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You're tuned in to Heat Check with Trista Crick.

On this episode of the Heat Check, we have a special bonus episode featuring Reed Wallach,

Brooklyn Nets insider.

He is here to break down all of the blowback ramifications of the

Kyrie Irving Trade to the Dallas Mavericks. Very insightful interview. It was recorded

on a recent episode of at MGM The Night right after the trade went down. I was joined by my co-hosts

Ryan Horvott and Nick Ashue. Kyrie basically froze the league, so let's get into this discussion

quick and drop that generic

ass beat.

Of course, we had to start off the interview by asking Reed how he was feeling now that

Kyrie was out of Brooklyn and he gave a very thoughtful answer.

Yeah, maybe it's the copium I'm taking, but I think I'm okay. I think that, you know, we're

going to be okay. And I think today showed that the nets are still going to be aggressive at the

trade deadline. I'm not at this time, afraid that Kevin Durant is going to request out by the trade deadline. I'm not at this time afraid that Kevin Duran

is going to request out by the trade deadline. So I think the Nets have bought themselves some time

here getting Doreen Fannie Smith and Spencer Dimwitty. You're seeing the idea of what the Nets want to do

here. They want to get bigger. They want to put switchable wings, wing sized players around Durant, that could still be a contender.

And, you know, I thought for a minute there, when the trade wasn't finalized, talking to

Toronto, maybe it's past Kalsiakum, the nets are targeting and that they're trying to bring

into Brooklyn, which to me, that is, that's the home run.

That's, you know, that's a number two level that, in my me, that is, that's the home run. That's, you know, that's a number

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