‘Heat Check’: Turbulent Lakers, Triumphant Raptors, and Tampering in L.A. (Ep. 188)

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🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Juliet Litman and John Gonzalez unpack the drama surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers (0:58), evaluate the updated All-Star voting process (8:52), project the impact of players returning to action (14:38), and wonder if the Toronto Raptors could contend with the top-tier teams (20:24). Then they discuss some regrettable choices by players named Paul (24:49), react to eccentric news stories in basketball (30:47), and preview this week’s slate of games (34:01). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	He's got smoke coming off his finger tips.
0:02.9	Jesus hot as a blowtorch.
0:04.9	Yes, he checked.
0:06.0	Who that was covered?
0:07.1	His heat checked.
0:16.7	Welcome to the Monday heat check.
0:18.0	I'm Juliet Littman.
0:18.9	I'm John Gonzalez.
0:20.0	Happy New Year.
0:21.0	We're back.
0:21.5	I think we're beyond the Rubicon of one
0:23.1	you can see happy New Year.
0:23.8	But it's our first podcast back in 2018.
0:26.2	Because Christmas and New Year's
0:28.4	fell on Monday.
0:29.6	And we're the Monday morning heat check.
0:31.7	We haven't been here.
0:32.6	I haven't seen you.
0:33.3	I haven't seen your smiling face.
0:34.3	I want to congratulate you.
0:35.6	Bachelor party.
0:36.4	Thanks.
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