Brandon Miller, Ben Simmons, and NBA Media Rights
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
2.2 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this portion of the Heat Check, Trysta continues to catch you up on all the league’s biggest stories. She focuses on Brandon Miller’s subpar showing in the preseason and the Heat’s early performances. Afterwards, she turns to the Phoenix Suns and how, despite the team's stars not playing, it looked strong. Then, she gives an update from the world of Ben Simmons. To cap things off, Trysta touches on the movement with the NBA’s media rights and what that money might mean for the league.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | We're breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines. |
| 0:09.2 | You're tuned in to The Heat Check. |
| 0:11.7 | The Heat Check with Trista Crick. |
| 0:13.8 | The best podcast covering all the drama around the association. |
| 0:19.9 | Number two, pick Brandon Miller. |
| 0:23.1 | Brandon Miller, paging Brandon Miller, uh, saw his first game in the NBA. |
| 0:28.8 | And it was as delicious as I expected. |
| 0:33.6 | Struggle Bus City. |
| 0:35.1 | I don't want to, like I don't dislike Brandon Miller. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm just glad my team dodged a bullet and didn't get him. So it's like a Sam Bowie Michael Jordan situation. You know what I mean? Only we didn't get fucked. That's kind of what I'm thinking. 8-3-3 in 22 minutes. He was 3 for 9 for shooting. This is a guy, though, that was supposed to be a sniper from three, and he was 0 for four. And he had three turnovers. Deer and headlights. Paging, Paging, Brandon Miller. On the plus side, his mid-ranged, his mid-range, looked pretty good. On the negative side, his spacing was absolutely atrocious, |
| 1:14.1 | which was often an issue in college. |
| 1:16.5 | The floor is supposed to get wider, Brandon, |
| 1:19.1 | except for that he could get away with all that shit in college |
| 1:22.9 | because he was the focal point on the offense, |
| 1:24.6 | and he was so athletic, and everybody just moved around him. |
| 1:28.1 | Considering that I just read an article where Scoot Henderson was called the steal of the draft, |
| 1:32.0 | I'm going to guess that is going to be an indictment on the pick of Brandon Miller at two. |
| 1:38.4 | Don't you think? |
| 1:39.9 | Will he blossom into some All-Star? |
| 1:42.4 | I actually hope so. I just don't think he's going to be as good as Scoot. |
| 1:48.6 | A lot of what I saw in 22 minutes was reminiscent of what I saw at Summer League. A lot of skill, |
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