cover the spread because it spread's always nine
Speaker 1: and a, half and like they just always lose by.
Speaker 1: Seven AND i think For jayde And, ivy he needs to.
Speaker 1: Mature and that's really. It he's a young. Kid he's so,
Speaker 1: explosive he's an elite. Finisher his decision making as a
Speaker 1: whole just needs to. Improve his mid range shooting needs to.
Speaker 1: Improve he needs to add this level of poise that
Speaker 1: you have seen from you, know real floor generals like
Speaker 1: Say Jalen brunson Or Tias. Jones he needs to figure
Speaker 1: out when to go full speed and when to slow.
Speaker 1: Down Even John morant needs to learn. That and he's
Speaker 1: a kid who could win AN. Mvp so, like being
Speaker 1: out of control is his biggest downfall and he needs
Speaker 1: to be able to fix that in order for them
Speaker 1: to be able to win. Games Indiana, pacers they, know
Speaker 1: they know what time it. Is they're not. Winning they're
Speaker 1: not winning anything this. Year they're not winning like many.
Speaker 1: Games they're not going to the, playoffs but they are.
Speaker 1: Fun Ben, mathern what a great. Pickup he's gonna be a.
Speaker 1: Star he is so. Good he can do. Everything he's,
Speaker 1: Big he's the kind of guy everyone. Wants six five six' six,
Speaker 1: long wingspin can get his hands and arms into the,
Speaker 1: passing lanes, can shoot, can dribble can just. Be intense
Speaker 1: has that dog in him to be able to hit
Speaker 1: crucial shots down the stretch when. He's down when he
Speaker 1: Was at arizona AND they i remember watching Them, versus illinois,
Speaker 1: and man every time they, went down he pulled them
Speaker 1: out the out of the bottom and got him. Back
Speaker 1: Up miles turner is probably gonna. Get moved let's. Be
Speaker 1: honest he's been on the chopping block for a, while
Speaker 1: now and let's, be real the team hasn't like him.
Speaker 1: Very much how is he gonna look with Him And.
Speaker 1: Tyrese haliburton maybe it, looks good maybe he turns into a,
Speaker 1: Better player but it feels like they're gonna. Move him they.
Speaker 1: REALLY do i does really feel like they're gonna. MOVE
Speaker 1: him i think for them, to compete they need To Get.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton DeAndre ayton is Available. In january he wanted to.
Speaker 1: Go there he was open to Go. To indiana just
Speaker 1: go and. Get him he'll a good and Yellow Trade
Speaker 1: myles turner There to phoenix and let them deal with
Speaker 1: him on. Their own the final teams of groups who
Speaker 1: are in the greatest game in, thirty years which is
Speaker 1: Tanking For victor wanmbanyama Brickin For Vican, San, ANTONIO, orlando
Speaker 1: Ok see Utah. In, houston yeah we talked about. Tanking working.
Speaker 1: It works the lottery system has made, it tougher but.
Speaker 1: It works, You know shack was, number one but let's,
Speaker 1: face it the team That got, alonso morning they were pretty,
Speaker 1: Happy too so that's what's gonna Happen with Scoot And
Speaker 1: victor wanmbiyama. As well as Long as victor's on. THE
Speaker 1: board i don't think there's any path out, of THERE
Speaker 1: and I think Utah And san antonio are fully fully
Speaker 1: invested in. Tank mode let's talk about just. These teams
Speaker 1: orlando is gonna be very fun to WATCH from i
Speaker 1: would say game One through game, twenty five until they
Speaker 1: are no longer in any. Way relevant palo's gonna be a,
Speaker 1: highlight Machine but suggs is already. Banged Up franz wagner's
Speaker 1: very fun, to watch but that's pretty. Much it other
Speaker 1: Than hoping Mark el foltz can, Be healthy i'm not
Speaker 1: sure that there's much, To watch Like maybe mobamba just
Speaker 1: to see if we can play that, song again but
Speaker 1: not a team that is going anywhere or going. To
Speaker 1: compete they're a team. To fade rocket's always a good
Speaker 1: team to keep things. Close Always jalen green's. Gonna try
Speaker 1: he's gonna put up like thirty five points, a night mostly.
Speaker 1: On threes you're GONNA, have kpj who's, a bucket gonna
Speaker 1: be a highlight machine. As. Well alprin shengon's gonna continue.
Speaker 1: To improve you've got the Emergence Of, jabari smith the.
Speaker 1: Rookie there he's gonna be a nice addition and a
Speaker 1: Replacement For christian Wood And. TARI easton i think is.
Speaker 1: A sleeper he's a very like young player who should
Speaker 1: be able to make an impact. Right Away josh christopher also,
Speaker 1: very good. Very bouncy but they are also a. Tanking
Speaker 1: team this team is winning, twenty games twenty, Five Games
Speaker 1: Max san antonio fifteen win. Team purposefully they play very.
Speaker 1: Fast though they are gonna be a very unusual Team
Speaker 1: For greg popovich, to manage but it seems to. Be
Speaker 1: working you're Gonna Have josh. Primo there he's a fun
Speaker 1: young Player from alabama that is kind of snuck up.
Speaker 1: On everyone you have, My Guy malachi Brandham And, Jeremy
Speaker 1: sohan You've Got. Blake wesley all those guys are very,
Speaker 1: brand new, you know rookies or second. Year players and
Speaker 1: then you throw that on Top Of keldon johnson who
Speaker 1: played In, the olympics You Know. Devin vassel they are.
Speaker 1: ANY fun i don't win, many games but they are
Speaker 1: gonna be fun, to watch especially just for the individual,
Speaker 1: player play not for the team. Player play and they
Speaker 1: Even Have josh richardson for some un, o reason not.
Speaker 1: Sure Why. Only okay, see though has in this group
Speaker 1: has any real hope of, getting out and that really
Speaker 1: depends on if they, want to if they want to
Speaker 1: be a team, to compete or whether they are committed. To,
Speaker 1: Tanking Still josh Giddy and Shay, and dort they are
Speaker 1: improving in terms of their, jump shots all three. Of
Speaker 1: them they've hired the shot doctor that we've. Talked about
Speaker 1: and You, know presty we'll see how committed he is
Speaker 1: to continuing to try to CONTINUE to i, don't know
Speaker 1: accumulate first round pick after first. Round pick the last
Speaker 1: question that folks unlocked on asked me was who was
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