Dan Favale on Knicks' Future, Suns & Lakers' Struggles, Thunder Youngsters, And More!
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Bleacher Report's Dan Favale joins Trysta and Sean Levine on BetMGM Tonight to discuss the Eastern Conference playoff picture, Western Conference Underwhelmers, and the Thunder's Youth.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | On this episode of the Heat Check, we've got a special interview with Dan Favale |
| 0:08.6 | from the Bleacher Report, who also has a podcast called Hardwood Knox. |
| 0:13.2 | This interview came on my betting show, Bed MGM Tonight, Monday through Friday, 7 to 11 p.m. |
| 0:19.1 | Eastern Standard Time. |
| 0:20.2 | We had a fill-in host, Sean Levine, aka the sports machine. |
| 0:24.8 | We covered all the topics around the NBA, including the Ogini-Nobie trade, |
| 0:29.3 | what it means for the Nix, what it means, if anything, for the Eastern Conference. |
| 0:33.3 | What's going on with the Lakers? |
| 0:35.4 | Have the OKC Thunder arrived or should they make a move at the deadline and much, much more? |
| 0:41.6 | Listen in. |
| 0:43.0 | We're breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines. |
| 0:47.3 | You're tuned in to The Heat Check. |
| 0:49.6 | The Heat Check with Trista Crick. |
| 0:51.8 | The best podcast covering all the drama around the association. |
| 1:04.2 | Let's talk some hoop with Dan Povale from Bleacher Report and Hardwood Knox. |
| 1:08.9 | A team that I'm always struggling when I make my bets to think, could this team actually win it all is the Phoenix Suns, right? On paper, there's no reason they can't, and I think I'm owed for the season on that team. What say you about Kevin Durant's latest squad? Are they good? Are they okay? Can they actually win it all? They're really good when they're at full strength, which they have yet to be this season, basically. |
| 1:32.2 | And I think the key for them is going to be, one, are those three guys healthy at the same time? |
| 1:37.2 | Because that solves a lot of their offensive issues organically. |
| 1:40.1 | But then, too, what happens when you're starting to mix and match outside of your top five guys? |
| 1:45.7 | And I have concerns about how the playoff defense specifically will hold up. |
| 1:49.6 | They've been okay with NERC on the floor this year, but you got to fill minutes elsewhere. |
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