Grizzlies Best In West, Kings Deserve Respect, Get Luka Help | WHAT’S BURNIN | Showtime Basketball
All The Smoke
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🗓️ 18 January 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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The new-look WHAT'S BURNIN is back with another banger as Rachel Nichols is joined by Matt Barnes and Paul Pierce in studio to breakdown all the latest NBA news. Are the Grizzlies the best in the west? It is time to start giving the Kings their respect? Plus, they discuss the need for the Mavs to get Luka some help, Lebron's greatness, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to What's Burnin. I'm here with Paul Pierce, Matt Barnes. Matt, you are fresh off a plane from Atlanta doing a little |
| 0:07.1 | ATS action. Yeah, you guys got Charles Barkley after I think chasing him for years, right? Yeah, I mean big show big trip to Atlanta |
| 0:14.2 | Shout out to everyone who made that possible. Yeah, we were able to lock down Chuck Rachel and it was just great first and foremost |
| 0:20.5 | He said he's lost about 50 pounds. He said he finally has two good hips. He had hip surgery. He slimmed down. He looks good |
| 0:25.9 | But you know Charles. I mean he's you know one of the the the the the voices of basketball and to be able to just sit down and talk to him about |
| 0:34.9 | You know current media what he has going on his future plans in media and just kind of going back over his career |
| 0:42.0 | Man, we had a great time didn't take that big check for the golf. No, you didn't but he got a big check from |
| 0:48.0 | He's gonna be okay is what you're telling me he's gonna have to worry about him |
| 0:52.1 | All right, I do want to talk about the Grizzlies because guys they are on a 10 game winning streak tie with the nuggets for number one in the West |
| 0:59.3 | Number one defense in the NBA |
| 1:01.1 | Jaren Jackson Jr. Front runner for defensive player of the year |
| 1:04.5 | Really, they're only big weakness if you take a look is free throw percentage |
| 1:08.5 | They are dead last in the entire league. They're shooting 71 percent |
| 1:13.0 | Paul how concerned are you about that right now and how concerned about that will you be if it's still that way come playoff time? |
| 1:19.7 | I mean, I've been apart of so many games that came down the free throw so I mean it's a huge concern |
| 1:24.7 | You know when you get down to a lot of close games come playoff times |
| 1:28.8 | We know those free throws is gonna add up when you look up if you only shoot him |
| 1:34.1 | marginal |
| 1:35.7 | percentage at the line you don't kick yourself on the book come playoff time because that's important |
| 1:41.8 | I mean regardless unless you you blowing everybody out and |
| 1:45.3 | You don't need to free those in the closed possession, so that's a little bit of concern |
| 1:49.8 | But I like I like what they've been doing. I like where they at this year. Yeah, I mean I agree |
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