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Heat Check with Trysta Krick

News From Around The League

Heat Check with Trysta Krick

The 8 Side

Basketball, Sports

2.21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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with Trysta Krick

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.1

All right, let's talk about some news from around the league, even though I have not a lot of time to get to it.

0:11.3

We will start in Taiwan?

0:13.9

Yes, according to Michael Scotto, former NBA center Hashim Tabit, sign with the Taiwan Steelers.

0:20.0

I don't know how to pronounce the quashing quashong.

0:22.7

Why is this newsworthy? First of all, the dude went number two overall in the 2009 draft,

0:27.7

which in itself is like pretty incredible. Famously, he was picked by the Grizzlies in the number

0:34.4

two slot ahead of Steph Curry, James Hardin, Tamara Rosen, and Drew Holiday.

0:39.7

It was one of the most catastrophic picks in NBA history.

0:42.8

It was worse than Marvin Baggway.

0:45.0

It is also newsworthy because the beat, to beat, drumroll, joins drum roll,

0:51.8

former number one pick overall Anthony Bennett, which puts together just

0:58.9

so much unrealized talent in one team I do not know if Nylon like Taiwan can even hold it.

1:04.3

Remember, Bennett went number one, and it was just puzzling to everyone, in the draft containing

1:09.5

Janus, which I totally get, CJ McCJ. McCollum and Rudy Gobert.

1:14.3

The fact that these guys can continue their careers is great.

1:17.1

I'm not hating. I promise you.

1:18.5

The Beat and Bennett have played in Asia since 2017.

1:22.1

They built up a nice following there.

1:23.5

That's huge. Good on them.

1:24.8

But the two of them on the same team?

1:29.9

Sir. Imagine having the number one overall pick and the number two overall pick in the NBA draft on the floor

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