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On this episode of a heat check, we have a special interview with Tony Jones from the athletic to discuss how the Utah Jazz went from starting 6 and 17 to following that up to going 17 and 6, along with what they do at the trade deadline, and much, much more.

After a brutal cold spill, it feels like spring here.

So do me a favor.

Drop that motherfucking beat that should be Rihanna.

All right. Welcome to the show, Tony Jones. He covers the Utah Jazz and the general NBA for the

athletic. The last time I saw Tony Jones in person, he was on the prime real estate beat.

He was covering the championship caliber Denver Nuggets before they actually won the chip.

I saw him in Miami. He came by like a real mensch said, what's up?

He is a Hoops Attic.

He is a doting father.

He's from Akron originally, Philly and Brooklyn Race.

Wow, just like hard rock country for Tony Jones.

Now in Utah, which is just outrageous. What a juxtaposition. Welcome to the show, Tony Jones.

Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. It was fun running into you in Miami, though. That was, that was straight.

Yeah, it's always nice to see familiar and friendly faces that you don't expect to see

when you're, you know, just trying to do your work, trying to get in, get out.

And I was there not really officially.

I was there obviously covering, but I worked the betting show Monday through Friday.

So I was like, let me just go there, watch some games, see what's happening,

get in and get out. But I saw a tweet of yours and you saw eight rats. And I thought to myself, maybe Tony is in last night going to the basketball game. And I said, maybe maybe actually

Tony went to go see the Nuggets play the Knicks. But he is here in my city into the DMV saw eight rats on his way and they were bold and

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