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On this episode. On this episode of the heat check, I guess we can call it hot and cold.

That's today's episode, hot and cold.

We break down some of the hottest teams in the NBA right now

and talk about teams who either are going cold or going to stay cold the paper tigers that are going to flame

out most likely in the playoffs.

And yes, you know who we're talking about.

Most likely the Utah Jazz is in that mix.

So go ahead, Brock, and drop that beat.

Because I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it.

That's in the air. I don't care. I love the smell at it Somebody recently asked me

Who are my sleepers?

Who is my West Coast sleeper for the NBA playoffs? And the first

team that shockingly came to my mind. Not a team I talk about a ton, not a team that has

historically gone very deep into the playoffs, not a team that has attracted a ton of free agents, but a team that's

playing really well right now and a team that is doing all the right things at the right time

of the year. Dallas Mavericks. The Dallas Mavericks. It sickens me to even say that,

but it's true. What a crazy year. If you're a Mavs fan, it hasn't gone quite the way that you were hoping when you saw Luca play for Team

Slovenia. You were hoping that maybe this would get him in shape faster, and in fact, it actually

got him out of shape faster because he chilled all the way

out after the Olympics were over. He said, I ate too much, I hung around on the beach too much,

and then he was basically fat and injured for the majority of the beginning of the season.

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