2021/2022 Western Conference Season Preview
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
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🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Does the addition of Russell Westbrook really make the Lakers unstoppable? Can the Jazz do more than win in the regular season? Does Chris Paul have enough juice to get the Suns back to the Finals? Will Dame ever get the help he needs? The Clippers, the Grizzlies, the Timberwolves... who will fall off? Who will improve in the NBA's Western Conference? All of that in this episode of the Heat Check.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Nah, nah, come on. |
| 0:08.2 | Na, nah, come on. |
| 0:11.5 | Welcome to the heat check. |
| 0:14.3 | For those who are new, |
| 0:15.7 | we will be dropping our podcast |
| 0:17.0 | Monday nights, Wednesdays, and Friday. |
| 0:20.2 | So much is Poppins in the NBA. |
| 0:23.8 | But we have some things to get to. |
| 0:26.9 | We've got defensive player of the year, quote-unquote, Ben Simmons decides he doesn't |
| 0:31.7 | want to play defensive or do anything anymore in practice. |
| 0:34.5 | Then he gets kicked out. |
| 0:35.8 | Then he gets suspended for a game. |
| 0:38.4 | Apparently he is terrified of the Philadelphia fan base, which, you know, I totally get. |
| 0:42.5 | I get that. |
| 0:43.7 | Kyrie now is suspended from all team activities himself until him and the Moderna vaccine get |
| 0:50.0 | acquainted. |
| 0:51.8 | So to scratch his competitive itch, he's now playing flag football instead of professional |
| 0:57.6 | basketball. |
| 0:58.8 | And then now the Nets without Kyrie Irving, even though everybody in their mom thinks that |
| 1:02.7 | the Nets are going to be great, without Kyrie looked absolutely trash against the |
| 1:06.7 | bucks, getting their doors blown out on opening night. |
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