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You're tuned in to Heat Check with Trista Crick.

On this episode of The Heat Check, we've got a special interview with Robin Lundberg.

He covers the NBA for SI.

Robin joined me and my co-host, PJ Glasser, and Ryan Horvott on BedMGM Tonight,

my betting show. And on a recent episode, we covered a ton of topics about the league,

including what's happening with the Celtics, the Bucks, the Blazers, and Golden State.

Really love talking to Robin, very funny interview, so do me a favor, Nick, and drop that beat.

We started out talking, of course, about the Brooklyn Nets and all of the drama surrounding

the team. Robin had some fascinating thoughts,

especially in the wake of a massive beatdown at the hands of the Kings.

He also gets into the controversy surrounding KD's interview with Chris Haynes.

Here's the thing with the Nets.

And they've been a disaster.

They've been a dumpster fire.

All the things you want to say about them, right? But they're also under a microscope more than every other team. Like, think about the Warriors are, you know, the Warriors records know better than the Nets record, but we're not talking about them in those terms every day, rightfully so, because the Warriors are the defending champs and they've done what they've done. But, you know, the, the Nets, because of the Kyrie situation, because KD makes those comments, it's just all the time. So

a game like Sacramento, that point total doesn't carry over to tonight, right? Like, you know,

the Blazers don't start with those points. And the Kings have a player specifically designed to destroy the Nets in Subonis.

You know, the Nets don't have interior presence.

They get beat that way all the time.

Second Chance opportunities, teams with like a brute.

You know, Jonas Valenshoonis was made to go against the Nets.

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