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On this episode.

On this episode of the heat Check, we discuss, well, I mean, I throw a little dirt on the coffin. That is the 2022 LA Lakers.

It feels like I already had this take because I predicted it a mere 24 hours before it happened, but who gives a fuck?

I'm going to officially say good night and good luck to my least favorite team in the NBA.

We also break down why the Knicks not only are approaching roster building in an entirely wrong way,

but also perhaps the NBA at large with their approach of super teams might be as well.

And finally, just a little cleanup around the league, I fill you in on the one team,

ready to surprise the most in the playoffs, the Toronto Raptors.

Final week of the regular season is upon us, so go ahead, Brock, and drop that motherfucking beat.

Because I may be bad, but everyone already knows, is it the Lakers?

The Los Angeles Lakers with Anthony Davis.

Top five center in the league, they say.

LeBron James, LeBron James, one of the best players, if not the best players of a generation, still

playing in the prime of his career.

And former MVP Russell Westbrook, all three of them together as a duo, as a trio,

as a team, have missed the playoffs.

And that is now the second time in LeBron's four years as a Los Angeles Lakers.

Laker.

Just things you hate to see, honestly.

Just 50% missing the playoffs is not great, I would say.

And for me, you could think of me as Elmo

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