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A Year Later: Did the Clippers Win the Blake Griffin Trade? | Heat Check (Ep. 368)

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4.49.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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The Los Angeles Clippers host Blake Griffin for the first time since the controversial trade (3:27), the Boston Celtics falter despite their talent (15:26), the New York Knicks accelerate their tank (28:08), and rookies’ statistical comparisons encourage or discourage fans (49:32). Host: John Gonzalez Guests: Joe House, Dan Devine, Zach Kram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:08.9

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0:14.2

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0:19.3

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0:22.3

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0:28.0

code Yahoo 25 when you make your first deposit for $25 in free play. And now, heat check.

0:35.0

He's got smoke coming off his figure. Jesus hot as a boat door. Yes, he checked. He's

0:46.4

checked. Welcome to heat check. I'm your host, John Gonzalez joined once again. He's

0:57.8

back from the road. It's my producer. Isaac Lee. What's up, Isaac? It's good to be back,

1:01.7

man. I was in Seattle last week. And when I arrived in Los Angeles, beautiful sunny

1:06.2

lost. Oh, wait, it's raining here. It's what's going on, guns. I'm freaking out driving

1:10.8

in the rain is extremely weird and foreign to me. I love Los Angeles. I've lived here for

1:17.8

three years this summer. And it still amuses me when it rains because everybody loses their

1:22.1

shit. I will say in your defense, though, that because it never rains here, one of the

1:26.6

things that I always have to remind myself is how to turn on the windshield wipers in

1:30.4

my car because it happens so infrequently that I like, I'm just like, Oh, shit. Yeah.

1:35.2

How do I do it in this car? Is it upwards down right? Right. How's it? But like meanwhile,

1:39.7

like everything you've ever heard about Los Angeles is 1,000% true as it pertains to

1:43.6

rain here. People just it's end of days. People just like abandon their cars and put them

1:48.6

up on blocks. Fire's breakout. It's all crazy. But you made it. You made it into the office.

1:54.1

You made it back from Seattle. I'm very excited to have you back. You went and saw the

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