This is an IHeart podcast.

On this episode of the E! Check, it's the last podcast of the NBA All-Star break, even though

there are games on today.

And even though I'm on my vacation as well, spent a time with my family, I will not leave

you hanging.

We're going to go over my three teams that will surge and my three teams that I think

will fade during the stretch run.

And we also get in to a little news from around the league.

So let's get into it, Anthony.

Drop that motherfucker beat.

It should be me,

now.

Okay. I am coming to you from the back room of my addition on a house that was built in 1933, my childhood home in Portland, Oregon, the land of the uglies.

And we have about 30 games left in the season,

which is wild, considering that it feels like the NBA season just started. If you have ever

been in Portland, you know what I'm talking about. It's so bad right now. I went to Bill Byr

tonight, and I was talking about how ugly the people were in the

crowd. And then that was the first thing. The Bill Burr talked about was, yo, you guys were really

leading in to being fucking disgusting, with food in your beard and your trucker hats. Anyway,

it's not what this is about. I am going to give you my three teams that I think will surge going

forward and the three teams that I think will sink in the final third of the season. It's

actually pretty simple. I think the good teams are going to still be good and the bad teams that

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