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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 interview with Chris Carino, the radio voice of the Brooklyn Nets.

He breaks down what's happening with Brooklyn.

All the tea on my man, Utah Watanabe, whether we know the nets are actually good at this point in the season,

and he even gives his thoughts on T.J. Warren's entrance into the lineup.

Love this interview.

He was absolutely fun, interesting, and has an interview coming up with Utah Watanabe dropping very,

very soon.

So look out for that as well.

Do me a favor, Nick.

Drop that beat.

You know, I like to ease my way into these things.

It's just like the Nets have tried to ease their way into the season,

and it really wasn't working.

And we've had a coaching change.

But I also think getting healthy has been a big key to that as well.

It's just an odd year. It's, it's, unlike anything I've ever seen between the, the stuff that was going on in the offseason,

and then coming in with the expectation levels that I don't even know where they were. They ran

the gambit from, this is going to be a disaster to this team can come out of the east. So I don't

really know what was expected exactly. I don't know how it compares to what we're getting right now.

I don't really know the delineation between why they struggled early and why they're playing

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